Kath's Blog......diary of the everyday life of a crafter: Simon Says

Monday, August 4, 2025

Simon Says - Happy Birthday

Simon Says Stamp are once again hosting their Summer Vacation Kid's Challenge dedicated to all our young designers over on the Wednesay Challenge Blog, time for all you crafters 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. Adults are allowed to help just a little bit if necessary, but we really want the children to ‘DO IT’ themselves as much as possible. You can find all the relevant details on how to enter and win the fabulous prizes on offer HERE.

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

The first challenge of the month is when the team showcase one particular brand/company and this month we are all using the fabulous products from AALL&Create. You don't have to their products to join in the challenge but if you have them in your stash, we would love you to share what you habe made with them.

We are also welcoming back the lovely and talented Ann Chuang as our Designer In The Spotlight. If you haven't visited her blog before, please pop over, you will be in for a real treat.

The theme for this week is...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

and we are celebrating the Monday Challenge's 15th Birthday

Can you believe that this challenge has been going for 15 years! The time has flown by hasn’t it! We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our fellow crafters who have joined us over the years and we hope you will continue to join us.

I made a birthday card using AALL&Create Antique Wayfinder Layer It Up Washi Tape and the Heapza Hexagonz Stencil to create the background, added a die-cut flower using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Wildflowers Thinlits and Idea-ology Sentiments Label Sticker.

I applied strips of the Antique Wayfinder Layer It Up Washi Tape to the front of an A2 white card blank. The Layer It Up Washi Tape has a repeat pattern which you match up to create an image.

I applied Distress Grit Paste Opaque through ALL&Create's Heapz Hexagon 6" x 6" stencil.

I created the image again with the Layer It Up Washi Tape on white card and fussy cut the flower cluster and butterflies.

I die-cut the flower 3 times from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Wildflower Thinlits, layered to create dimension and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium.

I coloured the flower centre with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Minis using a Distress Mini Blending Brush, added dots using a Sakura Black Glaze Pen and added the fussy cut flower cluster and butterflies popped up on Simon Says Thin Foam Squares.

To finish I fixed the Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Sentiments Label Sticker to a scrap of white card, trimmed and fixed in place over the flower stem using Simon Says Thin Foam Squares.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2pm CET to join in. As it's our birthday Simon Says Stamp have generously increased the prize this week to a $50 voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp Online Store.