8th annual Edgar Allan Poe Blog Hop 2023: Day 4 Romancing Poe and Conspiracy of Ravens - Cards by Leigh!

🖤 Happy January Creative Friends 🖤

January 19th is Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday and National Poe Appreciation Day and as is tradition here at LeighSBDesigns we celebrate 5 glorious days of all things Poe!  Now for Day 4 of our 8th annual Edgar Allan Poe Blog Hop!

 

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 My entire Edgar Allan Poe Collection is now on sale for the duration of the hop including the new Poe 2023 Collection which is on special release sale too! 

 

Day 4

Edgar Allan Poe Blog Hop

Romancing Poe and Conspiracy of Ravens

Cards by Leigh

 

It's Day 4 already of our POE-tastic 8th annual Edgar Allan Poe Blog Hop and today I've got two handsome POE cards to inspire you featuring my new Poe 2023 Collection.

 

 

First up is my card featuring the Romancing Poe Collage digi stamp set and digi papers from the Classic Poe - Vintage Grunge Digi Art Paper Pack and the Vintage Grunge Digi Paper Pack.

 

 

For the background mat layer of my card I used a design from the Vintage Grunge Digi Paper Pack and made a folded card base from black cardstock 1/4 inch larger plus a black mat slightly larger for the main panel.  In Photoshop I combined the "Poe's Signature" digi paper with the Romancing Poe Collage digi stamp before printing out two copies of the combined design onto white cardstock.  My magenta ink cartridge began to run out halfway through printing which resulted in part of the prints taking on a greenish tinge which I just love - happy accidents are so fun!  I fussy cut out Poe's heart face from the print that was more green to create the dimensional element with foam tape.

 

For a touch of vintage gold shine I applied Spectrum Noir Midas metallic gold pigment ink directly to the edges of the Romancing Poe panel, the background mat layer and the fussy cut out "Poe Heart".  I then mounted the main panel matted with the black layer to the card front with foam tape for even more dimension.  To complete the card I reversed the colours of the "Edgar Allan Poe" sentie from the Romancing Poe Collage digi stamp set in Photoshop which made the text white and the background black and then used my Silhouette Cameo 4 to cut the sentie out with an offset following the curved shape of the words.  I also cut out 4 more of the same shape in black cardstock which I adhered together to create a nice chunky sentie.

 

 

My second card for you today is a slimline card and features the Conspiracy of Ravens digi stamp, the "Conspiracy of Ravens" sentie included in the set and two different papers from the he Vintage Grunge Digi Paper Pack.

 

 

The Conspiracy of Ravens scene combined with the vintage grunge paper also printed out with a slight greenish tinge too which I just love.  I then printed out a mat layer from another design included in the Vintage Grunge Digi Paper Pack and edged both the main panel and the mat layer with the gold pigment ink.

 

I made a folded slimline card base from black cardstock plus a black mat slightly larger then the main panel.  I then mounted the main panel plus the mat layer to the card front with black foam tape.

 

To complete the card I reversed the colours of the "Conspiracy of Ravens" sentie, from the the Conspiracy of Ravens digi stamp set, in Photoshop too.  Then used my Silhouette Cameo 4 to cut the sentie out with an offset following the curved shape of the words as well as 4 more of the same shape in black cardstock which I adhered together to create a nice chunky sentie.

 

My Funko Pop Poe holding his Raven looks pleased with my two handsome tribute cards I think, LOL!

 

Shop the Digi Papers and Stamps featured today! 

 My entire Edgar Allan Poe Collection is now on sale for the duration of the hop including the new Poe 2023 Collection which is on special release sale too!

 

  

 See the Poe 2023 Collection release post for more details!

 

 

Shop my entire Edgar Allan Poe Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz Collection

 See the past releases in the video below!

 

 

 

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See you tomorrow for the finale of our POE-tastic Hop!

Happy Hopping!

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