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

Happy New Year!! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and hope Santa left you something crafty in your stocking! :-)

Thank you for joining us for the Sparkle and Shine Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week we are challenging you to:

SOMETHING NEW

New Year, New Craft Stash, New Baby, New Job, anything ‘New’

As it’s the first Monday of the month we are showcasing a brand/company. This week we are all using some fabulous products from Paper Artsy. You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge, but if you have them, we would love to see them used.

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

This week we’re welcoming back the lovely Natasha Vacca into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog before then you are in for a real treat!

Natasha created a large playing card using a new Paper Artsy Cosmos Edition Stamp Set. She added texture and detail to the background using the Tim Holtz Entomology Collage Paper  along with Acrylic Paints, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Crayons! She heat embossed the flowers and colored using a Gansai Tambi Watercolors Set. The project was completed using twine, a sentiment, and white splatters!  

Andrea made a notebook full of good wishes for the new year. She used Paper Artsy stamps from some of her favorite designers, such as Seth Apter’s EM124 stamp and his EM142 stamp. She also used Kate Crane’s KCM002 stamp and words from her KC016 stamp set. She pulled in some fabric scraps from the Odile Bailloeul Festival Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle.

Anna-Karin made a January art journal page, to celebrate the first month of the new year. She used Paper Artsy Winter Umbels and Winter Grasses stamp sets. The background was made with Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stain.

Barbara created a trio of winter/New Year’s greeting tags using Paper Artsy Mattints and Ranger Distress Ink Spray Stain. The center of each tag is from a stamp set by Tim Holtz’s Stampers Anonymous Christmas Blueprint CMS 135

Cheiron created a card to set an intention for the New Year using Paper Artsy Golden Sands Infusions to create a background with the Dina Wakley Media Mushy Dots Stencil. She combined it with Pine Needles Distress Oxide, some coloring from Distress Watercolor Pencils and stamps from the Tim Holtz Eccentric set. For a focal image she added a leaf from the Dina Wakley Bold Botanicals stamps.

Kath – created a frosty winter card to welcome in the New Year using Simon Says Stamp The Small Things stamp set, Crystal Snowflake wafer dies and Cool Tones Pawsitively Dazzling Gems from the January 2025 Card Kit along with PaperArtsy In The Navy Infusions and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Worn Text stamp set.

Macarena made a underwater scene using new Paper Artsy Hot Pics Printed Tissue pt01 and fussy cut the fish, coloring it from behind and glued with Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium. She embellished the scene with corals from Craft Consortium Sea and Shore dies and Spellbinders Set Sail Etched Dies.

Maura created a batch of ATC’s with a nature theme and mushrooms symbolizing good fortune, prosperity and longevity in the new year. She used new Paper Artsy’s Scrapcosy Stamps and Hot Picks Printed Tissue, Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz, and Tracy Evans Numerical Cats.

Meihsia was inspired to create a tag to celebrate the new year using Paper Artsy Lynne Perrella Cling Stamps on the background, and decorated it with her new die cut collections from Karen Burniston Fireworks Dies and Simon Says Stamp CHAMPAGNE FLUTES Wafer Dies.

Zoey used for the first time a blend of Paper Artsy Infusions (Olive Tree, Walnut, Green Man), she also used some Sizzix Thinlits to decorate her tag and Distress Spray Stain to highlight her main word “now”

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 

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