15 Valentine’s Day Ecards that Are Better than Chocolates
Remember the school days of delivering Valentine’s Day cards to tissue-box mailboxes? Bring that feeling into adulthood with Valentine’s Day ecards that are sweeter than your third-grade crush. Whether you want to say happy Valentine’s Day with a family photo or punny message, or you’re hosting a Galentine’s bash, endless options are a click away. Here’s a look at some of our favorites.
Photo Valentine’s Day Ecards
Valentine’s Day greetings are a great opportunity to share a beautiful family photo. You probably have a lot to choose from now that the holidays and new year have come and gone. Let loved ones know they’re in your heart on February 14th by sending a sweet greeting card with your smiling faces.
1. Hugs & Kisses Card
Design: Morgan Kendall
This artistic Valentine’s Day greeting card combines one photo and a backdrop of painterly Xs and Os. Available in three red and pink colorways, linear text offers a simple message of love from you and your family. The graphic layout accommodates one horizontal photo, perfect for sharing a close-up of your cute kiddo or a group picture from your last family reunion.
2. Color Block Love Card
Design: Laura Bolter Design
This punchy color-block design works for sharing up to four photos as a cute collage. It’s a great opportunity to share pictures from a recent engagement shoot or a new baby photo session. Not a fan of red and pink? Choose from an array of bright colorways like purple, black and gold, or pastel mint and blue. Each features gold-foil accents in striped typography for a luxe touch.
3. Our Tiny Valentine Announcement
Design: Robinson Creative House
If your Valentine comes in the form of a new baby this year, send some love with a Valentine’s Day birth announcement. This heartwarming design has room for a full-bleed photo. Scrolling text reads, “Our tiny little Valentine,” surrounded by whimsical hearts and dots. At the bottom, include your baby’s name and birth details in a combination of script and contemporary linear text.
4. Big Heart Card
Design: Becky Nimoy Stationary
A sweet family photo fades into a watercolor heart on textured cardstock on this sweet card. Choose from an array of pastel hues, sweet reds, or faux metallics for your heart artwork. At the bottom, customize your family’s details in all-caps text.
5. Valentine’s Wishes Card
Design: Robinson Creative House
A vertical photo has a bright red frame on this darling Valentine. At the bottom, send a message that says “I love you,” “Be my Valentine,” or “Hugs and kisses” in contemporary text. Underneath, gradient gold foil Xs and Os drive the message home.
6. Letterboard Love Card
Design: Shari Margolin Design
Catchy letter boards are a hot trend, and this contemporary Valentine’s Day ecard embraces its fun messaging. Customize letterboard text with a personal message, hilarious pick-up line, or the ever-classic, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” To the right of the wooden frame, include a vertical photo of friends, family, or loved ones. If pink isn’t your thing, swap your letterboard background for a pastel blue or classic black.
Galentine’s Day Ecards
Whether you’re single or in a relationship, there’s no better time of year to celebrate your female friendships than Galentine’s Day. Even if you don’t have the chance to host a Galentine’s Day get-together to celebrate your gal pals, you can always send a bit of love to the ladies who light up your life.
7. I Like You Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
This bold and fun card features an illustrated statement “Like” bubble that will warm their hearts even more than when you double-tap their Insta posts. Simple modern text is situated below where you can update with any text you prefer, but we recommend keeping a bit of the punny feeling with the “like” verbiage. This card is perfect for any sweetheart or BFF.
8. Adventure Partner Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
For the brave and outdoorsy besties in your life, let them know how much you appreciate their adventurous spirit with this hand-illustrated card. Featuring illustrations reminiscent of camping trips, mountain hikes, beachfront surfing, fishing excursions, and roadtrips, this is great for any type of adventure duo. And we know that any friend, family member, or special someone would be honored to be your favorite adventure partner!
9. You Light Up My Life Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
This sweet ecard is perfect for those with whom you’ve spent long nights under the stars, building friendships and making memories. Featuring sweet illustrations of fireflies flitting about inside of a mason jar, complete with a ribbon-tied note to let them know that they light up your life.
10. Sweet Friend Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
This gorgeous floral card looks like it is blooming straight from a spring garden. Sweet pink flowers burst from the corners, framing modern, all-caps text that offers space for your custom Galentine’s Day wishes for your best ladies.
Graphic Valentine’s Day Ecards
Cupid is busy at work this time of year, but you don’t have to be. Choose a simple but eye-catching graphic ecard to say, “thinking of you.” These contemporary styles feature all of the timeless motifs — like XOXO and LOVE — but with punchy colors and a modern look.
11. 4-Ever Love Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
This typography-focused design layers a handwritten “I Love You” upon a bold “4” to reveal your message of everlasting love in a playful way. Bright colors reveal textured cardstock below. An optional backside provides additional space for a longer love note and a photo of you and your sweetheart.
12. Valentine Ink Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
An artistic and romantic take on a recognizable tattoo style standout on this colorful design. Blooming florals surround two hearts, which are overlaid with banners reading “Together Forever”. Perfect for your one-and-only, ride-or-die sweetheart, there is enough room at the bottom to add your own custom Valentine’s Day note.
13. Total Knockout Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
Is your significant other a total knockout? Send this boxing gloves illustrated card to the boxing champ in your life. And with this sweet card, it is all in the details: “XO” and an arrow-stricken heart adorn the boxing gloves, all set atop a sunburst backdrop that gives added dimensions to this bold card.
14. Sweetheart Motel Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
Check-in to the Sweetheart Motel! Inspired by roadside motel signs, this vintage-inspired design features a letter board where you can write a custom message to your love. Available in three different color palettes, ranging from chic-vintage to more Valentine’s-centric pinks and reds.
15. Letterpress Love Invitation
Design: Signature Greenvelope
Whimsically illustrated salt and pepper shakers surrounded by hearts are the stars of this sweet card. The perfect card to send to that person in your life who completes your sentences and adds just the right amount of spice!
You’ve Got Mail this Valentine’s Day
Today’s ecards are a lot more sophisticated than your sixth grade note. (Do you love me? Check box: yes or no.) But the sentiment is still the same. Valentine’s Day ecards are a great way to send a message of love and a “thinking of you” to friends and family this holiday.
Choose a cute photo card to display recent family photos, baby announcements, or engagement shoots. Or throw a fun Galentine’s Day party and invite your girl gang to celebrate the friends you love. Of course, you can never go wrong with a bright “LOVE” or “XOXO” design. So pick your favorite and spread the love!
