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

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

This week we are challenging you enjoy a day:

STARS AND/OR STRIPES

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 Ann’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 :-)

Ann used the  Distress Spray Stain and  Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Stripes to make the background.  Add some decorations from Tim Holtz Idea-ology as the finishing touch

Andrea created a tag using Tim Holtz’s Stars stencil for the stars and his Media Marks 2 stamp set for the stripes. She cut the leaves and twigs off of a Funky Wreath shape to create a quirky circle. She cut the tag shape with Simon Says Stamp’s Luggage Tags die set.

Anna-Karin made a tag with a star background. The background was made with with Simon Says Stamp Crystal Stars embossing folder. The large word was die cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin and the smaller sentiment from Tim Holtz Handwritten Journey.

Barbara made two stars and stripes ATCs using two stamps from the Components series by Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous: Stripes com011 and Retro Carnival com030. For the center, she chose two stamps from the Tiny Things 2 CMS 305 and Holiday Things CMS441 sets. Both are paired with Simon Says Stamp Wafer Dies. The super classic colors are Ranger Ink Distress Ink Pads Oxide, Laumberjack Plaid, Blueprint Sketch Walnut Stain, and Antique Linen.

Cheiron created a clean and simple Stars and Stripes card using the Concord & 9th Slanted Shortcuts dies. She added a sentiment that she inked with the Celebrate stencil set and cut out with the coordinating dies. She added some glittery stars cut from Simon Says Stamp White Glitter Cardstock.

Emma created a Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Tag in celebration of the 4th of July. She used the Sizzix Vault Rosettes Die by Tim Holtz to create dimensional stars painted red, white and blue using Distress Paints. She also used the SSS Marquee Sign Wafer Die to frame an idea-ology Snapshots Vol.2 image before completing the tag with Mini Stencil Chips.

Kath created a card to wish all her friends in the USA a very Happy 4th of July using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Ticking and Grain, Mini Stars Layering Stencil from Set 11, Idea-ology Postmarked Sticker Book and Tim Holtz/Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin and Tailored Thinlits.

Macarena created the yellow – turquoise stripes with Gel Press 8×10 Reusable Gel Printing Plate and acrylic paints. For the main theme she chose the This Calls For Confetti Moments in Time dies. She also added some AALL & Create Fly Around Rub Ons to the background.

Maura headed to her Stamperia Media Journal to create a fun stars and stripes spread. She used Tim Holtz’s Bird Crazy stamps and Simon Says Stamp’s Having Fun stamps.

Meihsia was inspired to create a card using Echo Park Yankee Doodle 6 x 6 Paper Pad on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology Salvaged Hearts and Tim Holtz idea-ology MACHINERY HEADS.

Zoey used Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps The Big Top as main focus of her tag. She also used layering stencil and distress paint to color the background. She also used the layering stars stencil with crackle paste and Foundry wax to highlight the texture.

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