Thanks a Million: Clearly Whimsy Release Day 1

**This is my 2nd post for today.  If you are looking for my Lil' Inker Design post, please scroll down, or click here.  Thanks!!**

Hi everyone and welcome to the first sneak peek day of the Clearly Whimsy August Release!

Over the next 3 days we will reveal the new August 2014 Clearly Whimsy Stamps products.  We are releasing 3 new clear stamp sets and 4 dies/die sets this week, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Saturday.

This month we are thrilled to welcome Iris Wiechmann as our Guest Designer. Iris will be joining us for our 3 day release event and sharing her wonderful creations featuring our August release. Welcome Iris!

Today we are revealing the Thanks A Million 4x6” stamp set and Basic Backgrounds & Borders 1 4x6” stamp set, together with the Thanks large word die and the Stitched Borders die set.  Hop on over to the Whimsy blog for more details.

This is such a fun release!  For my first card I used the new Stitched Border Trio die set.  I used all three dies on this card.  There is a straight border that stitches just a stitch (it doesn't cut an edge, just cuts the stitches), a curved die perfect for making shaped cards and a "hilly" border that has a "swoosh" to it!  :)  I used those dies to create my background.  Then, I used the cool new Thanks Large Word die to cut my thanks with glitter paper.  I embossed the "a million" and the little twinkling stars from the new Thanks a Million stamp set.  What a fun combination of products!

For this next card I was inspired by this pin for the color combination.  I started by stamping the chevron border from the new Basic Backgrounds & Borders 1 stamp set.  I embossed the sentiment in silver that is included in the Thanks a Million stamp set and also embossed the cute little notebook paper from the same set.  I added Rainbow Teal Shimmer twine from the Twinery.  I thought that this card could be used for a teacher, especially if it were stamped in school colors! 

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 on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw:

Simonne Clay

Amy Kolling

Alanna Moses

Becky Carafa

Debbie Eastman

Denise Lynn

Heather Pulvirenti

Iris Wiechmann (GDT)

Jen Carter

Thanks so much for stopping by and we hope to see you again tomorrow for Day 2 of our release sneak peeks!