Heart Hugs

| Gayle Chrvala

My hubby’s Valentine’s card this year includes a red embossed panel with hearts and X’s using an unbranded embossing folder from my stash. Spellbinder’s heart die was used to cut vellum hearts to back my Gina K Designs 12 Days of Christmas “A Paper Hug” stamp set. Ephemera sentiment was also die cut. It was a sweet card for a sweet hubby.

My card will be shared with

Can You Handle the Pressure?: Anything Goes with a twist of Die Cuts

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Daisy Hugs

| Gayle Chrvala

Our buddy Johanna has daffodils that are coming up in her garden but I’m pretty sure the only flowers to be seen in my neighborhood will be on my card! Maybe more snow for us Sunday into Monday! Sigh! Anyway for a pick me up, I pulled out Taylored Expressions Daisy Dreams Stamp, Stencil and die combo. My background polka dot patterned paper was from my stash. The yellow cardstock is a 65lb layering weight from my local Michaels and the strip is TE’s Easy Strip 1/4″ patterns. Sentiment is also from Daisy Dreams. I can only dream that the snow will finally melt and it’s only 35 days until Spring. My card today will be shared with:

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: February 2026 with a theme of polka dots

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Valentine Card

| Lisa K

Here is the Valentine I made for my husband. He hasn’t received it, yet.

The stamp set is called Pick a Season by Stampin Up. It was part of the 2025 Sale-a-Bration. I purchased it from a Demonstrator and I am sure it was new, so they were happy to sell it. The greeting is from a Hero Arts set. My daughter cut the arch background and focal for me.

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Zombie Witch

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. With no more Valentine cards to make I think it’s time for a Halloween card. Image is a Whimsy Stamps card front that was gifted to me to me by Buddy Gayle. Frame was found online. Being that the frame was a full sheet I had hubby cut out the center. If I tried to cut the opening it would not have been straight. This was way too easy to make, especially since I didn’t have to do the cutting. There’s no sentiment inside yet, I’ll have to find something that goes with that zombie face when I know who I’ll send it to.

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This will now be entered at https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/02/february-2026-anything-goes-halloween.html

Glittery Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for one of our favorite servers that we see once a week. She has a glittery cover on her steering wheel and a glittery frame around her license plate. This week she even had sparkly shoes, so I decided to give her a little sparkle for her birthday. Background paper was found online, and I had the glitter paper. Die cut is Stitched Squares by die-namics, sentiment was printed on the computer with clip art candles added. I think she’ll like that I added a little sparkle to her card.

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Febu-Ween

| Gayle Chrvala

A cute little trick or treater among all the shadows and dark for my card today. Using Whimsy Stamps Lil Friends Quick Card Fronts, Chunky Checkers die and Hero Arts Soft Landscape Window die for my card today. A fun card to make and jumpstart my participation in challenges.

My card will be shared with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: February 2026 Anything Goes Hallowen

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, still freezing in Pennsylvania!

Christmas Card Feb.

| Lisa K

I have made several Christmas cards lately. I am posting one for the Peace on Earth challenge.

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2026/02/february-2026-peace-on-earth-challenge.html

The trees are from a Newton’s Nook stencil. I made it a couple of years ago and placed it in a container not knowing what I would create. The snow is cut with an SU die using Altenew Glitter paper; again, another leftover from the past Christmas. The snowmen and greeting are Gina K Designs, very retired set. I stamped, colored and die cut the images for this card. This was made originally, for a Virtual Stamping Night challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. Those challenges ended today.

I enjoyed creating using items in my stash and stamp sets that haven’t been inked in quite some time. My goal for 2026 is to use my stash and made 3 Christmas cards each month. I made more than 3 in February.

Warm Birthday Wishes

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. The idea for this card came from browsing through Pinterest. This is the layout I finally chose. I’ve had this pp for a while and I love the colors. Center strip is popped up with mounting tape, dies used are Spellbinders classic and scalloped circles, sentiment was printed on the computer. Very quick and easy. This will be going to a very special friend.

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Hard Rock Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for one of our favorite bussers at our favorite restaurant. He has a band that plays locally so I thought a music themed card would be good. He always calls us ‘love birds’. 🙂

Embossing folder is a no name one I bought on Amazon, pp was found online, sentiment was printed on the computer and cut with my paper trimmer. Sentiment strip is popped up with mounting tape. Layout idea came from looking through Pinterest.

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