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

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

We also have a special challenge for children between the ages of 2 and 16! CLICK HERE or on the logo to go directly to the challenge page

This week we are challenging you to create something

School or Study Related  

As always the lovely Heidi and her team at Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a fabulous $50 voucher to spend in their super fantastic online store! You have to be in it to win it!

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 is Simona’s last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to say a huge thank you for all of your fabulous projects you have made for us over the past month. It has been a real pleasure having you along with us!

Simona for her last project, created a Shadow Box with an ‘Old Prairie’ sort of look, having fun with some of her favorite Tim Holtz’s goodies: Paper Dolls, Quote Chips, Distress Oxide Inks, Distress Crayons and much more

Andrea made a notebook praising clever girls everywhere.  She used Dina Wakley’s Gals and Borders stamp set, a Simon Says Stamp Hydrangea Petals die and some fabulous Tim Holtz Journey Washi tape.

Anna-Karin made a project she had been thinking about for a long time, namely a miniature bookshelf, filled with handmade books, words and ephemera. The base is a Tim Holtz Vignette Tray and the books were made from grungepaper, sticky-back canvas and scraps of paper.

Barbara thinks that reading is an indispensable thing! This week has created two vintage bookmarks with Paper Dolls, Distress Oxide and Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Numeric.

Cathie created a cute card where the sweet but confused dog is surprised that summer is over and school is just around the corner. She used the Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs and Schoolhouse Blueprints stamp sets for the main images and the Tim Holtz Plaid stamp along with Faded Jeans and Fired Brick Oxides for the background.

Emma’s panel was inspired by the papers from the Memoranda Paper Stash by Tim Holtz. She added layers of Collector Ephemera, a ruler piece and a Paper Doll sitting on a pile of stamped books to complete the project.

Kath created a Back To School Notebook for those all important notes using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Blueprints 8, Ideaology Paper Dolls, Alpha Transparent Tiles, Ruler Pieces and Type Lower Foam Stamps

Lols decorated a page in her Dyan Reaveley Creative Dyary using Simon’s Exclusive Hybrid Ink Cubes to swipe across the page. She also used a  Creative Dyary Die Cut and a To Thine Own Shelf Stamp Set.

Macarena says that it’s very important to try to learn something new everyday, to search, to discover, to stay curious and that is what her colorful Art Journal pages are all about. She gave it so many colors by using Distress Oxide Inks on the background and some flowers from Botanical Layers Paperie  from Tim Holtz. She made her second layer of background using Sizzix Alphanumeric Marquee die. The final touch was made by using  Ruler Pieces Findings and some cute girls from Paper Dolls.

Maura made some fun notebooks for her Science teacher friends, using Tim Holtz’s The Chemist stamps and Indigo Blu’s Calculus stamp, along with several Simon Says Stamp stencils – Ring Cluster, Swirls and Dots and Circular Lace.

Meihsia was inspired to create an art journal page with motivational quotes for her daughter, a high school freshman. She stamped the typewriter image using Tim Holtz Type Chart Rubber Stamp and added sentiments with Way with Words rubber stamp.

Sandra created a back to school card with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Alphabet stamp set  and Simon Says Stamp Dancing Fruits stamp set  along with some books that she made out of different kinds of washi tape.

Zoey misses her school’s day so she create this TAG with Distress Oxide and Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clippings

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!

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 – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.