Love is Eternal

Bookmarks have been my project(s) this week and I made this one using A.J.'s Digi Shoppe's digital Hearts paper and the Foxes freebie that was available in February's A.J.'s Digi Shoppe Newsletter.

Front and Back pictured

I love that A.J.'s Digi Shoppe now offers its fabulous digis in color as well as black and white.  I printed the digis much smaller than I would have if I had to color them in by hand.  I also have been inspired by the many varieties of hearts paper that Amanda created, these two are particularly fun. 

Project Design: Dawn Taylor
Digital Stamps/Papers Design: Amanda Marks
Acrylic Stamp (sentiment): Autumn Leaves Stampology
Paper: Staples Cardstock
Inks: Colorbox pigment ink
         Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink
Adhesive: Beacon 3-in-1 advanced craft glue
Misc: acrylic yarn from stash

For my valentine

I had fun using inks and paper edgers with A.J.'s Digi Shoppe's Hearts Paper to create this Valentine's day card.

Card Design: Dawn Taylor

Digital Paper Design: Amanda Marks

Papers: Forever in Time card blank

           Staples cardstock

Inks: Colorbox pigment inks

        Ranger Tim Holtz distress inks

Rubber Stamps: You are loved stamp by Katie and Co. for Studio G

                        tiny heart and lipsmack stamps (maker unknown)

Embossing Powder: Uptown Accessories clear

Paper Edgers: Fiscars ripple

Adhesives: Beacon 3-in-1 advanced craft glue

                Dollarama foam tape

Misc. Supply: Dollarama bling

You can read more about how I created this look on my personal blog www.morninglasstable.com.

Sneak Peek Wednesday

I am creating NEW My Little Brother Series with Paper:

Alice In Wonderland is coming soon to A.J.'s Digi Shoppe™

Understated Birthday

I made this card, using A.J.'s Digi Shoppe digital stamps, for someone who is wishing to downplay their birthday this year.  I matched this card to the tastes of the recipient using autumn colors and animal print.  I used the very versatile brown paper from the Gingerbread Paper Pack as a background matte and used the Birthday Candle (colored digitally) to represent the idea that this is, in fact, a birthday card. 

Card Design: Dawn Taylor
Digital Paper and Stamp Design: Amanda Marks
Papers: Forever in Time card blank
             Staples White copy paper
             Staples Ivory cardstock
             Recollections Animal Kingdom patterned paper
             Paper-azzi Fantasy Shimmer cardstock, gold
Inks: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Spiced Marmalade
         Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stain, Wild Honey
Glues: Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft glue
           Dollarstore Glitter Glue
Tape: Scrappin' Gear double sided tape

Happy Moo Year!

For the second time this month I used the Cow over the Moon digi stamp. I created a card by combining that stamp which can be found here with the fireworks digi stamp which can be found in the Patriotic Duck Stamp 2 collection here to create this New Years card.  I used my Gimp 2 free program to digitally color these stamps, which is a first for me, and also used markers to enhance them slightly. I used a glue pen and embossing powder to create the silver sentiment.  I printed my image twice so that I could use foam tape to pop up the cow and star.  I added a few glitter felt stars left over from my last project to add a bit more sparkle. I wish everyone the happiest of 'moo' years!

Card Design: Dawn Taylor
Digital Stamp Design: Amanda Marks
Paper: Recollections cardstock
Colored: Bic Mark Its
               Sharpie Ultra-fine tipped pens
                Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Adhesives: Beacon 3-in-1 advance craft glue
                   Martha Stewart artist glue pen
                   Dollarama glue tape
                   Dollarama foam tape
Misc. Supplies: Uptown Accessories silver embossing powder
                          Dollarstore glitter felt

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!

Recipe for Holiday Wishes

the recipes slip right into the pocket

I often have requests for my recipes so I decided to give out recipes as 'gifts' this year.  I created a very simple card using A.J.'s Digi Gingerbread Paper, which you can find here.  I made a pocket on the bottom of the card large enough to hold a few recipe cards and used a couple of acrylic stamps to make the sentiment plaque.  I distressed the recipe cards to give them a homey feel and bundled them with a nice shiny ribbon.   


Card Design: Dawn Taylor
Digital Paper Design: Amanda Marks
Papers: Recollections cardstock
           Dollar store recipe cards
Inks: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stain
        Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink
        ColorBox pigment Ink
Stamps: Echo Park Paper Co. Holly Jolly Christmas
Adhesives: Double-sided Dollarstore Tape
                Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
Ribbon: Crafts brand Dollarama Ribbon

Fall for Owls

The 2 huge maple trees in my yard have lost their leaves and I have been in an autumn sort of mood, so I created this fall themed card with Amanda's loveable owl couple.  You can find this digi stamp here.  I printed my sentiment out on some patterned paper and used some stickers as embellishment.
Card design: Dawn Taylor
Digital stamp design: Amanda Marks
Coloured with: Crayola markers
Paper: Staples cardstock
           Best of K and Company Papers
Adhered with: Beacon 3-in-1 advanced craft glue
                       Dollarama double sided tape
Misc. Supplies: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks
                         Sticko Stickers by EK Success

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!

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! 

Owls! Owls! and More Owls!

August 1st already!?  It is hard to believe but it is true.  I am proud to introduce The Owls.  I plan on making more but this is the first set and I hope everyone enjoys them :)

They can be purchase as a set or individually.

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!

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!!!