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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Day 31 of 31 Days of Halloween 2024: "31 Days of Halloween" Slimline Book by Leigh

πŸŽƒ Happy Halloween Creative Friends πŸŽƒ
Welcome to Day 31 of
 
πŸŽƒ Happy Halloween πŸŽƒ
 
Today is the big finale of our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities already!
Thank you for joining us for a SPOOKtacular month, we hope our Halloween makes have brought you lots of shrieks, thrills and plenty of inspiration!  A big THANK YOU to Val for all your SPOOKtacular makes this month and to everyone who played along with us in our Halloween Haunt Hop, all your Halloween makes have been a thrill to see!
 
The fun isn't over yet, you have until the strike of 5 minutes to midnight pacific to get in your Day 31 makes!  I will begin my final tally of entries and comments bright and early on Nov 3!  Please double check your comments spam and moderation folders to ensure all comments are published and complete your hopping and commenting before then to be in the running for the prize!
 
 
We want to see what you're cooking up in your crafty cauldrons this month too and invite you to join in on the SPOOKtivities as a Wicked Maker in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Haunt Hop!  It's never too late to play so gather your crafty friends and play along with your own Halloween makes, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky!  Join us for some wicked good fun using any company products for all 31 days, if you dare, or play anytime throughout October for the chance to win some wicked LeighSBDesigns prizes!  Go grab your Wicked Maker badge and haunt the hop with us!
 
 
Shop my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and more in the Halloween Sale on thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 

 
I'm still getting my entire catalogue of fabulous Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz for electronic cutting machines up at LeighSBDesigns.comI'm busy adding the rest of my magical Once Upon a Nightmare Collection right now so keep an eye on the Re-Release Sale-bration section to see what's been re-released so far.  They are also included in the Halloween Sale!


 
Day 31 of 31 Days of Halloween
 
"31 Days of Halloween"
Slimline Book by Leigh
 
πŸŽƒ Happy Halloween πŸŽƒ
  What a SPOOKtacular month we have had and what a thrill it has been to see all your SPOOKtacular makes, thank you Wicked Makers for joining us for our 14th annual Halloween Haunt Hop!  YAY it's Halloween but BOO the SPOOKtivities have now come to an end for this year!  Mark your calendars and join us for HALFoWeen in May and our 15th annual 31 Days of Halloween 2025 will be here before you can scream!  Mwahahaha πŸŽƒ
 
Don't fret coz the fun isn't over yet....I have my fabulous festive Christmas and Winter release coming the first week of November which you do not want to miss!
Our creativities now continue into November with our new Challenge starting this Friday already, see you there!
 

Now for my Day 31 make to close our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities with a bang!
I've been making slimline book panels all month long and now it's time to show you the last one and the big reveal of my slimline book featuring my new CAToWeen 2024 Loveleigh Kitties Halloween CollectionCheck everything out and more in my Halloween Sale that also ends tonight at midnight pacific!

 
CAToWeen is the star of my last slimline book panel which decorates the spine of my PURRtastic 31 Days of Halloween slimline accordion book!

 
I used all the text and CAToWeen from this year's 31 Days of Halloween badge to decorate my book spine which I printed and fussy cut out with scissors.
 
 
All the text was layered onto heavy weight black cardstock multiple times to create nice chunky pieces.  I then painted the text and parts of CAToWeen with a clear Spectrum Noir glitter brush pen for a touch of pretty shimmer as well as Crystal Stickles Glitter for lots of magical sparkle.
 
 
I made an accordion slimline book with a wrap around cover to hold all my book panels.
 
 
I made the book cover and pages with Crafter's Companion heavy weight black construction card then decorated all the outside and inside cover panels with Crafter's Companion black glitter card and Halloween themed patterned cardstock.
 
 
I edged all the outside and inside decorative cover panels with Spectrum Noir Midas Bronze pigment ink for a touch of distressed metallic elegance.
 
 
I made folded pages with 1/2 inch spines to accommodate the multi-layered slimline book panels.  
 
 
 To create the accordion pull out I alternated the adhering of each page to the next with page spines on both sides of the pull out.
 
 
I then adhered the assembled accordion page pull out to the back cover panel.
 
 
As 31 Days of Halloween is a countdown I adhered the book panels in place starting with Day 1 at the back and Day 29 at the front with today's Day 31 panel on the outside book spine.
 
 
 The book opens and you flip flop each page to see all my PURRtastic slimline book panels.
 
 
 
I decorated all the facing pages with Crafter's Companion Halloween themed cardstock.
 
 
I edged all the facing panels with Spectrum Noir Midas pigment ink in either gold, silver or bronze to match the ink I used on each book panel make.
 
 
 Here's a look at a few of the double page spreads.
 
 
To complete the facing pages I'm going to add a decorative label with some journaling about each page plus a decorative Day number.
 

 
I left the facing page behind the make on the front page blank for now coz I might add a few more pages to the accordion pull out and include panels from HalfoWeen 2025.  I will then decorate the outside panel by the book closure with the HalfoWeen badge if I do.


To complete my slimline book I added black velcro to the closure flaps.
 
 
 We hope our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities have inspired you to do your own Halloween crafting this month, do come and share them with us in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop, you have until the strike of 5 minutes to midnight tonight to join the fun but plenty of time of to enjoy all the makes linked up already!  Gather your crafty friends and play along as a Wicked Maker in our Haunt Hop Linky Party, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky!
 
All LeighSBDesigns makes are also linked in the Haunt Hop Linky Party too for easy hopping πŸŽƒ
 
πŸŽƒ We wish you all a fun and safe Halloween πŸŽƒ
I now close out our SPOOKtvities with my favourite cover of The Nightmare Before Christmas "This Is Halloween" by Broken Peach!
πŸŽƒ Enjoy!
 
   
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Don't forget to check out my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and shop the Halloween Sale that also ends tonight at midnight pacific!
 

 
Christmas is Coming!
I'll be releasing my new Christmas Collection just in time for our festive creativities to begin after Halloween so stay tuned and do join us!
 

 
 CAToWeen is included in the Halloween Sale which ends Oct 31 midnight pacific!
 
 
 
Happy Haunting!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Day 30 of 31 Days of Halloween 2024: "Spooky Season" Carved Skelly Cat Card by Val

πŸŽƒ Happy October Creative Friends πŸŽƒ
Welcome to Day 30 of
 
October is the most SPOOKTACULAR time of the year and we are thrilled to be back with our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities to get you in the Halloween spirit!
 
We are here to fright and delight you for 31 days straight so stop by daily to see our faBOOlous Halloween, Falloween and Day of the Dead themed makes and countdown to October 31st with us in LeighsBDesigns style!
 
 
We want to see what you're cooking up in your crafty cauldrons this month too and invite you to join in on the SPOOKtivities as a Wicked Maker in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Haunt Hop!  It's never too late to play so gather your crafty friends and play along with your own Halloween makes, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky!  Join us for some wicked good fun using any company products for all 31 days, if you dare, or play anytime throughout October for the chance to win some wicked LeighSBDesigns prizes!  Go grab your Wicked Maker badge and haunt the hop with us!

πŸŽƒ Halloween Haunt Hop Reminder πŸŽƒ
πŸŽƒ We're now in the 5th and final week of our SPOOKtivities, please don't forget to hop and comment on the entries linked up on the same days you play.  Try and leave some love on the same day but to allow for our busy lives you do have 3 days to complete your hopping and commenting!
 
πŸŽƒ Please also keep checking your blog's spam and moderation folders under Comments in your blog dashboard to ensure there's no hop comments needing to be published!
 
 
Shop my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and more in the Halloween Sale on thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 

 
I'm still getting my entire catalogue of fabulous Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz for electronic cutting machines up at LeighSBDesigns.comI'm busy adding the rest of my magical Once Upon a Nightmare Collection right now so keep an eye on the Re-Release Sale-bration section to see what's been re-released so far.  They are also included in the Halloween Sale!


 
Day 30 of 31 Days of Halloween
 
"Spooky Season"
Carved Skelly Cat
Card by Val
 
 
LeighSBDesigner Val is back for Day 30 of our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities with a PURRtastic card featuring digi stamps from the Quirkleighs CarnEVIL 2019 Halloween Collection and the STAMPtember 2020 Collection and Decorative Digi Paper from the This is Halloween 2023 Collection.

 LeighSBDesigns Carved Skelly Cat
 
Carved Skelly Cat digi stamp is the star of Val's PURRtastic card today surrounded by the Cats Galore collage with all those kitty eyes peering at you!
 
LeighSBDesigns Cats Galore & Senti Set 
 
Val printed out Carved Skelly Cat and cut a rectangle panel to frame the kitty.  She then coloured him and the background with Promarkers with white gel pen details and then edged the panel with a black marker.
 
 
Next she cut a background panel using the Cats Galore collage, coloured all their eyes green and then edged the panel with a black marker.
 
LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Decorative Digi Paper Pack 
 
The green background paper is "31 October 31" from the 31 Days of Halloween Decorative Digi Paper Pack.  Val then adhered all the panels to a side fold card made from black heavy weight cardstock.
 
 
Val completed her card with the black die cut spiders (Crafter's Companion) and the "Spooky Season" senti from the Halloween Senties set of 2 Halloween digi stamp sentiments.  She printed the senti then fussy cut it out with an offset using her Silhouette Portrait 3 electronic cutting machine then matted it onto black cardstock.
 
 
 We hope our 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities are inspiring you to do your own Halloween crafting this month, do come and share them with us in our 14th annual 31 Days of Halloween Hop, there's lots of spooktacular makes linked up already and it's never too late to join the fun!  Gather your crafty friends and play along as a Wicked Maker in our Haunt Hop Linky Party, see the Main Hop Post for all the Hop details and linky!
 
All LeighSBDesigns makes are also linked in the Haunt Hop Linky Party too for easy hopping!  Do come join the fun πŸŽƒ
  
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Don't forget to check out my new CAToWeen 2024 Halloween Collection and shop the Halloween Sale thru Oct 31st midnight pacific!
 

 
Christmas is Coming!
I'll be releasing my new Christmas Collection just in time for our festive creativities to begin after Halloween so stay tuned and do join us!
 

 
 CAToWeen is included in the Halloween Sale which ends Oct 31 midnight pacific!
 
 
 
Happy Haunting!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN