DieCember® 2020 Blog Hop!

Hi, friends! Welcome to day one of two DieCember® release blog hops! Come back tomorrow for more wonderful inspiration!
Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive DieCember® product lineup is full of creative and innovative dies that are sure to bring you lots of creative options for your card making pursuits! Included you’ll find tons of useful and fun sentiments, beautiful florals and leaves, delightful geometrics and plates, a slimline envelope die, coordinating dies from some of your favorite stamp sets, and a whole slew of clever icons. No matter your style, you’re sure to find an item or two (or twelve!) that are must-haves. There are some wonderful new products from CZ Design, too! We are so excited for you to play with all of these awesome new products!
OK! Let’s get a sneak peek of what’s in store for our blog hop today with inspiration from Shari Carroll and Nina-Marie Trapani! Shari and Nina used products from our DieCember® release to make these fantastic projects:


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Ready for even more DieCember® inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers! You’ll be inspired AND for every comment you leave on each blog, you’ll earn a chance to win a $25 Simon Says Stamp store shopping spree. YAY!

Please let these talented designers know how much you appreciate their designs. They work hard to inspire and excite us!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Kristina Werner
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Nichol Spohr
- Caly Person
- Suzy Plantamura
- Amy Rysavy
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Ruwe
- Sidnie Des Jardins
- Cheiron Brandon
- Barb Engler
- Lea Lawson
- Jo Nevill
- Yana Smakula
Thanks again for joining us today!
You’ll love browsing our DieCember® Gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
Fantastic cards. Love the new release. Thank you.
I can’t help but wonder why the strip dies are necessary when you can easily cut strips with a trimmer or guillotine. Do you find there is a significant difference between die-cut and guillotine-cut strips?
I’m curious too if there’s something I haven’t thought of. I get it if the ends are rounded or pennant cut or something like that. It’ll be interesting to see if someone has other ideas.
Hi,
I would say that the edges are sometimes (for lack of a better term) beveled. They look more finished, more polished. And you don’t have to keep cutting a million strips… the machine does it for you.
I am not preaching… I don’t even have a die cut machine. This is just what I have picked up by watching videos and listening to comments of people like Cathy Z, Gina K, Kristina W, Laura B, Mindy E and more.
Lori
Can someone tell me where to get the patterned paper from Nina’s card? Or is it stamped? I love it!
Wow, this is so exciting! Love the cards!
I love dies. Die-cember rocks. Off to hop. Hugz
Love the cards and inspiration!
Very cute cards love them!
Love the telephone card! Too cute.
Always tempting us! So clever! & Beautiful ?
I love the 2 doves card. I think it’s very heart warming and cute. We all need a little love during these hard times and the holiday season.
Diecember is always a highlight.
Love that rotary dial phone!
Love the phone. Both cards s very nostalgic!
Love the cards, and a lot of the release!
What an awesome release! I love the Strips dies! Ready to start the hop!
Love DIE-cember! It’s such fun inspiration
I have come to the realization that I am a die-cutter way more than a stamper, so DieCember is a big favorite for me.
I remember those old phones well, ours was bright red and was in the Hall by the front door. It had taken us years to convince my dad to let us have a phone in the house… he always said we had a perfectly good phone in the box at the end of the street. :-) Cheers for the memories lovely card
CUTE CARDS
Such cute ideas! thanks for sharing.
I’m always excited for DieCember and the wonderful ideas and products!! Off to hop!
I got a look at the products before the hop but I’m excited to see what everyone does with them. As usual CZ Designs never fails to put a smile on my face.
I find the strip dies helpful to get perfect strips quickly. I feel like every time I do really skinny strips with my guillotine cutter, they’re just a little off on one end or the other.
I look forward to DieCember.The rotary phone is my favorite.I also love the Doves.Actually there both beautiful.Thank you guys for teaching me so much.
Those love birds are adorable.
Congratulations on a new release!
Love the new release! What are the width of Stripes 1 and 2 pieces? 1/4″, 1/2″, 3/4″, 1″?
This is one spectacular hop!! Everything is just beautiful.
I always love to see what professional designers come up with so that I can be inspired to try new things. Thanks for arranging this hop.
And will you give my plastic a break, please? All this stuff is cool, but waiting kills me (I am doing it now) and spending kills me at this time of year. ;)
Lori S in PA
Wonderful release! Can’t wait to see all the ideas.
I love Die-cember!
Thanks for another wonderful release!
I look forward to this everywhere!! Where do I even start deciding what to get first!! :)
Looking forward to the hop. From what I’ve seen posted it’s going to be special.
I’ve already started another wish list with these new dies. Good thing my birthday isn’t too far away! The cards are so inspiring!
I love Diecember. The prismatic snowflakes are my favorite so far!
OMG! I love it! That is all I can say…lol
Wonderful ideas this year!
DIECEMBER LOVE IT! I am off to hop now!
Your team is amazing! Merry Christmas!
love the phone and the hello!!!!
“Die-cember” is always so inspiring! Love these samples.
Great release! I like the phone for those of us who know what it is!!
This is my third Diecember, I really look forward to it and you never disappoint!
I wish I could buy it all?. Thanks for inspiration ?
Another great release! One right after the other! And great inspiration on the hop.
Beautiful inspiration!
This is going to be FUN. I like to see dies being used in many ways…
SSS never ceases to amaze me! From STAMPtember through DIEcember this company puts out TONS of new products and kits! You guys are amazing!
I watched Laura’s intro video of all the fun new dies. What a great assortment. Loving the cards presented on the blog and can’t wait to check out the hop. I love Die-cember!