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

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

This week we are challenging you to:

Use Ephemera/Layer It Up

We would like you to use Ephemera if you have some, if not you can just layer up different elements!

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

Rox created three tags with a distress ink background using a Tim Holtz stencil. She layered up ephemera from Tim Holtz Large Collage Strips. She also used Dina Wakley Collage Media Paper Antiquities and stamped an image from Pocket Circles and Ledger Script Quotes. Tim Holtz Cello stickers and Postmarked Sticker Book were adhered to the tags. White gesso was splattered here and there. 

Andrea made a layered card using American Crafts’ Whatevs Journaling Ephemera and AALL & Create’s Rainbow Reflections Ephemera. She also utilized Elizabeth Crafts’ Planner Cards 1 die set and Measurements stamp set.

Anna-Karin made a card with layered ephemera pieces and some items that she found in her scrap box. The ephemera papers come from Tim Holtz idea-ology Palette Ephemera Pack, Organic Layers, Number Strips and Snippets. The dragonfly was stamped with Stamper’s Anonymous Classics no 1.

Kath had great fun layering up ephemera in her Dina Wakley Ledger Journal using Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Collage Strips Large, Serendipity Collage Paper, Layer Frames Montage, Transparent Wings, Mini Marquee Letters and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Dot Gradient Mini Layering Stencil from Set 39 with Distress Grit Paste Opaque to add some texture.

Macarena‘s projects are usually very layered and she loves to use ephemera to give dimension and build layers. For this tag she used 49 and Market Birdsong Ephemera Bits and Birdsong Wildflower Laser Cuts. She made this layered composition on a tag stamped with Stencil Girl Kintsugi stencil.

Maura created a tag about her favorite coffee company and added lots of layers and ephemera such as Prima’s Nature Academia Ephemera, Stamperia’s Altered Ego Ephemera, and Tim Holtz Mini Flair. She also added a coffee mug made with Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Fresh Brewed B Blueprint stamps.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia Shabby Rose 8×8 Paper on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology Organic Layers and Tim Holtz idea-ology LABEL STICKERS THOUGHTS.

Zoey used Tim Holtz idea-ology Wallflower 8 x 8 Paper Stash for her background. Then she build up layers with Ideaology Snippets and Ephemera Snippets. The focal image is from Paper Dolls Portrait and the sentiment is from Tim’s Clipping Stickers

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 Transport Challenge!

#19 Ginny and the Sheep – Emma says: This amazing tag instantly caught my eye and it is just the perfect make for our challenge theme. The image is beautifully coloured, the background is fabulous and there is so much attention to detail in all those background layers that complete this stunning piece. Wonderful work….

#49 Cez – Macarena says: What a great project! I love the rusty details around the train stamp. Such an amazing dimension with the gears and old train tickets. I especially adore the small tag with a round window and the mini chain. I’m really impressed. Great job!

#41 – Ann Chuang Craft – Zoey says : Ann’s card is absolutely stunning! The color combination is simply perfect, creating such a harmonious and eye-catching design. The background texture adds incredible depth and interest, making every detail stand out beautifully. And that sentiment? So well chosen—it truly ties everything together in the most heartfelt way. Well done!

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:

23

Timestamp: 2025-03-26 11:47:28 UTC

Congratulations Becky Vail McAndrews

and this is Becky’s gorgeous 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!

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