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Saturday, October 31, 2020

Finale of 31 Days of Halloween and Cat Lovers Blog Hops 2020: Skelly Cat Train of Fun card by Leigh!

Welcome Creative Friends to 
๐ŸŽƒ Day 31 and grand finale of LeighSBDesigns 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop ๐ŸŽƒ
and
๐Ÿ˜ธ Day 6 of the Cat Lovers Hop ๐Ÿ˜ธ


YAY, the Witching Hour is upon us!
We wish you all a most spooktacular and safe Halloween๐ŸŽƒ

THANK YOU to all our Wicked Bloggers for helping us count down to Halloween in wicked style!  It has been an absolute joy to see all your creeptastic creations and Val and I are delighted you've enjoyed seeing our faBOOlous daily makes, thank you for all the love you left us and your fellow Wicked Bloggers๐ŸŽƒ. See you in 2021 for my 11th 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop...don't forget to mark your calendars...bwahahahaha๐ŸŽƒ

The Blog Hop linky closes at 5 til midnight pacific tonight and then you have Sunday November 1st to hop today's new additions as well as check back on the entries to make sure you haven't missed any posts!  I will start my hop tallying on Nov 2nd and announce Winners soon after so keep an eye out for my Winners post! 

๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŽƒ Halloween Sale ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ’€๐ŸŽƒ
 
Check out the SALE section at LeighSBDesigns Etsy BOOtique to see all the digi stamps that make HEXcellent Halloween creations and snag some wicked good deals throughout October!
Sale ends at midnight pacific Oct 31st!


Join us in November and December for my 'Tis the Season - Stay Crafty @ Home Blog Hop to help keep you all inspired and creatively busy during this terrible pandemic!
I've been hosting hops every month this year and everyone has found them very helpful in keeping them busy and their creative spirits high so come and get festive with us and share your Fall/Autumn, Winter and Christmas makes using any company products with us!
 
Check out my STAMPtember 2020 Collection!
I’ve got fabulous Fall Leaves, 2 wonderful Chorus Frog and Holly illustrations for Winter and Christmas, a Santa Claws Balleigh Monster plus a brand new Oddleigh character called Sandy with 2 Santa themed sets and 2 Craftmas sets as well as a fun festive Collage of craft supplies!


Then I kick off 2021 in January with my annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Blog Hop and more so you've got lots to look forward to next year๐Ÿ˜
 
 
Now back to today's grand finale of 31 Days of Halloween and the Cat Lovers Hops๐ŸŽƒ
 
If you're just joining us then here's the scoop....it's the most spooktacular time of the year and I'm thrilled to be hosting my 10th annual
31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop again this year!๐ŸŽƒ
 
Haunt with us all month long to see spooktacular Halloween themed makes shared here daily by moi and Val as well as all the spooktacular makes shared by YOU that will magically appear each day in the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop linky party located HERE!
 
Everyone is invited to join in on the spooktivities!
My Blog Hops are always stress free fun with a few simple rules to ensure YOU have a wicked good time as well as qualify for the prizes too!  It's never too late to join the spooktivities, check out all the hop deets and rules on how to play as either a Wicked Blogger or as a Sinister Stalker HERE๐ŸŽƒ

All Cat hoppers are invited to join in on my spooktivities too as it's never too late to get your spook on!

Prizes are available to EVERYONE including the Stampendous prize and as Stampendous only ships to the USA I will personally cover the shipping of prize(s) to my international winner(s).  Check out all the hop deets and rules on how to play HERE๐ŸŽƒ 
 
 
 
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LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps is delighted to be sponsoring the Cat Lovers Hop again this year๐Ÿ˜ป
Join the fun for the chance to win my FURRbulous Cats Galore dig stamp set I designed for this hop!
 I've also got a FURRtastic Cat Lovers Hop 20% off coupon for you all to use on LeighSBDesigns CAT themed digis!  Shop at LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique and put this coupon code in at checkout to get 20% off and while you're there don't forget to check out the HALLOWEEN SALE too!

LSBDCATLOVERS2020

Coupon is good Oct 26, 2020 12:00 AM—Nov 1, 2020 12:00 AM pacific!
20% off will override the Halloween Sale's 15% off on all Cat themed digis!
 
 
 Every year we are excited to combine our annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop with the Cat Lovers Hop and share Kitty Cat themed Halloween makes for 6 days๐Ÿ˜ป  You can play too so purr on over to the Cat Lovers Hop and prepare to overdose on KITTIES๐Ÿ˜ป 

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๐Ÿ’€ Skelly Cat Train of Fun ๐Ÿ’€
card by Leigh
 
My grand finale inspiration for the 31 Days of Halloween Hop and Cat Lovers Hop for you today is a FURRtastic card bristling with spooktacular eye candy in every corner featuring Cats Galore, Carved Skelly Cat, Kitty Pumpkin Hat, Batleigh Bats, Party Balleigh Monster, Ghost Balleigh Monster and the Vampire Balleigh Monster set๐ŸŽƒ
 
 
All aboard the Skelly Cat Train of Fun....its time to go Trick or Treating๐ŸŽƒ
 

  Everyone is out this Halloween and ready for a haunting good time๐ŸŽƒ
 
 
All our precious kitties that have crossed over are smiling down upon us tonight๐Ÿ˜ป
 
 
 I used Cats Galore to create my magical sky and coloured it with Hickory Smoke, Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks then splattered with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide spray and  Tarnished Pewter Distress Stain spray.
 
 
Last October we lost our precious kitty Mango so he’s watching over the evening spooktivities here as the Mango Moon๐Ÿ˜ป  Mango was the inspiration for my Kitty Pumpkin Hat design๐Ÿ˜ป
 
 
Teeny tiny fussy cut Bram, Betsi and Grim Batleigh Bats are having a FaBOOlous time flying around giving everyone a good fright!
 
 
 Carved Skelly Cat is gleefully pulling the train of creepy cute fussy cut Balleigh Monsters and grinning Jack o’ Lanterns all coloured up with Copics and white Prismacolor pencil highlights.
 
 
The Grass border cut file by Paige Evans and the Train is a modified cut file by Emily Dyer are from Silhouette Design Store and I applied silver Spectrum Noir Midas pigment ink to the edges.  I welded the Train to the silhouette of my Carved Skelly Cat for one continuous cut.  I matted my Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide coloured "Happy Haunting" senti and the main scene panel onto black glitter card and then mounted everything onto a white folded card base I made from heavy weight cardstock.  I adhered the Train and all the Balleigh Monsters and pumpkins to the card with black foam tape and the 4 pumpkins to the grass with more foam tape for 3 levels of 3D fun!
 
What a spooktacular time all the monsters and beasties are having๐ŸŽƒ
 
 
 To finish off 31 Days of Halloween here's a fun video for a look back at all 31 makes so grab your candy and enjoy the show๐ŸŽƒ
 
 
Don't forget to shop the Halloween Sale and grab the Cat Lovers coupon above before the Witching Hour is over at LeighSBDesigns Etsy BOOtique!
 

 
 Before I sign off 31 Days of Halloween 2020 here's a peek at one of my indoor Halloween dioramas this year!  This is one of my 7" resin Tonner Sad Sally dolls trick or treating in a haunted graveyard๐ŸŽƒ


Have a spooktacular and safe Halloween๐ŸŽƒ
Happy Haunting!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

26 comments:

  1. Super, super, super! Love all the critters in the train! It really is Spooktacular!

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  2. Spooktacular love, love all of these, fabulous!

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  3. Oh mine.. Love your brilliant idea using the train to place all your amazing Halloween characters.

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  4. WOW your card is FaBOOlous. I see more every time I look at it. So many details! Great Halloween diorama! Have creeptastic Halloween!

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  5. Stopping by from the 2020 Cat Lovers Hop... I absolutely LOVE this! So much to feast the eyes upon! Happy Halloween!

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  6. Oh my goodness, this is amazing! From skelly cats, to cute cats, to bat-cats...and then you toss in that kitty sky. Thanks so much for sponsoring the cat Lovers hop and sharing your beautiful designs with us.

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  7. Oh my gosh! I am truly speechless over how gorgeous your card is!

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  8. WOW! I'd sure love to actually come to your house on Halloween!! It's got to be magnificent and all the things Halloween should be. And your card is boo-tiful!! Happy Halloween!!!

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  9. Two fabulous cards, I love the way you use the cats in the background and the train was an inspired idea. It has been a fantastic hop, thank you

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  10. OMGOSH! This is amazing! The coloring! The layout! The background! Thank you for sharing your talent!

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  11. oh my!! I think the thing that got me the most (emotions) is the background of all the kitties that have passed looking down. That is just so beautiful! I absolutely love your little train, kitties amd bats! So very very clever!! Happy hopping with Cat Lovers!

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  12. My two girls and I had a blast playing find the cats in this amazing project. That sky is a real surprise, and it got me thinking about the 5 kitties that passed through our family as I grew up. Sweet and sad at the same time.

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  13. A wonderful card, I love the kitty sky and all the little bat cats

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  14. this is amazong card!
    love this spooky scene!

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  15. Oh my goodness! I love all the catastic spookiness on your adorable card! I love all the cats your have on it, especially those batty cats! Your card sure made me smile!!

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  16. Love the skelly cat, Leigh, and the bat cats are just too precious! Fantastic creation. :-D

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  17. Your card looks absolutely amazing and I love your awesome colouring. Really love how you created the background too! THANK YOU for sponsoring the 2020 Cat Lovers Hop at Her Peaceful Garden! I enjoyed seeing all of your wonderful creations all week long.

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  18. Oh my goodness - your Halloween card is fabulous, Leigh - so full of lovely images and a beautiful magical sky! I love the Skelly train and the cat-bats, but most of all I love that Mango cat and all the ones that have passed over the bridge are watching from above! Amazing!!! xx

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  19. Thank you so much for being a sponsor for the Cat Lover's Blog Hop! I enjoyed it so much!!! :)

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  20. What a faboolous finale for this awesome 31 DOH blog hop! I think it is amazing how everything just goes so well for this spooky train ride into Halloween Town! Love your indoor scene, too! Sorry I missed the last few days :( The hurricane did a good bit of damage and we lost power for ages. Then that morning before power was restored the hospital called to tell Noel her covid test was positive. So between cleaning and nursing I am a bit swamped! But I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the blog hop and thank you for the inspiration from you and Val! Happy belated Halloween!

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  21. Awwww....I was thinking about your dear Mango the other day, Leigh. I remember how hard that was losing him during the Hop. :( How sweet to have him watching over the Halloween festivities with the Skelly Cat Train this year. Love that you used your new digi in the sky background...gives a fun spooky look!

    I am finally on the homestretch of visiting and commenting on all the awesome cat projects!! I have had a lot of fun looking at everyone's work!! Thank you so much for sponsoring us again and going cat crazy with us during the #2020CatLoversHop!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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