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

Thank you for joining us for the Up In The AirChallenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week we are challenging you to take to make something:

Feminine

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 Estelle’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 :-)

Estelle made a card using multiple stamps to make a collage. She used Tim Holtz Floral Trims, Gothic Tapestry, Creative Blocks, and Stamper’s Anonymous Classics #5. She colored all the images and the background with Tim Holtz Watercolor pencils:  tattered rose, kitsch flamingo, and candied apple, peeled paint, mustard seed and speckled egg.

Andrea sketched a girl for her bookmark and colored her in with Copics (YR04, YR07 and YR09) and Spectrum Noir TriBlend markers. She added some stamping with AALL & Create’s ABC CBA! and Franking stamp sets and collaged in some patterned paper from Dina Wakley’s Collage Sparks 2.

Anna-Karin made a lemon butterfly tag this week. The butterflies were die cut with Tim Holtz Vault Boutique die set, as were the doilies in the background. The butterflies were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Glitter Cardstock and the sentiment with the new Simon Says Stamp Just a Note 2 die.

Barbara made a pair of tags using two Idea-ology Paper Dolls as the protagonist. She chose a vibrant color palette and painted with Ranger Distress Spray Stain: Salvaged Patina, Seedless Preserves and Fossilized Amber. For the focal points of both tags she decided on the new dies from Tim Holtz Sizzix’s Vault collection: Boutique, Watch Gears and World Travel. The Spots stencil and two stamp sets by Stampers Anonymous, Mr. Rabbit and Faded Type are her choices for the background

Cheiron created a card with pretty feminine leaves using the Simon Says Stamp Lush Leaves Wafer dies. She placed them on top of an alcohol ink background using Denim, Patina and Dijon alcohol inks. She splattered over her card with Gilded Foundry Wax. She added a sentiment from the Just a Note 2 dies.

Emma used an Etcetera Panel to create a feminine project using a Curio Frame and a Tim Holtz idea-ology Photomatic image as the main focal point. She used the Stampers Anonymous Floral Trims, Crochet Trims and Curiosity Shop stamp sets to add stamped imagery around the photograph.

Kath created cards with a feminine theme using 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers for the backgrounds, Sizzix/49andMarket Painted Pencil Butterflies stamps and dies and Hello You Sentiments, decorated with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Boutique Thinlits and Idea-ology Snapshots Vol 2.

Macarena created a very delicate and bright card with some pastel rings made with Tim Holtz Halftone and Rings stamps set which she stamped with Tim Holtz Distress Lost Shadow Paint and after watercoloring the rings added some Hero Arts Collage Background Hero Transfers.

Maura created a tag celebrating the feminine mystique. She used Graphic 45 8×8 Imagine papers, edged some of the floral pieces with Simon Says Stamp’s Pawsitively Saturated Terracotta ink, added Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears and Watch parts, and since diamonds are said to be a girl’s best friend, the final touch was Simon Says Stamp’s Dazzling Clear Gems.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia Roseland 8×8 Paper on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER DOLLS PORTRAITS and Prima Marketing RUSTY METAL CLIPS Art Daily Planner.

Zoey used Floral Elements and Ledger Script to decorate her tag! She used Distress Mica Stain + Distress Archival Ink to stamp . To add even more interest to her background she used Splotches and Set60 Mini 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 

We have 3 artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Up In The Air Challenge!

#2 Darnell – Maura loves Darnell’s Earth Day card. Her card shares a love of the Earth with the arms wrapped around in a hug and the heart on a stick…what a perfect way to show we care. Great use of dies on your card, Darnell!

#53 cardsandphotosbyjennifer – Kath loves the soft pastel colour splotches and texture on the background of Jennifer’s card and how she stamped the fluttering butterflies on and off the panel.

#59 Ruth Gass – Anna-Karin says: Ruth created a beautiful birthday card with balloons. The colors and design is great and I like the overlapping sentiment.

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 Denise Bryant! Below you can see Denise’s lovely cherry blossom card:

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