{"id":23136,"date":"2021-03-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=23136"},"modified":"2021-03-04T04:06:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T09:06:41","slug":"simon-says-art-journal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=23136","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Art Journal"},"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 Anything But A Card Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we are asking you to decorate an Art Journal page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it\u2019s the first Monday of the month we are showcasing a brand\/company. This week we are all using some fabulous products from Dyan Reaveley<\/a>. You don\u2019t have to use them to join in with the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.<\/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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This week we are welcoming back the lovely Sandra Rupp aka srpaperlove <\/a>into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog you are in for a real treat! Please pop by to say ‘Hi’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra<\/a> had fun with her Art Journal Pages. She used a vintage artists book for the base. After applying the bright base colors she highlighted the background with Distress Paint Kitsch Flamingo<\/a>. For the Decoration she used the new releases Sizzix Dies from Tim Holtz Brushstroke Flowers 1<\/a> and Flowery<\/a>.The spring vibes based on using the Ephemera Keepsakes from Idea-ology<\/a> in her project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> created a double page in the Dyan Reaveley’s Dylusions Journal<\/a>. The two silhouettes were created with Dyan’s Otis Silhouette stencil<\/a> and the dots in the background come from the Martha’s Mat stencil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> made the cover of Dyan Reveley’s Small Creative Flip Journal<\/a>. This album will serve as a container for its 2021 “one layer” tags! To create it she used Tim Holtz Sizzix The Park Thinlits die<\/a>, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Flutter<\/a>, Tim Holtz stencil Floral<\/a>, Ranger Distress Grit Paste<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> used the Dyan Reaveley Shimmer Sprays in Polished Jade<\/a>, Black Marble<\/a> and Lemon Zest<\/a> to create a colorful background in her Dina Wakley Media Journal<\/a>. She embellished her page with some of the newest Tim Holtz Idea-ology included the Paper Doll Solos<\/a>, Backdrops<\/a>, Mini Flair<\/a> and Mini Marquee<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> used the Dyan Reaveley Small Creative Journal<\/a> to create a vintage style layout to celebrate the joy of family and being happy together. She used a Tim Holtz Found Relative Photo<\/a>, surrounded by Field Notes Ephemera<\/a> and Field Notes Snippets<\/a> and arranged it on a background of Abandoned Paper Stash<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> created a page in her Dylusions Small Creative Journal<\/a> using Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typeset Collage Paper<\/a>, Dylusions Paints<\/a> with Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Mosaic<\/a> and Crate<\/a> Layering Stencils, Dylusions Borders and Quotes Colouring Sheets<\/a>, Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Alphanumeric Stretch Lower Thinlits<\/a> and Dylusions Word Love <\/a>stamp set for the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a> made a bright cheerful spread in her Dylusions Small Creative Journal<\/a> using a Dyan Reaveley Toadstool Town Cling Stamp Set<\/a> for the focus. She used Distress Oxide Inks <\/a>and LDRS Rainy Day <\/a>and Paper Artsy<\/a> Stencils for the background and finished with a Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Die <\/a>and label tape sentiments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a soft and pastel Spring celebration page. She played with Perspective Butterfly <\/a>and Alphanumeric Stretch Upper<\/a> dies. She colored the page with Dylusions Ink Sprays<\/a>: Fresh Lime, Squeezed Orange, Bubblegum Pink and Crushed Grape. She covered everything with several very thin layers of white gesso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> headed to her Dyan Reavely Small Creative Journal<\/a> to make spread about trees, using the lovely Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree set<\/a>. Her background started with Dylusions Spray Inks in Lemon Zest<\/a> and Vibrant Turquoise.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia <\/a>was inspired to create an art journal page using Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray Dyan Deaveley<\/a> and Simon Says Cling Stamp Crackle Background<\/a> on the background and stamped the images with Stamperia Leave Your Prints<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra<\/a> made an art journal spread using Dyan Reavely’s Dylusions Sprays Vibrant Turquoise<\/a> and Cut Grass<\/a> on top of Typeset Collage Paper<\/a> and Gritt-Paste<\/a>, along with the new Simon Says Stamp Beautiful die<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey <\/a>used Dyan Reaveley INBETWEENIES Stamp Set<\/a> to decorate this art journal page. She used Distress Spray Stain in Cracked Pistachio<\/a> and Forest Moss<\/a>, Distress Oxide Spray Stain<\/a> for her background. She also used Tim Holtz Sizzix WILDFLOWERS 2 Thinlits Die<\/a> and Tim Holtz Idea-ology PHOTOBOOTH th93799<\/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