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

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

This week we are challenging you to go:

BACK TO SCHOOL

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 49 and Market. 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 Rox, aka Red Dirt Crafter into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her Instagram Gallery before then you are in for a real treat!

Rox made a greeting card using 49 and Market Toddler Time Products. She layered the ephemera pieces on the storybook cardstock and adding some machine stitching and washi tape. She splattered some white marker paint for extra detail and 49 and Market Bubble Epoxy Stickers to finish. 

Andrea thought about how tough it can be to go back to school, so she made a little box of confidence for anyone feeling nervous as that first bell approaches! She used the 49 and Market Forever Journal Essentials Stamp and Die Set, a Tim Holtz matchbox, and Seth Apter’s Paper Artsy ESA35 Stamp Set.

Anna-Karin made a scrapbooking layout this week, with a reading / school theme. She used lovely products from 49 and Market’s Faded Memory Lane collection: Faded Memory Lane Chipboard and Faded Memory Lane Ephemera. There are also a few items from 49 and Market Travel Diaries Laser Cut Elements.

Cheiron is a lifelong learner and is always “going back to school” to learn about art and mixed media. She created a fun watercolor background using 49 and Market dye ink reinkers in Just Peachy and Pink Lady. She added more colors using the Gansai Tambi Art Noveau Watercolors and added in some neon details with Dina Wakely Scribble Sticks. She finished her card with a sentiment from CZ Design Good Greetings stamps + dies.

Emma was inspired to create a project using 49 and Market’s beautiful Faded Memory Lane Collection including Faded Memory Lane Paper Pack, Faded Memory Lane Ephemera, Faded Memory Lane Chipboard and the SSS and Tim Holtz Tiny Things Die and Stamp Bundle. The set comprises of a card, and pillow box made using the Sizzix Vault Pillow Box and Bag die set by Tim Holtz and was inspired by treasured ‘back to school’ memories of her childhood.

Kath decorated Kraft notebooks for students to take to art class using 49andMarket Artful Moments Icons and Titles Ephemera, 49andMarket Rub-Ons and Tim Holtz/Sizzix 3D Numbered Texture Fade Embossing Folder.

Macarena  made a layered card using 49 and Market Faded Memory Lane Ephemera, Timber and Tweed Ephemera, Nature’s Heaven Wildflower Laser Cut. She also added a Simon Says Stamp Squoval Tags die and Tim Holtz idea-ology Stencil Card for the focal point.

Maura altered a composition notebook this week, using 49 and Market Faded Memory chipboard, 49 and Market Artful Moments chipboard, Simon Says Stamp ABC stencil, and paint, like Dina Wakley’s Cheddar acrylic paint.

Meihsia was inspired to create a card using 49 and Market The Looking Glass 12 x 12 inch Solids Collection Pack and 49 and Market Travel Diaries Solids 12 x12 inch Paper Pack as the card base, and stamped it with Simon Says Stamps and Dies The Write Stuff and Ranger 49 and Market Cold Brew Dye Ink Pad And Reinker Bundle.

Zoey create her background with Tim Holtz idea-ology Backdrops V3, Crackle Texture Paste and collage paper. She added color with Distress Spray Stain and Distress Ink through layering stencil

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