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

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

This week we are challenging you to:

Use Patterned Paper

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 Stamperia. 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 back the lovely Alison Bomber into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog before then you are in for a real treat!

Alison created this quartet of collaged panels using the Stamperia Around the World Rice Papers as backgrounds, with lots of Tim Holtz Idea-ology elements layered over them.  Frames from Photo Studio and some Paper Strips provide architectural structure for the Paper Dolls to perch on.  And the gentlemen are surrounded by various other Idea-ology ephemera –  some Gauge Dials, pieces from the Memoir Ephemera Pack and Snippets Number Strips, beautiful postage stamp stickers from Postmarked, and Small Talk word stickers.  Ready for an adventure!

Andrea created some of her own patterned paper using Stamperia’s Create Happiness Embossing Pens along with their White Superfine Embossing Powder and Black Embossing Powder. She used some existing patterned paper from Dina Wakley’s Collage Sparks 2 collection and used a sentiment from Tim Holtz’s Thoughts Label Stickers.

Anna-Karin made a trio of autumn cards this week, or rather two cards and a tag. She used Stamperia’s Golden Harmony 8×8 in paper pad for the cards. The cards were embellished with Stamperia’s Forest Leaves and Animals rub-ons and Golden Harmony Pumpkins rub-ons.

Barbara made a tag using a sheet from the Stamperia collection, Voyages Fantastiques, as a base. She chose a skull from the Idea-ology Halloween Layers and Paper Dolls pack as a centerpiece, and underneath it a stamp from the Framed Frights set by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous.

Kath made 2 cards using Stamperia Secret Diary Rice Paper included in Simon Says October Card Kit, trimmed to create backgrounds, die-cut slim frames using Waffle Flower A7 Layers, coloured with Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Prize Ribbon Distress Spritz from the new release and trimmed the images and sentiments from the Rice Paper to create the focal points on the cards.

Macarena made a floral and romantic card using Stamperia Garden of Promises Paper and a bit of fussy cutting.  She added dimension by using a rosette made with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Rosettes die set.

Maura headed to her art journal to work with Stamperia’s Klimt Paper Pack and Background Papers. She collaged a background with the papers, and Simon Says Stamps Grid Stencil and added marks using Tracy Scott’s Paper Artsy TS085 stamps, then fussy cut the women as her focal points.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia Blue Land 12×12 Paper on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology PAPER DOLLS MiNi and Prima Marketing Rusty Metal Clips Art Daily Planner.

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 Christmas Challenge!

#38 Karen – Anna-Karin says: Karen’s layered Christmas tree is so pretty! The embossed and colored vellum branches are absolutely wonderful and the bling is perfectly placed as garlands and baubles.

#90 Pauline C – Barbara says: Pauline’s card is lovely! The kraft background is fabulous! The design and colors are perfect and so festive! Amazing job!

#12 K Letchworth – Cheiron says: I love this Christmas card from Karen, especially her use of yellow. So different and so fun and festive!

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 winner:

Congratulations Pat G! Below you can see Pat’s sweet Christmas 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