Howzit Creative Friends!
Welcome to the finale of LeighSBDesigns 2nd annual
The "My Dark Valentine" Blog Hop linky party is HERE!
We have been celebrating Valentine's Day in style with my 5 day annual blog hop❤️ Today is the grand finale and I can't wait to see all the new projects to finish off the show, the sharing so far has been amazing, you guys ROCK😘 Don't forget that my Valentine Sale also ends tonight at midnight pacific!
If you're just joining us for the first time today its not too late to play! This hop is all about DARK and TWISTY Valentines coz our holiday of love has some very dark and sinister origins! You can read all about it in my Day 1 post!
This is a progressive hop which means it gets bigger as more dark Valentine projects appear in the blog hop linky party in my Day 1 post so stop by daily. Click on each thumbnail in the linky and leave everyone lots of love as you go❤️ Today is the last day to get projects into the linky, it will close at 5 minutes to midnight pacific. Then you have an extra 5 days to hop and comment to qualify for the prizes!
Everyone is invited to play! You can either enter dark Valentine projects in the hop or just enjoy the show! The hop rules are in my Day 1 post too so click on over and check it all out!
For today's finale I'm sharing 2 new cards you haven't seen plus the Heart Tree card I shared a few days before the hop began in case you haven't seen it yet😉
Day 5
"Poe Love"
"Love is the Strongest Magic"
cards by Leigh
"Poe Love"
"Love is the Strongest Magic"
cards by Leigh
First up here's a different look for a Poe themed card for you using Distressed Raven Nevermore, the Poe Love FREEBIE and Raggedy Heart Strings Background😋 Dark and twisty doesn't always have to be gloom and doom! Here I'm giving Poe some love and used PINK in my creation, shock horror, but it's still grungy and I think the imagery and the "weird for Poe" colour palette works!
I used Nuance pigment powders to create the watercoloured Raggedy Heart Strings Background and watercolour painted the images. I coloured all the bows and outlined the Raven and Poe text with a metallic gold gel pen then fussy cut them out before matting onto black cardstock and then I fussy cut everything again leaving a very narrow border. The background was die cut out with a "torn edges" Crafter's Companion die, edged with Black Soot Distress ink then mounted onto a top fold card made from black cardstock. I then adhered the images to the card with clear 3D tape.
This one is more magical than dark so I'm sharing just for fun to show the same Raggedy Heart Strings Background done in prettier colours and the "Love is the Strongest Magic" sentiment😋
I first shared this magical mixed media card on Feb 9. It's got a haunting quality that I think still works for a dark Valentine. I used 3 of my new designs from the 2019 Valentine Collection: the Heart Tree, the “Love is the Strongest Magic” sentiment, one of the hanging hearts from Raggedy Heart Strings and I also dotted stars from the sentiment around in the sky too.
That's it for my Valentine shares for the hop, I hope you've enjoyed checking them out and will continue to follow us here at LeighSBDesigns and play in our events throughout the rest of the year❤️
That's it for my Valentine shares for the hop, I hope you've enjoyed checking them out and will continue to follow us here at LeighSBDesigns and play in our events throughout the rest of the year❤️
Designs from my new 2019 Valentine Collection as well as the 2018 collection are being featured this month and both collections are on sale for the duration of the hop! The sale ends TONIGHT at midnight pacific!
Are you ready to embrace your dark side?
Check out the fun video I made for last year's release and the 2018 hop art HERE to help get you in the mood.
Then pop on over to The "My Dark Valentine" Blog Hop linky party HERE😋
Happy hopping, see you again soon, keep a look out for my WINNERS post❤️
