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

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

This week we are inviting you to create something that is 

NOT A CARD

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 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! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

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

Kerstin was inspired to create a mixed media wooden wall hanger using a Tim Holtz Couldron and Laboratory Dies. She also used  Black Gesso, Old Silver Alchemy Wax and Stone Effect Pastes from Prima Marketing.

Andrea made some mini notebooks using Prima Tropical Watercolors, Prima Water Soluble Basics and Rustic Oil Pastels and the Tim Holtz Wildflowers die.

Anna-Karin thought the designs of Tim Holtz’s Layers Remnants cards are so pretty that they would make perfect notebook covers. She made three quick notebooks, embellishing them with Adventure Words Script.

Barbara was inspired by new Tim Holtz’s Halloween dies! She created a Halloween themed Trinket Box with Tim Holtz Sizzix Regions Beyond, Tim Holtz Sizzix Trinket Frames, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored sheet, Tim Holtz Ranger Alcohol ink Mushroom and Pitch Black.

Cheiron created a Vignette Tray and covered the inside with a galaxy background painted with watercolors. She added a Salvaged Baseboard, Photobooth and Quote Chip and finished her project with Tim Holtz Sizzix Radiant and Swirling Star dies. 

Emma designed a Halloween project by layering the small and medium Etcetera Tags. As the focal point she used a mask, die cut from the gorgeous new Tim Holtz Masquerade die set and stamped with the lace stamp from the Ornate and Lace Stamp Set.

Kath decorated a white gift bag using Tim Holtz Cauldron Bigz, Handmade BigZ XL dies and Sweet Treats Thinlits from the Sizzix Chapter 3 release to create a “get more bang for your buck from your dies” Birthday treats bag with a Summer Colour Palette using Distress Oxide Re-inkers.

Macarena went a bit shabby romantic with Tim Holtz Etcetera Medium Tag and gave a nice dimension with Prima Marketing Bridgeport Irongate Re-design mould and a texture with Tonic Worn Linen Expanding Mousse through Simon Says Stamp Stencil Extra Large Dots. 

Maura made a collage canvas inspired by remembering the moments of summer, using the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Photograph ATC, Tim Holtz Gears Layering stencil, and the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Timepiece Clock Faces, along with lots of gears and distress inks. 

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media canvas with the textured background using Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set 39,and embellished it with a vintage portrait from Idea-Ology Found Relatives.

Sandra made a tag using lots of Crackle Texture Paste in the background with the Lattice Stencil, and to give it color she used Nuvo Shimmer Powder Falling Leaves, Atlantis Burst and Green Parade.

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!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallengeso we can see your entries there too!

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

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 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 

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

Thank you for joining us for the Make Your Own Backround Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week we are inviting you to feature a creature

ANIMAL MAGIC

This month Tim Holz is the featured brand of the month over on the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog and we are all showcasing some of his fabulous products this week!

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 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! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

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

Kerstin was inspired to create a new home bottle opener decoration piece, it’s a mixed media wooden plaque with practical use. She used Tim Holtz Layering Stencil RAYS ,  Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER DOLLS Paperie, Tim Holtz Sizzix LUMBER 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder ,Tim Holtz Sizzix BURST 3D Impresslits Cut and Emboss Folder and Tim Holtz Sizzix Planks Bigz.

Andrea made a Chicken Whisperer tag (why not?) using Tim Holtz’s Stacked Tags dies, Gradient Dot stencil, Paper Dolls and Funny Farm stamp set.  She also used Altenew’s Mid-Century Frame die.

Anna-Karin thinks that dinosaurs are pretty magical and made three cards using Tim Holtz’s Prehistoric die set. She used Distress Resist Spray together with the Gradient Dot stencil to create the background.

Barbara couldn’t resist to use one of the most magical animal by Tim Holtz! She created a Halloween card ( a little bit in advance!) with Tim Holtz Sizzix Geo Halloween dies, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Tangled Webs, Tim Holtz Distress Resist Spray, Seth Apter Baked Texture Blizzard.

Cheiron created a Halloween card with a cat roaming through the night. She used Distress Spray Stains and Distress Oxide sprays to create her background for the scene she created with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Ghost Town and Frightful Things dies. She sprayed her houses with Distress Resist Spray for even more texture.

Emma created a framed panel, painted with Distress Paints and was inspired by one of the most famous animals of all time, Mickey Mouse. She used Tim Holtz’s Stitched Circle dies to create the silhouette, together with the Handmade Alphabet Die and added them to a background of Distress Resist Spray.

Kath created an 8″ x 8″ Christmas card for very special friends on Dina Wakley Canvas Media Board using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Reindeer and Layered Pine BigZ dies and Large Funky Festive, Festive Repeat and Crochet Thinlits

Lols made a card using a Tim Holtz Mini Crazy Cats and Dogs Cling Stamp Set. She started by splattering the paper with Distress Resist Spray and then created the wall using a Slate Layering Stencil, a Mini Cargo Layering Stencil, Candied Apple Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks and Sunset Beach Infusions. To finish she added a fun ‘Snarky Sentiment‘ that is particularly true of our feline friends ;-)

Macarena made a doggy card using Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamps and dies. She made a texture using Tim Holtz Distress Resist Spray with Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel. She finished the background with Tim Holtz The Professor stamps. 

Maura finds elephants awe-inspiring and magical and made a card with two rainbow elephants, using the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Life Adventure stamps. Distress Resist Spray, Tim’s Layering Stencil Code and lots of distress inks and sprays. 

Meihsia was inspired to create a card using Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Set and Distress Resist Spray for the background, and embellished it with Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamp Crazy Dogs.

Sandra made a grungy card using lot of Tim Holtz products like the big butterfly of the Perspective stamp set and the bugs of the Entomology stamp and Entomology die set, along with Distress Inks and Oxides. 

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!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallengeso we can see your entries there too!

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

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 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