Whimsy Inspirations Blog

New Video - Halloween Door Hanger

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Hello Friends,
Today we have a new video for you over on our YouTube channel. DT member Jeanette has created this adorable Halloween themed door hanger with our Spooky Sookie Halloween Fairy stamp and Halloween Die Set.

You can see this video and more on our YouTube channel or watch this video below.

Little Red Riding Hood

Monday, September 28, 2015

Hi Everyone, it's Faye here today :)

I thought I'd pop in and share a card I've made with Little Red Riding Hood. She's gorgeous isn't she? She comes from the Little Cottage Cuties Collection, illustrated by Elisabeth Bell. With a beautiful image like this, I wanted to keep my card nice and simple, so she has plenty of space to look gorgeous! So, it's some pretty paper, a little doodling and we're away...

Thanks for stopping by... Have a great day.

Lizzy Love....."Emi and the Giant Pumpkin"

Friday, September 25, 2015

Hello everyone!! Cindy here today to share with you a card I made using the new stamp from Lizzy Love "Emi and the Giant Pumpkin".

I colored her with my Copics and made the watercolor background. The moon was a fun challenge for me. I heat embossed the sentiment. I have a list of Copics used on my blog. I had a lot of fun making this card and being creative.

Have a fabulous weekend!
Cindy

Happy Halloween

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Good morning Whimsy groupies! I hope you were able to check out this month's awesome new release. Lots of goodies to get crafty with:)

One of the new stamps from Lizzy Love is called Emi and the Giant Pumpkin...love this stamp

How fun is this stamp?!! Lots of space to do some coloring with your favorite medium and a great background for even more techniques!!

The foreground was done with Copic markers and colored pencils and the background was done with masking paper, distress inks, stencil and texture paste! I told you there was lots of space to get creative!

Thanks for stopping by and just think, only one more day til the weekend, just one more day:)

Shelby

Shimmery Sprinkles Faery

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Hi there! I’m sharing a wintry card using the sweetest little fairy - Shimmery Sprinkles Faery by Elisabeth Bell. I love her! And she can be used for both Christmas and non-Christmas cards too. I have also used a sentiment from the Country Christmas Sentiments set. Other Whimsy products used are their Corner Dies set and the Lace Doily Border Die.

Catch up with you next month Smile

A Christmas Faery

Monday, September 21, 2015

Happy Monday!

Ellie here today sharing my newest Whimsy Stamps creation with you using some products from Whimsy's recent release! I hope you like it :-)

I colored the cute stamp with copic markers and fussy cut. The background paper was made by stamping one of Whimsy's Christmas sentiments onto the paper, and also a music sheet stamp. The edges were inked with distress inks. Embellished with lots of glitter, a little button and some gold cord.

You can find the Whimsy products here:

Shimmery Sparkles Faery

Holiday Cheer

funky Christmas Tree die

similar to what I used:

Music Notes background stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by here today! Hope you're having a great day!!

Happy Stamping,

Special Guest Video - Catherine Pooler

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Happy weekend!

We have a special video on our YouTube channel to share with you all today. We asked the super talented Catherine Pooler to share one of her amazing ideas using some new Whimsy goodies, and voila a one of a kind Christmas card! In this video Catherine shares a technique using Brusho along with our Funky Christmas Tree Die and Merry Large Word Die.

We hope you are inspired to give this idea a try!

Bringing Presents

Friday, September 18, 2015

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

For today's card I used the adorable new image from Art by Mi Ran called 'Bringing Presents' and also the Snowflake Border Die . That sweet little squirrel is just too cute! And, as with all Mi Ran stamps, it was so much fun to colour with all that gorgeous hair and pleats.

As usual, my colouring medium of choice was Copic markers, and you can see the colours I used listed on my blog. The sentiment is also from Whimsy Stamps, but unfortunately no longer available (sorry I only realised after I used it!), but you can find the matching die on clearance with the link below.

I used Fun Flock on her coat and Stickles on the snow to give some texture to all that white, and finished with some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you like it! You can see more details on my Blog; Embellished ExpresShan's.

Thanks so much for visiting today and hope you have a great week!

New Video - Let's Color Shimmery Sprinkles Faery

Happy Friday Friends!

Today, DT member Kimberly is sharing another in depth coloring tutorial over on our YouTube channel. This time she's using Elisabeth Bell's new stamp Shimmery Sprinkles Faery. Enjoy!

Have Hopping Happy Holiday

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Hello Whimsy Fans I have a tutorial for all

you fine folk to follow today, it's to make a Gift Bag.

I found the tutorial on Pinterest, but for those of you who do

not use Pinterest here goes.

You can use an A4 sheet of card or 12x12

its entirely up to you. Measurements for A4 Card

Card Length 11'card width 8 1/4 '

Portrait Score Lines are at 1 7/8' of an inch and 6 3/8' of an inch.

Landscape Score Lines 3/4 of an inch, 4 1/2 inches, 6 1/2 inches and 10 1/4 of an inch.

whilst you have your card on the landscape you will need to score a diagonal line

from the 4 1/2 and 6 1/2 line of 1 7/8 inches on both sides of your card as

shown above, if you have scored and folded correctly you should end up with the picture below. You can now glue from the top to the diagonal score lines.

I would then pierce the holes for your handles and decorate the outside of the bag.

before popping the box into it's upright position and gluing, the sides will not stay up otherwise.

To decorate the outside of my bag I have used the absolutely adorable

Christmas Bunny Stocking by Artist and Illustrator Crissy Armstrong

and Whimsy Stamps Shapeology Die Merry, I coloured the image with copics.

Have a lovely day Whimsy peeps, don't forget that the challenge will be going live

shortly, so why not have a go at making the bag for the Whimsy Challenge

Take care have fun..... Happy Crafting..

Hugs Bridget

September Card Kit and Video

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Hello Whimsy Friends!

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Monthly Card Kits! Each month we plan to add a new kit to our store which will contain various elements to create up to 5 projects. Kits will vary month to month but you will find cardstock, designer papers, a Whimsy stamp and Shapeology die, embellishments, plus a how to instruction sheet for one project. We plan to also release a new video, on our YouTube channel, each month featuring items made using the kit.

Our talented DT member Vicki has created fabulously fun projects using our new September Kit in a special video, available to watch now. Card Kits are also available to purchase through the Whimsy Store, however they are in limited supply and once sold out we will not have more.

This month we have 2 kits available - One featuring Elisabeth Bell's Sabrina the Little Witch and the other with Lizzy Love's Spooky Sookie Halloween Fairy. The contents of the kits are the same except for the Whimsy rubber stamp.

Each September kit contains: 12 sheets of 6"x6" designer paper, 5 sheets of 110# white cardstock 8.5"x11", 2 sheets of 65# black cardstock 8.5"x11", 1 sheet each of 65# sand and orange accent cardstock 8.5"x11", 1/2 sheet each of 65# green and purple accent cardstock 8.5"x5.5", 1 piece of clear acetate 9"x6", 5 bags of assorted colors and sizes of sequins, 2 pieces of accent ribbons about 1 yard each, one Whimsy rubber stamp, Shapeology Halloween Die set, 1 sheet of preprinted coordinating sentiments, and 1 inspirations instruction sheet.

Check out Vicki's video now for ideas and projects using the kit, specially designed for Halloween!

Whimsy Stamps September Release Winners

Monday, September 14, 2015

Hi Whimsy fans!

Last Wednesday we released this month's new rubber and clear stamps and dies. The Whimsy Stamps DT showcased these gorgeous new goodies with daily blog hops. We hid 4 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 Vicki's post on Wednesday 9th Sept:

http://bunnyscards1.blogspot.com/

Prize 2 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Becky's post on Thursday 10th Sept

Sue, https://www.blogger.com/profile/10297799949196247241

Prize 3 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Iris's post on Friday 11th Sept:

http://moxiecraftie.blogspot.com/

Prize 4 - $15 gift certificate
Drawn from the comments left on Michelle's post on Friday 11th Sept:
Tracy - http://tracybayley.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 - September 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.

New Video - Halloween Treat Boxes

Hello Friends!

DT member Jeanette has created some adorable Halloween Treat Boxes and she shares a how to in our latest video over on the Whimsy YouTube Channel. She showcases Whimsy's Cat Witch rubber stamp and some coloring with pencils and then shares how to watercolor the hat sentiments from our Whimsy Witch Hat Sentiments. The hats have been die cut with the coordinating Shapeology Witch Hat Die. We hope you'll give these a try this Halloween season!

Visit our YouTube channel for this video and more from our talented team!

New Video - Spooky Watercolor Background

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Hello Friends,

On Wednesday, we released a new video featured on our YouTube channel. DT Vicki has created a gorgeous background using watercolor paints and paper. She also shares some coloring with the new Kuretake Clean Brush pens, they look like a lot of fun! The image on Vicki's finished project is called Sabrina the Little Witch illustrated by Elisabeth Bell. This stamp is part of our September release and is available to purchase in the Whimsy Shop now.

Don't forget to check out our new release blog hops and enter for a chance to win prizes. Entry chances close on Monday, Sept. 14th at 8am ET. You can start the hops here: http://whimsystamps.blogspot.com/2015/09/september-2015-new-release-day-1.html

You can visit our YouTube channel to view this video and others or you can watch below.

September 2015 New Release Day 3

Friday, September 11, 2015

Welcome to Day 3, the final day, of our ...

September Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the last 2 days we have showcased 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets, 3 new Clearly Whimsy clear sets, and 3 Shapeology Die Sets. All of these new products are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers.

Our design team members have created amazing cards and projects featuring these new goodies, we hope you have enjoyed the hops over the last 2 days. Today, we have more inspiration to share and we hope you will hop along with us for the last chance to win a Whimsy Gift Voucher during our September release.

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

The winners from each of our 3 release day hops will be drawn and posted on Monday, September 14th. Be sure to join us and leave your comments by 8am ET on Monday for a chance to win!

Thanks for dropping by. Happy hopping!

September 2015 New Release Day 2

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Welcome to Day 2 of our ...

September Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 2 days we will showcase 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets, 3 new Clearly Whimsy clear sets, and 3 Shapeology Die Sets. All of these new products are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers.

Our design team members have been working hard on their creations featuring these new goodies. We hope you will hop along with us for a chance to win a Whimsy Gift Voucher. Each day, for the next 2 days, we will have a new blog hop, showcasing more of the new release items along with a new chance to win.

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 at every stop to be entered into the draw.

See you again tomorrow for our final day of new release festivities!

September 2015 New Release Day 1

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Welcome to Day 1 of our ...

September Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days we will showcase 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets, 3 new Clearly Whimsy clear sets, and 3 Shapeology Die Sets. All of these new products are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers.

Our design team members have been working hard on their creations featuring these new goodies. We hope you will hop along with us for a chance to win a Whimsy Gift Voucher. Each day, for the next 3 days, we will have a new blog hop, showcasing more of the new release items along with a new chance to win.

See you again tomorrow for our second day of new release festivities!

September 2015 Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Welcome to our ...

September Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days our Talented Designers will be showcasing 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets, 3 new Clearly Whimsy clear sets, and 3 Shapeology Die Sets.

Here is a sneak peek of all the new products we will be showcasing this week! These items are available in the Whimsy Shop for purchase now and with retailers worldwide.