{"id":24706,"date":"2021-08-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=24706"},"modified":"2021-08-05T06:34:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:34:40","slug":"simon-says-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=24706","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Birthday Celebration"},"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 Washi Tape 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 join us for our 11th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you believe that this challenge has been going for 11 years!! The time has flown by hasn’t it! We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our fellow crafters who have joined us over the years and we hope you will continue to join us!<\/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 AALL & Create.<\/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

As it is a special celebration the lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp<\/a> are generously increased the prize to 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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This week we are welcoming the back the lovely Anne Redfern<\/a> aka Redanne<\/a> into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog before then you are in for a real treat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate our birthday, Anne <\/a>has created a seaside themed project using AALL & Create Sea Essentials<\/a> and Background Voices<\/a> Stamp Sets and a Superbly Square Stencil<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> created a Birthday tag to celebrate our 11 years using AAll and Create Celestial Navigation<\/a> to create her background together with Ranger Ink Prize Ribbon<\/a>, Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink pad<\/a> and Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stain<\/a>. She added a stamp from Inquisitive set by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous<\/a> and various Idea-ology sentiments<\/a> to complete her project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> made a card for a friend celebrating a milestone birthday along with a lot of other life changes. She used AALL & Create Our House<\/a> stamps watercolored with Tim Holtz Distress Inks<\/a>. She made a splattery watercolor background in the same colors and added an Idea-ology Small Talk Sticker <\/a>to complete her card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> is celebrating our 11th Birthday by making a card using the AALL & Create Charlie stamp set<\/a>. She added the images to a monoprint background created using Distress Inks<\/a> and the Stampers Anonymous\/Tim Holtz Bubble Layering Stencil<\/a> and added die cut balloons using the Sizzix Circle Play Thinlits Die by Tim Holtz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> created a card to celebrate out 11th birthday using AALL&Create Heapza Hexagonz Stencil<\/a> and Motivation 26 Washi Tape<\/a>, Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Flower Field<\/a> and Classic Lower<\/a> Thinlits, Seal Dies and Switchlits Embossing Folder<\/a> and a new favourite colour combo of Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide Spray<\/a> and Fossilized Amber Distress Spray Stain<\/a> for the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a> made a slimline birthday card using an AALL & Create Flourish Clear Stamp<\/a> by Tracy Evans<\/a>. She heat embossed the image before spritzing with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Spray <\/a>and splattering with Dylusions Lemon Zest<\/a> and Black Marble <\/a>sprays. She colored with Zig Brush Markers <\/a>and added a Tim Holtz Label Sticker<\/a> and a few Orca Sequins<\/a> to finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> made a birthday card to celebrate our 11 years, using AALL and Create’s Dashing Crow<\/a> and I’m Late<\/a> stamps, along with Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Countdown Thinlits.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag using AALL & Veggies A4 Clear Stamp<\/a> on the tag, and decorated the image with Ranger Mini Glossy Accents Glue Adhesive<\/a> and added sentiments with Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Sentiment Label Stickers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra<\/a> made a bright card using Distress Oxide Spray and Spray Stain in the colors Speckled Egg<\/a> and Crackling Campfire<\/a>, which match perfectly with the Twine AALL & Create Washi tape<\/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