CSS Heart – A web designer way of wishing Valentine’s Day…

CSS Heart – A web designer way of wishing Valentine’s Day…
CSS art - Valentine's day card created purely using css and html - download free

Personally, I have never celebrated valentine’s day in my life, in-fact I am completely against the idea of reserving days for our dear ones. Be it valentine’s day, Mother’s day or Friendship day, I just can’t understand the logic of waiting for a particular day to celebrate love or express gratitude for my loved ones. My affection will always be there and my dear ones will know it all the time. Besides, at least in India Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, it is hyped by marketing folks to sell their products.

Similarly I am also gonna use this day for the first time just to market my blog 😉

Here in this day I am expressing here, my whole hearted love and affection towards such a wonderful web tool called CSS. That too in a different way, with a Pure CSS Valenties Day Card.

This Valentine’s Day Card is designed purely using CSS & HTML. No images, fonts or symbols here, simply CSS with plain DIVs and Classes, even the text ‘I LOVE CSS’. Go ahead and check…

Browser Compatibility: I have checked it in Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 4.0 and it’s working fine in both the browsers. There are some rendering issues in IE-7 and Opera 9.02. I am not sure about Safari.

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Sample HTML Code

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<div id="container">
	<div class="hrt-lft"></div>
	<div class="hrt-rgt"></div>
	<div class="bot"></div>
 
	<div class="arw1"></div>
	<div class="arw2"></div>
	<div class="pointer"></div>
	<div class="pointer2"></div>
	<div class="pointer3"></div>
 
	<div class="shade1"></div>
	<div class="shade2"></div>
	<div class="shade4"></div>
	<div class="shade5"></div>
 
	<div class="msg-holder">
		<div class="i"></div>
		<div class="l">
			<div></div>
		</div>
		<div class="o">
			<div></div>
		</div>
		<div class="v"></div>
		<div class="v2"></div>
		<div class="v3"></div>
		<div class="e">
			<div class="e2"></div>
			<div class="e3"></div>
		</div>
		<div class="c">
			<div></div>
		</div>
		<div class="s">
			<div class="s2"></div>
			<div class="s3"></div>
		</div>
		<div class="ss">
			<div class="ss2"></div>
			<div class="ss3"></div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>


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The CSS

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#container {
height:500px;
margin:0 auto;
position:relative;
width:500px;
z-index:1;
}
.hrt-lft {
-moz-border-radius:150px 150px 0 0;
-webkit-border-radius:150px 150px 0 0;
background-color:#FF0000;
float:left;
height:90px;
left:85px;
position:absolute;
width:180px;
}
.hrt-rgt {
-moz-border-radius:150px 150px 0 0;
-webkit-border-radius:150px 150px 0 0;
background-color:#FF0000;
height:90px;
position:absolute;
right:85px;
width:180px;
}
.bot {
border-left:165px solid transparent;
border-right:165px solid transparent;
border-top:165px solid #FF0000;
font-size:0;
left:85px;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
top:90px;
width:0;
z-index:1000;
}
.arw1 {
background-color:#333333;
height:10px;
left:20px;
position:absolute;
top:80px;
width:195px;
z-index:1000;
}
.arw2 {
background-color:#333333;
height:10px;
position:absolute;
right:20px;
top:80px;
width:66px;
z-index:1000;
}
.pointer {
border-color:transparent transparent transparent #000000;
border-style:solid;
border-width:20px;
font-size:0;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
right:-20px;
top:64px;
width:0;
z-index:1000;
}
.pointer2 {
border-color:#000000 #000000 #000000 transparent;
border-style:solid;
border-width:20px;
font-size:0;
left:0;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
top:65px;
width:0;
z-index:200;
}
.pointer3 {
border-color:#FFFFFF transparent;
border-style:solid;
border-width:20px;
font-size:0;
left:20px;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
top:65px;
width:0;
z-index:300;
}
.shade1 {
-moz-border-radius:100px;
-webkit-border-radius:100px;
background-color:#FF9900;
height:100px;
position:absolute;
right:120px;
top:25px;
width:100px;
z-index:1200;
}
.shade2 {
-moz-border-radius:100px;
-webkit-border-radius:100px;
background-color:#FF0000;
height:120px;
position:absolute;
right:115px;
top:35px;
width:120px;
z-index:1300;
}
.shade3 {
-moz-border-radius:200px 300px 200px 350px;
-webkit-border-radius:200px 300px 200px 350px;
background-color:#FF0000;
height:170px;
position:absolute;
right:60px;
top:102px;
width:170px;
z-index:1300;
}
.shade4 {
border-color:#FF9900 #FF9900 #FF9900 transparent;
border-style:solid;
border-width:0 11px 30px 40px;
font-size:0;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
right:200px;
top:170px;
width:0;
z-index:1600;
}
.shade5 {
border-color:transparent #FF0000;
border-style:solid;
border-width:40px 37px 0 0;
font-size:0;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
right:195px;
top:160px;
width:0;
z-index:1700;
}
.msg-holder
{
-moz-box-shadow:0 0 12px #D2D2D1;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 12px #D2D2D1;
background-color:#EEEEEE;
border:1px solid #D2D2D2;
height:50px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
position:relative;
top:300px;
width:90%;
}
.c {
-moz-border-radius:15px 0 0 15px;
-webkit-border-radius:15px 0 0 15px;
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
position:absolute;
right:140px;
width:45px;
}
.c div {
-moz-border-radius:10px 4px 4px 10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px 4px 4px 10px;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:22px;
position:relative;
right:-20px;
top:11px;
width:25px;
}
.i {
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
position:absolute;
left:20px;
width:17px;
}
.l {
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
position:absolute;
left:65px;
width:35px;
}
.l div {
-moz-border-radius:2px 0 3px 0;
-webkit-border-radius:2px 0 3px 0;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:33px;
left:15px;
position:relative;
top:0;
width:20px;
}
.o {
-moz-border-radius:10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
left:105px;
position:absolute;
width:45px;
}
.o div {
-moz-border-radius:0 3px 0 3px;
-webkit-border-radius:0 3px 0 3px;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:27px;
left:19px;
position:relative;
top:9px;
width:8px;
}
.v {
border-color:#333333 transparent transparent;
border-style:solid;
border-width:60px 30px;
font-size:0;
left:152px;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
top:10px;
width:0;
z-index:300;
}
.v2 {
background-color:#eeeeee;
bottom:0;
height:15px;
left:165px;
position:absolute;
width:30px;
z-index:1000;
}
.v3 {
border-color:#eeeeee transparent transparent;
border-style:solid;
border-width:60px 25px;
clip:rect(30px, 60px, 200px, 0px);
font-size:0;
left:158px;
line-height:0;
position:absolute;
top:-25px;
width:0;
z-index:300;
}
.e {
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
left:217px;
position:absolute;
width:43px;
}
.e2 {
-moz-border-radius:0 0 2px 0;
-webkit-border-radius:0 0 2px 0;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:6px;
left:15px;
position:relative;
top:27px;
width:28px;
}
.e3 {
-moz-border-radius:0 2px 0 0;
-webkit-border-radius:0 2px 0 0;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:5px;
left:15px;
position:relative;
top:4px;
width:28px;
}
.s {
-moz-border-radius:9px 0 9px 0;
-webkit-border-radius:9px 0 9px 0;
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
position:absolute;
right:85px;
width:45px;
}
.s2 {
-moz-border-radius:0 3px 3px 2px;
-webkit-border-radius:0 3px 3px 2px;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:6px;
position:relative;
right:0;
top:27px;
width:25px;
}
.s3 {
-moz-border-radius:3px 2px 0 3px;
-webkit-border-radius:3px 2px 0 3px;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:6px;
position:relative;
right:-20px;
top:5px;
width:25px;
}
.ss {
-moz-border-radius:9px 0 9px 0;
-webkit-border-radius:9px 0 9px 0;
background-color:#333333;
height:45px;
position:absolute;
right:30px;
width:45px;
}
.ss2 {
-moz-border-radius:0 3px 3px 2px;
-webkit-border-radius:0 3px 3px 2px;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:6px;
position:relative;
right:0;
top:27px;
width:25px;
}
.ss3 {
-moz-border-radius:3px 2px 0 3px;
-webkit-border-radius:3px 2px 0 3px;
background-color:#eeeeee;
height:6px;
position:relative;
right:-20px;
top:5px;
width:25px;
}

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You can use these codes for personal and commercial projects at free of charge. What I only expect in return is your comments and backlinks, if you like it. You are not allowed to sell or redistribute the code anywhere else. If you like to share CSS Heart please link to this article.
Do not provide the direct download link nor upload these menus onto other servers for your own share, without my permission. If you want to spread the words, just link to this article.

Creative Commons License
CSS Heart – Pure CSS Valenties Day Card – CSS Art by Deepu Balan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 India License. Based on a work at deepubalan.com.

About The Author

Deepu Balan

Hi there! I’m a web UI/UX architect. This is my online playground, my beautiful space to share my passions, my work and what I find inspiring.

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13 thoughts on “CSS Heart – A web designer way of wishing Valentine’s Day…”

  3. woot! This is cool! Hope to see more tutorials from you. This is very helpful especially to those who are just starting with their CSS.

    I love CSS!

    Reply

  5. This is what I call, an awesome code. You’ve worked hard to design the heart, Deepu.

    Not only have you created something unique, but also explained it clearly so that everyone can understand in a jiffy. I am eagerly waiting for more of such articles about CSS and its possibilities.

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  10. How ingeniously original ! 😀 I believe Picasso would have loved it as it is quite reflective of the ” cubist ” style [ which Picasso was famous for ] ; hmmm..now I bet he would have loved it even more if you would have done it in BLUE ! ( since Picasso never had a chance to go into the Red period / phase of his work ) – his last period was the Blue Period . Well, now there is always next year 😉 😀 **There is nothing wrong with setting aside a Universal Day of Love , think of it as …Christmas where everyone is nice to each other 😀

    Kudos for your hard work here D.

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