Hi friends! Happy Sunday! You know those people that come into your life that you like instantly? I can include the kind folks at Art Impressions to those people in my life! Bonnie’s talent matches her modesty (not an easy feat!), and Kate is so kind, hard working, and talented as well! We were so excited to have our very FIRST STAMPtember collaboration with Art Impressions this year, and truly hope that it will be the first of many!

Art Impressions began selling educational stamps back in the mid 1980s. Traveling to local and regional craft fairs, customers from all over the Northwest loved the whimsical designs of owner and artist Bonnie Krebs. For over 20 years her talent has grown and developed into one of the major stamp illustrators and designers in the industry today.

This set came through a meeting of the minds of the Simon team and Bonnie’s drawing skills when we told her our team admittedly enjoys dancing like no one is watching. Do you do that too? It is impossible for me to look at these girlfriends “Dance it Out” stamp set, and not smile! I hope you share my enthusiasm and love our first collaboration with the amazing Art Impressions!!!

In addition to their blog and online shop, follow along with Art Impressions on Facebook, Pinterest, and Youtube!

Created by Dana Warren. Be sure to visit Dana’s blog to see how she made this card!

Created by Karen Day. Be sure to visit Karen’s blog to see how she made this card!

Created by Cheryl Valadez. Be sure to visit Cheryl’s blog to see how she made this card!

We love seeing what you are creating for STAMPtember. Be sure to use hashtag #Stamptember on Social Media to share what you are making and be inspired by others.

Check out more information on the beautiful cards above, as well as some additional cards made using Art Impressions Products!

Dana Warren
Cheri Burry
Sharon Caudle
Kerry Schilling
Diane Zechman
Karen Day
Renee Matarese
Cheryl Valadez

Thanks for visiting today! We hope you enjoy this new release! In fact, tell us what you think below and you could win a $50 shopping spree to Simon Says Stamp’s One Stop Shop!

Welcome, readers! Today you get a double BANG for your buck as we are featuring not one, but TWO great stamping companies! Have you shopped Darkroom Door and PaperArtsy? Now is a great time to try them! First up, let’s talk a bit more about Darkroom Door.

Darkroom Door was founded in 2007 by professional photographer Rachel Greig and graphic designer Stewart Yule. While traveling throughout Europe in their blue Kombi van Stewart and Rachel brainstormed an idea that would combine their love of art, design and photography into a range of art rubber stamps and paper products for the stamping and paper craft industry. From humble beginnings in Rachel’s photography studio, Darkroom Door moved it’s headquarters in 2009 to a larger studio and warehouse where they design, manufacture and distribute Darkroom Door products within Australia and export to more than 18 countries worldwide.

We want everyone to pick a favorite Darkroom Door item and try it, so in the spirit of that, we are offering a limited time 20% discount off all Darkroom Door products when you use code DDR2S. Please know that this code is not valid with other codes, nor can it be used for previous purchases.

I reached out to Darkroom Door contributing artist Anneke De Clerck to make a card showcasing this fabulous brand in celebration of this feature and boy oh, boy did she deliver! Be sure to check out Anneke’s blog for lots of inspiration and a complete step out of this project!!

In addition to their blog and online shop, follow along with Darkroom Door on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, & Youtube!

Supplies for Darkroom Door Project:

Next up, we’d love to also put a spotlight on PaperArtsy, a fantastic stamping company that also offers fun mediums for crafting!

Established late 2003, we manufacture here in the UK, on site our own amazing rubber stamps. We work with superb local companies to bring to you our super smooth 12×12 scrapbook papers, the best and most versatile Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint (since 2011), and we also sell a wide variety of art and craft supplies related to all kinds of Paper Art crafting. In addition to the items we design in house, we work with several independent artists to bring their designs to market in the form of stamps, stencils, chalk paints, dies, chipboard, papers and more.

90% of our work is making stamps, bottling paint and selling those and other PaperArtsy branded items to craft and art stores around the world. We have exported our brand since 2004. We do not have a physical store; our address is our manufacturing workshop.

We want everyone to pick a favorite PaperArtsy item and try it, so in the spirit of that, we are offering a limited time 20% discount off all PaperArtsy products when you use code ARTSY2S. Please know that this code is not valid with other codes, nor can it be used for previous purchases.

I reached out to PaperArtsy designer Alison Bomber to make a card showcasing this fabulous brand in celebration of this feature. Isn’t it gorgeous?! Be sure to check out Alison’s blog for lots of inspiration and a complete step out of this project!!

In addition to their blog and online shop, follow along with PaperArtsy on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, & Youtube!

Supplies for Paper Artsy Project:

This past Tuesday, we had a blog hop to celebrate the October 2015 card kit “Here’s Looking at You” from Simon Says Stamp. If you haven’t had a chance to visit the hop, click here to view the first post. I think you’ll find loads of great card making inspiration!

Congratulations to all of the blog hop winners! Thank you for hopping along with us and taking the time to leave feedback for the designers in the form of comments along the way :) I know they really really enjoy hearing from you!

Simon Says Stamp Blog‘s winner is: Saundra Rega!
Debby Hughes‘ winner is: Stamping Sue!
Heather Ruwe‘s winner is: Kim Create!
Kristina Werner‘s winner is: Yasmine!
Laura Bassen‘s winner is: Jeanne Jordan!
Lorraine Aquilina‘s winner is: Rosemary!
Lucy Abrams‘ winner is: Quilter Laura!
Nichol Magouirk‘s winner is: Nandini!
Shari Carroll‘s winner is: Shelly!
Wanda Guess‘ winner is: Chriss Blagrave!
Yana Smakula‘s winner is: Becky Smith!

Winners, Congratulations! Please check your inbox’s for a $25 Gift Card to our store If for some reason we couldn’t access your email, please email [email protected] letting her know you are one of our Blog Hop winners for the $25 GC. Thank you again for hopping along with us!

We also had a Blog Hop celebrating STAMPtember on our Wednesday Challenge last week! The winners below are the lucky winners of a special Simon Says Stamp goody bag! Please email [email protected] with your mailing address to claim your prize!

Simon Says Stamp’s  winner is KandA!
Vera’s winner Is  Larissa!
Caryn’s winner is  Melissa Sunshine Honey Bee!
Debby’s winner is Monika Reeck!
Gayatri’s winner is  Rosemary D!
Heather’s  winner is   Maarit!
Jenn’s  winner is  KT Fit Kitty!
Jennifer’s winner is  Tracey McNeeley!
Jo’s  winner is  Karen Meade!
Lin’s winner is  NG Cards!
Lols’s winner is  Dawn Designs!
Mandy’s  winner is  Hos Dorte!
Melissa’s winner is Helen!
Teresa’s   winner is  Corilyn Noreen!
Virginia’s winner is   Cathy R!

Congrats!! Blog Candy Winners!!

From: STAMPtember® Feature: Wendy Vecchi: Donna Phelan!
From: STAMPtember® Exclusive: My Favorite Things: Mary Holshouser!
From: STAMPtember® Exclusive: WPlus9: Melissa Friedrich!
From: STAMPtember® Feature: Paper Smooches: Robin Buchholz!
From: STAMPtember® Exclusive: Winnie & Walter: Angie Hall!
From: STAMPtember® Feature: Prima: Joy Meadows!

Please email Samantha ([email protected]) with your mailing address and the name of the blog you won from to claim your prize!