Happy Gal N. Tine's!

Hello Stamplings!

I hope this finds you well or you soon will be! 

I made some cards! There are so many challenges celebrating Valentine's Day, or Galentine's Day, or Hearts-n'-Love-For-No-Reason-Day that it's hard not to be inspired! It's "D = Dies/Die Cuts" week on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar and I happen to have purchased a few things (cough) recently to help motivate me. 

Today's NBUS feature is the "Jar of Wishes" from Pinkfresh Studio. All the rest of the schtuffs I used today are BUS!

I cut the Jar of Wishes from a light gray cardstock and then again from vellum and used the matching stencil to add pink highlights. I cut the lid from a scrap of cork and then filled my Jar of Wishes with little pink and red heart flowers from Impression Obsession dies. The SWAK stands for "sealed with a kiss." Anyone remember writing those letters on the flap of envelopes back in the last century? SWAK comes in a 3-pack of XOXO and I💗YOU. I think the set is also from Impression Obsession, but I can't find the packaging ATM.🤦‍♀️

For the background I used one of those O(ld)BUS narrow embossing folders, shown here with Ms. Val:

Just to be different, I alternated embossing and debossing down the length of the card front. Here's a close up of the card:

Playing with: Pinkfresh February Challenge and Little Red Wagon.

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Next I used a NBUS die that was a gift last Galentine's Day from my friend Ang, lovingly known to many of you across the pond as Mrs. Duck. Hammy calls it a quilt die because it has so many panels and there are so many designs you can make with it. My puzzle-lovin' heart had a ball!

Playing with: Color Hues.

Playing with: Just Us Girls.

Playing with: Addicted to Stamps and More and CAS on Sunday

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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

And enjoy the Olympics! It's impressive to see all the athletes so dedicated to their sport, but it's also emotional as they alternate between the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. It was so sad that Lindsey Vonn broke her leg, but she sure gave it her all!

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and thank you so much for the warm welcome back to Blogland last week!

I'll leave with my annual crocus photo. They are sure to bring a smile, especially if you are still snowbound and frigid! I'm sorry, what?

*Life is too short!