9/8/2025 - Make My Monday #260 Stencils - Thankful Garden Decorative Mask

Today we are creating card using Stencils at Make My Monday and I used the decorative mask as a stencil to create the focal image for this card. There is a stamp set that goes with it and you can stamp the outline of this big flowerl but instead of doing that, I just used the stencil, layer by layer to create this colorful flower! I really like how this turned out and will do this more often. Hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #260
Stamp Set: N/A
Colors: Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green, Fresh Fresia, Blackberry Bliss, Petal Pink,  
Paper: White, Ocean Friends DSP (retired), Fresh Fresia 2 Tone,    

Others: Dimension, Thankful Garden Dies, Thankful Garden Decorative Mask, Pattern of Friendship Dies   

8/25/2025 - Make My Monday #259 Hot Air Balloon - Heart Shaped Dies

Happy Monday and welcome back to Make My Monday and we are making Hot Air Balloon card. As you can see, I don’t have any stamp set for our theme so I have to be creative. I use the Heart Dies and fold them in half to create the balloon and just drew lines and adhered a small square as a basket. I kept it simple by just adding hearts and sentiments. Hope you enjoyed this card and share your creation with us.

Challenge: #259
Stamp Set: Heart Shaped,         
Colors: Melon Mambo
Paper: White, Marbled Elegance DSP, Melon Mambo 

Others: Dimension, Heart Shaped Dies, Stylish Rectangle Dies    

8/11/2025 - Make My Monday #258 Snow in August - Jar of Joy

Happy Monday and welcome back to Make My Monday and this week’s theme is Snow in August and I have a cute Snowman in a jar for you. This card is using the new online exculsive stamp set called Jar of Joy, which coordinates with the Jar Punch to be able to create bunch of Christmas cards. This might be one stamp set that I will be using for the next few months. I got a fun fold from Splitcoaststamper and wanted to give it a try. The card is vertical and score at 2” and 3 ½” on each side and you can used any shape/sizes to be the flap, I went with the really popular Arch Dies. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #258
Stamp Set: Jar of Joy                   
Colors: Black, Poppy Parade, Misty Moonlight        
Paper: White, Misty Moonlight, Every Occasion DSP,      

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Snowflakes, Jar Punch,  

7/28/2025 - Make My Monday #257 Masculine / Hearts Quest #76 Red Hearts - Sweet Jar Bundle

Happy Monday! I am the hostess at Make My Monday today and we are making Masculine card. I decided to make it a unique, fun card to share with everyone. It’s called Floating Ten Fold Card and I found it on Delight of my Art Site. I used Sweet Jar bundle to create a cookie jar card using 2 different colors. I love the sentiment where you can stamp different words in between Sending & Your Way. I also created a shaded background to make the jar pop and added a sweet red heart (For Heart’s Quest Challenge #76). I hope you enjoyed this card I am making today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Regular cardbase – used Rectangle Dies or Trimmer to cut the front out
DSP – 4” x 5 ¼” Adhere on the card front before die cutting
Cardstock – 3 ¾” x 5 ½”, score ½” on 5 ½” side 

Cardstock – 4 ¼” x 3, score every ½” on 3” side (fold to create a stand)

Challenge: #257  #76
Stamp Set: Sweet Jar,                 
Colors: Secret Sea, Daffadel Delight, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso,        
Paper: White, Misty Moonlight, Timeless Plaid, DSP, Poppy Parade   
Others: Dimension, Sweet Jar Punch, Rectangle Dies, Sweet Jar Punch, Sponge,  

7/14/2025 - Make My Monday #256 Embossing - Notes & Totes Bundle

Hi everyone – today I am the hostess at Make My Monday and we are making embossing factor card. I used the embossed factor on the layering piece for a very subtle background for this really cute and fun Tote bag card. I used Kitchen Table Stamper layout for it. All the pieces are from the Tote & Note Bundle, with the Boho Vibe DSP. I hope you can join us at the challenge and share your wonderful creation with us.

Challenge: #256
Stamp Set: Note & Tote Bundle,          
Colors: Secret Sea, Daffadel Delight,
Paper: White, Boho Vibe DSP, Cajun Craze, Secret Sea, Daffadel Delight, Soft Seafoam, Pool Party, Crumb Cake/Beige,      

Others: Dimension, Tote & Note Dies, Textured Noted Dies, 

6/30/2025 - Make My Monday #255 Summer - Bee Mine with Triple Fun Fold Card

Welcome back to another Make My Monday and today we are making Summer theme card. We always see lots of bees in this natural center by us when we go hiking so I’ve decided to create a bee card for this challenge. As you can see, this is also a fun/unique fold card. I found a video from Patti Dolan for this Triple Fun Fold card and wanted to give it a try and also use up the Designer Series Paper I have for this suite. I love how this turned out and will be sending this to my SS and will probably make more of these for other challenges as well. Hope you can join us at the challenge and share your Summer card with us!

Cardbase – 5 ½” x 11” score at 1 3/16”, 4” and 6 ¾”
Belly Band – 1” x 11” (using the left over piece from above)
White – 2 ½” x 5 ¼” (for inside to write)
DSP – 1 x 5 ¼” (2 pieces for skinny fold)
DSP – 2 ½” x 5 ¼” (for inside decoration)
DSP – 4” x 5 ¼” (big piece of DSP)

Challenge: #255
Stamp Set: Bee Mine,     
Colors: Poppy Parade, Daffodill Delight, Black, Bubble Bath,
Paper: White, Bee Mine DSP, Melon Mambo,   

Others: Dimension, Bee Punch, Hearts Enemal Dots     

6/16/2025 - Make My Monday #254 Butterfly - Paper Accents Butterfly

Happy Monday and today at Make My Monday we are making Butterfly card I used a punch to punch out lots of DSP and pick the pattern I like and adhered it onto the cardstock, then I used the Paper Accent Butterfly and pick a DSP that’s more muted so the white butterfly will pop. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #254
Stamp Set: N/A 
Colors: N/A
Paper: Paper Accents Butterfly, Early Espresso 2 Tone paper, Wildly Flowering,     

Others: Dimension, Dots,

6/2/2025 - Make My Monday #253 Fishy - Ocean Friends Bundle

We are making Fishy card at Make My Monday today and this is what I came up with. I don’t have any fish stamp set so I created a underwater scene and I always remember that ocean water smells *FISHY!! Hahaha. I went with bright colors for the coral reefs and added some purple starfishes. It’s subtle but I added some bubbles with Summer Splash to create a tone on tone effects. Although this bundle has since retired from Stampin’ Up, I might keep it for a little bit!

Challenge: #253
Stamp Set: Ocean Friends,      
Colors: Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, Summer Splash,        
Paper: White, Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath, Summer Splash, Ocean Friends DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape,    

Others: Dimension, Ocean Friends Die, 2025-2027 In-colors,

5/19/2025 - Make My Monday #252 Garden - Florals in Bloom Bundle

Hi everyone! Welcome back to our challenge here at Make My Monday and this week the theme is Garden. When I think of garden, beautiful flowers of course came to mind so I used the new bundle from the Stampin’ Up catalog, Floral in Blooms for this card. The stamp set are 2 stemps so the lighter color is always used for the bigger images and I used Cajun Craze for the details. I pulled Year of Flowers and used the sentiment from there. This is the first time I stamped the flowers and I can’t wait to came up with more variation! Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge, see you there!

 

Challenge: #252
Stamp Set: Florals in Blooms,  Year of Flowers 
Colors: Peach Pie, Cajun Craze, Shy Shamrock, Strawberry Slush,   
Paper: White, Floral in Blooms DSP, Shy Shamrock,   

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, 2025-2027 In-Colors Flat Pearls, 

5/5/2025 - Make My Monday #251 Fun Fold - Ocean Friends Bundle for a fun fold!

Welcome back everyone to another bi-weekly challenge at Make My Monday and this time we are making Fun Fold card! I don’t make these often so when the challenge presents itself, I am always happy to create some really cool fold. This card is a great way to use up your DSP since we are using it as a flap and also it used a quarter of cardstock as a base and as another flap. I used the die with Crumb Cake to create a sandfor the crab. I also used the Submarine bundle to stamp the fishes. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

DPS – 6 x 5 ¼” score at 2” on the long side 

Cardstock / Flap – 5 ½” x 4 ¼” score at 2 ¾”

Challenge: #251
Stamp Set: Ocean Friends,  
Colors:  Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Lemon Lime Twist,    
Paper: White, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Ocean Friends DSP,

Others: Dimension, Ocean Friends Dies,

4/21/2025 - Make My Monday #250 Wings - Paper Butterfly Accents

Hi everyone, welcome back to Make My Monday and this week we are making Things with Wings card. I picked out Paper Butterfly Accents from Stampin’ Up to use. This is soon to be retired so be sure to grab them if you like. (currently on sales too) I used Blending Brush with ink pads to color in the butterfly and used Night of Navy circle as a layering piece so the butterfly can really *pop*. To finish the card I added some sequins as well. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #250
Stamp Set: N/A
Colors: Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue, 
Paper: Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Mediterranean Blooms DSP,  

Others: Dimension, 2 ¾” Circle Punch, Sequins,  

4/7/2025 - Make My Monday #249 Spring Daisy - Cheerful Daisy DSP (retired)

Hi everyone! Welcome back to our challenge at Make My Monday and this week we are making Spring Daisy Card! Finally spring is just around the corner, although it’s still very cold here in Chicago but I am looking forward to spring for sure. I found my old stasch of DSP and found a DSP that has a beautiful daisy image and used it with the Arch Dies (I love my dies!) I kept the layout very simple and just adhered onto another piece of DSP and added a ribbon. Hope this gives you a little inspriation to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #249
Stamp Set: Year of Flowers,             
Colors:  Pecan Pie,
Paper: Pecan Pie, Cheerful Daisy (retired), Wildly Flowering, 

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Gold Ribbon,  

3/10/2025 - Make My Monday #247 Punch/Dies Cuts - Tags to Go Dies with 2023-2025 In-Colors

Happy Monday! Today I am the host at Make My Monday and I came up with the theme of Die Cut/Punches to use on creating your cards! I purchashed the new Online Exculsive item called Tags to Go and it has some really cute die cut of Key images so I decided to use that on my creation. I paired it up with 2023-2025 In-Colors Cardstock and cut out different keys with different cardstocks and put it on a White square. I finished the card with a DSP layer and a sentiment, all using the In-Colors. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #247
Stamp Set: Simply Saying,     
Colors: Pebble Path,              
Paper: White, 2023-2025 In-Colors Cardstock and DSP,       

Others: Dimension, Tags To Go Dies, Texture Notes Dies,   

2/24/2025 - Make My Monday #246 Stitching - Pick a Season with Everyday Arches Dies

Happy Monday and today at Make My Monday we are making Faux/Real Stitching card! I recently bought the new Online Exclusive items – Arch Dies and is perfect for this challenge. I wanted to create a St. Patrick’s Day card with Pick a Season. I used the dies to create a border layering for the main, focal image and the tree is also using the dies, 2 times smaller. Can you believe that March is around the corner? Let’s see what you can create with our challenges!

Challenge: #246
Stamp Set: Pick a Season,                                  
Colors: Early Espresso, Shy Shamrock, Garden Green,   
Paper: White, 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP, Crumb Cake, 

Others: Dimension, Everyday Arches Dies, In-Colors Shimmer Gems,

2/10/2025 - Make My Monday #245 Love - Pick a Season with Marbled Elegance

Happy Monday and welcome back to another bi-weekly challenge here at Make My Monday and we are making LOVE card as Valentine’s day is just around the corner! I used one of the SAB stamp set – Pick a Season for this love card. I also added a small twist of an easy fun fold by cutting down half of the top fold card at 2 ¾” and use that as a panel for my image. This is a great stamp set to get because you can fill in the empty spot with Eggs (Easter), Shamrock (St. Paddy’s Day), Heart (for Vday, of course) and just regular flowers for any spring card. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #245
Stamp Set: Pick A Season,                            
Colors: Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Pecan Pie, Mossy Meadow, Garden Green,   
Paper: White, Marbled Elegance DSP, Real red,   

Others: Dimension, Sequines,

12/30/24 - Make My Monday#242 Favorite of 2024 - Food/Drink Challenge #239

Finally challenge here at Make My Monday and it’s pick your favorite of 2024! Due to my recent trip to Taiwan in November – I missed our #239 Food/Drink challenge so I am making up for it here and created a warm coffee card that you can send to a dear friend! Right now this bundle/stamp is being heavily discounted – Latte Love, so definely check it out if you are interested in this one.  The coffee mugs are directly cut out from the DSP and I stamped the stain with Crumb Cake. The sentiement has fainted Calypso Coral sponge over it to give it a little depth there. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and have a wonderful New Year!! If you are free, get crafty and join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #242
Stamp Set: Latte Love      
Colors: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso,    
Paper: White, Calypso Coral, A Little Latte DSP,   

Others: Dimension, Swirl Dots  

12/16/24 - Make My Monday#241 Stitching - Yuletide Village

It’s been awhile since I made a card for Make My Monday as I was out of the country for few weeks. Today’s card is for our current challenge – Stitching (Faux for me of course). I used the die cut that created a border stiches around a rectangle and stamped the images and colored it in with Stampin’ Blends. I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #241
Stamp Set: Yuletide Village     
Colors: Stampin’ Blends,
Paper: White, Iconic Celebration DSP, 

Others: Dimension, Radiated Dies, Stampin’ Blends

11/4/24 - Make My Monday#238 Wild Animals - Sending a Big Hug with Hearts & Hugs

Today at Make My Monday we are making cute wild animal card! I am not sure my definition of *wild* is accurate but here I am, using Hearts & Hugs’ walrus image for this hug card. I used a big stamping block with stampin markers (Balmy Blue) and water spritz to create this background. The walrus are colored in with Stampin’ Blends and the hearts are stamped and colored in with Stampin’ Markers. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #238
Stamp Set: Hearts & Hugs
Colors: Momento Black, Basic Gray/Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends, Balmy Blue/Poppy Parade, Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Markers,
Paper: White, Balmy Blue,    

Others: Dimension, Hearts & Hugs Dies,            

10/21/24 - Make My Monday#237 Spooky / Halloween - Happy Halloween with Playful Ghosts,

As we get closer to Halloween, I need to seize the opportunity to make more Halloween cards! Today’s at Make My Monday will be my last chance to do so. I made a really simple one that you can duplicate to pass out with your friends. I used 3 different circle punches with different colors of cardstock and then stamped the images. I placed them down on a white cardstock and finished it with a sentiment that I stamped on yellow – more halloween colors too! Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: MMM#237

Stamp Set: Playful Ghosts,  
Colors: Momento Black,   
Paper: White, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Daffadel Delight, Pumpkin Pie         

Others: Dimension, 1 3/8”, 2” and 2 3/8” Circle Punches,       

10/7/24 - Make My Monday#236 Kid's Friendly - Pets & More

First Make My Monday challenge here for October and we are making Kid Friendly card. I pulled out Pets & More stamp set because I think it’s so perfect for making furry friend card that are suitable for kids! I stamped the fox image in Wild Wheat and cut him out with scissor and adhered onto Boho Blue circle cardstock. The sentiment is from another online exculsive set as well. As you can see, I used mostly the 2023-2025 In-Colors. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #236
Stamp Set: Pets & More, Happy Little Things   
Colors: Wild Wheat, Black, Cooper Clay    
Paper: White, Cooper Clay DSP, Boho Blue, 

Others: Dimension, 2 3/8” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Markers, Dots,