Valentine's Day Craft: Spell Out Your Love

Make this Valentine using Scrabble tiles to convey your sweet nothings.

Whether or not your Valentine is a wordsmith or Scrabble fan, he or she is sure to appreciate this cute card. To create this typographic design you'll need a camera, a Scrabble game, stick-on photo corners and a pre-cut red card and envelope from a stationary store. If you're printing at home, you'll also need an ink jet printer and photo paper.

1. Lay your message out on your Scrabble board, making sure to line up the tiles as straight as you can. We spelled out 'Happy Valentines Day,' but feel free to get creative with your phrasing.

2. Stand directly above your Scrabble board and take a photo of the message; if you have a digital camera with an option for grids on the screen, they'll help you get it straight. (Even a good camera may have some distortion at the corners of the frame, so don't worry about getting it perfect.)

3. Either upload and print your photo at home or bring it to your local photo shop for printing; be sure to make the print slightly smaller than the card you plan to place it on.

4. Place a photo corner at each corner of the image (we used white for a pop-y look), and stick the photo onto the card's front, and you're finished.

For an extra-sweet touch, we used one of the first-class "Love" stamps from the U.S. Postal Service.

For more Valentine's Day ideas check out these sweet posts:
- Valentine's Day decorating for grown-up tastes
- An easy Valentine's Day bouquet