Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 2 more POEtastic Fat Pages by Nan!

Hiya Creative Friends!
Today is the last of our Poe Appreciation DT Showcase, I hope you've enjoyed having a closer look at the projects my fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made for our annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

  If you missed the fun then you can still hop and enjoy all the POEtastic projects shared.  The 2018, 2017 and 2016 Poe Blog Hop Collections, as well as info on the upcoming Poe 2019 hop, are on the Poe Page so click on over for a look!  I'm still tallying up all the comments by the bloggers and the hoppers and will announce the Winners of my two Poe Prizes soon😋

Today I'm sharing the final two wonderful pages from LeighSBDesigner Nan's POE Fat Book she made for the hop!

Nan's POEtastic 4th page features the Raven from the Oddleigh Poe and Raven set.  This time he stands alone atop a quote from the classic poem, Alone, which Nan typed up in a wonderful font.  My Oddleigh Raven has a Mona Lisa smile....he likes to keep you wondering what he's thinking😋  Nan coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers and she used decorative 6 x 6 paper from the same paper pad for the background.  She inked the pages and stamped various stamps from assorted companies with Black Soot, Fired Brick and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks and embellished with a wonderful vinyl lace she picked up in Japan.

 Nan's POEtastic 6th page features the Master of Macabre and his signature from my classic E.A. Poe Portrait and Signature set.  Nan chose to only colour his eyes and tie to achieve a vintage look for this page and used Spectrum Noir IBI3 and GG2 markers.  Keeping the continuity of style going she used more decorative paper for the background from the same 6 x 6 paper pad as her previous pages.  She stamped the text RIP from her Halloween stamp stash in a gorgeous font with permanent black ink and framed it with a wonderful tiny gothic frame.  She typed up a quote about art and edged that, the page and the signature panel with Black Soot Distress Ink and finished the page with more vinyl lace she found in Japan.

And there you have it...a great page for the last of the Poe shares....for now that is, you'll be seeing Poe popping up again throughout the year I'm sure....one can never have too much Poe😋

All of the digis featured today are now on FLASH SALE until midnight tonight (pacific).
Click on the pics to go shopping!

Coming next is our My Dark Valentine Blog Hop, Feb 12-16, with a brand new Dark Valentine collection, those will be released this week!  We're going to have so much fun getting all dark and twisty in February!  You can read all about the hop on the My Dark Valentine Blog Hop page!
I hope you'll join us😋

 Thanks for stopping by to see Nan's project today!

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesdays: Raven Shutter Card tutorial by Val!

Hello Creative Friends!

YAY, it's time for another Tutorial Tuesday segment and today's project is a fabulous brand new shutter card by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring digi stamps from the 2018 Poe Collection!  All the images featured today are on FLASH SALE until midnight tonight!

Hi Everyone, Val here and I'm excited to share my card tutorial featuring some of LeighSBDesigns new Poe themed digis!  Did you see our fabulous Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop on Jan 19-23?  Click HERE to hop all the wonderful Poe projects shared in the 2018 hop plus the 2017 and 2016 hop collections are up there too!  Mark your calendars and join the fun in 2019, everything you need to know is up on the Poe Page!

To make my fun Poe card I used the shutter card die from Crafter's Companion.

I placed the dies onto Neenah white cardstock and ran them through my Cuttlebug using the sandwich recipe for thin dies.

I then used the insert dies as stencils to cut slightly larger mats from black cardstock.  Do this by tracing around the outside of the metal dies with a pencil and cut them out with scissors.

 While the white card die cuts were still in the dies I applied Peeled Paint Distress Oxide with a Smoothie applicator.

This leaves a nice clean white border around all the die cut panels.

  To give the panels a lovely textured effect I lightly spritzed the panels with water. 

 Once all the panels were coloured I adhered them to the black panels with PVA glue.

The next step is to adhere all the panels to the shutter card base.

While the shutter card panels dried I prepared all the Poe images I wanted to use.  I sized the digis in my art software, printed out onto Neenah white cardstock and fussy cut them out.  Some I matted onto black cardstock and fussy cut out again.  Matting on black makes the images pop nicely and also adds strength to some of the smaller areas while fussy cutting them out.  I used the Raven portrait, a large Poe Signature with Quill, two smaller Quills and two small Poe Signatures to decorate my card.

Shutter cards are so much fun, I hope I've inspired you to make some of your own!

LeighSBDesigns Poe digis, click on the pix to go shopping and enjoy 25% off until midnight pacific tonight!

realistic portrait of a Raven

single digi of Poe's signature with a quill

2 digi set consists of a classic Poe portrait and his signature

 Supplies used: 

Crafter's Companion Shutter Card die

Peeled Paint Distress Oxide

White gel pen

Black Micron pen

Neenah classic white cardstock

Black cardstock

Smoothie foam applicator

 Mini mister with water

 Thanks for stopping by to Val's projects today!

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 3 POEtastic projects by Val!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
The Poe Blog Hop Prize drawing is now closed, thank you to everyone who played and everyone who hopped and commented!  I will announce the winners of my two Poe Blog Hop prizes soon, you don't want to miss it so keep checking in😉

If you missed all the fun then you can still hop and enjoy all the fabulous Poe art, the 2018 Poe Blog Hop Inlinkz collection is up on the Poe Page HERE as well as the collections from 2017 and 2016!  Mark your calendars and play with us again in 2019! 

I'm now continuing on with our Poe Appreciation DT Showcase!  My fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made lots of POEtastic projects for our 5 day Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop which they shared on their own blogs and now I'm showcasing them here until the end of January😋

Up today I'm sharing three POEtastic creations by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring digis from my Oddleigh Poe collection as well as the POE LOVE freebie I gave away during the hop.

Val created a magical misty background to feature Oddleigh Raven Nevermore on her CAS card.  I love the glow surrounding him❤️

Val coloured Oddleigh Raven Nevermore with GG1, GG2 and IG5 Spectrum Noir markers with touches of white gel pen.  She used Faded Jeans Distress Ink and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide to create the background.  Neenah classic white cardstock and black cardstock was used for the digi printing, mats and card base with black Micron pen dots decorating the one mat.

Up next is this POEtastic fun tag featuring Oddleigh Edgar Allan Poe!  I love the classic black and white colour scheme with a splash of red and blue to grab your attention. Mr Poe look so handsome!

Val printed Poe out on Neenah classic white cardstock and colour him with satin and red Promarker, cerulean Spectrum Noir marker, white gel pen and a black Micron pen.  For the background she used Bat decorative cardstock, black and white washi tape and black cardstock.  She added magical sparkle with glitter glue and embellished with black fibers.

The last of Val's Poe Blog Hop projects is this wonderful card she made using the POE LOVE freebie!  I love the classic black, white and red colour palette of this card, it really makes the digi stamp pop!  Val printed the digi out on Neenah classic white cardstock and coloured it up with satin Promarker and Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Ink.  She then added a wonderful texture to the text with Versamark Ink and clear Ultra Thick Embossing powder.  The rose stamp is by Alt New and she added red Promarker and Tim Holtz clear Rock Candy glitter to them.  Everything was fussy cut out and adhered to a black cardstock mat and then a white folded card made from white cardstock.

 If you missed POE LOVE during the hop then you can still add it to your collections, its now up in my Etsy Boutique and on FLASH SALE along with the other digis featured today!  Click on the pix to go shopping!

Thanks for stopping by to see Val's projects today, she has one more Poe project to share so stop by tomorrow for Tutorial Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 2 POEtastic Oddleigh Fat Pages by Nan!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
I'm still busy showcasing all the POEtastic projects my fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made for our 5 day Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop which they shared on their own blogs during the hop.  The Poe fun is continuing on through to the end of January😋

  If you missed the hop then you've still got TODAY to join the fun and be included in the prize drawings!  Everyone who hops and comments on all the participating blogs included in the link-up below will be included in the drawing for my Commenter Prize!  The same goes for the Blog Hop participants too, you need to hop and comment as well to qualify for the Blogger prize.  You all have until midnight pacific TONIGHT to do your rounds.  Winners will be announced soon after!  Start your hopping on my Day 1 post HERE!  Enjoy😋

Today I'm sharing two more wonderful pages from LeighSBDesigner Nan's POE Fat Book, Nan's fun quirky style is fitting in so nicely with my Oddleigh designs❤️

Nan's 3rd POEtastic page features Oddleigh - The Raven and he's presiding over Poe as he types up his classic poem on a typewriter....clearly we are looking at an alternate universe on this page😆. 

Nan coloured up the Raven and the words with Spectrum Noir markers.  She used 6 x 6 inch paper from the same designer paper pad as her previous two pages and did some background stamping inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  Nan's theme for this page is Poe's passion for writing so she added the die cut typewriter which she highlighted with a gold gel pen and matted onto an ATC sprayed with Tea Dye Shimmer Spray.  The little white embellishment is Nan's little "wax seal" she made from melting crayons with a glue gun, what fun!

 Now look at this gorgeous 4th page featuring Oddleigh Poe from the Oddleigh Poe and Raven set and the Poe Signature with Quill!  Nan set the tone nicely with that elegant background and Mr Poe is so handsome❤️

Nan used more paper from her decorative 6 x 6 pad and added Black Soot Distress Ink to it.  She used Spectrum Noir markers to colour all the digis and typed up the text which she edged in red ink coz this page is all about Poe's love for his real wife she says, so red for Hearts!  The finishing touch is the gothic black die cut flower and leaf embellished with gold flakes and a bead adhered to the center.

All of the digis featured are now on FLASH SALE today only so add them to your collections before midnight pacific!  Click on the pics to go shopping!

  Thanks for stopping by to see Nan's projects today!

Now off you hop to admire all the glorious Poe Art!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 2 classic Raven themed cards by Val!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
Welcome back for our next Poe Appreciation DT Showcase!  My fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made lots of POEtastic projects for our 5 day Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop which they shared on their own blogs during the hop and now I'm showcasing them here through to the end of January😋

  If you missed the hop then you've still got a chance to join the fun and win a prize!  Everyone who hops and comments on all the participating blogs included in the link-up below will be included in the drawing for my random Commenter Prize!  The same goes for the Blog Hop participants too, you need to hop and comment as well to qualify for the Blogger prize.  You have until midnight pacific on January 28th to do your rounds.  Winners will be announced soon after!  Start your hopping on my Day 1 post HERE!  Enjoy😋

Up today we have two POEtastic creations by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring my realistic Raven
 portrait.  Raven is now on FLASH SALE today only, sale ends at midnight pacific!

WOW, I just love how Val's background on this one glows, it gives the Raven such portent presence!  The colour and the halo effect immediately captures and draws your attention to the Raven!  What mysteries he could reveal to us!

Val used Peeled Paint and Black Soot Distress Oxide to achieve that yummy background.  She also used a white gel pen, Neenah white cardstock and black cardstock to create her card.  The text is from a collage sheet of Poe words.

The Raven adorns Val's second wonderful tribute to Poe which features the classic poem we all know and love, The Raven.

Val used Fired Brick and touches of Peeled Paint Distress Inks to create the mat background as well as a white gel pen and green Spectrum Noir marker on the Raven's eye.  The Poem is from a collage sheet.  Everything was printed onto Neenah white cardstock which was also used along with black cardstock to create the card base and mats.
 

Thanks for stopping by to see Val's projects today!
Now off you hop to admire all the glorious Poe Art!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: The beginnings of Nan's Poe Fat Book!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
My fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made lots of POEtastic projects for our 5 day Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop which they shared on their own blogs during the hop and now I'm showcasing them all here through to the end of January😋

  If you missed the hop then you've still got a chance to join the fun!  Everyone who hops and comments on all the participating blogs included in the link-up below will be included in the drawing for my random Commenter Prize!  The same goes for the Blog Hop participants too, you need to hop and comment as well to qualify for the Blogger prize.  You all have until midnight pacific on January 28th to do your rounds.  Winners will be announced soon after!  Start your hopping on my Day 1 post HERE!  Enjoy😋

Up today we have the beginning of a POEtastic Fat Book by LeighSBDesigner Nan.
 Nan made 5 fabulous pages and a cover for her Poe Fat Book.  Here's the cover featuring Oddleigh Edgar Allan Poe.

Nan coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers and used 6 x 6 inch designer paper for the background.  Nan typed the year dates for his birth and death....poor Mr Poe, he was only 40 when we lost him....sad to think of all the literary masterpieces we lost with him😔  The dates were layered onto Tea dye shimmer sprayed panels and black flowers scattered with gold flakes was the finishing touch.  The cover and all the pages are tied together with gold cord.

Now for the first page....

This page is dedicated to Oddleigh Raven Nevermore.  Nan couldn't resist giving my quirky Raven, which she coloured with Spectrum Noir markers, a door to hang around and crow his favourite phrase....Nevermore!  Nan used a door die cut and put decorative paper with spiders crawling all over it behind the door so whoever opens it will get a fright...you've been warned!  She randomly stamped Halloween and background stamps in white and purple inks to achieve a ghostly effect.  Then completed this wonderful page with typed text and another paper flower.

All of the digis featured today are now on FLASH SALE until midnight pacific TONIGHT!
 

Thanks for stopping by to see Nan's projects today!
Now off you hop to admire all the glorious Poe Art!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 2 Canvas Art pieces by Val!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
My fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made lots of POEtastic projects for our 5 day Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop which they shared on their own blogs during the hop and now I'm showcasing them all here through to the end of January😋

  If you missed the hop then you've still got a chance to join the fun!  Everyone who hops and comments on all the participating blogs included in the link-up below will be included in the drawing for my random Commenter Prize!  The same goes for the Blog Hop participants too, you need to hop and comment as well to qualify for the Blogger prize.  You all have until midnight pacific on January 28th to do your rounds.  Winners will be announced soon after!  Start your hopping on my Day 1 post HERE!  Enjoy😋

Up today we have two POEtastic canvas creations by LeighSBDesigner Val.

 This one is actually brand new and never seen before and features Poe from the Poe Portrait and Signature Set and the Poe Signature with Quill.

Val used canvas board for her piece and applied Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Inks to it before coating it with Versamark Ink and clear ultra thick embossing powder to create the wonderful background for Mr Poe.  She used spectrum Noir markers to add some colour to Poe.....those eerie blue eyes....oh no the Night King from Game of Thrones has Poe😱

The 2nd share is also a canvas piece featuring Ode to Poe, Oddleigh Raven Nevermore, the single Raven from the Oddleigh Poe and Raven set and the Poe Signature with Quill.

Val stenciled the tree silhouettes (Imagination Crafts) with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide onto canvas board she'd already pre-treated with black gesso then applied Faded Jeans Distress Ink to white cardstock panels which were then matted onto black and white cardstock.  The digi images were all printed onto Neenah white cardstock, coloured with Spectrum Noir markers with white gel pen details.

All of the digis featured today are now on FLASH SALE until midnight pacific TONIGHT!
 

Thanks for stopping by to see Val's projects today!
Now off you hop to admire all the glorious Poe Art!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: Distressed Raven Nevermore card by Val!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
WOW oh WOW, what a POEtastic Poe Appreciation Day blog hop we've just had!  So many glorious Poe themed creations were shared over the last 5 days!  THANK YOU EVERYONE😊

  To be in the running for the Poe Blog Hop Prizes you've now got 5 days to hop and comment on all the participating blogs included in the link-up below!  The same goes for the Blog Hop participants too, you need to hop and comment as well to qualify for the Blogger prize.  You all have until midnight pacific on January 28th to do your rounds.  Winners will be announced soon after!

I'm now continuing our Poe sharing through to the end of January...my fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, pulled out all the stops and made lots of POEtastic projects which they shared on their own blogs during the hop and now I'm to showcase them all here!

First up we have this POEtastic card created by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring Distressed Raven Nevermore!  If you missed the Poe Collection sale then here's your chance to add this one to your collections.  Distressed Raven Nevermore is now on FLASH SALE for today only, grab it before midnight pacific tonight!

Val's CAS (clean and simple) card exudes a quiet elegance!  The halo created by the Wilted Violet Distress Oxide background and unexpected colour choice combined with the matted layers creates a dramatic scene and allows the Distressed Raven Nevermore to command your full attention....ssshhh listen, you can almost hear the whisper of the wind in the Raven's rustling feathers!

Thanks for stopping by to see Val's project again!
Now off you hop to admire all the glorious Poe Art!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop Day 5 Finale: Portraits of Poe by Leigh!

Welcome to the finale of my 3rd annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

Boo, it's Day 5 already of our 5 day blog hop in honor of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday🎉  What a POEtastic turn out, everyone really has done our Master of Macabre proud!  THANK YOU for sharing your fabulous Poe tributes with us, all of them are masterpieces!  Mr Poe is so feeling the appreciation from beyond the grave!  THANK YOU to everyone who has hopped and left lots of Poe love, your comments are very much appreciated❤️

But the fun is not over yet, you've still got until midnight pacific TONIGHT to add your Poe projects to the hop and 5 more days to hop and comment (last day to comment is Jan 28th) and enjoy the Poe Show so if you're late to the party or just joining us today then start your hopping on my Day 1 post HERE!  The Poe Blog Hop Roll is at the bottom of today's post and it's on the Poe Page HERE too!  Just click on all the thumbnails in the collection to hop to all the blogs!

This is a progressive hop with Poe inspired projects joining the fun every day as more Poe fans link up and share the Blog Hop roll on their own blogs!  EVERYONE is invited to take part or just hop so come join the fun and celebrate your love of all things Poe with us!  It is super easy to participate, you can play every day or just one day and link up anytime with no need to sign-up!  Anything goes, use any images from any company and all kinds of art is welcome including old ones, even the ones previously shared in the last 2 hops are welcome this year!  Only blogs that include links to LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog and the Blog Hop Roll in the posts can play!  If you're a fan of Poe here's your excuse to make some Poe-tastic art!

All the info you need is up on the POE PAGE!

POE BLOG HOP PRIZES

I'm giving away 2 prizes:

A Blogger Prize will be awarded randomly to one blog playing and a Commenter Prize will be awarded randomly to one visitor commenting.

 To qualify for the prizes EVERYONE, including the bloggers, must comment on ALL projects shared in the hop!

Each prize is one LeighSBDesigns digi of your choice.

PLUS, if you use one of my new Poe digis your entry will count as 2!

You have until January 28th to do your rounds.  The winners will be announced soon after!  You will want to continue checking in coz I'll be featuring all the Poe projects Val and Nan have been sharing on their own blogs over the last 5 days too so the Poe fun will continue until the end of January!

 Don't forget to mark your calendars coz this hop will be happening again on the same dates, January 19-23, next year so we shall see YOU then😋 

This is also your last chance to pick up your birthday gift, my "POE LOVE" FREEBIE digi❤️
I'd appreciate it if you'd all go and favourite LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique and join my LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group😋  Click the pic below to go to LeighSBDesigns' website to download the freebie.  It will disappear early on January 24th!  Please don't pin or share, send your friends here instead to grab it for themselves😋

UPDATE:  The FREEBIE offer is now closed but you can still add this fun Poe tribute design to your collections.  The digi is now available in my LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique😋

Day 5
"Portraits of Poe"
Wall Art by Leigh

 For my finale project I created a wall art piece I'm going to frame.  Portraits of Poe is inspired by my idea of someone peeking into Poe's living room and seeing the framed photographs on his mantel.

 I used 3 beautiful ornate Spellbinders dies to create my vintage gothic frames and printed out the 3 images to size.  I used Poe from my E.A Poe Portrait and Signature set, Raven and Distressed Raven Nevermore.

The frames were die cut and embossed and then I applied gold rub-on creme to give them the look and feel of antique frames.  I creased up the image panels and coloured them with Tea Dye, Aged Mahogany and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks then applied gold rub-on creme to the edges.  For the background I used a DCWV sheet of antique keys from the Heirloom stack.  I punched the corners with an ornate design and applied the gold rub-on creme to the edges before matting it onto black cardstock.  To complete my project I attached antique brass screw eyelets to the 2 top corners, a vintage optical lens secured with a tiny gold brad and a vintage fountain pen nib.

Supplies used
Spellbinders Nestabilites Decorative Labels Eight, Spellbinders Nestabilities Fleur de Elegance, Marvy decorative corner punch, Tea Dye, Aged Mahogany and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks, Neenah white cardstock, Black cardstock, DCWV Heirloom stack paper, gold rub-on creme,
antique brass screw eyelets, tiny gold brad, vintage optical lens, vintage fountain pen nib, Scotch Quick Dry adhesive and pop dots.

Check out my Poe Collection launch video and my release post to see the entire collection I designed to celebrate my 3rd Poe Hop!  I'm so pleased you love them and have been using them in the hop😉 

All Poe Collection digis are on sale for 30% off thru Jan 23rd, sale ends at midnight pacific! 

Click on the pix to go shopping!

Are you ready to join the fun?  Check out all the info on the POE PAGE, plus the last 2 Poe Blog Hop collections are there too for even more Poe inspiration!   Come and celebrate your love of Poe and win a prize too!

Now to announce what's up next...
Get ready to play in LeighSBDesigns first "My Dark Valentine" Blog Hop❤️
The hop will be in the same format as Poe Appreciation Day and new and old projects by any company are welcome!  Who's excited to get dark and twisty with us?

An InLinkz Link-up

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

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN