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

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

This week we’re asking you:

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?

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

Debbie’s favorite color is red paired with all of the colors of Fall. She dressed Tim Holtz’s Arthur Colorize in his favorite top hat from The Gent Die Set surrounded with Distress Ink colored fall foliage. For the background she used Distress Glaze through a Tim Holtz Autumn Layering Stencil and finished with some machine stitching.

Andrea’s favorite color is Robin Egg’s Blue and any of its lighter or darker variations (and a close second will always be hot pink)! She used Tim Holtz’s Salvaged Patina paint for her notebook cover, along with Studio Light’s Art by Marlene Alphabet Dies. She also utilized Dina Wakley’s Collage Sparks, Collection 1 for the background.

Anna-Karin cannot pick a favorite color, but she does love turquoise and made a birthday card this week with different shades of teal and turquoise. The numbers were done with the Simon Says Stamp Layered Numbers Stencil set and three shades of Distress Ink. The lines were stamped with Simon Says Stamp Ledger Paper Background and Archival Ink Shadow Grey.

Barbara loves any kind of turquoise and green! She prepared an autumn/Halloween card with an unusual pumpkin, Edison Colorize Thinlits dies by Sizzix for Tim Holtz is the perfect die for this card! For the background, she chose the set of Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Sketchy Leaves and the Layering Stencil Fractured. The sentiment Boo! is cut with Bold Text Halloween by Tim Holtz Sizzix.

Cheiron can’t pick just one favorite color, but she is loving all the non-traditional fall color decor that is out in stores this year! She created a card using the Simon Says Stamp Artsy Pumpkins stamps and dies. She combined it with the Nested Domed Arches and Arched French Doors. She the pumpkins and doors onto a panel embossed with the Vines Embossing Folder.

Emma was always going to choose blue as her favourite colour and used Tim Holtz Juniper Berry and Frozen Fog Mica Stains to create a background for her Etcetera Panel. She combined this with Tim’s Christmas 2023 idea-ology products, including baubles, the poinsettias and photo from the Christmas Layers and Paper Dolls and tiny books made using covers in the Christmas Ephemera Pack.

Kath struggled with this question, so hard for a lover of the Distress palette but she decided to go with RED, definitely a favourite. She created backgrounds with Tim Holtz/Ranger Yuletide Distress Mica Stain and Barn Door Distress Spray Stain, Stampers Anonymous Composition + Lined, Halftone + Rings, Tiny Poinsettia Mini Layering Stencil from Set 54 and Texture Paste Sparkle and die-cut with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Holiday Blocks Thinlits to make a trio of retro modern cards.

Macarena‘s favorite color is definitely purple and all its shades. She loves its depth and kind of magic. She used a mix of Tim Holtz Distress Mica Fortune Teller Stain and Oxide Ink Pad Dusty Concord and Seedless Preserves. For the main element she chose Tim Holtz Sizzix Lovestruck Colorize.

Maura loves green and it’s been her favorite color since she was a little girl. She made a green tag using the Studio Light Fantasy Tag, Studio Light Paper Elements Die Cut Block, and added green with Dina Wakley Evergreen Acrylic Paint, and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Fairway ink.

Meihsia was inspired to create a pink mixed media tag using Stamperia ORCHIDS AND CATS 12×12 Paper on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER DOLLS PORTRAITS and Prima Marketing Floral Song Spring Abstract Flowers.

Zoey choose Red and Green as favorite! She used a variety of Tim Holtz Ideaology Ephemera mixed with Tim Holtz Sizzix Artsy Leaves. She used Distress Ink and Tim Holtz Distress Snowfall Grit Paste to add color and texture and this cute Paper Doll as main focus.

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 Take Flight Challenge!

#91 Christine Nandrup – Anna-Karin: This card is so beautiful! I love the color combo and all those flowers on the more neutral background. The butterfly is very pretty too.

#27 w0rds andp1ctures Andrea says: This tag is enchanting! I think the purple and turquoise tones on the bird are lovely and the incorporation of real flowers gives it such great dimension and texture. Very clever combination of elements!

#63 red_fire studios Meihsia says: This is such a wonderful tag! Love the beautiful colors and textures on the background. The mushroom and moth embellishments are fantastic.

Congratulations everyone and thank you for joining us!

Please copy this spotlight badge, display it on the sidebar of your blog and if you could please link it to Simon Says Stamp!

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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 Daria Z! Below you can see Daria’s pretty 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