Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Wrap It Up Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This time we would like you to make anything shimmery/sparkly.

This challenge will last for 2 weeks. We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! We hope that you all have a wonderfiul time over the holidays and hope that Santa leaves you all a little crafty gift under the tree ;-)

Sparkle and Shine

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Please remember to click on the person’s name to see all of the details of how we made these creations and leave these wonderful girls some comment love

It’s Carrie’s last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to say a huge thank you for all of your creations over the past month. It has been a real pleasure to have you along with us! Merry Christmas!! :-)

Carrie created some sparkle and shine using various products and dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The background consisted of Ranger Salty Ocean Distress Oxides, Shiny Bauble Mica Stain, Simon Hurley Midnight Snack Stellar Ink, and an ECD Stencil and stamps. A piece of vellum served as the base for the EDC trees and penguins, many coated in Astro Paste. The photo doesn’t do all of the shiny metallic papers justice in this whimsical holiday make!

Andrea added shine to her card with some Chrome Silver Cardstock. She cut shapes out of it with Seth Apter’s Waffles die and added some pops of color with Fluorescent Neon Alcohol Ink. The stars sentiment is from Tim Holtz’s Seasonal Scribbles stamp set.

Anna-Karin made a sparkly and shiny Christmas card using Simon Says Stamp new Basic Shapes Squares and Matte Gold and Gold Glitter cardstock. The wreath and sentiment come from Tim Holtz idea-ology Christmas Baseboards.

Barbara made a tag using the sparkly Ranger Distress Mica Stains for both the background and coloring. She chose three sets from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous: Christmas Blueprint CMS135, Music and Advert CMS358, and Tiny Text Christmas CMS424. To complete the tag, the sentiment was stamped and glued onto a label cut with the super-versatile Label Slides Wafer Dies from Simon Says Stamp and a little sparkle was added with Idea-ology Kraft Stock Sparkle Classic.

Cheiron created a holiday door scene with lots of sparkle and shine. She used the Balcony Windows combined with the Holiday Window Decor to create her door and embellished it with a glittery star and lots of sequins. For the sentiment, she used a stamp from the CZ Design Making Spirits Bright stamps + dies.

Emma used various Tim Holtz Idea-ology and Sizzix products including the Engraved Embossing Folder, Christmas Layers and Paper Dolls, Christmas Baseboards and Ephemera to create her final Christmas project of 2025. To add the sparkle and shine to her Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Panel, she added some of the special edition sparkly bundle from Tim, and Metallic Flakes.

Kath made a winter card with the snowflake and snowman dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Winter Wishes Thinlits and used Broken China Distress Spritz and Distress Rock Candy Chunky Glitter to create sparkle and shine.

Macarena wishes all of you and herself a very colorfull and happy 2026. She made a really sparkle and shining card using as a background the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Stock Sparkle Classic in silver and she stamped and die cut the numbers with Tim Holtz Paint By Number stamp and coordinated dies which she additionally covered with Tim Holtz Distres Texture Sparkle Paste.

Maura made a small art canvas inspired by teamie, Cheiron. She used Tim Holtz’s Bold Sayings stamp, Simople Stories Vintage Woodland stamps and Simon Says Stamp Old Letter stamp. She added sparkle with Simon Says Stamp Chunky Glitter and shimmer with Dylusions White Linen Shimmer paint.

Meihsia was inspired to create a holiday tag using Tim Holtz idea-ology 2025 Christmas Backdrops on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology 2025 Christmas Sticker and Ranger Stickles Moon Dust Glitter Gel.

Zoey used Tim Holtz Holiday Sketchbook Stamp with coordinating Simon Says Stamp dies to decorate her focal point. She also used Distress Oxide ink and Distress SPRITZ to add some shine and sparkle!
She also used Gold Embossing Powder and Gold Thread to tie everything togheter.

So now it’s YOUR turn to get out your inks, paints and all things arty and start creating! We are looking forward to seeing what you make!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallengeso we can see your entries there too!

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Monday Jan 5th 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

We will also be choosing a selection of our entries to put in the spotlight. This is a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules please read the challenge rules posted in the side-bar here on our blog.

Please note that all previous challenges and winners posts can be accessed by clicking on the button at the very bottom of this page.

Please read the challenge rules on the sidebar. It has come to our attention that some are entering projects that were posted weeks ago. While they may follow the theme they are not eligible to win the voucher. All creations must be newly published. Thank You 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Wrap It Up Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

For this challenge we would like you to make anything festive:

Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Please remember to click on the person’s name to see all of the details of how we made these creations and leave these wonderful girls some comment love

Carrie created the most adorable hand-made holiday book using papers and accents from Arden Creative Studio’s Season of Joy  Paper Pack and  Ephemera Pack. She watercolored and inked rag paper pages, then added adorable cats from the AALL & Create Winter Whiskers Die-Cuts! A very special 8-year-old helped with the last page!! Please pop by Carrie’s IG gallery to see the pages!

An old Bigz die was used for the tags that were decorated and popped into the opening of the pages.

Andrea made a Christmas card using AALL & Create’s Snowland die set. She added color using Distress Watercolor Pencils (Set 3) and Dina Wakley’s Media Gloss spray. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz’s Christmas Sticker Book.

Anna-Karin made an art journal page inspired the poinsettia plant she got a couple of days ago. The flowers were stamped with Tim Holtz The Poinsettia and watercolored. The star stamps come from Simon Says Stamp Festive Merriment and the page was done in Stamperia Mixed Media Happiness Journal 4×8.5 in.

Barbara created a rustic Christmas tag. She chose the Tim Holtz Sizzix 3D Large A5 Embossing Folder Lumber 666884 die as the base. The tree in the center is from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Cling Rubber Stamps Just Believe cms031 set. The star is a coordinating stamp from the Tim Holtz Holiday Things Stamps with Simon Says Stamp Dies Bundle.

Cheiron used the Tim Holtz Retro Santa along with the Bold Text Christmas cut from Matte Gold Cardstock to create a fun city scene. She colored her background with Uncharted Mariner Distress Spray Stain and added Distress Foundry Wax for a finishing touch.

Emma created a Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Panel all about the night before Christmas, using Tim Holtz products to tell the story. She added dimension to the panel, by using an Etcetera Facade before adding layers including Woodland Garlands, Christmas Layers and a splash of sparkle with the Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Bundle.

Kath created a Christmas card using Simon Says Stamp Wispy Pine Needle Frame Embossing Folder and Merry Cover die, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Festive Gatherings Thinlits,  Idea-ology Christmas Backdrops 2025 Papers and Distress Rock Candy Glitter.

Macarena loved to play with the mooses from Tim Holtz Sizzix Merry Moose Die set which is basicaly almost all she used here. Thye die is prrfect for make a complete holiday scene. For the background she used Tim Holtz Distress Faded Jeans Oxide Ink Pad.

Maura made a Christmas decor piece for a coffee loving friend. She used Stamperia’s Mug Crafty Shapes, Simon Says Stamp’s Friendship Text Background stamp, Simon Says Stamp’s Tree Lot stencil, and added some holiday glitz with Dylusions White Linen Shimmer Paint.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media Christmas tag using Simon Says Stamp Radiant Burst Wafer Die on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology 2025 Christmas Layers and Paper Dolls and Tim Holtz idea-ology 2025 Christmas Sticker.

Zoey created the focal point of this tag using coordinating stamp and dies. She built a layered background with Distress Spray Stain, then added depth and shading using Distress Oxide Ink. To finish, she heat-embossed the sentiment with Gold Embossing Powder, perfectly tying all the elements together for a cohesive look.

So now it’s YOUR turn to get out your inks, paints and all things arty and start creating! We are looking forward to seeing what you make!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallengeso we can see your entries there too!

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Monday  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

We will also be choosing a selection of our entries to put in the spotlight. This is a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules please read the challenge rules posted in the side-bar here on our blog.

Please note that all previous challenges and winners posts can be accessed by clicking on the button at the very bottom of this page.

Please read the challenge rules on the sidebar. It has come to our attention that some are entering projects that were posted weeks ago. While they may follow the theme they are not eligible to win the voucher. All creations must be newly published. Thank You