Valentine Bears

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life this last Sunday in February. This month just seemed to move forward so quickly. Maybe because we were in Florida for 10 days. 

I also had my 3rd annual Galentine Party on Friday evening. It was a fun night with 4 of my gal friends. We enjoyed lots of good food and some fun games. We played a "family feud" game. I even had buzzers. The girls really liked it. My other games were a Valentine riddle, Valentine candy match, Valentine trivia and a Valentine word scramble. And of course there were prizes to be won. 

I like to do something different each year so I will be on the lookout for different ideas for next year. Now onto my card for today.

This is the last of my 2025 Valentine cards. I gave this one to my husband. I liked the cute sentiment on this one and also the sweet little bears. 

I used the colors from the Splitcoasters color challenge#1037. We were to usebasic black, balmy blue and melon mambo for the color trio. Optional this week is Valentine's.

melon mambo balmy blue basic black

I started my card with a new to me die from Lawn Fawn. It's the "heart garland backdrop die". I cut it in melon mambo cardstock and layered it over a piece of balmy blue designer paper from the Stampin' Up "beautiful bokeh" collection.

I used the polar bears w/birch tree die from CottageCutz for my Valentine bears. Cut their scarves in the challenge colors.

My sentiment is a stamp from MFT- their X's & O's set.

I like making Valentine cards using non-traditional colors. And, I like how this one turned out.

Card Details:

Stamps: X's & O's (MFT)

Paper: melon mambo, black, confetti white, naturals white, beautiful bokeh dsp (Stampin' Up), white glitter paper (Recollections)

Ink: tuxedo black (Memento)

Accessories: Heart Garland Backdrop die (lawn Fawn), Polar Bears w/Birch Tree die (CottageCutz)

I am also entering:

1.  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends has an anything goes challenge. 

2.  Crafty Calendar Challenge is hearts.

3.  Polkadoodles has an anything goes challenge. 

4.  Sweet Stampin' has a masculine makes challenge. This one went to my hubby. 

5.  MTTC #554 is a 1,2,3 recipe. 1-designer paper, 2-bears, 3-heart banners.