Rest and Refresh Blog Hop

Hi friends! Welcome to part one of our two-day Rest & Refresh release blog hop!
Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Rest & Refresh product lineup is filled with lots of ways to share handmade kindness! Included you’ll find gorgeous sea-worthy products, adorable peeking critters, new filigree dies, pretty flowers, graphic patterns, and homey designs that will fill you with creative delight! There’s also a fresh new set of watercolor cards from Suzy Plantamura. 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! Shari used products from our Rest & Refresh release to make these fantastic projects:


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Ready for even more Rest & Refresh 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 artists who work hard to inspire and excite us!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas
- Amy Rysavy
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Hoffman
- Gayatri Murali
- Ankita Gupta
- Barb Engler
- Marge Yoon
Thanks again for joining us today!
You’ll love browsing our Rest & Refresh gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to the gallery as well!
You can check out the entire Rest & Refresh collection below:

























Great release. I like the friends sentiments. It’s nice to have things that work inside a card.
Great release for the start of summer! The background stamps and stencils are fabulous!
I am so into nautical everything and as usual, you are right there with me! Love it!
Just love all the Nautical themed stamps and stencils in this release as well as the Wildflowers Stamp and Kitty Die. So many ways to use these. Great release.
Those bees are adorable! :)
Fabulous inspirations at every stop! Loved hopping along :) The sequins are awesome, and the dies, I love them :)
This is such a fun and ‘summery’ release and I am SO READY for SUMMER! Let the games begin…;)
I love this release! So much fun!
I love this new release, especially that circle background!
The Blog hop looks amazing! Can’t wait to see all the wonderful projects and cards made with it. Love Love new releases!
What an awesome release — I especially like the nautical stuff!
What a fantastic release! I see several “must haves”! Exciting!!!!
These are beautiful and the stamp designs are perfect for summer cards! Shari set the bar to a very high standard and I can’t wait to see what follows. Plus anything nautical immediately gets my attention! :)
The bees are adorable!
So much to love!
Oh, I’m in love with the Nautical themed stamps and stencils!
Such an awesome release.
Thanks for sharing.
The bee cRd is my favorite. He just jumps out there! Adorable, tyfs!
These products are fabulous! The bee cardis so cute, but I think the sailboat scene is amazing.
I love the nautical stamps and dies! Perfect for summer on the lake thank you notes!
Fantastic release
Such a fun release!! So many options! I love your nautical card. It’s absolutely gorgeous!!
Love anything nautical, so of course had to have it all! Love the new release.
I especially like the sailboat. It is so beautiful and peaceful…
OMG!!! What a darling release!! I really love those adorable bees!!
Super cute release!
Another great release – I can see right off that I want that new sentiment stamp set, the wildflowers stamp set, and the two new background stamps. I can absolutely see those wavy lines and overlapping circles looking phenomenal as textural debossed designs in paste, or being gorgeous embossed. I am sure I am going to add to that list as I go through the blog hop! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win too!
Really a great release! My wishlist is never-ending!
Oh my, such an amazing release! I saw so many things I want, I hope all the amazing designers in the hop can help me decide what I need first! Thanks for all the great products.
Such a great release in time for summer! The bumblebee card Shari made is so very cute! Lots to see for inspiration in the hop I’m sure.
Off I go…
I don’t know how you do it, always amazing products in your releases. I see several must haves!
I really like the background stamps from this release!
Adorable Bee set and card!! Love the sentiments and the ROUND AND ROUND BACKGROUND!
I love the bees and also the ocean themed products. The ocean themed product has such comforting sayings and it would be perfect for using at the Juvenile Home where I make cards with the kids.
Love the bees – but that alphabet! Swoon!
Fabulous inspiration today!! I’m looking forward to tomorrow as some of my faves will be there, too. :-)
I already placed an order, but now I see several more I “need”!
Such a fabulous inspirational release, would adore to try out these products, not sure i me would look as good as any of these though.x
Love the circle stamp!
oooooh! some great sentiments!
I love this release!! Super cute! So many choices on what to buy first!!
Thank you so much for getting me in trouble with my hubby – just kidding ???
The bee card is adorable! My fave is the Wildflowers!
What a terrific release, thanks for all of the hard work. Love the example cards. On to the hop!
I am so in love with the bees! So many great things in this release.
Love this new release. The stencils and dies are calling my name!
Love the new products especially the two big floral stamps!
Shari, your ideas are amazing! It’s so fun to do these hops!
Can’t wait to start the Blog Hop, always so much inspiration and great products from SSS!
This is a great realease. So many great items to choose from. Wish I could order them all.
Super fun new products and projects. Love the ideas. Thanks so much.
The wildflowers stamp has my heart, so many possibilities!