{"id":25880,"date":"2021-11-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=25880"},"modified":"2021-11-30T00:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:48:29","slug":"simon-says-sparkle-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=25880","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Sparkle Mode"},"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 ATC 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 something glittery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPARKLE MODE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are showcasing Stampendous Products<\/a> this week! Stampendous<\/a> are celebrating their very special 40th Anniversary! How fabulous is that!! Huge Congratulations to the owner Fran and her wonderful team! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You don’t have to use Stampendous Products<\/a> to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used, especially as this is such a special occasion!<\/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\u2019s Laura’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

Laura<\/a> made a Christmas sparkle shaker card. The background is made using Metallic Acrylic Paints <\/a>and a Gel Press<\/a>. She machine stitched some tulle and filled it with a mix of Sequins<\/a> and Glitter<\/a>. She used WOW Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder<\/a> and Simon Says Stamp Santa’s Sleigh Ride Slider <\/a>Clear Stamp Set<\/a> for the focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> thought Edgar Allan Poe deserved a bit of happy sparkly pizzazz. She used Stamping Bella’s Oddball Edgar Allan Poe stamp<\/a>, Stampendous’s Snowflakes Embossing Powder Kit<\/a>, some American Crafts Embossing pens<\/a> and Simon’s own Scattered Stars<\/a> stencil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made a sparkly Christmas card this week, using Stampendous Shaved Ice <\/a>to create glittering snow. The stamp is Simon Says Stamp Night Before Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> created a card using Stampendous Chunky White Powder ( from Stampendous Snowflakes Embossing Powder Kit<\/a>) on the cute bear from Tim Holtz Sizzix Cozy Winter Thinlits die<\/a>. She added a touch of sparkle using Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stencil Speckles<\/a> together with Snowfall Texture ( from Ranger Distress Holiday Texture set<\/a>) and RangerDistress Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy.<\/a> To create texture on the trees she used Simon Says Cling Stamp Wood Planks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> created a card using the Simon Says Stamp Sprinkle Snowglobe <\/a>Embossing Folder and embossed the base of it with Stampendous Sparkle Puff Embossing Powder from the Snowflakes Kit.<\/a> She added die cuts from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Darling Deer<\/a>, Funky Nordic<\/a> and Swirling Stars<\/a> dies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> used Tim Holtz’s Mica Flakes<\/a>, Nightfall Glitter<\/a> and Tinsel Glitter<\/a> to add plenty of sparkle to her Christmas 2021 Vault Series Die Cuts<\/a> that she layered onto a Mini Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Tag<\/a> to create a festive scene full of layers and texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> created cards that sparkle as you turn them in the light using the fun technique of stamping into layers of molten embossing powders. She used Stampendous Snowflakes <\/a>and Mermaid Sea<\/a> Embossing Powder Kits, Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Retro Flakes<\/a>, inked with Ground Espresso Distress Archival ink<\/a> and added Simon Says Reverse Merriest Christmas Sentiment Strips<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a> used a Stampendous House Mouse Ornament Sled Cling Stamp<\/a> along with a Beach Embossing Powder Kit<\/a>, a Carabelle Studio Constellation Stencil<\/a>, Light and Fluffy Modeling Paste<\/a>, Prisma Glitter<\/a> and a Tim Holtz Small Chat Sentiment Sticker <\/a>to make her fun sparkly Christmas card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a simple card with a winter landscape using Tim Holtz Sizzix dies: Alpine<\/a>, Tree line<\/a> and Merry Moose<\/a>. She built the background using Tim Holtz Script stencil<\/a>. She added a snow by using the Stampendous Beach embossing powder<\/a> – Chunky White and gave a touch of sparkle with Distress Mika Flakes<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> added some sparkle to a notebook she made from a coffee cup, with Stampendous Shaved Ice<\/a>, Tim Holtz Distress Holiday Mica Stain<\/a>, and Kuretake Gansai Tambi Gem watercolors<\/a>. It’s topped off with Stampendous’s Cocoa Gnome<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media Christmas tag using Stamperia Christmas Patchwork Clear Stamps<\/a> and added the snow with Studio Katia Chunky Sparkle Glitters<\/a>. The holiday sentiments were from Stampendous Clear Stamps Brushed Greetings<\/a> and Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Christmas Remnant Rubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra<\/a> made a sparkly Christmas card using Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze<\/a> and the Sparkle stencil<\/a>, and added even more glitz with the Sparks Mermaid Sparkle paint<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used Stampendous AUTUMN FLING Embossing Powder Kit ek33<\/a> to decorate this tag. She also used Tim Holtz Sizzix SCRIBBLY SNOWFLAKES Thinlits Dies<\/a> for the background. <\/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