Clearly Whimsy Stamps January Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone and happy Saturday :)

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. 

Please visit the Whimsy blog for a full reveal of this month's new 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! 

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.

  

And here is my card for today :)

The stamp sets I used in my very bright and fun Birthday card are "Birthday Balloon" and "Basic Borders 2".

And here is how I did the card: 
First I cut a square panel from white cardstock approx 1/2" smaller than the cardfront.
Then I stamped the checkerboard border in pink Neon inks around the panel to create a frame.
I stamped the dog balloon and "awesome" sentiment with Memento red inks onto a piece of scrap cardstock and cut the banner word as well as the balloon out, trimming closely.
I stamped the "awesome" sentiment again, this time directly onto the card front with Versafine black ink and mounted the balloon and "awesome" banner word with dimensional foam tape onto the card front.

Et voila... there you have a bright and fun Birthday card ;-) 

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!

Sylvia xx

Supplies stamps - Clearly Whimsy Stamps - Birthday Balloon, Basic Borders 2 inks - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Radiant Neon Electric Pink; Memento Love Letter; Versafine Onyx Black; Memento Marker London Fog others - white cardstock, heart rhinestones, dimensional foam tape