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! 

 

 

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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!

 

 

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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

'Tis the Season Blog Hop 2020 Info Post!

Howzit Creative Friends!

Welcome one and all to our fun 'Tis the Season "stay crafty @ home" Blog Hop to help keep your spirits high, creatively inspired and busy while celebrating the season safe at home during this terrible pandemic!

 

This is a 2 month long hop to celebrate Fall/Autumn, Winter, Christmas and Craftmas and the hop ends December 20 at 11:55pm pacific!  To keep you inspired we'll be sharing lots of festive makes featuring LeighSBDesigns' STAMPtember 2020 collection and more!

 

 

Check out my STAMPtember 2020 Collection!

I’ve got fabulous Fall Leaves, 2 wonderful Chorus Frog and Holly illustrations for Winter and Christmas, a Santa Claws Balleigh Monster plus a brand new Oddleigh character called Sandy with 2 Santa themed sets and 2 Merry Craftmas themed sets as well as a fun festive Collage of craft supplies!

We can't wait to see all your festive makes featuring LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps and/or any other company products too! 

LeighSBDesigns hops are always stress free...YOU decide when and how often YOU want to play so I hope you’ll join us for 2 months of festive fun!

 

ALL THE DETAILS, RULES AND LINKY PARTY ARE BELOW!

 

Prize(s) sponsored by

🍁 Link up your makes using LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps or any other stamp company products in the Blog Hop Linky Party below for the chance to win fabulous digi prize(s) from LeighSBDesigns! 

❄️ 2 month hop, linky closes Dec 20 at 11:55pm pacific!

🍁 Please include the following in all your blog posts and social media shares:

1.  Mention LeighSBDesigns 'Tis the Season Blog Hop with a link back to this post!

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LeighSBDesigns’ fun hops are always stress free with friendly common sense rules to encourage fairness and camaraderie!

Play as often as YOU want throughout the hop but you MUST hop and comment on ALL the entries submitted, including LeighSBDesigns' posts as well as this main post, on the same day(s) YOU choose to play!  Easy peasy😉

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1.  If you experience problems leaving comments on any entries but able to on LeighSBDesign posts then leave the comment for that person on LeighSBDesign's post for that day.  Say who the comment is for and what the problem was.

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🍁 Old projects previously blogged/shared are welcome but OLD projects must be re-shared in NEW posts and include the hop details, NO back linking!

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You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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 Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Day 10 of 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2020: "Ghostly Fright Night" Balleigh Monster card by Val!

🎃 Welcome Creative Friends to Day 10 of LeighSBDesigns 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 🎃

 It's the most spooktacular time of the year is and I'm thrilled to be hosting my 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop again this year!

 

Come haunt with us all month long to see spooktacular Halloween themed makes shared here daily by moi and Val as well as all the spooktacular makes shared by YOU that will magically appear each day in the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop linky party located HERE!

 

Everyone is invited to join in on the spooktivities!
My Blog Hops are always stress free fun with a few simple rules to ensure YOU have a wicked good time as well as qualify for the prizes too!  It's never too late to join the spooktivities, check out all the hop deets and rules on how to play as either a Wicked Blogger or as a Sinister Stalker HERE🎃

 

Join us and countdown to October 31st in spooktacular LeighSBDesigns style!

 

🎃💀🎃 Halloween Sale 🎃💀🎃

 

Check out the SALE section at LeighSBDesigns Etsy BOOtique to see all the digi stamps that make HEXcellent Halloween creations and snag some wicked good deals throughout October!

Sale ends at midnight pacific Oct 31st! 

 

 

 

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💀 Ghostly Fright Night 💀

card by Val

 

LeighSBDesigner Val's Day 10 of 31 Days of Halloween Hop inspiration for you today is a faBOOlous creepy cute scene featuring my faBOOlous Ghost and Cauldron of Bats from the Ghost Balleigh Monster set and the "Fright Night" senti from the Vampire Balleigh Monster set🎃

 

 Val used the following to create this faBOOlous make!

 

Shop the Halloween Sale!

 

Tim Holtz Spiderweb embossing folder

Scalloped Oval Die

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers:

Ice Grey 2 and 6, Emerald and Coral

Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink

Smooth white cardstock

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project!

Happy Haunting!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Day 8 of 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2020: Reaper Fright Night card by Val!

🎃 Welcome Creative Friends to Day 8 of LeighSBDesigns 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 🎃

 It's the most spooktacular time of the year is and I'm thrilled to be hosting my 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop again this year!

 

Come haunt with us all month long to see spooktacular Halloween themed makes shared here daily by moi and Val as well as all the spooktacular makes shared by YOU that will magically appear each day in the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop linky party located HERE!

 

Everyone is invited to join in on the spooktivities!
My Blog Hops are always stress free fun with a few simple rules to ensure YOU have a wicked good time as well as qualify for the prizes too!  It's never too late to join the spooktivities, check out all the hop deets and rules on how to play as either a Wicked Blogger or as a Sinister Stalker HERE🎃

 

Join us and countdown to October 31st in spooktacular LeighSBDesigns style!

 

🎃💀🎃 Halloween Sale 🎃💀🎃

 

Check out the SALE section at LeighSBDesigns Etsy BOOtique to see all the digi stamps that make HEXcellent Halloween creations and snag some wicked good deals throughout October!

Sale ends at midnight pacific Oct 31st! 

 

 

 

🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃

 

💀 Reaper Fright Night 💀

card by Val

 

LeighSBDesigner Val's Day 8 of 31 Days of Halloween Hop inspiration for you today is a spooktacular scene featuring the magnificently scary Reaper and the "Fright Night" senti from the Vampire Balleigh Monster set🎃

 

 

Val used the following to create this faBOOlous make!

 

Shop the Halloween Sale!

 

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers:  Iced Grey 6 and Mint

Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink

Ranger Picket Fence Stickles

Smooth white cardstock

Black cardstock

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project!

Happy Haunting!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Day 6 of 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2020: The Batleighs Go A-Haunting card by Val!

🎃 Welcome Creative Friends to Day 6 of LeighSBDesigns 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 🎃

 It's the most spooktacular time of the year is and I'm thrilled to be hosting my 10th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop again this year!

 

Haunt with us all month long to see spooktacular Halloween themed makes shared here daily by moi and Val as well as all the spooktacular makes shared by YOU that will magically appear each day in the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop linky party located HERE!

 

Everyone is invited to join in on the spooktivities!
My Blog Hops are always stress free fun with a few simple rules to ensure YOU have a wicked good time as well as qualify for the prizes too!  It's never too late to join the spooktivities, check out all the hop deets and rules on how to play as either a Wicked Blogger or as a Sinister Stalker HERE🎃

 

Join us and countdown to October 31st in spooktacular LeighSBDesigns style!

 

🎃💀🎃 Halloween Sale 🎃💀🎃

 

Check out the SALE section at LeighSBDesigns Etsy BOOtique to see all the digi stamps that make HEXcellent Halloween creations and snag some wicked good deals throughout October!

Sale ends at midnight pacific Oct 31st! 

 

 

 

🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃

 

💀 The Batleighs Go A-Haunting 💀

card by Val

 

LeighSBDesigner Val's Day 6 of 31 Days of Halloween Hop inspiration for you today is a spooktacular batty scene featuring Grim, Betsi and Bram from the Batleighs set and the "Happy Haunting" senti from the Vampire Balleigh Monster set🎃

 

Val used the following to create this faBOOlous make!

 

Shop the Halloween Sale!

Golden Birch Tree Embossing Folder

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers:

Apricot, Coral, Emerald, Brown Grey 2 and Brown Grey 6

Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink

White Gel Pen 

Smooth white cardstock 

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project!

Happy Haunting!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN