10/10/2025 - Color Dare #673 / Girlz Rebel # 45 - Piereced Blooms Dies

Happy Taiwan Birthday – Oct 10^th is our Countrys’ birthday and today’s card is combined with ColorDate #673 and Girlz Rebel Challenge (Mushroom). I picked the background to be a unique purple shade and previously had red musrhoom die cut out so it’s perfect to use here with white cardstock layering behind it. I also found a die set that’s perfect to create flowers to match. I hope you enjoyed this card today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #673, #45
Stamp Set: N/A         
Colors: N/A
Paper: White, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Random DSP        

Others: Dimension, Piereced Blooms Dies,   

10/6/2025 - Make My Monday #262 Fabrics/Textiles - Sweet Jar

Happy Monday and welcome back to another bi-weekly challenge with Make My Monday and this week we are making sure that our projects have Fabrics/Textile. I saw a really cute layout and wanted to give it a try but couldn't think of where I can put a twine, and then it clicks, let's make it into a TAG! I used the Arch Dies and put a black twine on top of it. Each of the DSP is 1 1/4" x 2 1/2" and this is a perfect layout to use up all those DSP!!! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to join us at the challenge. 

Challenge: #262

Stamp: Sweet Jar 

Colors: Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling, Black 

Paper: White, Pretty Floral DSP, Timid Tiger, 

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Sweet Jar Punch, Twine, 

10/5/25 - Dragonfly Challenge October 2025 - Arch Shaped Tri-Fold

Happy Sunday and welcome back to Dragonfly challenge for month of October and we are making Unique Shape Card (anything but square/rectangle) card. I saw a tutorial (A Stamping Journey) for tri-fold Arch card and decided to give it a try and it’s so easy and fun to make! Once you have all your pieces cut out, all you do is assemble it together. I used the Boho Vibe suite for this creation. The cardbase is with Secret Sea and then I picked the colors listed from the DSP and used the cardstock and dies to cut out all the pieces (rainbow and the arches). Hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Cardstock – 10 ½” x 3 3/4", score 3 1/2" on each side,

DSP – 3 ½” x 3 ¼” (to fit)

Challenge: Dragonfly Oct 2025  
Stamp Set: Sunshine Vibes,   
Colors: Secret Sea,              
Paper: White, Boho Vibes DSP, Secret Sea, Cajun Craze, Petal Pink, Cloud Cover, Daffadel Delight, 

Others: Dimension, Sunshine Vibes Dies, Arch Dies,  

10/3/25 - Alphabet Challenge (M for Mystical Creatures) - Punch Art Dragon Card

Today's challenge at Alphabet, M is for Mystical Creatures. I always love a good challenge where I don't have the stamp set for but can be creative using punches to create a card that fits the theme and today's card is just that. I didn't have any fairytales stamp set and saw a really cool video so I CASE it. I used varies Circle Punches for the eyes, nostril and the teeth. This is such a cute and fun card to create that you can do this with your younger kids. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge. 

Challenge: M - Mystical Creatures, 

Stamp N/A

Colors: N/A

Paper: White, Basic Gray, Black, Blackberry Bliss, 

Others: Dimension, Circle Punches,  

10/2/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #260 Purple & Green - Bouquet of Lavenders

Purple and Green colors always goes well together and it’s perfect for creating flowers! Today at Cardz 4 Galz, I used the flowers I die cut out and color them in with both shades of Stampin’ Blends (Highland Heather). It gives a very soft look and also sometimes a watercolor effects. I hope you enjoyed this quick and simple card and hope you will join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #260
Stamp Set: N/A  
Colors: Stampin’ Blends – Highland Heather/Granny Apple Green,    
Paper: White, 

Others: Glue Dots, Twine, Painted Lavender Dies,   

10/1/25 - The Male Room #203 (Baby Boy) & Moving Along with Time (Big Sentiment) - Owl Baby Card

Happy Hump Day! Today’s card is shared at 2 different challenges – The Male Room (Baby Boy) & Moving Along with Times (Big Sentiment). I used the Alphabet a la mode with 3 layers to make the word pop and used the Owl Punch to create a cute owl to add onto the sentiment panel. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #203, November2025
Stamp Set: N/A                      
Colors: N/A            
Paper: White, Azure Afternoon, Occasion DSP, Basic Black,      

Others: Dimension, Owl Punch, Alphabet a la mode,   

9/29/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #649 (Sketch) - Notes & Totes card

A really fun sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch today and I have an end of the summer card for you!! It's getting a bit chilly here in the Midwest but 2 weeks ago was hot and summerlike. I sponge Crumb Cake ink around the cardstock and use a template to sponge the background to create a wave/sky. The added all the fun elements for the beach. The whole panel is like a mini beach scene! Hope you can relax and enjoy us for a bit and join us at the challenge! 

Challenge: #649

Stamp Set: Notes & Tote, 

Colors: Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, 

Paper: White, Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake, Summer Splash, Highland Heather, Fresh Fresia, Basic Gray, Ocean Friends DSP, 

Others: Dimension, Notes & Tote Dies, Foil Sheet, Sponge, 

9/26/25 - Color Dare Challenge #671 - Thankful Garden

Today at ColorDare I am sharing a card using Darling Duckling/Timid Tiger and Shy Shamrock for the color challenge. Instead of using the mask, I went with Stampin' Blends and colored it in with Thankful Garden this floral image. I kept the card simple as I needed a get well card so this is a perfect one. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are able to joins us at the challenge. 

Challenge: #671

Stamp: Thankful Garden, 

Colors: Timid Tiger/Darling Duckling/Shy Shamrock Stampin' Blends, Black 

Paper: White, Black. 

Others: N/A 

9/22/2025 - Make My Monday #261 Autumn Harvest/Fall - Tractor & Co card.

Welcome back to Make My Monday for another theme challenge and this week we are making Harvest/Autumn Fall card and I’ve created a cute and fun tractor loaded with pumpkins and cornstalks in the background. This bundle is really fun to have but it did take a lot of work to stamp all the images you want and die cut it out. I have to say I definitely prefer just the die. I sponge the edge of the cardstock with crumb cake for a bit vintage feels and most of the images were stamped and die cut, except the XXXX. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge. See you there!

Challenge: #261
Stamp Set: Tractor & Co          
Colors: Poppy Parade, Basic Gray, Shaded Spruce, Darling Duckling, Pumpkin Pie,
Paper: White, Poppy Parade, Black,   

Others: Dimension, Deckled Rectangle Dies, Tractor & Co Dies,     

9/19/25 - Alphabet Challenge (L for Love Letters) - Sending Love Dies,

Happy Friday and today at Alphabet Challenge we are making L for Love Letters! I bought this Sending Love dies from the clearance rack a few months ago (or last year?!) that I haven’t had a chance to use so this is a perfect challenge to do that. Everything is die cut so no stamping required. Instead of using cardstock, all of these paper are from the 2 Tone cardstock selection. They are more light weight, cheaper and more affordable. So I bought a few from the last chance area. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: L for Love Letter
Stamp Set: N/A
Colors: N/A   
Paper: White, Petunia Pop, Smokey Slate, Pecan Pie, Garden Green, Real Red,   

Others: Dimension, Sending Love Dies  

9/18/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #259 Punch/Dies - Pretty Floral with Book Binding Gate Fold

Today at Cardz 4 Galz we are making card with Punches/Dies and this is what I came up with. The flowers and the flip panels are both using the die cut (which I will list below). I saw a really fun tutorial for this fold (Book Binding Gate Fold) and decided to give it a try. For the 2 pieces of DSP in the middle, I put it towards the edges so the pattern paper connects. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Cardbase – 4 ¼” x 11, score at 2 1/8”, 3 3/8” and 8 7/8”
DSP – 1 x 4 (one piece) 

DSP – 4 x 4 (cut in half for 2 pieces)

Challenge:  #259
Stamp Set: Years of Flowers,
Colors: Timid Tiger,
Paper: White, Petunia Pop, Florals in Blooms DSP, Bubble Bath,   

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Pretty Floral Dies,   

9/16/25 - Cardz 4 Guyz #378 Fall/Autumn - Stay Warm Sweater

Welcome back to our monthly challenge here at Cardz 4 Guyz and this month we are making Autumn/Fall card. I used Stay Warm as this is one of my favorite stamp set from the current mini catalog. I pulled out some colors that I think represent fall and color in the image of sweater and hat with Stampin' Blends. I think this card turns out really cute, what do you think?! Be sure to join us at the challenge and check out everyone's creation! 

Challenge: #378

Stamp Set: Stay Warm, 

Colors: Pumpkin Pie/Pretty Peacock/Darling Duckling Stampin' Blends, Black, 

Paper: White, Pretty Peacock, Iconic Occasion DSP, Plaid DSP, 

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Sequins, 

9/15/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #647 (Sketch) / Sparkle #192 (One Floral) - Pretty Floral For You

Happy Monday! Today’s card is with 2 different design team blogs that I am on – Atlantic Hearts Sketch & Sparkel (One Floral). I stamped the flower with 2 different colors and the outline one is darker shade. Sentiment is a retired set which I like a lot, it’s small and show the negative of the words. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and see you at the challenges. When is the last time you combined multiple challenges on your card?!

 

Challenge: #647, #192
Stamp Set: Pretty Floral, Label me Bold,
Colors: Summer Splash, Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop,  
Paper: White, Pretty in Pink, Floral in Blooms DSP, 

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Twine,

9/12/25 - Color Dare Challenge #669 - Thankful Garden with Mask

Happy Friday and welcome back to ColorDare #669, today I created a beautiful floral image using purple/green per the challenge. I used different shades of purple to show the contrast and also that’s how the mask intended to do. For some reason the sentiment’s purple color is way darker than the shading I did. I hope this gives you some inspiration to join us at the challenge!

Challenge: #669
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden,     
Colors: Gorgeous Grapes, Highland Heather, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lime Twist, Shaded Summer,   
Paper: White, 

Others: Thankful Garden Decorative Mask.

9/10/25 -Girlz Rebel Challenge #44 Button - Clean and Simple card

Hi everyone – at 10^th of each month, I will be joining Girlz Rebel Challenge to create fun card for everyone. Today’s challenge is button and I have a cute simple card that’s perfect for anyone. It just stripes of DSP and paper and a sentiment that fits, added a button and voila, an easy card is created. I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

                                      

Challenge: #44
Stamp Set: N/A   
Colors: N/A 
Paper: White, Retired SU DSP, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Night of Navy

Others: Dimension, Buttons,    

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   

9/7/25 - Dragonfly Challenge September 2025 Birthday - Attention Shoppe Happy Birthday

We are making Birthday card today at Dragonfly Challenge and I found a Dutch Door Fold Card from long time ago and decided to give it a try. I found some left over pieces from Attention Shopper bundle that are colored already so I just used those inside the shopping cart, these are all the things I want to give to my dear friend. I hope you enjoyed this inspiration card and join us at the challenge!

Cardbase – 5 ½” x 4 ¼” (quarter of cardstock)
Flap – 2 ½” x 8 ½” score at 4 ¼”
Inside Flap – 2” x 3 ¾” 

Panel – any shape/sizes

 

Challenge: Dragonfly September 2025 
Stamp Set: Attention Shopper,    
Colors: Black, Stampin Blends,                
Paper: White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Melon Mambo, Black, Marbled Elegance DSP,  

Others: Dimension, Attention Shopper, Deckled Rectangle Dies,   

9/5/25 - Alphabet Challenge (K for Keep it Simple - Words for the Season Dies Greetings,

Today at Alphabet Challenge, we are K(eeping) it Simple for a CAS card. Sometimes this type of card is harder to create but hopefully my card fits the challenge! I used the 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP for a quick background for my die cut sentiment in Black. The die are from the current Holiday/Mini Catalog and there are multiple for the sentiments. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge,

 

Challenge: Alphabet Challenge – K
Stamp Set: N/A
Colors: N/A
Paper: White, Black, 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP, Putunia Pop,    

Others: Dimension, Words for the Season Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies  

9/4/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #258 Stitching (real/faux) - Boho Vibes with Stitched Rectangle Dies

Happy Thursday and at Cardz 4 Galz this week we are doing Faux Stitching! I have a perfect die set just for this – Stitched Rectangle Dies from Stampin’ Up! I used the selected dies to cut out the DSP and then I used the smaller ones to cute out the sentiments. I used the coordinating colors for the rainbow. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharind today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #258
Stamp Set: Boho Vibes  
Colors: Secret Sea
Paper: White, Daffadel Delight (2 tone/Cardstock), Petal Pink/Garden Green/Cloud Cover 2 tone,   

Others: Dimension, Boho Vibes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies,

9/3/25 - The Male Room #202 Background - Tractor & Co Bundle Thank You

Today at The Male Room we are creating Background for our card. I decided to create a fall card using the Tractor & Co bundle. I created a background with a hill using cardstock, then I stamped bunch of hays and then corn images to create a field of corns. To finish I added a trailer with hays in it. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

 

Challenge: #202
Stamp Set: Simply Saying, Tractor & Co                    
Colors: Darling Duckling, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Crushed Curry,          
Paper: White, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Black, 

Others: Dimension, Tractor & Co Dies, Edge Dies,   

9/1/25 - Moving Along With Times (Butterfly) & Love To Craft #88 (Anything Goes) - Butterfly with 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP

Welcome back to September! Today’s card is shared at both Love to Craft (anything goes) & Moving Along with Times (Butterfly) challenges. I used the 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP and put them in diagnoal stripes and then I cut out the butterfly I stamped in Black and put on top of it. I think by putting a Black layering cardstock really make the whole piece pop. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #88, September2025
Stamp Set: Spotlight on Natures,
Colors: Black,              
Paper: White, 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP, Pretty in Pink, Black,       

Others: Dimension, Sunny Day Iridescent Dots,    

9/1/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #645 - Florals in Blooms DSP with Notes & Totes

Today’s card is using Atlantic Hearts Sketch and a color that I don’t used much – Blueberry Brushel! We just came back from Maine where there are lots and lots of Blueberries so this is where my inspiration came from as well. Recently I purchased some 2 tone cardstock so it’s a great way to use them when you don’t need to use cardstock. I picked a piece of bold flower image as the pattern for the bag and cut down the side. Did you see the resemblance of the sketch? Hope you can join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #645
Stamp Set: Notes & Totes,   
Colors: Blueberry Brushel, Bubble Bath,
Paper: White, Florals in Blooms DSP, Blueberry Brushel, Gray Granite,   

Others: Dimension, Notes & Totes Dies, Postage Dies, Muted Dots,