{"id":17551,"date":"2019-08-12T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2019-08-19T09:10:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:10:58","slug":"simon-says-midsummer-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=17551","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Midsummer Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the Kids Vacation Challenge hosted on the Wednesday Challenge Blog please CLICK HERE <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"newchallenge\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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

This week we would like you to add some blue to your creations! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MIDSUMMER BLUES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp<\/a> are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 vouchers to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! <\/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 makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"50dollar_voucher_600px\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"mon-designerspotlight-header_zpsb551ce83\"\/<\/a>

<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alison’s<\/a> Shakespearean connections took her imagination straight into a Midsummer Night’s Dream. This diptych on a pair of Etcetera Tags<\/a> is also inspired by the idea of the summer solstice, when day and night are exactly divided in two. She used a Prima’s Stars and Moons Mould <\/a>and two of the tiniest Paper Dolls<\/a>, with Transparent Wings.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Andrea<\/a> has always felt the blues when math comes her way.  She made a notebook expressing her algebra angst using Inky Antics’ Math Misery<\/a> stamp set, some Jane Davenport Washi Girls Washi Sheets<\/a> and the We R Memory Keepers File Tab punch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anna-Karin<\/a> made an art journal page, using no other colors but blue, to keep days at the sea in memory as the colder period starts. She used the Simon Says Stamp Beachy Waves stamp<\/a> for the focal point, and embellished the page with die cut Anchors<\/a> and words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Barbara<\/a> made a card using one of her favorite shade of blue: Chipped Sapphire Distress oxide<\/a>. This color is perfect to create a creepy sky for Halloween mixed together with purple and orange. She used also Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Brushstrokes stamp set<\/a>, Tim Holtz Sizzix Bat Crazy,<\/a>Tim Holtz Idea-ology Skull Fragments<\/a>, Brutus Monroe Mermaid Tail Ultra Fine Embossing pow<\/a>der<\/a>.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cheiron<\/a> created a Mini Etcetera Tag<\/a> that reminded her of summer sunsets using Tim Holtz Abandoned Paper Stash<\/a> to create her background and filled it with stars from the Hocus Pocus<\/a> stencil and the Swirling Stars <\/a>dies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emma<\/a> created an Etcetera tag<\/a> inspired by William Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and used Tim Holtz Paper Dolls<\/a> to tell the story and create a woodland scene set against a background of Ranger Ink Texture Crackle Paste<\/a> stars created with the Falling Stars Layering Stencil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kath<\/a> embraced nature this week to create two-for-the price of one Midsummer Blue cards using some of her favourite Distress colours with Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Poinsettia Pieces Thinlits<\/a> and Stampers Anonymous Dots and Circles<\/a> and Tiny Toadstools<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Macarena<\/a> made a vibrant collage card using Carabelle Studio Chiffres Grunge Embossing folder<\/a> for her background and Tim Holtz Sizzix Entomology<\/a> stamps and dies for the focal point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Maura<\/a> made a set of encouragement cards to chase away the midsummer blues. She used Stamperia’s Wonderland papers<\/a>, a variety of stencils such as Tim Holtz’s Harlequin<\/a> and Flourish<\/a> Layering Stencils, along with Paper Artsy’s Fresco Finish paints in Venice Blue<\/a> and Glacier Ice<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create two postcards using Simon Says Stamp Suzy’s Succulents Watercolor Prints<\/a> and Daniel Smith Watercolor<\/a> with the sentiments from Idea-Ology Quotations Metallic Stickers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sandra<\/a> loves the color blue and made a card using lots of blue tones of Distress Ink<\/a> and Distress Oxide<\/a>, but also with a little bit of Distress Ink Ground Espresso<\/a> for a vintage look and used a Paper Doll<\/a> with Transparent Wings<\/a> as the focal point.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\n\n\n

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"new-instagram-icon22\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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

\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You have until Monday  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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 they are not eligible to win the voucher. All creations must be newly published. Thank You <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\n<\/p>

\n

You are invited to the Inlinkz<\/strong> link party!<\/p>\n

Click here to enter<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n