Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Emboss It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week we are challenging you to make something that is:

NOT A CARD

As it’s the first Monday of the month we are showcasing a brand/company. This week we are all using some fabulous products from Tim Holtz. You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Please 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

This week we’re welcoming back the lovely Thom Santilla into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven’t visited her blog before then you are in for a real treat!

Thom recycled a couple of old frames and colored them with Antique Linen and Black Soot Distress Paint. He then used a  sanding disc on the edges to show the lighter color. He painted Hitch Fasteners and Hinge Clips  and coated with Glossy Accents. For the background he used Collage Strips,   and added Photo Booth images and some extra hardware for the focus.

Andrea decorated a tin and made a fabric ribbon to tie around it. She used Tim’s Mini Glitch and Glitch 2 stamp sets for the images and sewed the ribbon using Tim’s Eclectic Elements Multi Collage fabric. She added drips of Tim’s Fluorescent Alcohol Ink and his Chitchat stickers to finish it off.

Anna-Karin made a mini book from file folders die cut with Tim Holtz Vault Noteworthy set. The book was stamped with various sentiment, texture and image stamps by Tim Holtz, such as the butterfly on the front which comes from the Flutter set. The dots were stamped with Tim’s Tiny Textures.

Barbara continues to be inspired by spring! Today, she created a series of ATCs using the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Floristry CMS485 stamp paired with the Simon Says Stamp Floristry Wafer Dies sss485 . She colored the backgrounds with Ranger Ink Distress Spray Stain and some Stickles for sparkle. She cut the ATCs with the Sizzix Collector Thinlits Dies 665926.

Cheiron created a tag using the Tim Holtz Halftone and Rings as her background to create a resist. She blended Evergreen Bough and Ripe Persimmon Distress Inks. She added a Photobooth Photo and a sentiment from the Small Talk Stickers.

Emma altered an idea-ology Mini Clipboard using many of the amazing products from Tim Holtz. She covered the board with the Neutral 8 x 8 Paper Palette Collection before adding layers of detail including Paper Dolls, a Quote Chip Label and Etcetera Trims.

Kath created an Easter Wishes Wall Panel using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Rectangles Panel, Linked Circles and Stitches Layering Stencils, Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy stamp set, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Feathered Friends, Wildflower Stems 1, Alphanumeric Bulletin and Handwritten Celebrate Thinlits.

Macarena made an industrial tag using for the background Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper Archive glued with Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte. She made up the composition with Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Strips and Stencil Cards and Cello Sticker Tape.

Maura made two memorydex/follodex cards using tim Holtz’s Inquisitive and the Professor stamps. She created a background with Tim Holtz Collage Papers Archives and distress paints like Tim’s Fossilized Amber.

Meihsia was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Tim Holtz Clear Stamps and Stencil Hipster Bunny, Plaid and Polkadot on the background, then colored it with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 24 COLOR Set and decorated it with May Arts White Wrinkled Faux Silk Ribbon with Cut.

Zoey made her background blending Distress ink and Distress spray stain. She also added texture thought layering stencils and Distress Crayons. The focal piece are layering elements from the Ideaology Collection.

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!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallengeso we can see your entries there too!

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Monday  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

We will also be choosing a selection of our entries to put in the spotlight. This is a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules please read the challenge rules posted in the side-bar here on our blog.

Please note that all previous challenges and winners posts can be accessed by clicking on the button at the very bottom of this page.

Please read the challenge rules on the sidebar. It has come to our attention that some are entering projects that were posted weeks ago. While they may follow the theme they are not eligible to win the voucher. All creations must be newly published. Thank You 

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Art Journal Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week we are challenging you to:

EMBOSS IT

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Please 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

It’s Simona’s last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to say a huge thank you for all of your creations over the past month. It has been a real pleasure to have you along with us :-)

Simona made 2 Tags experimenting with various embossing techniques using Mini Distress Embossing ink, Ranger ‘Clear’ Embossing Powder, Distress Embossing Glaze Salvaged Patina, Tim Holtz Sizzix 3D Texture Fades Embossing folder ‘Numbered’ and 3D Impresslits cut and emboss folder ‘Winged’

Andrea did some heat embossing on her card (using embossing pens, a heating tool and black embossing powder) to make certain elements pop. She used Seth Apter’s Paper Cutz Die Set and his Twisters Die Set for the focal elements. The card is a tag folded in half that was cut from Simon Says Stamp’s Luggage Tag Die Set.

Anna-Karin made an Easter card with a white embossed background. The intricate background stamp is from Tim Holtz Rosette and Floret. The background was misted with Distress Spray Mists and Twisted Citron Distress Spritz. The sentiment is die cut with Simon Says Stamp Bouncy Happy Easter.

Barbara chose a spring palette to create two tags! For the backgrounds, she chose the Tim Holtz Sizzix ROSES Embossing Folder and the Deco Feather stencil by Stampers Anonymous. To complete the Easter tag, she chose a small bunny from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Clear Stamps and Stencils Spring Shadows, Gingham, and Dotted Line set, adding texture with Ranger Ink embossing powder, Vintage Pearl. For the spring tag, she chose a little bird from the Sizzix Silhouette Birds Thinlits Dies.

Cheiron created a sparkly Thank You card using Simon Says Stamp Assorted Holographic cardstock and the Shimmering Starfall Embossing Folder. She finshed her card with the CZ Design Thank You wafter die as a sentiment and added a few die cut stars from the Stars dies.

Emma used the Sizzix Botanical 3D Embossing Folder by Tim Holtz to create the background on a Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Facade, which is layered onto a Mini Etcetera Tag. For the focal point of her project she stamped, watercolored and then die cut Mr Rabbit using the Tim Holtz/Simon Says Stamp die and stamp bundle before adding die cut foliage and florals.

Kath used Simon Says Stamp Confetti Butterflies Embossing Folder to create the background, Sizzix Studio Wild Blooms Clear Stamp Set coloured with Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Embossing Glazes, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Handwritten Love Thinlits and Idea-ology Sentiments Label Stickers for the sentiment.

Macarena used Tim Holtz Sizzix Numbered 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder and applied Tim Holtz Flip Top Black Soot Distress Paint to make the texture pop. The stitched heart is made with Tim Holtz Sizzix Lovestruck Colorize die.

Maura made a fluffle of bunny cards using the Simon Says Stamp Fresh Daisies Embossing Folder, Tim Holtz’s Mr. Rabbit stamps, and Simon Says Stamp Hoppy Days Ahead stamps.

Meihsia was inspired to create an Easter card using CZ Design Clear Stamps Easter Grid cz3102c Beautiful Moments on the background, colored it with Copic SKETCH 72 PC SET B Markers and heat embossed the images with Gina K Designs FINE DETAIL CLEAR Embossing Powder.

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!

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallengeso we can see your entries there too!

There are fabulous give aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog, if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Monday  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

We will also be choosing a selection of our entries to put in the spotlight. This is a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules please read the challenge rules posted in the side-bar here on our blog.

Please note that all previous challenges and winners posts can be accessed by clicking on the button at the very bottom of this page.

Please read the challenge rules on the sidebar. It has come to our attention that some are entering projects that were posted weeks ago. While they may follow the theme they are not eligible to win the voucher. All creations must be newly published. Thank You