{"id":9379,"date":"2017-06-05T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=9379"},"modified":"2017-07-13T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:55:43","slug":"simon-says-masculine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=9379","title":{"rendered":"Simon Says: Masculine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Thank you for joining us for the Circles Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.<\/p>\n

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

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As I am sure you all know it will be Fathers Day on June 18th so you can choose to make a Dad’s day card or maybe you would rather make an alternative manly creation, Whatever you decide to create we will be looking forward to seeing them!<\/p>\n

This week we are showcasing some fabulous Darkroom Door Products<\/a>. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have any of their products we would love to see them used!<\/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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We are welcoming the lovely and super talented Anne Redfern aka Redanne<\/a> into the Designer Spotlight this month. If you haven’t visited Anne’s blog<\/a> before then you are in for a real treat! Please pop by to leave her a nice comment.<\/p>\n

Anne\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0made a large tag using a Tim Holtz Ecetera Tag, Darkroom Door – Capture Life stamp and Darkroom Door – Filmstrip stamp, along with Tim Holtz Picture Wheel die and Oxide Inks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrea<\/a> made a whimsical car-themed tag using Darkroom Door’s Grunge Marks<\/a> stamp set, Coffee Stain<\/a> stamp and Tim Holtz’s Cityscape Commuter<\/a> dies.<\/p>\n

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Anna-Karin<\/a> made a card this week, using an elephant from the Darkroom Door Wild Africa Vol 3 set<\/a> as the focal point. She also shrunk the Vintage Camera<\/a> stamp so that she could fit three cameras on her card.<\/p>\n

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Barbara<\/a> has created her masculine panel with Darkroom Door Cling Stamp Coffee Stain Eclectic<\/a>, Tim Holtz Paper dolls<\/a> and Distress Oxides.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cathie<\/a>\u00a0used the\u00a0Darkroom Door Vintage Planes<\/a> and World Map background stamp<\/a> to create her masculine card.<\/p>\n

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Emma<\/a>\u00a0used the Darkroom Door Abstract Triangles stamp<\/a>\u00a0to create a background for her textured burlap panel.<\/a>\u00a0She used\u00a0the Tim Holtz Industrial Die<\/a>\u00a0to create rusty gears which are layered onto the background together with\u00a0a pocket watch<\/a> complete with rusty metal heart.<\/p>\n

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Kath<\/a>\u00a0decorated a Tim Holtz Small Etcetera Tag<\/a> with a favourite Darkroom Door Bookworm Stamp Set<\/a>\u00a0and Idea-ology Paper Dollls<\/a> to show that you’re never too young to fall in love with books…so many books…so little time<\/p>\n

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Lols<\/a>\u00a0made a Father’s Day card usingTim Holtz \u00a0Distress Oxide Inks<\/a>, Seth Apter\u00a0Robo Rings Dies<\/a> and a Simon’s Exclusive Mom and Dad Icons Stamp Set<\/a>. Lols does have the absolute best Dad so this is quite fitting *wink*<\/p>\n

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Macarena<\/a> made a bold and strong masculine card using a great Darkroom Door Bold Arrows Stamp<\/a>, some Infusions <\/a>giving a texture with Cubist stencil<\/a> by TCW.<\/p>\n

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Maura<\/a> headed right to her Darkroom Door Paint Brushes<\/a> and Paint Tubes<\/a> along with their Happy Stamp<\/a> to make a Father’s Day card for her artist husband.<\/p>\n

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Meihsia<\/a> created a mixed media tag with her favorite quote using Darkroom Door Cling Stamp Happy Quote<\/a>\u00a0and Kaisercraft Wooden Shapes embellishments<\/a>\u00a0to decorate the background.<\/p>\n

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Sandra<\/a>\u00a0used the Bold Arrows<\/a> from Darkroom Door in the background with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink<\/a>, but also in the front as focal point of her card with Peeled Paint<\/a> and Walnut Stain<\/a> Distress Oxide.
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Zoey<\/a>\u00a0used\u00a0Darkroom Door Cling Stamp GRUNGE MARKS Rubbe<\/a>r to add texture\u00a0over this Tag colored with\u00a0Distress Stain<\/a><\/span><\/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