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

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

This week we would like you to have some:

FUN WITH FOIL

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

Pauline experimented with a simple foiling technique that doesn’t require heat setting. She applied Therm O Web Transfer Gel Duo through a Simon Says Stamp Geo Leaves stencil, and when dry covered with  a Therm O Web Rainbow Deco Foil transfer sheet and ran through her die cutting machine. The sentiment is Therm O Web OH HELLO stamp and die set.

Andrea colored the edges of her ATC with Gold Deco Foil attached easily enough with Aleene’s Turbo Tacky Glue. The ATC shape was cut using Tim Holtz’s Collector Die Set and the text in the background is from AALL & Create’s Mix and Match Washi Tape.

Anna-Karin made a Valentine’s tag using foil around the edges and for the die cuts. The sentiment was die cut with Simon Says Stamp Groovy Love Your More die. The foil is Therm O Web Rose Quartz and Gold Deco Foil. The background is stenciled with Simon Says Stamp Funky Hearts.

Barbara made an Etcetera Mini Tag using a pack of Transfer Foil Sheets from Ranger Ink to add sparkle to the background and frame. For the background she chose a stencil from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Mini Set 25 used with Ranger Ink Distress Crackle Paste Opaque and Distress Oxide Speckled Egg and Ranger Ink Distress Reinker Walnut Stain. In the center she chose a photo and frame from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Photo and Frame Bundle.

Kath made Winter Birthday cards using Decofoil Rainbow Foil Transfer Sheets to create backgrounds on Distress Black Heavystock, stamped and heat embossed snowflakes from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mr Frostie, added Simple Sayings sentiments and Simon Says Pawsitively Prism Dazzling Gems.

Macarena used a golden foil coated cardstock Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Stock Metallic Classic and cut out Tim Holtz Sizzix Silhouette Birds. She made the background with Gel Press 8×10 Gel Printing Plate and StencilGirl Kintsugi stencil.

Maura upcycled some foil which she colored with alcohol inks like Tim Holtz’s Flamingo and embossed the foil with the Simon Says Stamp Criss Cross Floral Embossing Folder. She added some detail to the card background with Simon’s Square Dance stencil, and topped it with Stamperia’s Altered Ego Ephemera to finish her cards.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Tim Holtz idea-ology BASEBOARD FRAMES on the background, and decorated it with American Crafts Foil Washi Tape and Pinkfresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 6 Ephemera Set.

Zoey used Decofoil to add some shine! She also used Distress Ink Spray + Oxide Spray to add color and Ideaology Embellishments + Stickers to decorate her tag. The leave stamp is from the Sketchy Leaves

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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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 

We have 3 artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Add Texture Challenge!

#52 Betty N – Anna-Karin says: Betty’s card is so sweet and I really like the mix of dry embossed patterns. The scalloped edges and patterns in the strawberries, leaves and flowers also adds so much to the texture of the card.

#56 elisa a – Andrea says: I am impressed by all the different textures that were created in such a clean and vibrant card. Anyone who can make white look dimensional and exciting has my admiration! Embossing, scalloped edges, and layering were combined perfectly to make this card a textural beauty.

#14 Cassie Lynch – Meihsia says: This is such a gorgeous creation! Love the beautiful color scheme and awesome distress effect. The layered embellishments and textures on the background are fabulous!

Congratulations!

Please copy this spotlight badge, display it on the sidebar of your blog and if you could please link it to Simon Says Stamp!

We now have this lovely badge for you to add to your sidebar if you are this weeks, or a previous, winner please feel free to add this to your sidebar and please link it to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

So who is the lucky winner of the $25 voucher? Please note, all of our winners are chosen at random so everyone has an equal chance of winning. Good Luck to all!

Here is your random number:

Congratulations Lynn Stevens! Below you can see Lynne’s fun frog card:

Congratulations! Please email us so we can explain how you can claim your prize, the address is on the sidebar.

Be sure to include your full name in the email so we can issue a Gift Certificate 

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge and we hope you will all join in our current challenge too!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin and the DT