Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT inspiration

Happy Saturday everyone!

Before we get to this week's Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT inspiration, we have a few announcements to make.

As we reach the end of January, sadly we are saying goodbye to the amazingly talented Amy Kolling, Heather Pulvirenti and Simonne Clay (from the Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT), as they move onto pastures new. It has been an absolute pleasure to get to know them. We have loved every minute of working with them and they will be greatly missed. Amy, Heather and Simonne - thank you for all the time, commitment, talent and friendship you have shared with Whimsy. We all wish you the very best! Big Whimsy hugs to you all!

You may have noticed during our most recent CWS release that we have a fantastic new addition to the Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT - Kristie Goulet.   Kristie is such an amazing talent and we are thrilled that she has joined our clear team.  Welcome to Whimsy, Kristie!

To date, the very talented Simonne Clay (from SC Design) has been the sole artist of our wonderful Clearly Whimsy Stamps line of stamps and dies, as well as the DT Coordinator and regular DT member of the CWS DT.  As Simonne's work commitments have now changed, sadly she is no longer able be a regular artist at Whimsy, but will hopefully continue to design for us on a more ad hoc basis moving forward.  So from our next clear release in March, we will have a new artist designing for our regular bi-monthly CWS releases.  We hope you will love the new designs as much as you love the existing ones!  And don't worry - we will continue to sell all the stamp and die designs Simonne has designed for us to date! :)

Finally, here is our gorgeous weekly inspiration from our Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT. 

Alanna

Thanks a million stamp set

Basic Backgrounds & Borders stamp set

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Becky

Happy Everything stamp set

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Debbie

Get Well Soon Additions stamp set

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Jen

Up Up and Away stamp set

Up Up and Away Additions stamp set

Basic Backgrounds & Borders stamp set

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Kristie

Gingerbread People stamp set

Gingerbread People die set

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Sylvia

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Clearly Whimsy Stamps January 2015 release - hop WINNERS!

Hi Whimsy fans!

On January 15th we released that month's new clear stamps and dies. The Clearly Whimsy Stamps DT showcased these gorgeous new goodies with daily blog hops. We hid 3 prizes throughout the daily blog hops and here are the lucky randomly-drawn winners:

Prize 1 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Kristie's post on Thursday January 15th:
Heather North

Prize 2 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on the Jen's post on Friday January 16th:
Goldie

Prize 3 - $25 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Amy's post on Saturday Januay 17th:
Happy Dance


Thank you to everyone who visited the blogs of our fantastic DT and left such wonderful comments. Please would the winners email Denise with "Clearly Whimsy Stamps - January release hop winner" as the email subject. Be sure to include your full contact details and which prize you have won, so that your prize can be sent to you as soon as possible.

Hello everyone Cindy here, I am so excited to share with you a "shaker card" I made using a new stamp from Krista Heij-Barber 

 

 I did some fussy cutting in the center of the stamped image. You can see some of the beads and sequins behind the image. I used my Copics to color it. 

 

 

 

I also used the new stamp set by Denise Lynn called "Simply Stitched Circles" along with the "Slider 2 die" I had so much fun making this card and am so excited to be a part of the Whimsy DT.  

 

 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Lizzy Love–Savannah has a Crush

Hi there, today I am sharing a card made with the new Lizzy Love Savannah has a Crush stamp and also a sentiment from the Simply Stitched Circles by Denise Lynn., which I popped on to a Slider 2 Die – it fits perfectly.  I also used the fabulous Lace Doily Border Die…… Best. Border. Die. Ever!

Thanks so much for visiting us today.

Swishy skirt

Good morning! I hope you are ready for some Whimsy cuteness, because I want to show you a gift bag that I made with the new super cute Swishy skirt stamp from by Time 4 Tea.

I just love this image. So cute and so versatile! It can be used for birthdays, thank you's , just saying hi creations ... Possibilities are endless!

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day! xx

Happy Cupcake

Hello sweet Whimsy Stamps friends!! Today I have a card for you using one of the new Krista Heij-Barber stamps!

I used the new Happy Cupcake stamp by Krista Heij-Barber! Doesn't he just make you smile? So fun! I also used the new sentiment set, Simply Stitched Circles!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a super crafty day!!

Music girl

Hello, Louise here today with a card I made using a new stamp called

Music Girl by Time 4 Tea

I so love this stamp and will use it a lot for my daughters teenage friends

I have gone for a simple layout

and the sentiment is from a new set called

Simply stitched circles

I have coloured the image with copics in the following colours

Face - E0000 E000 E00 E11 E13

Hair - E21 E25 E29

Trousers - Bv20 Bv23 Bv25 Bv29

Green - G40 G43 G46

Top - Bv000 Bv01 Bv04 

Bye for now

Louise xx

Sally

Good morning everyone!  I hope your week has been going well and you have some great plans for the weekend.  It's Shelby with you today to bring you a little bit of inspiration for your Thursday.

I'm sure you were able to join us last week for the reveal of the awesome new stamps and dies!  

This adorable sweetie is from the brand spankin' new artist at Whimsy, Lizzy Love, and called Sally Hangs Her Heart on a String.  The sentiment is also from the new release and is by Denise Lynn called Simply Stitched Circles.

Here's a close up of Sally so you can see how sweet she really is.  I had a play around with some alcohol inks to create the background.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Asian Beauty

Hello Whimsy Fans I hope are you all well today

this is my first post as part of this amazing DT.

I would like to share with you lovely peeps 

a card I made for our blog hop she is called 

Asian Beauty, and she is Illustrated by the artist  Mi Ran.

I loved colouring this stamp, there was so much going on

it really pushed my colouring skills, she did take a few hours but 

I think she was well worth it .

I coloured her with Copics and made an Origami frame to

finish her. 

Asian Beauty

  Here is a tutorial on how to make the frame

Step 1:  Your start your frame with the basic Tea bag fold folding 

it corner to corner, you should then have a piece of paper thats 

divided into quarters.

Step 2:   You then turn the paper over so that the pattern is on the bottom

then fold in all of the corners to the middle, so you get a smaller square.

Step 3:  You then turn the paper over so than the corners you just folded 

are on the under side and repeat the process of folding your corners

 into the middle once more.

Step 4:  Just fold back the quarters in equal steps and voila 

the frame is finished,  just tuck your coloured image 

underneath the fold backs.

Meanwhile over at the Challenge blog Whimsy fans
if you joined us last month you will have to stop by and see if
your our lucky winner, and why not  

  join us again at Midday with our new challenge,
so why not  join in the fun.
 There is lots of amazing inspiration from 

my very talented team mates, and another  

 fabulous prize up for grabs.

Have a fun day my lovelies

Music Girl!

Hi Everyone! It's Shannah here today to share some Whimsy Inspiration with you!

For today's card I have used the fun new 'Music Girl' stamp from Time 4 Tea Designs, available from Whimsy Stamps.

The image was stamped twice with Memento ink, coloured with Copic markers, and fussy cut. I then double mounted the image onto layers of papers from a digital kit.

 

I also printed several of the kit elements which I also fussy cut and added to the card as
embellishments.

Hope you like my card!

You can see more details on my Blog;  Embellished ExpresShan's.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Crateful of Kittens

Hello Whimsy fans! Ellie here today, it's my turn to share a creation with you. If you have hopped with us last week, then you will probably remember seeing my card along your way. I made it with one of the new stamps illustrated by Crissy Armstrong.

Aren't they adorable! I just couldn't resist these cuties, and luckily was able to add it to my January stamp selection.

The image has been colored using copics and colored pencils. Papers are just some old ones from my stash. The sentiment is from an older Whimsy Stamp set.

Whimsy Product List:

Crateful of Kittens, Everyday Moments

Thanks so much for stopping by here today. 

Happy Stamping,

Clearly Whimsy Stamps January 2015 release - RELEASE DAY HOP!

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

The CWS design team 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 January 17th at 8.00AM ET) and ends on Wednesday January 21st at midnight EDT.

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

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Whimsy blog
Amy Kolling
Sylvia Blum
Heather Pulvirenti
Jen Carter
Kristie Goulet
Becky Carafa
Alanna Moses
Debbie Eastman
Denise Lynn

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $25 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, so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

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!

We are running a special promotion until Sunday 18th January, and have discounted everything in this release by 10%!! Whimsy Stamps also offers FREE SHIPPING for US orders over $75.

     

Finally, we would like to let you know that our friends over at StampNation are celebrating their 4th birthday this week and Whimsy Stamps is one of their sponsors! As well as giving away some great prizes, we also have a special offer for StampNation members - you can find details about this on the StampNation site.

We hope you've enjoyed this release!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Whimsy Stamps January Rubber release hop WINNERS!

Hi Whimsy fans!

This Wednesday we released this month's new rubber stamps and dies. The Whimsy Stamps DT showcased these gorgeous new goodies with daily blog hops. We hid 3 prizes throughout the daily blog hops and here are the lucky randomly-drawn winners:

Prize 1 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Cindy's post on Monday January 12th:

KT Fit Kitty - http://ktdesigns2013.blogspot.com/


Prize 2 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on the Ellie's post on Tuesday January 13th:

Mary Cook -

 https://plus.google.com/114515218674634517734/posts

Prize 3 - $25 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Iris's post on Wednesday January 14th:

Kathy - http://stampingstill.blogspot.com/

Thank you to everyone who visited the blogs of our fantastic DT and left such wonderful comments. Please would the winners email Denise with "Whimsy Stamps - January rubber release hop winner" as the email subject. Be sure to include your own details together with details of the prize that you have won, so that your prize can be emailed to you.

Clearly Whimsy Stamps January 2015 release - Sneak Peek Day 2

Hi everyone and welcome to the Day 2 of the
Clearly Whimsy Stamps January 2015 release

We are releasing 6 new clear stamp sets and 8 coordinating die/die sets this week, and they are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store RIGHT NOW and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers tomorrow!!

GET WELL SOON is a 4x6 " stamp set that includes 18 different stamps.  We have 2 forms of bandaid - one that stamps an outline for you to colour, and another which is a solid stamp for stamping with coloured inks.  The cross, heart and rectangle stamps all fit in the aperture of both bandaids.  GET WELL SOON ADDITIONS is a 3x4" standalone stamp that can also be used as a companion to the larger 4x6" stamp set.  It includes 12 different stamps: a pill bottle, a pill bottle label, 3 different shapes of pills, a cartoon germ, and 6 different sentiments.

We have 2 die sets to coordinate with these stamp sets. The GET WELL SOON die set cuts out all of the images in the corresponding stamp set with the exception of the heartbeat.  Also included is a standalone bandaid die complete with pierced holes! We have also included the top handle and bottom rubber bung of the crutch, so that you can either the main die to cut out the stamped image, or use the 3 pieces on their own to contstruct a crutch without the stamped image.  The GET WELL SOON ADDITIONS die set coordinates with the matching stamp set, but is also a standalone set.  The pill bottle and label dies cut out the corresponding stamps, but if you pair them with the embossed bottle cap, they can be used on their own without the stamps.  The pill dies have been designed so that you can construct the capsule pill from 2 different cardstocks and layer them together.

The BASIC BORDERS & BACKGROUNDS 2 4x6" stamp set builds on the previously released borders and backgrounds set.  This set includes lots of geometric stamps for stamping your own borders and backgrounds, including a herringbone design and the very popular argyle design.  The larger argyle solid diamonds have been designed so there is a gap between each diamond, so that you may stamp them in 2 different alternating colours if you so wish.

Finally, we have 2 standalone dies/diet set.  The BASIC BORDERS TRIO die set is a great set of 6" border dies that includes a tiny scallop border, a tiny zigzag border and a bracket shape.  The LOVE LARGE WORD die is the latest addition to our ever popular large word dies.  It is in a gorgeous freehand script, and also works with some of the sentiments in the new GET WELL SOON ADDITIONS 3x4" stamp set.

We are running a special promotion until Sunday 18th January, and have discounted everything in this release by 10%!! Whimsy also offers FREE SHIPPING for US orders over $75.

     

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.

Becky Carafa
Heather Pulvirenti
Alanna Moses
Sylvia Blum
Jen Carter
Kirstie Goulet
Debbie Eastman

Finally, we would like to let you know that our friends over at StampNation are celebrating their 4th birthday this week and Whimsy Stamps is one of their sponsors! As well as giving away some great prizes, we also have a special offer for StampNation members - you can find details about this on the StampNation site.

Thanks so much for stopping by and we hope to see you again tomorrow for our Release Day hop!