Making gifts and cards is a way to show your love for someone special. So, this Valentine's Day, send your loved ones a handmade card on the Grid. It's easier than you think and the lucky recipient will find it priceless.

Grid Cards and are printed with the same grid you use on your scrapbook pages, so your dies all fit beautifully.

These custom-made cards are printed on 110-pound cardstock -- much thicker than most used by commercial greeting-card companies. The cards come with envelopes and seals. Check them out, here.

Then, scroll down for some lovely ideas using your dies on the Grid.

Many paper companies now make a sheet with illustrations you can cut out. These images and sayings generally fit the Grid with a bit of trimming and/or layering, like Paije Potter did in this card with the snowman from Doodlebug Design Inc.™

Adding the Scallop Dot Mat and Hearts from Mosaic Moments® makes for an adorable and easy card.

Repetition is a great way to communicate a theme. Here, Paije repeated the paper (from Pink Paislee™), frame and hearts all the way across the card. Since our eyes naturally find anything grouped in three appealing, this lovely card is sure to please.

The inside heart from the Heart Die Set was used alone on this card. Many of the dies work this way, giving you double duty for one price.

Your time is valuable so why spend more time than is required?

If you start with one die set to make cards on the Grid, get the Grid Cut Die and the Squares Layering Die. These dies cut six 2x2 squares in one pass through the machine!

So, a customized card like this one takes literally two passes through the die-cutting machine to complete. Add in some personal photos and beautiful paper, like this one from Pink Paislee™ and you have the perfect Valentine.

One cannot help but feel loved when they receive a card covered with hugs and kisses, or in this case, Xs and Os.

Using the One Inch Grid Die makes this card easy by cutting all of the squares of each paper at one time. If you have double-sided paper, you can save even more time by cutting once and then flipping half of the squares over to reveal the backside.

Using macro photos, like the one of conversation hearts here, is a fun way to add a background to your photos.

If you don't have a photo, look online for copyright-free clip art. Lots of paper companies also make printed papers featuring sand, bricks, ornaments, grass, rocks, popcorn and other elements that would work well here.

Turning your photos into black and white makes them stand out against the busy backdrop.