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!

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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 Trees Challenge!

#44 Carrie Swift – Anna-Karin says: This is such a cool tag! I really like the background and the very cool multi-colored tree. The pumpkin and sentiment are so cute.

#10 Edith Mars Emma says: This make is so unique. I adore the idea of altering a playing card, and creating miniature works of art, and the detail is amazing. From the embossed tree to the leaves from the garden, this is a fabulous project and well done, Edith!

#20 Cassie – Zoey says: This piece captures all the orange + golden hues of autumn, those rich, moody yellows blending into deep forest greens. I love how the background feels like a quiet moment at sunset, when everything glows just before night falls, with the moon already in the sky, but yet not too dark around. Well done!

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 Mimiscraftroom! Below you can see her cute Halloween card with an autumn tree.

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