DieCember® Blog Hop 2!

Hello, friends, and welcome to day two of our DieCember® release blog hops! If you missed yesterday’s hop, be sure to circle back and check it out HERE.

Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive DieCember® product lineup features a vast array of dies from flowers to cover plates to useful and fun sentiments and so much more! Stretch your dies with a variety of techniques like partial die cutting, dry embossing, inlaying—the sky’s the limit! In addition, we have some awesome stencils, stamps, and an embossing folder as well as some amazing cardstocks and a new Simon brand tool! No matter your style, you’re sure to find several must-haves that need to be in your creative space. We can’t wait to see what you create with all of these awesome new products!

Before we hop, let’s take a look at some fabulous inspiration from Shari Carroll and Beth Opel:

DieCember® Blog Hop Shari Carroll Color Blend cardstock, Luxe Glitter Cardstock, Highlight Heart and Winsome Branch dies, Reverse Birthday Celebrations sentiment strips, and Winter Glitter sequins

DieCember® Blog Hop Beth Opel Fanfare Border die, Dimensional Rectangles stencil, and Reverse Birthday Celebrations sentiment strips

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! The free gift with a purchase of $25 or more for the this blog hop is the Merry on a Line die! Check out the details on the banner at the top of this post for information about claiming your gift.

Ready for even more DieCember® 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 creative artists who work hard to inspire and excite us! Your comments mean so much to them.

Thanks again for joining us today!

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Friday, December 9th, for an Instagram Hop featuring even more inspiration from our DieCember® release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.

You’ll love browsing our DieCember® 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 DieCember® collection below:

DieCember® Blog Hop 1!

Hi, friends! Welcome to day one of two special release blog hops celebrating our DieCember® release! Come back tomorrow for more amazing inspiration!

OK! Let’s get a sneak peek of what’s in store for our blog hop today with inspiration from Shari Carroll and Nina-Marie Trapani! They used products from our DieCember® release to make these fantastic projects:

DieCember® Blog Hop Shari Carroll Gilded Ornamental embossing folder, Thanks Frame and Aidan Snowflake dies, Pawsitively Velvet Shades of Blue, Luxe Glitter cardstock, and Winter Glitter sequins

DieCember® Blog Hop Nina-Marie Trapani Radiant, Basic Trio, and Highlight Heart dies, and Winter Glitter sequins

Please let these talented designers know how much you appreciate their designs. They work hard to inspire and excite us!

Thanks again for joining us today!

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Friday, December 9th for an Instagram Hop featuring even more inspiration from our DieCember® release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.

You’ll love browsing our DieCember® 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 DieCember® collection here:

Our 10th annual DieCember® – starts NOW!

Hi friends! Happy DieCember® 1st! Our very first DieCember was in December 2013, and the team is a bit in awe that it’s been 10 years already!! I’m not exactly or precisely sure when die cutting became a hot trend in crafting. It’s hard to pinpoint. However, I do know that die cutting has changed the way that we create. Cutting out beautiful and often intricate images is a delightfully fun part of paper crafting. Die cutting embellishes our art in interesting ways. People that aren’t paper crafters are often mystified when they receive a card that has anything die cut involved in the design. If you haven’t experienced this wonderment and awe, be sure to spread some handmade joy this season! (check out these videos for cool tips, tricks, and ideas in die cutting)

To celebrate dies as one of my most favorite crafty products (after stamps, of course ;)), we are hosting a month-long DieCember® celebration. Throughout the month you will see special features, sales, education, and inspiration that focus on die cutting.

Kicking off our DieCember® celebration is a release of beautiful exclusive wafer-thin dies.

The always inventive and fun Laura Bassen made a very special video introducing all of these new products! Don’t miss it!