8/18/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #643 - Thankful Garden

Welcome back to our challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch #643. I used the Mask to create a background, similar to the sketch and then put the focal image on top of it, so it doesn’t look too lonley, haha. The background is sponged with Blending Brushes and I picked 3 mask that looks good together and used different shades of blue for it. The floral image is colored in with Stampin’ Blends. Hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to join us at the challenge.  

Challenge: #642 
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden,      
Colors: Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon/Summer Spash/Crumb Cake/Pool Party Stampin’ Blends,                  
Paper: White, Azure Afternoon, Pool Party 2 Tone,  

Others: Dimension, Thankful Garden Dies, Linked Together Masks,   

8/15/25 - Color Dare Challenge #665 + Sparkle Challenge #191 CAS - It's your birthday

Today’s card has dual challenges, one is with Color Dare #665 and one is at Sparkle with CAS card. I sponge the White cardstock with Flirty Flamingo and put a die cut image on it and to finish added sequines and twine. Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy card I shared with you today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #665, #191
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden,                  
Colors: Pretty Peacock, Flirty Flamingo,         
Paper: White, Pretty Peacock, Flirty Flamingo,     

Others: Dimension, Thankful Garden Dies, He’s the Men Dies, Blender Sponge, Twine, 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,  

8/8/25 - My Time To Craft #565 (clear accents) / I for Ink Blending - Thankful Garden,

Happy Friday crafters! Today’s card is shared at both My Time to Craft (clear elements) & Alphabet Challenge (I is for Ink Blending). I die cut out a circle template to use so I can used Stampin’ Up Blender Brush with ink pads to create a background for my focal image. Then I stamped a big, bold flower image from Thankful Garden and added a sentiment – stamped on vellum. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #566, I is for Ink Blending,
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden,   
Colors: Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party,               
Paper: White, 

Others: Dimension, Blending Brush, Vellum, Layering Circles,

8/7/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #256 Scenic - Notes & Totes Beach Scene

Happy  Thursday and welcome back to our  first challenge of the month for Cardz 4 Galz and we are creating a scenic card! Totes & Notes Dies are so perfect for this challenge, I used it create a beach scene without using the tote bag! I added water bottle, seashells, sunblock bottle, sunglasses and also a book (from For the Book Bundle), for all the things we should have at the beach! I also stamped a sun at the corner and sand piece cardstcok. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: #256 
Stamp Set: Sunshine Vibes,     
Colors: Crumb Cake,                 
Paper: White, Ocean Friends DSP, Black, Beige, Azure Afternoon, Daffadel Delight, Melon Mambo, Basic Gray, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake 2 tone, 

Others: Dimension, Notes & Totes Dies, Wink a Stella  

8/6/25 - The Male Room #201 Universe - Sunshine Vibes

It’s our monthly challenge here at The Male Room and this month we are making Universe card. I have to be creative with this challenge and I came up with Rainbow & Sun on my card, since they are part of the universe, right?! I used the negative of the die to create a rainbow and placed a piece of DSP underneth. I stamped the sun at the corner and finished the card with a sentiment on the die cut piece. I enjoyed creating this card using this fun Boho Vibe Suite, hope you can join us at the challenge.

 

 

Challenge: #201
Stamp Set: Sunshine Vibes,           
Colors: Secret Sea, Duckling Darlig, Daffadel Delight,  
Paper: White, Boho Vibe DSP, Cajun Craze 2 tone, Daffadel Delight, Cloud Clover,       

Others: Dimension, Muted Dots, Tags To Go Dies, Twine,

8/4/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #641 - Latte Love Thanks

Welcome to August and first challenge of the month at Atlantic Hearts Sketch and today I have a coffee card to share with you using the sketch. I stamped the coffee stain image with 2 different shades of brown and created a coff pot to put on the right side. I also added a espresso cup and finish with swirly dots. I hope you enjoyed my interpretation on the sketch and be sure to join us there!

 

 

Challenge: #641
Stamp Set: Latte Love  
Colors: Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie,             
Paper: White, Latte Love DSP, Pecan Pie, Black, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, 

Others: Dimension, Swirly Dots, Layering Dies, Latte Love Dies,

8/3/25 - Dragonfly Challenge August 2025 Layers - Tractor & Co with Timeless Plaid

Happy Sunday and today’s card is share at Dragonfly Challenge and this month’s challenge is Layers. I did a unique fun fold card which added more layers onto the card – awesome, right?! I kept the color more on the netrual side because of the DSP, Basic Beige is slowly becoming one of my favorite base to use. I also used the border dies with Old Olive to create a ground for the tractor to be on. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Cardbase – 5 ½” x 4 ¼”, cut 2” (or however long/short you would like the flap to be)
Outside Flap – 4” x 3 ½” scored at 3” (on the 3 ½” side) 

DSP – 2 1/8” x 5 7/8” & 3 7/8” x 2 7/8” (for a thinner borders)

Challenge: Aug 2025
Stamp Set: Tractor & Co,               
Colors: Black,      
Paper: White, Basic Beige, Timeless Plaid DSP, Black, Old Olive,   

Others: Dimension, Tractor & Co Dies, He’s the Man dies  

8/1/25 - Color Dare Challenge #663 - Year of Flowers Tags

Welcome back to the weekly challenge here at Color Dare #663 and this week I prepared 2 tags for the challenge, using the colors provided. I used the light blue as the tag and the color penciles for Pumpkin Pie and Daffadel Delight to color in the flowers. Hopefully this 3D project different than card will give you some inspiration! Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge: #663
Stamp Set: Year of Flowers,                     
Colors: Black, Stampin’ Up Watercolor Pencils,            
Paper: White, Pool Party,  

Others: Dimension, Twine,

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,  

7/25/2025 - Darling Cardmaker (at the beach) - Notes & Totes Bag Bundle

Hi everyone – welcome back to another challenge at Darling Cardmaker and this week we are theme card – BEACH! I’ve been using this awesome Notes & Totes Bag Bundle for this card. The tidious part of creating this card is cut out all the pieces, also thinking about coordinating colors/patterns, but once all the pieces are cut out, all you have to do is the fun, putting it together! I stamped the sand piece with some dots, put the fences on the back, used another die piece (than the previous one) for the handle of the bag, and this time I added water bottle/sunblock bottles. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

Challenge: DC – at the beach  
Stamp Set: N/A           
Colors: Crumb Cake,     
Paper: White, Ocean Friends DSP, Daffadel Delight, Soft Seafoam, In-Colors DSP, Fresh Fresia, Azaure Afternoon, Calypo Coral, 

Others: Dimension, Notes & Totes Dies,    

7/25/25 - Alphabet Challenge (H for Homes) - 2025-2027 In-Colors with Coming Home Dies

Happy Friday and it’s jam pack with cards that I created for different challenges. This one is for Alphabet Challenge – H is Home. I used the Coming Home Bundle/Dies and 2024-2026 In-Colors Cardstock to create row of houses for this fun card. I used the white cardstock to spell out HOME and place them inside each houses and added some tree to balance out the houses. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge!

 

 

Challenge: H is Home  
Stamp Set: N/A            
Colors: N/A     
Paper: White, 2025-2027 In-Colors cardstock, Summer Splash, 

Others: Dimension, Mini Alphabet Dies, Coming Home Dies,

7/25/25 - My Time To Craft #565 (use 2+ DSP) - Florals in Blooms DSP

Happy Friday and today's card is with My Time to Craft and this week’s theme is to use more than 2 of DSP and I used Florals in Blooms for this card. I saw a tutorial to create this card using DSP and it’s a great layout to use up some of your beautiful paper! The paper I used is from Pretty Floral bundle. I hope you enjoyed this card today and be sure to join us at the challenge. For the list of supplies, they are listed below – all from Stampin’ Up.

White Piece - 5 x 3 3/4"

DSP - 3 x 3 cut in half & 2 1/2" x 4" 

Challenge: #564
Stamp Set: Sunshine Vibes,              
Colors: Garden Green,    
Paper: White, Garden Green, Floral In Blooms DSP, Garden Green 2 tone, 

Others: Dimension, Tags to go Dies, Silver Twine,  

7/24/25 - Cardz 4 Galz #255 Fun Fold - Boho Vibes Bundle (Angled Gate Fold)

I am always a sucker for fun fold so today’s card is with Cardz 4 Galz and I saw a really cool fold with On Y Go Stamping (Asymmetrical Angled Gate Fold) and decided to give it a try. I used the Boho Vibes Bundle for this. I stamped the sun inside the fold so it looks like it’s peaking out. I really enjoyed making this card and love how it turns out. I hope you can give it a try as well!

DSP - 4 1/4" x 3 1/2" score at 1/2" on 4 1/4" side 
DSP - 4 1/4" x 4 1/2" score at 1/2" on 4 1/4" side

White - 3 5/8" x 4 7/8"   Layer - 3 3/4" x 5

Challenge: #255
Stamp Set: Sunshine Vibes,               
Colors: Secret Sea, Crushed Curry, Daffadel Delight,        
Paper: White, Boho Vibes DSP, Cajun Craze 2 Tone, Daffadel Delight, 

Others: Dimension, Sunshine Vibes Dies, Layering Dies, 2” Circle Punch,

7/21/25 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #639 - Joy of Jar with Jar Punch

Today at Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I made a Dutch Door fun fold card that resemble the sketch that we have today! I cut the cardstock at 2 ¾” and then another cut to the bind of the card and use the cut out piece and adhered it in front of the card. Do you wanna know why my sentiment is on the left-hand side?! It’s because I smear the snowflakes so I have to hide it with my sentiment. (haha) The stamp set is from the new Joy of Jar, which coordinates with the Jar Punch! I hope you like this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #639
Stamp Set: Jar of Joy           
Colors: Misty Moonlight, Black, Mossy Meadow,    
Paper: White, Cherry Cobbler, Iconic Celebration DSP,  

Others: Dimension, Jar Punch, 1 ¾” & 2” Circle Punch,  

7/18/25 - Color Dare Challenge #661 + Darling Cardmaker (No Dies/Stamps) - Daisy with 2024-2026 In-Colors

Happy Friday and Happy Birthday to me!! On my birthday today, I am sharing a very simple and cute daisy card using just stripes of DSP and punch! The color from the pictures made me select Shy Shamrock and Pretty in Pink, both are from the 2024-2026 In-Colors selection. Some card just don’t need the sentiments (stamps) so this is one of those for sure! I punch out some daisy and layer them together. It’s hard to see but I also added some Wink a Stella in the middle of the daisy. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and remember to join us at both challenges,

        

 

Challenge: #661, Darling Cardmaker
Stamp Set: N/A          
Colors: N/A   
Paper: Netural, 2024-2026 In-Colors DSP, Petal Pink,        

Others: Dimension, Small Daisy Punch, ½” Circle Punch, In-Colors Gems,   

7/15/25 - Cardz 4 Guyz #376 & Sparkle Challenge #190 Summer Theme - Sunshine Vibes for Summer

Hi everyone – welcome back to dual challenges today at Cardz 4 Guyz and Sparkle, both of the theme for July is – SUMMER! For some reason, when I think of summer, it reminds me of good old rainbow that appears after a summer rain. I finally gave in and purchased the Boho Vibes / Sunshine Vibes bundle which is perfect for the challenges. I used the Rainbow one to create a negative image to layer a piece of coordianating DSP underneth. Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy card and please join us at the challenge – what is Summer means to you with your card!

Challenge: #376, #190
Stamp Set: Sunshine Vibes,      
Colors: Secret Sea,   
Paper: White, Boho Vibes DSP, Daffadel Delight,    

Others: Dimension, Muted Palette Dots, Sunshine Vibes Dies,

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, 

7/11/25 - My Time to Craft #564 (Fiber) & Alphabet (G for Girlfriend) - Thankful Garden Bundle

Happy Friday everyone! Today’s card is shared at My Time to Craft - use fiber (twin/ribbons) and Alphabet Challenge (G for Girlfriend) using Thankful Garden bundle. This is my first entry as a new Design Team member at Alphabet and I am humble and honored that they picked me to join them! I used Blending Brush to color in the focal images and its layered on top of 3 pieces of DSP from Florals in Blooms. I also decided to do 2 layers of cardstock/2 tone paper. I really enjoyed who this turned out to be. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge!

 

Challenge: #564, G for Girlfriend,
Stamp Set: Thankful Garden            
Colors: Pretty in Pink, Granny Apple Green, Darling Duckling,    
Paper: White, Floral in Blooms DSP, Garden Green 2 tone, Darling Duckling,         

Others: Dimension, Arch Dies, Thankful Garden Dies, Twine, Pearls,