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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 ‘Pets Corner’ Challenge and we hope you will join in this week too!<\/p>\n

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

Young At Heart \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

You can interpret this challenge in a number of ways, the obvious being to add a heart onto your project, but you can also interpret as being young at heart and adventurous or daring! However you interpret this theme we will be looking forward to seeing what you make!<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the first Monday of the month and that means that we are showcasing a specific company. This week we have chosen to showcase our very own Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products<\/a>. You can check out the latest ‘Hey Love’ release here<\/a>, its full of ‘love-ly’ stamps, dies, stencils and more.<\/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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This week we are welcoming Nicola\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0aka Paper Profusion<\/a>\u00a0into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited Nicola’s blog before then you are in for a real treat, her work is fabulous!<\/p>\n

Nicola<\/a> made a love themed exploding box using Basic Squares<\/a>,\u00a0Heart Smile<\/a>,\u00a0Stacked Hearts<\/a>, Believe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Love<\/a>\u00a0Craft Dies.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Andrea<\/a> made an artsy-heartsy card using Simon Says Stamp’s Hello Sunshine<\/a> frame die, hearts from Simon Says Stamp’s Roses for You<\/a> stamp set, and postcards from Altenew’s Reflections<\/a> scrapbook kit.<\/p>\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made a Valentine’s Day card this week, using various Simon Says Stamp Exclusive stamps and dies, such as the Love and Quotes<\/a>, Hey Love <\/a>and Clipping Heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Barbara<\/a> \u00a0used Simon’s dies \u00a0Best day ever<\/a>\u00a0and Mini heart set<\/a>\u00a0to create a card dedicated to her husband! Brushstrokes<\/a>\u00a0set by Tim Holtz and Distress inks<\/a> for this romantic background!<\/p>\n

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Cathie<\/a>\u00a0created a canvas using Simon Says Stamp Circle Dots<\/a> and Mosaic Heart<\/a> stencils and Hearts Align<\/a> and Stacked Hearts<\/a> dies.<\/p>\n

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Emma<\/a>\u00a0created a shabby chic Valentine’s card using the Simon Says Stamp “Love Is” Background Stamp<\/a> and combining it with a handcrafted\u00a0Tim Holtz Tattered Floral<\/a>\u00a0bloom\u00a0and a\u00a0Tim Holtz quote stamp<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Kath<\/a>\u00a0decorated a canvas with a Love theme using Simon Says Stamp Stacked Hearts Die<\/a> and lots of Tim Holtz Idea-ology<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lols<\/a>\u00a0made a card using some gorgeous shimmery\u00a0Rose Gold Beeswax Polish<\/a> and a Drawn Hearts Stencil <\/a>for the background and also used a fabulous new\u00a0Stacked Hearts<\/a>\u00a0and Stitched Rectangle Dies\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0to make a faux shaker.<\/p>\n

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Macarena<\/a>\u00a0has made a set of Valentine’s Day cards using Simon Says Stamp Mosaic Heart stencil<\/a> and Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers <\/a>stamp set. The word YOU on the red card was made with letters from Simon Says Stamp Stay Strong die<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Maura<\/a> altered a candy box and decorated the lid with Simon Says Stamp Sketch Heart<\/a> and Hearts Mingle<\/a> die cuts. Then she filled it with valentines using Simon Says Stamp Monster Hugs stamp set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a mixed media tag with die cut hearts using Simon Says Stamp Sketched Hearts Wafer Die<\/a>,\u00a0and Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Valentine<\/a> for the texture on the background.<\/p>\n

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Sandra<\/a> made a card with some products of the Simon Says\u00a0Stamp\u00a0Hey You release<\/a>, like the Best Day Ever die<\/a> and the Drawn Hearts stencil<\/a>.
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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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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