{"id":7935,"date":"2017-01-09T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=7935"},"modified":"2017-01-09T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:18:16","slug":"simon-says-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=7935","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Be Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for all of your fabulous entries into the ‘Start Afresh’ Challenge and we hope you will join in this week too!<\/p>\n

This week we are challenging you to<\/p>\n

Be Square<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

You could choose to make a square card or box or use a square element on your creation! Whatever you decide to make we will be looking forward to seeing your project!<\/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<\/b><\/p>\n

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Autumn<\/a>\u00a0stamped a background with\u00a0<\/span>Patchwork Pieces<\/span><\/a>\u00a0onto an altered Scrabble board game, layering a\u00a0<\/span>Found Relative image<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with the\u00a0<\/span>Tim Holtz Doily die<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrea<\/a> made a box to remind her of her new year’s goal.\u00a0 She used texture paste<\/a>, Tim Holz’s Townscape On the Edge<\/a> die and A Bit Jaded<\/a> Infusions colored stain.<\/p>\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> worked in her square Dylusions journal<\/a> and used various square stencils by StencilGirl<\/a>, together with Dina Wakley’s paints<\/a>..<\/p>\n

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Barbara<\/a> has decided to create a birthday card! To do this she used a square stamp by Tim Holtz – Perspective set<\/a>, \u00a0mixed with Bird crazy <\/a>and Distress ink,<\/a> perfect trio!<\/p>\n

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Cathie<\/a>\u00a0created a vintage style 4×4 square box using a Martha Stewart Score Board<\/a> and embellished it with Simon Says Stamp Large Falling Hearts stencil<\/a>, Love Is background stamp<\/a> and the Love 2 die set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Emma<\/a>\u00a0created layer upon layer of squares to create a\u00a0card celebrating friendship\u00a0and\u00a0used numerous Tim Holtz products, including the Linen Layering Stencil<\/a>, a vintage photo booth image<\/a> and a Small Talk Sticker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kath<\/a>\u00a0has decided her New Year Resolution will be to use up left over crafting bits and pieces so a pile of Stitched Squares<\/a> and Plush Blooming Heart Flowers<\/a>\u00a0die-cut from Felt<\/a>\u00a0were used to make thank you cards for the Christmas gifts she received<\/p>\n

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Lols<\/a>\u00a0made a square Post-It Note holder using a Tim Holtz Mini Crazy Cat<\/a> and a Memory Box Grand Stick Frame Die\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0She made this as a gift and has made a coordinating card too.<\/p>\n

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Macarena <\/a>made a square card with square frame and little black gesso squares using Time Travelers<\/a>\u00a0stamp with Stay Strong<\/a> die and Grungy Grid<\/a> stencil.<\/p>\n

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Maura<\/a> transformed a piece of junk mail into a mini album, using Seth Apter’s Robo Square die<\/a> and Window 3 stamp<\/a>, along with a lot of paint and stencils.<\/p>\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mini square canvas with Prima Flowers Grungy Butterflies<\/a>\u00a0and Tim Holtz Distress Paints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sandra<\/a> made a thank you card with some Infusions Stains<\/a>\u00a0she is now crazy about, Opal Magic Rose-Gold<\/a> Paint and the Tiles<\/a> stencil from Tim Holtz
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Zoey<\/a>\u00a0used Distress Crayons<\/a> and Tim Holtz Idea Ology Photobook<\/a>\u00a0to create these journal card to add to her art journal pages<\/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.<\/p>\n\r\n