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.
I am addicted to ink – these are beautiful! I love that they match the cardstock – that is a must!!
My comment sounded critical, I didn’t mean it to be. Just trying to help out on the marketing end. The 100# weight might be a deal breaker for the paper. Nothing worse than building a card from ground up and then standing it up for a photo before you tuck it into the envelope and having it sag over because the base card stock won’t hold the weight! Thanks for all you do.
Hi Suzanne! We totally understand what you mean ;) That’s why we chose 100# heavy weight cardstock. Hope you get a chance to try it and find you like it! :) heidi
Just received an order from SSS & I see now I’ll need to start a new shopping list with some gorgeous color. Thanks for a chance to win.
Love these new stamp colors and the fact that they coordinate with the paper – a fabulous idea – would make things so much easier !!!
Wow! Really nice colors! Love the paw prints on the ink covers :) Swatch book is awesome as well, thanks for the chance to win
AWESOME!!! What exciting news! Can’t wait to see these in action! :)
How exciting that you have your own line of ink with matching cardstock! Love them! And the swatch book is a great idea!
This is awesome! love the colors!!!
The colors look great & its wonderful that they coordinate. Will you please take all my unwanted ink pads & make them go away so I can have yours? lol Definitely will buy some. Thanks for a chance to win.
marcia m
The colors with matching card stock is a great idea. Love the new colors!
Love love that the colors match the card stock. Can’t wait to try them out. This is such a great idea. Thanks for a chance to win.
I can’t wait to try these inks. Having inks and matching card stock makes designing a card so much easier especially when trying to match a designer paper. Congrats on the new release and Thanks for a chance to win some.
Eep… More ink and paper? Of course I’m interested!
Wow.. how exciting. I love matching products..Thank you for all you do to make yours a one stop shopping entity..
Yay! I am so excited!!! I love that the ink and cardstock corridinate and 100# is awesome. Can’t wait to get my hands on some and the swatch book!
nice job with the color pallet – beautiful!
Sandra ltb
Excited to see paper and inks that coordinate! Great colors!
What a wonderful idea! And beautiful colors. Can’t wait to get some!
The colors are beautiful – what a great new product add to SSS!
Yay – congratulations! The colors are fabulous – and I’m SO excited to try them all. I’ve got my fingers crossed :)
And I just bought cardstock and ink! Too bad I’ll have to wait a little be for getting some of that delicious looking green. I love it! Can’t wait to see a video somewhere with a look at how the ink pads work.
Yay! So excited about this release! I especially like that the cardstock is # 100, love thick, good quality cs. Thanks for the chance!
Congratulations on your new release. The colors are gorgeous! I am so glad you have the coordinating card stock and inks
Lovely colors… Will look forward to trying them in the very near future! Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday with your families!
Island Blue is my favorite!
What a stunning and bright color palate for the release! I love it!
I am loving the 100# smooth cardstock and the matching inks, awesome idea… specially that kraft one is calling my name, and the green and…. Kristina had a great idea by suggesting the swatch book. TFS
Can’t wait to try your inks out – wooohooo :)
The inks look great. Would really love to see some projects made with these by the team. I’m due for some new inks. Thanks foe the chance to win.
I am responding, not only for the chance to win, but to let you know that you and the others are great! I check this blog everyday. I love the videos, blog hops, inspiration and products. I have received great customer service from the store and recommend this site to all my crafty friends. I am THANKFUL for SIMON SAYS STAMP. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing, sincerely maureen.
I’m a fan of color- the more the merrier! It’s nice to have different palettes from different companies because they can fill the gap with a certain shade!
I’m pretty excited about these new colors!
Thanks and I hope it’s a success
The colors are beautiful! And I love the fact that the card stock is heavier weight. Thanks for the chance to win!
I am excited. I would love to see Jennifer McGuire do a comparison video with SSS inks and shadow inks, pigment inks ECT. I also want to see how they stamp with solid clear sets. Very excited.
So excited to try the new inks and paper, I love when products coordinate! Only question is why no purple?
Love matching inks and paper. The swatch book is brilliant. Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh, MY, this is exciting news! I am working on my Christmas list at Simon Says Stamp and now these will have to be added!
EVERYTHING LOOKS SCRUMPTIOUS!!!!!!!! JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! :) It DOES HELP when companies do a Color Palate of their inks, papers, etc.!!! :) THANK YOU!!!!!!!:)
OH MY!!!! Beautiful palette of colors. I can say I will enjoy working on collecting these :)
Yes, more colors would be fabulous!
Happy holidays!
I love color and these are wonderful!!! How exciting.
Wow these inks have such rich colors. I can’t wait to see the projects that are made with it! Wish I could get them all, how do you decide which ones to get they all look so good!
I love the matching inks and cardstock. I have so many ideas of things I would make! I hope I am able to try them!
I love color and love the idea of this.
They look awesome! They’ve just been added to my Christmas list!
Having a “girly” girl, I’d love to see some variations of pink in 2014.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Having inks that would totally match cardstock is Awesome!
They would make the cards I make for Operation Write Home
come together even quicker! Thanks!!!
I don’t use colored cardstock too much, but I am super excited to be able to get white, black, kraft and brown in 100# all from one source, and if I need colored 100# is available as I am hooked on it for card bases. I will have to see a video on the inks comparing them to others, but matching inks and papers is always wonderful! ..add in a pretty medium gray and a not too yellow cream soon please!!! Swatch kit is genius! Thanks for the chance to win.
Your very own colors for ink and cardstock … How exciting! Trust Kristina to come up with an uber cute idea for the swatch book…I just love her!
I love the ink, the paper, the stamps, the pens, the tools, EVERYTHING about making cards….and it is exciting to see/hear about new paper/ink…but I don’t know how much I *need* another line to get hooked on. I think what I *NEED* to do is actually make some cards…I have so much stuff and keep buying more. (i do think I’m sort of addicted) However, I would *LOVE* the chance to win a gift cert to SSS…. (there is no cure….)
Congrats on your new venture! I love the swatch tag idea, very cool to provide the colors and stamp set to be able to stamp the inks too. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
OMG!! Now this is quite exciting!! Stamping without thinking about matching up colors has ALWAYS been a struggle for me and I always felt like I was “stuck” with what I had!! I certainly hope you release LOTS more coordinating colors and cardstock! I’ve always done the 80#, but now I must try out the 100#!! Now I need to march right on over to see it in the store! Looks like a perfect start on the colors…please make more! :)