Boys over Flowers - New Release at The East Wind!

Howzit Friends!

I'm back today to share today's new release digi over at The East Wind "Boys Over Flowers"!
Isn't he lovely!

Boys over Flowers

 The blue background was done in Photoshop CS6 and then I printed him out onto Neenah cardstock.  I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils and the brown shadow background area is Prismacolor pencil too. 

 I had so much fun doing my Tartan Rose girl for our current challenge Paper Piecing that I decided to paper piece his t-shirt!  The paper is from the same paper pack I used for Tartan Rose too.

I used a simple geometric paper punch to add a touch of decoration to the corners and then matted the coloured panel onto green cardstock and then onto a folded card made from black cardstock.

Come and join the fun at The East Wind...we have 2 blog challenges every month and fun challenges on on our TEW Facebook Group too!

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

Leonardo Artist Trading Block - Hip 2 Be Square with Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

Hello Friends!
Today is Day 1 of a fun new event over at
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

HIP 2 BE SQUARE!

Join us daily through to the end of August for tons of SQUARE inspiration featuring Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Square rubber stamps as well as projects that incorporate squares and are square shaped!



Check out our large selection of SQUARE stamps:
Carmen's Veranda Squares
Lost Coast Designs Doodling Squares
Lost Coast Designs Zentangle Squares

I kicked off the event today with my Leonardo themed Artist Trading Block (ATB) featuring Carmen's Veranda Cracked Face Square plus Lost Coast Designs Cosmos Collage and Leonardo Accessories Set.

I handmade my own ATB from black cardstock with a template I made myself but you can use wooden blocks and now there's even ATB dies available in different sizes!  Later this month I'll be sharing this project in a more detailed post with a template of my ATB over at Lost Coaster's Review, so make sure to pop on over, follow us and subscribe to our emails too so you don't miss seeing it!

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

Durer Art Nudes - Lost Coast Designs DT!

Hello Friends!
We're midway through our August Challenge "Watercolour Backgrounds" over at Lost Coast Designs event and challenge blog, Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

I made these Art Nude tags featuring 2 of Lost Coast Designs Durer Women, Balancing Vixen and Backside Woman.

Durer's Balancing Vixen

These started out as standard white shipping tags and I created the watercolour backgrounds with Nuance pigment powders.  Lost Coast Designs carries all the colours including the 5 new ones which will be up in the store soon but you can request them now if you want to order them.  I'll be featuring these two tags in more detail over at Lost Coaster's Review on August 18th so please stop by for more info!

Durer's Backside Woman

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Tartan Rose" for The East Wind DT!

Howzit Friends!
We are halfway through August already and that means it's time for our 2nd challenge over at The East Wind!

Here's my DT inspiration featuring Tartan for
Challenge #61 "Paper Piecing" 

"Paper Piecing", which I also know as "Paper Applique", is a technique where you remove a part of the image and replace it with decorative paper.  My "paper pieced" part is the lovely girl's dress and to keep with the theme of the digi stamp I used DP with a rose design in shades of blue and I also made a matching paper bow from the decorative paper too!  From the same DP pack I also used the colour coordinating stripe to pick up on the tartan theme too.  I've had this paper pack from Michaels in my stash forever!  I knew I was keeping it for something special, it was just made for this image ;0)

 
   I coloured the lady with a combo of Copics and Prismacolor pencils and the roses just with Prismacolor pencils.  The background is a combination of brown and blue Derwent pastels blended with a Dove blender pen.

I printed the image twice and fussy cut out the lady I coloured and and layered her on top of the rose background with pop dots.  To create that dark shadow on her right side...I coloured the lady image underneath solid black and then slightly offset her when layering so that a bit of the black peeked out further enhancing the dimension.

I distressed the edges of the coloured panel and matted it onto black cardstock then the stripe DP and another layer of black.  I then completed my card with blue pearl jewels and embellished the bow with a matching jewel and Tim Holtz Idea-ology spinner for good measure!  Here's a closer look at the details....click on all the photos for a closer look.

Come and join the fun at The East Wind...we have 2 blog challenges every month and fun challenges on on our TEW Facebook Group too!
 
Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

First Place Winner - Tonner Doll Company Wilde About Colouring Contest!

Howzit Everyone!
Tonner Doll Company recently released their first colouring book called Wilde About Colouring featuring Robert Tonner's Ellowyne Wilde doll sketches and in celebration of Robert's July birthday they held a colouring contest.

FIRST PLACE WINNER!

I entered these three coloured pages and I'm thrilled to announce that the black one won First Place, personally picked by Mr Tonner himself!
SQUEEEEEEE!

My prize is a Tonner doll of my choice autographed by Robert Tonner and I chose event exclusive 16 inch Elloywne "Satin Doll", isn't she gorgeous!

Here's a video of all the entries!

Thanks for stopping by to see my artwork today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *