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Monday, February 26, 2024

Loveleigh Kitties "The Love Cats" Mini Collection Inspiration: "Cats Add Love" Card by Val

Happy LOVEuary Creative Friends
As we get ready to head into our March creativities with a new Challenge starting on March 1st and the launch of my fabulous new Spring Collection coming very soon here's some more LOVEuary makes for the last week of February to inspire you!
 
 Check out my February Loveleigh Kitties release of PURRtastic love themed kitties, they're just the cutest and waiting to be adopted for your collections!  The mini collection, except the Bundle, is also available in my Etsy store for a limited time too! 
 
 
 
"Cats Add Love"
"The Love Cats" Mini Collection
Card by Val
 
Today's inspiration is brought to you by LeighSBDesigner Val and features the PURRtastic Cats Add Love sentiment from the new Loveleigh Kitties - The Love Cats mini collection.

 
"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!  
 
 
The Cats Add Love set includes 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 and Val made her beautiful card with the kitty version.  She printed out the large sentiment onto Pink Frog Smooth White cardstock and coloured the edges with Dawn Aurora Craft Artist Mica Magic.  She then coloured the kitty with Promarkers and embellished with red and green Sakura Glitter Pens.  She then matted the panel onto a large Crafter's Companion ace die then mounted everything onto a white top fold card base made from heavy weight white cardstock.
 
 
 
Collect all the Loveleigh Kitties in this fun whimsical collection! 
 

The Love Cats Bundle
Bundle is only available at LeighSBDesigns.com and includes
Love Hearts Kitty slimline digi stamp
Pretty Kitty slimline digi stamp
Cats Add Love Senti set of 2 digi stamps
 



Thanks for visiting with us today!
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, February 16, 2024

7th annual Gothic Valentine Hop 2024: Day 4 "Master and Servant" Loveleigh Kitties Slimline Card by Leigh

Happy LOVEuary Creative Friends
 
Welcome to Day 4 and finale of our 7th annual Gothic Valentine celebration and Hop!
Enjoy our inspirational Gothic romance themed makes shared here daily from Feb 13th to the 16th and you can play along with us too by entering your Gothic romance makes in the hop linky party using any stamp products!  All the info and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
 
 

Day 4
"Master and Servant"
Loveleigh Kitty Slimline Card
by Leigh


For Day 4 and the finale of our 7th annual Gothic Valentine celebration I've got a Gothic slimline card that plays with the theme of who is the boss in our kitty relationships...well, Cats of course, LOL!  My make features the Love Hearts Kitty from my new Loveleigh Kitties "The Love Cats" mini collection, Dark Handsome Stranger and my Valentine themed Decorative Digi Papers.

 
To make my Gothic slimline card I first printed out the Love Hearts Kitty and coloured her up with Copics and Prismacolor pencils in shades of grey to black with red hearts.  To make her pop nicely against the background I fussy cut her out leaving a narrow white border, layered her onto black cardstock and fussy cut out again leaving a narrow black border.

 
Next I combined Dark Handsome Stranger with the "Gothic Heart" digi paper from my "Grunge Hearts" Decorative Digi paper pack in Photoshop prior to printing.  I then used a die from Anna Griffin's Gothic 3D Concentric Frame Die set to make the fancy Gothic arch panel and left the bottom edge straight.  I then applied metallic gold gilding wax to the combined embossed and die cut edges.
 
 
For the slimline card I cut a folded card base from black cardstock, a slightly smaller mat layer from a sheet of Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrop papers and for the top panel I printed out my "Gothic Hearts" slimline digi paper from the "Valentine" Slimline Decorative Digi Paper pack.  I then used a Crafter's Companion Page Edge die to cut a fancy edge into the top and bottom of the panel.  I finished off the panels and base card with Spectrum Noir Midas gold pigment ink applied to all the edges.

 
The lace borders are die cut from black cardstock with a Tim Holtz Crochet die.  I then adhered all the elements to the card with wet glue.  I made the "Master and Servant" saying with my vintage Dymo label maker and trimmed down the words.  I then made them into chunkier pieces by adhering the words to two layers of deep red cardstock from my scraps.

 
For some fun dimension I adhered Love Hearts Kitty to the right hand side of the card with black foam tape.
 
 
The finishing touch is the red and gold heart charm which I attached to the card front with a tiny red rhinestone brad.
 
 
❤ Love Hearts Kitty makes a PURRtastic Valentine card, is PURRfect for everyone who loves cats and easily works for any occasion too just by switching out the sentiment and colours
 

 
 
 
 
 
Play in our LeighSBDesigns Inspirational Challenge "Love Is In The Air" that now also accepts your Anything Goes makes too, pop on over and play along!
 
 
 
Collect all the Loveleigh Kitties in this fun whimsical collection! 
 

The Love Cats Bundle
Bundle is only available at LeighSBDesigns.com and includes
Love Hearts Kitty slimline digi stamp
Pretty Kitty slimline digi stamp
Cats Add Love Senti set of 2 digi stamps
 



Thanks for visiting with us today, don't forget you can still get in on the Gothic Valentine Hop fun, the linky closes tonight at 11:55pm pacific!

Happy Creating!
 
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Thursday, February 15, 2024

7th annual Gothic Valentine Hop 2024: Day 3 "Heart Bubbles" Tag Art by Val

Happy LOVEuary Creative Friends
 
Welcome to Day 3 of our 7th annual Gothic Valentine celebration and Hop!
Enjoy our inspirational Gothic romance themed makes shared here daily from Feb 13th to the 16th and you can play along with us too by entering your Gothic Valentine makes in the hop linky party using any stamp products!  All the info and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
 
 

Day 3
"Heart Bubbles"
Tag Art
by Val

For Day 3's inspiration of our 7th annual Gothic Valentine celebration LeighSBDesigner Val is back with fabulous Gothic romance themed tag for you featuring "Heart Bubbles" from the adorable Juliet Balleigh Monster set.
 
 
Val printed out the wonderful cluster of "Heart Bubbles" included in the adorable Juliet Balleigh Monster set and coloured the digi stamp with Promarkers in red and dark grey and added sparkle with a red Sakura glitter pen.  She then fussy cut around the design leaving a narrow grey border.
 

She then made a tag from black cardstock using the Starry Night nesting slimline die by Crafter's Companion.  She adhered the Heart Bubbles to the tag with foam tape and completed her make with red glitter fiber.
 
 
 
 
 
Play in our LeighSBDesigns Inspirational Challenge "Love Is In The Air" that now also accepts your Anything Goes makes too, pop on over and play along!
 
 
 
Collect all the Loveleigh Kitties in this fun whimsical collection! 
 

The Love Cats Bundle
Bundle is only available at LeighSBDesigns.com and includes
Love Hearts Kitty slimline digi stamp
Pretty Kitty slimline digi stamp
Cats Add Love Senti set of 2 digi stamps
 



Thanks for visiting with us today, see you tomorrow for Day 4!
Happy Creating!
 
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

7th annual Gothic Valentine Hop 2024: Day 2 "Everlasting Love" Loveleigh Kitty Card by Leigh

Happy Valentine's and Galentine's Day Creative Friends
 
Welcome to Day 2 of our 7th annual Gothic Valentine celebration and Hop!
Enjoy our inspirational Gothic romance themed makes shared here daily from Feb 13th to the 16th and you can play along with us too by entering your Gothic romance makes in the hop linky party using any stamp products!  All the info and the linky are in the MAIN POST!
 
 

Day 2
"Everlasting Love"
Loveleigh Kitty Card
by Leigh

We wish you all everlasting love on this wonderful Valentine's and Galentine's Day
 
 
For Day 2's inspiration for our 7th annual Gothic Valentine celebration I've got a Gothic romance Loveleigh Kitty themed card for you featuring the Love Hearts Kitty from my new Loveleigh Kitties "The Love Cats" mini collection.
 
 
To make my card I first printed out the Love Hearts Kitty and coloured her up with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.  I then fussy cut her out leaving a narrow white border then adhered her to a piece of deep red cardstock and fussy cut her out again with a narrow red border.
 
 
I made a folded card base from heavy weight white cardstock and cut a deep red cardstock mat 1/4" inch smaller and edged it with Spectrum Noir Midas gold pigment ink.  I used a Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrop for my background and cut it 1/4" smaller than the red mat.  The vintage shabby chic botanical backdrop was PURRfect for my Love Hearts Kitty card.
 

 
The Crafter"s Companion nesting frame die set I used has a wonderful Gothic romance vibe.  I cut the panels from deep red cardstock and applied metallic gold pigment ink to the outer edge of the smaller frame.  I kept the heart cut outs from the interior panel, coloured them with a metallic gold paint pen and paper pieced them back into the frame.

 
From a piece of scrap red cardstock I used a Crafter's Companion die to cut out the "Everlasting Love" sentiment which I also coloured with the metallic gold paint pen.
 
 
All the die cuts were cut with double sided adhesive sheets applied to the cardstock to make adhering everything to the card a breeze and for a touch of wonderful dimension I adhered the Love Hearts Kitty in place with foam tape.
 
 
❤ Love Hearts Kitty makes a PURRtastic Valentine card PURRfect for everyone who loves cats and easily works for any occasion too just by switching out the sentiment  

 
 
Play in our LeighSBDesigns Inspirational Challenge "Love Is In The Air" that now also accepts your Anything Goes makes too, pop on over and play along!
 
 
 
Collect all the Loveleigh Kitties in this fun whimsical collection! 
 

The Love Cats Bundle
Bundle is only available at LeighSBDesigns.com and includes
Love Hearts Kitty slimline digi stamp
Pretty Kitty slimline digi stamp
Cats Add Love Senti set of 2 digi stamps
 



Thanks for visiting with us today, see you tomorrow for Day 3!
Happy Valentine's Day!
 
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN