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Monday, October 7, 2024

Day 7 of 31 Days of Halloween 2024: "Happy CAToween" CAToWeen Loveleigh Kitty Slimline Book Panel by Leigh

πŸŽƒ Happy October Creative Friends πŸŽƒ
Welcome to Day 7 of
 
October is the most SPOOKTACULAR time of the year and we are thrilled to be back with our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities to get you in the Halloween spirit!
 
We are here to fright and delight you for 31 days straight so stop by daily to see our faBOOlous Halloween, Falloween and Day of the Dead themed makes and countdown to October 31st with us in LeighsBDesigns style!
 
 
We want to see what you're cooking up in your crafty cauldrons this month too and invite you to join in on the SPOOKtivities as a Wicked Maker in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Haunt Hop!  Gather your crafty friends and play along with your own Halloween makes, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky!  Join us for some wicked good fun using any company products for all 31 days, if you dare, or play anytime throughout October for the chance to win some wicked LeighSBDesigns prizes!  Go grab your Wicked Maker badge and haunt the hop with us!
 
 
Shop my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and more in the Halloween Sale on thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 

 
I'm still busy getting my entire catalogue of fabulous Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz for electronic cutting machines up at LeighSBDesigns.comI'm adding the rest of my magical Once Upon a Nightmare Collection right now so keep an on the Re-Release Sale-bration section to see what's been re-released so far.  They are also included in the Halloween Sale!
 
The Countdown is underway!
 

 
Day 7 of 31 Days of Halloween
 
"Happy CAToWeen"
CAToWeen Loveleigh Kitty
Slimline Book Panel
by Leigh
 

I'm back for Day 7 of our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities with my PURRtastic Slimline book panel featuring a Loveleigh Kitty and matching senti from my new CAToWeen 2024 Loveleigh Kitties Halloween Collection and my wicked awesome FUNdamental Foundations Slimline Coffins Nesting SVG Cutz set for electronic cutting machines.  Plus, you might have noticed already that the purple bottle is decorated with one of my stunning Apothercary Labels included in the Furness Forest Apothecary Labels Set #1 from the Shadows Rising 2022 Collection.  Check those out and more in my Halloween Sale too!
 
 
 
CAToWeen Loveleigh Kitty is the star of today's book panel.
 
 
She's the quintessential Halloween kitty for sure with her Witch Hat, Bat Wings, Autumn Leaves and Jack o' Lanterns all bundled up into one little package of cuteness.
 
 
I coloured this beauty digitally in Adobe Fresco, printed her out in all her colourful glory and fussy cut her out with my Silhouette Cameo 5 electronic cutting machine with an offset white border that makes her pop nicely against the background papers.
 
 
For lots of magical sparkle I applied Crystal Stickles glitter to her Witch Hat band and highlights, her cute heart shaped nose and her Bat Wings.
 
 
 
I also sparkled up her cute fluffy tail and the highlight areas on all the leaves and pumpkins.

 
My 31 Days of Halloween makes are going in a book I'm making so I first made a slimline 4" x 9" book panel from heavy weight black cardstock.  I used a Halloween words paper I've had in my stash forever for the background panel and cut it 1/8 inch smaller.  I then edged it with Spectrum Noir Midas Gold pigment ink for a touch of distressed metallic elegance and adhered it to the black panel with glue.
 

For the mat and layered Coffin panels I used my SPOOKtacular FUNdamental Foundations Slimline Coffins Nesting SVG Cutz set for electronic cutting machines.  The set includes 7 concentric slimline coffin mats and layers for making slimline cards, tags and more!
 
 
 I used the 3 largest coffin SVG Cutz to create my mat and layered coffin background and cut them out with my Silhouette Cameo 5 electronic cutting machine on the awesome electrostatic mat.   
 
 
I cut the largest coffin from purple cardstock and hand cut a mat layer for it from white cardstock to add a touch more white to the make to match the white border around the kitty.  The middle coffin is cut from black cardstock and the top coffin panel from a lime green spider and web patterned paper.  I then edged all the coffin panels with Spectrum Noir Midas Gold pigment ink for more distressed metallic elegance.
 

 I adhered the white and purple coffin layers directly onto the slimline panel.  Next I glued the top panel to the black mat and mounted those in place with black foam tape.  I then adhered CAToWeen kitty in place with foam tape as well for lots of FURtastic dimension.
 
 
The "Happy Catoween" sentie is from the Catoween Senties set of 4 
kitty themed Halloween digi stamp sentiments.
 
 
I opened the sentiment in Silhouette Studio and added an offset.  I used the "print and cut" feature to first print the senti with my printer onto white cardstock and then fussy cut it out with my Silhouette Cameo 5.  I coloured the senti with Villainous Purple Distress Ink applied with a blender brush then adhered it in place half with foam tape and half with glue to allow for the different heights of the coffin element.
 
 
To complete my make I embellished it with the large spider I die cut from black cardstock using Crafter's Companion Vintage Halloween Corner Spiderweb die set.

 
I hope our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities have inspired you to start your own Halloween crafting, do come and share them with us in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop, there's lots of spooktacular makes linked up already!  Gather your crafty friends and play along as a Wicked Maker in our Haunt Hop Linky Party, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky! 
 
All LeighSBDesigns makes are also linked in the Haunt Hop Linky Party too for easy hopping!  Do come join the fun πŸŽƒ
 

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Don't forget to check out my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and shop the Halloween Sale thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 
❤ πŸŽƒ
 
Play along with your Anything Goes makes or be inspired by our optional CAToWeen theme in this month's challenge!
 
You're welcome to play in our annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop and the October Challenge SPOOKtivities with different makes!  Please note...to play as a Wicked Maker in the Hop you do need to hop and comment!  All the Haunt Hop details are in the Main Hop Post!
 
 

 
Christmas is Coming!
I'll be releasing my new Christmas Collection just in time for our festive creativities to begin after Halloween so stay tuned and do join us!
 

 
 CAToWeen is included in the Halloween Sale which ends Oct 31 midnight pacific!
 
 
 
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Day 6 of 31 Days of Halloween 2024: "Count Catula" Loveleigh Kitty Card by Val

πŸŽƒ Happy October Creative Friends πŸŽƒ
Welcome to Day 6 of
 
October is the most SPOOKTACULAR time of the year and we are thrilled to be back with our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities to get you in the Halloween spirit!
 
We are here to fright and delight you for 31 days straight so stop by daily to see our faBOOlous Halloween, Falloween and Day of the Dead themed makes and countdown to October 31st with us in LeighsBDesigns style!
 
 
We want to see what you're cooking up in your crafty cauldrons this month too and invite you to join in on the SPOOKtivities as a Wicked Maker in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Haunt Hop!  Gather your crafty friends and play along with your own Halloween makes, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky!  Join us for some wicked good fun using any company products for all 31 days, if you dare, or play anytime throughout October for the chance to win some wicked LeighSBDesigns prizes!  Go grab your Wicked Maker badge and haunt the hop with us!
 
 
Shop my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and more in the Halloween Sale on thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 
The Countdown is underway!
 

 
Day 6 of 31 Days of Halloween
 
"Count Catula"
 Loveleigh Kitty Card
by Val
 
 Count Catula strikes again on LeighSBDesigner Val's FANGtastic make for Day 6 of our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities today!
 
 
This handsome vampire cat and matching senti are from my new CAToWeen 2024 Loveleigh Kitties Halloween Collection and a small bat from my Gothic Nightmare Catcher SVG Cutz set flew in to join the SPOOKtivites too.
 
 
 
Val resized Count Catula Loveleigh Kitty a smidge taller than 7 inches and printed him out.  She then coloured him up with Promarkers and added white gel pen details then fussy cut him out with scissors leaving a narrow white border around him.  Doesn't he looking PURRtastic in his green cloak and purple waist coat!
 

 
The "Count Catula" senti is 1 of 4 digi stamp sentiments included in the Count Catula Senties set.  Val printed the senti out via Silhouette Studio and fussy cut it out using her Silhouette Portrait 3 electronic cutting machine.  She then matted it onto black cardstock and cut out the mat with scissors.
 
 
Val made a 5 x 7 inch side fold card from black cardstock and used a Crafter's Companion Vintage Halloween spiderweb edgeable die to die cut the design down the right side of the card front.  She then adhered lime green cardstock behind the design and cut the mat edge to match.
 
 
Next she cut a panel from lime green spiderweb patterned paper and adhered it to the card front with a tape runner.   She then adhered Count Catula to the card with foam tape and adhered the senti in place with glue.
 
 
The little bat cut from black cardstock from my Gothic Nightmare Catcher SVG Cutz set completes her card.
 
 
We hope our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities have inspired you to start your own Halloween crafting, do come and share them with us in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop, there's lots of spooktacular makes linked up already!  Gather your crafty friends and play along as a Wicked Maker with your own Halloween makes in our Haunt Hop Linky Party, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky! 
 
All LeighSBDesigns makes are also linked in the Haunt Hop Linky Party too for easy hopping!  Do come join the fun πŸŽƒ
 

πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸŽƒ
 
Don't forget to check out my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and shop the Halloween Sale thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 
❤ πŸŽƒ
 
Play along with your Anything Goes makes or be inspired by our optional CAToWeen theme in this month's challenge!
 
You're welcome to play in our annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop and the October Challenge SPOOKtivities with different makes!  Please note...to play as a Wicked Maker in the Hop you do need to hop and comment!  All the Haunt Hop details are in the Main Hop Post!
 
 

 
Christmas is Coming!
I'll be releasing my new Christmas Collection just in time for our festive creativities to begin after Halloween so stay tuned and do join us!
 

 
 CAToWeen is included in the Halloween Sale which ends Oct 31 midnight pacific!
 
 
 
Happy Haunting!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN