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

Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful time over the holidays and we hope you have fabulous 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for joining us for the Cold and Frosty 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 get 2025 off to a great start with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOMETHING NEW<\/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 AALL & Create <\/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

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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This week we\u2019re welcoming back the lovely Pauline C<\/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

Pauline<\/a> made a vintage style card using her new AALL & Create Floral Flyer Clear Stamp Set<\/a>, Papyrus Essence<\/a> and Parallel Rectangle <\/a>Die Sets. The background was created using Art Notes <\/a>and Quill Ends Stamp Sets <\/a>and  Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pads<\/a> and a Dot Fade Layering Stencil<\/a>. <\/strong>The butterfly and pen nib were coloured with Distress Watercolor Pencils<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> used several newer AALL & Create products for her MemoryDex card: the Penned With Love<\/a> die set, Heartnook<\/a> die set, Petal Pottery<\/a> die set as well as Vocabulary Blend<\/a> stamps, Bits of Alpha<\/a> stamps, and Power Words<\/a> washi tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin <\/a>made an art journal page for the beginning of the new year. She used the AALL & Create Flower Press stamp<\/a> for the focal image, which was colored with pencils. The hearts were made with the Simon Says Stamp Falling in Love stencil <\/a>from the new To Love release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> wanted to start the year with something really new for her, a memorydex card. The card is cut with the AALL & Create Spring Sprouts Dies 49<\/a>. In the center a stamp from the Mr. Frostie set by Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous<\/a>, a wreath cut with the Funky Wreath Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz Sizzix<\/a>. For the background she used various Ranger Distress Spritz<\/a> and Distress Mica Stain<\/a> in shades of blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lols <\/a>used a new AALL& Create Mad Tea Party Stamp Set<\/a> to make a quirky card. She colored the Mad Hatter with Copic Markers <\/a>and added a couple of fun googly eyes<\/a>. For the background she used a selection of Tim Holtz Layering Stencils<\/a> and Distress Inks<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a set of cards with this cute couple of robots from Creative Expressions Botology Better Together<\/a> stamp set. On the background there is “love” repetition all around the page with letters by Tim Holtz Sign Painter<\/a>. She also added Penny Black Ascending dies<\/a> to add a green touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> is trying out a new idea making a mushroom themed zine. She learned that mushrooms are a symbol of luck in some cultures, and thought this would be a great way to start a new year. She used AALL and Create’s Mycelium Potions stamps<\/a>, AALL and Create’s Edison Glow stamp<\/a>, AALL and Create’s Onion Skin stencil<\/a> and Fungal Trips Ephemera<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag using her new AALL & Create Buttercream Birdy Bliss A7 Clear Stamps<\/a> on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology SENTIMENTS Label Stickers<\/a> and Pinkfresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 6 Ephemera Set<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paste<\/a> to create these wonderful crackles! She also used Tim Holtz Ideaology<\/a> to decorate her tag. She used Distress Sprays<\/a> to add colors and Tim Holtz Photomatic<\/a> as main focus of her tag!<\/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