Happy COLOR Friday! Black Friday Isn’t Just Black at Simon Says Stamp!
Happy Black COLOR Friday! We are so very excited to share our colorful news with YOU!
Two very lovely people worked closely with me to develop a new program of color at Simon. You see, I’m not all that creative. Truth be told, the process of making cards makes me happy. I’ve always enjoyed the art of making and sharing cards. Rubber stamping has made the process so much easier, more clean, more elegant. It’s not like I can draw…and my handwriting is barely legible these days. Yet, rubber stamps on fabulous card stock with fabulous ink….those are the fundamental ingredients for card making. Right?
Do you remember the first time you stamped to create a card? Man, oh man, I sure do. So very clearly. It was in Swanton, Ohio at my big sister’s house. It was early 2001 and I was 25 years old. Always, always, always, I have loved to craft. Card making was the perfect adult evolution of that for me. My sister just KNEW it -and so graciously invited me to her home for a stamping party. Imagine my excitement when I could create sophisticated cards by inking stamps onto cardstock!? Oh yes, the clean swipe of a perfectly inked stamp. Yes! yes! yes! The act of stamping makes my heart skip a beat in that quick instant when ink kisses the paper and my eye anxiously peers to see the image left behind. Do you feel excitement in this instant too?
Working with Kristina Werner and Shari Carroll is awesome! Artistically they have exactly what it takes to help select the best colors for our Simon palette. Kristina has such a keen eye for design. I’ve never met anyone like her. Shari has such depth of experience and is what many call “The queen of color”. The three of us have had such fun selecting colors for the Simon palette. We wanted ink that would match what we consider the most perfect card stock. We believe the ideal card making stock is 100# heavy cover weight. It’s smooth and perfect for stamping. We wanted ink colors that would not only coordinate with the card stock, but also be premium dye ink. It was important to source the ink in the USA. Working closely with ink manufacturer Stewart Superior, we have been able to color match our cardstock with Stewart’s Memories formula ink. It’s been a process, but one we have deeply enjoyed!
Simon Says Stamp’s initial color release includes the 14 colors you see below (13 plus black) However, we have more incredible colors that we would really like to bring out to you through 2014. First we need to know… Do you want them? Do you like them? Are you feeling it like we are feeling it?
Kristina had a fun idea to include a swatch book in the release. You can purchase the swatch book separately or if you choose to purchase the entire 14 color ink set, you will receive the swatch book as a gift with purchase. The swatch book includes a small photopolymer clear stamp set, 30 papers, 14 card stock rectangles, and a silver ring.
We hope you are having a wonderful week! Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the United States and I am most thankful for the people in my life. You can probably see that in my career I am surrounded by not only incredibly talented folks, but also fun, funny, kind, clever, smart, generous, positively incredible people. Folks like you! We are all so very lucky to be in this industry where it is our job to create, spread kindness, share, and be thoughtful of others. Thank you for being here! Thank you for spreading joy through the acts of card making!
Thank you for being here! Thank you for being you! Thank you for being part of the best industry on earth! Please don’t be shy…we’d love to hear from you below. We will choose from among the comments below to receive a $25 gift certificate to www.SimonSaysStamp.com.
This is fantastic…and I am grateful to have you and your talented team to inspire us all.
Awesome!!! So looking forward to the new cardstocks…colors are super yummy!! The new inks look great! Love the swatch book idea!!!
Yes, I love color and SSS brought.
These mouth-watering colors inspire me to create a new batch of nature-theme cards–my all-time favorite. Great job, Team Simon!! They are beautiful.
Love this post with all the colorful supplies! I actually DO remember my first stamped card because it was at a friend’s house and it got me HOOKED on card making! I love the process of making cards and the fact that it’s a small enough project that I can actually complete it!
This is such a great idea and who wouldn’t want to sign up to get $25 dollars from SSS to shop!? I love me some Simon Says Products!!!
Gorgeous colors! Can’t wait to get my hands on these!
What a beautiful array of colors!!!!
Oh my amazing goodness! I cannot wait to get my hands on this!! :) Love the colors!!!
very exciting news. Great colors!
The ink pads and papers are awesome. Can’t wait to get started on the collection.
You are making me regret getting all my Hero Arts ink pads I just bought! Lol! I really love all the colors. Will we be seeing a “paper bag” color card stock and ink refills? Thanks for always having what we card makers need.
Oooh, loving all the cardstock! My go-to supply for card making is solid cardstock so this has me feeling inspired! LOVE making cards because I don’t have to worry about incorporating photos or journaling….and I can use scraps!
I’m color impaired. This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for!
Great colors and I love the swatch book!
I see some awesome ink colors & cardstock here, and the swatch book idea is very cool. Thanks for the chance to win a SSS GC, which will jumpstart my buying power!
I love when cardstock and ink colors match. I like that the cardstock is a heavy cover stock and smooth. Thank you for the chance to win a gift card.
As a card maker, I find the biggest challenge is finding paper and inks that have matching color families and that compliment each other. Thank you for making our lives easier.
Oh these colors are fabulous! I think I’ll the whole lot of them on my Christmas list! Ink is one thing I just haven’t ever splurged on but I think that is about to change!
WOW this would be amazing to win..i just love way too many things in your store. Your colours look devine..many thanks for the chance to win..
Beautiful colours – I especially like the sunshine and olive. The swatch book idea is great!
Can’t wait to try them out!
You know you have a winner if Kristina and Shari is involved in the process. The colors are beautiful and it’s so nice to have matching paper/ink.
Wow!! Super exciting. Can’t wait to see these in action.
I am so excited! I can’t wait to try out the new cardstock and matching inks. These look lovely!
Lots of colorful fun! I can’t wait to get my fingers inky playing with them. Absolutely beautiful.
Great idea! Looking forward to trying these out!
And thanks to sss for sharing with us
the blog is a daily read for me!
Do like those colours! Very nice
This looks like a great set of inks and cardstock for someone new to cardmaking.
Excited about the cardstock.
The colours look nice, I really like the “hot chocolate” one!
This is great news! Can’t wait to try out the new ink pads and I love the yummy colours!
I just love all the new colors. Can’t wait to try you’re ink pads. Thank you for a chance to win so I can try them out.
How exciting! The colors look amazing and I can not wait to try them out!!
Wow! I love all the colors! I spy a few “must have” colors that I definitely need. I’m on my way to your store to check them out!
Love the colors! Very exciting news :)
That looks like an amazing collection!
What rich colors! They inspire me with unlimited color schemes. SSS is exactly the “One Stop Shop”!
I love to have matching ink and card stock.
Love that green… cant see the name (dont have my glasses on) Just beautiful colors!
Love your new ink colors; red is probably my favorite.
Love the new card stock and inks! Great colours!
Who doesn’t like chocolate????? But I love them all too…how to choose?
Your ink colors look amazing. I would love to win a prize package from Simon Says, thanks for the opportunity.
Heidi, I love the houseschool red – not too yellow not too blue – just right! Thanks for the chance!!
I love the colors, can’t wait!
These colors are just so very lovely! You’re right that Kristina and Sheri really know their stuff – they certainly show it in every project they share and they’ve shown it with this collection! Thanks so much for all the ways you share and inspire me!
Wow, another collection that I will have to have! Thanks for the chance at winning a SSS gift card!
Love the new colors and swatch book. Will need to get some.