10/5/26 - Make My Monday #288 Fall / A Place to Start October 2026 ATG (Spotlight) - Fern & Floral

Happy Monday and welcome to October! Today is my son's birthday and I am sharing a card at Make My Monday (Fall) and A Place To start (ATG - Spotlight). I went with a big Fern image in black and used a negative 1" circle template and sponge it with Daring Duckling, but sadly, I didn't use enough color, so the spotlight circle is very faint, but you get the idea. Then whatever is within that yellow circle, I colored the ferns with Watercolor Pencils and used Blender Pen to smooth out the lines. I paired it with a background DSP with fall colors. I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenges. 

Challenge: October 2026, #288

Stamps: Fern & Flora,

Colors: Black, Darling Duckling, Cajun Craze/Old Olive

Papers: White, Sunflower Field DSP, 

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, 1" Circle Punch, Dots, 

10/4/26 - Dragonfly Challenge October 2026 (Sentiment) - Round About Messages

Happy Sunday! Today at Dragonfly Challenge we are making cards with sentiment. I decided to make a Barn Door Fun Fold card - card base is 11" x 4 1/4" and score at half mark. Then you cut from 2 1/8" to the score line. The DSP is cut down to 5 1/4" x 4" and added a circle sentiment. This stamp set is really fun, with lots of sentiments that's around the circle so you can simply use the punch with it. Hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge. 

Challenge: October 2026 

Stamps: Round About Messages

Colors: Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze, 

Papers: White, Timid Tiger, Sunflower Field DSP, 

Others: Dimension, 2" Circle Punch, Stitched Dies, 

10/2/2026 - Alphabet Challenge (L for Little People) - Share a Milkshake

 Hi crafters, welcome back to Alphabet Challenge and this week we are making L for Little People (kids) card. My son's birthday is coming up and I made a yummy milkshake card for him. His favorite is Mint Chocolate Chip so I stamped the ice-cream in Lemon Lime Twist. The glass cup is stamped in 2 different shades of brown and I also used the basket dies to create a subtle background of squares. Hope you enjoyed this creation and be sure to join us at the challenge. 

Challenge: L for Little People 

Stamps: Share a Milkshake

Colors: Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Balmy Blue, 

Papers: White, Everyday Plaid (retired), Crumb Cake, 

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Share a Milkshake Dies, Washi Tape Punch, Swirl Dots, 

10/1/26 - Moving Along With Times #194 / Cardz 4 Galz - Standing Easel card

Welcome to October - this is a great month because it's my son's birthday month. Today's card is shared at both Cardz 4 Galz & Moving Along with Time for Easel card! I found a tutorial from Karen Titus called Standing Easel Pop-Up card. The middle section panel piece you can decorate as you wish so I used Around the Message stamp set for it. Remember that you do need to have a stopper so the square panel can be tuck behind to create the easel. Take a look at the video and I hope you create one to share with us. 

Cardbase - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4" on the long side

DSP - 2 pieces of 1 7/8" x 5 1/4"

Patten - 4" x 5 1/4"

Square cardbase - 7" x 3 1/2" score at 3 1/2" 

DSP - 1 piece of 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Challenge: #286, #194

Stamps: Around the Message 

Colors: Golden Glow, Crisp Cantaloupe, 

Papers: White, Blooms Boutique DSP, Timid Tiger, 

Others: Dimension, 2" Circle Punch, Stitched Rectangle Dies, 

9/28/26 - Atlantic Hearts #701 - Thankful Garden grid card

Last Monday of September! Today's card is at Atlantic Hearts Sketch and I created a grid card. The white piece is 5" x 3 3/4" and I stamped the image first - using the coordinating mask to color in the big floral image. Then I put a score line at every 3/4" on the 3 3/4" side and then every 1" at the 5" side. Hopefully you can see the grid line! I hope you enjoyed this innovative way to use our sketch and be sure to join us at the challenge. 

Challenge: #701

Stamps: Thankful Garden, 

Colors: Black, Lemon Lime Twist/Mossy Meadow/Crisp Cantaloupe/Gorgeous Grapes, 

Papers: White, Black, 

Others: Dimension, Thankful Garden Mask, Blending Brush, 

9/27/25 - Hearts Quest #88 Anything with Green Hearts

Today's card is with Heart's Quest Anything Goes with green hearts! 

Challenge: #88

Stamps: Heart Shaped 

Colors: Lost Lagoon, 

Papers: White, Old Olive, Many Plaid DSP, Lost Lagoon, 

Others: Dimension, Heart Shaped Dies, Twine, 

9/25/2026 - Color Dare Challenge #722 - Round About Messages

Happy Friday and today at Color Dare, I have a really cute card using some of the new items from September to December 2026 Stampin' Up Catalog! I stamped the circle sentiment in Black, along with the flower image and colored it in Stampin' Markers. Although they have retired since, but I still like to use them. The 3^rd color I chose is Granny Apple Green for the leaves. I also added the same color of twine and finished up with some rhinestone. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge. 

Challenge: #722

Stamps: Round About Messages

Colors: Black, Calypso Coral/Crushed Curry/Granny Apple Green Markers, 

Papers: White, Crumb Cake, 

Others: Dimension, 2" Circle Punch, Softly Woven Embossing Folder, Twine, Rhinestone, Pearls