💐 #MadeForMom Challenge is Live! Craft with Love & Win up to $100!

[Jodie]

Hello everyone!

The first phase of our Mother’s Day sale is now live! From Apr 13 to May 10, every bundle comes with a surprise gift

Mother’s Day is a special time to celebrate the amazing women who mean so much to us. This time, we’d love to see how you express your love through something handmade and heartfelt.

Choose a design from the IdeaStudio Library and create a Mother’s Day project in your own style. From cards and gift boxes to shirts, tumblers, stickers, home décor, keepsakes, and more, bring your creativity to life with IdeaStudio designs.

Join our made-for-mom challenge and show us how you celebrate Mom with a handmade creation made from your heart!

Event Time

• Week 1: Apr 20 → Apr 26 (11:59 PM ET)
• Week 2: Apr 27 → May 3 (11:59 PM ET)
• Week 3 : May 3 → May 10 (11:59 PM ET)

Each week ends on Monday at 11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time (ET), and results will be announced on Wednesday of the following week (U.S. time).

Prizes (Weekly & Overall)

Weekly Rewards

≥ 15 valid entries in a week, we’ll unlock:

• Grand Prize× 2 : each will receive a $40 Gift Card

<15 valid entries/week, we’ll award:

• Excellence Prizes × 2: Floral Patterned Heat Transfer Vinyl Bundle - 12"x10" 10 Sheets to selected outstanding participants.

Participation Reward: Each valid entry that meets the craft standard will receive 100 Cheers (max 200 Cheers/week; max 600 total). Participation rewards are only for participants who did not receive material gift or gift card. You can redeem your Cheers in the Cheers Rewards Shop

Ultimate Challenge Grand Prize —$100 Gift Card × 1!

Once total valid entries across all weeks reach 50, we’ll run a 4-day community vote.

How it works：

• Our team will shortlist 5–10 finalists (one best creation per finalist).
• Finalists must have joined at least 2 weeks and shown consistent quality & creativity.
• The project with the most votes wins the $100 Gift Card.

About $40 / $100 Gift Card Usage Rules:
Partial Use Allowed– The gift card amount can be used in multiple transactions.
Covered Costs – The gift card amount can be applied to product prices, shipping fees, and taxes. Any excess amount must be paid separately.
Save Your Voucher – After redemption, users will receive an email with a voucher code. Please screenshot and save it for tracking remaining balance.
Regional Restriction – This gift card is only redeemable in the US, CA, AU, and UK . If you are outside these regions, we will send an equivalent-value machine/material prize instead, selected based on local inventory availability. Please note that taxes and shipping fees will also be considered when determining the prize.

How to Join

1. Choose a Mother’s Day idea or feeling as the inspiration for your project
2. Create a craft project using at least one design from the IdeaStudio Library

3. Make it real — cut, assemble, layer, press, decorate, or finish it in your own style
4. Share in the community thread:

   Here’s my #MadeForMom entry for Week 1/2/3!
   IdeaStudio link: [URL]
   Who is it for: [Mom / Grandma / Wife / Daughter / Myself / Someone special]
   Story: [Why you made it / What inspired this project]
   Photos: [1–3 clear photos]

5. Done! You’re officially in!

Note:

How Winners Are Selected

Grand Prize eligibility: Awarded only if there are ≥15 valid entries in the week. (If not unlocked, no Grand Prize—see Prizes section for the fallback bundles.)

Weights (Grand Prize, only if ≥15 valid entries)

• Presentation & photos – 30% ( 1 – 3 clear photos, incl. a full shot + a close-up of the word; clean light/background; readable composition.)
• Craft & finish – 30% ( Cut /press/adhesion/edges neat; layout & color layering; overall build quality.)
• Theme fit & word expression + One-line story – 20% (Word is clearly visible and matches the piece; brief, warm one-liner explains why you chose it)
• Community likes – 20% (Likes on the entrant’s comment in the weekly thread, counted at the each week.)

For example:
@Samantha_Bryant’s Project: See What I've Been Creating...

[kimberlyrudy]

[quote=“Jodie, post:1, topic:66333”]
**Here’s my #MadeForMom entry for Week 1 Number 1
IdeaStudio link: [Project | Beautiful and Unique Mom’s]
Who is it for: [Moms]
Story: [I did these paintings for my Mother’s Day vending event to celebrate the uniqueness of moms.
On Mother’s Day, the town held a “Most Beautiful Mom” contest, but no judges showed up—only children.

One by one, they took the stage.

A little boy pointed to his mom’s paint-stained hands. “She makes our world colorful.”

A girl hugged her mother’s tired eyes. “They stay open when I’m scared.”

Another child traced the silver in her mom’s hair. “That’s from worrying about me.”

By the end, every mother wore a different crown—made of drawings, laughter, and quiet sacrifices.

No two looked the same.
Every single one was beautiful.

[Mary_Williams]

I can’t wait to see what’s created.

[shirleycobb]

Here’s my made-for-mom week 1 entry 1
Ideal studio link : See What I've Been Creating...
Who this is for : me, mom, mother in law!

Story: I never really understood how strong the word “Mom” was until life started stretching me in ways I didn’t expect. Being a mother myself now, I see it… the quiet strength, the late nights, the way love shows up even when you’re running on empty. I feel blessed beyond words to carry that title.

My mom has always been my steady place. The one who showed me how to keep going, even when life felt heavy. She didn’t just raise me, she built me… piece by piece, with patience, lessons, and love that never wavered. Because of her, I know what it means to stand strong and love harder.

And then there’s my mother-in-law… a woman who came into my life and loved me like her own. She had a way of making people feel seen, safe, and cared for without even trying. Losing her has left a space that can’t be filled, a quiet ache that shows up in the little moments. But even in that grief, I feel gratitude. I got to know her. I got to love her. And I carry pieces of her with me every single day.

Grief and gratitude walk hand in hand for me now. Some days feel heavy, like I’m holding memories that still sting. Other days feel warm, like a hug I can’t physically feel anymore but know is still there. Through it all, I remind myself… I am blessed.

Blessed to be a mom.
Blessed to have been raised by one.
Blessed to have been loved by another.

And even though one of those loves now lives in heaven, I know she’s still holding us together in her own way… just like the message says.

[MCVDFC]

That’s a lovely image to keep as a memorial.

[Nancy_Sierchio]

Here’s my #MadeForMom entry for week 1.
IdeaStudio Url: See What I've Been Creating...
Who is it for: This one is for me.
Story: This is the first mother’s day in 5 years I was able to acknowledge since mom’s passing. So since she had no use in Heaven for these pieces, I thought I would carry on her morning schedule using them.
What inspired the project was my mom, my best friend whom I miss very very much. This set will be comforting.

[rinsky]

Here’s my made-for-mom Entry 1 for Week1!
IdeaStudio link: See What I've Been Creating...
Who is it for: Mom
Story: This painting is a long‑distance Mother’s Day gift for my mom. She loves flowers—especially the dark purple and fuchsia peonies from our yard — so when I found this peony design in the IdeaStudio Library, I knew it was perfect. I used the line‑art version to speed things up and finished the sketch in under 26 minutes. I mostly followed the color guide but gave one peony a twist in her favorite colors, adding extra brush strokes for a soft 3D effect. I’m still choosing a sealer, but I already know she’s going to love it.

[Jodie]

Just a quick reminder that each project can only be submitted to one activity and can’t be entered into multiple events at the same time.

You can choose whether you’d like to join the Color Craft event or the Mother’s Day event, and please kindly remove the post from the other event thread.

[Nancy_Sierchio]

**Week 1, entry 2
**IdeaStudio link: See What I've Been Creating...
**Who is it for: Our granddaughter
**Story: I made this in thought of all mom’s and the special memories they leave behind that we carry on.

[Samantha_Bryant]

Ahhhh, good to know. Thanks for clarifying, Jodie

[Samantha_Bryant]

Here’s my made-for-mom Week 1 Entry 1

IdeaStudio Link: See What I've Been Creating...

Who’s it for?: Me

Story: I made this for myself and every dog mom out there, because even without kids or a mother to celebrate, our kind of love still counts.

[shirleycobb]

absolutely adore this I remember going outside at night with my grandma and catching fireflies in mason jars. And keeping them unfortunately till they passed not knowing as a kid they couldn’t live in the jar lol!

[kimberlyrudy]

My gram always made me leave the jar outside when we went back in and she would unscrew the lid on her way in. In the morning I had an empty jar to start all over with that night.

[kimberlyrudy]

**Here’s my #MadeForMom entry for Week 1 Number 2
IdeaStudio link: [Project | 3d Mothers Day suncatcher]
Who is it for: [A gift for a very special mother out there!]
Story: [ I got the idea to do a suncatcher to take advantage of the beautiful Arizona sun. I’ve never put together a sun catcher this way before. I want to have plenty of choices for the Arizona dads and kids to make a mom’s day wonderful.

A mother’s beauty goes far beyond what the eye can see—it lives in her endless patience, her quiet strength, and the way she gives love so deeply and uniquely. No two mothers are the same, and that’s what makes each one truly irreplaceable.
:

[Nancy_Sierchio]

Beautiful!!! Would love to see it on your window with the sun shining through it.
The work that went into this had me in awe. You deserve to win

[kimberlyrudy]

That’s what the 1st image is