{"id":33182,"date":"2023-10-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=33182"},"modified":"2023-10-22T08:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:20:20","slug":"simon-says-text-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=33182","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Text It"},"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 Explore 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 add some words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEXT IT<\/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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Teresa<\/a> used a small Tim Holtz Etcetera Tag <\/a>and some Wood Slices<\/a> as the base for her fall inspired scene. She used Lumber<\/a> and Typewriter 3D Texture Fades<\/a> for the background and used Filament<\/a> and Retro Type Bigz Dies<\/a> for the focal points of the tag. She used Alphanumeric Tiny Type<\/a> and Funky Foliage<\/a>. and completed the tag with some Reindeer Moss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gitta<\/a> made a couple of cards using a Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Bulletin Die Set<\/a>, Tall Text Cling Stamp Set <\/a>Distress Inks<\/a> and Distress Oxide Inks<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> made a notebook cover featuring all sorts of funky fonts. She made a silhouette using Tim Holtz’s Photomatic<\/a> faces and also used Tim’s Abandoned<\/a> and Backdrops, Volume 4<\/a> paper sets. She added even more text with Dina Wakley’s Ledger Paper, Set 1<\/a> and AALL & Create’s Washi Tape (Poets<\/a> and Mix and Match<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin <\/a>made an autumn card with various text and script elements. The patterned paper comes from Tim Holtz Halloween Layers and Paper Dolls<\/a>. The leaves were die cut from paper that had been stamped with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter<\/a> and an alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> created a duo of tags using Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Shattered<\/a> and Foreboding<\/a> stamp sets, Crossbones<\/a>, and Halloween Script<\/a>. Sizzix Moonlight Thinlits Dies<\/a> is absolutely perfect for this project! She chose Ranger Distress Mica Stains and Spray Stain to color her tags: Mulled Cider<\/a>, Holly Branch<\/a>, Villainous potion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> created a card for Halloween using the Happy Happy Halloween<\/a> Die by Simon Says Stamp\/CZ Design. She placed it over a background using the Halloween Damask Stencil<\/a> that she had inked up with Black Soot<\/a> Distress Ink and Antique Linen<\/a> Distress Spray Stain. She created the bright orange accents by adding Distress Opaque Texture Paste and Spiced Marmalade<\/a> DIstress Embossing Glaze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> created a card for Halloween using a combination of dies by Tim Holtz and Sizzix. She invited Mr Bones<\/a> to a Halloween ball, placing him next to the Big Frights Die<\/a> which is layered over an inky background, coloured with Distress Spray Stains<\/a> and Oxide Sprays<\/a>. She completed the card with clouds from the Edison Colorize<\/a> die set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> made a fun Halloween card using Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Edison Colorize<\/a>, Moonlight<\/a> and Artsy Leaves <\/a>Thinlits. She added text to the background and the leaves using Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Dearly Departed<\/a> and Idea-ology Remnant Rubs<\/a> and used Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Christmas Cartoons<\/a> and Tiny Frights<\/a> for the speech bubble sentiment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a pastel colors card using for the background the Hero Arts Antique Map Bold Print<\/a> stamp and for the main panel, a frame from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween 2023 Baseboards and Transparencies<\/a>. She stamped the Tim Holtz The Inspector<\/a> alphabet on an acetate piece with Tsukineko StazOn Cotton White Ink<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> made a set of birthday tags for her globe trotting sister. She used Seth Apter’s Paper Artsy EM66 stamp<\/a>, Seth Apter’s Paper Artsy EM73 stamp<\/a> and did some ink smooshing on the Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Tim Holtz Idea-ology 2023 Halloween Baseboards and Transparencies<\/a> on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz Idea-ology SKULLS<\/a> and Tim Holtz Idea-ology LOCKS AND KEYS Adornments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used a bunch of Tim Holtz Alphabet dies<\/a> that were left from older projects. Then she used Distress Paint <\/a>to add color to the tag. To decorate the tag she used Birds Silhouette<\/a> and the Skulls from the Graveyard<\/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