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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 ‘Best Friends’ challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too!<\/p>\n

Before moving onto the challenge we would like to say a HUGE thank you to Suzz<\/a> who has been with us for a couple of years but she is moving on to pastures new. We would like to wish you the very best of luck Suzz, it has been a pleasure working with you.<\/p>\n

We are currently looking through all of the entries into the Design Team Call and we will be making our decisions as soon as possible. There is so much fabulous talent and this is a very difficult decision. Thank you to everyone!<\/p>\n

Please scroll down to see who are in the Designer Spotlight and who is the lucky winner of the ‘Best Friends’ Challenge!<\/p>\n

This week the challenge is<\/p>\n

LOVE IS IN THE AIR + USE RED\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

With Valentine’s Day in a few days we are getting all romantic and creating for someone we love. As red is the color of love we would like tho see a hint of that in your creation too! We will be looking forward to seeing what you create!<\/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

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This is Zoey’s last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to thank you for all of your fabulous creations over the past month. It has been a real pleasure having you along with us.<\/p>\n

Zoey:<\/a> “Love when you are ready, not when you are lonely” \u00a0is the quote that inspired my project today.<\/p>\n

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I used a mix of scrap paper from\u00a0Crowded Attic<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Postale Tissue Wrap Paper<\/a>\u00a0and I used\u00a0Gel Medium<\/a>\u00a0to stick everything together. I then brushed it over with\u00a0Gesso<\/a>\u00a0to mute the colors. I used a\u00a0Mesh Layering Stencil\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Aged Mahogany<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Walnut Stain<\/a>\u00a0to add color to the background.I modelled the wire to get a figure and a heart balloon and I covered part of the figure with\u00a0Postale Tissue Wrap Paper<\/a>\u00a0and added color with\u00a0an\u00a0Aged Mahogany<\/a>\u00a0Distress Marker.\u00a0I embellished with\u00a0Raspberry Seed Beads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Corked Vials<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andrea<\/a> loves fortune cookies and thought others might love these little Valentine’s treats, too.<\/p>\n

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Oh how I adore fortune cookies!\u00a0 When I was a teen, my dad would often surprise me with a bag of fortune cookies that he’d picked up at an Asian market close to his work.\u00a0 Not only do I love the taste and intriguing fortunes that these cookies offer, but they remind me of the many little ways my parents let me know they love me.\u00a0 So when I saw the American Crafts Valentine Fortune Cookie Kit<\/a>, I had to give it a try!\u00a0 I added some words made with Tim Holtz’s Label Letters<\/a> and gave these some more color oomph with Picked Raspberry<\/a> Distress Ink.<\/p>\n

Anna-Karin<\/a> made a mosaic pen holder for her desk.<\/p>\n

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I love the look of mosaic and was looking forward to trying out Ranger’s Distress Mosaic Kit<\/a>. The final result looks really cool and it is easy to do. The pen holder was embellished with Tim Holtz idea-ology pieces, such as an airplane<\/a> and a Shield charm<\/a>. Words were die cut with the Adventure Words Script<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barbara<\/a> has created this canvas thinking to her \u00a0beloved husband (25 years of love !)<\/p>\n

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I dedicated my canvas \u00a0to my husband and me, \u00a0because 2016 means to us 25 years of love! We met in 1991 …. Neither of the two \u00a0likes to be photographed and I used for this project \u00a0 a photo \u00a0from Found relatives<\/a>, I did some \u00a0mixed media experiments ( I must to learn \u00a0much more in this craft zone!!!) , using Dina Wakley White Gesso<\/a> \u00a0and Distress Paint<\/a>, to finish \u00a0I gave a touch of red and gold (Vintage shiny foil)<\/a>. At last \u00a0I added a Word band<\/a>, perfect to describe my feelings!<\/p>\n

Cheiron<\/a>\u00a0used her new favorite red, Candied Apple on her love themed card.<\/p>\n

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I made this valentine by mono printing with the Doily Layering Stencil<\/a> onto Distress watercolor card stock to create my background in shades of pinks and reds. To tie it all together, I die cut and painted the Ornate Frame<\/a> in a gorgeous shade of Candied Apple Distress Paint<\/a>. Bunches of fun little hearts from the Heartfelt<\/a>\u00a0and some mirrored hearts decorate the frame.<\/p>\n

Emma<\/a>‘s treat box has been struck by Cupid’s arrow!<\/p>\n

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As Cupid get’s ready to fire his arrows, I chose to make a little jewel incrusted box full of chocolate treats and all wrapped up in a crinkle ribbon bow. I added glittered die cut hearts<\/a> to the painted and stamped sides and completed the box with a Trophy Cup<\/a>, holding a couple of gilded\u00a0adornment arrows<\/a> and full of love potion number 9!<\/p>\n

Lols<\/a>\u00a0made a tag for her husband to use on the gift he is going to buy her *wink*<\/p>\n

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I love these Crazy Birds<\/a> and couldn’t resist dressing him up as a dapper gent in a dickie bow and top hat from the Crazy Things Set<\/a>. I inked the tag with Mowed Lawn<\/a>, Tumbled Glass<\/a> and Stormy Sky<\/a> Distress Inks and then used some Embossing Paste<\/a> and Hearts Stencil<\/a> to add more texture. \u00a0I used the heart and ‘ground’ from a Scribbles and Splat Die Set\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and ‘i love you’ from a Small Chat Stickers<\/a>\u00a0Pack. Now I am hoping that hubby will buy me a nice gift to attach this to, not that I am dropping any hints or anything!<\/p>\n

Maura<\/a> is loving adding some pink to her steampunk.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been challenging myself to move out of my color palette, and this time, it’s pink. Add that to something I would not tie in with pink, steampunk, or as I am calling this – SteamPink! I love steampunk, which just goes to show this challenge can be about anything you love. I went for the brightest pink I could find, Dylusions Bubblegum Pink<\/a> and my touch of red, is the delicious Candy Apple Red Distress paint<\/a>. It’s always fun to add the embellishments when I have ones like Tim Holtz’s Mini Gear Sprockets<\/a> and Sprocket Gear Watches<\/a> to use. Of course, I had to add some love, and the Big Chat stickers<\/a> were just the thing.<\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> created an art journal page with her favorite mixed media elements.<\/p>\n

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It’s always fun to experiment different medias and elements in the art journal. I sprayed the background of this page with Distress Spray<\/a> and ColorBox Stencil<\/a>. The die cut letters were colored with Distress Paint<\/a> and layered on top of the burlap<\/a> and cheese cloth. I really adore this sentiment so I stamped and embossed it with ColorBox black ink and clear embossing powder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sandra<\/a> loves trying new things in her art journal
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\nI\u00a0love my art journal and trying different things in it.\u00a0I love\u00a0Ikea and this is kind of an ode to that\u00a0store.\u00a0Do you see\u00a0the pages of the catalog in the back?\u00a0Wonderful for creating an interesting background. To cover most of it up\u00a0I applied a thin layer of Gesso<\/a>.\u00a0As the theme is using red, I’ve mostly used Bubblegum Pink<\/a>\u00a0and Barn Door<\/a> Paint.<\/p>\n

Suzz<\/a> created a striking tag full of love.<\/p>\n

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I want to thank Heidi, Stephanie and Lols very much for the time spent on the design team. It has been a wonderful experience!\u00a0 My tag today celebrates love with a mix of reds, pinks, gray and black.\u00a0 I used the Tim Holtz Tiny Tattered Florals<\/a> to create a path of flowers. I stenciled the background with the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil – Valentine<\/a> to add a strong graphic in the background.<\/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<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>so we can see your entries there too!<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 3 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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