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

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

This week we are challenging you to:

Stencil It

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 Alison’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 :-)

Alison loves a brick wall, so she grabbed the Ranger Crypt Paste and put it through Tim Holtz’s Bricked Layering Stencil to create a textured background for her autumnal gatherings.  Some paint, a Pumice Stone Distress Crayon and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide all add to the distressed look of the bricks.  And over the top, what else but her very own berry stamps from the PaperArtsy Fodder Berry Edition?  They look so luscious, painted with the Distress Watercolor Pencils.  The leaves are die-cut from papers smooshed in Distress Inks, Oxides, Spritzes and Mica Stains, using the Fall Foliage and Leaf Fragments Thinlits dies.  And the berries nestle amongst real twigs and flax seedheads from Alison’s garden.  A few Snippets Ephemera – Curator labels and Number Strips add detail to the background, and the words are from the Clippings Stickers.

Andrea made two tags using Dina Wakley’s new 3″ Square Tags. She also used a Dina Wakley stencil, Dotted Tape, along with two stencils from Creative Expressions: Geometric Dots and Starburst. She added some scallops at the bottom of her tags courtesy of AALL & Create’s Majestic Borders die set.

Anna-Karin made a mixed media Halloween tag this week. She used Tim Holtz Halloween Collage paper to create the background with the large skull. The bats and moon were die cut with Tim’s Vault Wicked set. Here and there, you will find Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gunmetal Gems. The bats in the background were stenciled with Tim’s Batground stencil.

Barbara created a couple of tags using two stencils from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous, Batty in the mini version set 61 version and Flourish in the mini version set 10. The central portraits are from the Idea-ology 2024 Halloween Layers and Paper Dolls pack.

Kath created Halloween cards using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Batty and Bones Layering Stencils from Set 61, Halloween 2024 and Archives Collage Papers, die-cut words using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Gothic Portraits Thinlits and added a generous splattering of Rusty Hinge Distress Spritz.

Macarena made a layered card kept in shades of blue. She used Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Digits with Distress Texture Paste Black Opaque. Then she kept adding layers and embellishments from 49 and Market Color Swatch Charcol Ephemera and Wherever Chipboard Bits.

Maura made two leaf themed cards with Simon Says Stamp’s Monstera and Stromanthe stencils. She also used the Tim Holtz Mini #9 stencil set, and Simon Says Stamp’s Pawsitively Saturated Paprika and Field inks, and snuck in a tiny elf from Tim Holtz’s Stamptember 2024 stamps.

Meihsia was inspired to create a birthday tag using Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 5 on the background, and adding images with Simon Says Clear Stamps Once Upon a Dream and  Copic SKETCH 72 PC SET C Markers.

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 Spooky/Purple Challenge!

#102 Carrie Swift– Lols loves the whole design of this super spooky tag! The background layers and textures are fabulous and the colors are perfect!

#41 Vivian Foo – Macarena says: what a rich and full of details page. I love everything what is going on in there, from the ghost skulls through the creepy scene to the yellow touches. Great spread, Vivian!

#4 Vicki Dutcher Zoey says : This hauntingly beautiful Halloween card showcases stunning purple shading, a mesmerizing moon, and perfectly placed bats. It’s the ‘bat-titude’ and ‘boo-tiful’ design that stole the show! A truly ‘speck-tacular’ creation that’s equal parts spooky and stunning!”

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 are your random numbers:

41

Timestamp: 2024-10-31 08:55:47 UTC

Congratulations Vivian Foo! Not only are you in the spotlight but your number came up as the winner too!

Congratulations

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!

luv

Lols and the DT