14 Sweet Valentine’s Day Card Examples (2024)

Looking to spread the love this Valentine’s Day? Whether you’re sending holiday greetings to loyal customers or a message of affection to your main squeeze, Shutterstock Create has tons of swoon-worthy Valentine’s Day card templates—free to use and free to customize!

Below, we’re sharing 14 oh-so-sweet free Valentine’s Day card templates for February 14th. When you find one you love, just click the link to make it your own in Create.

1. A Classic Valentine

If you want something sweet but not too sentimental, this Valentine’s Day card is perfect. It captures the spirit of the holiday with a bright red heart and a simple “Happy Valentine’s Day” message masked into the shape.

2. Professional and Friendly

For cards going to coworkers or employees and customer emails, you can’t go wrong with a straightforward design like this one!

The reddish-pink color gradient sets a charming background for floating hearts, and the primary message—”Happy Valentine’s Day”—is seasonally appropriate, yet neutral enough for a professional context.

Pro tip: Make this design match your company’s brand in Create by uploading your logo and using the Color Picker tool to perfectly represent your brand palette.

3. Great for Social

This square-format quote is exactly the kind of content that rocks on Instagram. Make a public declaration of your appreciation by posting this design to social and tagging your significant other or sending love to your customers!

In fact, why not make a whole series to celebrate your romance in a big way?

All our Valentine’s Day card templates are free to customize, and you can easily create one design and then duplicate the file. Just sub out the text for another quote on the power of love, and you’ll have a whole series in no time.

4. Love and Laughter

Perfect for chemistry nerds or lovers of a great holiday pun, this card is sure to earn a few laughs. Make it even more personalized by uploading a photo of you and the one you love.

5. Platonic Love

Who says that Valentine’s Day is only for romantic couples? Show some platonic love to all the folks in your life with a card that celebrates love in any form—not just with pinks and reds.

This template is another one that would be ideal for professional situations. Send it out to a customer with a Valentine’s Day discount or share it with a colleague to show some appreciation.

6. Photo Manipulation Fun

Whether for Galentine’s Day or Valentine’s Day, this card template shares a sweet message alongside a cool photoshopped image that really grabs your attention. Except you don’t need Photoshop to make it!

In Create, you can easily substitute your own photo into this card template:

1. Click Images > Upload and choose a photo of you and your main squeeze.
2. Select your image and click Remove bkgnd.
3. Resize the image as needed to fit within the margarita glass.
4. Use the Erase tool to smooth out any edges and make the photo look seamless.

Get even more tips on Background Remover!

7. Love from the Whole Family

Share a message of love from the entire family by customizing this Valentine’s Day card template.

Just upload your own family photo to replace the adorable little girls in the template. Keep it in full color if you prefer, or get the same black-and-white look with Create’s one-click photo filters.

8. Galentine’s Day

Want to send some love and encouragement to the girls in your life? Take this Galentine’s Day template for a spin! A little heart with devil horns adds just the right amount of spice to an otherwise all-sweet holiday.

9. Sweetly Punny

Another Valentine’s Day card template, another irresistible pun! Make this card your own by customizing the text with your own sweet message.

If you love the food theme, you can also recreate this look with another snack. Find a mouthwatering photo in the Shutterstock library, remove the background, and layer your punny phrase on top.

Try these delightful foodie puns on for size:

• I loaf you.
• We’re a great pear.
• I’m your biggest flan.
• We’re mint to be.
• Peas be my valentine.

10. Modern Love

Is there any better indicator of love than the urgent desire to share a hilarious meme with someone? We’d say not! Tell your loved one how much you appreciate their humor with this charming Valentine’s Day card.

11. Cutie Foodie

This Valentine’s Day card evokes childhood nostalgia and whets the appetite all in one. Customize the card exactly as is, or recreate the look with any other photo by removing the background and then clicking Pro Effects > Outline.

12. Offbeat Humor

With just a hint of cheekiness, this card celebrates love without taking it too seriously. The muted neutral color palette looks beautiful without getting too conventional or too Valentines-y.

13. For the Cat Lover

Displaying two adorable kitties in a mid-century modern style, this Valentine’s Day card is fun and retro! Send it to any feline lover in your life. Or, if you just so happen to be a veterinarian, use this template as part of your holiday marketing campaign.

14. Valentine’s Sale

Valentine’s Day cards don’t have to be purely personal. Drive some revenue for your business by combining your holiday greetings with a special discount code, just like this example does.

This template’s square format is perfect for Instagram but can also work well as a website graphic, email marketing piece, or print flyer. Try Create’s Smart Resize tool to instantly export the perfect size for any use case.

No matter how you plan to share your love or who will receive your card, Shutterstock Create makes it easy—no design experience needed. Plus, our Valentine’s Day card templates are free to customize, so why not make one for everyone you love this year?

License this cover image mockup via Look Studio and OlgaDykun.