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

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

This week we are challenging you to add some:

FOOD and/or DRINK

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

Estelle made a big birthday card using a Tim holtz Freshly Brewed Blueprint Stamp Set and a Dotted Line Layering Stencil. She used Distress Spray Stain and Distress Oxide Inks for the background and colored the coffee cups with Watercolor Pencils.

Andrea used tea bags to make her tags. She colored the tea bags with Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stain and glued them to tags from AALL & Create’s Rainbow Reflections and Faded Memories ephemera packs. The numbers are from AALL & Create’s Numberama die set and the sentiments are from Tim Holtz’s THMM137 stamp/stencil set.

Anna-Karin made an art journal page this week. The pear stamp comes from Stamper’s Anonymous Classics #16 and the alphabet stamp used in the background comes from Tim Holtz School Desk. The page was done in Stamperia’s Happiness Mixed Media 4.5×8 in journal.

Emma‘s tiny tags and gift card envelope are a perfect gift idea for someone who loves coffee and she created this trio using dies from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, including Postale and Noteworthy. She combined these with the Vault Fresh Brewed Die and Texture Fade set to make the patterned cups which are arranged amongst florals and foliage cut using the Vault Floristry 2D Embossing Folder and Die Set.

Kath is a big Coffee Lover and can’t start her day without one. She created a card using Spellbinders Nichol Sphor Merry Mug Creations dies, cut from Simple Stories Vintage Flower Shoppe patterned paper included in the June 2025 card kit, Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Bubble and Splatters Mini Layering Stencils from Sets 3 and 5 and used Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Small Talk Snarky Stickers for the sentiment.

Macarena was inspired by a forest walks so she used the Stamperia Forest 12×12 Paper to make this scene of a squirrel eating wild strawberries.  She added a bit of color to the berries with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Festive Berries and a touch of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Rusty Hinge to the squirrel.

Maura created two ATC’s since she could not make up her mind between coffee and tea. She used Simon Says Stamp’s Coffee Friends and Penny Black’s Brew-tea-ful stamp sets. She used Simon Says Stamp;s Pipits Background stamp, and added a fun twist with cats from Tracy Evans Numerical Cats stamps.

Meihsia was inspired to create a card using Simon Says Clear Stamps Old Fashioned and Simon Says Stamp Assorted Card Fronts 100lb on the background, and colored it with 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 Wings Challenge!

#76 Cez – Emma says: There is so much detail to look at on this card and I love all the layers, the textures on the background and of course, that stunning butterfly in the centre, which is fabulous. It’s really beautiful and such a great card.

#37 Vannessa Osbourn – Macarena says: This lovely color palette caught my eye and I absolutely love the combo of light blue and beige/brown. The soft texture on the background is beautiful and matching with the mood of this card. Interesting pattern on the bird, too. Great card, Vannessa!

86 – Betty N. Zoey says : “This beautiful dad-themed card caught my eye with its soft blue tones and the trio of dragonflies. The background blend is flawless, and I love the subtle stamping and tiny light details. Such a lovely and well-balanced design—congrats to the Betty! 💙✨”

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:

37

Timestamp: 2025-05-22 08:02:27 UTC

Congratulations Vannessa Osbourn not only are you in the Designer Spotlight but Random.org chose you too!

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!

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