PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN SPOT: February 2026

Here's this week's sketch hosted by Jen M. at Freshly Made Sketches #721. I wasn't able to post my card for the actual challenge because of time constraints however I decided to go ahead and post it, because we can never have too many masculine card ideas.

Here's My Card:

I really liked the clean and simple lines of this sketch and decided it would be a perfect layout for a masculine card. The designer paper and stamps are from a suite that will be released in Stampin' Ups! Online Exclusives in March called "A Wonderful Match".

While soccer has been around for a long time, in the past ten years it has become one of the top sports in Canada for youth and adults and is even outpacing hockey as our national sport. It's so popular that its anticipated that tickets for the FIFA World Cup 26 soccer games in Vancouver this summer will be sold out immediately upon release.

The sentiments for this card could be altered for any male occasion such as soccer celebrations, birthdays, congratulations and so forth so I've left the inside blank for now.

Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies:

A Wonderful Match Photopolymer Stamp Set #167517 (not available until March 2026)
Stitched circles dies (R)

Cardstock and Designer Papers:

Basic White 5" x 10" scored at 5" for the card base
Basic White 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" for inside matte scrap for sentiment
"A Wonderful Match" 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 circle cut from ephemera pictures
"A Wonderful Match" DSP black and white design cut 2 pieces 4 3/4"x 4 3/4" for front and inside mattes.
"A Wonderful Match" green and white DSP 1 3/4" x 4 3/4" and 1 1/4" x 4 3/4" for inside strip

Ink:

Momento Black

Accessories:

Dimensionals
Wonderful Stars Puffy Stickers (not available until March)

I hope you like this masculine card and are as excited as I am about this stamp set and coordinating products. It will be available the first of March when the Online Exclusives are released.

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

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Here we are, the last day of January, and I'm reflecting on where the month went. There's been so much going on! My husband and I have been celebrating birthdays, enjoying dining out, and yesterday and today were extra special because I got to stamp and spend time with two of my team members. What fun!

Creating and sharing are just the best medicine for getting your mojo on a roll. We made some fun projects, learned some new skills, looked at some of the pre-order products from Stampin' Up! and just had so many laughs. These gals bring me pure joy when they come for a visit. I'm looking forward to sharing some of the projects I made this week.

The first project is a Valentine's Day card based on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #666 designed by Michelle and digitalized by Brandi. Here's the sketch:

Here's My Card:

I was a bit intimidated by this sketch when I first looked at it, because of the boxes. Once I got over that intimidation I was able to envision what I wanted to create. Here's what I made:

I love the paper designs in the Valentines Kisses designer paper pack, and used this sketch as an opportunity to mix several of the designs. Because I'm such a fan of the oval/rectangle died from the Unbounded Love die set, I decided to use three die cuts from this paper as the horizontal bars in the sketch. The rest was easy.

Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies:

Jan 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kisses and Hugs for the sentiment "sending you love"
Jan 2025 Paper Pumpkin Hearts for You - small solid heart inside panel
Valentine Kisses #167027 for the inside sentiment "Sending Lots of Love your Way to celebrate this special day".
Stitched Hearts dies for two heart shapes
Unbounded Love #163378 for three rectangular panels

Card Stock and Designer Paper:

Basic White Card base - 8 1/2 " x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
Basic White mattes - cut 2 at 5" x 3 3/4" for front and inside. Emboss front layer with Hearts of Love 3D embossing folder.
Basic White Scraps for small heart and flower die cuts
Scraps of Poppy Parade for red heart and small flowers
Cut three 1 1/4" x 3" designer paper rectangles using Made With Love DSP
Cut a matte 5 1/4 x 4" for card front from Made With Love DSP, cut a second matte for inside card using the same designer paper.