{"id":40464,"date":"2025-12-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=40464"},"modified":"2025-12-20T02:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:34:44","slug":"simon-says-anything-christmas-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=40464","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Anything Christmas\/Holidays"},"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 Wrap It Up Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this challenge we would like you to make anything festive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas\/ Happy Holidays<\/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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Carrie<\/a> created the most adorable hand-made holiday book using papers and accents from Arden Creative Studio\u2019s Season of Joy  Paper Pack and <\/a> Ephemera Pack<\/a>. She watercolored and inked rag paper pages, then added adorable cats from the AALL & Create Winter Whiskers Die-Cuts!<\/a> A very special 8-year-old helped with the last page!! Please pop by Carrie’s IG gallery<\/a> to see the pages!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An old Bigz die was used for the tags that were decorated and popped into the opening of the pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea <\/a>made a Christmas card using AALL & Create’s Snowland die set. She added color using Distress Watercolor Pencils (Set 3)<\/a> and Dina Wakley’s Media Gloss spray<\/a>. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz’s Christmas Sticker Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made an art journal page inspired the poinsettia plant she got a couple of days ago. The flowers were stamped with Tim Holtz The Poinsettia<\/a> and watercolored. The star stamps come from Simon Says Stamp Festive Merriment <\/a>and the page was done in Stamperia Mixed Media Happiness Journal 4×8.5 in.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara <\/a>created a rustic Christmas tag. She chose the Tim Holtz Sizzix 3D Large A5 Embossing Folder Lumber 666884<\/a> die as the base. The tree in the center is from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Cling Rubber Stamps Just Believe cms031 set<\/a>. The star is a coordinating stamp from the Tim Holtz Holiday Things Stamps with Simon Says Stamp Dies Bundle.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Che<\/a>iron<\/a> used the Tim Holtz Retro Santa<\/a> along with the Bold Text Christmas<\/a> cut from Matte Gold Cardstock to create a fun city scene. She colored her background with Uncharted Mariner<\/a> Distress Spray Stain and added Distress Foundry Wax<\/a> for a finishing touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma<\/a> created a Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Panel <\/a>all about the night before Christmas, using Tim Holtz products to tell the story. She added dimension to the panel, by using an Etcetera Facade<\/a> before adding layers including Woodland Garlands<\/a>, Christmas Layers<\/a> and a splash of sparkle with the Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Bundle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath <\/a>created a Christmas card using Simon Says Stamp Wispy Pine Needle Frame Embossing Folder<\/a> and Merry Cover die<\/a>, Tim Holtz\/Sizzix Festive Gatherings Thinlits<\/a>,  Idea-ology Christmas Backdrops 2025 Papers <\/a>and Distress Rock Candy Glitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> loved to play with the mooses from Tim Holtz Sizzix Merry Moose Die set<\/a> which is basicaly almost all she used here. Thye die is prrfect for make a complete holiday scene. For the background she used Tim Holtz Distress Faded Jeans Oxide Ink Pad<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> made a Christmas decor piece for a coffee loving friend. She used Stamperia’s Mug Crafty Shapes<\/a>, Simon Says Stamp’s Friendship Text Background stamp<\/a>, Simon Says Stamp’s Tree Lot stenci<\/a>l, and added some holiday glitz with Dylusions White Linen Shimmer Paint.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media Christmas tag using Simon Says Stamp Radiant Burst Wafer Die<\/a> on the background, and decorated it with Tim Holtz idea-ology 2025 Christmas Layers and Paper Dolls<\/a> and Tim Holtz idea-ology 2025 Christmas Sticker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> created the focal point of this tag using coordinating stamp and dies<\/a>. She built a layered background with Distress Spray Stain<\/a>, then added depth and shading using Distress Oxide Ink<\/a>. To finish, she heat-embossed the sentiment with Gold Embossing Powder<\/a>, perfectly tying all the elements together for a cohesive look.<\/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