Category Archives: Monday Montage

Let’s Celebrate — Monday Montage #200

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

We have hit a milestone blog hop! It’s our 200th as a group! Since we felt that calls for a celebration, we have a blog hop centered around that theme. I feel so blessed to call these fabulous ladies friends, and I eagerly await the days when we can get together again! Not only is this group full of talented stampers, but they are the kindest and most supportive people. I love them so!

I decided to use the Best Chapter stamp set as I love these sentiments and their positive messages.

I used some of the Pattern Party dsp because it is perfect for a celebration! And I used one of the Scalloped Contours dies to make the fun scalloped border. It was all placed on a Pool Party card base.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Last Days of Penned Dahlias — Monday Montage #198

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

The final days of Sale-a-Bration are upon us, so I wanted to use some more of the products from it while I could. My favorite Sale-a-Bration item is the Delicate Dahlia stamp set. Did you get it? The previous times I used it, I stamped the outline image and then stamped the color with the other stamp. So easy, and it looks so good! But this time, I thought I’d color the image myself, and pulled out my colored pencils to do the job since I hadn’t used them in a very long time.

I cut the bloom and leaves out with my paper snips and placed them on a piece of the Beautifully Penned dsp, which is another Sale-a-Bration offering. I added a little Pool Party ink with a blending brush behind the flower. The sentiment is from the Biggest Wish stamp set and was cut out with a die from the Tasteful Labels Die collection.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Delicate Dahlias Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[156601]
$0.00

Beautifully Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[156630]
$0.00

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[155052]
$17.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]
$31.00

Gilded Gems

[152478]
$7.00

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]
$7.50

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]
$16.00

Blender Pens

[102845]
$12.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]
$7.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]
$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]
$8.75

Harvest with Bumblebee — Monday Montage #194

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

Here’s another sneak peek of some products in the upcoming Holiday mini catalog. It features the Harvest Meadow suite.

I started by stamping the flowers and coloring them with my alcohol markers. There is a coordinating die that I used to cut them out. Using a die from the Scalloped Contours dies, I cut out a frame of Misty Moonlight card stock.

The three strips under the focal panel are from the Harvest Meadow dsp collection. It is such pretty paper! I placed some strips of 3/8″ Diamond Weave Ribbon on top of the dsp.

A piece of Crumb Cake card stock was embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder.

This card was inspired by the fun sketch over at The Paper Players:

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Biggest Birthday Wish — Monday Montage #193

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

I needed to make a masculine birthday card and found myself lacking in masculine stamps. Hmmm… My default for that is usually stars. So I pulled out the Stitched Stars Dies, a stamp set with a big birthday greeting, and some fun striped dsp. I knew it would be easy from there!

I started with some of the fun Pattern Party dsp. The sentiment was stamped and cut out with a die from the Tasteful Labels dies collection. I then cut out some stars using a die from the Stitched Stars dies and scattered then around the sentiment panel. Some Matte Black Dots and some Opal Rounds were added as embellishments, as was some black baker’s twine looped underneath the sentiment panel.

This was a quick and easy card!

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[155052]
$17.00

Stitched Stars Dies

[150653]
$38.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]
$31.00

Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

[155426]
$18.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Opal Rounds

[154289]
$7.50

Matte Black Dots

[154284]
$7.00

Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119793]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]
$9.75

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]
$8.75

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]
$8.75

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131297]
$8.75

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]
$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Ice Cream Treat — Monday Montage #191

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

When my daughter who stayed in Michigan for the summer recently told me she had been craving ice cream, I knew exactly what stamp set to use to make a card to send her a little money to treat herself. Sweet Ice Cream to the rescue!

I used some of the coordinating Ice Cream Corner dsp to punch out the cones and scoops of ice cream, so there really wasn’t much stamping involved with this card. I did stamp the sprinkles and dots with some stamped off inks and a splatter of some white acrylic paint. The sentiment from the set was embossed with white embossing powder.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Sweet Ice Cream Bundle

[156244]
$31.50

Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper

[154567]
$11.50

Stitched With Whimsy Dies

[155314]
$29.00

Resin Hearts Embellishments

[154578]
$7.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]
$6.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]
$8.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]
$8.75

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]
$7.50

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]
$7.50

Hand-Penned Birthday — Monday Montage #189

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

I needed to make a birthday card for a sweet friend and still had the Hand Penned Petals stamp set on my desk. Rather than color the image I stamped with markers, I decided to use another stamp to color in the images. I love how the set included images to do that for the leaves and flowers separately.

I used a couple of the new In-Colors, Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent, as well as Highland Heather and Daffodil Delight to color the flowers. The flowers were arranged on a piece of Basic White card stock which was cut using one of the new dies in the Scalloped Contours dies collection.

The sentiment is from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English)

[155492]
$46.75

Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154394]
$18.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]
$35.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]
$8.75

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]
$7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]
$7.50

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad

[155670]
$7.50

Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

[155778]
$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Ridiculously Sunshiny — Monday Montage #188

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

I’ve been trying to play one last time with some of the stamp sets that are retiring next week. The Ridiculously Awesome stamp set is one that I used many times to make cards for my kids. I love the fun handwriting on the sentiments and the messages are so positive and uplifting. As finals are this week for my college kiddos, I thought this one tucked in a care package would provide a little lift.

A recent Paper Pumpkin kit included some fun stencils, one of which was a sunburst. I used it with a blending brush to apply some Daffodil Delight ink to a piece of Basic White cardstock. The sentiment was stamped over it with Bermuda Bay ink.

I added some little die-cut flowers from the retiring Always Dies, and added some Elegant Faceted Gems to their centers. Some staples were added as embellishments, which I haven’t thought to use in a long time.

This was a quick and easy one. I know the card will be appreciated, but who I am kidding — it’s the other treats in the box that will receive the most attention. 🙂

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Ridiculously Awesome Cling Stamp Set

[152512]
$22.00

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

[137859]
$63.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]
$7.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]
$7.50

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]
$8.75

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131197]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]
$9.75

Elegant Faceted Gems

[152464]
$7.50

Art Gallery Thoughts — Monday Montage #185

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

The grass is starting to green up and the daffodils and tulips are starting to bloom here. Spring is on the way! I’m ready to make cards with bright, pretty colors and lots of flowers. That was my starting point with this card. It’s also the theme at the Paper Players this week:

I love the gorgeous, layered flowers in the Art Gallery stamp set. And the papers are so pretty with beautiful colors. My daughter’s favorite color is yellow, so I knew I wanted to use one of the pretty sheets of dsp in that color for my starting point.

The coordinating dies for the Art Gallery stamp set also include this fabulous sentiment. I die-cut it and the stamped sentiment with the Floral Gallery dies. This card came together really quickly!

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Art Gallery Bundle

[156227]
$50.25

Fine Art Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[154558]
$11.50

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

[153077]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]
$9.75

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]
$7.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]
$7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]
$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Pierced Positive Thoughts — Monday Montage #184

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

Now that we have thawed out and the snow is almost all gone, I’m starting to think about Spring. This past week was beyond crazy here in Texas! I thought the longest week ever occurred last month when my husband had Covid and our dog got suddenly sick and I had to put her to sleep. But then last week we experienced rolling blackouts and water shortages during the most frigid spell here I have ever experienced. We were in a cycle of having power for about 30 minutes and then the power would go out for about an hour. Then repeat… And repeat… For 3 long days. The temperature in our house hovered in the low 50s. We have a gas fireplace, and we moved some of our furniture directly in front of it so we could keep warm. When the power would come on we’d run to cook something quickly and charge our devices. We were very fortunate in that none of our pipes burst, and we never lost our water supply nor had to boil our water. My heart goes out to the many families that will be dealing with the clean-up from this disaster for a long time.

While all of this was going on here, my mother-in-law was in the hospital awaiting surgery about an hour and a half away. We couldn’t go visit her because of Covid restrictions and with all of the ice and snow on the roads, we wouldn’t have been able to anyway. I wanted to make her a sunny card to let her know we’ve been thinking of her. I pulled out the Pierced Blooms dies and got to work with my Big Shot.

A piece of dsp from the Paper Blooms collection was adhered to the side of the card base. The sentiment is from the Positive Thoughts stamp set.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Pierced Blooms Dies

[154312]
$37.00

Paper Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155222]
$0.00

Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set

[151490]
$21.00

Playing With Patterns Resin Dots

[152467]
$8.00

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122925]
$8.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]
$8.75

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105118]
$8.75

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]
$8.75

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131201]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Spreading Some Valentine Love — Monday Montage #183

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Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d share some of the Valentine’s Day love I’m going to share with my family. Included in the care packages I’ll be sending my two college kiddos will be a card and of course some candy.

I love the adorable Snail Mail designer series paper! And when I saw how well it worked with the January Paper Pumpkin kit, I knew I wanted to create a card for my daughter with it. Her favorite color is yellow, so even though it isn’t a traditional color for Valentine’s Day, that is what I went with.

I sponged some Daffodil Delight ink onto the background and then stamped the “xoxo”s with the same ink color. That stamp is from the Paper Pumpkin kit, as is the sentiment. I cut out the heart, envelopes and snail from the Snail Mail dsp. And then I added some googly eyes to the snail for fun. Three little Resin Hearts Embellishments were added to give it some more pops of red and strengthen the Valentine’s theme.

The Paper Players has a fun theme challenge this week. I thought this card would fit in with the hearts part of the theme.

I have one kid who loves peanut M&Ms. I put some of them in a pillow box, which is now retired, but I still had a few on hand. Using the Always dies, I decorated a Cherry Cobbler heart to attach to the pillow box. The ribbon is from the January Paper Pumpkin kit, and I attached a little heart charm to it.

Another kid loves jelly beans, so I found some heart shaped jellies and put them in one of the Love You Always Treat Boxes. I wrapped one of the Flower & Field dsp sheets around it that I thought looked the most Valentine-y. This dsp is one of the current Sale-a-Bration offerings and is so pretty!

Here’s another treat box decorated with a different sheet of this dsp and uses the Heartfelt stamp set.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Snail Mail Designer Series Paper

[154577]
$11.50

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

[137859]
$63.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]
$7.50

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Resin Hearts Embellishment

[154578]
$7.00

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131197]
$8.75

Flower & Field 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155223]
$0.00

Heart Charms

[154282]
$7.50

Love You Always Treat Box

[154285]
$9.00

Forever And Always Bundle

[156200]
$45.75

Heartfelt Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[151417]
$17.00

Heart Punch Pack

[151292]
$34.00