The Digital Divas February Tutorial and February Guest Designer Showcase

Welcome lovely friends!

We're so excited that you should visit today,

as we have two very gorgeous reveals for you!!

We have the second of our new monthly tutorials by the Digital Divas

and our second sensational monthly Guest Designer for 2020!

You may have seen these gorgeous creations revealed over
the month in our Whimsy Stamps Facebook Group.
We have a thriving community there, sharing
gorgeous Whimsy creations, if you've not
yet joined us, be sure you do!!

We are sharing the wonderful line up all together here by our fabulous

February Digital Guest Designer

Madeleine Scrapkonst Palomaa

Madeleine did an amazing job Guest Designing with us this month

and I am beyond delighted to share all of her beautiful creations with you now.

I adore this sweet tag Madeleine created with the cute Kitty Balloon by Crissy Armstrong.
The softness of the elements and her incredible colouring on that kitty, are just the sweetest!

Madeleine's second creation used the super cute image Grant from our Pollycraft Collection.
This is just adorable and those balloons, how fabulous are they?! I just love this creation!

Madeleine's final creation is utterly swoon worthy! I just love this gorgeous design.
She has used the sweet Wee Stamps image Frog Prince to create this beautiful romantic card.

Thank you Madeleine for designing with us in February.
We really love your beautiful creations!

Now it's time to share the most wonderful tutorial,

created by our talented Digital Diva Hester,
using the Kinetic Elements Dies, so let's check it out!

Sweet Sunday Digital Team Tutorials!

Hester's tutorial is a step by step tutorial available in full here via this link.

You can download and print the tutorial and use it as a guide.

Please if you give this a go, be sure to share it with us,

on the Whimsy Stamps Facebook Page,
and be sure to tag Hester!

Hester is using an image from the beautiful charity set created recently by our talented Whimsy Stamps artist Crissy Armstrong. This set is available for a limited time and has been created to help all the animals affected by the Australian wildfires. The set consists of 5 animal images and 1 coordinating sentiment sheet. All proceeds from the sale of this digital stamp set will benefit WIRES - Emergency Fund for Wildlife. This set is only available for a limited time. When you purchase you are helping care for the animals affected by the wildfires in Australia.

Hester has created a beautiful design that echoes the famous

Ayers Rock or Uluru near Australia's Alice Springs

Here is the beautiful finished card design that Hester created which uses the Whimsy Stamps

No-See Kinetic Basics Die Set to slide the Kangaroo and her Joey back and forth across the card.

What you need:
 Cardstock - light blue, red-brown, green and yellow ochre
Whimsy Stamps No-See Kinetic Basics Die Set
Whimsy Grass and Cloud Edger Die Set
Love for Australia Set - Digital Stamp
Foam Tape
Glue
Scissors
Blade
Ruler
Score Board
Cutting Machine
Optional: Stitched Border Trio Dies or Pierced Border Trio Dies

From the light blue cardstock cut out 21 x 15.50 cm and fold it in half. Cut a red-brown mountain 4.5 x 13 cm. From the green cardstock cut a 5 x 15.5 cm piece and cut the grass edge at the top. 1.5 cm from the bottom you make the opening for the slide with the basic die set. Add the yellow ochre 5 x 15.5 cm which you’ve cut out a wave on top. You could use the Stitched Border Trio Dies for this, or the Pierced Border Trio Dies.

Glue the mountain to the grass. Cut everything out of the basic die set. Put the foam tape on the back. If you put it together you can see if you need more tape. Attention: you should not stick tape on the side where you slide. Now colour your kangaroo digital stamp.

Stick the mountain with the grass on the card. Pay attention when you put it together. Watch out that you don’t stick to the slider. Before you proceed, see if the card slides properly. I put a bigger square on it to have a smoother slide. 

You now need to cut the slider element with one hole in it. There are some folding marks on it. Fold it two times and stick the reverse side on your slider. Now stick the yellow ochre panel on top allowing the folded tap to sit over it. Glue your coloured kangaroo onto the folded tab.

  

Now your card is ready and your layers should look like this when you look from the side. Enjoy creating your own version of this fun slider card using the fabulous Whimsy Stamps Kinetic Die Elements. 

The final card again

You can check out another beautiful card of Hesters using this stunning stamp set, along with the rest of the Diva's beautiful creations in a recent post showcasing this wonderful set of stamps created to support Australia and their beautiful wildlife affected by the horrific recent fires. Click through on Hester's beautiful card below to head to that post.

We really hope you love our second Digital Team Tutorial. We will be bringing you a new tutorial every month, so be sure to come back and visit often! All the Whimsy Stamps elements Hester has used are thumbnail linked below for quick and easy reference and you can read all about Hester's creative journey with this tutorial on her personal blog which is linked via her image below. 

 Huge thanks to our amazing Digital Diva Hester for this fabulous Digital Team Tutorial

We hope you will enjoy creating with Hester's tutorial. Download a copy for easy reference and do make sure you tag her in our Whimsy Facebook page if you give this a go, she'd love to see! The next time we're here on the Inspiration Blog it will be to post the brand new March Digital Release! We have so many gorgeous creations to share, so come and check it out. Wishing you all a wonderful week and happy creating! Hugs xoxo

Whimsy Stamps ~ Love For Australia & Valentine Hop Winners!

Hello again Whimsy friends,

I know we just had a long chat, but this week,

you need to top up your cuppa, because we need

a second post to fit in all the gorgeousness!

The Divas have been creating some absolute magic

with this stunning set that Crissy Armstrong created to

support the animals affected by the awful recent Australian bush fires.

The rescue work is ongoing and our help is still needed.

Crissy Armstrong Charity Collection

Love For Australia Set

 

The Digital Divas Sensational Sunday

Valentine's Blog Hop Winners!

Now if you came to find out

the winners of the Valentine's Hop,

you're in the right place!

We have three prizes to award to entries on

the Divas blogs that had the hidden prizes.

The first blog with a hidden prize was Deb's blog,

her randomly chosen commenter was

Fikrita Posavec

The second blog with a hidden prize was Kassi's blog,

her randomly chosen commenter was

Tracy Moloney

The third blog with a hidden prize was Kerys' blog,

her randomly chosen commenter was

Jessie Porter

Congratulations Ladies, you've each won a

Whimsy Stamps Single Image Digital Stamp of your choice.

Thank you to everyone who played along for the extra entries.

Everyone who tagged me on Facebook was entered a second time

and if you gave another Greek term for love you were entered again,

so there was the opportunity to have three entries into the prize draw.

Our lucky winner drawn randomly from all the entries was

Denise Bryant!

Congratulations Denise!!

You have won Five Whimsy Stamps

Single Image Digital Stamps of your choice!

Winners, please send an email to Denise

with 'Valentine Blog Hop Winner' in the subject line.

We hope you all had fun playing along in the hop

and hope you all had a happy crafty Valentines!

Wishing you a wonderful week,

Wends and the Digital Design Divas

The Digital Vault ~ April Update

Hey there crafty friends,

I'm back today with the April Digital Vault update

Did you see our fabulous April Digital New Release?

If you missed that, you can check it out right here...

April Digital New Release

We have some truly adorable images from the very talented Crissy Armstrong

that have been sent to the Digital Vault from the Rubber Collection
and we're SO excited to share them with you now!

Crissy Armstrong Digital Collection

We are so excited to have had a big range of Crissy Armstrong's Collection

join the Digital Vault this year, so each month, the Divas will be showcasing a

handful of these gorgeous stamps. This month, we are showcasing one of Crissy's gorgeous

new additions to the Digital Vault and three brand new images, that are only available in digital.

The talented Digital Divas are showcasing these images today.

Best of Friends ~ Girl

Pam Duncan

created a gorgeous square card using this utterly enchanting image. Such a beautiful scene.

Stretchy Giraffe

Hester Ameling
Hester has created the sweetest kinetic card with this adorable image

Vicki Parson

Vicki has created the sweetest kinetic card with this image. Head to her blog to watch it in action!

When Pigs Fly

Denielle Whicker
This utterly steals my heart. I LOVE the soft blues Denielle has used on this stunning creation.

Michelle Oatman

Wow, doesn't this just make you smile?! I love this sweet creation by Michelle.

Sabrina Lamarina

Sabrina has created such an enchanting card with this sweet image. I love it!

Penguin Ray

Most of you will have seen this wonderful promotion already.

If you missed the details, click the banner below to read all about it,

in the artist Crissy's own words, she tells the heartbreaking story of how this 

truly wonderful image came about and what we all can do to support this initiative.

Hester Ameling

Hester has created such a lovely card. I think this would make any battler smile.

Denielle Whicker
I love all the sweet elements Denielle used on this card and those hot cheeks, so perfect!

Deb Routledge
Deb created a wonderful version of this card. Topsy turvy angles for a topsy turvy penguin. Inspired!

Michelle Windsor
Michelle's is a perfect take on this image for when a friend is feeling blue, from this rough stuff.

We would love you to come and support this worthy cause along with us.
All the proceeds from the sale of this heartachingly sweet image,
perfect for anyone in your lives who has or is fighting cancer,
goes to the 'Make A Wish Foundation ~ Canada'

So come and support this wonderful cause
 and have fun crafting at the same time!

Our sincerest thanks for your support
and if you are currently battling or supporting someone
who is fighting cancer. We send special love your way today.

The Digital Divas and I will be back with more inspiration for you again very soon.

Enjoy checking out the beautiful designs by the team by clicking through to their blogs

via their name links and you can check out the full Digital New Release via the banner above. 

See you again really soon and happy crafting,