Season of Wonder Blog Hop 2 and Happy World Card Making Day!

Hello, friends, and welcome to day two of our Season of Wonder release blog hops! If you missed yesterday’s hop, be sure to circle back and check it out HERE.
We love this time of year, and we’re celebrating it with our Season of Wonder release! Savor the beauty of fall with our Autumn Leaf cling, Fresh Air Fall Flowers set, and Happy Autumn dies; get festive with our Deck the Halls set, Winter Village dies, and Christmas Words cling; and look forward to snowy days with our Willow Snowflake and Winter Mitten dies and Textured Pine Trees embossing folder.
What’s more, our final Pawsitively Saturated ink cubes packs in Green Trees and Red Berries debut just in time for all your holiday makes!
Before we hop, let’s take a look at some fabulous inspiration from Nina-Marie Trapani and Beth Opel:


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! Our exclusive gift for this blog hop is the Graceful Holly 3D embossing folder FREE with a purchase of $25 or more (while supplies last)! Check out the details on the banner at the top of this post for information about claiming your gift.
Ready for even more Season of Wonder 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!

- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Nichol Spohr
- Cathy Zielske
- Laura Bassen
- Barbara Tarayao
- Keisha Charles
- Mindy Eggen
- Cheiron Brandon
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
- Heather Ruwe
- Barb Engler
- Natasha Vacca
- Jessica Vasher
- Nicki Baxley
Please share some feedback with these creative artists who work hard to inspire and excite us! Your comments mean so much to them.
Thanks again for joining us today!
And we couldn’t leave out a very Happy World Card Making Day from Simon Says Stamp! It’s a holiday created just for all of us! Last year we shared this epic video, and it’s too good not to share again!
The best thing about World Card Making Day is not only making cards, but the idea that there are people all over the WORLD making cards, too. These people share our passion for creativity and happy mail. In the spirit of this connective nature and to celebrate our favorite holiday, we’ve compiled a video featuring designers from around the world. Meet your favorite designers, peer into their worlds, and hear what they love about making cards (in 8 different languages)!
How fun was that? And now we want to hear from you… tell us your name, where you live, and what YOU love about card making!
World Card Making Day was created in 2006, and the original purpose was to kick-start the holiday card making season. Chances are you make lots of cards for Christmas, but we all know that those beautiful cards don’t come together in one night. So grab your scissors and adhesives and cardstock and stamps and make some cards today! Your family can fend for themselves, right? You deserve to celebrate.

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Thursday, October 12th for an Instagram Hop featuring our Season of Wonder release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
You’ll love browsing our Season of Wonder 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 Season of Wonder collection below:







































































The Merriest Little Blog HOP!
Thank you for these hops! This little card is adorable.
Love these Hops, all these products are amazing.
So much crafty goodness!
I love embossing folders! ?
So many amazing things to choose from!
I am from Alberta in Canada, and I love cardmaking because it allows me to custom make a card for friends and family. They know that I am thinking of them not only on the occasion day, but also on the days that I design and create the cards especially for them.
Absolutely love seeing everyones amazing creations! So much inspiration and great tips
I am from Iowa.I love card making because it makes people feel extra special when I give them a handmade card. Also I love, love, love color and there are plenty of inks, markers, and all kinds of fun things with color in this segment of crafting.
It is just amazing how many ways you can use each item. Creativity abounds!
What a fantastic blog hop! Jennifer McGuire’s cards are amazing (as always)! I love the variety of cards from different creators using the same products and appreciate all of their examples/creations! Happy Holidays everyone!
Wonderful cards. I especially love the first one — that sweet bunny is so adorable!
So many wonderful purchase choices!
Wonderful day 2 hop. Now to place yet another order.
Melissa
“SunshineHoneyBee”
Thanks for all you do. I love your products
Such a huge release, something for everyone.
Love the wintertime critters! Gorgeous embossing folders!
Back for more inspiration.love that Christmas Bunny
I live in Hanover Park, Illinois. I love cardmaking because it is my sanity!! And when you give someone a handmade card they smile from ear to ear!!!! <3
Happy World Card Making Day!!!
So inspirational! Love the blog hop and all it entails!
Love that Christmas bunny!
Thank you for another fun hop!
This release has made me add to my wishlist! Love the gift with purchase!
so many goodies to choose from!!!
This is such a great release! Love the inspiration.
I love this release – Not sure if I commented here or not – if so I apologize! I was so excited to see the new inspiration.
Lovin the embossing folders that are part of this release!
Another day of AMAZING designs and products! I am really loving all the new embossing folders!!!!!!!
Amazing and giant new release–so many lovely products!
This new release is HUGE! Love the new Fresh Air fall series of goodies, all the new foliage dies, and all those cute, fun stamps. The new sentiments look super useful, too.
Wonderful new products and gorgeous inspirational projects.
Happy World Card Making Day everyone. Awesome release. I love bat tag and the mitten garland embossing folder. Hugz
All of the “Season of Wonder” items are great, but I’m particularly loving the religious themed ones; plus the Willow Snowflake just makes my heart swoon!!❄ So elegant!
Lovely to look at…….delightful to create!!!!
This new release is amaZing – SO many products that I need!!!
I’m so excited to see all the inspiration!
This release is just amazing! I have a lot on my wishlist now. The designers’ cards are amazing
So many incredible products making priceless memories. Fabulous new release. Thank you.
Sandy, from Alabama. I love being able to brighten someones day when they open a handmade card, knowing a lot of love was put into it. Beautiful products…
I just finished day 1 which was fantastic. Now I’m off to hop Day 2.
My name is Bunny, I’m from Jacksonville Beach, Florida and I love creating cards to give to people who really need a hug when there’s no one there to hug them. There are so many organizations that would love a card especially to give to a senior citizen or shut in.
I thought after I purchased the Tim Holtz Stamptember that I wouldn’t be back for any more Christmas but y’all just keep cranking out pretty things that are showcased so that it’s hard to say no. And oh mercy did we get spoiled on free shipping, y’all.
St. Louis, MO here and I love the day to focus on creativity. Love your new release!!
Hi, I’m Cindy and I’m from Northern California. I’ve been cardmaking since the early 80’s. My how things have changed over the years. I love cardmaking because (most times), it’s relaxing and just lets me “escape). And it always makes my heart happy when I know that my cards brighten a recipient’s day!
Wonderful cards from Nina-Marie and Beth! I’m enjoying the inspiration on the blog hops! So many fabulous creations! Awesome designs in this release!
Loving all the inspiration!
So much creativity packed into these blog posts! I keep finding gems in each one. Thanks!
I’m from PA. I absolutely love the levels of artistic creativity in card making. There can be 1000 people using the exact same materials, yet you’ll see 1000 completely different cards. It’s amazing!
Yay I’m off to hop. I love the autumn cascade stencil. Would love to see someone featuring it.
I can’t say enough about this great new release. I’ve enjoyed seeing the creativity of the designers. Is there an
“I want it all” button?
I just finished the 2 day blog hop and I saw so many wonderful cards and gather so much fantastic inspiration from such talented cardmakers. The entire Season of Wonder release is terrific!!! Thank you Heidi and team!
Hi, my name is Sandi Pressley and I am from northeast coastal Florida. I love making cards because it gives me a creative outlet plus I have always been a “card sender” and now I take pride in creating all the cards I send. Happy World Card Making Day.