Freebie Saturday - Snowflake Steampunk Paper

Today is a special post because I am in a blog hop:

leslierahye	Jess B.	Michelle Frae Cummings	Barbara Rankin
Susan Brown	Regena Florenti	Lisa Fulmer very merry	Lyneen Jesse
DeeDee Catron	By JQ	Kelli Green	Amanda Marks

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Check out the amazing Blog Hop and some of the blogs even have Blog Candy!

For this blog hop I created 4 sheets of 12" x 12" Digital Paper (click on the picture to download the Zip Files):

Owl Love Card

It's no secret that Amanda's Owls are probably one of my favorite sets created! They are perfect for Valentine's cards. I paired them with her baby dots and stripes in pink from her digital paper collections to create a simple Love card.

for this project you will need:
Digital Stamps: Owl Couple
Digital Paper: Dot Pastel Paper Pack & Stripe Pastel Paper Pack
Markers: BIC Mark-Its
Accessories: Stampin' Up Heart Punch, Ranger Distressed Ink Worn Lipstick, Inkadinkado Stamp Sentiment, Foam Squares, Quickie Glue Pen and Prisma Glitter, Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and ribbon.

Thank you for looking!
~leslierahye

Warm Winter Wishes Owl Shaker

For this project you will need:

Card Stock to print out Digital stamps and paper

Acetate

foam board

chunky glitter

wired ribbon and Metallic DMC

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

BIC Mark-Its

I printed all of my papers on white card stock using AJs Digi Shoppe Gingerbread Paper Pack.  Made frames by stacking papers in Publisher giving the illusion of matting but it's all on one piece of paper. I printed one square of paper with dots on one side and solid green on the other to create the Tree elements using this pattern. The Tag Sentiment was created doing the same layering in Publisher to make mock frames. I printed out the Christmas Owls and colored them with BIC Mark-Its, adding glitter to their hats to mimic snow.

I created a shaker box by cutting out the window of the frame and inserting Acetate for a window glaze. I adhered the acetate and the strips of foam board to the frame with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer.I piled a layer of chunky glitter in the scene before sealing the frame to the card. 

I attached a wired bow with a small tag to the front to complete the card!

Thank you for looking! I hope you enjoyed my shaker card!

Christmas Duck Tag with Gingerbread Papers

To make this project:

AJs Digi Shoppe Gingerbread Paper Pack

AJs Digi Shoppe Christmas Duck

BIC Mark-Its

Ribbon, Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer [as adhesive]

large laminate sample

Good morning! As I gear up for the holidays, I am handmaking many items from gift wrap and tags, to presents and ornaments. For my presents to neighbors and teachers, I am including a gift tag that also doubles as an ornament. This tag was constructed on a large laminate sample acquired at a home improvement store. I adhered digi papers to it with Crystal Lacquer. I then layered on this delightful Christmas Duck. On the back I added a layer with a holiday sentiment and a place to write who the present was to and from. I sanded the edges with a file to insure it was smooth and added ribbon through the hole in the sample. Ribbon can be replaced with an ornament hanger to place on a tree.
Thank you for looking! I hope you enjoyed my tag!

Monster Hair Bow Clips!!!

At last we're in October and I'm gearing up for the fall holidays not only in my household decorating and but also in my accessorizing for our wardrobes. Both of my kids are big fans of AJ's Digi Shoppe and of course they loved the new release of Monsters this month. When I saw them, I knew I wanted to play with felt again! I had Sam pick out a favorite monster--this was very difficult because really she loves them all!  She settled on the one that looks like Candy Corn.

For this project you will need:

Candy Corn Monster Digi

felt

embroidery floss

needle

googly eyes

glue

ribbon

clip

I sized him to about 1¾" wide. I used that for a pattern to trace onto white, yellow and orange felt. I outlined the facial features with 2ply purple embroidery floss, added the googly eyes and hot-glued him onto a small tails-down bow that I created out of a pretty plaid ribbon  I had. The bow was hot-glued onto an alligator style clip--taking care to make sure they were glued in opposite directs to be worn on opposite sides of the head. 

Sam LOVES them! I hope you also enjoy them! Thank you for looking!

Tangled Turtle Door Decoration

As September winds down I try to make decorations for Halloween that I can enjoy the whole month. Amanda has created the cutest Halloween digis and the turtles are definitely my favorite. A few weeks ago I demonstrated on my live show zentangling in the Turtle Witch and decided that she would make a really cute sign for the front door. You can watch the entire leslierahye's crafty gig on zentangling to see how to start this.

I printed the Turtle Witch as a 5×7" image and used my Staedtler pens to tangle her. Then I colored her with the Sakura Hobby Craft 3D Colored Lacquers. I printed off a sign for my door--"The Witch is in...come sit a SPELL." and printed that out on cardstock. I printed out some of Amanda's digi paper to glue onto a piece of chipboard to make a sign backing. I added inks and paint, layered the image and saying with popdots and attached a ribbon to hang the sign with.
I love how she turned out! I think my visitors and my children will be amused with our Tangled Turtle Door Decor!

Thank you for looking!

Trick or Treat Ghosty

It is no secret that I ADORE Halloween and Amanda has created these AMAZING spiderweb papers and these adorable Turtle Halloween digis! This ghosty turtle is probably my favorite!

To create the background, I pieced my papers in Microsoft Publisher. I began with all three solid colors with light spiderwebs on them--orange green and purple. I created the orange base by re-sizing the orange paper to 5×5in. 

Next I made each of the purple and orange 4-3/4" square and then cropped them in half. I layered them on the orange so that they fit evenly and the purple and green stacked. 

Next I cropped down a piece of the striped paper to just have the few stripes between the green to make a "strip" of striped paper to layer on top of the background. 

Once I was happy with this, I still had room to work on my Publisher page. I sized my ghosty digi and made two of him--just in case--and made a small sentiment that matched the color of the papers that I was using. 

As I LOVE the look of white prismacolor on kraft, I chose to print my page out on Kraft cardstock and trim out my background page and sentiment. I colored my ghosty with the white prisma color and the metallic Sakura colors and clear for his eyes. I attached a beautiful swiss dot organza bow with ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and layered everything with foam tape and mounted it on a black piece of cardstock to make an easy card. 

Thank you for looking! I hope you enjoyed my card!

You had me at GRRR!

Frankly my dear...
Digi stamps & papers: Frankenstein and Mrs. Frankenstein, and Leaf Paper Pack

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: Club Scrap paper roap, Sakura Hobby Crafts 3D Crystal Lacquer, Foam Tape, Zots Bling Dots 

You all know I LOVE these owls and the leafy papers from AJs Digi Shoppe...I just had to create one more card with the Franken-owls. My huband Bill and I love the movie The Young Dr. Frankenstein so I thought this would be a fun thinking of you card to send to him around Halloween. 

I layered my digital cardstock in my Microsoft Publisher program and created my sentiment there as well. I then printed out the stamps, layered cardstocks and sentiment. After coloring the digis with BIC Mark-Its, I highlighted the owls' eyes with Sakura Hobby Crafts 3D Crystal Lacquer and trimmed out the papers, sentiment and owls. The owls were attached with foam tape to the leafy paper, The paper rope was attached with Zots Bling Dots. The whole thing was layered onto a card base with foam tape. 

I hope you enjoy my card--it made the husband smile! Thank you for looking!

SOAR! with Mama Owl

I just love these digi papers and stamps that Amanda has released! The Leaf Paper Pack was released earlier this summer and has the awesome leafed branch papers as well as matching background papers!

The Owls Set--an August Release--has Owls to celebrate all sorts of seasons but my favorite is the Mama Owl with her hatching eggs...it makes me think of baby birds flying the nest, soaring. I think it is perfect for back to school as our little hatch-lings fly the nest to go to school! 

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my card. 

Recipe for Soar!

Ingredients

AJ's Digital Stamps: Mama Owl & Leaves Paper Pack

Card stock: Bazzill Basics Kraft

Markers: BIC Mark-Its

Accessories: Foam Squares, Silk Flowers, Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer, Beacon 3-n-1 Craft Glue, Tim Holtz Hardware and ticket, Peeled Paint Stain and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

Directions

1. Print Mama Owl at 3½" wide on white card stock
2. Print Green leafs paper at 5" wide on Kraft card stock--placing at the top left or bottom left of page depending on where you want the card to fold [I chose dark branches on top]
3. Color Mama Owl with BIC Mark-its
4. Trim out card base to 5×10" so that the card folds at 5" along the edge of the printed leafy paper
5. Add Peeled Paint Stain and Burlap Distressed Ink to edges of trimmed card 
6. Trim out Mama Owl and attached to card base with foam squares.
7. Attach flowers with Beacon 3-n-1. Attach stained Tim Holtz ticket and hardware to card.
8. Make 3D owl eyes by adding Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer to centers of owl eyes.

Mrs. Frankenstein Bookmark

For today's project, I used an AJ's Digi Shoppe Digi as a pattern to construct this fun seasonal bookmark. Amanda's new August release Owls is amazing and the Mrs Frankenstein Owl is my favorite. I thought she'd be perfect for a bookmark for my mother who loves owls AND Halloween! 

Recipe

felt remnants

14" 1"-wide grosgrain ribbon

remnants cotton yarn

2 giggle eyes

glue

Instructions

I cut one piece of tan felt the entire perimeter of the owl for a base. I cut the individual pieces for the dress, collar, hair, face, feet, beak, wings, eyes, and lightening bolt. The cape I cut as one solid piece to place the dress and wings upon. I glued the pieces to the felt, adding the cotton yarn and the giggle eyes last. I placed the ribbon so that when it is placed in the book and she "dangles" that she is facing right-side up.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my Mrs. Frankenstein bookmark! 

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!

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