Valentine cards I made for 2026

[irid3sc3nt (Carissa 🎃)]

There are nineteen pics.

For a lot of these I used images of vintage cards that I had printed at Office Depot. My new printer isn’t great at crisp images.
Many of them have been touched up with additional implements:
Bruynzeel colored pencils
Posca pens
Sakura jelly roll stardust pen
FolkArt Dots

I also used sticky gems, washi tape, ribbon, stickers, baker’s twine, various cardstock, and confetti.

And you bet I used Valentine-themed USPS postage stamps on the jazzed envelopes.

My nephew whom I think will chuckle with this. I probably could have done some math-themed valentine, but I really wanted to send some of these monster–type valentines. You’ll see another one further down.

My friend with four kids so they can hang it up

My niece who lives in NYC

My friend who knows that I’m already crazy and loves her and it’s a weird McDonalds valentine

My friend who loves Nintendo (it’s Wendy-O!)

My SIL bc we both find this type of humor funny

My parents bc my dad enjoys root beer

My Gram bc we send each other correspondence

My in-laws - my MIL loves gardening

My oldest sis, uncle, and youngest bonus nephew since they talk about ADHD as having “squirrels”

My friend who loves purple and childhood memories

My friend who loves Jem

My oldest bonus nephew, whom I think will get a kick out of this

My BIL - sometimes I send him girly or mushy stuff so he’ll chuckle (I happen to love Valentine puns)

My three nephews from my oldest sis - includes scratch n sniff pickle sticker just so they keep thinking their aunt is weird

My middle sis - this one is somewhat complicated to explain other than it’s a mashup of themes

My bonus niece -something not too cutesy and not overly lovey-dovey

[MamaRhi (Rhiannon)]

Those are all so thoughtful and cute!!

[AIMR (Linda -2026 time to regroup and renew :us:)]

I love how you personalized them all .

The scary monster ones are my favorite. I love puns.

[wittychild (Jen 🇨🇦)]

These are so much fun! I bet your people were thrilled to get some postal love. (Snail mail is my love language!)

[Tapestry (Jenn)]

All of them are fantastic and so fun!

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

Oh my goodness! I love how unique each one is. How much thought and love you put into each is just phenomenal.

[TheMistressT (Tara - she/her)]

This is a treasure trove of Valentines bringing the school Valentine nostalgia! I love that you chose so specifically and that you tarted them up with various embellishments.

[Bunny1kenobi (Deanna 🇺🇸)]

These would be so fun to get in the mail!!

[irid3sc3nt (Carissa 🎃)]

@TheMistressT @wittychild @Tapestry @Bunny1kenobi @MamaRhi @MistressJennie

Thank you! These were both fun and time-consuming to make. I don’t really expect all the people to keep them which is why I mostly use double-sided tape. They weren’t cards that you open, they just had a “Happy Valentine’s Day” stamp on the back and my writing “have a lovely day.” Then, “from Carissa and co.”

I haven’t heard if anyone received them, though. I think the mail is real slow. A birthday card I sent about two weeks ago finally made it to its destination

[graverobbergirl]

I love Vintage Valentines… And you’ve jazzed them up so well!

NGL that McDonald’s one gave me flashbacks to memories I didn’t know I had. I immediately knew it was McDonald’s even though I have no idea what those things are. And then I remembered I totally had toys of them. Anyway, thanks for sharing (and the bizarre nostalgia hit!)

[irid3sc3nt (Carissa 🎃)]

Yeah! I think they’re Fry Guys??
I liked McDonald’s because they had great toys, but we usually went to Burger King. They were alright and they did have that sweet crown you could wear.