Card designs for all your loves this Valentine’s Day
Hunni B. is an illustrator and content creator based in the Metro DC area. Her work encompasses body positivity, affirmations, natural hair love, and more while featuring representation she lacked seeing growing up. She is also an Adobe Express Ambassador.
Valentine’s day can be a hit or miss. Personally, I love Valentine’s Day. A whole day dedicated to showing support and gratitude for the people I admire the most!? Plus, the aesthetic? Um, yes please! And don’t get me started on the nostalgic element of it too. When I was younger, it was always so exciting, especially because we got to make our own Valentine’s Day cards, drawing and cutting designs for each person we cared for, whether friends or family. Just because we’re a little older doesn’t mean that the magic and kindness from this day must be left to our younger selves. Adobe Express has tons of amazing digital card templates that we can design, edit and put a personal creative touch (maybe even virtual glitter?) on to send out to friends, family, and coworkers — it’s so fun!
Celebrating and honoring friendship in all its forms.
Since as long as I can remember, it’s been pretty much ingrained in our heads that Valentine’s Day equals romance — aka larger-than-life stuffed bears, chocolates in heart shaped boxes and lots and lots of roses. While some of that on one day could be described as cute, there’s an even more fun holiday to celebrate called Galentine’s Day — a special definition dedicated to celebrating and honoring friendship in all its forms.
For me, this holiday is just as important as the romanticized Valentine’s Day. Even if you do have a S.O., Galentine’s Day can specifically honor the people who are always there for you in other ways a romantic partner might not be. I believe you should show love to anyone you care for on this day especially (but make sure it’s even on other days!) And for those of you that are either in a situationship, or feeling awkward celebrating the holiday of love in general, that’s where Adobe Express comes in! The creative tool offers some incredible Galentine’s or platonic friendship card templates that you can send to your mom, besties, potential partners, etc. to celebrate the significance of your friendships or whatever the status may be.
From Galentine’s invitations to formal and fun invites, Adobe Express lets you add in your favorite photos of your friends, add a cute border, personalize and easily download and send off in your group chats. When creating your Valentine’s/Galentine’s cards, literally go for it! Use all the pinks, reds, and white colors (lovecore aesthetic anyone?). Maybe do something untraditional but just as cute and add some lilac or baby blue in there too. Creating these cards should be a super simple and super fun process. There’s not a lot of dedicated time for creativity for most due to dealing with day to day priorities, but I believe using creativity to express yourself is important. We’re always complimenting our friends on social media because of how much we care for them; let’s take some time to show it!
Galentine’s Day or any other way you may coin the day is about spending time with people that you love and admire most.