License Royalty-Free Clip Art, Images & Illustrations for Commercial and Personal Use.

Whimsy Clips is licensed by many professions and used in many niches and I've tried to cover an extensive number of uses in the license. Please review the license terms below. I've tried to break it down so it's easy to find your desired use. If you have questions or a use that's not covered in the license please feel free to contact me.

Please be reminded that Whimsy Clips images are not web graphics and may not be posted on web pages.

  • A Standard License Agreement includes usage for personal, educational and commercial use. The license agreement is between the licensor (me )and the licensee (you) and is non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-assignable. The license does not extend to publishers or manufacturers.

  • You may not resell, share, or distribute the clip art.

  • The clip art images may not be posted online. This simply means the clip art images may not be posted on a website/the Internet. You are absolutely more than welcome to post photos online of the products you create. The images themselves may not be posted on the Internet.

  • Laura Strickland / Whimsy Clips retains all copyright to the clip art images and illustrations. The images may not be recolored or altered to create new clip art images.

  • When creating commercial products the clip art may not be sold as a standalone product (as is/on its own). The images must be used as a design element of your overall project design. A design element is integrated with and compliments text and other design pieces on a page or project to create a new design/material and cannot be the main and/or only component. 

  • When creating commercial products the artwork must be secured in a way that prevents copying, lifting, downloading, removing or saving the images. You can accomplish this by flattening the image into a design and/or by creating a password protected PDF that prevents editing. The images may not be loose in a file.

  • When creating commercial products credit is required on ALL products (free or paid) in the form of a clickable link back to Whimsy Clips store. This can be done by creating either a text link or by linking to one of the logos in the zip file.

  • When creating commercial products it is perfectly fine to add text or images on top of images (Ex. a cvc clip art image on top of a blank apple). This is not considered altering the image and is perfectly fine for creating games and activities.

Find Joy In Creating The Following:

Lessons and Actvities

Printable worksheets, projects, activities.

Games

Create fun and interactive games for your classroom.

Crafts

Holiday, seasonal, and everyday crafts.

Digital Learning

Google Slides, PowerPoint, SeeSaw, Smart Board. *See note below

Boom Cards

Find joy in creating fun and engaging activities.

Classroom Decor

Create a fun classroom environment by creating decor, labels, binder covers, posters and more for your classroom.

*DIGITAL LEARNING - If you are creating things that only you will use in your classroom you can skip this step - BUT If you share a file you create with a team member, parent, school, or anyone else, or post on your school page or anywhere online then the images must flattened as part of the fixed slide background AND not loose in the file. (Whimsy Clips provides a tutorial on How to Create a Flattened Background HERE and how to properly insert the background into Google Slides HERE.)

Communication

Find joy in creating communication materials for both the classroom and school. From newsletters, letters home, letterhead, posters, signs, programs, flyers.

Progress Reports and Report Cards

Yes, you can use Whimsy Clips as a design element on progress reports and report cards.

Yearbooks

Yes, you can use Whimsy Clips in school yearbooks. Including yearbooks that are sold to families to recover the cost of printing.

Find Joy In Creating The Following:

Lessons, Centers, Activities

Sold commercially for a profit on TpT, Etsy, websites, blogs. * You are not limited to selling only on TpT

Color By Code

All color-by-codes must be non-editable and contain educational content on top of the image such as numbers or letters to stamp out the image and flattened into the image.

Free Educational Lessons

Smart Board & PowerPoint

Google Slides

Google Classroom

TpT Easel

Images may be used as movable pieces. No extra license is required.

Boom Cards

Images may be used as movable pieces. No extra license is required.

SeeSaw

  • Please remember images may not be loose in Smart Board, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Google Classroom, SeeSaw - the images must flattened as part of the fixed slide background AND not loose in the file. These types of files must contain flattened, non-removable, non-editable educational content and not contain only graphics per the design element requirement. Text boxes placed on top of the flattened slide for the sole purpose of allowing students to enter their answers is acceptable.

  • (Whimsy Clips provides a tutorial on How to Create a Flattened Background HERE and how to properly insert the background into the PowerPoint slide HERE  or how to properly insert the background into Google Slides HERE.)

Videos

Educational videos such as on YouTube and Vimeo are perfectly fine.

Amazon KDP

If you wish to turn your TpT products into printed products sold on demand on Amazon you are permitted to do so under the Standard License Agreement. You are also permitted to make new resources. All terms in this license still apply and no additional license is required.

Find Joy In Creating The Following:

Small Business Signage

Such as notices such as open and closing signs, business hours, etc.

Small Handcrafted Items

Such as handmade greeting cards, invitations, and postcard.

Printed Items

Such as menus, stationery items, posters, postcards, bookmark, business cards.

Advertisements

Such as in newspapers and other print publications. Digital advertisements are also permitted.

School Yearbooks

Hard Goods

Such as ornaments, glassware, mugs, mouse pads.

Printed Promotions

Such as flyers, newsletters, brochures, catalogues.

Video

Blog Or Website Headers

That are not sold – the image must be part of the overall design and implemented in a way so that the clip art used in the header cannot be stolen, preferably at 72dpi jpg. (Clarification: A header is an actual image that contains design elements such as words and images, which are flattened as one design)

  • You may use the clip art illustrations in your personal projects. There are no restrictions on the type of personal uses.

Uses Not Permitted Under The Standard License

  • Internet Usage: You may not display an image on the Internet in any format and for any reason (whether it’s a blog or website). This is strictly prohibited.

  • You may not use Whimsy Clips illustrations to directly or indirectly infringe on the intellectual property of another party including without limitation copyright, trademark, service mark or other intellectual property

  • You may not use the clip art to make political statements or social commentary in any format or medium including without limitation online, social media, or tangible printed formats

  • You may not use the clip art in a derogatory or defamatory manner

  • The clip art may not be used as a part of a business logo, trademark, or service mark

  • Standalone Images (isolated graphics) in commercial products as mentioned in the important points above

  • The clip art may not be used as part of a scrapbook kit, embroidery designs, rubber or digital stamps, or SVG cutting files sold for a profit or used for commercial purposes

  • T-shirts, clothing, board games, diaper products, stickers, puppets

  • Digital collage sheets, papers or backgrounds, digital greeting cards, graphics, graphic design, graphics-based products

  • Digital website or blog templates, graphic templates, editable templates sold for profit or used for commercial purposes

  • iPhone, iPad, Android, Tablet, Facebook or Tiny Tap apps, software design, or embedded in software programs or websites

  • You may not recolor or alter the images

  • The clip art may not be used in products sold to manufacturers, large corporations or mass-produced including but not limited to published books and workbooks

  • Coloring pages are not permitted for commercial purposes. There is more info on this in the FAQ on Whimsy Clips website

  • Classroom decor is and always has been permitted for personal classroom use only

  • The illustrations may not be used to illustrate books sold for a profit

  • You may not resell, share or distribute the clip art

  • The illustrations may not be used on online presentation sites or print on demand sites of any kind

Additional Terms

  • "Non-transferable" as used herein means that except as specifically provided in this Agreement, you may not sell, rent, load, give, sublicense, or otherwise transfer to anyone, the images, the right to modify the images or the right to create their own work with the images. Non-transferrable also means you may not incorporate the clip art images into a product such as to encourage a third party to modify any portion of the product after the third party purchases your product, including but not limited to providing a third party with an editable file containing the clip art images.
  • Whimsy Clips reserves the right to update or amend the Standard License Agreement. Whimsy Clips will post a notice on its website when terms are updated. The licensee agrees to be bound by any update to the terms of this license.
  • This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, which the parties agree shall be the sole and exclusive jurisdiction for any suit or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the venue for any suit or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement shall be New Hanover County, North Carolina.
  • If, after the date hereof, any provision of this License Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, the remaining provisions of this agreement shall be fully enforceable.