Cat Quilling Valentines Day Card Tutorial

Last Updated on October 15, 2023 by Ellen Christian

Looking for quilled Valentine’s Day cards? Check out this quilling Valentine cat card I made and make your own homemade card today.

Cat Quilling Valentines Day Card

Check out this cute cat quilling Valentine’s Day card! I’ve been searching for a unique Valentine’s Day card for Marty for Valentine’s Day. I’m not a huge fan of store-bought cards most of the time.

I really like cards that I make myself because they are more unique and one of a kind. Every year, I try to think of something different to make him. In the past, I made him a Valentine’s Day card using the teabag folding technique.

Since Marty loves cats, I thought that making a Cat Quilling Valentines Day Card would be perfect for him. I started quilling a few years ago and it’s a fun, relatively easy way to make a variety of different shapes out of colored strips of paper.

While it takes a little bit of practice, it’s a fairly easy craft to master.

Supplies to make this project

• Blank notecard with matching envelope

• Various sizes of card stock to create layers (optional).

• Quilling strips in a cat color (brown, black, white, orange, grey)

• Quilling board

• Glue

• Quilling tool

• Markers or pens to write with.

Cat quilling card directions

So, making this quilled Valentine’s Day card is fairly simple. Get started by doing the cat quilling part first.

• Create one large quilled circle and pinch ends slightly to make it oval-shaped. Glue shut. This is the cat’s body.

• Create a medium quilled circle in the same color and glue shut. This is the cat’s head.

• Create two small quilled circles in the same color and glue shut. These are the cat’s feet.

• Create two very small quilled circles in the same color and glue shut. These are the cat’s ears.

• Let all of these pieces dry completely.

• Next, very carefully, glue the body and head to your notecard.

• Pinch the ends of the feet and ears slightly to get them in the right shape. Glue if necessary to hold together. Glue onto the cat’s body on your notecard.

• Cut 6 small strips for whiskers. You can use the same color or you can use black or white. Glue them to the cat’s face.

• Quill a strip of paper in the same color as the body and let out one end while gluing the other end. This is the cat’s tail. Attach to the body.

• Allow it to dry completely.

• You can add layers to your notecard with other pieces of card stock or simply leave it one color.

Finishing touches to your card

• Write your verse.  For a child or friend, you could use “You are Purr-fect Valentine.” For a romantic partner, you could use “You make me Purr Valentine.”

• Finally, you can add a simple quilled red heart to the card by taking one strip of red quilling paper and rolling it in half. Then curl each side in and glue.

I hope you have a chance to make this cat quilling Valentine’s Day card!

Finally, if you enjoy handmade quilling cards, you might want to try these:

• Pumpkin quilling card

• Turkey quilling project

• Easy Valentine’s Day card

Ellen Christian

Ellen is a busy mom of a 24-year-old son and 29-year-old daughter. She owns six blogs and is addicted to social media. She believes that it doesn’t have to be difficult to lead a healthy life. She shares simple healthy living tips to show busy women how to lead fulfilling lives. If you’d like to work together, email info@confessionsofanover-workedmom.com to chat.