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

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

This week we are challenging you to take to the skies:

It’s Up In The Air

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 frame using a Tim Holtz Mountain Top Die Set a Tall Pine Die Set a Moon Mask and Simon Says Stamp Mr. Rabbit Wafer Die Set. She colored with Distress inks and added some Distress Sparkle Texture Paste.

Andrea thought of stars being up in the air, so she used Tim Holtz’s Falling Stars die for the background of her card. She also incorporated patterned paper from Simple Stories’ Color Palette and Studio Light’s Postage Madness. The dapper gent in the middle is from Tim Holtz’s Paperdolls, Portraits.

Anna-Karin made a hot air balloon tag this week, using an older stamp by Tim Holtz from his Remnants set. The balloon was stamped on an idea-ology Journal Card and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Barbara created an Etcetera Tag (Mini) thinking about the book “Around the World in 80 Days”. The hot air balloon from the Remnant set by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous is perfect for today’s theme. She colored it using Ranger Distress Watercolor pencils. The other two elements that complete the project are the typewriter from the Curiosity Shop stamps set and the globe cut with the die from the Sizzix Vault World Travel collection.

Cheiron created a card for a friend who is “up in the air” about a job decision. She used the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Motivation 3 stamps and stamped her sentiment then stamped it again and embossed the heart with Picked Raspberry Distress Embossing Glaze. She added it to a colorful mixed media background that she created with the Mini Media Marks stamps with and then splattered with Gilded Foundry Wax.

Kath created a floral card using lots of favourite Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous products – Abstract Florals/Faded Type stamps and Mini Layering Stencils from Sets 59 and 60. She added a Tim Holtz/Sizzix BrushStroke Butterfly as the It’s Up In The Air element and film strips from Vault Picture Show. She finished with a sentiment from Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text.

Macarena stamped a dragonfly from Stampers Anonymous Classics #1 on an acetate panel using Tsukineko Stazon Cotton White Ink and curled it by heating the edges. She added pieces of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Stencil Cards and placed everything on a Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrops papers.

Maura painted a circle card of the Earth with Daniel Smith watercolors like Sap Green and Phthalo Turquoise to celebrate Earth Day today. She added Simon Says Stamp’s Whirl Dragonflies she die cut using Simon’s Holographic Paper

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia ALCHEMY 12×12 Paper on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Lovebirds Thinlits Dies and Tim Holtz Idea-ology LABEL STICKERS THOUGHTS.

Zoey used Distress Spray Stain to add color to her tag. She also used Renaissance stamp to add texture to the background. Filed noted stamp set was also used to add more interest to the background.

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 Background Challenge!

#76 Juilien Jiang – Anna-Karin says: The dry embossed background of this card is fantastic! The combination of embossed vellum and paste is really cool and the card shines and has so much texture.

93 Pauline C – Barbara says: I love this card! Christmas and winter are among my favorite themes! Pauline transported me into this wonderful season with a perfectly crafted card, beautiful design, and gorgeous colors! Gorgeous work!

#30 Anita – Cheiron says: This card makes me happy! I love this colorful background from Anita with all of its layers and textures. And the little bird is truly adorable!

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 number:

Congratulations Carrie Sheridan! Below you can see Carrie’s stunning carnation thank you 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