Valentine's Day card ideas & templates

Valentine’s Day cards are a great opportunity to show the people in your life how important they are to you. This goes for romantic partners as well as friends and family.

The first step is to browse Valentine’s Day card ideas for inspiration on the right designs, colors, and symbols that communicate the love you feel.

This article offers some Valentine’s Day card ideas, prompts, and templates you can use for free.

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Valentine’s Day card ideas

Valentine’s Day cards typically feature imagery and colors associated with romance and love, such as:

  • Symbolic colors: red (romance and passion), pink (love and friendship), and white (purity)
  • Hearts
  • Cupid (along with his bows and arrows)
  • Rings
  • Roses and other flowers
  • Poetic language and rhymes
  • Chocolates and sweets
  • Doves

Based on these visuals, think about which resonate with you and how you feel about the recipient of your Valentine’s Day card. This can offer you a starting point for creating the perfect one.

Example of a romantic Valentine’s Day card idea
Maybe you feel passionate about them and intend to propose soon. In that case you could go with red, hearts, and diamond rings.
Example of a friendship Valentine’s Day card idea
If the card is for your best friend and you want to communicate how much you value them, you could use cute images in pink, flowers, and sweets.

Valentine’s Day card templates

Below, you’ll find ready-to-use templates to help you make Valentine’s Day cards that fit your needs, along with prompts for Valentine’s Day card ideas that you can use to generate your own personalized ones.

Traditional Valentine’s Day card ideas

Traditional Valentine’s Day cards focus on romantic love with a spouse or significant other, along with imagery that has stood the test of time. These include red colors, roses, cupid, and calligraphic fonts.

Tip #1: White doves prompt
Make a traditional Valentine’s card with a pair of white doves surrounded by roses. Use a calligraphic script font to write “Happy Valentine’s Day”.

traditional_white doves prompt

Tip #2: Romantic prompt 
Generate a heart shape made of red roses with a silhouette of a couple kissing in the middle while enjoying a romantic dinner with champagne. Follow a traditional Valentine’s Day aesthetic.

traditional_romantic prompt

Tip #3: Vintage prompt
Generate a 1960s-style vintage Valentine’s Day card featuring an animated couple. Use a doily pattern for the border.

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Cute and funny Valentine’s Day card ideas

Cute and funny Valentine’s Day card ideas are more lighthearted. They can take a more ironic and teasing approach than traditional options and feature cultural references, cute animals, puns, and animations.

Tip #1: Cultural reference prompt 
Create a Valentine’s Day card featuring the recipient’s favorite musician or band with the text: “You rock my world”

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Tip #2: Pun prompt
Generate a cute, bee-themed Valentine’s Day card that says “Bee my Valentine”. Make it a printable format.

cute_pun prompt

Tip  #3: Funny prompt
Make a Valentine’s Day card showing a cartoon cat licking itself nonchalantly with the words: “The cat might not care that it’s Valentine’s Day, but I do!”

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Modern Valentine’s Day card ideas

Modern Valentine’s Day card ideas follow contemporary visual trends. They’ll generally be simpler and less ornate than traditional cards.

Tip #1: Simple and sweet prompt
Generate a modern Valentine’s Day card showing cartoon hearts with simple faces. Add “Happy Valentine’s Day”.

modern_sweet simple prompt

Tip #2: Floral prompt
Generate a modern Valentine’s Day card showing flowers with petals falling off in the shape of hearts. It should say, “Happy Valentine’s Day”.

modern_floral prompt

Tip #3: Illustration prompt
Make a modern Valentine’s Day card with illustrated doodles, such as candy hearts that appear hand-drawn. It should say, “Be my Valentine?”

modern_illustration prompt

LGBTQ Valentine’s Day card ideas

LGBTQ Valentine’s Day card ideas often feature same-sex couples and imagery that moves outside traditional gender norms, along with emblems of queer culture like rainbows.

Tip #1: Valentine’s Gay prompt 
Generate an LGBTQ-themed Valentine’s Day card with rainbows and hearts. Write “Valentine’s Gay”.

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Tip #2: LGBTQ couple prompt 
Generate an LGBTQ-themed Valentine’s Day card with a lesbian couple holding hands. Include hearts.

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Tip #3: Drag prompt 
Generate an LGBTQ-themed Valentine’s Day card featuring a dazzling, animated drag queen.

lgbtq_drag prompt

Galentine’s Day card ideas

Galentine’s Day is a female friendship-focused version of Valentine’s Day. These cards focus on depicting what friendship means to you.

Tip #1: Friends’ brunch prompt 
Generate a Galentine’s Day card depicting female friendship over brunch with the words “Be my Galentine?”

galentines_friends brunch (1)

Tip #2: Best friends prompt 
Generate a Galentine’s Day card cutely depicting phrases like “Best friends are the new boyfriends” and “Sisters”sisters before misters.”misters”.

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Tip  #3: Feminist prompt
Generate an animated Galentine’s Day card that is feminist in theme. Use the woman symbol and make the setting a women’s rights protest with women holding placards.

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Frequently asked questions about Valentine’s Day card ideas

Where can I find free printable Valentine’s Day cards?

You can find many printable Valentine’s Day cards available for free online.

You can also customize your own using tools like QuillBot’s AI Image Generator.

Where can I find Valentine’s Day card templates online?

You can find Valentine’s Day card templates online by searching relevant keywords such as “Cute Valentine’s Day card templates” or “Romantic Valentine’s Day card templates.”

Tailor your Valentine’s Day card to your special someone with the help of QuillBot’s AI Image Generator.

How to make a Valentine’s Day card yourself?

You can make a Valentine’s Day card yourself by using online templates or creating a handmade card using crafting supplies.

Get help making your own Valentine’s Day card using QuillBot’s AI Image Generator.

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Lily Cichanowicz, M.A.

Lily holds a master's degree in Sociology. She has extensive experience in both academic and professional writing, with a focus on travel, technology, education and politics.

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