Tim Holtz Grunged

Hi all!Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

This week the theme is

This week we are inviting you to help us to celebrate the Challenge Blog's 10th Anniversary!!

Happy Birthday!

We can hardly believe that we are now celebrating the Monday Challenge's 10th year! We wouldn't be here without your support and we really appreciate that you have been joining in with the challenges over all these years! THANK YOU!

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 Stampers Anonymous. 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 have doubled the prize and are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 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  on the challenge blog 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! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your creative makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

This week we are welcoming back the lovely Anne Redfern aka Redanne into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven't visited her blog you are in for a real treat! Please pop by to say 'Hi'

I used Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Grunged and Stitches Cling Stamp Sets for the background and made a couple of birthday cards.

I used Ranger Watercolor Paper and a Mini Misti Stamping Tool to stam the splatters using a selection of Simon Says Stamp Ink Pads, Teeny Bikini, Key Lime, Lemon Chiffon and Orange Peel. I then used a Shadow Grey for the random letters and Maliblue for the stringy looking stamp. I have to say I do love this background and had a lot of fun stamping ;-)

I also used a new Simon Says Stamp Lil' Critters Boston Terrier Die and a Scripty Happy Birthday Die Set. 

Thanks for looking :-) 

So now it's YOUR turn!

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We are currently hosting a month long Kids Summer Vacation Challenge over on the Wednesday Challenge Blog. Please CLICK HERE for more details.

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Thank You

Challenges:

As You Like It.  Favorite Cats or Dogs and Why. I love dogs and cats!! How can I choose!! I have a lovely dog called Jimmy and 8 cats, Mopsy, Phoebe, Millie,Pinut, Kuna, 2 Billy's we didn't realise there were 2 identical cats for a while so they're both 'Billy' and Freddy, all rescued ;-) 

Seize the Birthday.  Birthday + option of tic-tac-toe 

Little Red Wagon.  Make Your Own Background 

Tim Holtz Grunged Cling Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Stitches Cling Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Lil' Critters Boston Terrier Die Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Scripty Happy Birthday Die Set Shop at: SSS
Ranger Watercolor Paper Pack Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive White 120lb Card Stock Shop at: SSS	Misti Precision Mini Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Fiskars Reinforced Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS
Best Creation Big Foam Squares Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Ranger Heat Tool Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp teeny Bikini Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Key Lime Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Lemon Chiffon Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Orange Peel Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Maliblue Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Archival Shadow Grey Ink Pad Shop at: SSS

Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x

House Mouse Little Drummers

Hi all :-) I am here with a reminder to please join in with the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,

This time Dorte is hosting and the theme is 

Anything Goes 

+ the option of Add A Number

I used a new Little Drummers Cling Stamp and made a Christmas card but I think this image would be great for birthdays too!

I used a Misti Tool to stamp the image with Memento Tudedo Ink, coloured with Copic markers and then stamped again with Archival Black to add crist definition. I kept the design CAS and easy to fit into a normal envelope. Most of my Christmas cards are sent international so they need easy posting ;-)

The sentiment is from a Christmas Mini Clear Stamp Set 

Thanks for looking! You have until Sunday 16th August to join in!  

I use affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Any funds raised are donated to charity. Every little helps xx Thank You

Challenges:

Sweet Stampers.  Christmas 

Case This Sketch 

Christmas With the Cuties: Christmas Animals

House Mouse Little Drummer Cling Stamp Shop at: SSS	House Mouse Designs Mini Clear Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Copic Markers Shop at: SSS	Black Archival Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Memento Tuxedo Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive White 120lb Card Stock Shop at: SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Card Stock Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive Stitched Rectangles Die Set Shop at: SSS
Misti Precision Mini Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Fiskars Reinforced Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Scotch 3M Foam Tape Shop at: SSS
Simon's Exclusive Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS

Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x

Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge

Hi all and welcome to another of our annual Simon Says Stamp Summer Vacation Kid's Challenge where we host a special challenge dedicated to our young designers.

ANYTHING GOES 

It is time to let your children loose in your crafty corners for a few hours. Just close your eyes and set them free to explore their creativity! You are allowed to hide your Copic Markers and extra special papers and you are allowed to help just a little bit if necessary, but we really want the children to 'DO IT' themselves as much as possible :-)

This challenge is open to all children aged between 2 and 16 inclusive.

We have not 1, not 2 but  3 surprise parcels of crafty goodies, hand picked by Simon!

CLICK HERE to go directly to the challenge post for more details :-) 

Simon Says Stamp Home Sweet Home

Hi all :-) How are you? I hope all is well with everyone xx

I needed to make a couple of cards for family and friends who are in the process of moving house and the Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit had THE perfect 'Home Sweet Home' Clear Stamp Set in it!!

I stamped and coloured the row of houses and then fussy cut around them (I am hoping a coordinating die set is out soon ;-)) I added a perfectly mowed striped 'lawn' using washi tape.

and I decorated an envelope to match

This next one is a little smaller and I added a Tim Holtz Cityscape Commute little yellow car. My friend has one that looks a lot like this ;-)

and I stamped the row of houses on the envelope too. 

Thanks for looking! 

I use affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Any funds raised are donated to charity. Every little helps xx Thank You 

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments.  Things with wings + sentiment
Through the Purple Haze.  Planes, Trains Automobiles

Simon Says Stamp Home Sweet Home Clear Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Copic Markers Shop at: SSS	Black Archival Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Memento Tuxedo Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Simon's Exclusive White 120lb Card Stock Shop at: SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Card Stock Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive Stitched Rectangles Die Set Shop at: SSS	Star Dust Stickles Shop at: SSS
Fiskars Reinforced Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS	Fiskars Spring Assist Scissors Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Scotch 3M Foam Tape Shop at: SSS
Simon's Exclusive Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS	WeRMemory Keepers Envelope Punch Board Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive Shades Of Gray Card Stock Shop at: SSS	Simon's Exclusive Green Leaf Card Stock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp White Envelopes Shop at: SSS	Misti Precision Stamper (large version) Shop at: SSS

Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x