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

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

As this month we are celebrating DieCember® we would like you to:

Use Dies

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

Anita made a large tag featuring the Tim Holtz Sizzix ‘Perspective Moth’ thinlits die with Simon Says Stamp ‘Medium Dots’ stencil, and an acrylics-filled background using The Crafter’s Workshop ‘Collage Elements’ 6×6 stencil and Tim Holtz ‘Newsprint and Type’ cling rubber stamp.

Andrea made this faux-Rolodex type of card using AALL & Create’s Galactic Edges die set and their Heartnook die set. She also did some stamping with Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Measurements stamp set. The sentiment is from Dina Wakley’s Typed Media Ledgers, Set 1.

Anna-Karin made a winter/Christmas card this week. The two cute snowmen were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Arthur the Snowman and Oliver the Snowman. The background as made with the Simon Says Stamp EZ Strips Rectangles die in combination with Rock Candy Glitter.

Barbara got into the Christmas spirit and created two tags using different die cuts: Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Winter Wishes Thinlits Dies and Simon Says Stamp Home For Christmas Wafer Dies. She used various stamp sets to complete the tags, including Home For Christmas by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous. To color she chose Ranger Distress Ink Pads in traditional Christmas colors.

Emma created a background on her Etcetera Tag project using the snowflake die from the Sizzix Vault Winter Wishes Thinlits Die Set by Tim Holtz. She added more die cuts using the Vault Festive Wreath to cut and create dimension to the floral arrangement on the left of the tag before completing her make with a Paper Doll wrapped up in his scarf made with idea-ology Mummy Cloth Trimming.

Kath created a winter card using Simon Says Stamp Postage Collage Cover and Festive Snowman dies from the DieCember release and Willow Snowflake die to create a sparkling centrepiece. She stamped the snowflake from Home For The Holidays and sentiment from the Winter Wonderland stamp sets.

Macarena prepared a set of tags to be attached to the Chritmas gifts. She used the sweet Tim Holtz Sizzix DieCember Be of Good Cheer dies. She cut out small frames with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vintage Labels dies and added some greenery with Penny Black Ascending die.

Maura was thinking of all the snowbirds who head south around this time of the year. She made a tag using Simon Says Stamp’s Standing Whirl Bird die, added marks with Paper Artsy Kate Crane KC005 stamps on top of a painted background using Dina Wakley acrylic paints like Lime and Peacock.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Tim Holtz idea-ology 2024 Christmas Backdrops on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Sizzix DieCember Be of Good Cheer and Tim Holtz idea-ology 2024 Christmas Layers and Paper Dolls.

Zoey used Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Festive Wreath Thinlits to decor her tag. She also used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paste Translucent and a bunch of distress ink spray. For her sentiment she used Tim’s Stickers and to add some more shine, she used Distress Mica Stain.

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 Sparkle Challenge!

#106 MadebyMeghanK – Kath loves the colour palette Meghan chose for her winter inspired cards, the tags are so cute against the embossed and sanded snowflake background and the snowman and elf are just adorable.

#87 Pauline C– Lols loves the whole scene that Pauline created on this card. To mask the outer edges and then overlap the stamping is genius and the black/white/blue combo is absolutely stunning!

#7 Maria Giselle -Maura loves the gorgeous luminary Maria Giselle created. The faux stained glass design is stunning, and perfect for the holiday season. With the twinkle lights lit up inside, it creates a warm and cozy feeling. Such a beautiful shimmery make!

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:

66

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Congratulations Michelle Harlamert!

and this is Michelle’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!

luv

Lols and the DT