Whimsy News and Welcome Danni!

Hi Whimsy fans!

We have some very exciting news to share ... we are thrilled to welcome Danni Bindel as the newest member of our rubber DT! Welcome to Whimsy, Danni!

We are all very much looking forward to getting to know Danni and see how she works her magic with our Whimsy products.  Here is a little bit about Danni in her own words together with one of her gorgeous creations:

I am so excited to be joining this amazingly talented team here at Whimsy Stamps! My name is Danni and I'm a mom to Matthew who will be turning 13 in August and Annabelle who will be 10 in September. I've been married to Sam for 15 years, 14 of which he was in the US Army. We have one dog, Freckles and I simply love zoos and animals and have hopes that when I grow up I can work at or volunteer at a zoo.

We live near Omaha, Nebraska and I recently got a job, after being at home for 13 years, at a grocery store in the salad bar department and Sam just got a job at Burlington Northern Railroad.

I started scrapbooking 16 years ago and swore I'd never stamp and then 9 years ago I was introduced to stamping and as they say, the rest is history. I love to make cards and my favorite part of that process is coloring! I can't wait to share my Whimsy Stamps creations!!

~Smiles~
Danni

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Monthly Rubber & Die NEW RELEASES ...

Not only have we have decided to switch back to monthly rubber & die releases from July onwards, we have also made a few changes to our monthly release schedule. We are now going to hold 3-day new release evenst each month from July onwards - 2 days of sneak peek hops plus a grand blog hop on Day 3.  This will now happen on the first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each month, so you can mark your calendars in advance!  We hope the changes to our release schedule will be beneficial to all our fans and customers.

So with those changes in mind, we are excited to tell you that our July Rubber Stamp & Die release sneak peeks start on Monday 7th July!! We invite you all to stop by as we have lots of fantastic DT inspiration to share plus some fabulous prizes for you to win.

A Fond Farewell...

The end of June marks the end of our first DT term of 2014. Therefore, we are saying goodbye to some of our wonderful design team members who are moving onto pastures new.

Danielle, Heidy, Jenny, Jodi and Kathy - it has been an absolute pleasure to get to know you all. We have loved every minute of you being part of the Whimsy family and each of you will be greatly missed. Thank you for all the time, commitment, talent, and friendship you have each shared with us. We all wish you the very best and look forward to you guest designing for Whimsy in the future. Big Whimsy hugs to you all!

Heidy Blom

Puppy's New Friend
Everyday Moments stamp set

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Danielle Copley

Fluttering By stamp set
Butterfly Frame die

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Jenny Hodges

Daphne rubber stamp

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Jodi Amidei

Sunflower rubber stamp

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Kathy Tanner

Fluttering By stamp set
Butterfly Border die

Walkies

Good morning everyone!  It's my turn (Shelby) to hopefully provide a little inspiration this morning with the awesome Whimsy products!!

This is Walkies from Time for Tea.  Don't they just make the cutest pair?  The background was done using the Star Background stamp from SC Designs.  I embossed the background stamp and then used twinkling H2Os to create a watercolor effect.  Then I de-embossed with a hot iron to leave a smooth texture to the paper but voila the stars remain!

The die cut is called the Piercing Stacking Star and the sentiment is from the collection called Film Strip Sentiments from Raindrop Echo Designs.

Don't forget to come back a little later for a visit as today is the start of the June release festivities for the new Clearly Whimsy Stamps.  I can't wait to see 1) what the new stamps are going to be and 2) what crazy great projects the DTs will come up with!!

Clearly Whimsy Stamps June release - RELEASE DAY HOP!

Welcome to the ...
Clearly Whimsy Stamps June release BLOG HOP!

Our DT and GDT have been sharing some amazing creations made with these new stamps and dies over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP!

The hop starts today (Saturday June 29th at 8.00AM EDT) and ends on Sunday June 30th at midnight EDT.

If you would like to hop along with us today, please CLICK HERE to start the hop at Simonne's blog.

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Whimsy Stamps blog
Simonne
Amy
Rosemary
Heather
Jen (GDT)
Debbie
Becky (GDT)
Deb
Alanna
Denise

One lucky hopper will win 2 stamp sets and 1 die set from the Time For Tea line.  To enter the draw, simply leave a comment at EVERY stop along the hop!

Today we are excited to share the final set of stamps and die from this release.

The new TIME FOR TEA line of products consists of a 4x6" stamp set and a 3x4" companion stamp set which can be used together as well as independently of one another.

The die sets that coodinate with these stamp sets cut out all the required shapes, including those tiny rose, lemon and strawberry shapes that you can add to the teapot, teacup or the top of the cupcake!

Please scroll down to view our posts from yesterday and Thursday to check out the other stamps and dies from this release.  The entire new release is available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store RIGHT NOW, and if you love our new clear line as much as we do, why not ask your LSS to stock it!

Also,we are offering FREE USA SHIPPING on all orders over $75!

We hope you've enjoyed this release!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Clearly Whimsy Stamps June release - Day 2

Hi everyone and welcome to DAY 2 of the ...

This week we are releasing 6 new clear stamp sets and 6 coordinating die/die sets, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and all good Whimsy Stamps retailers ... TOMORROW!

Yesterday we introduced Happy Everything and Distressed Backgrounds & Ink Splats.  If you missed this post, scroll down to take a peek!

Today we are excited to introduce 2 brand new school & officed themed 4x6" stamp sets - SCHOOL SPIRIT and SMARTY PANTS.  Although each set can be used on its own, we have designed these sets to work together in terms of proportion and content:

SCHOOL SPIRIT is a school-themed set with lots of individual word stamps that can be combined to make many different sentiments.  It is perfect for making cards or for Project Life/Scrapbooking school memories.  This set includes 28 individual stamps.

SMARTY PANTS is a more generic office & school themed set with sentiments that can be used for any occasion.  Combine the ruler stamp with the "You RULE" sentiments, or the book stamps with the "read.learn.grow" sentiment.  This set includes 24 individual stamps.

We have 2 die sets to coordinate with these new stamp sets. These dies are standalone dies, so they can be used without the stamps.  The first set is a MORTARBOARD AND TASSEL set, and the second set includes a GLASSES & BRACKET die.  The sets are sized so that they coordinate with each other as well as the stamp sets- the mortarboard die will sit nicely on the corner of the glasses die.  We have also made the tassel separate from the mortarboard so you can cut it in out in you school colours, plus you can sit the mortarboard at an angle but still have the tassel hanging vertically and not off at an angle which defies gravity! ;)

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

So now we’ve shown you the second day of peeks, it’s time to check out what our amazing Design Team has created with these new products. Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate.

Heather
Denise
Simonne
Becky (GDT)
Debbie
Jen (GDT)
Deb
Alanna
Amy

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you again tomorrow for our RELEASE DAY HOP and the final reveal of our last set of products!

Clearly Whimsy Stamps June release - Day 1

Hi everyone and welcome to the ...

Over the next 3 days we will reveal the new June 2014 Clearly Whimsy Stamps products. We are releasing 6 new clear stamp sets and 6 coordinating die/die sets this week, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Saturday.

This month we are thrilled to welcome Jen Carter and Becky Carafa as our Guest Designers. Jen & Becky will be joining us for our 3 day release event and sharing their wonderful creations featuring our June release. Welcome girls!

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

The HAPPY EVERYTHING 4x6" stamp set includes 29 individual stamps! It is primarily a birthday and celebration set, as it includes balloon and candle stamps, but it also includes sentiments that can be used for different occasions ... Happy everything, Happy for you, Happy Holidays, Happy ever after, etc. to name but a few:

We have 2 coordinating dies to go with the HAPPY EVERYTHING stamp set.  The HAPPY LARGE WORD die is approximately 2.7x1.2" and is the perfect size for any papercrafting project, whether it be cardmaking, scrapbooking or Project Life.  The PARTY TIME - CANDLE AND BALLOONS die set allows you to cut out the largest and smallest balloon stamps, as well as a candle:

The second 4x6" stamp set being released this month is the first in a line of background sets.  DISTRESSED BACKGROUNDS & INK SPLATS is a set of 9 stamps including a distressed grid stamp, a chicken wire stamp and 7 inky stamps.

So now we’ve shown you the first day of peeks, it’s time to check out what our amazing Design Team has created with these new products. Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate.

Alanna
Amy
Denise
Becky (GDT)
Debbie
Heather
Rosemary
Simonne
Jen (GDT)

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you again tomorrow for Day 2 of our release sneak peeks!

Butterflies

Hi :)  It's Kathy here with a card that combines a couple of my favourite things : Butterflies and Brayering.

I used the wonderful SC Design set Fluttering By  for the sentiment.  I have used it a lot already, I love it! And I've also used  the beautiful  Butterfly Border Die also from SC Design.

The butterflies are joined in a row but I just used black card with the die and then cut these 2 butterflies off.
I then glued these on to vellum and fussy cut around them.  I tried not to cut the black butterflies but just the vellum.  Then I coloured the vellum from the back with pink and blue copics, you can use any kind of marker to do this though.  I attached them with a rolled up glue dot behind their bodies so that it couldn't be seen.  So they are very dimensional and the wings can be bent up too.  They reminded me of stained glass windows and I really liked how they turned out :)

For the brayered panel I used a circle punched from a post it note to mask a moon and brayered on various blue and pink inks.

Thanks for dropping by for a look and hopefully I have inspired you to use your butterfly border die in a different way :)

Kathy

Sneak Peak - New Clearly Whimsy Stamps

Hello Everyone,

Tomorrow is the start of our June Clearly Whimsy Stamps release event! We will be showcasing 6 new clear stamp sets and 6 new Shapeology dies over the next few days. There will be lots of inspiration and chances to win prizes. We hope you will join us for some fun beginning at 8am ET on Thursday, June 26th!

Here's a little sneak peek....

A little inspiration, Jodi style!

Jodi here to share a couple of different cards I have made this month using the great rubber stamps released in May.  

The first one is called "Fee 1" from Cathy Delanssay.  She is such a pretty image - I have already colored her a couple of times.  Just a simple but sweet card that could be used for just about any occasion.  

This second card is an image from Elizabeth Bell called "Sunny Ginger Meadows".  She looks so happy and playful!  Again, an image that could work for many occasions.

That's it for me!  Sending you all wonderful creative mojo and wishing inky fingers and juicy markers!

Hugs,

Jodi

Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT Inspiration

Happy Saturday everyone! Our Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT have been hard at work this week preparing for next week's new release! Sneak peeks start on Thursday, so be sure to stop by. But in the meantime, here's this week's fabulous inspiration:

Amy

Happy Hello stamp set

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Alanna

Travel 2 - Happy Travels stamp set

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Deb

Coffee Break Additions stamp set

Coffee Cup die set

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Debbie

Travel 1 - Life is a Journey stamp set

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Heather

Happy Hello stamp set

Travel 1 - Life is a Journey stamp set (car)

Travel 2 - Happy Travels stamp set (signpost)

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Rosemary

Happy Hello stamp set

Travel 2 - Happy Travels stamp set

Sunnydee and Sunflowers

Hi there, you need your shades for today's project!

 

I have inked up Sunnydee and Sunflowers and have gone with bright colours, the delish papers are from the In the Country paper pack.  I also used the new  Fluttering By sentiment stamps designed by our very own Simonne, and also the matching Butterfly Frame Die. 

Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT inspiration

Hi everyone and happy Saturday!

Here is some fantastic inspiration using our Clearly Whimsy Stamps clear stamps and dies....

Amy

Feeling Fruity Additions stamp set

Happy Hello stamp set (chevron)

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Denise

Happy Hello stamp set

In the Garden Additions stamp set

In The Garden stamp set (sentiment)

Fence and Grass die set

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Rosemary

Travel 1 - Life is a Journey stamp set

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Heather

Hello large word die

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Debbie

Coffee Break stamp set

Coffee Cup die set

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Alanna

Happy Hello stamp set

Hello large word die

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Deb

Family Words stamp set

Wonderful word die

Thanks so much for dropping by today!