{"id":30684,"date":"2023-03-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=30684"},"modified":"2023-04-05T05:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:51:45","slug":"simon-says-easter-spring-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=30684","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Easter\/Spring"},"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 Weather 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easter\/Spring <\/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! <\/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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Pauline<\/a> created a spring meadow scene using Lavinia stamps Wild Hares Set (Large)<\/a>, Garden Poppy<\/a>, Bluebells<\/a>, Gate and Fence<\/a>, Bird Collection<\/a>, Small Trees<\/a>, and Secret Garden<\/a>, stamped with various, Versafine Clair<\/a>, Versafine<\/a> and Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inkpads<\/a>. The background was created using blended Distress Oxide inks<\/a> and Lavinia Acetate Hill Masks<\/a>, and the scene was highlighted with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Galaxy<\/a> and Meteor<\/a> gel pens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> made an Easter card using Poppy Stamps’ Basic Junk Journal Die Set<\/a>, Waffle Flower’s Nesting Eggs Dies<\/a> and Studio Light’s Scallop Fun Die Set<\/a>. She used two fabulous patterned paper collections from Simple Stories: Wildflower<\/a> and Flea Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made an Easter card featuring three bunnies. The bunnies were die cut with Tim Holtz Bunny Stitch set<\/a> and colored with Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Ink. The stamp used for the background is Simon Says Stamp Leaf Edges<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> was inspired by the spring to create a card using the new Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collection<\/a>! This collection is the perfect way to realize super quick cards, tags, journal pages, and much more! For her background she used Tim Holtz Sizzix Doily 3D embossing folder<\/a>, and she added a touch of light with Ranger Gilded Foundry wax<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> is getting ready for Easter and made a vintage style home decor project that will hold tiny chocolate eggs. As the focal point for her Vignette Box<\/a>, she painted a Tim Holtz idea-ology Salvaged Rabbit<\/a> and some Tiny Eggs<\/a> with Distress Paints<\/a> before arranging them alongside a Barrel<\/a> and Bouquet Findings<\/a> to complete the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> made Easter Cards and Gift Bags with a spring garden theme using Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Bunny Stitch Thinlits<\/a>, the sentiment from Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Hipster Bunny<\/a> and added interest and colour to the backgrounds using Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Mini Layering Stencils Focus Set 52 <\/a>and Stitched Set 33<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a funny Easter card with bunnies from Tim Holtz Sizzix Bunny Hop dies<\/a> hopping over the eggs from Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Nature die set<\/a> and the Simon Says Stamp Grassy Edges<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> made a rabbit themed accordion book with AALL and Create’s Big Ears stamp<\/a>, Simon Says Stamp In the Round stencil<\/a>, and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks like Orchid.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a card using Simon Says Cling Stamp CRACKLE BACKGROUND<\/a>on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Sizzix FEATHERED FRIENDS Thinlits Die<\/a> and Tim Holtz Idea-ology CLIPPINGS Sticker Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used Tim Holtz Sizzix Modern Floristry Thinlits Dies<\/a> to decorate her tag and she also used Tim Holtz Idea-ology Snapshots<\/a> as main focus. <\/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