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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

LeighSBDesigns Spooktember release - the Halloween 2018 Collection!

Howzit Creative Friends!
I'm super excited to unveil my new Halloween Collection for 2018🎃
I’ve got cute, I’ve got scary, I’ve got sci-fi!
You’ll be frightfully delighted I’m sure👻

Sit back and enjoy the release video💀


Did you see some must haves?  I hope you did😋
Join us for our annual 31 Days of Halloween blog hop, October 1 - 31, and see the newbies and all my other spooktacular designs in action!
Click the badge to find out how you can play, hop and win some wicked cool prizes from my fabulous sponsors🎃

https://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/p/31-days-of-halloween-blog-hop.html

 Shop the Halloween 2018 collection sale, there's some great deals to be had on the individual designs and you can save even more if you snap up the bundle sets!

Enjoy 30% off the new release through midnight pacific on September 30th and that does include the Bundle sets too, Woohoo right LOL!  

Then all featured digis you'll see during 31 Days of Halloween will be on FLASH SALE at 25% off each day!  So now is the best time to get your hands on them!  I hope you'll share your projects featuring them in the hop!  I'm so excited to see them👻

Here's the info on each new design!

First up I'm delighted to scare you to death with my Zombie collection💀
These are perfect for you creepier Halloween projects this year!

LOVE Zombies?  Then you'll want to grab this Zombie bundle and save!
Or you can get just the ones you want individually too!


THE ZOMBIE STARE!
The Zombie Stare is a wicked cool realistic male zombie, I'm sure he'll creep you out in the most delightful way! 
 

THE ZOMBIE SCREAM
The Zombie Scream is a fabulously wicked realistic drawing of a female zombie screaming her head off at you or, if you're that unfortunate to be so close, she's about to take a bite out of your face....eeeeek!


NO REST FOR THE WICKED!
No Rest for the Wicked is a fabulously creepy realistic drawing of hands emerging from a grave with a tombstone looming behind!  Totally perfect for your creepy graveyard and zombie projects💀


Next up I have a fabulously spooky sci-fi collection that is inspired by my all time favourite TV show, The X-Files👽  The show is celebrating it's 25th anniversary this month and I just couldn't resist creating these wonderful sci-fi characters for you👽

  Get all 5 designs in the "The Truth is Out There Somewhere" bundle and save!


SPECIAL AGENT FOXY
Special Agent Foxy is a handsome, spooky cool, fox-human hybrid FBI agent desperate to know the truth and solve all the mysteries of the universe!   If you LOVE sci-fi or have a thing for foxes then I know you'll love him👽


SPECIAL AGENT BOSTON TERRIER
Special Agent Boston Terrier is a super cute female animal-human hybrid just waiting to solve all those mysteries of the universe with her foxy partner!  Why is she a Boston Terrier you ask?  Well, I named my dog Scully of course😊


ALIEN
Every sci-fi fan needs an Alien in their collections👽
  How will you depict him, as a Grey or a little green man?
Either way he's just perfect for your sci-fi Halloween projects👽


UFO
Of course you need a UFO to go with your Alien👽
I'm sure you'll find many ways to incorporate a UFO into your projects!


RED TAPE SNIPPETS
"Red Tape" coz you know, you have to cut through a lot of red tape in the government😉
Of course you NEED a stash of sci-fi themed words to go with your new characters so I designed a full sheet of red and white embossed labels and threw in some Halloween words too for good measure!  Print them out and cut out the words you need to compliment a project or use the sheet to create backgrounds!  Either way you'll find many uses for the word snippets👽


This release isn't all Sci-fi and creepy I promise!
Here's a cute one for you called Kitty Pumpkin Hat😻
He's a MUST for all the kitty lovers!  How can you resist him, he's super cute in his pumpkin hat right!!!! 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/645527585/new-kitty-pumpkin-hat-a-cute-halloween?ref=shop_home_active_1

 Now off you go to shop the Halloween 2018 collection sale and we'll see YOU back here on October 1st🎃
Thanks for stopping by to check out my new designs👻

Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Halloween 2018 Collection pre-release sneaky peek!

Howzit Creative Friends!
I’m so excited about my new Halloween collection that I just had to give you all a pre-release sneaky peek🎃

I’ve got cute, I’ve got scary, I’ve got sci-fi!
You’ll be frightfully delighted I’m sure!
Keep your eyeballs peeled!


Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Sunday, September 9, 2018

31 Days of Halloween: Call for Wicked Bloggers and Sinister Stalkers!

Howzit Creative Friends!
 Something wicked this way comes and you know what that means right, LeighSBDesigns annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop is just around the corner🎃

https://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/p/31-days-of-halloween-blog-hop.html
Share my 31 DOH badge in your blog sidebars and spread the word😈 

The love for Halloween is definitely still alive and kicking so how about you creep out and share your obsession for all things spooky with the rest of us?  
 The hop is tons of FUN and super easy going with NO sign-up required, it's totally up to you to show how devoted you are to this most spooktacular time of year👻

Play as a Wicked Blogger and submit new or old projects into the Blog Hop linky just once or all 31 days OR
 Be a Sinister Stalker and enjoy the show by hopping and leaving lots of love along the way!
All art welcome, creepy and cute, and projects using any stamp companies welcome too!
 
🎃HALLOWEEN TREAT SPONSORS🎃
 I'm delighted to have fangtastic sponsors ready to hand out Halloween Treats!
Prize details and sponsors will be updated on the 31 DOH page over the next few weeks so stay tuned!
 
LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps
Stampendous Rubber Stamps
Ike's Art
Simply B Stamps
Kit and Clowder - online colouring classes 
 
🎃31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP INFO PAGE🎃
   Click on over to my dedicated 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop page for more details on how to play and make sure you read over the Blog Hop Rules
Monsters ignoring the rules will be deleted from the blog hop linky party so you've been warned😈

💀LeighSBDesigns events are GDPR compliant, please read my PRIVACY POLICY  
  
Do you dare to share or are you going to hide in fear?  
Gather all your ghoulfriends and mansters and join the fun👻
 
See you Oct 1st😈
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Tutorial Tuesdays: Winter Blooms Canvas by Val!

Howzit Creative Friends!
Can you believe we're now in September!?  Woohoo, Halloween is just around the corner and you know what that means right...time to think about LeighSBDesigns annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop🎃  I'll be sending out a call for bloggers shortly but you can check out last year's hop HERE in the meanwhile and start getting ready, so stay tuned for that!
Edit:  31 DOH Blog Hop deets are HERE!

On to today's Tutorial Tuesday project by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring my Fall Roses which she's transformed into a fabulous wintery creation❄️

As usual, all featured digis are on FLASH SALE so snap up Fall Roses from now until midnight pacific on Thursday!


Hi everyone, I have a canvas tutorial for you today using the wonderful Fall Roses.  I love how this design can be used for all the seasons just by changing the colour scheme!


 

 

 To start I printed out the image 3 times.  I coloured them with Spectrum Noir, Colourista and Propmakers and then fussy cut out one entire image, adhered it to black cardstock and then fussy cut it out again leaving a narrow black border.

 

I coloured just the roses and some of the leaves on the other two images and fussy cut out only the sections I wanted to use.


For the base of my project I used an 8 x 10 inch canvas and created the speckled blue background with Nuance Powder which is similar to Pixi Powders and Brushos.  I spritzed the canvas with water then sprinkled the powder over the watered area, you can add more power and water as required.
 

 Leave the canvas to dry for awhile or zap it briefly with a heat tool to speed up the process.
 

Once the canvas was dry I coloured the sides of the canvas and edged the upper rim using the chisel nib of the Spectrum Noir TB4 marker.
 

 Adhere the main fussy cut image to the centre of the canvas using Mod Podge applied with a flat brush.


 Then layer up the main image by adding the fussy cut extra roses and leaves with 3D silicone glue to add wonderful dimension to the design. 


Then complete the piece by adhering the coloured cut outs from the 3rd image with Mod Podge to all 4 corners of the canvas to frame the center design.
 

 Your artwork is now ready to display on an easel or hang on the wall ;0)
I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial and will give it a try!
Come and share your projects with us on LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group!

flash sale ends at midnight pacific on Thursday!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/621727468/new-release-fall-roses-realistic-drawing


Materials used:
8 x 10 inch Canvas
TB4 Spectrum Noir marker
Colourista pens: Leaf Green and Pale Mint
Pastel Beige Propmaker
Blue Nuance Powder
Smooth White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Mod Podge
Flat Brush
3D Silicone glue

 Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project!
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN