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

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

This week we are challenging you to:

THINK PINK

As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so its time to get your girls checked if you haven’t already done so! :-)

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 Dylusions. 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 Alison Bomber into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog before then you are in for a real treat!

Alison’s been thinking pink coneflowers, and plenty of them!  Combining her own PaperArtsy EAB49 Coneflowers Edition stamps (flowers and words) with the lovely daisy from Tim Holtz’s French Garden set, she created a garden in a frame for the fabulous Idea-ology Photobooth woman in the centre.  The flowers are tinted with a combination of PaperArtsy Mattints and Dylusions sprays, used as watercolours.

She altered the simple wooden frame with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic in Snowflake and Ranger Opaque Distress Crackle Paste, grunged up with Pumice Stone Distress Spray Stain and Distress Crayon.  The Tree Rings in the backgrounds sadly seem to have been discontinued, but there are plenty of other fabulous wood-look Sizzix 3D Texture Fades to choose from.  Lots of Idea-ology Snippets Curator labels add a final vintage touch. 

Andrea made a bright scribbly tag using Dylusions Intense Colour Caykes and Sticks. The fairy image is from Kate Crane’s KC016 stamp set and the image in the background is from Tim Holtz’s Deconstructed stamp set.

Anna-Karin made a pink art journal page in her Dylusions Small Creative Journal. She also use Dylusions Stardust Stickles and White Linen Dyamond Dust. The flower stamps are from Simon Says Stamp Happy Day.

Barbara created a tag using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Winston Colorize Thinlits Dies and the Tim Holtz Sizzix Mini Christmas Things Thinlits Die. For the background, she chose the Dylusions Ranger Small Crazy Paving stencil. She added sparkle with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Rock Candy Chunky Special Edition, and to keep with today’s theme, she chose Ranger Distress Mini Oxide Picked Raspberry .

Cheiron created a floral card featuring the from Concord & 9th Primrose Garden Stamps & Dies. She shaded her florals using Dylusions Mini Archival Ink Pads. She added her florals using foam tape to a base that was debossed with the Primrose Garden dies and then added Creamsicle enamel dots and a simple Happy Birthday sentiment.

Emma created a tag with a message, “Hope Is Never Lost’. For her background she used Dylusions Archival Inks through the Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz Roses Layering Stencil before adding the paper doll nestling in the metallic wreath, made using the Funky Wreath and Garden Greens die sets by Sizzix and Tim Holtz.

Kath created a page in her Dylusions Large Art Journal in support of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Paint/Distress Spray Stain, Dylusions Small Write Now Stencil, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Serendipity Collage Paper, Stampers Anonymous Faded Type and Sizzix Bold Text 2 Thinlits.

Macarena loves circles and pink so she combined Simon Says Stamp Circle Quilt die with Ranger Dylusions Mini Archival Ink Pads in Peony Blush and Bubblegum Pink. She also fussy cut the leaves from Paper Artsy Kate Crane Mini Cling Stamp kcm013.

Maura headed to her Dylusions 8×8 Art Journal , a favorite, to create a pink themed page using Dylusions Leaf It Out stencil, Simon Says Stamp’s Friendship Text Background stamp, and a Simon Says Stamp Mini Envelope that she tucked in a note in memory.

Meihsia was inspired to create a pink tag using Riley and Company Crafters Against Cancer Clear Stamp and Die Set on the background, and colored it with Ranger Dylusions Rose Quartz Shimmer Spray and Ranger Dylusions Dyamond Fluffier Brush 2 Pack.

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

This week we are challenging you to add one or more:

TREES

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 Carol’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 :-)

Carol made a forest using Tim Holtz Bottlebrush Trees stamped with Distress Oxide Inks and framed using a Simon Says Stamp Squoval diecut . She used a Tim Holtz Tiny Text sentiment, and finished with a Festive Gatherings pine sprig.

Andrea used Simon’s Small Bottle Brush Tree Dies for Halloween instead of Christmas. She also used Simon’s Halloween Friends Stamps and Dies for the adorable Frankie. The black and white frame is made from Whimsy Stamps’ Chunky Checkers Dies and the background is made with Mama Elephant’s Deckled Frames Dies.

Barbara created a Halloween-themed card using Tim Holtz Sizzix Forest Shadows Thinlits Dies. She chose two Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous products to complete the nightscape: the Moon Mask stencil and the Halloween Silhouettes CMS 115 stamp set. To color the card, she chose Ranger Ink Distress Mini Oxide and to make the moon shine, she used Snowflakes Distress (Glitter + Mica Flakes).

Cheiron created a fall forest scene using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Forest Shadows dies. She colored her trees with Distress Inks then mounted them behind a panel cut with the Simon Says Stamp A2 Arches Wafer Dies . She placed the panel onto a Distress Oxide blended ink background and finished with a sentiment from the the CZ Design Thank You Basics stamps.

Emma created a vintage style Halloween Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Panel using a selection of products from the 2025 Tim Holtz Halloween idea-ology release together. She added Halloween Layers and Paper Dolls onto a background of Backdrops paper before adding the fringe, and Halloween Adornments. She completed the piece with Alpine Trees dyed black and covered in Chunky Rock Candy Glitter.

Kath created Christmas cards and tags using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Bottlebrush Trees, Festive Tags dies and Festive Sentiments Stamps from the Simon Says Stamp/Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2025, Idea-ology Christmas Collage Paper, Postmarked Sticker Book and Cello Sticker Tape.

Macarena used a simple transfer technique with a sticky tape to transfer the tree image from Stamperia Forest 12×12 Paper and framed it with 49 and Market Vintage Orchard Stacked Frames. She added some vintage touches using Tim Holtz idea-ology Cello Sticker Tape.

Maura apparently is thinking Spring instead of Fall in her art journal this week. She created a tree scene using AALL and Create’s Friendly Avenue stencil, Simon Says Stamp’s Acorn Bundle die, Tim Holtz’s The Park dies, and she added background with the Simon Says Stamp STAMPttember Friendship Text Background stamp.

Meihsia was inspired to create a card using Papertrey Ink Towering Trees Clear Stamps on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology Paper Dolls Mini and Tim Holtz idea-ology SENTIMENTS Label Stickers.

Zoey used Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Festive Watercolor Stamp and Die Bundle and Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Festive Sentiments Stamp and Die Bundle to decorate her Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Festive Tags . She also used Paper Dolls and other Ideaology Ephemera.

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