{"id":24399,"date":"2021-07-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2021-07-16T05:04:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T09:04:31","slug":"simon-says-lazy-days-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=24399","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Lazy Days Of Summer"},"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 Fun\/Quirky 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 relax and enjoy some:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazy Days Of Summer<\/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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Megumi <\/a>created an Interactive tag using Etcetera mini Tag<\/a> from stampers Anonymous and Rupert<\/a> from Sizzix . He eats ice cream while moving his hands and neck ! His mouth is proof of that ! She used Funky Cactus<\/a> , Circle Play<\/a> die from Tim Holtz and Sizzix , Stencil Ringer<\/a> ,Decayed <\/a> from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous , and Dirty Sand Texture Embossing Powder<\/a>  from Emelald Greek. Please pop by Megimi’s blog to see how he moves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> created a mixed media canvas with soft summer colors. She used the Simon Says Stamp Peony Bouquet stencil <\/a>for the flowers and the Geo Leaves stencil <\/a>for the yellow leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> created a couple of cards using summer colors! She used Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Bold Sayings Stamp Set<\/a>, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Snarky Cat Stamp Set<\/a>, Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock <\/a>and a lot of Ranger Distress ink Pads.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> created a tag featuring Found Relatives<\/a> celebrating summer on a cruise and used Distress Paints to color her background. She stamped on her background with Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Mesh and Linen<\/a>, Field Notes<\/a> and Sea Life<\/a> and added Matte Texture Paste through the Stitches <\/a>stencil . She finished her tag a number from Mini Marquee Letters<\/a> and a sentiment from Snarky Small Talk<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> was inspired by the summer of a bygone era and created a vintage style framed panel using a Tim Holtz Group Paper Doll<\/a> as the focal point which she coloured with Distress Crayons<\/a>. She surrounded the girls with dimensional die cut flowers made with the Funky Florals 3 Thinlits Die<\/a> and added plaque which she created using the Seal Switchlit Embossing Folder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> was inspired by her garden to create a card celebrating Summer. She used Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Flourish<\/a> and Dotted Line<\/a> Layering Stencils and Idea-ology Entomology Collage Paper<\/a> to add interest to the background and added the Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Perspective Moth<\/a> die-cut from Distress Watercolor card<\/a> and Simon Says Vellum<\/a> and used Alphanumeric Varsity<\/a> and Label<\/a> Thinlits for the sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a>looks forward to the lazy days of summer when she can relax at the beach and immerse herself in a good book! She made a bookmark using several Tim Holtz Layering Stencils<\/a> and Distress Inks<\/a> for the background and used a Simon Says Stamp Engraved Feather<\/a> and an older Tim Holtz Book Die<\/a> for the focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> sent Rupert to spend some summer days in Arizona and meet his Tim Holtz Sizzix Rupert<\/a> brothers. He seems to have fun admiring Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Cactus. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> made a card to share her love of summer reading. She used Stamping Bella’s Reading Gnome<\/a>, Simon Says Stamp’s Shine On stamp<\/a>, and Tim Holtz’s Dotted Line layering stencil<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Stamperia Sea World Paper<\/a> and Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Rays<\/a> on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Cling Rubbers Stamp Ponderings<\/a> and Mariner Blueprint.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra<\/a> made a bright yellow sunny card with Distress Oxide and Ink in Fossilized Amber<\/a> and Mustard Seed<\/a>, to add some texture she used the Rays stencil<\/a> and colored the Texture Paste<\/a> with True Yellow Liquid Acrylic Paint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used the new Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Mod Cactus<\/a>, a bunch of distress ink in the green shade<\/a> and Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Dotted Line<\/a> to create this background. She also used Gina K Designs Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder<\/a> to highlight the cactus.<\/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

We have a Kids Vacation Challenge that is being hosted over on our sister Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog<\/a>. It is open for all children between 2 and 16 (inclusive) Please CLICK HERE<\/a> or on the pic for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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