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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Loveleigh Kitties Collection New Release: "The Love Cats" Mini Collection

Happy nearly February Creative Friends
We've got a fabulous February planned for you full of romantic inspirational makes, fun creativities for you starting with our February Challenge on Friday Feb 2nd...where you can now enter your Anything Goes makes too as well as be inspired by our monthly themes!  Then our fun 7th annual Gothic Valentine Celebration starts on Feb 13th that also includes a fun Hop you can play in too!
 Come celebrate LOVEuary with us
 
To now get you ready for LOVEuary I'm super excited to launch my February Loveleigh Kitties mini collection of PURRtastic love themed kitties with a wonderful companion Senti set.

 
I'm releasing new Loveleigh Kitties throughout 2024 and beyond!
 Keep a look out for these fun teaser peeks of upcoming kitties, there's a kitty or more to look forward to each month this year!  I'm so excited, LOL!

 
 I launched the Loveleigh Kitties Collection in December 2023 with the release of the adorable Santa Puss and last month the handsome Edgar Allan Poe Puss was released in celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, do check them out and adopt those cuties for your collections😻

The Love Cats
Mini Collection
Loveleigh Kitties New Release

Today I'm delighted to introduce you to February's Love Cats mini collection of twin kitties and a companion senti set!  This release is PURRfectly adorable and a must for all your February creating and beyond!  You'll want to collect them all so we'll start with The Love Cats Bundle and then take a closer look at each individual set 😻
 

The Love Cats mini collection is on release sale at my new website store through Feb 5 midnight pacific!
The mini collection, except the Bundle, is also available in my Etsy store for a limited time too!
 

The Bundle is only available at LeighSBDesigns.com
 
The Bundle includes:
Love Hearts Kitty slimline digi stamp
Pretty Kitty slimline digi stamp
Cats Add Love Senti set of 2 digi stamps
 
Love Hearts Kitty is a PURRtastic whimsical drawing of a kitty cat decorated with hearts. She's so lovely with long lashed eyes, a little heart shaped nose and a luxurious fluffy tail.  She's wearing a little heart bow on her head and a large heart bow around her long elegant neck.  The Love Hearts Kitty is a tall skinny design PURRfect for making slimline cards for Valentine's Day and more 😸
 

 
Pretty Kitty is a PURRtastic whimsical drawing of a kitty cat PURRfect for any occasion. She's so lovely with long lashed eyes, a little heart shaped nose and a luxurious fluffy tail. She's wearing a little heart bow on her head and a large heart bow around her long elegant neck.  Her body is a blank canvas ready for you to decorate with stamps, stencils, decorative papers and mixed media products to your hearts content. She's also a tall skinny design PURRfect for making slimline cards for any occasion all year round 😸


 

"Cats have a special way of adding Love to every day!"
 A saying that couldn't be more true and totally PURRfect for all your cat themed makes, you'll be using this set for years to come!
 
You get two versions of the same saying: version one includes a cute Loveleigh Kitty portrait inside the "C" in "Cats" and the 2nd version is without the kitty.  The kitty version is designed to be used as a large focal point for your makes so you can colour the kitty and the 2nd is smaller but you can still resize them both to suit your needs too!
 
Thanks for visiting with us today to see the new release!
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Hop: Day 5 Finale - "The Raven" Poe Puss Loveleigh Kitty POE Frame SVG Cut card by Leigh

Happy January Creative Friends
 
Welcome to Day 5 and the finale of our 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Celebrations!  Thank you for stopping by to see our 5 days of POEtastic makes!  I hope you've enjoyed the show and now inspired to mark your calendars for our 10th annual Edgar Allan Poe 2025 celebration, its never too early to plan ahead and hopefully next year will have a better turn out too!
 
If you're just joining us today then here's the scoop...January 19th was Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday and National Poe Appreciation Day and the start of our 9th year hosting our Poe Party!  Today is the last day you can join the fun using stamp company products, all the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!


Shop the POE SALE through Jan 23 11:55pm pacific!
 
 
 
Loveleigh Kitty Edgar Allan Poe Puss is also available in my Etsy store for a limited time!
 
My 2024 Poe Makes ❤

Day 5
"The Raven"
POE Puss Loveleigh Kitty
POE Frame SVG Cutz Card
by Leigh
 
 
Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe ❤
 

My inspiration for Day 5 and the finale of our POEtastic 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe creativities is a handsome POE FRAME SVG Cutz card from the "POE" Frame Cards - Ultimate SVG Cutz Set featuring my brand new Edgar Allan POE Puss and decorative digi paper from the Classic Poe - Vintage Grunge Digi Art Paper Pack.
 
 
I coloured Edgar Allan POE Puss in Adobe Fresco and printed him out in various sizes then further enhanced my colouring with Prismacolor pencils.  Today's POE Puss is the smallest at about 4 inches tall and to make him pop nicely against the background I fussy cut him out leaving a narrow white border and trimmed him off at his coat tails to create a cameo portrait for the frame.
 
 
The fabulous shaped POE word card is included in my "POE" Frame Cards - Ultimate SVG Cutz Set. I cut the top fold base card from black cardstock, the layers from shades of brown cardstock and the background for the "O" frame from a piece of the "Raven Flight" decorative digi paper from the Classic Poe - Vintage Grunge Digi Art Paper Pack using my new Silhouette Cameo 5 electronic cutting machine I got for Christmas.
 
 
I applied Spectrum Noir Midas Gold pigment ink to the bottom mat layer and adhered it to the folded card base with black foam tape.  I then adhered the background for the "O" frame in place with double sided tape.
 
 
 I then painted the shadow mat layer metallic gold with a Spectrum Noir paint pen and also adhered it to the card with foam tape for lots of fabulous dimension.
 
 
Next I adhered the POE letters overlay directly onto the gold shadow layer with glue and positioned POE Puss inside the "O" frame with 2 layers of black tape behind his head and the base of tail tucked inside the frame to make it look like he's emerging from the frame.  I completed my POE card with the title "The Raven" cut from the scanned page of Poe's poem I used on my Day 1 make, coloured with Vintage Paper Distress Ink and mounted on a few layers of black cardstock to make the word pieces chunky.
 
 
Here's another look at my POE makes😀
 
 Don't forget you've got until 11:55pm tonight to join the Poe Party, it's never too late and you are welcome to add makes for all 5 days today too if you want to play catch up!
All the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
 
❤ 😻 😻 😻 😻😻😻😻 😻😻😻
 
 
Thanks for joining us for our 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Celebrations!
See you in February for our 7th annual Gothic Valentine Celebrations!
 

 Don't forget you can still enter our January Challenge, Winter Wonderland, there's just 4 days left!
 

Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Monday, January 22, 2024

9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Hop: Day 4 - Edgar Allan Poe Puss Loveleigh Kitty card by Val

Happy January Creative Friends
 
Welcome to Day 4 of our 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Celebrations!
We are celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday and National Poe Appreciation Day and our 9th year hosting our Poe Party!  Everyone is invited to the 5 day celebration that began on January 19th, all the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!


Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe ❤
 
Welcome to our 9th Edgar Allan Poe celebration!
Enjoy our daily inspirational Poe makes shared here from January 19th to the 23rd and you can also join the fun by playing along in the 5 day hop linky party using any stamp products!
 
All the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
Please remember that this is a Hop and you are expected to hop and comment on all the entries in the linky on the same days you play, including the MAIN POST.  Please play fair, be respectful of your fellow makers, leave nice comments and enjoy the show!
 

Shop the POE SALE through Jan 23 11:55pm pacific!
 
Loveleigh Kitty Edgar Allan Poe Puss is also available in my Etsy store for a limited time!

Day 4
Edgar Allan Poe Puss
Card by Val
 
Val created a POEtastic card featuring my brand new Edgar Allan POE Puss digi stamp and a Decorative Digi Paper from the Edgar Allan Poe 2023 Collection!
 
 
 Val first combined Edgar Allan POE Puss and the digi paper design called "Raven Flight" from the "Classic Poe" Vintage Grunge Digi Paper in her art software and printed it out onto white cardstock.  She then coloured Poe Puss up with Promarkers and embellished with white gel pen and Sakura pen details.  She then matted the panel onto a white cardstock panel about 1/4 inch larger and then mounted everything onto a white fold card made from heavy weight white cardstock also about 1/4 inch larger.  She then embellished her card with roses and Poe's signature from the E.A Poe Portrait and Signature Set.
 
We hope our makes so far have inspired you join the fun! 
All the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
 
❤ 😻 😻 😻 😻😻😻😻 😻😻😻❤ 
 
 
Thanks for visiting with us today, see you tomorrow for the finale!
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Sunday, January 21, 2024

9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Hop: Day 3 - "Dreamer of Dreams" POE Puss Loveleigh Kitty Slimline Diorama by Leigh

Happy January Creative Friends
 
Welcome to Day 3 of our 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Celebrations!
January 19th was Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday and National Poe Appreciation Day and the start of our 9th year hosting our Poe Party!  Everyone is invited to the 5 day celebration, all the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!


Welcome to our 9th Edgar Allan Poe celebration!
Enjoy our daily inspirational Poe makes shared here from January 19th to the 23rd and you can also join the fun by playing along in the 5 day hop linky party using any stamp products!
 
All the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
Please remember that this is a Hop and you are expected to hop and comment on all the entries in the linky on the same days you play, including the MAIN POST.  Please play fair, be respectful of your fellow makers, leave nice comments and enjoy the show!
 

Shop the POE SALE through Jan 23 11:55pm pacific!
 
Loveleigh Kitty Edgar Allan Poe Puss is also available in my Etsy store for a limited time!
 

Day 3
"Dreamer of Dreams"
POE Puss Loveleigh Kitty
Slimline Diorama Card
by Leigh
 
Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe ❤
 
  
My inspiration for Day 3 of our POEtastic 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe creativities is a dramatic diorama slimline card featuring my brand new Edgar Allan POE Puss and decorative digi paper from the Classic Poe - Vintage Grunge Digi Art Paper Pack.
 
 
Isn't he the most handsome kitty you've ever seen😸
 
I coloured Edgar Allan POE Puss in Adobe Fresco and printed him out in various sizes then further enhanced my colouring with Prismacolor pencils.  Today's POE Puss is about 8 inches tall and to make him pop nicely against the background I fussy cut him out leaving a narrow white border, adhered him to black cardstock and then fussy cut that out too leaving a narrow black border.  
 
 
All the drama is happening INSIDE my slimline card today.  I made a dramatic diorama scene for POE Puss where he's immersed in a moody forest surrounded by a conspiracy of ravens.
 
 
The fabulous digi paper I used here is called "Raven Tree", from the Classic Poe - Vintage Grunge Digi Art Paper Pack, and I printed out the design onto white cardstock.  
 
 
I made a 3.5 x 8.5 inch slimline card from heavy weight black cardstock and cut the "Raven Tree" print into two panels 1/4" smaller than the slimline card.  I then edged them with Spectrum Noir Midas Gold pigment ink and adhered them inside the slimline card.


From heavy weight cardstock I made two support pieces for POE Puss, one for his body and one for his head and adhered them in place close to the card fold.
 
 
I embellished the corners of the card with 3 lacy die cut corners from my stash I'd previously cut from black cardstock and coloured with a clear Spectrum Noir sparkle brush pen. 
 
 
I then adhered Edgar Allan POE Puss to the supports.


For the finishing touch I used the DREAMER OF DREAMS sticker from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Stickerbook that I think echoes Poe's poem, A Dream Within a Dream, quite nicely.


 I adhered the sticker to a scrap piece from one of my decorative digi Poe papers and trimmed leaving a narrow border around the sticker.  I made it a chunky element by adhering it to about 8 pieces of heavy weight black cardstock.  I then edged it with the gold pigment ink and adhered it to the top right corner of the diorama.
 
 
 I hope my Poe make today for our 9th annual Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Celebrations has inspired you to join the fun!  All the deets and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
 
❤ 😻 😻 😻 😻😻😻😻 😻😻😻❤ 
 
 
Thanks for visiting with us today, see you tomorrow for Day 4 with inspiration by Val!
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN