Welcome to our May 2026 Designer Challenge with a theme of CAFFEINATE!

I challenged the team to create a card featuring Coffee, Tea, Soda or Chocolate. As usual, they've created amazing cards.

For my card and video I am showing a fun combination of pop-up mechanisms to make a highly generic double arch pop-up card.

Learn this technique by watching the full YouTube tutorial here:

When closed, the 5" x 5" card will fit easily in an A7 envelope. The front of the card combines decorator pieces from the Tea and Coffee Pop-up along with a stamped greeting from the Coffee Chat clear stamps and the newly-returned Gift Card Label to hold the gift card.

Open the card and two arches pop up, along with two side angled platforms that lend motion to the greeting frames. The pop-up structure is made by combining the Arch Pop-up, Peacock Add-ons and Tea and Coffee Pop-up mechanisms.

The photo frames come from the Photo Gallery Pop-up, filled with Coffee Charms and dangling from Charm Rings.

Ready to give this card a try? Here are the dies and supplies used in the video:

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Now let's take a look at the amazing ideas from the Design Team. In each case you can click on the designer's name to go to their blog post. On their blogs you will find additional photos, supply lists and, in some cases, full video or photo tutorials.

Sandy Diller altered the Frame Pull Pop-up to fit the mug from the Tea and Coffee Pop-up and the results are wonderful! I love pull tab pop-ups that can be constructed on the fronts of cards. Love it!

Jen Webster chose scrumptious colors for a Rockin' Rectangle card decorated with all of our various coffee-themed dies and stamps. The shading on the cups is amazing! Her friend is sure to love it!

Suzanne Smit cleverly used the Photo Gallery Pop-up with open frames to dangle Coffee Charms. Absolutely brilliant! I love the colors on this card especially. Fabulous!

Nicky Foden has also chosen an amazing color scheme for her combination Triple Flip and Lorna Label birthday card. I just love the way Nicky shades the die cuts and the various baked goods mixed in with the coffee cups is such a great idea. There's a full photo tutorial for this card on Nicky's blog.

Sue Small-Kreider created a process video for this clever adaptation of the Tea and Coffee Pop-up to make a 3D mug atop the Stage Pop-up. Clever, clever, clever! The leaping frog is the perfect mug decor to honor the caffeine boost! Love it!

Lois Bak used the Rockin' Rectangle for a clear front hot chocolate card and the colors are terrific! I love the way she used a stamped heart on the front of the mug and the matching smaller mugs on the card front. Magnificently yummy!

Well we hope you feel inspired to make some caffeinated cards of your own. Join us next month on June 3,2026 for Designer Challenge 106 with a theme of FLAG COLORS. We will be making cards using the colors of our home country's flag.

Happy Crafting!