Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hope everyone is having a nice Sunday! It's quite dreary here - cold, cloudy and drizzling, with snow forecast later tonight. It will just be a dusting but I'll try to take a few pics if it happens. We are cozy now and have our game plan: keep the faucets dripping at both ends of the house, pipes and plants are covered, and cranking up the heat. Now, I just wish I was a bear and could hibernate until Friday, may try it anyway! I feel for all y'all in similar or worse weather. 

I decided to go humorous for my husband's Valentine's card: Punny for Honey! And, I also went with digital stamp images from Imagine That Digi Stamps. I used two of Kris' sets that I've had for awhile but have never used: 

  

With all the stress and effort in getting ready for this storm, I went the most digital that I've ever gone with a card. I used all pre-colored images. They were already to go as I had printed them last year, hoping to use. So this was a quick card to make, but the best part was, no stress! Omygosh, I felt the difference!

I had printed them on glossy presentation paper and was amazed at how unfaded they were! I still love to color by hand and always will, but it's comforting to have a good Plan B in the wings.

I matted the front and back with SU card stock and on back, I adhered another ITDS image along with a Technique Tuesday siggie and then a Lawn Fawn die cut out of Recollections 110# white card stock. I used a shim and it cut like butter, plus it retained its shape as I was adding glue and did not stretch out hardly at all. 

This card is 8.5x 6", a weird size I had no envies for, so I made one with a 12x12 scrap sheet. I literally placed the card diagonally in the center of the sheet and folded around it, used my scoring tool to crisp the folds, then glued it. I was pleasantly surprised!

Now, onto our Valentine's Day. I had requested latex rainbow roses last year instead of real, and I have enjoyed them so, so much (no maintenance and they last longer than real). So this yer I requested pink tulips. Honey did not disappoint! I surprised him with 3 flavors of Daelman's Authentic Dutch Stroopwafels to try. I had to help, of course. They are very delicious and shipped in perfect shape! Not one crumble, smash or break. All varieties are good, but my fave is the chocolate. Honey's fave is.the Honey one..DUH! heehee

This year's cards we exchanged on display where last year's roses sit. Honey's card to me color-matched the tulips. <3 I did not notice it until I looked at the pics, or I would have taken a pic of them together.

I save all our received cards and decided to decorate the bar with some of the prior year Valentines cards that Honey and I have exchanged. Here's a funny: I did not realize, and neither did Honey, that he gave me the same card two years! Hahaha One's a little larger than the other, but inside word for word inside and out the same. 

And my little art corner. I made the Mail Art 4x6 in front center, but all of the displayed ATC's are ones I received during my swapping years. So, "Mail Art" is pretty fitting, don' you think? winkwink

Thanks for visiting. Hope you had a wonderful day and a good week ahead. Stay warm and dry! XOX

MY CHALLENGES PLAYLIST:

1.   Imagine That Digi Stamps Customer Gallery

2.   2 Crafty Critter Crazies Feb: AG with a Critter -- #4/5  Llamas

3.   Crafty Animals #47: AG with an Animal -- Llamas

4.   Paper Funday #26: AG + Opt. Twist Love is in the Air -- #3/4  Option played!

5.   Outlawz Saturdays Paper A La Mode 2/13-2/26: Sentiments

6.   Time Out #181: Photo Inspiration -- I was inspired by the colors, the hearts and the roses!

7.   Scrapping 4 Fun #185: Friendship, Wedding, Valentine Themes  --  #3/3 cards   Valentine Theme

8.   Classic Design Challenge Feb. 2021 #2: AG  

9.   MAWTT #127: Valentines/Love -- #3/3

10. Simply Create Too #167: Use Hearts -- #3/3

11. Aud Sentiments #268: Sentiment + AG -- #3/5

12. Pearly Sparkles #59: AG

13. Daring Cardmakers: Share the Love -- 

14. Get Creative Challenge #98: AG + Opt. Use Red or Pink -- #3/3

15. Mod Squad Challenge: All About Love (Word Must be on Front) -- #2/3  Well, it's spelled LLOVE for the llama pun, hope that's okay!

16. Happy Little Stampers Feb. CAS: Love is in the Air -- 

17. Try it on Tuesday: Falling in Love

18. My Time to Craft #450: Love -- #2/3

19. ABMTTCX Feb: AAG -- 

20. Creative Fingers #201: AAG -- #2/3