Featured Stamper - Nadine

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today is featured stamper day here at the Whimsy Inspirations blog, but before I introduce her, I would like to give you the heads up about Monday July 19th.  What's so special about Monday?  Well, Whimsy Stamps are releasing a whole pile of brand new rubber stamps - YAY!  We're having a fab blog hop to celebrate with a mega prize, so you definitely don't want to miss it! 

Some of the Whimsy gals are showing sneak peeks of these fantastic new stamps in the run up to new release day, so be sure to hop on over to their blogs to take a look!  Bev has created a gorgeous card using one stamp and Crystal, Debbie and myself (Simonne) have created fabby cards using another stamp.  (I'm not going to tell you what these stamps are called - you'll have to visit our blogs to find out, hee hee!)

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I am so pleased to introduce you to the wonderful Nadine, all the way from Germany, as today's Whimsy featured stamper!  Do pop on over to Nadine's blog and have a nosey around, as it is packed full of wonderful creations!

Nadine recently purchased some of our wonderful Whimsy Meljen Designs digi stamps, and here are some of the cards she has created...

First is this lovely card using Cutie Crab digi stamp. Isn't he just the sweetest crab ever? I love the colours Nadine has picked for this card and that wonderful brown 'seaweed' is the perfect finishing touch!

Next is a card using the cute Turtle's Little Star digi stamp.  I love how the backing paper picks up the stars and dotted trails of the stamp, and of course those starfish flower centres are perfect!

Finally here is a card Nadine has made using the very special FREE donkey digi stamp which was created by Meljen Designs in honor of our stamping friend Michelle Oatman who recently had a life changing accident which left her with the loss of her right eye. You can download this image and read all about the very special card drive that is currently going on for Michelle HERE.

I adore the sweetest of this card - the pretty papers, beautiful flower embellishments and pearls go perfectly with that cute donkey!  I'm sure Michelle will love this card!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful Whimsy creations with us, Nadine!

We'd love to share YOUR Whimsy creations here on this blog.  So if you would like to be featured stamper just like Nadine, please send us an email with links to your blog.

Featured Stamper - Esther Elzink

Good Morning!

Happy Saturday to you! Hope you're having a great weekend! Today is featured stamper day here at Whimsy and this week I'm excited to share the artwork of Esther Elzink who is also a Whimsy retailer in the Netherlands.

Esther has a beautiful blog with all sorts of lovely creations. You can see her work HERE. And today I want to share a gorgeous creation she made with the stamp set Proud Momma from our Carousel Collection by Crissy Armstrong.

I just love the unique fold of this project and those pretty blue papers and accents. Esther has colored the baby horse beautifully too. And I love that she's used him alone as it shows the versatility of these stamps.

And this is the beautifully detailed inside of her card. Again, another beautifully colored image and I love the pretty delicate accents. To read more about this creation on Esther's blog, please click HERE.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork with us Esther!

If you would like to be featured here at Whimsy, please send us an email with links to your blog. We would to see your touch of Whimsy creations!

Featured Stamper - Shelia Sell (aka DippyDog)

Happy Saturday and welcome to another featured stamper post here at Whimsy Stamps!

This week we are sharing some creations made by Whimsy customer Shelia Sell!  Shelia doesn't have a blog but does have an online gallery here filled with hundreds of fabulous cards and creations.

First we have this amazing Whimsy Carousel using the gorgeous Whimsy carousel horse stamps designed by Crissy Armstrong:

Shelia made the carousel especially for her entry into this year's Skilled Hands and Craft Exhibition - an annual exhibition organised by Plymouth Age Concern for the over-55s. This year's theme was 'carnival' and Shelia was awarded a gold certificate! You can view more photos of this amazing creation here: http://www.docrafts.com/project/MY-WHIMSY-CAROUSEL/p3207911

Next is this beautiful card using the Proud Momma carousel horse stamp (this card was actually CASED from my card here for a CASING challenge entry!):

And finally some more of Shelia's wonderful Whimsy creations using 'Cool Ride', 'Ready, Set, Duck!', 'Whimsy Bunny & Snowman' and 'Wings of Hope' :

Thank you for sharing some of your wonderful Whimsy creations with us today, Shelia!  If you too would like to share your creations or be a featured stamper here at Whimsy Stamps, please contact us!

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Featured Stamper - Dorcas

Happy Saturday and welcome to another featured stamper post here at Whimsy Stamps!

This week we want to share a couple cards made by Whimsy customer Dorcas! Dorcas has a fun blog called Dorcas Designs and it's filled with lots of beautiful cards and creations.

Today I want to show you two of her recent Whimsy Stamps creations using the digital stamps Love Bunnies and Beach Baby Jayme.

First is Love Bunnies...

I love the way she's colored the image and the popped up and framed it using Nesties. The yellow flower is a great pop of color too! To read more about this card on Dorcas's blog, please click HERE.

Next is her card using the digital freebie Beach Baby Jayme....

This card has such cheerful colors and papers and the stitching details are fabulous! Love the layout and accent details! To read more about this card, please click HERE.

Thanks for sharing a bit of Whimsy with us today Dorcas! If you too would like to share your creations or be a featured stamper here at Whimsy Stamps, please contact us!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping,

Featured Stamper - Noela and Deb

Good Morning!

Happy Saturday! Sorry I missed our featured stamper post last week, I got so busy that I totally forgot! I hope to make up for it today by sharing a couple featured stampers with you!

First we have Noela! Noela's husband Steven recently emailed me with a card Noela created using Shy Ann from our Mythical Rubber Stamp Collection. I was touched that he cared so much about Noela and her design that he wanted me to see. Now that's one wonderful hubby! And Noela's card is beautiful and shiny and all things girlie!

I love the pretty purples and pinks and all that glitter! This card sparkles perfectly! Thanks to Noela and Steven for sharing this fun and sparkly card with us!

Next we have Deb of Deb's Creations! Deb is also one of our Whimsy Stamps retailers and the owner of Deb's Creations. She carries a huge variety of crafty goodies in her online shop based in Australia!

Deb has created these two fun cards using 2 of Whimsy's very first rubber stamps....

Whimsy Duck 

Whimsy Turtle

Both of these stamps can be found in our Animals Collection in our shop. The papers and layouts are both fabulous and I love the pretty details on each of these cards! Thanks for sharing with us Deb!

We hope you have a wonderful and maybe even whimsical weekend! If you would like to be a featured stamper here at Whimsy, please contact us to share your Whimsy Stamps creations!

Happy Stamping!

Featured Stamper - Marion

Good Morning!

Welcome to another featured stamper post here at Whimsy Stamps! It's always fun to surf around blog land looking for new creations and today we have one using the digital freebie designed by Crissy Armstrong in an effort to help share some smiles with our DT member Lisa's sister who is dying of lung cancer. This image is called Beach Baby Jayme and is available for free download on the Whimsy Shop page.

Marion's blog, Cards by Me, is filled with wonderful creations in lots of various styles. She wanted to help  bring a smile to Jayme's face and so has created this fun and fabulous card....I have to say, I just love the sentiment!

Fantastic card Marion, one I'm sure will make Jayme giggle! To read more about this card, please click HERE.

And if you would like to help Lisa in her RAK request for her sister, please check out her post HERE.

Have a great weekend!

Featured Stampers - Wendalyn and Leslie

Happy Saturday!

If you live here in the USA, I hope you have a great long Memorial Day weekend! Happy BBQs and family outings!

Today is featured stamper day here at Whimsy and this week we have 2 stampers we'd like to feature! First is Wendalyn with her sweet card using the digital image, Hang in There!

I love her pretty papers and fabulous stitching details. The glassy glaze on the shell is the perfect accent too. Beautiful work Wendalyn! To read more about this card on Wendalyn's blog, please CLICK HERE.

And next we have Leslie's fun card using the stamp Pretty Peartunia!

This stamp always makes me smile and I think Leslie has done a great job with her. I love her pretty floral accents and the edged borders. To read more about Leslie's card, please CLICK HERE.

Thanks for sharing a little Whimsy with us ladies! Have a great weekend!

Featured Stamper - Carole Middlehurst

It is Saturday on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog which means it is time for our

Featured Stamper

this week we are featuring Carole Middlehurst from

Stardust Gems and Ribbon

I am sure many of you will be familiar with Carole's work, her cards are always beautiful and finished off with perfect detail!  Thank you Carole for sharing your creations with us today!

She created this fabulous card using Whimsy Stamps Duck, isn't it just stunning?

You can ready Carole's full post here!

You can see another 2 of Carole's cards made with Whimsy stamps

here and here!

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We have a DT call for new designers to join the Whimsy Team, if you are interested please see here for more details!

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If you have some Whimsy creations you would like to share with us why not pop over and add them to our Gallery, it is open for anyone to join and add their cards to!  We would love to see them!

Thank you for dropping by today, hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Featured Stamper - Roni Johnson

Happy Saturday!

Today is featured stamper day here at Whimsy and this week we have a special stamper to share with you. Roni Johnson of Ink Stains has a wonderful blog of creations as well as tips, tricks, and tutorials for crafting projects and she also includes articles about various crafting products. Roni actually recently featured Whimsy Stamps on her blog, so I wanted to return the favor today and feature her here on our site. She's created a gorgeous carousel using only the Spring Stepping stamp set.

Here is Roni's project...

Roni used the Spring Stepping carousel horse stamp to make all the horses on her carousel and then used the Flourish accessory image and sentiments to accent and create detail around the carousel itself.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us Roni! To read more about this project, please CLICK HERE.

There are only 2 days left of our Spring Sale where you can purchase this stamp set and many other stamps from our Rubber Stamp Collections at 20% to 40% off regular price! Sale ends tomorrow! 

Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping,
Denise

Featured Stamper

Today's featured stamper is

Michelle Oatman

of

Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles

Michelle created this beautiful card for a challenge that Whimsy sponsored recently.  Michelle's neighbour's horse had just given birth to a foal and so this image was so perfect as a 'New Baby Horse' card!

This is what Michelle said

 'This is Gift Horse....love those big eyes and eyelashes!  Well that and that she is so talented to stand on her front 'feet' and hold a present with her back.  LOL she is coloured with my Copics and then I used a Rubber Stamp Tapestry grass stump for the grass.'

You can see Michelle's full post HERE!

Michelle used the fabulous Whimsy Digital Image 'Gift Horse'  illustrated by Crissy Armstrong

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Whimsy has a new digital release just out this week with new images from Crissy, Kevin Lynn, our brand new illustrator MelJen Designs and co-ordinating sentiments from Ann Vento.

Why not take a hop around the DT's blogs to see all the new designs! You can start the hop at Denise's blog, it runs until Tuesday 11th May 12 Noon (EST).

Featured Stamper - Beth

Good Morning,

Another Saturday is upon us and that means another Featured Stamper to share with you today! This week we are sharing two cards from Whimsy friend Beth of Little Lady Lou Bug Designs. Beth has created a couple beautiful cards using the carousel horse set Untamed Love from the Crissy Armstrong Collection at Whimsy Stamps.

First, we have this beauty in pink and teal. I love that Beth used the heart accessory to make a little charm detail! And that ribbon and bow is perfectly tied and placed on her card. To read more about this card you can click HERE.

And next, we have this card is fun shabby chic card with lots of beautiful accents Love that gorgeous flower detail and the pretty ribbons. To read more about how Beth created this card, click HERE.

There you have two different card designs using the same image. Thanks for sharing with us Beth!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping,

Featured Stamper - Zoe

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!

I hope you've had a good week and are having a great start to the weekend. Thanks to all who joined in our blog hop/release party for our new digital collection this week. We have really enjoyed reading your comments on the DT creations and we very much appreciate your time to visit and hop along with us! Our designers worked really hard this week and so they will be taking today off.

I have a beautiful and very unique project to share with you from our Featured Stamper, Zoe of Make it Crafty. Zoe created this absolutely gorgeous and real working carousel using our carousel horse stamp, Wings of Hope! Can you believe this beautiful piece of artwork!!

Just look at all those stunning details! And her coloring on the image is outstanding. I love this and thank Zoe for sharing it with us! To read more about how Zoe created this masterpiece, please CLICK HERE.

If you have some Whimsy you would like to share, please contact us. We love to feature our customers and Whimsy fans!

Have a great weekend, and happy crafting!

Featured Stamper - Tracey

Happy Saturday!

It's been a fun week here at Whimsy Stamps. We hope you've all been enjoying the the sneak peek creations for our new digital collection! The Whimsy DT girls have certainly been busy this week, but today they are taking a break. Instead of a sneak peek from them, we have a sneak peek from a special stamper and friend of Whimsy.

Please welcome Tracey, who's daughter Maya is the subject of one of Crissy's new digital images...Maya Blowing Bubbles! We are thrilled to be able to share this adorable image with everyone and we thank Tracey for sharing Maya with us at Whimsy!

Here is Tracey's card using the new digital image, Maya Blowing Bubbles...

Isn't she just sweet! I love Tracey's beautiful papers and layers and all the Springy green! Pretty coloring and flower detail too! To read more about this card on Tracey's blog, Tray's Spot, CLICK HERE.

Our new digital stamp collection will be available to purchase on Monday, April 12th beginning at 9am EST. Our design team will be hosting a release party blog hop at noon EST on Monday with lots of fun eye candy and some prizes along the way too! Hope you will join us!

Have a great weekend, happy stamping!

Featured Stampers - Kim and Elaine

Good Morning!

Happy Saturday to you! I hope your weekend if off to a great start! Happy Easter to all who plan to celebrate. My kids are eagerly awaiting Mr. Easter Bunny!

Today is Whimsy's Featured Stamper day here on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog! And I have two cards to share with you from two very talented crafters.

First is Kim Dellow of Crafty Makes with her card using Whimsy Giraffe...

I love all the fun layers and the hand made flowers Kim has created on this card. The image is beautifully colored and the papers work so well with this design. To read more about how Kim crafted this card, please click HERE.

Next we have a card from Elaine Hughes of Quixotic Cards. I've known Elaine for some time now and her creations are always gorgeous. Elaine is also the owner of Quixotic Paperie, one of our Whimsy retailers. Elaine created this beautiful card using Whimsy Frog...

I just love Elaine's coloring, it's beautiful and really makes this froggie pop off the page! Love the pretty papers and attention to detail too. To read more about how Elaine created this card, please click HERE.

Thanks to both Kim and Elaine for their beautiful Whimsy creations!

Happy Stamping,

Featured Stamper and Guest DT Announcement

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!

I always love the weekends, don't you, and Saturdays at Whimsy are always fun too. It's the day our design team takes a break so that we can share some artwork created by you...a fan or follower or customer of Whimsy, in our Featured Stampers post. It's our chance to show your talent and Whimsy creations to others. And today we have the talented Paula Cross of Polly's Card Heaven! Paula created this gorgeous card using the Wings of Hope stamp.

I love the beautiful blues and greens Paula has used on this card. The image is beautifully colored and accented with touches of glitter. Her details are just fabulous, especially love the distressing and heart edging! Thank you for sharing this card with us Paula! To read more about this card and how Paula put it all together, click HERE.

I also want to announce our new April/May Guest Designers. Our call ended yesterday and we were blown away again by the talented gals who applied for a spot. Thank you for taking the time to share a bit about yourselves and for submitting your work for consideration. It's always extremely difficult to chose who the guests will be. We've reviewed the applications and have chosen....

Marley van der Heijden

and

Patricia Garcia

Congratulations to you both! We are very excited to have you spending some time, sharing your talent with us and we all look forward to seeing your Whimsy Stamps creations. Welcome aboard!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Happy Stamping,

Featured Stamper Saturday

Happy Saturday All!

Wow, what a great week! The sun was shining and the weather is finally warming up and Spring starts today! I hope you've had a nice week where ever you are! A big thanks to all the Whimsy DT gals for their hard work on our latest release and blog hop. We hope you are all enjoying the daily inspirations they are posting here on our new blog.

Today we are giving the DT a rest to showcase a couple projects from some Whimsy fans. This week we have two Featured Stampers! First, we have Marlene of Disguised as a Grown Up, and her card using Pretty Peartunia from the Whimsy Mythical Collection.

Marlene colored this image beautifully and really captured the fun of the image itself. Love the pretty papers and accents too. And, if you need a giggle be sure to visit her blog and read her post! She's quite the funny lady!

Next we have a card made by Piali of Touch of Creation, using Whimsy Pet Friends from the Whimsy Animals Collection. Piali created this card for a challenge which Whimsy recently sponsored. I think she did a great job bringing these sweet little friends to life.

I love the layout and fun papers and of course that sentiment is just perfect with this image. To read Piali's post, you can click here.

Whimsy would like to thank both Marlene and Piali for sharing a bit of Whimsy with all of us! We hope you will both grab the code from our sidebar, for the our Featured Stampers badge, to display on your blogs.

Have a great weekend everyone! Happy Stamping,

Featured Stamper - Camilla Bakke

Good Morning!

Hope your weekend is off to a great start! It's Saturday and that means Featured Stamper day here on Whimsy's Inspirations Blog. This week we are featuring the extremely talented Camilla Bakke of Cards by Camilla. Her work is absolutely stunning and has a beautiful vintage quality. Everything she creates is soft and beautiful with amazing details. Be sure to visit her blog today and she her talents on display!

Camilla created this card for a recent Spoon Full of Sugar challenge and I loved it the minute I saw it. Her coloring is fantastic and she has made these Very Present Helpers even more adorable than they already were!

Thank you so much Camilla for sharing your talents with us! For details about this creation, please visit HERE to read Camilla's original post.

Featured Stampers - Wings of Hope

Good Morning!

We have a special "Featured Stampers" post to share with you today. Our design team members and I have been searching all week for "Wings of Hope" creations. We've found quite a few and have put together a slide show to share today.

"Wings of Hope" will be available to purchase as a digital stamp/image download for only one more week. This limited edition digital image sale will end on Sunday, February 28th. All proceeds from the sales minus any PayPal fees will go to the American Red Cross disaster relief for Haiti.

To date we have raised over $1200 in our efforts to help the victims of the earthquake disaster in Haiti! Thank you all for you for your generous contributions and help spreading the word about this cause!

Please enjoy these gorgeous creations! And if you've made a "Wings of Hope" project, please leave us a link to it in the comments section on this post!

Featured Stamper - Chris Dark

Good Morning!

Welcome to our very first "Featured Stamper" segment here on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog! Each Saturday we will bring you a project or two, featuring Whimsy products, which we have found on our travels in blog land! Who knows, one day you just might see something of yours posted here! So get out those Whimsy Stamps and start creating!

I'm very excited to bring you a gorgeous card crafted by Chris Dark of the Sketching Stamper using the stamp set Untamed Love. Chris originally created this card to share information about Crissy Armstrong's blog candy prize for Haiti! It caught my eye then and still leaves me smiling now. It's just beautiful with fabulous details. And look at the image and the amazing coloring, Chris has brought this horse to life!

To read about this creation from Chris's blog, please click HERE.

Thank you Chris for sharing this beautiful piece of art with us!

Have a great weekend everyone! Happy creating!