Happy Valentine's Day Creative Friends!
Welcome to Day 3 of LeighSBDesigns' 2nd annual
The "My Dark Valentine" Blog Hop linky party is HERE!
We are celebrating Valentine's Day in style with my annual 5 day blog hop❤️ But this isn't your usual lovey dovey take on the holiday, we like to go DARK and TWISTY coz our holiday of love has some very dark and sinister origins! You can read all about it in my Day 1 post! I'm loving all the creativity shared so far, thanks for joining in the fun and leaving everyone lots of love already❤️
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❤️ You have 5 days to enter projects and then 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 hop and enjoy the show! The hop rules are in my Day 1 post too so click on over and check it all out!
"My Dark Valentine" Blog Hop 2019 is proudly sponsored by
Day 3
"Love is the Strongest Magic"
"Be My Valentine"
cards by Leigh
"Love is the Strongest Magic"
"Be My Valentine"
cards by Leigh
Happy Valentine's Day to you all❤️
Today I'm sharing 2 cards...the one I made for the hop plus the card I made for my hubby😉
My card for the hop is inspired by Beauty and the Beast🌹
With the use of rose imagery and a moody colour palette I've portrayed their tale that's as old as time and full of romance and magic🌹 I'm pleased with how it turned out and hope you like it too😉
To represent the glass jar the rose is kept in I used clear acetate for the front of my card and I kept the decoration restricted to just the left hand side as the dramatic interior of the card completes the story.
I decorated the acetate front with my Copic coloured and fussy cut Gothic Rose.
The card front is also embellished with Recollections paper roses and die cut leaf flourishes by Cherry Lynn.
The inside is decorated with my new Raggedy Heart Strings Background which I coloured with Distress Oxide inks, Nuance powder and silver gel pen. The thorn swirl die cut is by Crafter's Companion and I mounted it onto another Nuance watercolour panel done in pale pinks which I then grunged up with clear Rocky Candy Distress Crackle Paint and black Antiquing Gel. My "Love is the Strongest Magic" sentiment is cut out with a Docrafts leaf die and coloured with Copics to match my Gothic Rose.
Today I'm sharing 2 cards...the one I made for the hop plus the card I made for my hubby😉
My card for the hop is inspired by Beauty and the Beast🌹
With the use of rose imagery and a moody colour palette I've portrayed their tale that's as old as time and full of romance and magic🌹 I'm pleased with how it turned out and hope you like it too😉
To represent the glass jar the rose is kept in I used clear acetate for the front of my card and I kept the decoration restricted to just the left hand side as the dramatic interior of the card completes the story.
I decorated the acetate front with my Copic coloured and fussy cut Gothic Rose.
The card front is also embellished with Recollections paper roses and die cut leaf flourishes by Cherry Lynn.
The inside is decorated with my new Raggedy Heart Strings Background which I coloured with Distress Oxide inks, Nuance powder and silver gel pen. The thorn swirl die cut is by Crafter's Companion and I mounted it onto another Nuance watercolour panel done in pale pinks which I then grunged up with clear Rocky Candy Distress Crackle Paint and black Antiquing Gel. My "Love is the Strongest Magic" sentiment is cut out with a Docrafts leaf die and coloured with Copics to match my Gothic Rose.
This is the Valentine card I gave my hubby today😉 I used my new Raggedy Heart Strings and Raggedy Heart Strings Background plus square and rectangle "torn paper dies" by Crafter's Companion to cut the panels. The background panel is coloured with Distress Oxides and the focal image watercoloured with Nuance pigment powders and gold gel pen. Both panels were edged with Black Soot Distress Ink and mounted on black cardstock edged with Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink and then mounted onto a red folded card.
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 so I hope you'll see some must haves to play with😉
I also have a "My Dark Valentine" sentiment FREEBIE for you too, grab it HERE!
Thank you so much for sharing! I've tried to find the Cherry Lynn die you used but can't seem to find it. Can you tell me where it came from?
ReplyDeleteI got the Cheery Lynn die at a convention, it's called fanciful flourish. They recently changed their company name to Maker's Movement.
DeleteI so love the way your colored that rose. Very unique and beautiful! Your hubby must have loved the pretty card you created for him!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Jean :0)
DeleteFabulous cards, love the rose, great colouring.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Angela!
DeleteTwo fabulous cards and so different. Love the drama of the first one
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Jane!
DeleteYou pulled the whole thing together beautifully and it also looks enchanting too. The Rose you colored is absolutely stunning. I tried to search for the Recollections Paper Roses but I could not find it. Can I know where you buy it? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIve forgotten to add: You fussy cut that rose so brilliantly. Xx
DeleteThank you so much Vivian! Recollections is a Michaels Arts & Craft store brand.
DeleteLove both cards...the Rose is stunning, I love the colours you've used! x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Val!
DeleteBeautiful cards. The gothic rose is really spectacular.
ReplyDeleteThank you Becca😁
DeleteStunning piece - love the rose!
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan 😁
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