{"id":28717,"date":"2022-08-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=28717"},"modified":"2023-07-19T05:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:59:59","slug":"simon-says-happy-birthday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=28717","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Happy Birthday!"},"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 Back To School Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we would like you to join us in celebrating our 12th Birthday! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you believe that this challenge has been going for 12 years!! The time has flown by hasn\u2019t 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 Dina Wakley<\/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’s our birthday the lovely folks over at\u00a0Simon Says Stamp<\/a>\u00a0have generously increased the prize this week to a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the \u00a0Simon Says Stamp Store!\u00a0<\/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 Estelle aka atouscrap<\/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

Estelle<\/a> is celebrating our 12th birthday by making an art journal page in her Dina Wakley Media Journal<\/a>. For the background she used a Tim Holtz brayer <\/a> Distress Paint<\/a>, Crayons <\/a> and Floral Layering Stencil<\/a>. She used Black Soot Archival Ink<\/a> to stamp Dina Wakley Interesting Faces<\/a> and Scribbly Birds<\/a> colored with Distress Crayons<\/a>. She finished by adding some  Expedition Ephemera <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> paid homage to both Dina Wakley<\/a> and Simon Says Stamp<\/a> by using supplies from both! The background paper is from Dina Wakley’s<\/a> Collage Collective 2, Vol. 1<\/a> and from her Typed Ledgers, Set 2<\/a>. Andrea used Dina’s<\/a> Scribble Sticks<\/a> and Alpha Block Letters stamp set<\/a>, along with a Simon Says Stamp<\/a> Time to Party stamp set<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> celebrated our challenge’s 12th birthday with an art journal page. She used Dina Wakley’s I Am stamp set <\/a>and combined it with Dina’s Gloss Sprays <\/a>and Media Acrylic Paints<\/a>. The page was done in Dina’s Blue Edition Media Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> used the fabulous acrylic colors by Dina Wakley to paint the flowers over her card. To create this card she chose Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Stamp Set Floral Elements CMS 445<\/a>, Tim Holtz Sizzix Vintage Labels Thinlits Dies<\/a>, Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Theory Thinlits Dies<\/a>, Ranger Dina Wakley Apricot<\/a>, Blushing <\/a>and Media Glossy Spray Sage<\/a>, Tim Holtz Ranger Foundry Wax Kit 2.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> created a fun card using some of her favorite Dina Wakley products including Gloss Sprays<\/a> and the Connected Dots<\/a> stencil to create a monoprint on a piece of Typed Ledgers<\/a> for her background and created a birthday gal using the Make Things Happen<\/a> and Be Bold <\/a>stamp sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> created a page in her Dina Wakley White Media Journal<\/a> to celebrate out 12th birthday using Dina Wakley Typed Media Ledgers Set 1<\/a>, Just Words Collage Paper<\/a> and Acrylic Paints<\/a>, Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Vintage Labels<\/a> and Silhouette Birds<\/a> Thinlits. and Stampers Anonymous Mini Linked Circles Layering Stencil<\/a> from Set 52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a> made a birthday card using a Dina Wakley Scribbly Bird Cling Stamp<\/a>, colored with Distress Inks<\/a>. For the background she made a shaker element using a Tim Holtz Window Frames Baseboard<\/a>. The papers are from a Paper Rose Watercolours and Scribbles Paper Pack<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made us a very delicate Birthday card using Dina Wakley Curly Frond stencil<\/a> for the background and Tim Holtz Sizzix Silhouette Birds<\/a> and Countdown<\/a> dies. She added Pink Fresh Studio Stitched Scallop Circles. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> is celebrating in her Dina Wakley Media Journal <\/a> with lots of color. She used severaDina Wakley<\/a> paints, including Magenta<\/a> and Peacock<\/a>, along with Dina’sTyped Ledgers. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey <\/a>used Tim Holtz Sizzix Sweet Treat<\/a> and Mini Stencil Set28<\/a> to decorate her tag. She then used a Paperdoll<\/a> to decorate it and a stickers from the Metallic IdeaOlogy Book<\/a> . Happy birthday Simon Says Stamp!<\/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