Happy Valentine's Day!!

💖 Happy Valentine's Day if you're celebrating!! Or maybe it's Single Awareness Day where you are - LOL. Whatever it is, enjoy!!

I'm celebrating today along with my birthday twin, Lynn so I'll share the card I made her:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white; Park Lane mint;

Paper Studio watercolor print

Stamps - Hero Arts retired Valentine set;

Sunny Studio Inside Greetings

Stencil - Hero Arts Floral Patterns

Dies - Hero Arts Hero Studio Jan'25 kit &

Love & Hearts Fancy Dies

Other - clay heart mix from Michaels

Lynn, our friend Linda & I all have February birthdays & we'll celebrate together next week. I made Lynn a shaker card since we're doing that format for our February Die Cut Diva Challenge sponsored by Hero Arts. I made the shaker window using one of the Hero Studio kit dies, plus cut an extra heart (stenciled) for the die cut sentiment (a January Hero Studio add-on). The red hearts were also from the add-on. I added a fussy cut combined Valentine's Day and birthday stamped sentiment. Since the dies are getting first play here, I'll add my card to Darnell's February NBUS #71 Challenge. I'll also share at Seize the Birthday #299 where we're to add a heart - yay!! Finally, I'll share at Tic Tac Toe #264 with the diagonal lower left to top right Heart - Die Cut - Love Sentiment.

My long-time cardmaking friend/almost birthday twin Greta (GG Creations) had her birthday on Wednesday; here's the card I sent her:

Supplies: Paper - Recollections A2 card; 

Spellbinders Betterpress Porcelain & Pebble

Hot Foil plate w/Stencils - Pinkfresh Studio Peony Print

stencils HERE

Press plates with dies - Spellbinders A Little Message Sentiments

Dies - AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

Hero Arts Tag Frame Infinity Dies (retired)

Other - Hero Arts enamel dots, inks & shimmer spray

As usual, I letterpressed the hot foil plate; I love doing that! After some simple stenciling, I die cut with a stitched rectangle and spritz the whole panel with shimmer spray - so pretty in real life! 

Still with me? Here's the final Valentine I made for this year - a quick & easy one that I sent to my auntie we call Tia.

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 cards; scrap of aqua;

BoBunny Love Letters 6x6

Dies - AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies

Other - Recollections gems;

Taylored Expressions sentiment strip

Here are the birthday cards I've received to date; thanks to everyone who sent a card!!

And here's a photo of yesterday's lunch with my former quartet (with me in my favorite pink sweater) & our coach, plus a friend who went to New Zealand with us (both at left):

Totally forgot to take a photo of today's lunch with friend/almost sister Connie & her hubby. They treated me to lunch at our favorite spot called Doolittle's about 1/2 way between us. We ate early to try & beat the incoming snow; I did fine. They went home to the southwest & were already getting white out conditions! It's just started to snow here!! 

Looking forward to Craft Roulette tonight since I'll be staying off the snowy roads!

Thanks for stopping by & have a crafty weekend!!