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

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

This week the challenge is:

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

As it’s the first Monday of the month we are showcasing a brand/company. This week we are all using some of our very own Simon Says Stamp Exclusives. 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! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

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 are welcoming back the lovely Susan Babcock aka Susanbcards  into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog before then you are in for a real treat!

Susan created a special Valentine using Simon Says Stamp’s Blossom Field Embossing Folder and Wreath of Love wafer die. She ink blended the background with Distress Oxide Inks and finished it with a CZ Design Trio of Love sentiment.

Andrea made a tag using Simon Says Stamp’s Mini Hearts dies, two stamp sets from AALL & Create (City Living and On Cloud Nine) as well as Waffle Flower’s Nesting Tags dies.

Anna-Karin made two Valentine Cards this week. The focal puzzle piece heart was done with the Simon Says Stamp Piece of My Heart die, and the resist background was made with the Simon Says Stamp Tossed Hearts background stamp.

Barbara has created two projects that share our theme and the colors of the rainbow! As a basis she used Simon Says Stamp Cardstock#100 Black, the new dies by Tim Holtz Sizzix Bold Text 1, Stacked Tiles Hearts, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Snarky Cat and Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Layered Stencil Bubbles (mini version set 46).

Cheiron created a card inspired by Tim Holtz using the Sizzix Heartbeat die. She combined it with Distress Oxides in a rainbow of colors and finished her card with the Simon Says Stamp Friend Greetings and the CZ Design Trio of Love dies.

Emma created a tag that is full of love! She used the Simon Says Stamp Ring Circles Embossing Folder to create a background for the arrangement of flowers and foliage, die cut using the Sizzix Bloom Colorize Die set by Tim Holtz. She completed the tag with Stitched Scraps and a Sentiments Label.

Kath created “two for the price of one” Valentine cards using the new Tim Holtz Intense Alcohol Pearl Ink and Rose Gold Alloy, Simon Says Big XOXO die, Clear Acetate and Reverse And Back Again Sentiment Strips.

Lols made a Valentine’s card using a Simon Says Stamp Outline Love Die Set and Layering Heart Mandala Stencil along with some gorgeous Red Holographic Card Stock.

Macarena made a very soft and sweet card using Simon Says Stamp Reverse Hearts stencil as a stamp mixing Tim Holtz Distress Fired Brick and Candided Apple Oxide inks. She also used Tim Holtz Sizzix Destination, Large Stems and Faceted Heart dies.

Maura used lots of Simon goodies on her Valentine card. She used the Simon Says Stamp Love Birds die, Simon Says Stamp’s Chunky Hearts Wafer die, and Simon’s Old Letter stamp.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using the paper from Stamperia House of Roses 12 X 12 Paper on the background, Simon Says Clear Stamps XL Love Greetings for the sentiment, and decorated it with Prima Marketing Mauve Dream Sharon Ziv Flowers.

Sandra was inspired by soft colors of pink by using Opal Magic Paint Rose Gold and Infusions Frankly Scarlet, which matched perfectly with the Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts stencil.

Zoey used the Simon Says Stamp SUNSHINE Wafer Die to write her sentiment on her little book. She also used the new die Tim Holtz Sizzix SIMPLE PLAID Thinlits Die and Tim Holtz Sizzix STACKED TILES HEARTS Thinlits Dies. She used Distress Ink, Distress Oxide Spray and Distress Spray Inks.

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