Connect & Create: February 2026

Robin Carlton

Owner & Candy Keeper
Staff member
Happy February, Sweet Shoppers!

Looking back on 20 years of challenges over the past year has been a blast, but I don’t know about you, I’m ready for something new!

Whenever we brainstorm a new challenge system, it’s always a balancing act. We want it to be fun and open-ended so you can scrap YOUR favorite memories, a bit of a challenge to keep things interesting, and easy enough for us to run every month. We think we’ve found the perfect mix of all three for this year’s challenges, and I’m sooo excited to finally be able to share everything with you. I hope you love it as much as we do!

Introducing Connect & Create, a challenge system where YOU are in charge! Remember those school worksheets where you’d connect answers from one side of the page to the other? That’s the inspiration for our new monthly challenges. Only this time, there are no right or wrong answers, just endless ways to get creative!

Here’s how it works. Simply make a match by drawing a line from one option in the left column to another in the right column, then create a page.

Other than the simple rule that each option can only be used once, you’re free to make the connections you want and scrap the pages that excite you most! Here are your options and tracker card for February...

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Something to keep in mind, the words on the left are open to interpretation and can be literal or symbolic. For example...

Love can be people, hobbies, or something someone loves.
Bliss could be a pedicure, a place you love to be, or taking a nap.
Twenty could be an anniversary, a top 20 list, or twenty photos on the page.
Community could be about your scrapping friends, going to church, giving back to the community, etc.

Get creative and have fun with these! We are never looking to disqualify anyone from earning sweet rewards. We simply want to inspire you to get those pages scrapped.

Are you ready to jump in? It's easy to play along...

Right-click the image above to save it to your computer and start connecting options! You might want to make a plan before creating your pages to make sure each match feels doable.

Then grab a spot in this thread to track your progress and share your pages.

Here's how you can earn your rewards...

Connect 8 to earn a 25% coupon to use in the shoppe in March

OR

Make all 15 connections to earn a 40% discount and be entered to win this month’s $50 gift certificate too!


Update your post in this thread with your completed layouts and tracker by 11:59pm ET on
Sunday, March 1st to claim your rewards and enter to win this month’s prize.

As a reminder, you must use Sweet Shoppe products for the majority of each page. Templates or small touches from other designers are fine, but your page should obviously feature our products.

EDIT: Just added a Connect & Create category to the gallery for you to upload your layouts to!

Scroll down for inspiring matches from our Babes and a sample of what your tracker should look like!

We can’t wait to see everyone’s connections and hope you’re feeling inspired and excited to play along!

Happy scrapping!

R
 
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Here's what your tracker should look like for the month...

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It would be easiest for us if you shared your layouts in order of the words listed in the left column...

Love + 10 or more photos from SugarBabe Jill

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Cozy + Bold One Word Title from SugarBabe Sarah

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Celebrate + Pattern on Pattern from SugarBabe Sherly

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Sweet + Cluster Crazy from SugarBabe Trina

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Reflect + Ephemera Heavy from SugarBabe Karli

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Connect + Use Emojis from SugarBabe Kim B

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Friendship + Full Page Photo Background from SugarBabe Krista L

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Favorite + Scrap on the Diagonal from SugarBabe Carrie

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Our Babes scrapped 8 layouts this month and earned 25% to use during Sweet Rewards week in March.

but you could...

Scrap 15 layouts, earn a 40% discount to use in March and be entered to win this month's $50 giveaway too!

Good luck, have fun and please let us know if you have any questions!

R
 
This sounds so fun! My spot here!

Woohoo! I scraped 15 layouts to earn a 40% discount to use in March and be entered to win this month's $50 giveaway too!

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1. Love + Pink, White, Silver


2. Cozy + Bold One Word Title


3. Celebrate + Covered in Confetti


4. Sparkle + Pattern on Pattern


5. Pause + Repetitive Elements


6. Sweet + Scrap on the Diagonal


7. Reflect + Cluster Crazy
I reflected the title.



8. Connect + Full Page Photo


9. Friendship + Use Emojis


10. Cheers + Scrap a Slogan


11. Favourite + Use a List
(My list is in the photo)


12. Delicious + Ephemera Heavy


13. Bliss + One Tiny Photo


14. Community + Glitter it Up


15. Twenty + 10 Plus Photos
I did TWENTY geo tags with 11 photos
 
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How exciting! My February Spot!

I scrapped 15 LOs!

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1. Love + Bold One Word Title


2. Cozy + Scrap On A Diagonal


3. Celebrate + One Tiny Photo


4. Sparkle + Glitter It Up!


5. Pause + Repetitive Elements



6. Sweet + Ephemera Heavy


7. Reflect + Use A List



8. Connect + Use Emojis


9. Favorite + 10 or More Photos



10.Cheers + Covered in Confetti



11. Friendship + Scrap A Slogan



12. Delicious + Pattern on Pattern


13. Bliss + Full-Page Photo Background


14. Community + Pink, White, Silver



15. Twenty {different elements} + Cluster Crazy
 
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Woohoo! I completed 15 LO's!
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1. Love + Pattern on Pattern

2. Cozy + Glitter It Up
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3. Celebrate + Use a List

4. Sparkle + Pink, White and Silver

5. Pause + Bold One Word Title

6. Sweet + Cluster Crazy

7. Reflect + Ephemera Heavy
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8. Connect + Repetitive Elements

9. Friendship + Emojis
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10. Cheers + Covered in Confetti

11. Favorite + Scrap on the Diagonal

12. Delicious + 10 or more photos

13. Bliss + Photo Background

14. Community + Scrap a Slogan
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15. Twenty + One Tiny Photo
 
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1. Love and pink, white and silver

2. Cozy and bold title

3. Celebrate and ten photos

4. Sparkle and glitter it up

5. Pause and tiny photo

6. Sweet and emoji


7. Reflect and ephemera


8. Connect and pattern


9. Friendship and Diagonal

10. Cheers

11. Favorite and Repetitive elements


12. Delicious and list

13. Bliss and cluster crazy

14. Community and Scrap a Slogan

15. Twenty and full page photo background
 
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Here for it! My Spot :) All done! :love:
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1. Love-------------------Pink, White & Silver


2. Cozy-------------------Pattern on Pattern


3. Celebrate-------------Scrap a Slogan: "Believe in the Power of a Wish" from Make-a-Wish Foundation


4. Sparkle----------------Covered in Confetti


5. Pause------------------Repetitive Elements


6. Sweet------------------Large Photo


7. Reflect-----------------Use a List


8. Connect---------------Use Emojis


9. Friendship-------------Ephemera Heavy


10. Cheers----------------One Tiny Photo
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11. Favorite---------------Scrap in a Diagonal
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12. Delicious-------------Cluster Crazy


13. Bliss-------------------Bold One Word Title


14. Community----------10+ Photos


15. Twenty----------------Glitter It Up!
 
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Love + Ephemera Heavy:


Cozy + Full Photo Background:


Celebrate + Clutter Crazy:


Sparkle + glitter it Up:


Pause + Pattern on Pattern:


Sweet + One small photo:


Reflect + 10 photos:


Connect + Emoji's:


Friendship + repetitive elements:


Cheers + Pink, White, and Silver:


Favorite + use a list:


Delicious + Slogan:


Bliss + one word title:

Community + scrap diagonal:


Twenty + Covered in Confetti


I made all 15 connections to earn a 40% discount and be entered to win this month’s $50 gift certificate too!
 
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Me!

1. Love & 10 or more photos



2. Cozy & Bold One Word Title



3. Celebrate
4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet - Repetitive elements (hearts)



7. Reflect
8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite
12. Delicious

13. Bliss - Cluster Crazy



14. Community
15. Twenty
 
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I connected all 15 and earned 40% off
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1. Love and full background picture
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2. Cozy and 1 tiny picture
cozy-fireplace-2026-small.jpg
3. Celebrate
Eighteen-small.jpg

4. Sparkle and pink/wht/silver
royality-small.jpg
5. Pause and diagonal

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6. Sweet and confetti
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7. Reflect and ephemera
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8. Connect and emoji
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9. Friendship and bold title
board-small.jpg


10. Cheers and cluster crazy
mothers-day-lunch-2025mall.jpg

11. Favorite and glitter it up
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12. Delicious and pattern on pattern
blackbird-bakery-small.jpg

13. Bliss 10 pic
full



14. Community & slogan
shelter-small.jpg


15. Twenty &list

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1. Love -
2. Cozy -
3. Celebrate - Repetitive elements

4. Sparkle -
5. Pause -
6. Sweet -
7. Reflect -
8. Connect -
9. Friendship -
10. Cheers -
11. Favorite -
12. Delicious -
13. Bliss -
14. Community -
15. Twenty -
 
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My spot right here!



1. Love - Scrap on the Diagonal


2. Cozy - Repetetive elements


3. Celebrate - Glitter it up!


4. Sparkle - One tiny photo


5. Pause - Pattern on pattern


6. Sweet - Bold One Word title


7. Reflect - Ephemera heavy


8. Connect - 10 or more photo's


9. Friendship - Full Page Photo Background


10. Cheers -

11. Favorite - Cluster crazy (Like uhmm clusters :wub: and the color green)


12. Delicious -

13. Bliss - Pink, white and Silver


14. Community - Use emojis

15. Twenty -
 
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me

1. Love ----
2. Cozy
3. Celebrate
4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet
7. Reflect
8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite
12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community
15. Twenty
 
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1. Love - Pink White and Silver



2. Cozy - Scrap on the diagonal



3. Celebrate - Covered in Confetti



4. Sparkle - Glitter it Up!



5. Pause - Full-Page background



6. Sweet - Cluster Crazy



7. Reflect - 10 or more photos



8. Connect - Ephemera heavy



9. Friendship - Retetitive Elements



10. Cheers - Use Emojis



11. Favorite - Use a List



12. Delicious - Pattern on Pattern



13. Bliss - scrap a slogan



14. Community - Bold One Word Title



15. Twenty - one tiny photo

 
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1. Love + bold one word title


2. Cozy + one tiny photo


3. Celebrate + covered in confetti


4. Sparkle + glitter it up


5. Pause + full page photo background


6. Sweet + repetitive elements



7. Reflect + Ephemera heavy


8. Connect + Use Emojis



9. Friendship + pink, white and silver


10. Cheers + scrap on the diagonal



11. Favorite + 10 or more photos



12. Delicious + scrap a slogan I used Subways slogan


13. Bliss + cluster crazy


14. Community + Pattern on Pattern


15. Twenty + Use a list
 
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This sounds like a fun new way for the challenges, can't wait to get started.

Here's my tracker:
1. Love - Bold one word title

2. Cozy - Ephemera heavy

3. Celebrate - One tiny photo

4. Sparkle - Glitter it up

5. Pause - Cluster crazy

6. Sweet - Covered in confetti
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7. Reflect - Full page photo background

8. Connect - use emojis

9. Friendship - pattern on pattern

10. Cheers - Scrap on the diagonal

11. Favorite - Use a list

12. Delicious - 10 or more photos

13. Bliss - Pink, white & silver

14. Community - Slogan

15. Twenty - repetitive elements


And finally my tracker:
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1. Love - Repetitive Elements


2. Cozy
3. Celebrate
4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet
7. Reflect
8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite
12. Delicious
13. Bliss - Pattern on Pattern


14. Community
15. Twenty
 
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My February Spot!

1. Love + Scrap on the Diagonal


2. Cozy+one tiny photo


3. Celebrate+Covered in Confetti

4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet
7. Reflect+use a lits

8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite
12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community
15. Twenty
 
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1. Love ---> ephemera heavy


2. Cozy ---> bold one word title (Cozy cooking potatoes in/by the fire)

3. Celebrate ---> pattern on pattern


4. Sparkle ---> one tiny photo


5. Pause ---> full-page photo background


6. Sweet ---> scrap on the diagonal


7. Reflect ---> use a list


8. Connect ---> pink, white and silver


9. Friendship ---> glitter it up!


10. Cheers ---> covered in confetti


11. Favorite ---> cluster crazy (favorite color is green and couldn't resist a big cluster)


12. Delicious ---> repetitive elements

13. Bliss ---> scrap a slogan


14. Community ---> use emojis (trying a challenge across various social media platforms)

15. Twenty ---> 10 or more photos


for my reference:
pink, white and silver
10 or more photos
glitter it up!
scrap on the diagonal
repetitive elements
covered in confetti
use a list
bold one word title
ephemera heavy
pattern on pattern
one tiny photo
use emojis
scrap a slogan
cluster crazy
full-page photo background
 
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Love the new system! Hope I have time to play <3

1. love
2. cozy
3. celebrate
4. sparkle
5. pause
6. sweet
7. reflect > ephemera heavy
8. connect
9. friendship
10. cheers
11. favorite
12. delicious
13. bliss
14. community
15. twenty
 
Oh seems fun, hope to give a try:

1. Love - Use Emojis

2. Cozy
3. Celebrate
4. Sparkle - Scrap a slogan

5. Pause - Ephemera Heavy

6. Sweet
7. Reflect - Full page Photo Background

8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite - Repetitive elements

12. Delicious
13. Bliss - Pattern on pattern

14. Community
15. Twenty - Use a list
 
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making my space for this month.

1. Love
2. Cozy
3. Celebrate - 10 or more photos

4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet
7. Reflect - Pink, White & Silver

8. Connect
9. Friendship - Pattern on Pattern

10. Cheers
11. Favorite - One Tiny Photo

12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community
15. Twenty - One Word Bold Title
 
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Love

Cozy x Cluster




Celebrate x Pattern on Pattern



Sparkle

Pause x Use Emojis




Sweet x Bold



Reflect
Connect
Friendship
Cheers
Favorite
Delicious
Bliss
Community
Twenty
 
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Sounds fun! February is a busy month for me but hoping I get to celebrate with the sweetest spot in town.

1. Love
2. Cozy
3. Celebrate
4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet
7. Reflect
8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite
12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community
15. Twenty
 
1. Love
2. Cozy
3. Celebrate
4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet
7. Reflect
8. Connect
9. Friendship
10. Cheers
11. Favorite
12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community
15. Twenty
 
My spot for February 2026:

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1. Love - Pattern on Pattern

2. Cozy - Use Emojis

3. Celebrate - Full Page Photo Background

4. Sparkle
5. Pause - Bold, One Word Title

6. Sweet - One Tiny Photo
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7. Reflect - Scrap a Slogan

8. Connect
9. Friendship - Covered in Confetti

10. Cheers
11. Favorite - Scrap on the Diagonal

12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community
15. Twenty
 
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February 2026 Tracking:

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1. Love - 10 or more photos

2. Cozy - Bold One Word Title

3. Celebrate - Covered in Confetti

4. Sparkle
5. Pause
6. Sweet - Pink, White, and Silver

7. Reflect
8. Connect
9. Friendship - Full Page Photo Background

10. Cheers
11. Favorite - Scrap on the Diagonal

12. Delicious - One tiny photo

13. Bliss - Repetitive Elements

14. Community
15. Twenty
 
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I'll se if there is time to join. Claiming my spot :)
CandC_2026_february by https://www.flickr.com/photos/184715640@N04/,
1. Love--- Repeated elements

2. Cozy
3. Celebrate--- 10 or more pictures

4. Sparkle
5. Pause ---- Pattern on pattern

6. Sweet
7. Reflect
8. Connect--- Scrap on the diagonal

9. Friendship--- Full page photo background

10. Cheers--- Ephemera heavy

11. Favorite
12. Delicious
13. Bliss
14. Community--- Pink, white and silver

15. Twenty--- Use a List
 
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Let's see if this gets me inspired to finish my December album this month. So excited to play along!

Celebrate & Glitter It Up!


Cozy & Repetitive Elements


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