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

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

This week we are challenging you to:

Spooky and/or Add Some Purple

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

Alison had a wonderful time getting a little eerie with some moths by moonlight.  The Idea-ology Halloween Moth Transparencies hover over a moonlit meadow with hidden secrets.  The Tim Holtz Moon Masks allow light to gleam on the bone fragments from the Anatomy Chart stamp set – embossed with Wow Bright White powder.  The bones are lying amongst the grasses from Tim’s Nature Discovery set as well as my own PaperArtsy Umbellifer Edition stamps.  And of course the atmosphere is all created with the magical Ranger Distress Inks.  The bats silhouetted against the moon are from The Scarecrow, and you’ll find similar word stickers in this year’s Idea-ology Halloween Sticker Book (mine are from an older version).  Some fine twine finishes things off.

Andrea made a card using Papertrey Ink’s Witches Brew stamp set and Mama Elephant’s Deckled Frames die set for the background. While she’s not a drinker, Andrea loves the skeleton hand from the Spellbinders Boos Cocktails die set.

Anna-Karin made a tag with a spooky little scene featuring Elmira, her house and her cat. There is also some purple. The witch, cat, pumpkin and bats were die cut with Tim Holtz Vault Wicked set and the house comes from Tim’s Halloween Collage Paper. The gems are Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Rainbow Gems.

Barbara decided to mix the two themes of this week and created a super spooky tag with purple as the predominant color! She used Ranger Distress Ink Spray Stain Villainous Potion, Hickory Smoke, Wilted Violet and Distress Spritz Wilted Violet to color the background. The spider web stamp and stencil are from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous, Boo Crazy Stamp set and Layering Stencil Bones. The central portrait is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Paper Dolls.

Macarena made a spooky tag combining purple and black and using several elements from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Urban Layers set. She covered the tag with a spider web using Surebonder High Temp Hot Glue Gun.

Maura made a spooky Phantom Palace using AALL and Create’s Phantom Palace die. She also used Tim Holtz Sizzix Wicked and Frightful Things dies, and added fun embellishments with AALL and Create’s Pumps and Skullz ephemera.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media Halloween tag using Simon Says Clear Stamps Spooky Sweets on the background, colored it with Copic SKETCH 72 PC SET C Markers and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology CLiPPiNGS Sticker Book.

Zoey used Tim Holtz Distress Ink for her background and to decorate her tag she used Ideaology Stickers Book , Halloween Layers and Paper Doll and the beautiful Moth Transparencies

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!

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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 Patterned Paper Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week we are challenging you to use this mood board, designed by Macarena, for your inspiration:

Fall Mood Board

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

Alison was inspired by so many elements of this beautiful mood board, starting with the candlelight and glasses… that’s always going to add up to a candle lantern in her creative world.  You’ll have to visit her blog to see these lanterns lit up by night.  The altered jars are covered with Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper – Halloween, which has a few fir-like branches to go with the leafy die-cuts, all prompted by the left-hand photo. The leaves are a combination of Tim Holtz’s Fall Foliage and Leaf Fragments Thinlits by Sizzix, all coloured with Distress Ink Spray Stains and Distress Mica Stains for that glorious shimmer.  Design Tape around the top echoes the gold glasses frames, and the black wire handles are inspired by the umbrella frame.  There are even some clear raindrops (glued on with Glossy Accents) glistening on the surface of the lanterns!

Andrea made a Halloween tag in tones of black and orange, which were prevalent in the mood board. She used Dina Wakley’s Pocket Squares stamp set and Tim Holtz’s Halloween Whatnots stamp set. She also used Dina’s Dotted Tape stencil and a die-cut witch hat from Tim’s Vault Wicked die set.

Anna-Karin was inspired by the colors, clear surfaces, rain and of course the leaves. She created a clear card with a fall wreath filled with flowers and leaves. The leaves, wreath and flowers were die cut with Tim Holtz Vault Foliage Wreath. The Simon Says Stamp Clear Acetate Card was dry embossed in the Simon Says Stamp Soft Snowfall embossing folder.

Barbara was inspired by neutral colors with a touch of blue, as suggested by the beautiful Mood Board designed by Macarena. She added a touch of sparkle to both the background and the leaves with Ranger Distress Spritz in various colors. For the background, she chose the Spots stencil by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous. The leaves are cut with two Sizzix dies: Leaf Fragments and Skeleton Leaves.

Kath is definitely feeling Autumn in the air and created a whimsical autumnal woodland scene featuring the adorable ghost from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Boo Crazy on a #8 Etcetera Tag and used Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Foliage Wreath, Vault Wicked, Vault Fright Night and Vault Gothic Portraits Thinlits with a spritz or two of Antique Linen and Rusty Hinge Distress Spritz to add a little woodland shimmer.

Macarena is already in an Autumn mood so she made a card inspired by nature using self made circles background with Tim Holtz Distress Paints: Rusty Hinge and Crackling Campfire. She made the composition with Hero Arts Fancy Dies Mushrooms and Ferns and her favorite rosettes from Prima Marketing Red, White and Blue ReDesign Mould.

Maura was inspired by Macarena’s beautiful fall mood board to create an art journal spread. She use AALL and Create’s Hot Drinks and The Story Never Ends stamps, along with Prima’s Nature Academia Ephemera and Simon Says Stamp’s Floating Leaves stencil.

Meihsia was inspired to create a tag using Simon Says Clear Stamps Once Upon a Dream and Memento TUXEDO BLACK MARKER Dual Tip Tsukineko on the background. I then colored it with Altenew Artists Watercolor 24 Pan Set. 

Zoey used the newly released SPRITZ to add autumn vibe to her atcs. She also use Cello tape and Halloween Ideaology Ephemera. For added texure she used Mini Bones Stencil and Black Texture Paste

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