{"id":19421,"date":"2020-03-09T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=19421"},"modified":"2020-03-13T04:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T08:15:02","slug":"simon-says-a-bit-o-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=19421","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: A Bit O’ Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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 Tag It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we are celebrating St Patricks Day with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Bit O’ Green <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp<\/a> are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher 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

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

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Ann<\/a> made a lucky card for her daughter. She used the Wrinkle-Free Technique to make the background and used the Papillon<\/a>, The Professor Stamp set<\/a> and Word Thinlits Die<\/a>. She stamped the professor’s suit and hat with Shady Lane<\/a> and Green Oasis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> used gorgeous green shades of Dylusions paint, such as Mushy Peas<\/a>, Sour Appletini<\/a> and Polished Jade<\/a>, to make-over her Dyalog insert book<\/a>. She also utilized Dina Wakley’s Collage Collective<\/a> book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made a calm art journal page with shades of green and blue. She used the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Stronger Together set<\/a> for the stamping. The background was colored with Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stains<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> used green color to create the background of her Idea-ology Framed Panel<\/a>. She experimented for the first time new Ranger Ink Alloy Gilded<\/a> together with various Ranger Alcohol inks<\/a>. Under the flowers, a pattern cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Stacked Tiles Hexagons<\/a> and stamped with Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Field Notes. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C<\/a>heiron<\/a> created a St. Patty’s Snarky cat…complete with green milk using stamps from Snarky Cat<\/a>, Crazy Things<\/a>, and Baroque<\/a>. She used Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Glaze<\/a> over her background applied with a Distress Embossing Dabber<\/a> and finished her card with a sentiment stamp from Tiny Text.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> created a home decor project to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. She used a vignette box<\/a>, covered with paper from the Etcetera Paper Stash<\/a>, before adding a Paper Doll<\/a>, surrounded by Bouquet Findings<\/a> dyed with Peeled Paint Distress Spray Stain<\/a>, a Tim Holtz Vintage Flair Pin<\/a> and a pot of gold in a Thimble<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> decorated a canvas as a gift for a friend who is a keen gardener and shares her birthday with Ireland’s patron saint, St Patrick using Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Flower Shop<\/a>, Idea-ology Typeset Collage Paper<\/a>, Layering Stencil Halftone<\/a>, Mini Layering Stencil Digits<\/a> to add a subtle little bit o’ green and Distress Embossing Glazes<\/a> to add texture and shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a> made a card and coordinating envelope using a Paper Rose<\/a> Stitched Eucalyptus Branch<\/a> and Texture 2 <\/a> Craft Dies <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a retro card combining greens and browns on her background and used Tim Holtz Faded Type<\/a> stamps and Tim Holtz Sizzix Retro Type<\/a> Bigz die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> can’t stop at just a bit of green, as she shows us in her art journal. She used the Ranger Small Creative Journal<\/a> along with Authentique’s Dublin paper pack<\/a>, and several of Tim Holtz’s Distress paints like Twisted Citron<\/a>, Lucky Clover<\/a> and Mowed Lawn<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a watercolored card using Daniel Smith Ultimate Mixing Hand Poured Watercolor<\/a> and Royal Langnickel Xen Watercolor Brush Set<\/a> on Simon Says Stamp Suzy’s Succulents Watercolor Print<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra <\/a>made a green Easter card using the new Faberge Egg die<\/a> from the new Simon Says Stamp Lucky to Know You <\/a>release. Along with al kinds of different green mediums like Infusions Emerald Isle<\/a>, Nuvo Shimmer Powder Green Parade<\/a>, Metallique Paint Golden Moss <\/a>and Distress Ink Peeled Paint<\/a> and Mowed Lawn<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n

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

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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

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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 note that all previous challenges and winners posts can be accessed by clicking on the button at the very bottom of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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\n

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You are invited to the Inlinkz<\/strong> link party!<\/p>\nClick here to enter<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n