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

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!

My Edgar Allan Poe Collection is now only available at LeighSBDesigns new store!

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!