{"id":3122,"date":"2015-09-28T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2015-09-28T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T15:37:09","slug":"challenge-ombre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=3122","title":{"rendered":"Challenge: Ombre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you for joining us for the \u00a0Stamp-It Challenge and Hop and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0Ashli<\/a>‘s \u00a0last week with us on the Design Team, Ashli<\/a>\u00a0has been with us for a few years and we will be sad to see you go. Nicole<\/a> has moved on to pastures new too. We would like to wish you both the very best of luck for the future.<\/p>\n

This week we are challenging you to<\/p>\n

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Definition: Ombre\u00a0is a French word for a color with a shaded tone or varying tones. An example of\u00a0ombre\u00a0is a color that fades from dark gray to light gray.<\/p>\n

From the popular Hero Arts ink pads to the new Distress DIY ink pads ombre is one trend that is going strong! You can be inspired to use an ink pad, make your own blend of colors, or even go for something monochromatic if you like.<\/p>\n

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Store<\/a><\/p>\n

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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<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Andrea<\/a> blended some sweet Spring shades for her inspiring Butterfly Girl.<\/p>\n

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I adore this time of year when the leaves are changing, I can whip out my boots, and full sweater weather is in effect!\u00a0 Even so, I still like to keep a little sense of Spring with me and thought this Butterfly Girl would be just what I needed.\u00a0 I made her using an adorable stamp from Penny Black called Melle Papillon<\/a>, the fabulous new Royal Menagerie<\/a> paper collection from Prima and the Martha Stewart Circle Border Punch Starter Set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anna-Karin <\/a>is very fond of ombre effects.<\/p>\n

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This week, I made a card using two different Hero Arts Ombre ink pads. The Doily Pattern Background<\/a> looked wonderful stamped with the\u00a0Pool to Navy<\/a>\u00a0ink pad, and I almost didn’t want to cover up any of the background. The butterflies and sentiments were stamped with the Layering Butterflies <\/a>set and the edge was die cut with the fun Simon Says Stamp Notebook Edge<\/a> die.<\/p>\n

Ashli<\/a> put one of her new Hero Arts Ombre pads to work this week…<\/p>\n

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Using my new Hero Arts Ombre ink pad<\/a>, I applied ink directly to the background of this fun, fall tag. I then used the same ombre ink to stamp a lovely script<\/a> onto my wood leaf<\/a>. Layered up with more goodies, and topped off with some fun doodles… we have a fabulous fall tag!<\/p>\n

Barbara<\/a>\u00a0loves vivid colors<\/p>\n

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I love to use different shades of color of the same hue, it is a technique that always gives a good result! For this challenge I chose tones to suit on Halloween. Ephemera pack frightful<\/a>, Halloween words script<\/a> and Distress ink pads<\/a> are my travel mates for this week!<\/p>\n

Cheiron<\/a> gave ombre purple a try!<\/p>\n

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I love the new Wilted Violet Distress Ink<\/a> and could not wait to give it a try. I blended it with some Shaded Lilac and Victorian Velvet to make the ombre paper I used the Neat and Tangled Seeing Stars <\/a>die to cut the stars, and added a big bold ombre sentiment using the Neat and Tangled Bible Journaling stamp set <\/a>and colored it in with Distress Markers.<\/p>\n

Emma<\/a>‘s birds are just crazy about Halloween!<\/p>\n

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When I thought of ombre ~ I thought of a beautiful night sky and used Distress Stains on watercolour card to create the background for my fun Halloween invite. I stamped<\/a> and die cut<\/a> my two little crazy monsters and dressed them up using the Crazy Things stamp set<\/a>, before adding them to my trick or treat night scene.<\/p>\n

Lols<\/a>\u00a0used her favorite colours of blue and aqua to make an icy Christmas tag.<\/p>\n

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Christmas is only 87 days away and this year I intend to have all of my tags made ahead of time, well that is the plan! I used \u00a0Stormy Sky<\/a>, Chipped Sapphire<\/a>, Broken China<\/a> and Tumbled Glass<\/a> Distress Ink Pads to create an ombre effect background and love how it turned out. I might just save this tag and use it for a gift to myself!<\/p>\n

Maura<\/a>\u00a0 loves this time of year to explore nature.<\/p>\n

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This is a great time of the year to spend outdoors, whether you are hiking, harvesting your garden, or just enjoying some sunshine and cooler weather. I know season wise, I probably should have chosen fall colors, but I had to go with my favorite – green. Did you know you can make your own\u00a0custom distress ink pads<\/a>? \u00a0It\u2019s so much fun to create personal blends to stamp with. The Simon Says\u00a0One with Nature<\/a>\u00a0stamp set is a new favorite of mine. Love those trees! I can imagine many ways to play with these. I love\u00a0Pitt Pens<\/a>\u00a0 to add my own doodled element, the sun.<\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to created a tag with a fall color palette.<\/p>\n

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Fall is officially here. This week, I decided to use the fall color palette to create this tag. After adding the texture on the background with Prima Flowers Texture Paste<\/a>, I colored the tag with Sakura Koi Watercolors<\/a>\u00a0and an\u00a0Aquash Brush<\/a>. Some Tim Holtz metal embellishments<\/a> were adhered to finish off this project.<\/p>\n

Michelle<\/a>\u00a0created an ombre watercolor background.<\/p>\n

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It all started with a watercolor background in my journal. The Zig Kuretake Watercolors<\/a>\u00a0were so beautiful that it was hard to cover it up!\u00a0But I couldn’t let that stop me. Stamped\u00a0Altenew Painted Flowers<\/a> made lovely accents for my vintage papers and pieces of Crate Paper Wonder Ephemera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sandra<\/a>\u00a0is in love with the new DIY custom blend ink pads
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\nWhat a fun idea to make your own ink pads, and I love the ombre effect. Perfect time to give the\u00a0DIY ink pad<\/a>\u00a0a try. I used the\u00a0Spun Sugar<\/a>,\u00a0Picked Raspberry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dusty Concord<\/a>\u00a0reinkers. I applied them to the\u00a0Bubbles<\/a>\u00a0stencil and stamped with it. I love the look it gave me!<\/p>\n

Suzz<\/a>\u00a0 played with her paints to see if she could create her own ombre combinations.<\/p>\n

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I decided to create some fun backgrounds using a mix of paints with stencils to create backgrounds for a series of ATC’s.\u00a0\u00a0 The Stencilgirl Layer Circle Stencil<\/a> provided a great background to apply paint over.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I used The Crafter’s Workshop Stencil – Mini Specimins<\/a> as my focal point with Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing Paste<\/a> to add a layer of texture. \u00a0 For this ATC I\u00a0 used the blues and greens but I also dabbled in pinks, yellow and oranges.<\/p>\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

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Do you use Instagram ? \u00a0If so please add\u00a0\u00a0#sssmchallenge\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>so we can see your entries there too!<\/p>\n

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Blog<\/a>\u00a0, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out<\/p>\n

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You have until Monday \u00a08am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in<\/p>\n

We will also be choosing \u00a0a few of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.
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