Paper Playful: Monday Challenges

Hi! Here are this week's MONDAY Challenges. If you are looking for explanations of the codes (in italics following the challenge name) please look on the CODES button at the top of this blog.

Please remember that the challenges listed are intended as a summary only. Please respect the challenge blog, the design team and your fellow participants and confirm your project meets the challenge blog rules prior to posting your entry. Have FUN!!

365 Cards - a daily challenge - Decorative Duos
ABC Challenges - W, cards only, E3, C10 - Sympathy
All Crafts Challenge - M, 1st Monday of the month every other month, NO CARDS - (August/September) Anything but a Card
Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Anything but a Card/Anything Goes
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge - W - Sketch*
Besties Challenge - W, SIR (freebie available) - Monochromatic
Bitten by the Bug - W, must use Cricut - Shaped Card/Layout
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - M, 1E - (September) Something Blue
Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Favorite Color Combination
Cards For Men - 2W, must be masculine - (2nd week) Tags
Cards in Envy - 2W, E3, A2 Cards only (4.25x5.5") no more than ¼" thick - (2nd week) Manly
Cheerful Stamp Pad - 2W, JFF, mixed media - (2nd week) Photo Inspiration*
C is for Challenge - 2W, Papercrafts only, E1 - (2nd week) Lots of Layers
Colour My Monday - 2W - Need to Sign Up for challenges
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - 2W - (2nd week) Babies
Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Glitter and/or Gloss
Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (September) Anything Goes with Handmade Bow
Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (September) Things with Wings
Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Last Days of Summer
Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (2nd week) Christmas Snow & Ice
Creata Challenge - 2W, SIR (must use at least 1 Creata product) - (2nd week) For a Special Occasion
Created With Love - W, 3E - Tic-Tac-Toe*
Creative Creations Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, C10 - (2nd week) Christmas
Creative Cutting Challenge - 2W, must use at least one SVG diecut - Anything Goes
Creative Stamp Friends - 2W, use at least one stamp - (2nd week) Vintage
Critter Sketch - W - On break
Cupcake Craft - W - on hiatus
Cutie Pie Challenge - 2W, must be "cute" - (2nd week) Cute Christmas
Digi Darla Challenge - W, SIO - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Back to School
Digi Makeover Challenge - W, SIO, must use digi - Make Your Own Background
Digi Sketch Challenge - 2W - (2nd week) Sketch* and/or Rubber Stamp
Dutch Magnolia Lovers - 2W, SIR, E1 - (2nd week) Back to School
Eureka Stamps - W, 3E, F - Shaped Cards
Exploring Cricut - W, weekly challenge posted every other week, Must use Cricut machine & cartridges, E2 - Back to School
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - W, Must include Cricut cut - Use Vinyl with your Cricut
Fashionista Challenge - M, 2E, (Runs 3wks + voting week) - (voting week)
Feeling Sketchy - 2W - (1st week) Sketch*
Fetch-a-Sketch - 2W - (1st week) Sketch*
Filipino Scrapbookers Sketch Challenge - 2W Card sketch, 2W Layout sketch, E5 - Monday Card Sketch (1st week) Card Sketch*; Wednesday Layout Sketch (2nd week): Layout Sketch*
Fitztown Challenge - 2W, F, SIO, 3E, C10 - (2nd week) Anything but a Card
Friends of Speedy TV - W, SIO - Have to "sign in" for challenges
Get Inky! - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Cakes/Cupcakes
Haunted Design House Macabre Mondays - 2W, dark/gothic/Halloween only - (2nd week) Halloween
Heart 2 Heart - W, 1E, SIR (mostly CTMH) - "Brown paper packages tied up with string" (see blog)
House Mouse Challenge - 2W, SIR, F - (1st week) Autumn Leaves
House of Cards - W, C10, Monthly inspiration with weekly themes - September Color Challenge* + weekly theme: CAS
House of Gilli - M, SIO - on break?
I {heart} Sketches Challenges - W - (2nd week) Sketch*
Imagination Crafts - M, 3E, 7C, SIR to win prize - (September) Butterflies
Incy Wincy Designs - W, 5E - Sketch*
Ink It Pink - SIR, W - Fall
Kaboodle Doodles - W, 3E - Back to School
Lady Anne's Challenge - M, E3, C10, papercrafts - (September) Wings
Lawnscaping - 2W, 3E, F, C3 but must be different theme - (deadline Sept. 11) Your Favorite Supplies
Lexi's Creations - 2W - (2nd week) Anything but a Card
Love to Create - W, 3E - Any Hero Thank You
Love to Scrap - 2W, 2E - (2nd week) Anything Goes
Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - W, must include Kraft cardstock and/or items that can be purchased at Kraft Outlet - Sketch*
Make My Monday - W, C6 - Create a Scene
MarkerPOP Challenge - 2W, 2E, C10, must use Markers - (1st week) Anything Goes
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (2nd week) Paper Piecing
Mema's Crafts Monday Challenge - Moving to Other Dates - M, 3E, winner is announced on the 15th and on the 30th - (September) Ribbon/Lace and/or Flowers
Merry Monday Christmas Card Club - W, JFF, Christmas cards, must comment on at least 3 cards - Photo Inspiration* + Green & White + Woodgrain (Christmas card)
Mojo Monday - W - Sketch*
Muse Challenge - W, cards only, must comment & vote - CASE the Muse's card*
My Besties UK Challenge Blog - 3E, 2W, SIR - (1st week) Fairy
My Craft Creations - 2W, Challenge links on top, occasionally SIR - Stamped or digi images
My Craft Spot - W, 1E - TBA
Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Pearls & Swirls
Paper Playtime - 2W, F - (2nd week) Use 3 Different Papers
Parade Your Crafts - 2W, E2 - (2nd week) Anything Goes
Path of Positivity - M, any positive/inspirational project or idea welcome - (Challenge #6 / deadline Oct. 6) Honesty
Pike's Playground - 2W, SIR - TBA
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - W - Anything Goes
Scrapping Everyday Miracles - M + 2W sketch challenge 3rd wk/mo, 1E - Monthly Layout challenge (September): Layout about Your Favorite Season; Sketch Challenge (3rd wk/mo)
Seems a Little Sketchy - 2W - (2nd week) Sketch*
Shabby Tea Room - W - Photo Inspiration* + Clock image
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - W, Vintage/Shabby Chic - Embossing
Sketch N Stash - 2W, use new or neglected items - (2nd week) Sketch* + Optional Theme: Time
Smudgy Antics - SIO, 2W, No Cute, must use stamp - (1st week) Embellishments
Sparkle N Sprinkle - M, E3, all crafts - (September) Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
Squigglefly - W, SIO (SIR to win) - Sentiment
Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (September) Birthdays
Stamp with Fun - W, Cute - Not Square
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - W, JFF - Wood
Take A Word - W, JFF, 3E, C10, ATC/altered art/mixed media only, no cards or layouts - Childhood
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - W, 2E, F - Back to School
Technostamper's Monday Lunch Time Sketch Challenge - W - Sketch*
The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (2nd week) BINGO*
The Outlawz Greetings Challenge - Wkly, Must have sentiment or greeting, 1E, must sign in to participate
The Paper Girls - 2W, layouts, cards - (2nd week) Wire
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - 2W, E2 - (2nd week) CAS
The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - W, cards - Nautical
The Ribbon Reel - 2W - (2nd week) Photo Inspiration* + White-on-White + Lace & Flowers
There She Goes - W - Cake, Cupcakes, Birthday Treats
Through the Purple Haze - W, E3, C10 - Sketch*
TimbroScrapMania Stamping Challenge - 2W, Must use Stamp - (deadline September 15) Moon & Stars
*NEW* Turtle Soup Forum Monday Sketch Challenge - daily challenge until the 3rd Friday of the month, then 10-day crop, 1E - Sketch*
Unstampabelles - M, 3E, NO STAMPS allowed (rubber nor digi) - (September) Using Scraps and/or Old Stash
Use Your Stuff - W, JFF, use your stash - (2nd week) Use a List
Victorine Originals - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Vintage
Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - M, P1, 3E, Must Stamp - (September) Anything from Your Garden
Whoopsi Daisy - W, SIO - Fall
Wild Orchid Challenge - 2W, C3, SIR (must have at least one WOC product) - (1st week) Die Cut
Without Words - M, P10, 3E, CAS, hand-colored image - (September) Happy Anniversary