While you can certainly express your emotions with a simple open-and-shut greeting, a card that delivers an element of surprise inside will really capture the heart and attention of its recipient(s).
A quick photocopy, cut, and crease is all it takes to craft these sweet-talking cards. Make one design or all three. Copy the template (see page 384) onto card stock, then cut out and trace onto desired paper for the folded piece. (If making just one card, you can print the template directly onto desired paper.) Use bone folder to fold paper along score marks. Then unfold, cut out, and refold. Position the folded piece inside the base of the card so it pops when opened. Secure with double-sided tape.
These cards start by folding desired paper embellishments in half, then cutting along the fold or making doubles to sandwich cord between. Copy the template (see pages 385–386) onto card stock, then cut out and trace onto desired paper. For lovebirds, position template so that the beak’s point is right at paper’s folded edge. For heart lock, cut two lock bases, one lock front, and two keys. Sandwich the cord’s ends between duplicates, and secure with double-sided tape. For airplane, cut two fuselages and six heart clouds. Sandwich ribbon between duplicates; tape to secure.