Greetings from Phoenix! It’s the last day of the 2017 Creativation Show! Today we’re sharing some more photos from the show! We know you want to see some of the brands we carry and behind the scenes of the show. Thanks for coming along with us this weekend. We hope you’ve enjoyed the ride! It will be sad to pack up and get back to reality. So many products and samples. SO much inspiration, and so much laughter. It’s a great time for business and connecting. Everyone at Simon Says Stamp will be working hard to bring you everything as soon as we can! Have a great week and enjoy these last few moments from the show!

Be sure to check in often to the NEW PRODUCTS section of the Simon Says Store in the coming weeks so you don’t miss anything!

Here is a photo of Greg and Angie in the Concord & 9th booth. This is their first year having a booth at the Creativation Show. We know you love buying their stamps and dies and the new items are HOT. Stay tuned for their new items soon!

A few samples from the Concord & 9th booth.

Next up is the Waffle Flower Booth. New stamps and awesome new dies!

And some samples from Waffle Flower!

Hero Arts! Their new catalog just released and there are so many great new things from the crew at Hero! Lots of samples and inspiration in their booth for sure. They also had make and takes going all day each day.

There are new additions to the Destination stamps!

And beautiful new florals!

I had to include this adorable card!

What’s new at Altenew? Lots! Their style is on trend and always in style! Just wait until you see everything they are coming out with this year!

Some samples from Altenew.

Just look at this amazing paper succulent wall at Sizzix! WOW! Yes, this is all made out of paper!

And more paper flowers, also from Sizzix!

Every year, the Doodlebug booth is the happiest place in the entire convention center!! Pink carpet, rainbows, and amazing products that we all love! Who can resist? Not us!

A cheerful new collection from Bella Boulevard….

The new Emoji Love Collection from Simple Stories had us smiling from ear to ear! Great things for your cards and your planners! Not to mention scrapbooking!

Another beautiful sample from Simple Stories!

Amy Tangerine’s new collection from American Crafts is so very happy and bright! This collection is perfect and pretty!

There is so so so much to show you! I wish we could take a picture of everything. It’s overwhelming in the best possible way. We will come home inspired and ready to create, and ready to share our enthusiasm with all of you. Thank you for joining us at Creativation 2017! Have a great week to come!

Hi crafty friends! We are back live from Creativation 2017 with more news from the show floor! Today we are going to share with you some photos from the Lawn Fawn booth! They have again come up with loads of adorable stamp sets, innovative dies, beautiful new ink colors and cheerful patterned papers. Everything about Lawn Fawn says “happy!” and we love it. You can pre-order the new Lawn Fawn now at the Simon Says Stamp store! I am crazy about the new rainbow plaid papers and cannot wait to craft with all these new things.

See what I mean about this paper? It’s going to be great for all of our Spring and Summer crafting. It’s called Perfectly Plaid Rainbow, and it comes in 12 x 12 and 6 x 6 sizes for any project.

A sweet project made with the new stamp set called Elphie Selfie! Really adorable!

All the ink colors are so vivid and bright and saturated. The Lawn Fawn Inks are a dream to stamp with. There are some new colors added in to make it even easier for layered stamping.

Beautiful smiles from Chari, Kelly Marie and Jenn!

The fun Happy Hatchling Lawn Cuts were used for this Easter treat! And for us cat lovers – the cute new set called Meow You Doin’!

Love these Fab Flowers stamps and dies!

Sewn with love….

We are all crazy about these mini stamp sets!

And new Zig Zag stacking dies to complete your shapes dies collection.

Who wouldn’t want to get this greeting in the mail?

These Fancy Folded Banners Dies are really innovative and fantastic!

That’s it for day two of the Creativation Show! Are you following along on social media to see more updates every day? Check in with us on our Simon Says Stamp Facebook Page and Instagram Page to stay with us. We love to know what you think so tell us what your favorite items are that you’re seeing from the show! Thank you for your support and Happy Crafting. See you right here tomorrow for another Creativation post.

Hi everyone! Well it’s Saturday, but there is no Weekender with Wanda this week! Instead, I am very excited to be reporting to you live from the Creativation Show 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona! The whole Simon crew is here scouting out the newest and most awesome products to stock in the Simon Says Stamp Store! This is the largest craft and hobby trade show out there, and it’s the one time of the year when all of the craft companies present their new products. I love watching to see what the new trends are for the coming year. My job for the next three days is to report on the show and some of your favorite companies here on the blog. The first day of the show was today, and it was jam packed – a huge crowd just to get in the doors! Today’s post is going to focus on all the new items from TIm Holtz. That includes Ideaology, Sizzix, Stamper’s Anonymous, Tonic and Ranger. Much of the new product is already available for pre-order in the SSS Store now! If you pre-order you can be assured to get everything as soon as it comes in. CLICK HERE to see everything new!

Please be sure to visit all of our Facebook page and our Instagram Page for more updates over the next three days too! We can’t contain our excitement and it’s so much fun to share with all of you. Hope you’ll follow along with us!

Now for some photos fresh from this morning! First up a photo of where we are – the beautiful Phoenix Convention Center!

A crowd always forms around Tim right away! Here he is demonstrating the new Distress Oxide Inks. These are so fantastic. I seriously cannot wait to try them out. Just when you thought he couldn’t think of something new for us to play with!

Here are the 12 beautiful colors that will be released – DIstress Oxide!

For those of you that love Distress Crayons (don’t we all?) there are three new packages – and this will complete the family of crayons – in every distress color. Perfect!

Here are all the new stamp sets from Tim Holtz and Stamper’s Anonymous. I am not going to be able to decide. I think I need them all. How about you?

These are the new foam alphabet stamps in awesome fonts! These are going to be so great to use with Distress Paints!

I know a lot of you are stencil lovers, so here is a photo of all the new Stencils and Mini Stencils to be released this year.

LOADS of new Design Tapes coming from Tim Holtz too! Each pack is so cool, with skinny tapes and larger tapes that all coordinate. These are really beautiful and perfect for all of our mixed media projects (and our planners!)

These new giant tag shaped boards are HOT. Wow – my ideas are flowing! This surface can stand up to anything you can dish out – paint, inks, paste, anything!

And, new Sizzix dies! We love these, don’t we!?

Here are a few samples from Tim’s Designer Challenge this year. The starting point for the challenge was the Thickboard tags! WOW!

I know there is a lot of anticipation for this next product! The new Tonic Craft Stamp Platform! It will be available in April, but you can order yours on reserve now in the SSS store. I want one asap. It’s going to be the perfect tool for all of your stamps.

This was really truly something else! A giant city modeled after Tim’s new Sizzix dies! Holy guacamole! This is hard to describe – even the photo doesn’t do it justice. These new CItyscape dies are awesome. I know people are going to make some amazing projects with these. CLICK HERE to see them all!

These new Tiny Houses Dies will be released in February! This project is so sweet.

This is the new Sizzix Lantern Box Die and will release in April!

And I’ll end my post with a few shots from the Idea-ology booth, which is always one of my favorite stops of the entire show! So much talent and creativity goes into making this happen. Tim and his team outdo themselves each and every year, and inspire us all.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this look behind the scenes at Creativation 2017 and everything new from TIm Holtz! This is just the tip of the creative iceberg! There is so much more. Here is the link to all new Tim Holtz products across all companies. Tomorrow’s feature will be on Lawn Fawn and I already know you’re going to love that too. Have a great day crafty friends.

There are new items in the SSS Store every day right now! Be sure to check our New Products section to see what’s listed.