More Handmade Holiday Inspiration!

Hello, friends, and welcome to day two of our Handmade Holiday release blog hop! If you missed yesterday’s hop, be sure to circle back and check it out HERE.
Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Handmade Holiday product lineup features so many products we just know that you will love! We’re introducing 15 new Pawsitively Saturated Inks, a Simon exclusive six-pack of glitter glitz gel (in conjunction with Therm O Web), and an amazing Blending Brush Holder! If you love our super deeply etched embossing folders, you are going to lose your mind. This release includes so many embossing folders for Christmas and winter cards alike. In addition, we have some awesome stencils, another amazing hot foil plate and some wonderful stamps and dies. No matter your style, you’re sure to find several must-haves that need to be in your creative space. We can’t wait to see what you create with all of these awesome new products!
Before we hop, let’s take a look at some fabulous inspiration from Shari Carroll:


We love our customers! And we love your enthusiasm for our exclusive releases and blog hops. To celebrate, Simon has set aside a free gift just for you! The free gift with ANY purchase for the Handmade Holiday release blog hop is a Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink pad! Check out the details on the banner at the top of this post for information about claiming your gift.
Ready for even more Handmade Holiday 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 share some feedback with these creative artists who work hard to inspire and excite us! Your comments mean so much to them.
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Laura Bassen
- Debby Hughes
- Bibi Cameron
- Keisha Charles
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Mindy Eggen
- Barb Engler
- Miriam Prantner
- Tina Smith
- Norine Borys
- Sandi MacIver
- Adelle Emery
- Emma Williams
- Yoonsun Hur
Thanks again for joining us today!

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Friday, November 19, for an Instagram Hop featuring even more inspiration from our Handmade Holiday release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
You’ll love browsing our Handmade Holiday gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
You can check out the entire Handmade Holiday collection below:














































Oh Shari!! Your wreath card is STUNNING!!!
Yesterday’s projects were outstanding. Looking forward to today’s!
LOVE that wreath card! Is the background ink blending or another technique?
The SO MANY THANKS card is just heavenly!
I love these! So much fab glitter and sparkle!
Both cards are wonderful, but I especially love the dreamy card made with the birch stencil!!
I am so very excited about this release. I love this beautiful card with the alcohol background. Just gorgeous colors and blending.
stunning card design
What a beautiful release!
Shari’s work is outstanding! I love the release, the embossing folders are great, so is that Boho Circle and the leaf dies, ok it’s all great.
Great new release! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Gorgeous card Shari! Another fantastic day of stunning creations by the artists in this hop.
What an awesome release of fabulous stamps…hard to choose a favorite!
I just want everything in this release. Love the new dies and inks and stencils….
Sharis cards are stunningly beautiful!!! Best Christmas Release I’ve seen yet. Kudos!
Shari’s wreath card looks so elegant and expensive. I mean, look at all that gold. It’s gorgeous!
Love these! They are beautiful with just the right amount of glitz. Go Shari! This is a fantastic collection!
Lots of wonderful products, and the cards are gorgeous!
Wonderful creations. There were a couple blogs that I could not leave comments on, had an error indicating unsecured site and more.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I think I can speak for your customers that we all love SSS too — great products, great prices, incredible service. This is a fantastic release!
Another day of amazing INSPIRATION! I love the slimline and the wreath above! WOW! What a fabulous release!
Wow! Just Wow! I especially love Shari’s creative use of the wreath stamp! ?
What an amazing release! My wallet is already cowering in fear! :D
I love all the embossing folders!
I love your products and this release is no exception. So grateful that you keep innovating and bringing such great things to market!
SSS and Shari -These cards are gorgeous! I love that birch tree tableau and the wreath is to-die-for beautiful!! TFS and well done on this entire release!
Lori S in PA
I am excited about this release with all the holiday products… love the 3d embossing plates and the holiday rainbow set… but my fav is First Night as it represents the reason for the season!
Beautiful! So much talent!! Thank you.
Shari’s cards are masterpieces!
Lovely cards!
Love this release! I wish I could afford to buy it all!
Shari’s cards are beautiful! I can’t get over the colors on the wreath card – stunning.
Gorgeous cards
Both cards are stunning! Great new products.
Such a wonderful release! Love the gorgeous cards!
Thanks so much for sharing.
Shari’s cards are gorgeous!
Both of Shari’s cards are lovely, I especially love the slimline card and its colors – so wintry.
Such gorgeous cards!
The wreath card is so elegant. The jewel tone colors and the gold embossing is spectacular!
Handmade holiday is the perfect name for this release. It’s warm and brings back many memories of home. Thanks
Wow! Fabulous cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Shari’s cards are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing the other creations on the hop! Awesome new products!
Gorgeous release! I love it all but these EF are simply stunning!! Certianly on my wish list!!!
Wonderful cards!
Can’t wait to see more inspiration on day 2 of this hop!
Great new release, and fabulous projects!
Super fun and inspirational hop, and so many beautiful makes along the stops! Great hop, thank you! And a great new release, too!
Stunning cards Shari!!
Looking forward to the inspiration today. Beautiful new products!
Beautiful card inspiration!! I am loving all the wonderful new embossing folders!
Beautiful cards, thanks for a fun hop and great new products!