{"id":15096,"date":"2018-11-12T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=15096"},"modified":"2018-11-21T05:31:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:31:53","slug":"spotlights-winner-background-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=15096","title":{"rendered":"Spotlights and Winner for the Background Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"designer-spotlight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/designer-spotlight.png\" width=\"542\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have four artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Make Your Own Background Challenge!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/merrymartycards.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#73 MartyF<\/a> &#8211; Emma says: I absolutely adore this card! The depth and dimension, together with the textures and patterns create such a feast for the eyes and I love how that handsome white moose looks so majestic prancing through the winter snow! Beautiful work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/merrymartycards.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#73 MartyF<\/a> &#8211; Macarena agrees with Emma and says: This is one of the most beautiful Christmas cards I&#8217;ve seen this year. Love this brown\/red\/white mood cause it makes it so warm and cozy. I love the scene with the cutest moose ever, too. The sentiment rocks, lol. Great background, textures, layers, patterns, details. I just love everything about this card! Great job!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/katiatanasova\/p\/Bp4psmAnTAC\/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&amp;igshid=1q47itxe1l0h0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#87 Kakichka Kat<\/a> &#8211; Meihsia says: This is such a gorgeous creation with so many beautiful details. I love the stunning mixed media collaged background, and all the embellishments on this piece are awesome!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardsbymaaike.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/aurora-borealis-background.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#153 Cards by Maakie<\/a> &#8211; Anna-Karin says: The Aurora Borealis background on this card is fantastic, it really glows. The die cut winter scene in the foreground is very calm and I like the mix of shades of brown and black and white.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqD6VSzhIJm\/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&amp;igshid=kqpu5ywh8uqb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#240 Time<\/a> &#8211; Andrea says: I love the texture, vibrant colors, and wonderful sense of movement created in this background. I also really like the way that journaling was incorporated into the actual design itself. Very clever and beautiful!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations everyone and thank you for joining us!<\/p>\n<p>Please copy this spotlight badge, display it on the sidebar of your blog and if you could please\u00a0link it to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Says Stamp<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"designer-spotlight-badge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/09\/designer-spotlight-badge.png\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\">Simon Says Stamp\u00a0Monday Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5559\" alt=\"Monday Challenge Winner-01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-300x300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-52x52.png 52w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01.png 521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So who is the lucky winner of the $50 voucher?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Please note, all of our winners are chosen at random so everyone has an equal chance of winning.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Good Luck to all!<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simonsaysstamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"50dollar_voucher_600px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/50dollar_voucher_600px.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s your random number:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/sss_monday_winner_15nov_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15098\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations<a href=\"https:\/\/heartfullyinspired.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/its-november.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Linda Kunsman<\/a>! Below, you can see Linda&#8217;s gorgeous <a href=\"https:\/\/heartfullyinspired.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/its-november.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poppy tag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/PoppyTagwm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/PoppyTagwm.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/PoppyTagwm-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations! Please email us so we can explain how you can claim your prize, a clickable link is on the sidebar.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c23d48;\"><strong>Be sure to include your full name in the email so we can issue a Gift Certificate<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge and we hope you will all join in our current challenge too!<\/p>\n<p>Happy crafting!<\/p>\n<p>Anna-Karin and the DT<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We have four artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Make Your Own Background Challenge! #73 MartyF &#8211; Emma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":15099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15096"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15174,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15096\/revisions\/15174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}