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

Happy New Year!! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and hope Santa left you something crafty in your stocking! :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for joining us for the Sparkle and Shine 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOMETHING NEW <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Year, New Craft Stash, New Baby, New Job, anything ‘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 Paper Artsy<\/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 Natasha Vacca<\/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

Natasha<\/a> created a large playing card using a new Paper Artsy<\/a> Cosmos Edition Stamp Set<\/a>. She added texture and detail to the background using the Tim Holtz Entomology Collage Paper<\/a>  along with Acrylic Paints, Antique Linen<\/a> and Vintage Photo<\/a> Distress Ink and Crayons! She heat embossed the flowers and colored using a Gansai Tambi Watercolors Set<\/a>. The project was completed using twine, a sentiment, and white splatters!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrea<\/a> made a notebook full of good wishes for the new year. She used Paper Artsy stamps from some of her favorite designers, such as Seth Apter’s EM124 stamp<\/a> and his EM142 stamp<\/a>. She also used Kate Crane’s KCM002 stamp<\/a> and words from her KC016 stamp set<\/a>. She pulled in some fabric scraps from the Odile Bailloeul Festival Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made a January art journal page, to celebrate the first month of the new year. She used Paper Artsy Winter Umbels<\/a> and Winter Grasses<\/a> stamp sets. The background was made with Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stain. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barbara<\/a> created a trio of winter\/New Year’s greeting tags using Paper Artsy Mattints<\/a> and Ranger Distress Ink Spray Stain<\/a>. The center of each tag is from a stamp set by Tim Holtz’s Stampers Anonymous Christmas Blueprint CMS 135<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheiron<\/a> created a card to set an intention for the New Year using Paper Artsy Golden Sands Infusions<\/a> to create a background with the Dina Wakley Media Mushy Dots<\/a> Stencil. She combined it with Pine Needles Distress Oxide, some coloring from Distress Watercolor Pencils and stamps from the Tim Holtz Eccentric<\/a> set. For a focal image she added a leaf from the Dina Wakley Bold Botanicals<\/a> stamps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kath<\/a> – created a frosty winter card to welcome in the New Year using Simon Says Stamp The Small Things stamp set<\/a>, Crystal Snowflake wafer dies<\/a> and Cool Tones Pawsitively Dazzling Gems<\/a> from the January 2025 Card Kit along with PaperArtsy In The Navy Infusions<\/a> and Tim Holtz\/Stampers Anonymous Worn Text stamp set<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a underwater scene using new Paper Artsy Hot Pics Printed Tissue pt01<\/a> and fussy cut the fish, coloring it from behind and glued with Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium<\/a>. She embellished the scene with corals from Craft Consortium Sea and Shore dies<\/a> and Spellbinders Set Sail Etched Dies<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maura<\/a> created a batch of ATC’s with a nature theme and mushrooms symbolizing good fortune, prosperity and longevity in the new year. She used new Paper Artsy’s Scrapcosy Stamps<\/a> <\/a>and Hot Picks Printed Tissue, <\/a> Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz<\/a>, and Tracy Evans Numerical Cats.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a tag to celebrate the new year using Paper Artsy Lynne Perrella Cling Stamps<\/a> on the background, and decorated it with her new die cut collections from Karen Burniston Fireworks Dies<\/a> and Simon Says Stamp CHAMPAGNE FLUTES Wafer Dies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoey<\/a> used for the first time a blend of Paper Artsy Infusions (Olive Tree<\/a>, Walnut<\/a>, Green Man<\/a>), she also used some Sizzix Thinlits<\/a> to decorate her tag and Distress Spray Stain<\/a> to highlight her main word “now”<\/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