Still haven’t made your Valentine’s Day gifts?…No problem!  This Valentine’s Flashcard Template is just what you need to make a sweet and simple Valentine’s Day gift for your child, loved ones, or friends in just 10 easy steps!
Here’s what you’ll need:
•	Photoshop or Photoshop Elements Software
•	Valentine’s Flashcard Template
•	Digital Papers, embellishments, etc.
•	8.5” x11” Photo Paper 
•	Scissors
•	Adhesive
•	Thermal Laminator and sheets/ or Self Laminating Sheets(optional)
•	Crop-a-Dile or Hole Punch
•	Book Ring or Bead Chain and Connector
1. Download the psd file for the Valentine’s Flashcard here.
2. Open the psd file in Photoshop.
3. Clip papers from your digital stash to the layers of your psd file.
4. Embellish your flashcard by either clipping papers to the existing embellishments or replacing them with embellishments from your digital stash
5. Update any fonts.  Usually Photoshop will prompt you, both upon opening the document and before printing the document, to update any missing text files (this just means that if you don’t have the same font I have used in the psd file, installed on your computer, that you must choose another font to replace it, or your computer will automatically choose one for you.)
6. When you’re flashcard is completed, print it out onto 8.5” x11” Photo Paper and repeat these steps for each of the flashcards you wish to make.
7. Cut out your flashcard and fold down the middle, make sure the fold is crisp, this will help when laminating it.  Then place adhesive on the edges and adhere 
8. Then using your thermal laminator and laminating pouches, or even self-laminating sheets, laminate each of the cards.  This step is optional, but it can help to preserve the printed images, as well as, prevent an over-zealous two-year old, who loves photos and books, from ripping it to shreds!
9. Punch holes through your flashcards and then thread your book ring or bead chain through the holes.
10. If you don’t have Photoshop you can always use the template as a sketch and just use your physical scrapbooking supplies! However, if you use supplies with quite a bit of depth, then you’ll want to skip laminating your flashcards!
Feeling extra, ambitious?!...You can even make Valentine’s Cards for your kid’s classes, or a fun Valentine’s Day layout, by simply resizing the template!
For these Valentine’s Cards I cropped the template to 4”x6” in Photoshop Elements and then followed steps 1-9.
And for the layout I cropped the front image only to 5”x7”.