It’s our [sweet] 16th annual STAMPtember®!
Today marks the start of our 16th annual STAMPtember®! We look forward to teaching and inspiring you during this exciting month as we celebrate the fun of stamping and creating!
STAMPtember® is defined by Simon Says Stamp as an event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the fun of rubber stamping. Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 selling rubber stamps. However, it didn’t take long until we became a one-stop shop offering resources and materials for a wide variety of crafty techniques and projects. While stamps remain the heart of our business, Simon Says Stamp is so much more than stamps!
Today we are revealing NEW Simon Says Stamp-branded products we’ve designed to inspire and delight you. All are available exclusively at SimonSaysStamp.com. You’ll see intriguing new stamps (of course), inks, dies, embossing folders, and stencils, as well as some other fun surprises. We hope to enhance your crafting experience!
During STAMPtember®, we will also be releasing EXCLUSIVE products made in partnership with many of the industry’s finest brands and ONLY available at SimonSaysStamp.com!
Our blog is the home base for the festivities, so be sure to visit EVERY DAY! Trust me when we tell you that the excitement this year is OVER THE TOP, and we are planning fun surprises to keep you on your toes all month long! Speaking of surprises . . . check out this INCREDIBLE prize we are giving away with FOUR chances to win . . .
The always amazing Laura Bassen has made a gorgeous video walk-through to give you an up close and personal look at all the goodies, but for even more information, please be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post!
WATCH THE VIDEO:
Shop the collection:
Can’t Pick A Favorite? Shop Our New Bundles:
Learn more about our new Stamp and Stencil Mat!
Get INSPIRED!
Join us LIVE! Go there now and tap the bell to be notified when it starts!
But wait! There’s MORE!
Want a chance to win a $500 gift card?
Did You Know? August 2025 Edition: STAMPtember®!
Hi friends! Happy STAMPtember® eve! Today I have a new edition of our popular Did You Know series!
With STAMPtember® less than a day away, we’re gearing up for the year’s biggest celebration of stamping!! To get you ready, we thought it would be fun to give you a sneak peek into what you can expect for the month ahead—it all starts September 1st!
STAMPtember® 1st is a big deal!
We kick off this special, month-long celebration with a GIANT Simon Says Stamp brand release on the 1st! These exclusive products are not limited edition; all of the Simon Says Stamp branded products released on STAMPtember® 1st (like all Simon Says Stamp branded releases) become a part of the Simon Says Stamp catalog and are restocked as needed.
STAMPtember® 3rd is Heidi’s birthday!
Our beloved founder and fearless leader, Heidi’s birthday is on Stamptember® 3rd! To celebrate her birthday, we give YOU gifts! Stay tuned to our Simon blog and store starting 9/2 to find out what gifts we’re unveiling (there are LOTS)!
All month we’re revealing surprises!
All STAMPtember® long exclusive collaboration stamp sets (many with coordinating dies) will be unveiled—designed by your favorite brands! These special sets are limited edition and only available while supplies last, so if you love it you’ll want to make sure to order it right away! Each collaboration set release date is a secret. This is what makes STAMPtember® so fun—every day is like a new present to unwrap!
Plus extra-specials surprises, too!
*examples of previous STAMPtember® Limited Edition Kits
On select days throughout the month, we may have a special kit or 2 up our sleeves! These kits are not part of our usual monthly kit subscription and there are limited quantities available. Each one is jam-packed with crafty goodies that you can use to make cards, tags, mixed media projects, and more!
You could win a Golden Bone!
We place one Golden Bone (kind of like the golden ticket in Willy Wonka!) in a random order each week during STAMPtember®! If YOU find a Golden Bone in your order, you will win an assortment of Simon Says Stamp products from EVERY release for an entire year!
We’re going LIVE on Tuesday at 12 PM ET!
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Hopefully by now you are REALLY excited for STAMPtember® to begin—we sure are! We can’t wait to celebrate the love of stamping with you and look forward to a month of sharing that joy together!
One Stamp, Five Ways: Orange Blossoms
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back special monthly guest Suzy Plantamura with another fun rendition of “One Stamp, Five Ways” featuring our newly released Undersea Friends set! Read on and learn more! Enjoy!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Suzy for being our guest!
For my August “one stamp, five ways” post, I picked a stamp set from the Moments in Time release which was a couple months ago. I loved this stamp set and didn’t have the time to work with it. I knew it would be perfect for making 5 cards with the beautiful floral designs and all of the versatile greetings. Here are my cards:
I colored my first set of stamped images using no-line coloring and Copic Markers. I always use Latte PSInk for my no-line coloring as it is the perfect color to blend in with all marker shades. I used a black fine tip Micron marker to draw over the tendrils before I colored the flowers so I could see them. I die-cut all the images out with the matching dies.
I made the background using the A2 Frame Dies. I didn’t cut mine apart allowing me to use both the frames and the in-betweens as frames which are the same size, so you get twice as many size frames with the set! I die-cut one from Flamingo Glitter Cardstock and one size smaller from Gold Matte Cardstock. I then cut all the ones that were smaller than that one from white cardstock. I applied some Rhubarb Ink on the which cardstock background as well as the inside piece of the frames. I attached them to the center of the background piece. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with Versafine Ink and die-cut it out. I attached all the flowers, leaves, and sentiments over the background using foam tape beneath all of them. I used the rose red and gold sequins from the Hot Tamale Embellishment Mix around the sentiment.
I embossed the Blossom Swag Embossing Folder using white cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers. I stamped 3 of the single flowers and three of the leaf clusters from the stamp set with Latte PSInk again and colored them in with Copics as well to match the background. I used a fine tip black Micron to draw in the tendrils again.
I attached the colored embossing folder to a white card base. I attached the flowers and leaves using foam tape beneath just the front flower and gluing the leaves only at the base so they kind of float. I stamped a sentiment from the Handlettered Encouragement Stamp set with Rhubarb PSInk and die-cut it out with the new matching dies. I attached it with foam tape behind it to the top of the card. I added three yellow sequins around the greeting.
I embossed the Lumen Embossing Folder using white cardstock and rubbed Lemonade PSInk on the raised portions. I die-cut a piece of green patterned paper in the Kaleidoscope Paper Pack by 49 & Market using the second largest die in the A2 Nested Dies. I attached it over the embossing folder. I die-cut one of the new Modern Teardrop Wafer Dies from white cardstock and attached it to the center of the green paper.
I stamped the large floral swag and one small flower with Latte PSInk and this time I colored them in with colored pencils. I just purchased Holbein Pencils and I absolutely love them – they go on like oil paints and blend together beautifully. I ended up wanting these to have outlines since they were yellow, so I drew around them with a fine tip black pen. You could just stamp them with black ink for the same look! I die-cut them out and attached them over the teardrop die with foam tape beneath them. I added a black frame around the inside of the teardrop die. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with Versafine black ink and die-cut it out. I glued that to the middle of the flowers. I added three sparkling clear sequins sequins around the sentiment.
This card started as a quick one-layer card idea and turned into my most time consuming detailed card! I stamped some of the flower images with Latte PSInk on two corners of an A2 piece of kraft cardstock. I colored them with colored pencils and used a white Uniball on the flower edges. I didn’t like how plain it was, so I die-cut the flowers out.
I die-cut two of the new Dual Diamonds Wafer Dies from White Cardstock. I die-cut another using Bronze Vellum which matches kraft cardstock perfectly. I glued one of the frames to a piece of watercolor paper I had painted with a sage watercolor. You could also use sage cardstock or blend sage ink over white cardstock. I then glued the bronze vellum inside pieces to half of the spots leaving the green showing in the others. I glued a second white frame over the first one so it had more depth and covered any messes I made glueing the vellum pieces in. I attached the two floral groupings with foam tape beneath them to the front. I stamped a sentiment from the Handlettered Encouragement stamp set with Tidepool PSInk on kraft cardstock. I die-cut it out and attached it between the flowers. I added a few white sequins around the card front.
For the background of this card, I used the Dotted Diamond Embossing Folder’s backside. I loved the texture of the little dots on the outside of my card. I die-cut an oval out of the center of my cardstock before I embossed it. I attached it to a cream card base as my watercolor paper was creamy, so I wanted it to match even though you can’t tell it does in the photos.
I embossed two of the rounded floral stamps with white embossing powder on Arches watercolor paper. I painted them with Karin Brushmarkers. I primarily used all the turquoise blues but then I added some pink and lavender inside the petals. I die-cut them out and attached them to the top and the bottom of the oval opening with foam tape beneath them. I stamped a sentiment from the With Thanks stamp set using Marine PSInk. I die-cut it out with the matching die and attached it to the middle of the card with foam tape behind it. I added three sparking clear sequins to the center around the sentiment.
I hope you like this Orange Blossom Blessings stamp set as much as I do now that you have seen all these ways to use it! I love doing this “one stamp, five ways” guest post as it is so fun thinking of different ways to use the same set without all of the cards looking the same. It’s such a good exercise to get more use out of our stamp sets! Thanks for vistiing today and have a great STAMPtember!!! Suzy
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