{"id":39578,"date":"2025-07-28T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=39578"},"modified":"2025-07-30T04:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:17:19","slug":"background-winner-and-designer-spotlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=39578","title":{"rendered":"Background Winner and Designer Spotlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/designer-spotlight.png\" alt=\"designer-spotlight\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have 3 artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Make Your Own Background Challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMpnHkfs5Qh\/?igsh=MThrZGhleDVnaGN4cg==\" target=\"_blank\">#130 Cassandra <\/a>&#8211; Maura loves all the gorgeous textures Cassandra created for her make. The dragonfly echoes summer, and be brave is a statement of strength that pulls this together beautifully. Wonderful mix of color, image and texture, Cassandra!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMpnHkfs5Qh\/?igsh=MThrZGhleDVnaGN4cg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/IMG_0491-600x573.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/IMG_0491-600x573.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/IMG_0491-300x287.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/IMG_0491.jpeg 715w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/craftystamping.blogspot.com\/2025\/07\/on-wild-side.html\" target=\"_blank\">#128 Fiona<\/a> &#8211; Kath loves how Fiona used lots of stamped images to create a beautiful layered look to the background, the neutral tones with a pop of purple are beautiful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Fiona-600x468.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Fiona-600x468.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Fiona-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Fiona.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMa-qVVy4iI\/?igsh=MTY2NmlxM3N2ZXNmYw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#16 Gael<\/a>&#8211; Lols loves how Gael used  the new <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\/collections\/shop?q=Tim+Holtz+neon+alcohol+inks&amp;fallbackQuery=tim+new+alcohol+inks\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Holtz Neon Alcohol Inks<\/a> to create this fabulous background! It looks just like the Northern Lights! The colors even glow!  The geese silhouettes and grasses are just perfect! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMa-qVVy4iI\/?igsh=MTY2NmlxM3N2ZXNmYw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gael-600x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gael-600x678.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gael-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gael-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gael.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please copy this spotlight badge, display it on the sidebar of your blog and if you could please&nbsp;link it to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simon Says Stamp<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/09\/designer-spotlight-badge.png\" alt=\"designer-spotlight-badge\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We now have this lovely badge for you to add to your sidebar if you are this weeks, or a previous, winner please feel free to add this to your sidebar and please link it to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\">Simon Says Stamp&nbsp;Monday Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-300x300.png\" alt=\"Monday Challenge Winner-01\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So who is the lucky winner of the $25 voucher? Please note, all of our winners are chosen at random so everyone has an equal chance of winning. Good Luck to all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/25voucherSSS-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/25voucherSSS-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/25voucherSSS-1-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Random Integer Generator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are your random numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">67\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Timestamp: 2025-07-30 08:10:31 UTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com\/2025\/07\/rudolph-snippets-and-tags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brenda!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and this is <a href=\"https:\/\/stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com\/2025\/07\/rudolph-snippets-and-tags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brenda&#8217;s gorgeous card<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com\/2025\/07\/rudolph-snippets-and-tags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Brenda-600x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Brenda-600x534.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Brenda-300x267.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Brenda.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! Please email us so we can explain how you can claim your prize, the address is on the sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be sure to include your full name in the email so we can issue a Gift Certificate<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge and we hope you will all join in our current challenge too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>luv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lols and the DT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have 3 artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Make Your Own Background Challenge! #130 Cassandra &#8211; Maura loves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":39672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,52,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39578"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39729,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39578\/revisions\/39729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}