{"id":41776,"date":"2026-05-11T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=41776"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:14:56","slug":"mothers-day-feminine-challenge-winner-and-designer-spotlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=41776","title":{"rendered":"Mother&#8217;s Day\/Feminine Challenge 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 Mother&#8217;s Day\/Feminine  Challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/watermarksdesigns.blogspot.com\/2026\/05\/a-stitch-in-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">#16 Maureen<\/a> &#8211; Maura loves the gorgeous detail in Maureen\u2019s card, from the layering and texture, to the stitching. Hand stitching has been a favorite pastime for women through history, and Maureen\u2019s card shares this. The colors also evoke the feminine side. Beautiful card Maureen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watermarksdesigns.blogspot.com\/2026\/05\/a-stitch-in-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"507\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/IMG_0526.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/IMG_0526.jpeg 507w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/IMG_0526-238x300.jpeg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyellibelle.com\/2026\/05\/a-monocromatic-card-and-some-vacation.html\" target=\"_blank\">#73 &#8211; Elllie<\/a> &#8211; Kath loves the use of a monochromatic colour on Ellie&#8217;s card and the stamping in black to create contrast and interest on the background which proves that there is certainly beauty in simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"492\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/ellie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/ellie.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/ellie-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYKAfoAjXVK\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">#69 Edith Mars<\/a>&#8211; Lols loves this card! The bunny is adorable and I love that it&#8217;s interactive,sitting on a swing!! and the background is amazing. Absolutely gorgeous!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYKAfoAjXVK\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Bunny-600x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Bunny-600x601.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Bunny-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Bunny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Bunny-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Bunny.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\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<p>Here are your random numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">79\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Timestamp: 2026-05-11 12:00:03 UTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYJ-y7BmxV9\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Em <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYJ-y7BmxV9\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Em&#8217;s gorgeous card!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYJ-y7BmxV9\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Em-600x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Em-600x721.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Em-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Em.jpg 754w\" 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 Mother&#8217;s Day\/Feminine Challenge! #16 Maureen &#8211; Maura loves the gorgeous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42178,"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\/41776"}],"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=41776"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42181,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776\/revisions\/42181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}