Gothic Valentine Blog Hop - Day 4 Finale: "Be Mine" - Love Potion Amulet Slimline Card by Val

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️

 

We're busy celebrating the month of Love with 2 fun creativties for you to play in plus the release of my new Valentine 2023 Collection!  Our February Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts is in full swing and today is the finale of our 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop where we celebrate 4 fabulous days of love themed makes inspired by Gothic and Victorian tales of dark romance, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, classic monster love stories, the torment of betrayal and broken hearts and the sorrow of love lost on a backdrop of luxurious fabrics like black lace and red velvet.  Now bring your interpretation of Gothic romance to our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

 

Today is the finale of our 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop, thank you for joining in the fun again this year!  Get your last makes in tonight by 11:55pm midnight pacific, then you have until Feb 18 to finish your hopping and commenting!  I will begin my tallying on Feb 19 and the winner(s) will be announced soon after.

 

See the Main Hop Post for all the details and the linky!

  

Day 4 Finale

"Be Mine"

Love Potion Amulet Slimline Card

by Val

 

LeighSBDesigner Val is back for the finale of our Gothic Valentine Hop with a gorgeous slimline card featuring the "Love Potion Amulet" SVG Cutz Set from my new Valentine 2023 Collection!

To make her gorgeous slimline card Val cut out the layers of the "Love Potion Amulet" SVG Cutz Set from yellow and black cardstocks and filled the aperture with magical confetti shards.

 

 

 Val made her slimline card from black cardstock and added a white panel decorated with a sprinkle of tiny red hearts to the front which she then grunged up with Lumber Jack Plaid and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks.  The "Be Mine" senti is from the un-released Valentine Senti set which is a prize up for grabs for this hop😉

 

 

Shop the designs used today and more in the new Valentine 2023 Collection special release sale through February 16 plus the Valentine Sale on now through Feb 28th.

Sales end at midnight pacific! 

 

 

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My new Valentine 2023 Collection of Digi stamps, SVG Cutz (for electronic cutting machines) and Digi Decorative Paper Packs is a wonderful selection of love themed designs perfect for all kinds of makes from sweet to Gothic Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Alice in Wonderland, Halloween or whatever your heart desires!

 

 

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

Thanks for playing along in our 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop, see you here again next year, same time same place😉  The fun continues over on our February Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts!

 

 

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Gothic Valentine Blog Hop - Day 3: "You Make My Heart Beat" - Oddleigh Slimline Card by Leigh

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️

 

We're busy celebrating the month of Love with 2 fun creativties for you to play in plus the release of my new Valentine 2023 Collection!  Our February Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts is in full swing and now we're on Day 3 of our 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop where we celebrate 4 fabulous days of love themed makes inspired by Gothic and Victorian tales of dark romance, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, classic monster love stories, the torment of betrayal and broken hearts and the sorrow of love lost on a backdrop of luxurious fabrics like black lace and red velvet.  Now bring your interpretation of Gothic romance to our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

 

See the Main Hop Post for all the details and the linky!

  

Day 3

"You Make My Heart Beat"

Oddleigh Slimline Card

by Leigh

 

I'm back for Day 3 of our Gothic Valentine Hop with a gorgeous slimline card to inspire you today featuring Oddleigh Cherished Heart and my new Valentine 2023 Collection!

To make my fun slimline card I first printed out the Inky Hearts paper from my gorgeous new "Valentine" Slimline Decorative Digi Paper Pack and adhered it to a slimline card base I made from heavy weight black cardstock.  I then cut out all the layers of the slimline “heart and arrows” design included in the "Queen of Hearts" SVG Cutz set;  the overlay design from black cardstock, the shadow layer from dark red cardstock and all the hearts from gold mirror cardstock and layered up all the cut elements together.  I then mounted the assembled cuts onto the card front with foam tape.

 I coloured Oddleigh Cherished Heart in Adobe Fresco and did some digi art trickery and used the Inky Hearts slimline digi paper to colour her hair and the Heart Confetti slimline digi paper on her dress...how cute is she!!!!  Then using the print and cut feature in Silhouette Studio I printed her out and used my Silhouette Cameo 4 to fussy cut her out along with a shadow mat layer cut from black cardstock. 

 

Also in Silhouette Studio I placed the stacked senti from the "You Make My Heart Beat" Digi Stamp set on top of the Heart Confetti slimline digi paper design, then printed it and fussy cut it out with an offset plus a slightly larger shadow mat layer from black cardstock.

To give Oddleigh Cherished Heart a place to stand I also used the separate Heart Beat from the "Valentine Slimline - Multi-Elements" SVG Cutz Set.  I cut the overlay from gold mirror card and the shadow mat layer from black cardstock and adhered it to the card front with one finished edge on the right hand side and trimmed it off on the left side.

To complete my slimline card I then I adhered Oddleigh Cherished Heart and the senti to the card front with black foam tape for lots of fun dimension.

 

Shop the designs used today and more in the new Valentine 2023 Collection special release sale through February 16 plus the Valentine Sale on now through Feb 28th.

Sales end at midnight pacific! 

 

 

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My new Valentine 2023 Collection of Digi stamps, SVG Cutz (for electronic cutting machines) and Digi Decorative Paper Packs is a wonderful selection of love themed designs perfect for all kinds of makes from sweet to Gothic Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Alice in Wonderland, Halloween or whatever your heart desires!

 

 

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

Thanks for visiting with us today, see you tomorrow for Day 4!

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Gothic Valentine Blog Hop - Day 2: "Love is the Strongest Magic" - Slimline Flipbook by Val

❤️ Happy Valentine's Day Creative Friends ❤️

 

We're busy celebrating the month of Love with 2 fun creativties for you to play in plus the release of my new Valentine 2023 Collection!  Our February Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts is in full swing and now we're on Day 2 of our 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop where we celebrate 4 fabulous days of love themed makes inspired by Gothic and Victorian tales of dark romance, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, classic monster love stories, the torment of betrayal and broken hearts and the sorrow of love lost on a backdrop of luxurious fabrics like black lace and red velvet.  Now bring your interpretation of Gothic romance to our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

 

See the Main Hop Post for all the details and the linky!

  

Day 2

"Love is the Strongest Magic"

Slimline Flipbook

by Val

 

LeighSBDesigner Val's Gothic Valentine Hop inspiration for you today is a gorgeous slimline flipbook featuring designs from my new Valentine 2023 Collection, Valentine 2019 Collection, Dark Valentine 2018 Collection plus my "My Dark Valentine" sentiment Freebie and the Valentine Senties set which is a prize up for grabs this hop😉

Val used all 4 of the wonderful paper designs included in the "Valentine" Slimline Decorative Digi Paper Pack to decorate the pages of her slimline flipbook along with black and white cardstocks to make the pages.  She punched holes along the top edge of each page and secured them together with pretty variegated boa fiber.

Val decorated the front page with the "You Make My Heart Beat" horizontal sentiment from the "You Make My Heart Beat" Digi Stamp set and the "Love is the Strongest Magic" sentiment from the Love is the Strongest Magic set.

This page has the stacked senti from the "You Make My Heart Beat" Digi Stamp set and the " I Love You" senti above plus the "Be Mine" and the "Hugs and Kisses" senties below are all from the Valentine Senti set which is a prize up for grabs for this hop!

The last page features the "You Stole my Heart" senti from the Dark Sentiments #1 set and "My Dark Valentine" senti is a FREEBIE you can grab HERE!

 

 

Shop the designs used today and more in the new Valentine 2023 Collection special release sale through February 16 plus the Valentine Sale on now through Feb 28th.

Sales end at midnight pacific! 

 

 

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

My new Valentine 2023 Collection of Digi stamps, SVG Cutz (for electronic cutting machines) and Digi Decorative Paper Packs is a wonderful selection of love themed designs perfect for all kinds of makes from sweet to Gothic Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Alice in Wonderland, Halloween or whatever your heart desires!

 

 

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

Wishing you all a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Thanks for visiting with us today, see you tomorrow for Day 3!

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Gothic Valentine Blog Hop - Day 1: "Love is in the Eye of the Beholder" - Gothic Easel Card by Leigh

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️

 

We're busy celebrating the month of Love with 2 fun creativties for you to play in plus the release of my new Valentine 2023 Collection!  Our February Challenge #14 Queen of Hearts is in full swing and now it's time to play in our 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop where we celebrate 4 fabulous days of love themed makes inspired by Gothic and Victorian tales of dark romance, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, classic monster love stories, the torment of betrayal and broken hearts and the sorrow of love lost on a backdrop of luxurious fabrics like black lace and red velvet.  Now bring your interpretation of Gothic romance to our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

 

See the Main Hop Post for all the details and the linky!

  

Day 1

"Love is in the Eye of the Beholder"

Gothic Easel Card by Leigh

 

I'm kicking off the fun today with a handsome easel card featuring designs from my new Valentine 2023 Collection, the Valentine 2018 Collection plus my "My Dark Valentine" sentiment Freebie.

   

 

 The handsome stranger gazes piercingly into the eyes of his beloved through the bewitching lens of the love potion amulet.

 

 

To make my Gothic easel card I first constructed the card base from black cardstock and printed out two of the beautiful "Gothic Heart" designs from the "Grunge Hearts" 5 x 7 inch Decorative Digi Paper Pack to use as the backgrounds for the front and base panels of the card.

 

 

In Silhouette Studio I first printed out the "Heart Confetti" paper design from the "Valentine" Slimline Decorative Digi Paper Pack and then over printed the Dark Handsome Stranger and the "My Dark Valentine" sentiment Freebie onto the decorative paper and used my Silhouette Cameo 4 to fussy cut them out along with shadow mat layers cut from black cardstock.  For the sentiment I cut multiple shadow mats which I then stacked to create a nice chunky sentiment embellishment.

 

 

 Next I cut out all the layers of the rectangle “heart and arrows” design included in the "Queen of Hearts" SVG Cutz set;  the overlay design from black cardstock, the shadow layer from dark red cardstock and all the hearts from gold mirror cardstock.

 

 

I framed the Dark Handsome Stranger's eye with the smallest of the amulets in the Love Potion Amulet SVG Cutz Set.  I cut the overlay from gold mirror cardstock and multiples of the shadow layer out of black cardstock which I stacked together to create the nice chunky embellishment.

 

 

I added even more dimension to the card by mounting the Dark Handsome Stranger to the card front with black foam tape.

 

 

I decorated the base of the easel card with the sentiment and die cuts in black cardstock.  I used a Grand Flourish Crafter’s Companion die which I cut up to frame the sentiment and two Tim Holtz lace dies.  I added a strip of gold mirror card behind the top edge of the larger lace which then acts as the stopper for the easel card.  For the finishing touch I added 3 more of my gold hearts along the bottom edge of the card.  I think the gold touches are so luxurious against the deep reds and black and I just love how my easel card turned out.  I hope my Gothic Valentine has inspired you to come and join the hop, see the Main Hop Post for all the details and the linky!

See you tomorrow for Day 2!

 

 

Shop the designs used today and more in the new Valentine 2023 Collection special release sale through February 16 plus the Valentine Sale on now through Feb 28th.

Sales end at midnight pacific!

 

 

  

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

My new Valentine 2023 Collection of Digi stamps, SVG Cutz (for electronic cutting machines) and Digi Decorative Paper Packs is a wonderful selection of love themed designs perfect for all kinds of makes from sweet to Gothic Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Alice in Wonderland, Halloween or whatever your heart desires!

 

 

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

Thanks for visiting with us today😉

See you tomorrow for Day 2!

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN