{"id":22783,"date":"2021-02-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=22783"},"modified":"2021-02-23T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T07:29:14","slug":"simon-says-anything-but-a-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=22783","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Anything But A Card"},"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 Texture Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we are challenging you to make:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything But A Card <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp<\/a> are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 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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It’s Estelle’s<\/a>  last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to say a huge thank you for all of your creations over the past month. It has been a real pleasure to have you along with us :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estelle<\/a> make a home decor to add to her cabinet of curiosities. First she painted the hand with Paper Artsy Black Paint<\/a>, and then with Nougat<\/a> and Caramel<\/a> mix. She used Tim Holtz Specimen<\/a> and Oddities<\/a> Stamp Sets along with Finnafair Soft Matt Gel<\/a> and Collage Paper<\/a> and covered with Distress Collage Medium Vintage<\/a>. For the finishing touch she added Tim Holtz  Creepy Eyes<\/a>, a Ball Chain<\/a> and a Story Stick<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made a double page in her square 8 x 8 Dylusions Journal<\/a>. The night butterflies were stamped with Tim Holtz Specimen stamp set <\/a>and the white dots in the background were done with Simon Says Stamp Bubble Wrap Stencil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> created an Idea-ology Mini Clipboar<\/a>d using one of her favorite stamps set by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous: Entomology<\/a>. To give a steampunk style she used new dies by Tim Holtz Sizzix Mechanical<\/a>, Distress Grit Paste Opaque<\/a>, Distress Collage Medium Crazing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> created a set of ATCs with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink<\/a> and Oxide <\/a>and combined it some other bright colors that she has been wanting to try out. She combined it with the Media Marks 1<\/a> and Media Marks 2<\/a> stamps, and a few doodles with a white Posca<\/a> pen. She finished her ATCs with some embossed cut out images and some Idea-ology Small Talk Stickers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> is so excited to be able to share her Mary Poppins inspired Framed Panel<\/a> which uses a combination of brand new, and older Sizzix dies by Tim Holtz. She used the Flowery Thinlits Die<\/a> to create the background before bringing the scene to life using The Park<\/a>, Gatekeeper<\/a> and Alphanumeric Bold<\/a> Thinlits Dies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> decorated a Kraft Gift Bag for a green fingered\/keen gardener friend using Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Carrot Bunny<\/a>, Alphanumeric Stretch Upper<\/a> and Tiny Type Lower<\/a> Thinlits on a panel of Distress Watercolor card, stamped with Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Field Notes<\/a> and Entomology<\/a> and stencilled with Simon Says Stamp Clovers 6″ x 6″ Stencil<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a vintage tag with the Sizzix Faceted Heart<\/a> die and her favorite resist technique using Distress Micro Glaze <\/a>and several Distress Oxide<\/a> ink pads. She also added Leafy Blossoms mould<\/a> casting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> has gone a little buggy this week, so she thought, why not make some insect-themed ATC’s? She used the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Specimen stamps<\/a>, and added in some details with Tim’s The Professor<\/a> and Tiny Toadstoo<\/a>l stamp sets, along with distress inks like Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia Cosmo Paper<\/a> on the background and decorated it with the embellishments from Stamperia Sir Vagabond Gears and Clocks Grayboard<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra<\/a> made a grungy tag using Collage Paper Typeset<\/a>, Stitches stencil<\/a> and Grit-Paste<\/a>. For the colors she only used black and yellow mediums like Nuvo Shimmer Powder Solar Flare<\/a> and Infusions Black Knight<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used Distress Oxide Ink<\/a> + Spray<\/a> to create this grungy Index Card . She also used Distress Grit Paste<\/a> and Embossing Glaze<\/a>. To add some texture she used Tim Holtz Ledger Script Stamp<\/a>, she used Ephemera<\/a> for decoration and the Sizzix Small Faceted Heart die<\/a> as focal point.<\/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