Hoppy Birthday!

For my second A.J.'s Digi Shoppe Design Team submission I used digital stamps from two different A.J.'s Digi Shoppe sets.  I got the frog image from Here, The birthday hat and pompom I got from Here.  I made a card that would be suitable for a 'tween'aged girl.

Card Design: Dawn Taylor
Digital Stamp Design: Amanda Marks
Paper: Cardstock and Patterned Paper from Dollarama, Silver paper from a box of chocolates
Colored with: Prismacolor pencils
Stamps: Sentiment and embellishment from HTOP Magical Birthday Stamps set #1039 (i modified the sentiment.)
Punches: EK Success Dragonfly punch
Inks: American Crafts ditto Stampmarker, Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Forest Moss, Color Box Evergreeen
Adhesive: Elmer's Craft Bond Spray Adhesive

You can see more of my creations on my blog Morninglass' Table

Design Team Announcement

It has been a very tumultuous week, I was saddened by the departure from our design team of Kelly Donovan.  Kelly is extremely busy and she felt it was best for her to take a break from the Design Team.  We do hope Kelly does a guest post every now and then to see what she has been up too.

On Thursday my Design Team Members did a special post for me (so I would not have to pick up an extra blog post).  I really loved everything they did and I was extremely humbled by the blog post, thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

I also want to announce our newest Design Team Member:  Sigrid Martin.  Sigrid is an amazing mom, hair dresser and papercrafter (in her free time).  I am honored that she said yes and I know everyone will love her designs as much as I do!  Please check out her blog:  www.lovescrapreflect.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to sign up for the Newsletter!  Each month there will be a NEW unreleased digital stamp in the Newsletter just for subscribing.  Join us on Facebook for updates and even more sneak peeks of what we are working on. 

Thank you, everyone for your support in my newest adventure!

Manda :)

THE BALLERINA

Hello again, I'm so pleased to be able to share with you this picture frame I made using Amanda's wonderful NEW My Little Brother "Masters Series" which you can find HERE.

I covered a plain card frame in green dotty paper then matted it with dark rose pink.
After applying strips of green and pink striped paper around the frame I punched out some flowers, added the butterfly and Amanda's cute ballerina, which was coloured digitally and printed onto good quality white card, then I made a stand and attached it to the back of the frame.

Of course I had to add a picture so I chose the original statue by Edgar Degas. I think it looks great as a mirror image.

Vince x

Frame designer Vincent Ballard
Digi Stamp by Amanda Marks
Image available HERE

Happy Trees

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Bob Ross - Happy Trees

Booga - Bob Ross can be found in the My Little Brother - Masters Series Section of A.J.'s Digi Shoppe.  The sun can be found in the FREEBIE Section of A.J.'s Digi Shoppe.

Card Design: Amanda Marks
Digital Stamp: Amanda Marks

Paper: The card is blank 5 1/2" x 4" made from card stock. The background scrap of brown card stock   The mat is a light blue card stock inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Broken China

Colored With: Faber Castel and Bic Mark it Markers

Adhesive: Avery Glue Stick

Other:  Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain 

A Special Thursday Post

Today we have a very special unscheduled post to bring to you! Several design team members and guests have created cards using AJ's Digi Shoppe digis and some of their favorite products. We hope you enjoy our cards! Thank you for looking!

Miss Froggy and friends by Samantha, Age 5

Stamps: Frog Digital Stamp Set, Butterfly from Bugs Digital Stamp Set

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: PrismaGlitter, Quickie Glue Pen

Sunburned Summer Duck by Will, Age 11

Stamps: Summer Duck from Ducks Digital Stamp Set 1
Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: MuddPuddles Tahiti Sand, Provocraft Emboss folder, Sakura Dimensional Lacquer

American Uncle Booga by Design Team Member Vince

Stamps: Uncle Sam from My Little Brother Digital Stamp Set 1

Cardstock: Patriotic Paper Pack

Colored: Digitally

Accessories: Bling, Foam Tape

Missing Rain Spring Duck by Design Team Member Leslie-Rahye

Stamps: Spring Duck from Ducks Digital Stamp Set 1

Cardstock:  Stripe Paper Pack

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: Sakura Dimensional Lacquer

Sneak Peek Wednesday

So the Booga on my lap should explain why these are in my sketchbook an not on a computer screen!

Keep an eye out for the Masters - My Little Brother Series later in the week (it is a really cute one!)

Celebrating Christmas in July with MLB's Booga Stealing the Star

Where I live it has been 100°+ outside for what seems like f o r e v e r. It is the middle of July and the winter holidays seem far, far away. In the midst of all the summer craziness, I--like many others--start to plan for my holiday gift giving. It has been a goal of mine for many years to have all of my holiday purchasing done BEFORE Thanksgiving at the end of November. This year it is my goal to hand make all of my holiday gifts. To get in the mood I am celebrating Christmas in July this week! To kick it off I am sharing with you this fun card I made using AJ's Digi Shoppe stamp Booga Stealing the Star from the My Little Brother Stamp Collection! I hope you love it as much as I do!

digital stamps:  Booga Stealing the Star MLB stamp

cardstock:  Bazzill Basics

markers: Stampin Up Markers

accessories:  foam tape, Quickie Glue Pen, prisma glitter, glitter pen, bling

This is just one of many super cute holiday images in A.J.'s Digi Shoppe...I hear there are more cute ideas to come! I can't wait to see them! Thank you for looking!

WHAT A LIBERTY.

I'm so proud to be able share my first post as a designer on A.J's Digi Shoppe Design Team.

I love this cute image of the Statue of Liberty and as the original statue is turquoise in colour I decided to make it main hue for the card itself.

This image along with many more fantastic Digi Stamps are available here -
A.J.'s Digi Shoppe Blog

Card Design by Vincent Ballard.
Digi Stamp Design by Amanda Marks.
8"X4" card card stock.
Image coloured with Promarkers.
Background Paper by "Brenda Pinnick".
Swirl stamps by "HOTP".
White ink pad by "Close To My Heart".
Stars punched from "Cuttlebug" die.
Tag from "Stampin' Up".

Vince x

Toadally Perfect Card

Toadally Perfect Card

I am excited to share with you my first blog post as a designer on A.J.'s Digi Shoppe Design Team!  I used the Frogs Digital Stamp set available here A.J.'s Digi Shoppe Frogs Set to create an anniversary card for my husband.  

Card Design: Dawn Taylor

Digital Stamps Design: Amanda Marks

Paper: K&Company Wild Saffron paper pad &

    regular cardstock

Colored with: Prismacolor pencils & 

    Schwan/Stabilo watercolor pencils

Adhesives: Foam Tape (Dollar store brand)&

    Martha Stewart Artist Glue Pen&

    Elmers Rubber Cement

Inks: Color Arts Pink Pigment Ink

    Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks in Fired Brick &

    Forest Moss

Misc. Supplies: Lips Stamp and gold glitter ( Dollar Store)

    Creative Stampworks clear embossing powder

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Fun in the Sun

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Summer Duck
Summer Duck can be found in the Ducks Section of A.J.'s Digi Shoppe.  The sun can be found in the FREEBIE Section of A.J.'s Digi Shoppe.

Card Design: Amanda Marks
Digital Stamp: Amanda Marks

Paper: The card is blank 5 1/2" x 4" made from card stock. The background scrap of yellow card stock stamped with yellow sun stamp.  The mat is a light green card stock inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint

Colored With: Bic Mark-it Markers

Adhesive: Avery Glue Stick and Pop Dots

Other: Yellow Dye Ink Pad, Tim Holtz Distress Ink:  Peeled Paint and Glossy Accents

Make your Dreams Come True! -Mixed Media

I am so very excited to be showing my first ever A.J.S Digi Shoppe Design I did for her blog team. I love doing mixed media and glitter and LOVED doing this one! I could of kept going on and on.......But my idea was to make all his wishes come true.....his sword, running with balloons, maybe a dog at some point...I used a textured canvas and painted light colors on it, then i took glitter glue and covered the whole canvas. While dryingI took Amanda's DIGI "MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE"(it can be found here) I colored the Girl and Boy with Copics and Sakura Glaze Stardust. I glued them on with a glue stick and  I added spongebob,a little rabbit stuffed animal and a few small details. I hope you like it!!!

Get Well Soon with My Little Brother!

Good morning! I am so excited to be posting my first card for Amanda's A.J.'s Digi Shoppe blog!! I chose to use one of the fun My Little Brother digital stamps called Get Well Soon!  The sentiment is one of Amanda's freebies found here. I love how it turned out! Thank you for looking!

digital stamps:  Get Well Soon MLB stamp & and Get Well Soon Freebie

cardstock:  Bazzill Basics

markers: Bic Mark-Its, Millenium Pen

accessories:  foam tape

Finish it Friday - Digital Papers

So I started doing Digital Papers this week, little did I know the would be this time consuming.  I have so many ideas but myself being a perfectionist everything has to be perfect.  It isn't just the design but the colors and should I include solid papers that match because I made my own colors up.  Other questions like how many should be in a kit?  What should I charge?  Things that most people don't think about when purchasing paper.  I can honestly say I have never looked at a sheet of paper and wondered how long that paper took to design - now I will.  I also want to apologize for no hot links Blogger was being a little bit finicky when I typed this.

Here are the paper packs I finished and can be purchased at A.J.'s Digi Shoppe - http://www.ajsdigishoppe.com/2011/05/digital-papers.html:

 

 

FREE Paper Pack available for Download at the Digi Shoppe in the Freebie Section