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crafting, holiday, kids, kids create, tutorial, Valentine's Day · January 19, 2016

Kissy Face Valentines

Today’s valentine idea is for the grandparents, or any family members you might want to send sweet smooshy kisses to.

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

This idea is actually a remix on Mother’s day card idea I shared a few years ago when my daughter was just a baby! Now she’s old enough to join in on the nose smooshing action. Crazy!

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

I think I blamed the messy glass door on my lack of housekeeping skills, but after doing it a second time, I realized that it’s really hard to get three kids to kiss a window without it getting gross. ha! A little fighting is also inevitable. Oy. And some pig noses too. 🙂

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

To get the shot, have your kids stand out side a large window (like a sliding glass window) and kiss the glass, while you take it from the inside. When you do this, you can expose for their faces and let the background go white, which creates a simpler/cleaner image.

TIP: Avoid flash. It will create a glare that will obscure the image. 

When editing the photos, try to darken them a bit and increase the contrast. You can keep them in color, or turn them black and white like I did.

As you can see, I messed around with the contrast with a few of them, and the darker the contrast, the better it looks in print.

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.comPlace the photo in an 8.5 x 11 inch collage before printing. I like to set the image to the right of the page, so that it folds nicely into a card. I usually use Illustrator to do this, because I can be more precise, but it works great in a free program like Picasa as well.

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

You can print it out at home on cardstock, or send it to your local printer (I use the UPS Store, Office Depot, or Staples…they’re all great).

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

Fold the card in half, decorate with a permanent marker, and slide it into an envelope and you’re good to go!

TIP: Walmart carries greeting card envelopes that are designed to fit a standard piece of copy paper folded in half exactly…check their paper/envelope/stationary section. 

Cards this size mail with standard postage! 🙂

Kissy Face Valentines // www.deliacreates.com

Happy Valentine card making! Muah!

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  1. Kristine says

    January 22, 2016 at 4:55 AM

    I really love this idea! Your kids are very cute too!

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    • Delia says

      January 22, 2016 at 9:18 AM

      Thank you Kristine!

      Reply
  2. Di Ayers says

    January 26, 2016 at 2:28 PM

    Such a cute idea!

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    • Delia says

      February 3, 2016 at 8:57 PM

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Eleni says

    January 5, 2017 at 5:26 AM

    So beautiful!!! Love it! I will surttentrly do this with my boys!
    I am so glad I found your blog. Great job!
    Eleni from Greece.

    Reply
    • Delia says

      January 5, 2017 at 9:41 AM

      Thank you Eleni! You are so kind. <3

      Reply

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