Zombie Alice with a Bow in Her Hair - a Delicious Doodles DT project!

Happy April 1st to you all!
Before I share today's project I've got news about my new blog, Velvet Paw Creations.  Nope this isn't an April Fools prank heheheh, I'm busy doing a complete re-design of my website and my blogs and my new blog now has my Velvet Paw Creations.com URL and will feature the projects I create for the design teams I'm on.  I'm going to do a slow transition so my projects will be shared in both locations for now.  I hope you will all pop on over to my Velvet Paw Creations blog and start following me there now too.  Don't leave this blog though coz I've got a big unveiling and a launch to soon announce and LeighSBDesigns will be the blog for my grand new adventure!  I can't wait to tell you all about it!

Now for today's project share!  It's time for our new challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenges and April's theme is Ribbons and Flowers.  I could not resist using this GORE-gous ghoul, Angry Zombie Alice, who looks so lovely with a bow in her hair don't you think!  I paired Zombie Alice up with another DD digi, the Rose Corner, which I used twice to create the frame for Alice.

I designed the layout in Photoshop CS6 and printed out onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I coloured everything with Copic markers and used drops of rubbing alcohol on the roses and leaves to blur and bleed the colours together to further enhance the grunge vibe I wanted for this piece and then worked some more on the leaves and roses with Copics.  I distressed the edges of the cardstock with Tim's paper distresser tool and used Derwent brown pastel pencil blended with a Dove Blender pen on the background.  I used Dylusions white paint pen on the dots and applied Viva le Pearl Magic White Transparent on top for a touch of dimension and shimmer.  I also applied clear Wink of Stella to her glorious red nails.  I made a bow for her hair and adhered it over the bow that's part of the design with a glue dot and finished off by adding small blue self-adhesive jewels to the flourishes and larger ones on all four corners.  I then matted the panel onto slate "dirty" blue cardstock which I tore to further add to the grunge feel of the piece before adhering everything to a folded card I made from a sheet of black cardstock.  I love the finished piece and that I achieved exactly the look and feel I was going for.

  

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today and don't forget to pop on over to my new blog and start following me there now too!

Happy Stamping and have a great weekend!
Leigh S-B
The Sharpie Domino Queen

"Morgan Le Fay" Mardi Gras Planner Pages for Delicious Doodles DT!

Howzit Everyone!
 It's time to come and play in our March Challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenges!  Our theme this month is "Add Something Green" and as I'm still working on my 2017 DT Planner I've just used the colour green for now, I plan to use green cardstock to mount my pages plus some green cardstock pockets too.

 Morgan Le Fay is my focal image for my March spread and I paired this beauty up with the March planner page from Delicious Doodles new "The Colourists Year Planner", a printable PDF colouring book available in the DD Etsy store.  I printed the two pages out onto white cardstock and coloured the designs with Prismacolor pencils.  March is also the month we celebrate Mardi Gras so I went with traditional purple, green and gold.  Her skin is done in shades of green, her eyes, clothes and the flourishes on the planner page are purple and I used metallic gold Prismacolor pencil on her finger nails plus the horse shoes, flower centers and dots on the March page.  I couldn't resist colouring her hair and lips red though and carried the red over into the flowers and shades of cream/burnt umber on the skulls mirror the golden hues.
 

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I currently design for The East Wind and Delicious Doodles

Delicious February Planner Pages - Delicious Doodles DT!

Hiya Everyone!
  It's time to come and play in our February Challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenges!  Our theme this month is completely open but we are challenging you to create something other than a card this month!  So basically all is welcome except cards!  Easy peasy!

I'm busy creating a 2017 DT Planner to keep track of all my DT deadlines, etc.  The cover is that gorgeous Delicious Doodles digi of Edgar Allan Poe I previously shared HERE.

Today I'm showing you my pages for February.  Each page of my planner will be mounted onto larger cardstock pages with additional places for project sketches and pockets etc.
 

I used the 2 February pages from Delicious Doodles new "The Colourists Year Planner" which is a printable PDF colouring book available in the DD Etsy store.  I printed the two pages out onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and coloured the designs with Copics in shades of reds and yellow/greens and black backgrounds to make everything look bold and rich.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
 Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Raven Rising" Poe art piece for Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop

Hiya Everyone!
Today is Day 2 of our Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!
In celebration I'm re-sharing a Poe project I blogged last week for the start of our January Challenge "Something New" over at Delicious Doodles Challenges.

Unfortunately Inlinkz doesn't allow you to display the Linky in more than one post at a time and applies it to the last post it's shared in...the Blog Hop Roll can be found below in my Day 1 project HERE!

This wicked cool image is Delicious Doodles' Skully Poe Digi Colouring Page. 

I called this piece "Raven Rising"....the Raven is like a Phoenix rising from the ashes of 2016.  He  carries forth the words of Poe into the new year where he will live on eternal as we continue to enjoy his tales of mystery and macabre.

This piece was coloured with Copics with metallic gold Promarker used on the book spines.
I'm going to use this Poesome piece as the cover of a project journal I'm working on.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!   Hope you're enjoying the Poe Hop so far...the Blog Hop Roll is below😀
Have a great weekend and Happy Hopping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

Raven Rising - a Poe project for Delicious Doodles DT!

Hiya Everyone!
 It's time for our first Challenge of 2017 over at Delicious Doodles Challenges....we're a bit late this month but things will return to normal for February!  Our January theme is Something New!

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th so I decided to create with this wicked cool image by Delicious Doodles' - Skully Poe Digi Colouring Page.  

I called this piece "Raven Rising"....the Raven is like a Phoenix rising from the ashes of 2016.  He  carries forth the words of Poe into the new year where he will live on eternal as we continue to enjoy his tales of mystery and macabre.

I adjusted the size down to half of an 8.5 x 11 sheet in Photoshop CS6 and printed out the page onto Neenah solar white card stock.  The entire image was coloured with Copics and metallic gold Promarker was used on the book spines.

I think I'm going to use this piece as the cover of a DT project journal I'm going to make.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
 Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Christmas Lantern" fancy shaped card for Delicious Doodles DT!

Happy December Everyone!
 It's time for our new Challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenges and this month we challenge you to create Christmas projects using Traditional Colours!

Here's my fancy shaped card project for your inspiration featuring Delicious Doodles digi stamps, Christmas Lantern and the Robin from Jolly Holly Postbox.

  I printed the Christmas Lantern image twice and just the Robin and Holly from the Jolly Holly Postbox onto Neenah solar white cardstock and die cut out the main image with a Spellbinders die.  I coloured the entire lantern on one print out and just the top of the lantern and the bow and holly in the foreground on the second plus the Robin with Copic markers and white highlights done with a white Dylusions paint pen.  The blue background was done with a blue Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel pencil and blended with a Dove blender pen to achieve the watercolour effect.  I then fussy cut out all the pieces for the layers and adhered them in place with pop dots.  It's not Christmasy if it's not blinged up so I added clear Wink of Stella shimmer and Stickles Diamond Glitter Glue sparkle.  I used a snowflake embossing folder to create the background layer and added colour with the same blue Pitt Pastel and touches of Stickles glitter glue too.  The background and the red mats were also die cut out using the same Spellbinders nesting die set and adhered with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive.

I then turned it into a card with an easel back by using another die cut piece folded in half with a sentiment (source unknown) stamped on a piece of white cardstock which was also die cut and then cut in half to match.

 

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
 Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Purple at Christmas" Non-Traditional Christmas project for Delicious Doodles DT!

Hello Everyone!
It's time for our new Challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenges and this month we challenge you to create Christmas projects either using a non-traditional image or non-traditional colours or you can do both!

Here's my alternative gothic project for your inspiration featuring Delicious Doodles digi stamps, An Emo Christmas and Holly Border.

 I merged the two digi stamps together in Photoshop CS6 and printed out the whole image and then just two of the holly corners, top left and bottom right.  I coloured everything with Copic markers and added white highlights with a white Dylusions paint pen, gold details with a metallic gold gel pen and touches of sparkle with a clear Wink of Stella pen.  I fussy cut out the main image and mounted it onto a black folded card I  made from a sheet of card stock.  I also fussy cut out the two holly pieces and manipulated the leaves to create the 3D embellishments for just the two corners.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today! 

Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" a Delicious Doodles DT card!

Howzit Everyone!
YAY!  It's October and the countdown to Halloween is underway mwahahahaha!

This month over at Delicious Doodles it's spooky and dark and our October theme is Halloween!
I went retro horror with my DT project and created an acetate card with The classic Sherlock Holmes tale, The Hound of the Baskervilles.

 
I created this scene card with an acetate front that folds open from the right using the following Delicious Doodles digi stamps:
Call of the Wild, Haunting Moon and A Scottish Castle

I sized and merged the digis in Photoshop CS6 before printing them all out onto Neenah solar white cardstock.  I mainly coloured everything with Prismacolor pencils but Copic markers on the castle, the stonework and the hound as well.

The panels were trimmed and layered onto black cardstock folded in an asymmetrical layout.  I keep a lot of stuff for recycling and upcycling...I might have a little hoarder issue going on but what artist doesn't right LOL ;0)  Anyway, the acetate is actually a piece cut from an embossing folder's packaging and I adhered the acetate to the inside of the front flap and then adhered the Sizzix Hunky Dory die cut letters to the front.

Here's a better look at the cover and inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

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Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Keeper of the Sacred Flame" DT art piece for Delicious Doodles

Howzit Friends!
Our September Challenge over at Delicious Doodles is underway and the theme this month is "Orange and Brown".

I love reading about Pagan symbolism and long lost meanings of things we still do to this day and being inspired by them!  Here's my DT project for the DD challenge, I made an art piece featuring Teri's February Goddess Colouring Page - Imbolc.

 Imbolc has various meanings and traditions depending on the cultures.  I can see where Teri was going with this design when I read about a Pagan holiday with a Celtic connection relating to the Irish goddess Brighid.  She is the keeper of the sacred flame and the guardian of home and hearth.  You honour her with purification and cleaning in preparation for the coming spring...hence our tradition of doing a "Spring Clean" was born.  In addition to fire, she is also a goddess connected to inspiration and creativity!

 I printed this wonderful design out onto Neenah solar white cardstock and went to work with my Copics, Marvy Le Plume alcohol markers and Prismacolor pencils.

 I distressed the edges with Tim's Paper Distresser tool and applied a touch of Tea Dye Distress Ink to the decorative frame.  I mounted the finished piece onto black cardstock, rust brown and then black again.  Now it's ready for framing.

 Thanks for stopping by to see my project today and have a fabulous weekend!

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Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

All Creatures Great and Small - Delicious Doodles DT!

Howzit Everyone!
Today I'm sharing my DT inspiration for Delicious Doodles' August challenge, All Creatures Great and Small!  Recently I've been doing a lot of 3D paper art and couldn't resist creating another featuring Beautiful Blossom!

I started out by adjusting the size of the digi in Photoshop CS6 and printed out 2 copies onto Neenah solar white cardstock.  For this one I decided that her hair, the butterfly and portions of the flowers and leaves would be the layered sections and coloured everything accordingly.

 I coloured the digi with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils with the background done in a combination of brown Derwent Pastel pencils blended with a Dove blender pen and Tea Dye Distress Ink applied with a foam ink applicator.  White gel pen highlights were then added once the entire piece was completed. 

 
I then fussy cut out all the pieces and adhered them in place with pop dots and added extra dimension to the flower centers and her pearl bracelet with Viva Pearl Magic Transparent White which is a clear dimensional paint with a pearlescent shimmer.  I distressed the edges of the cardstock and applied more Tea Dye DI before layering the coloured panel onto blue and black cardstock mats and adhered everything to a folded card made from white cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Marina" 3D Paper Art for Delicious Doodles DT!

Howzit Everyone!
I'm super excited to announce I'm now designing for Delicious Doodles!  I've been a fan of Teri's digis for many years now and recently I've been doing a lot of 3D paper art with them!  This 3D project features Marina and was created for our new Challenge, Beside the Sea!

I started out by adjusting the size of digi in Photoshop CS6 and then printed out 2 copies onto Neenah solar white cardstock.  For this one I decided that her hair, arms and the two front fish would be the layered sections and coloured just those areas on the 1st copy and the rest of the image on the 2nd with with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.  The background was done with blue Derwent Pastel pencils blended with a Dove blender pen and then additional shadows added with Prismacolor pencils.  White gel pen highlights were then added once the entire piece was completed.  I then fussy cut out all the pieces and adhered them in place with pop dots. 

 

 

 I used clear Wink of Stella on her lips, eyelids, mermaid body and tail, coral and her pearl bracelet.  I then completed my piece with 3D shimmery water droplets and embellished her hair and jewels with a Viva Pearl pen in Magic Transparent White.  

This one proved tricky to photograph, the lighting just wasn't working for me this week but I think I've managed to capture some photos showing all the shimmer and the dimension of the layering.  Click on each photo to enlarge them for a closer look.

Thanks for visiting with me today and have a fabulous holiday weekend!
Happy Stamping!

Leigh S-B

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *