Whimsy Stamps August Release BLOG HOP

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps August new rubber and die release BLOG HOP!

On August 10th, Whimsy Stamps released their August rubber designs and new dies. Today we are hosting a blog hop to celebrate this release and to share creations made using these 15 fabulous new Rubber Stamps and 3 wonderful new Shapeology Dies. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Elaine Hughes, Zoe McGrath, Alberto Gava and Iwona "Chupa" Palamountain.

The Whimsy Stamps DT have been showcasing these fabulous stamps for the past 6 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more inspiration!

Here is a full list of the wonderful new August release rubber stamps and dies:

3 stamps from Crissy Armstrong
Bart Goes Golfing ~ Butterfly Sympathy ~ Hang In There

4 stamps from Meljen's Designs
Cupcake Treat Trio ~ Monkey Toes ~ Pen Pal Mouse ~ Topsy Turvy Cake

4 stamps from Kenny K
Bathing Beauty ~ Buggin Drummer ~ Wanda Wicked ~ Wedding Garter

4 stamp sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Bottle Cap Sentiments ~ Film Markers ~ Schoolyard Fun ~ Vintage Seed Packets

3 dies/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Elegant Butterflies Die Set ~ Bottle Cap Die (coordinates with Bottle Cap Sentiments stamp set) ~ Film Marker Die (coordinates with Film Markers stamp set)

Today is also the release of the second edition of the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine! The magazine features never before seen samples and tutorials from our DT members as well as some creations from our customers and fans too! This issue is crammed full of crafty goodness and best of all it's FREE! Just click the link below and you will be taken to the magazine where you can read it online or download it and save to your computer.

CLICK HERE to view the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine Issue 2

Here is a little snippet of the card I created for the magazine using one of the *new* release stamps Kenny K Bathing Beauty:

If you would like to hop along with us today and you didn’t arrive from Minna’s blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Zoe’s blog.

The hop starts today (Wednesday August 17th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday August 24th at noon EST.

For this hop we have 7 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop, and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. We also have 5 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp ... and I'm one of the mini candy stops!!!

For my blog creation I used Anne's beautiful Vintage Seed Packets stamps and ...  If you would like to be entered into the draw to win your very own Vintage Seed Packets stamp set, please leave your details in the linky widget at the end of this post.

As soon as I saw the grape one, I just knew I had to make a Hanging Treat Box (tutorial here at SCS).  They are so easy to make, but I think they have a wonderful visual appeal and dress up a bottle of wine in a beautiful way! :)

I didn't want to make a coloured image card for today's blog hop as I'm having a lot of trouble with migraines at the moment, and I'm am 99.9% sure that they are being caused by eye problems. I won't bore you with all the details, but I had an esotropia strabismus (inward turning squint) in my left eye when I was very young. It was corrected by wearing a patch rather than surgery, but I have always suffered from very slight double vision when my eyes are tired. (It also means I can't see 3D, which is pants!). It's not a huge deal, but whilst I'm waiting to see my GP I'm trying to give my eyes a rest and not spend so much time on concentrated detailed colouring! :)

Here is a list of the supplies I used:

Whimsy Stamps Vintage Seed Packets rubber stamps (image and sentiment)

Kraft cardsstock;  Coredinations 12x12 Colorcore card - DR040 Burgundy

MME 6x6 paper pad - Beautiful Life (available from MMSC)

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Dstress ink pad (available from MMSC)

Seam Binding (available from Sew Sweet)

Kraft button twine (available from Sew Sweet)

And I would also like to share the card I posted a few days ago using the *new* Whimsy Stamps Penpal Mouse rubber stamp from this release, just in case you didn't see it! :)  Click here to read my full post.

So now it’s time for you to continue the hop by hopping over to Alberto’s blog.  But before you whisk yourself away, be sure to pop your name into InLinkz below to be entered into the draw to win your very own VINTAGE SEED PACKETS rubber stamp set!

Thank you so much for hopping with us today and I hope you enjoy the new release!

Hugs,