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

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

Use Your\u00a0Favorite Tool \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

What is YOUR favorite crafting tool? Is it a Paper Distresser, a Fuse Tool, a Heat Tool, Die Cutting Machine? We would love to know what is your ‘go to’ tool!<\/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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Nicola’s<\/a>\u00a0favourite tool is her\u00a0Ranger ‘Heat It’ craft tool<\/a>, she used it to heat emboss and to help the distress inks to dry. Nicola used a Tim Holtz\u00a0Sewing Room Dress Form<\/a>,\u00a0Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders <\/a>and\u00a0Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders <\/a>for her\u00a0gorgeous sewing themed card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrea<\/a>, like many others, couldn’t live without her Sizzix Big Shot<\/a> and her Tim Holtz Framelits Tag Collection dies<\/a>.\u00a0 She also is quite fond of the wonky stitched circles in Simon Says Stamp’s Sparkle and Shine stamp set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> too loves her Sizzix Big Shot<\/a>, and also used the We R Memory Keepers Cropadile Corner Chomper Angle<\/a> on this tag with many tags. Stamps are tools too and different Tim Holtz stamps were used to create texture, such as the Newsprint background<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Barbara<\/a> \u00a0always use two tools: Sizzix Big Shot<\/a> \u00a0and Heat tool<\/a>. She used both to create her Etcetera tag with Distress Stains spray<\/a> and Motivation 3 stamps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cathie<\/a>\u00a0used one of her favorite tools, the Prima Distressing Tool<\/a>, to\u00a0distress some Tim Holtz Thrift Shop\u00a0Ephemera<\/a> pieces for her 4×6 burlap panel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Emma<\/a>\u00a0used two of her most used and absolute favourite tools\u00a0~\u00a0a ruler and a paintbrush, and incorporated them into her canvas panel…combining them with Tim Holtz Paper Dolls<\/a> and a Vignette Box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kath’s<\/a> favourite tool is her Tim Holtz Craft Pick<\/a> which she used to create a stitched background with Eclectic Elements thread<\/a> on a notebook cover embellished with a Plush Blooming Heart<\/a> and lots of the new 2017 Tim Holtz Idea-ology<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lols<\/a>\u00a0favourite tool is her Big Shot Plus<\/a>, it is her ‘go to’ tool for almost every project. With so many fabulous dies available and having stamps and coordinating die sets it makes creating projects so much easier than having to cut them out with scissors. Lols used a Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs and Framelits Die Set<\/a> to make a masculine birthday card and a Mini Crazy Dogs and Cats Set<\/a> to make a coordinating tag.<\/p>\n

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Macarena<\/a>‘s favorite tool is still scissors! So she\u00a0rocked with fussy-cutting of Nature Sketchbook Collection<\/a> by Graphic 45 and building her background of the canvas with Grit Paste<\/a> and Infusions<\/a>\u00a0giving a final touch of gold with Opal Magic Paint<\/a>\u00a0and Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Marker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One of Maura’s<\/a> favorite tools is her Prima Water brush<\/a>\u00a0that she used to make a trio of heartfelt bookmarks using the Pretty in Pink Peerless Watercolors<\/a>, and\u00a0\u00a0the Joanne palette<\/a>, and doodled with the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Happy Pens Starter Pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meihsia<\/a> created a mixed media canvas with her all time favorite tools: \u00a0Faber Castell Gelatos Tool Set<\/a>\u00a0for creating the background texture, and Clearsnap Art Daubers<\/a>\u00a0for distressing.<\/p>\n

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Sandra<\/a> couldn’t choose only one favorite, so she used her top 3 of favorite tools, the Vagabond<\/a>, the MISTI <\/a>and\u00a0the Ranger\u00a0Heat tool<\/a> to create this birthday card.
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Zoey<\/a>\u00a0used her favorite Dies Cutting Tim Holtz Sizzix Butterfly Duo and Texture Treads<\/a>\u00a0and Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops Wafer dies<\/a>\u00a0to create this art journal mini album<\/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 a selection 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