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

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

This week we are challenging you to make something

LIGHT AND AIRY

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 Studio Light. 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 the lovely Wanda Hentges into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her on Instagram before then you are in for a real treat!

Wanda created a card using Studio Light Letting Go Mask and Nature Lover Background Stamp Set. Distress Paints were used to create the background. Distress Translucent Texture Paste were used with the mask and foiled with Silver Deco Foil. Thinking of you is from the Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Friendship pack.

Andrea used Studio Light’s Mini Zig Zag Journal Dies to make a fabric tag book. She also used Simple Stories’ Color Palette paper and Craft Consortium’s Grunge Light Tones paper. She finished it off with die-cut numbers made from from Tim Holtz’s Sidekick Starter Kit.

Anna-Karin made a light and airy card this week using Studio Light’s Timeless Peony set. The papers and vellum sentiments are from Studio Light Vintage Spring Mixed Paper Pad. She also used Studio Light Organza Ribbon & Hemp Cord Pinks.

Barbara created a card using two stencils for the background: Circles Mask by Studio Light and Spots (mini version, set 59) by Stampers Anonymous. In the center, the flowers are part of the Abstract Florals stamp set by Tim Holtz. The colors used are Ranger Distress Ink Pads Dried Marigold, Seedless Preserves and Salvaged Patina.

Cheiron created a floral card and used Studio LIght Brown Hemp Cord as an accent on her floral card. To make the card she used the Tim Holtz Floral Trims and Ledger Script stamps that she colored in with Distress Oxides, added detail with Distress Watercolor Pencils and Distress Black Soot Paint Splatter. To finish her card she added a CZ Design hello die.

Emma used a Studio Light Funky Tag which she layered onto an Etcetera Panel and die cut Rosettes. She created a pastel background by blending Distress Inks through the Mini Dots Layering Stencil from Set 59 and then added the star of the show, Gladys, the Colorize die from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, who is all dressed and ready for a summer Carnival.

Kath created a card for a gardening friend inspired by the poppies in her garden, nodding their heads in the gentle breeze. She used Studio Light Wildflower Basket stamp set coloured with Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink Distress Watercolor Pencils, Studio Light Sentiments Essentials Sticker Book and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Spots Layering Stencil.

Macarena made a textured tag in pastel colors. She used Studio Light Background Elements dies for the base and then painted it with Tim Holtz Ranger Flip Top Distress Lost Shadow Paint and added some color with Dina Wakley Ranger Scrible Sticks.

Maura created a light, pastel background for her Studio Light Funny die cut tag using Daniel Smith Watercolors like Quinacridone Coral blended with Winsor Newton Permanent White Gouache. The cute ephemera are from Studio Light Art By Marlene’s So-Fishticated Paper Elements.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia Sea Land 8×8 Paper on the background, and decorated it with Studio Light Vintage Postcards DIY Block Mini and Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault World Travel Thinlits Dies.

Zoey used Studio Light Vellum, Unicolor & Elements to create the layers on her tag. She also used Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Scribbly Butterfly and other Ideaology Embellishments

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 Feminine Challenge!

#120 Dana M – Anna-Karin says: Dana made such a lovely card. I really like the soft, yet textured, background. The flowers and frame are beautiful too and creates such dimension.

#17: Denise Bryant: Andrea says, this card has some really lovely details! I like the combination of the plaid lines in the background with the curves in the flowers themselves. And the color splatters on the flower petals make them come to life! This is simple and elegant and is executed perfectly.

#82 Lynn Stevens Meihsia says, these are such gorgeous feminine tags. Love the beautiful soft color scheme of the whole design. The background embellishments and the crinkled ribbons are so pretty. Wonderful inspiration!

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 Mary-Anne V! Below you can see Mary-Annes’ lovely Mother’s Day 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 stamping!

Anna-Karin and the DT