Playing-Card Valentines

Dressed for the occasion, these cards are great for dealing to friends en masse. Write the greetings on glassine envelopes with a no-smudge marker, or print them according to the following directions.
Martha Stewart Living, February 2009

Dressed for the occasion, these cards are great for dealing to friends en masse. Write the greetings on glassine envelopes with a no-smudge marker, or print them according to the following directions.

How-To
There are 13 hearts in every deck of cards, so you may need multiple decks, depending on the desired number of valentines. Test the first round of printed envelopes before proceeding; in some cases, smudging may occur. If it does, vellum envelopes might be a good alternative. Or try a laser printer if you used an ink-jet one before.

1. Using a word-processing program, type 4 messages; size each to fit onto a glassine envelope, and stagger them a few inches apart on the page. Print onto a sheet of 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper.

2. On the printout, center 1 envelope over each message. Using removable tape, affix the top and bottom edges of each envelope to printout.

3. Using the manual feed on your printer, insert envelope-taped printout, and reprint. Remove tape. Repeat steps 1 to 3 to make additional envelopes as needed.

4. Insert 1 playing card into each envelope, and seal with a heart sticker.

Reviews (5)

  • lisagorno
    30 Jan, 2009

    Hi. Try ebay for glassine envelopes. I bought 100 New 2 3/4 X 3 3/4 for $8.45, shipping included. Woohoo! Clearbags charge handling fee plus shipping and totaled more than $20. Lisa

  • steffyk
    27 Jan, 2009

    Does anyone know what the little heart candies are in this same issue on page 127? I would love to find or make a recipe but I don't even know where to start. Thanks!

  • SallyTave
    22 Jan, 2009

    just a heads up, u.s.statequarters.com has glassine envelopes, 100 for 6.90, that's including shipping. That was the best deal I found.

  • KrystynAnn
    21 Jan, 2009

    Here is a link for those envelopes:
    http://www.clearbags.com/?category|GLAS

    There are plenty more online sources, this is just one of them... Good prices, too.

  • kelligirl
    21 Jan, 2009

    Where can I find glassine envelopes?