{"id":8881,"date":"2017-03-13T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2017-03-19T06:08:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T10:08:56","slug":"spotlights-winner-make-background-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=8881","title":{"rendered":"Spotlights and Winner for the Make Your Own Background Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"designer-spotlight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/designer-spotlight.png\" width=\"542\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have five artists in the Designer Spotlight for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=8398\" target=\"_blank\">Make Your Own Background Challenge<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snippets-karen.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/for-you.html\" target=\"_blank\">#48 Karen Dunbrook<\/a> &#8211; Emma says: Karen has created an amazing background on this card and I adore the effect she achieved, it&#8217;s just fabulous and the overall effect is really striking!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mycraftworldjj.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/thinking-of-you-card-with-infusions.html\" target=\"_blank\">#91 Julien Jiang<\/a> &#8211; Andrea says: I was so impressed at how Infusions colored stain was used to create this subtle, yet striking, background. The color combination was unique and original and I thought the combination of sophistication and whimsy was perfect!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/susanjanicula.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/paint-with-infusions-on-your-own.html\" target=\"_blank\">#185 Susan Janicula<\/a> &#8211; Macarena says: This tag has stolen my heart. I love so much the warm browns below the transparent embossed stripes. Susan mixed the Infusions with Distress Oxide absolutely perfectly. Amazing effect! Great job, Susan!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/katcraftworks.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/bringing-sunshine.html\" target=\"_blank\">#266 Katrina<\/a> &#8211; Anna-Karin says: Katrina made such a wonderful background on this card, and I really like her idea of trying to depict travelling from darkness to brightness.\u00a0It is so original and clever. The city scape and hot air balloon are awesome too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paxtonvalleyfolkart.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/heart-whispers-spring-decoration.html\" target=\"_blank\">#322 Deb Riddell<\/a> &#8211; Meihsia says: This is such a gorgeous tag with so many fabulous embellishments and details. I love Deb&#8217;s great step photos and the whole design of the tag is fantastic!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations everyone and thank you for joining us!!<\/p>\n<p>Please copy this spotlight badge, display it on the sidebar of your blog and if you could please\u00a0link it to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\">Simon Says Stamp<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstamp.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"designer-spotlight-badge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/09\/designer-spotlight-badge.png\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\">Simon Says Stamp\u00a0Monday Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5559\" alt=\"Monday Challenge Winner-01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-300x300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01-52x52.png 52w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/Monday-Challenge-Winner-01.png 521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So who is the lucky winner of the $50 voucher?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/simonsaysstamp.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"50dollar_voucher_600px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/50dollar_voucher_600px.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s your random number:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/SSS_mondaywinner19March.jpg\" alt=\"sss_mondaywinner19march\" width=\"171\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8886\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations <a href=\"http:\/\/kartenwind.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/dies-embossen-cheers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kartenwind<\/a>! Below you can see Kartenwind&#8217;s beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/kartenwind.blogspot.se\/2017\/03\/dies-embossen-cheers.html\" target=\"_blank\">card with a feather background<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/winner_19March-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"winner_19march\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/winner_19March-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/winner_19March-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/winner_19March-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/03\/winner_19March.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations! Please email us so we can explain how you can claim your prize.<\/p>\n<p>simonsayschallenge@hotmail.com<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c23d48\"><strong>Be sure to include your full name in the email so we can issue a Gift Certificate<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge and there is still a little bit of time to join us in our current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=8402\" target=\"_blank\">Handmade Flowers<\/a> challenge too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy crafting!!<\/p>\n<p>Anna-Karin and the DT<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We have five artists in the Designer Spotlight for the Make Your Own Background Challenge! #48 Karen Dunbrook &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8881"}],"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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8888,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8881\/revisions\/8888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}