Happy January Creative Friends!
January 19th was Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday and National Poe Appreciation Day!
In LeighSBDesigns style we show our appreciation for Edgar Allan Poe and celebrate his birthday every year with a new digi stamp release and our annual POE Party Week!
Today is the finale of our 11th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation CREATivities and what POEtastic time we've had! Thank you to Val for her beautiful makes and to Nan for her wonderful contributions each and every year!
If you're just joining us then enjoy a look back at our POEtastic inspirational makes starting January 19th featuring my brand new The Gilded Raven digi stamp release and more as well as the makes shared in our 5 day Poe Mini Hop!
The Poe Mini Hop info and linky are in the MAIN POST!
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The Gilded Raven
Digi Stamp Release
In celebration of Poe's Birthday I've got two new Raven themed digi stamp sets for you that are totally POE-fect for your Poe inspired makes this year. Whether you're a fan of Poe, Ravens and birds in general you will have so much fun creating with these two new sets!
Shop the release sale through January 23rd at LeighSBDesigns.com and add both of these Raven designs to your digi stamp collections!
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My entire Edgar Allan Poe Collection is also on sale through January 23 midnight pacific!
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| The Gilded Raven makes by Leigh |
The Gilded Ravens
Art Panel
by Leigh
I coloured both the The Gilded Raven and the The Gilded Raven Ornate Raven Stand digitally in Adobe Fresco and combined the coloured images with the wonderful background from the Vintage Grunge decorative digi paper pack in Photoshop prior to printing.
The Gilded Raven set and the The Gilded Raven Ornate Raven Stand set.
and the Vintage Grunge decorative digi paper pack.
I then fussy cut the images out leaving a narrow border that makes them pop nicely against the background and applied gold Spectum Noir Midas metallic pigment ink to the edges.
I then had a blast creating an exotic backdrop for the Gilded Ravens.
I used the large Wild Feathers create-a-card die by Crafter's Companion die cut from black cardstock and matted it onto beautiful marbleized cardstock with a pearlescent shimmer and gold foil striations. I then edged the black feather panel with copper Spectrum Noir Midas metallic pigment ink.
I used the same pearlescent and foiled cardstock to die cut all the foliage - Holiday Greenery by Tim Holtz. The fabulous stonework wall elements are a Crafter's Companion die with a mat layer
which I coloured with Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide sprays
and the cobblestone overlay was cut from black cardstock then edged with metallic gold Spectum Noir Midas pigment ink.
"The Gilded Raven" text is from The Gilded Raven set which I also printed out onto decorative paper from my Vintage Grunge decorative digi paper pack. I used a small Spellbinders Labels Seven nesting die that looks like an open book to die cut out the text as well as a mat layer cut from black cardstock to give the piece more heft. I applied copper Spectum Noir Midas pigment ink to the edges then creased it down the center and curved the "pages" to create a wonderful 3D book.
I adhered all the die cut elements to the panel with glue and the Gilded Raven Bird Stand with black foam tape for lots of varied dimension and texture.
The panel will later be included in my "Poe Book of Makes" but to allow the panel to stand on display for now I made an easel out of black cardstock and adhered it to the back of the panel.
And that wraps up our 11th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation CREATivities, I hope you've enjoyed seeing all our Poe inspirational makes this year!
We hope to see you again January 19th 2027, make a note on your calendars and then join us as we celebrate our love for Edgar Allan Poe!
Happy Creating!
