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Hi all and welcome to another week on the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you for joining us for the Let It Snow Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n

Christmas will soon be here and we thought it would be nice to dedicate a challenge to think about gifts. Handmade gifts are always well received, so maybe you would like to make someone something special, or you can make something to be used for the wrapping, tag, bag, box, paper etc.<\/p>\n

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The lovely folks over at<\/span>\u00a0Simon Says Stamp<\/span><\/a>\u00a0are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the \u00a0<\/span>Simon Says Stamp Store!\u00a0<\/span><\/a>All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week\u2019s 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 packages and will pop around to visit you ASAP!<\/span><\/p>\n

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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<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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It is\u00a0Jo’s\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to say a huge thank you for all of your fabulous creations over the past month! It has been a real pleasure to have you along with us! :-)<\/p>\n

Jo<\/a>\u00a0created two packs of note cards as gifts for her friends. The note cards are stamped with circles and sentiments from the\u00a0<\/span>Altenew Halftone Circles Stamp Set<\/a>\u00a0using either Tim Holtz\u00a0<\/span>Distress Ink Pad Mini Kit 1<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Distress Ink Pad Mini Kit 2<\/a>\u00a0and black\u00a0<\/span>Ranger Archival Ink<\/a>, then decorated with a die cut flower using\u00a0<\/span>Tim Holtz Sizzix Garden Greens Thinlets<\/a>. The cards are presented in a wallet made from either\u00a0<\/span>Simon Says Stamp Cornflower Blue<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Cotton Candy<\/a>\u00a0card stock and adorned using the same stamps, inks and die cuts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrea<\/a> made gift card holders and envelopes using some fabulous dies and punch tools.\u00a0 She made the envelopes with We R Memory Keeper’s Envelope Punch Board<\/a> and embellished the front of the cards with trees from Penny Black’s Modern Xmas Tree<\/a> dies.\u00a0 She added some fun sentiments onto the envelopes using Concord & 9th’s Holiday Cheer Tags<\/a> clear stamps.<\/p>\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a>\u00a0is planning to make quit a few Christmas gifts this year, since they are often more special than store-bought gifts. This week, she altered an old frame and turned it into a home for a bird stamped with Tim Holtz Festive Overlay set<\/a> and surrounded by Mini Holiday Greens<\/a> and Funky Festive<\/a> die cuts.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Barbara<\/a>, like every year, prepares for Christmas a small hand-made gift for her best friend. This year she used an Idea-ology\u00a0 Vignette box<\/a>, Tim Holtz Sizzix Wise men<\/a>, Tim Holtz Sizzix Tree light<\/a>,Tim Holtz Sizzix Snowy stars<\/a>, Tim Holtz Ranger Distress oxides<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cheiron<\/a>\u00a0created a bag which is the perfect size to hold some jewelry and a gift card using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Treat Bag<\/a> die cut with some foiled paper from the Christmas Paperie Paper Stash<\/a>\u00a0and a Paper Doll from the Christmas Paper Dolls Paperie<\/a> and finished it with a Christmas Clippings Sticker.<\/p>\n

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Emma<\/a> created a gift bag for the Christmas table using Tim Holtz’s Treat Bag Thinlits die set<\/a>. She stamped a background using the Music and Advert Stamp set<\/a> and completed the bag with a festive floral arrangement created with the Funky Festive Dies<\/a> all frosted with Rock Candy Distress Glitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kath<\/a> created a shaker gift bag with a festive snowflake theme using TimHoltz\/Sizzix Stitched Rectanges<\/a>, Flurry 2<\/a> and Swirling Stars<\/a> Thinlits decorated with Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter<\/a> and Music and Advert<\/a> stamps<\/p>\n

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Maura<\/a>\u00a0couldn’t resist using the cute Winter Gnome from Picket Fence Studios<\/a>\u00a0to make some gift tags, along with the AALL and Create Stencil 27<\/a>, Prima Flowers Tropicals\u00a0<\/a>and Classics<\/a>\u00a0Watercolor Confections and Simon’s gorgeous Peacock Teal card stock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media Christmas gift tag using Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Mini Wreath and Bow<\/a>, and Idea-Ology Trophy Antlers<\/a>\u00a0to decorate the tag.<\/p>\n

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Sandra <\/a>made a Steampunk inspired birthday card using the amazing Mechanical 3D Embossing Folder<\/a> and gave it a metallic look by applying Nuvo Mousse Seaspray Green<\/a> and Black Ash<\/a>
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Zoey<\/a>\u00a0used a Pillow Box die<\/a> to create a gift wrap for her friends birthday. She used Distress Paint<\/a> and Ranger inkssentials Inky Roll<\/a> to add color to it!<\/p>\n

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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!<\/p>\n

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Do you use Instagram ? \u00a0If so please add\u00a0\u00a0#sssmchallenge<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>so we can see your entries there too!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Blog,<\/a>\u00a0if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out<\/p>\n

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You have until Monday \u00a08am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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 these are not eligible to win the voucher. All creations must be newly published. Thank You\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n

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