4/9/25 - CASEing Tuesday #507 - Poppin' By Bundle for Birthday

Happy Hump Day! H has a birthday party coming up so I needed a cute boy birthday card and this is what I came up with using CASEing Tuesday #507. I picked a pattern from Timeless Plaid that’s not too bold and kids friendly and use that as a base for my colors. Instead of RED, I used Cajun Craze for the popcorn holder as well as the film strips. This bundle is sooo adorable – it even has shoes for the popcorn and glasses! I hope you enjoyed this card and you can order these with Stampin’ Up Online Exculisve starting May!

Challenge: #507
Stamp Set: Poppin’ By
Colors: Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Basic Gray
Paper: White, Timeless Plaid, Boho Blue

Others: Dimension, Poppin’ By Dies,  

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,  

4/6/25 - Dragonfly Challenge April 2025 - Ocean Friends for Animals

Welcome back to our April 2025 challenge and the theme is Animals – which I picked! I decided to use the Ocean Friends bundle from the current Mini/Spring Catalog from Stampin’ Up. I saw a cute layout from Pinterest and decided to give it a try. The layering piece is 3 3/8” x 4 ½” and smaller pieces inside are 1 x 4 ¼” and 2 x 4 ¼”. I used 2 different shades of green to create the background corals and added some startfish with Calypso Coral.  To finish the card, I added some Sunny Day Dots. I really enjoyed how this turned out and will be using this layout for my future projects.

Challenge: April 2025
Stamp Set: Ocean Friends,                                
Colors: Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly,
Paper: White, Summer Splash, Shy Shamrock, Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue, Friends of Ocean DSP,   

Others: Dimension, Ocean Friends Dies, Sunny Day Dots,        

4/4/25 - My Time To Craft #557 Rectangle - Thankful Garden Bundle,

Happy Friday and welcome back to another challenge here at My Time To Craft and this week we are making Rectangle card, which is pretty easy, right?! The standard card that we made is considered at rectangle so there is no excuse for you not to join us! I used the new bundle – Thankful Garden and the coordinating mask, using colors from Sunday Stamps challenge for this. I picked Blackberry Bliss, Melon Mambo and Fresh Freshia for the colors on the flower and Shy Shamrock and Garden Green for the leafs. I fit in the Crushed Curry but sponging the twine with ink pad. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sur eto join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #557, #SSC357
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden,           
Colors:  Blackberry Bliss, Melon Mambo, Fresh Freshia, Garden Green, Shy Shamrock,
Paper: White, Wildly Flowering DSP, Melon Mambo 

Others: Dimension, Thankful Garden Dies, Thankful Garden Decorative Mask, Twine, Pearls, Blending Brush,

4/3/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #247 Stripes - Be Mine Bundle

Hi everyone – welcome back to our first challenge here in April at Cardz 4 Galz and this time we are making Stripes card! I was going to use Timeless Plaid but then when I google, Plaid is NOT the same as stripes so I decided to pull out my Bee Mine DSP with the stripes pattern! I also used Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder to create some stripes in the background of my main focal point! The DSP is 1 x 4 and Lemon Lolly is cute at 3” x 4 ¼”. I saw a really cute card with Kitchen Stamper and decided to CASE it. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #247
Stamp Set: Be Mine Valentine,        
Colors: Black, Lemon Lolly, Daffadel Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Bubble Bath,
Paper: White, Lemon Lolly, Bee Mine DSP, Petal Pink,  

Others: Dimension, 3D Corrugated Folder, Bee Mine Punch,     

4/2/25 - The Male Room #197 Geometric - Planet Paradise with Linked Together Decorative Mask

Happy Month of April and welcome back to our monthly challenge at The Male Room and this month we are making Geometric Card! I decided to create a background using a mask to create a background that fits the challenge. I used both Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie for a subtle background to create a triangle background. I used the Planet Pardise stamp set for the focal point with blue leaves. To finish the card I added some sequins. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #197
Stamp Set: Planet Paradise,                               
Colors: Pebble Path, Blueberry Bushall, Boho Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry,  
Paper: White, Boho Blue, Night of Navy 

Others: Dimension, Linked Together Decorative Mask, Blending Brush, Netural Sequins      

4/1/25 - Cardz 4 Guyz #369 Fun & Games - Taco Fiesta for Pinata!

April Fool’s Day but a card that I’ve created today for Cardz 4 Guyz is no joke – we are making Fun & Games card and it’s a Fiesta here! I created this pinata card using Taco Fiesta (retired) stamp set. I used varities of different colors for the pinata and the candies that’s flying around. The string is actually tugged back using a knife to cut a little slith. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 
Challenge: #369
Stamp Set: Taco Fiesta (Retired)       
Colors: Various with Stampin’ Blends (Peach Pie, Azure Afternoon, Summer Splash, Daffadel Delight…etc)
Paper: White, Black, Bee Mine DSP   

Others: Dimension, Stitched Layering Dies, Twine,    

3/31/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #623 - Hearts & Hugs with Timeless Plaid,

Happy Monday and today I am sharing a very cute card using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch. I used the Plaid DSP for layering with Beige cardstock along with the Arch Shape Dies. The image is stamped with Momento Black and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #623
Stamp Set: Hearts & Hugs                           
Colors: Black, Pecan Pie, Basic Gray Stampin’ Blends,       
Paper: Beige, Boho Blue, Timeless Plaid, 

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Hearts & Hugs Dies, Dots      

3/28/25 - Hearts Quest #72 Anything with Green/Orange Hearts - Heart Shaped Bundle Hello

Welcome back to our monthly challenge at Heart’s Quest Challenge and this month we are making Anything Goes with Green/Orange Hearts. I use the SAB Shaped Heart Bundle for this card. I put 2 pieces of DSP as a background and cut out the green heart shape wreath and adhered to a White circie. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #72
Stamp Set: Heart Shaped           
Colors: Pumpkin Pie,   
Paper: Ocean Friends DSP, White, Shy Shamrock, Flirty Flamingo, 

Others: Heart Shaped Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies (circle)

3/24/2025 - Make My Monday #248 Make It Green - Let's Celebrate with Planted Paradise,

Welcome back to another Make My Monday challenge and this week we are making Green card! I decided to go with as many green as I can! I used the Timeless Plaid and picked up a piece of DSP that I wanted to use and goes of from there. The card base is 4 ¼” x 5 ½” and the middle flip panel is 3 x 8 ½” and score at 4 1/4”. The DSP piece is about ¼” inches smaller. I then stamped a big pot with Boho Blue and inside different succulents with different shade of greens. Hope you enjoyed this and be sure to join us at the challenge.  

 

Challenge: #248
Stamp Set: Planted Paradise                          
Colors: Boho Blue, Garden Green, Old Olive, Granny Apple Green,        
Paper: White, Timeless Plaid, Old Olive,   

Others: Dimension,

3/21/25 - My Time To Craft #556 Celebration - Friendship card with Year of Flowers Bundle

Friday is a fun day at My Time To Craft and this week we are making Celebration card! I make a friendship celebration card, good friends are always hard to come by. I used the Year of Flowers bundle for this. The die cut only cut out the flowers and not the month, which is very nice I think. I cut out 3 flowers (Jan – March) and adhere them onto Pool Party cardstock to the image can really pop! Hope you enjoyed this creation and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #556
Stamp Set: Year of Flowers,          
Colors: Stampin’ Up Watercolor Pencils,  
Paper: White, Mediterranean Blooms DSP, Pool Party, 

Others: Dimension, Year of Flowers Die, 1 3/8” Circle Punch, Blender Pen, Blossom Pearls,  

3/20/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #246 Spring - Thankful Garden Bundle

Happy Thursday and it’s another challenge here at Cardz 4 Galz and we are making Spring card! We did get a few days of spring like tempetures last week but now it’s back in the 30s again, blah! The stamp set I used is from Online Exculsive – Thankful Garden. It’s a big image of floral and not usually something that I would purchase but I am stepping out of my comfort zone to get use it. I sponge the image with the coorindating mask to create mutliple layers. Although the color I picked was darker but when I sponge it, it came out lighter, since I am using the colors for The Card Concept challenge. I am also submitting this card to The Paper Player (Single Stamped Image). Hope you like this card I am creating today and be sure to join us at the challenge!

 

Challenge: #246, #215, #PP729
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden,         
Colors: Lemon Lolly, Flirty Flamingo, Berry Burst, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Smoky Slate Markers,
Paper: White, Smoky Slate, Wildly Flowering DSP, Flirty Flamingo, 

Others: Dimension, 3D Corrugated Folder, Texture Note Dies, Gems, Thankful Garden Masks, Blending Brushes,

3/18/25 - Cardz 4 Guyz #368 S is for.... - School Days with Stampin' Up

Welcome back to another challenge with us at Card 4 Guyz and this week I am the host and we are making S for….card and my is School Days stamp set from Stampin’ Up. This is a new Online Exculsive items that you can purchase starting March and since now I have a school age soon, I will be making lots of Thank You cards for teachers. I used the Texture Notes Die and then stamp the pencil images with 5 different soft but bright colors and backpack with Peach Pie. The sentiment is with Basic Gray with Swirls Dots. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #368
Stamp Set: School Days      
Colors: Lemon Lolly, Summer Splash, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lime Twist, Boho Blue,               
Paper: White, Timeless Plaid, Crumb Cake 

Others: Dimension, Texture Notes Dies, Dots,   

3/17/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #621 - Spotlight on Nature Dear Friend

Hi everyone – hope you are all doing well! Today’s card is with Atlantic Hearts Sketch and this is what I came up with. I started with using the mask (#4 and #5) to create a subtle background focusing on the bottom left corner and stamped a big, bold floral image with Basic Gray and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. It still looks a little plain so I added some spot background and pearls. I gave this to a friend at OnStage event this past weekend. Hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #621
Stamp Set: Spotlight on Nature,   
Colors: Blamy Blue, Lost Lagoon, Basic Gray, Peach Pie/Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends,            
Paper: White, Peach Pie,     

Others: Dimension, Basic Gray/Smoky Slate Pearls, Stampin’ Blends,

3/15/2025 - Sparkles Challenge #186 Easter - Pick a Season

Welcome back our monthly challenge at Sparkle Challenge and for March we are making Easter card! I have to say though, my isn’t an *Easter* card per say but has an Easter theme! As you can see the cute eggs in the tree is stamp with 3 different In-Colors, which matches the DSP behind it and I made it into a Thank You card so it’s perfect for anyone! This is such a great layout as well, a great way to use up your DSP, so I hope you give it a try and join us at the challenge.

 DSP – 1 ¼” x 5

 

Challenge: #186
Stamp Set: Pick a Season,  
Colors: Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Petunia Pop, Peach Pie,           
Paper: White, 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP, Old Olive,    

Others: Dimension, Texture Notes Dies, Basic Gray/Smoky Slate Pearls,

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,   

3/7/24 - My Time To Craft #555 Shamrocks/Clover - Gnomes with Shy Shamrocks

Happy Friday and I hope you enjoy your challenge last 2 weeks. Today is the start of another challenge and we are making Shamrocks/Clover card! A dear crafty send me an image of the gnomes so I made it into a St. Paddy’s card with green heart die cut out to make a clover! In addition, I tried to use different shades of green on this card and one of the color is called Shy Shamrocks, so that fits the challenge, right?! The gnomes image is color in with Stampin’ Blends and I am really starting to like coloring again! I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us and share your creation!

Challenge: #555
Stamp Set: N/A                                   
Colors: Old Olive/Shy Shamrocks/Summer Splash/Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends,       
Paper: Paper for All Occasion DSP, Old Olive, Beige, Shy Shamrocks, 

Others: Dimension, Stitched Dies, Twine,     

3/6/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #245 Mother's Day/Friendship - Lifelong Friends

Welcome back to Cardz 4 Galz and this week we are making Mother’s Day / Friendship card and this is what I came up with. I used Lifelong Friend from the current mini catalog for this friendship card. The image are color in with Stampin’ Blends with the new Arch Dies. I am starting to really like coloring, how about you?! Thanks for stopping by and remember to join us at the challenge!

 

Challenge: #245
Stamp Set: Lifelong Friend,                                   
Colors: Black, Stampin’ Blends,     
Paper: Wildly Flowering DSP, White,   

Others: Dimension, Everyday Arch Dies, Sequins,  

3/4/25 - Cardz 4 Guyz #367 Clothing - Well-Suited Bundle

Hi crafters – Happy Tuesday! Today at Cardz 4 Guyz we are making card with Clothing as a theme! Suit and Tie is such a perfect bundle for this! I saw a youtube video to create this pull out suite card and decided to CASE it. The cool part of this card is that the shirt can be pulled out and it’s folded in half so you can write a message inside. Hope you enjoyed this card and join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #367
Stamp Set: Suit and Tie                             
Colors: Black,
Paper: White, Well-Suited DSP, Basic Gray, 

thers: Dimension, Well Suited Dies,     

3/3/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #619 - School Days Online Exculsive

It’s another sketch challenge at Atlantic Hearts and today I have a Thank You card for the teacher! Hunter adores his Chess Teacher and I wanted to give her a card along with a small gift card so this is what I came up with. Just very simple Thanks sentiment with an apple colored in with Stampin’ Markers. I also went with the Marbled Elegance DSP, although it was intended to be a Valentine's day paper but I think it’s perfect here! Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #619
Stamp Set: School Days                                   
Colors: Real Red, Mossy Meadow,     
Paper: White, Marbled Elegance DSP, Real Red, 

Others: Dimension, Perennial Postage Dies, Dots,   

3/2/25 - Dragonfly Challenge March 2025 Garden - Everyday Details

Hi everyone – today is the first challenge of March in my  blog world and it’s with Dragonfly, the theme is Garden. When I think of Garden, I think of beautiful flowers I can get and put in the vase on dining room table so I created a card with an image like that. The stamp image is from Everyday Details with the coordinating dies. I created a border first and then stamp the image on White for layering. The image is colored with Stampin’ Markers. Hope you enjoyed this card and remember to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: March 2025
Stamp Set: Everyday Detail               
Colors: Stazon Black, Various Colors,   
Paper: White, 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP,   

Others: Dimension, Everyday Detail Dies, Stampin’ Markers,  

2/28/25 - Hearts Quest #71 Anything with Pink/Red Hearts - Pick a Season

Another monthly challenge here at Heart’s Quest Challenge and this month is Red/Pink hearts and this is what I came up with. I used Pick a Season from SAB for this card – I just love how you can filled in different things in the tree, in this case is Hearts. I kept the layout simple just with a strips of Designer Series Paper. I also did a fun *tapping* technique on the tree to give it 2 color tones. Hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #71
Stamp Set: Pick a Season,                          
Colors: Bubble Bath, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce,         

Paper: White, Marbled Elegance DSP, Poppy Parade, 

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Ribbon,  

2/27/2025 - Just Us Girls #764 Stencil - Linked Together Mask with Cheerful Daisy

Happy Thursday! Before things get crazy here later this morning, I decided to make a card using Just Us Girl – Stencil Challenges. I used the Linked Together Mask to create this background by using Basic Gray (#1) and Pebble Path (#3) for the background. I also tried to use up most of the soon to be retired 2023-2025 In-Colors. The Dies and sentiment is from Cheerful Daisy. Did you notice a new die – this is goig to be from the March Online Exculsive called Texture Note Dies – where you have multiple rectangle dies with awesome borders. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Challenge: #764
Stamp Set: Cheerful Daisy
Colors: Pebble Path, Basic Gray,          
Paper: White, Moddy Mauve, Wild Wheat, Mossy Meadow, Pebble Patch,   

Others: Dimension, Cheerful Daisy Dies, Texture Note Dies (NEW)