Have You Joined the Monday Challenge This Week?
This week on the Monday Challenge we are enjoying our gardens! The weather is warm enough to sit outside, enjoy the sunshine, and invite friends over for barbecues or to enjoy a picnic on the grass. We can’t wait to see what creations you make for this challenge!
This week we are showcasing products from Paper Artsy, if you have them we would love to see them used but you don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge.
Once you have made your creation just go ahead and upload it into the linky on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog!
As always, we’re offering a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp! All YOU need to do is join in with the challenge!
Below are three projects created by the design team, that showcase this weeks theme! You can visit the challenge blog to get all the details and see the amazing cards and projects that the design team has created this week. If you click on each designers name, you’ll be taken directly to their blog where you’ll get more details about their project! Be sure to give these talented ladies some comments!
Created by our Designer In The Spotlight Alison Bomber:
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Created by Lorraine Aquilina aka Lols:
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Created by Maura Hibbitts:
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So now it’s your turn to create something with your summer garden in mind!
Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!
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Summer Stamping & Coloring
Hi readers! Happy Tuesday! I’m excited to welcome back our special bi-monthly guest, Yana Smakula, with this sunny and happy inspiration that’s perfect as we’re gearing up for the Summer months! She combined stamps from Cuddly Critter Accessories, Pool Play, My Sunshine, and Flip Flop Season to create this really fun design! Love the striped color on the fold? That’s one of my favorite Simon Says Stamp Exclusive colors, Scuba! Read on and enjoy!
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Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Starry Night Sky with Zig Markers
Hey everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here with you again for another Studio Monday video!
Many of you have some – or all! – of the Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers in your supply stash, and today I am going to share a starry night card idea, which features not only the Kuretake Zig markers, but their new Starry Colors watercolor palette too!
I wanted to pair these two watercolor sets together and create a gorgeous night scene for the little mouse that I grabbed from Avery Elle’s Storybook stamp set. There are quite a few other critters included in the Storybook stamp set, which gives you many options to swap the mouse with.
I love bold, bright colors and I love how by simply layering up the markers, you can achieve that saturation of color on your cards. And, if bold and bright aren’t your colors, you can use the Zigs to create lighter color tones as well!
In today’s video, I’m going to walk you through how I created this starry night sky and the rest of the scene around it! I’ll be sharing some tips and tricks along the way too, so be sure to check out the video below or on our YouTube channel. And don’t forget to subscribe if you do not already; we post new videos every single week!
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