{"id":23140,"date":"2021-03-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=23140"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:58:11","slug":"simon-says-recycle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=23140","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Recycle"},"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 Green 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 recycle something that you would otherwise have thrown away, let’s do our bit and try to help save the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recycle<\/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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Sandra<\/a> loves to give old used things a new life. This frame fits perfect to the size of her newest dies Mr. Rabbit<\/a>, Wildflower Stems 3<\/a> and Lucky Love<\/a>.She created the Background with the 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Intertwined<\/a> and Distress Ink Pumice Stone<\/a>. The heart is a recycled coffee-pod-container, the ribbon and buttons are from an old blouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> turned a piece of packaging into a tag. She also recycled buttons, an old pencil and some fibers. The squares in the background were done with the Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Squares Stencil <\/a>and Distress Matte Texture Paste<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> loves to make experiments with Alcohol inks<\/a> to realize a lot of backgrounds and often she has a large number of scraps! Today she decided to recycle two of these scraps to create her cards! To complete them she used Sizzix Tim Holtz The Park Thinlits Dies<\/a>, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil Scribbles,<\/a> Simon Says Stamp Cardstock Black<\/a>, Ranger Yupo Paper White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> recycled cardboard to make a tab book from a Dina Wakley demo. She used new Dina Wakley stamps including Block Letters<\/a>, Ledger Girls<\/a>, and Be Bold<\/a>. She stamped her background in Dina Wakley paints in Ocean, Olive, Turquoise and Sedona. Her book is held together with tabs made from Sticky Back Canvas Tape<\/a> that was sprayed with Ocean Gloss Spray<\/a> and stenciled with the Marks<\/a> media stencil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> recycled some brown paper packaging to create gift wrapping for some Easter treats. She stamped a design onto the brown paper using Snowflake Stazon Ink<\/a>, and the Stampers Anonymous Spring Shadows stamp set by Tim Holtz<\/a> and completed the package by adding a gift topper and gift tag featuring the Carrot Bunny<\/a> and Funky Wreath die<\/a>, both by Tim Holtz for Sizzix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> recycled the packaging sheet from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Layers Engraving<\/a> to use as a background for her card and added bits of lace and buttons recycled from an old top. She decorated with Layers Engraving<\/a> images coloured using the Frosted Crystal Antiquities Embossing Powder<\/a>\/ Distress Crayon<\/a> technique from a recent Tim Holtz YouTube Live demo and added Idea-ology Mini Marquee Letters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a> recycled an empty cocoa tub and made a beautiful container for her blending brushes<\/a>. She used Tim Holtz Distress Inks<\/a> and Layering Stencils <\/a>for the background and Aviary <\/a>and Herbology<\/a> Prima Decor Moulds<\/a> for the decoration. these were painted with Dylusions Paint<\/a> and then brightened with Gilding Wax<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> recycled some clothing labels and used them on a set of cards. She used Geometric Arcs<\/a> and Iron Works<\/a> stencils and then went wild playing with Brushstrokes Flowers<\/a> die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> recycled some cardboard from one of the many boxes that seem to keep arriving at her house to make a tag. Inspired by a Tim Holtz demo, she added Distress Glazes in Fossilized Amber<\/a>, Broken China<\/a>, and Rusty Hinge<\/a>, and created a bubbly texture with the Tim Holtz Grit Paste<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag using the recycled corrugated box and decorated it with Tim Holtz Sizzix Bunny Hop Thinlits Die Set<\/a> and Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Sentiments Label Stickers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra<\/a>\u00a0used packaging of\u00a0Hinge Clips<\/a>\u00a0to recycle and made an industrial shaker card with\u00a0Mica Flakes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mechanica Moulds<\/a>. She gave it the grungy look with\u00a0Distress Oxide Spray Speckled Egg<\/a>\u00a0and Distress Spray Stain\u00a0Walnut Stain<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hickory Smoke<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> die cut a tag from a box – she colored the background with Distress Paint<\/a> and used Tim Holtz Idea-ology TYPESET Collage Paper<\/a> to add some more texture. She decorated the tag with this beautiful group of young girls from the new paper doll release<\/a> and stickers from Tim Holtz Idea-ology CLIPPINGS Stickers<\/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

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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