LeighSBDesigns faBOOlous month of SPOOKtivities is nearly upon us!
Get ready to creep on in and enjoy our daily Halloween eye candy, play along in our annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop and countdown to Halloween with us in LeighSBDesigns style!
CRAFTober is the most SPOOKTACULAR time of the year and we π€ to countdown to Halloween in SPOOKtacular LeighSBDesigns style with faBOOlous makes every year and this year is even more special coz we're celebrating our 13th year of hosting 31 Days of Halloween π
Creep on in to see faBOOlous eye candy makes by Leigh and Val shared here daily for 31 days
straight starting Oct 1st and be inspired to join in on the SPOOKtivities yourself! You can play in our 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop where Wicked Makers will gleefully gather to countdown to October 31st and be in the running to win Candy Prizes too π
We hope you'll join the SPOOKtivities this year as a Wicked Maker or you can simply hop along admiring all the
faBOOlous 31 Days of Halloween
Blog Hop shares throughout CRAFTober!
All
our Blog Hops are stress free creative fun designed to inspire and
bring makers together!
YOU choose when and how often you play so put
your love of Halloween and crafty stamina to the test and play as a Wicked Maker as
often as you want while hopping and leaving lots of love on the
faBOOlous makes linked up on the same days you play to qualify
for the Candy Prizes! Easy peasy!
It's super exciting to see if you can
survive playing for all 31 days too and earn our "I SURVIVED" badge!
Are you up for the challenge? We dare you to try mwahahaha π»
It's STAMPtember and time to launch my new Christmas 2023 Collection of Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz!
ThePoinsettia and Holly 2023Collection of 3 festive Digi Stamps, 3 packs of Decorative Digi Papers and 5 SVG Cutz sets are
here to fill you with the warmth and spirit of the season❄️
Snuggle down and enjoy the festive video reveal of the
Poinsettia and Holly Collection
! NEW WEBSITE ANNOUNCEMENT !
I'm so excited to announce my brand new website soft open at LeighSBDesigns.com where you will be able to shop my entire collection of Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz! Stay tuned for the Grand Opening announcement as I'm still busy adding my entire catalogue but you can shop the Poinsettia and Holly Collection on special release sale there through Sept 30 midnight pacific!
Get ready to play in our extra magical 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hopthat kicks off our month of SPOOKtivities October 1st through October 31st and then our Christmas creativities will begin for the rest of the holiday season after Halloween! Do join us!
! Etsy Boutique News !
I hope you will enjoy shopping at my new store but you can also shop the Poinsettia and Holly Collection at my Etsy Boutique. Moving forward you will be able to shop new releases, flash sales and select products that will only be available for a limited time!
I recommend shopping at my new store, due to Etsy's ongoing checkout issues, but will make any item available at Etsy if you request it, just send me a message via Etsy convo, Facebook Messenger oremail with the details of the item you'd like to purchase at Etsy.
I now have a new Etsy URL!
When you shop and link to Etsy please use
https://LeighSBDesigns.Etsy.com
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Now let’s have a closer look at the new Christmas collection starting with the 3 wonderful digi stamps!
The Poinsettia and Holly Wreath is festooned with beautiful poinsettias, sprigs of holly and berries all nestled amongst the wreath pine boughs and tied up with a majestic festive bow. You'll have lots of fun colouring the wreath in rich traditional colours or go contemporary with winter hues and non-traditional colour palettes, either way the Poinsettia and Holly Wreath will look amazing as the focal point of your Christmas cards and home decor makes!
The
beautiful Festive Robin sitting pretty amongst the poinsettia and holly will bring adorable festive whimsy to all your Christmas cards and home decor makes! You'll have so much fun colouring up the plump little bird and playing around with festive hues for the poinsettia and holly!
Deck your Christmas cards and home decor with the stunning Poinsettia Holly Snowflakes Festive Garland! The beautiful garland is festooned with pretty poinsettias,
sprigs of holly and berries nestled amongst the pine boughs with elegant snowflake ornaments hanging below. This stunning garland will make a statementon all your card sizes, especially slimlines, as well as home decor pieces this holiday season!
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My beautiful new line of Poinsettia and HollyDecorative Digi Papers embody the spirit of the season from rich warm hues and elegant precious metal toned Poinsettia and Holly themed designs to pastel winter shades decorated with elegant contemporary snowflakes that also goes perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection! All are perfect for your traditional and contemporary makes this holiday season!
*Please Note*
the precious metal colours simulate the look of metal and will not print in metallics!
This festive decorative digi paper pack includes 4 different background colourways in glorious warm hues with 1 beautiful all over Poinsettia and Holly design drawn in elegant gold and silver tones.
You get two papers with an elegant Poinsettia and Holly gold tone design on two different backgrounds in rich red, orange, yellow and green hues and two papers with the same Poinsettia and Holly design in a silver tone on two different backgrounds in rich red, orange and green hues.
Papers are 8.5” x 11” and can be resized as desired.
*Please Note*
the precious metal colours simulate the look of metal and will not print in metallics!
This festive decorative digi paper pack is a set of 4 papers with an elegant all over Poinsettia and Holly design drawn in the look of 5 precious metal tones on a lovely white background.
These papers make fabulous backgrounds for all your festive makes PLUS you can also use them as large digi stamps that you can colour and use as focal points too! Colouring up the intricate design is wonderfully meditative and just what you might need to de-stress over the holidaysπ
You get one stunning Poinsettia and Holly design drawn on an elegant white background in
a Copper tone, a Silver tone, a Gold tone, a Black Zirconium tone and a Rose Gold tone.
Papers are 8.5” x 11” and can be resized as desired.
*Please Note*
the precious metal colours simulate the look of metal and will not print in metallics!
This
festive decorative digi paper pack is a set of 4 pastel colourways with the look of a distressed snow blizzard and each has a different wonderfully whimsical design of contemporary elegant Snowflakes.
These
papers make wonderful festive backgrounds for all your Christmas and Winter themed makes PLUS the papers goes perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection!
Papers are 8.5” x 11” and can be resized as desired.
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All LeighSBDesigns SVG Cutz are designed for use with all popular electronic cutting machines that support the import of SVG files and also include Silhouette Studio file formats specifically for all Silhouette users to enjoy!
Now for a closer look at the 5 fabulously festive SVG Cutz sets!
The Poinsettia and Holly Slimline Make-a-CardSVG Cutz is a 2 piece set of a beautiful cut-in design of poinsettia, leaves, holly and berries that makes a slimline card from start to finish using your electronic cutting machine. You'll have so much fun customizing your Christmas slimline cards with this set by cutting out the cut-in window slimline base card that has score notches indicating where you must score and fold and the included mat layer that you can place behind the cut in window as well as decorate the inside of the slimline card. You can also do wonderful paper piecing makes with the pieces left behind on your cutting mats which you can see I did in the promo photo. Your holiday cards are going to look amazing!
You get:
1 slimline card base with a cut-in design
1 Mat Layer
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
This magnificent 49 piece Make-a-Bow “Colourize It” SVG Cutz set lets you make stunning jumbo sized gift wrap bows in 3 sizes and I’m talking HUGE with the largest bow designed to fit your 12 x 12 inch cutting mats!
Customize your “Colourize It” bows by cutting out all the multi-layer elements in whatever colour you want with your
electronic cutting machines. Following the provided guide you assemble layer by layer from the base up with folds in shadow to the elegant trimmed edging
until you’ve assembled a majestic 3D bow in 3 fun sizes!
The set also includes two gift wrap ribbon crosses for the 2 smaller
bows to simulate a fully wrapped gift on the front of your larger cards! You can also decorate your Christmas gifts with your own handmade bows this year and even decorate your home with fun XL festive bows too!
Year round FUN!
If you need a bow for any occasion from birthdays, weddings to baby showers then this set has you covered! You'll have so much fun making your own majestic 3D bows all year round!
You get:
49 piece set to make Bows in 3 sizes
Gift Wrap Ribbon Crosses in 2 sizes
Layering Guide
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
The Poinsettia and Holly Botanicals and Bow"Colourize It" SVG Cutz set is an 80 piece mega kit for making festive mutli-layered Poinsettia and leaves, an assortment of winter greenery from Holly to Mistletoe and a festive Bow too following the provided assembly guide! You literally have everything you need to make your own customized festive floral arrangements, wreaths, garlands and so much more for your holiday cards and home decor gifts!
Take your wreath making to the next level!
I designed the Poinsettia and Holly Botanicals and Bow SVG Cutz Set to be the perfect companion add-on pack to my Spring Wildflowers CollectionPart 1 and Part 2!
This elegant 12 piece SVG Cutz set makes large concentric multi-layered contemporary Snowflakes in 3 sizes with the largest Snowflake measuring just over 5 inches! Make individual multi-layered Snowflakes or stack all layers on top of each other to make one majestic 3D Snowflake! Use these beautiful elegant Snowflakes to decorate your cards, make hanging ornaments and you can even size up to 12 inches and decorate your entire home with vinyl and cardstock snowflakes, the possibilities are endless!
Make 6 contemporary elegant Snowflakes with this fabulous 18 piece SVG Cutz set!
Set #1 and Set #2 includes 3 different concentric multi-layered contemporary
Snowflakes in 3 sizes with the largest Snowflake in each set just over 4
inches! Use these beautiful Snowflakes to decorate your cards,
make hanging ornaments and even decorate your entire home with vinyl and cardstock Snowflakes as large as 12 inches and you can also stack the layers to make 3D Snowflakes too, the possibilities are endless!
Make 6 contemporary elegant Snowflakes with this fabulous 18 piece SVG Cutz set!
Set #3 and Set #4 includes 3 different concentric multi-layered contemporary
Snowflakes in 3 sizes with the largest Snowflake in each set just over 4
inches! Use these beautiful Snowflakes to decorate your cards,
make hanging ornaments and even decorate your entire home with vinyl and
cardstock Snowflakes as large as 12 inches and you can also stack the layers to make 3D Snowflakes too, the possibilities are endless!
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!
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I can't wait to see all your wonderful festive makes this holiday season using the fabulous
Poinsettia and Holly 2023Collection! Join us after Halloween and play in our wonderful Christmas festivities! But first it's time to prepare for HALLOWEENπ
It's SPOOKtember and time to launch my new Halloween 2023 Collection of Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz!
THIS IS HALLOWEEN 2023Collection of 11 wicked awesome Digi Stamps, 4 packs of Decorative Digi Papers and 7 SVG Cutz sets are
here to fright and delight you this Halloween!
If you missed seeing the magical video reveal a few days ago then get comfy now and check out
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
! NEW WEBSITE ANNOUNCEMENT !
I'm so excited to announce my brand new website soft open at LeighSBDesigns.com
where you will be able to shop my entire collection of Digi Stamps,
Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz! Stay tuned for the Grand Opening
announcement as I'm still busy adding my entire catalogue but you can
now shop the THIS IS HALLOWEENCollection on special release sale through Friday Sept 17th midnight pacific and get ready for our extra magical 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hopthat kicks off our month of SPOOKtivities on October 1stπ
My Christmas Collection will also release any day now and our Christmas creativities
will begin after Halloween! Do join us!
! Etsy Boutique News !
I hope you will enjoy shopping at my new store but you can also shop the THIS IS HALLOWEEN Collection at my Etsy Boutique.
Moving forward you will now only find new releases, select products and
special requests in my Etsy store which will only be available for
limited time runs!
I
recommend shopping at my new store, due to Etsy's ongoing checkout
issues, but will make any product available at Etsy if you request it,
just send me a message via Etsy convo, Facebook Messenger oremail with the details of the item you'd like to purchase at Etsy.
The Magcial Toadstools ATCoffin is a spellbinding scene of the flora, funga and fauna that dwell in Furness Forest. You'll have lots of fun colouring this coffin shaped ATC with it's pretty fern, toadstools, tree branch and a tiny bat flying around in the sky!
The magical creatures of Furness Forest are stirring as three wicked awesome Bats fly through the sky silhouetted against a full Moon with the tree tops of Furness Forest peeking up from below in this spellbinding ATCoffin scene!
The grinning Moon peeks down from between the clouds upon the towering tall trees of the enchanted Furness Forest in this magical Artist Trading Coffin scene!
Go a-haunting this Halloween in the Furness Forest Graveyard!
The creatures of Furness Forest love to hide candy there so climb the hill through the spiderwebs and check behind all the tombstones and rickety fencing for treats if you dare...BEWARE, there could be lurking monsters laying in wait to play tricks on you instead!
The Spiderweb ATCoffin is dramatic in all its cobweb glory just waiting to be embellished with a spider or two!
ATCoffin Label - Freebie Digi Stamp
Each of the 5 ATCoffins comes with the FREEBIE Label for the back of your SPOOKtacular ATCoffin makes!
PRO TIP!
Each ATCoffin is drawn in a distressed style and measure approx. 2.5 inches at the widest point by 3.5 inches high. Print them out and hand trim for a wonderful distressed edge with your mats and layers trimmed to match!
To pair the ATCoffin Digi Stamps up with the wonderful ATCoffin SVG Cutz sets coming up you will need to reduce the digi stamps a little bit so you can use the SVG Cutz as mats and layers and the shaker frames!
I WANT THEM ALL BUNDLE!
I know you love this set of ATCoffins and recommend you grab this special priced ATCoffin Bundleπ Add them all to your collection AND save some $$$$ tooπ
Make a statement this Halloween with this SPOOKtacular Bat-shaped slimline sized spooky scene!
The slimline Bat is perfect for your horizontal slimline card makes and oh so much more…imagine going BIG!!! The haunting scene features some familiar silhouettes, you'll spot Skelli Cat, Balleigh Monsters and Oddleigh Witchiepoo lurking beneath the crescent moon and there’s also a haunted house surrounded by tombstones where a zombie hand is reaching out to grab you near a spooky tree and there's a spiderweb with lots of bats to complete the scene.
The set includes 2 slimline Bat styles, one Bat has a clean inner edge line and the other has a wonderful grungy style. The set also includes 2 SPOOKtacular senties, a horizontal "This is Halloween" senti and a stacked "This is Halloween" senti with a bat!
A SPOOKtacular distressed Gothic 31 with an intricate cobweb woven around the numbers is perfect for making embellishment pieces and dramatic statements as the main focal point on your Halloween makes!
I included this wicked awesome distressed Gothic 13 with an intricate cobweb woven around
the numbers to celebrate that 2023 is the 13th year I'm hosting our 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hopπ. 13 is a wonderful number for your spooky and superstitious makes for Halloween and year round crafting whether you want it to be lucky or unlucky.
!!!! We have a Friday the 13th in October !!!!
13 is considered unlucky around the world with a few origin stories with the most popular being the demise of the Knights Templar that began with their arrest on Friday October 13, 1307. In numerology 13 is a sacred karmic number associated with the divine and said to bring good luck and prosperity to those who embrace it. But if you have a 13 karmic debt number then your bad karma will come back to you full circle!
Fall Pumpkins is a magical scene of a stack of cheerful pumpkins nestled beneath a spider webbed tree as they joyfully watch the Autumn leaves falling around them! Fall Pumpkins is a fabulous slimline sized digi stamp perfect for both your Fall, Halloween and Fall-o-Ween makes!
Incy Wincy Spider is a fabulous slimline digi stamp in the shape of a coffin. The scene depicts a stack of gleefully grinning pumpkins snugly nestled inside the coffin shape with the top pumpkin delighted at the sight of the spider descending from the spiderweb above them.
My fun new line of THIS IS HALLOWEENDecorative Digi Papers features spellbinding traditional Halloween colours and themes including a "31 Days of Halloween" specific set as well as a creeptastic moody forest colourscape set too - all perfect for your cute to creepy makes this Halloween!
This faBOOlous decorative digi paper pack includes 3 distressed designs in 3 traditional Halloween colourways sized at 8.5” x 11”.
Design #1 features the all over phrase “This is Halloween” in a distressed and faded text.
Design # 2 features cobwebbed numbers 13 and 31in a wonderful Gothic font down the right and left sides in a design that allows you to also use the digi paper in landscape format as well and compliments the Gothic 13 and 31 Digi Stamps perfectly!
Design #3 features a collection of Halloween themed words and phrases in an all over distressed and faded design.
This
faBOOlous decorative digi paper pack includes 3 distressed designs in 3
traditional Halloween colourways sized at 8.5” x 11”.
Design #1 features a 4 corner design of the Gothic cobwebbed number 31in a distressed and faded font.
Design #2 features the phrase "31 Days of of Halloween" in an all over design with the 31 in the same Gothic cobwebbed design. Both #1 and #2 compliments the Gothic 31 Digi Stamp perfectly!
Design #3 features the date "31 October" - October 31" in a repetitive all over design.
This faBOOlous decorative digi paper pack includes 1 distressed spooky design of towering bare trees in 3
traditional Halloween colourways sized at 8.5” x 11”.
The final faBOOlous decorative digi paper pack in the collection includes 1 scary design of towering bare trees in 4 grungy colourways sized at 8.5” x 11”.
All LeighSBDesigns SVG Cutz are designed for use with all popular electronic cutting machines that support the import of SVG files and also include Silhouette Studio file formats specifically for all Silhouette users to enjoy!
Now for a closer look at the 7 SPOOKtacular SVG Cutz sets!
I'm so excited to now introduce you to my new line of cut file designs called
FUNdamental Foundations!
FUNdamental Foundations are a wonderful selection of crafty foundation cut files perfect for building your makes upon! This release is all about Coffin shaped Shaker Frames, Coffin shaped Slimline cards and Coffin shaped Nesting Cutz sets!
Shaker Frame ATCoffins SVG Cutz - FUNdamental Foundations
This wicked awesome 4 piece SVG Cutz set lets you make SPOOKtacular Shaker Artist Trading Coffins with 2 frame widths! I designed this set to go perfectly with my new line of Halloween Artist Trading Coffin Digi Stamps and you can have lots of fun designing your own framed ATCoffins and ATCoffin Shakers too!
Set includes:
2 Frame widths
2 matching base Mat layers
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!
Artist Trading Coffins Nesting SVG Cutz - FUNdamental Foundations
This wicked awesome 4 piece SVG Cutz set of 4 concentric coffin shaped nesting layers is a must have for all your Artist Trading Coffin makes! Pair this set up with the Artist Trading Coffin Digi Stamps and make your own ATCoffins and so much more too like mini Coffin Books and coffin shaped Tags etc!
Set includes:
4 concentric coffin shaped nesting layers
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!
Slimline Coffin Shaker Make-a-Card SVG Cutz - FUNdamental Foundations
This wicked awesome 4 piece SVG Cutz set lets you make SPOOKtacular start to finish Coffin shaped Slimline Shaker Cards and Slimline Cards with or without a frame.
Gothic 31 is an elegant multi-layered SVG Cutz set in 2 sizes! The SPOOKtacular Gothic 31 overlay has an intricate spiderweb woven around the Gothic numbers and is perfect for making home decor pieces with vinyl and combined with the matching shadow layer and mat it's perfect for your paper craft embellishments and large focal points! Each size also comes with the number "31" without the spiderweb that you can use on it's own and for layering on top of the lace overlay to add additional colour or dimension!
PRO TIP
You can resize by selecting and adjusting the
cut layers together to ensure the pieces resize equally! Experiment
with smaller sizing to ensure the delicate spiderweb cuts out cleanly!
Set includes:
Gothic 31 SVG Cutz in 2 sizes
2 overlay designs
2 stand alone 31 numbers
2 matching shadow layers
2 matching mats
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Gothic 13 is an elegant multi-layered SVG cutz set in 2 sizes and included in this year's Halloween collection to celebrate that 2023 is my 13th year hosting 31 Days of Halloween! The SPOOKtacular Gothic
13 overlay has an intricate spiderweb woven around the Gothic numbers and is
perfect for making home decor pieces with vinyl and combined with the
matching shadow layer and mat it's perfect for your paper craft embellishments and large focal points too!
Each size also comes with the number "13" without the spiderweb that
you can use on it's own and for layering on top of the lace overlay to
add additional colour or dimension!
13
is a wonderful number for your spooky and superstitious makes for
Halloween and year round crafting whether you want it to be lucky or
unlucky.
!!!! We have a Friday the 13th in October this year !!!!
13
is considered unlucky around the world with a few origin stories with
the most popular being the demise of the Knights Templar that began with
their arrest on Friday October 13, 1307. In numerology 13 is a sacred
karmic number associated with the divine and said to bring good luck and
prosperity to those who embrace it. But if you have a 13 karmic debt
number then your bad karma will come back to you full circle!
PRO TIP
You can resize by selecting and adjusting the
cut layers together to ensure the pieces resize equally! Experiment
with smaller sizing to ensure the delicate spiderweb cuts out cleanly!
Set includes:
Gothic 13 SVG Cutz in 2 sizes
2 overlay designs
2 stand alone 31 numbers
2 matching shadow layers
2 matching mats
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
This SPOOKtacular book kit is perfect for making Halloween and 31 Days of Halloween themed books from start to finish!
The Book Cover includes the text THIS IS HALLOWEEN as a faBOOlous cut out element along the top edge and right hand side and includes matching mats and layers to allow you to use a bookbinding spine of your choice.
π #1 THIS IS HALLOWEEN text Book Cover plus mats and layers that fill the entire cover for use with your favourite bookbinding and spine making techniques. π #2 THIS IS HALLOWEEN text Book Cover (same as #1) plus mats and layers designed to leave a wide left hand side border on the Cover base for use with your favourite punches and disc binding systems. π Page set - Page base with mats and layers designed to leave the wide left hand side border open for whatever spine you plan to use.
π Fill your THIS IS HALLOWEEN book with as many pages as you want and decorate it with this year's SPOOKtacular Halloween release and cut the mats and layers from my new Halloween collection of decorative digi papersπ
12 Piece Set includes: 2 identical THIS IS HALLOWEEN text Book Covers #1 - 3 full cover mats and layers #2 - 3 mats and layers sized to leave a left side border open 1 Page base 3 Page mats and layers SVG and Studio 3 file formats For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
PRO TIP
Make
any size book you want by selecting and adjusting all the cut elements
together to ensure the pieces resize equally! Experiment with smaller
sizing to ensure the THIS IS HALLOWEEN letters cut out cleanly!
I can't wait to see all your spellbinding makes using this year's SPOOKtacular new collection of Halloween Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz throughout September and October!
Everyone is invited to haunt with us and countdown to October 31st in
LeighSBDesigns style and enjoy our daily spellbinding makes for 31 days straight starting on October 1st!
Our October Challenge will be FALL-O-WEEN and you're welcome to play in both the Hop and the Challenge with different makes!
We hope to see you all joining the SPOOKtivities starting October 1st and thanks for visiting with us today for the big launch of the THIS IS HALLOWEEN 2023 Collectionπ