Happy CRAFTober Creative Friends
October is the most SPOOKTACULAR
time of year and we are thrilled to be back with our 15th annual 31 Days of Halloween SPOOKtivities!
Welcome to the
We are here to fright and delight you for 31 days straight with our CRAFTober SPOOKtivities!
π Visit us here daily to see faBOOlous makes by Leigh and Val for 31 days
straight and countdown to October 31st in LeighsBDesigns style! Our makes will also be linked up in the Halloween Hop for easy hopping!
You can join in on the CRAFTober SPOOKtivities too!
π 15th annual Halloween Hop π
Join the fun and play as a Wicked Maker in our 15th Halloween Hop, this is the Main Post for the Hop and all the info you need and the linky are below!
π October Challenge π
Play in our October Challenge with your Halloween makes or enter your Anything Goes makes too. The October Challenge starts Friday Oct 3rd.
π You're welcome to play in both the Hop and the Challenge but with different makes!
Calling all Wicked Makers!
π We
want to see what you're cooking up in your crafty cauldrons this spooky season and invite you to join in on the SPOOKtivities as a Wicked Maker in our 15th annual Halloween Hop!
π Gather your crafty ghouls and monsters and haunt along with us!
π Check out all the Halloween Hop details below then join us for some wicked good fun using any company products for just one day or all 31 days if you dare, totally up to you when and how much you play and hop throughout October!
π Grab your Wicked Maker badge above, read the Hop Rules then share your Halloween makes in the Halloween Hop linky party!
π All our makes will magically appear along side all the Wicked Maker entries each day in the Halloween Hop Linky Party below for easy hopping too!
Let the haunting begin, it's going to be SPOOKtacular π
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I designed 3 SPOOKtacular Cryptkeeper badges again this year, Witch Kitty is one of them, click here to see the other 2!
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π All our Hops are Stress Free π
My
Halloween Hops are creative fun designed to bring fans of Halloween
together and provide you with lots of SPOOKtacular inspiration as well!
Set your own schedule and choose when and how frequently you play
throughout October!
My
Hops are always stress free, no need to sign-up or commit to playing
for a set number of days and just a few common sense rules to help keep
things running smoothly compared to other Hops I've played in. Please
read over the info below and then come and join the fun coz that's what
crafting is all about after all!
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 in order to qualify
for the Wicked Prizes and be fair to fellow makers! It's fun and exciting to see if you can
survive playing for all 31 days...we dare you to try mwahahaha?!!
π Check out the Crypt of 31 Days of Halloween Past Hops for lots of wicked eye candy to get in the mood π
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π No Sign-up required, just join the SPOOKtivities anytime throughout October!
π Cute, Creepy Cute, Spooky, Scary Halloween, Falloween, Day of the Dead and Gothic dark art makes welcome!
π All Halloween themed paper crafting, mixed media, altered art, 3D art and more welcome!
π Play as a Wicked Maker on your own schedule!
π Hop and comment ONLY on the days you play!
π Display the Hop badge in your blog sidebars and all your Hop posts and include the Hop info and link back to this Main Hop Post in all your entry posts!
π Public social media link-ups welcome if you don't have a blog!
π The linky party closes at 5 minutes to midnight pacific on Oct
31st!
π Tallying of entries and comments will start on Nov 3rd!
π Winner(s) announced once tallying is finished, please follow the link-up rules to help me tally things up easily!
π Spooktacular Candy Prizes up for grabs!
π Prize(s) awarded are based on YOUR participation so PLAY PLAY PLAY and your friends to play too, more the merrier!π Follow our fair common sense rules below to play along and qualify to win the Prizes!
π Winners invited to be a future Guest Designer using their prizes!
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π If you can't play you're welcome to lurk instead!
If you comment on all the faBOOlous makes you'll be in the running for a prize too!
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Please follow the Rules to play and qualify for the prizes!
- Put your love of Halloween and crafty stamina to the test! It's so much fun to see who can survive playing for all 31 days....but as usual, that's totally up to you!
- No sign-up needed, you can play as a Wicked Maker as often as you want, when you want on your own schedule but remember if you play, even if just for one day, you must hop and comment as outlined in the rules to be fair to everyone playing!
- Public accessible social media entries welcome if you don't have a blog! - Please note this might limit who can comment on your entries.
To participate and qualify to win Hop Prizes all Wicked Makers must please do the following!
- Display the Halloween Hop badge at the top of your blog sidebar to help promote the Hop to your readers!
- Please leave us love on all of our 31 Days of Halloween makes coz we do so appreciate getting comments too, they're included in the hop linky for easy hopping π
- Please comment on the Main Hop Post as well, let us know how much you enjoy our hops each year or if it's your first time joining us, etc!
- Makes made prior to the start of the Hop are welcome but they MUST be re-shared in new posts with new titles and the required Hop info included! - absolutely no backlinking!
Include the following info in all your entry posts
- Put LeighSBDesigns Halloween Hop 2025 with the Day number blog title and social media descriptions so I know what day your entry is for!
- Include the Halloween Hop badge in all your blog entry posts
- Share the Halloween Hop badge on social media if you're playing via social media
- Include a link to my to this Main Hop Post in all your Hop posts
- Your linky entries must link directly to your project posts, not your home page!
- Use hashtag #LeighSBDesignsHalloweenHop2025 on social media
Entry Link-up Descriptions
When you add your entry to the linky please do the following to help with my tallying!
Please include the following in all your link-up descriptions: Your Name, Date or Day number and your entry number if you're playing for more than one day, for example:
Day 3 (or Oct 3) Leigh #3
- Add your make to the linky then hop and comment on all the makes linked up on the same days you decide to play! Easy peasy! You have 3 days after linking up to return to complete your hopping and commenting! I'll be tallying on a daily basis and taking note - any later is unfair to the players who hopped to your make and left a comment on the same day you linked up! ***If you don't have time to hop and comment then play in our October Challenge instead!
- You're welcome to play in both the Hop and our October Challenge as long as your entries are different!
- We'd appreciate if you'd follow LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog and also follow us on Instagram, Pinterest and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Tell us where you follow us in your comments coz we'd love to know!
- PLEASE BE NICE, PLAY FAIR, LEAVE LOTS OF LOVE and most of all HAVE LOTS OF FUN!
Note regarding public accessible social media
entries
- Social media entries are welcome if you don't have a blog but please note this might limit who can comment on your entries.
- If anyone is unable to leave a comment on a social media entry then please leave the comment for that Wicked Maker here at LeighSBDesigns on the same day and state who the comment is meant for to ensure your comments are still noted and tallied for the prizes! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN