Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Blog Hop 2021: "Ode to Poe" compendium of makes by Val!

Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Blog Hop in celebration of the Master of Macabre's birthday, January 19th!

Today is Day 2 of our annual 5 day hop!

Everyone is invited to enter Poe inspired makes in the Blog Hop Linky Party located on the main post HERE using any stamp company products!  You'll find the full details and Rules on how to play there too!  We always have a POEtastic time so tell your friends and celebrate your love of Poe with us and be in the running for a prize from LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps😉
 

 

"Ode to Poe"

Compendium of makes by Val

 

Today I'm sharing some past Poe makes of LeighSBDesigner Val's with you because she's currently fighting the nasty COVID 19 virus😞  She's doing okay but it's hit her hard so please keep her in your thoughts and prayers😘

 

 

 Val used Edgar Allan Poe Portrait and Signature set

 

Val used Ode To Poe to make this handsome card!

 

Edgar Allan Poe Portrait and Signature set is featured on this striking Poe card!

  Poe Portrait and Signature Set and the Poe Signature with Quill.
 

Features Ode to Poe, Oddleigh Raven Nevermore, the single Raven from the Oddleigh Poe and Raven set and the Poe Signature with Quill.

 

 

🥳Shop the Poe Appreciation Sale at LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique through Jan 23rd🥳

 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured Poe Appreciation makes!
Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 2 more POEtastic Fat Pages by Nan!

Hiya Creative Friends!
Today is the last of our Poe Appreciation DT Showcase, I hope you've enjoyed having a closer look at the projects my fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made for our annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

  If you missed the fun then you can still hop and enjoy all the POEtastic projects shared.  The 2018, 2017 and 2016 Poe Blog Hop Collections, as well as info on the upcoming Poe 2019 hop, are on the Poe Page so click on over for a look!  I'm still tallying up all the comments by the bloggers and the hoppers and will announce the Winners of my two Poe Prizes soon😋

Today I'm sharing the final two wonderful pages from LeighSBDesigner Nan's POE Fat Book she made for the hop!

Nan's POEtastic 4th page features the Raven from the Oddleigh Poe and Raven set.  This time he stands alone atop a quote from the classic poem, Alone, which Nan typed up in a wonderful font.  My Oddleigh Raven has a Mona Lisa smile....he likes to keep you wondering what he's thinking😋  Nan coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers and she used decorative 6 x 6 paper from the same paper pad for the background.  She inked the pages and stamped various stamps from assorted companies with Black Soot, Fired Brick and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks and embellished with a wonderful vinyl lace she picked up in Japan.

 Nan's POEtastic 6th page features the Master of Macabre and his signature from my classic E.A. Poe Portrait and Signature set.  Nan chose to only colour his eyes and tie to achieve a vintage look for this page and used Spectrum Noir IBI3 and GG2 markers.  Keeping the continuity of style going she used more decorative paper for the background from the same 6 x 6 paper pad as her previous pages.  She stamped the text RIP from her Halloween stamp stash in a gorgeous font with permanent black ink and framed it with a wonderful tiny gothic frame.  She typed up a quote about art and edged that, the page and the signature panel with Black Soot Distress Ink and finished the page with more vinyl lace she found in Japan.

And there you have it...a great page for the last of the Poe shares....for now that is, you'll be seeing Poe popping up again throughout the year I'm sure....one can never have too much Poe😋

All of the digis featured today are now on FLASH SALE until midnight tonight (pacific).
Click on the pics to go shopping!

Coming next is our My Dark Valentine Blog Hop, Feb 12-16, with a brand new Dark Valentine collection, those will be released this week!  We're going to have so much fun getting all dark and twisty in February!  You can read all about the hop on the My Dark Valentine Blog Hop page!
I hope you'll join us😋

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

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesdays: Raven Shutter Card tutorial by Val!

Hello Creative Friends!

YAY, it's time for another Tutorial Tuesday segment and today's project is a fabulous brand new shutter card by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring digi stamps from the 2018 Poe Collection!  All the images featured today are on FLASH SALE until midnight tonight!

Hi Everyone, Val here and I'm excited to share my card tutorial featuring some of LeighSBDesigns new Poe themed digis!  Did you see our fabulous Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop on Jan 19-23?  Click HERE to hop all the wonderful Poe projects shared in the 2018 hop plus the 2017 and 2016 hop collections are up there too!  Mark your calendars and join the fun in 2019, everything you need to know is up on the Poe Page!

To make my fun Poe card I used the shutter card die from Crafter's Companion.

I placed the dies onto Neenah white cardstock and ran them through my Cuttlebug using the sandwich recipe for thin dies.

I then used the insert dies as stencils to cut slightly larger mats from black cardstock.  Do this by tracing around the outside of the metal dies with a pencil and cut them out with scissors.

 While the white card die cuts were still in the dies I applied Peeled Paint Distress Oxide with a Smoothie applicator.

This leaves a nice clean white border around all the die cut panels.

  To give the panels a lovely textured effect I lightly spritzed the panels with water. 

 Once all the panels were coloured I adhered them to the black panels with PVA glue.

The next step is to adhere all the panels to the shutter card base.

While the shutter card panels dried I prepared all the Poe images I wanted to use.  I sized the digis in my art software, printed out onto Neenah white cardstock and fussy cut them out.  Some I matted onto black cardstock and fussy cut out again.  Matting on black makes the images pop nicely and also adds strength to some of the smaller areas while fussy cutting them out.  I used the Raven portrait, a large Poe Signature with Quill, two smaller Quills and two small Poe Signatures to decorate my card.

Shutter cards are so much fun, I hope I've inspired you to make some of your own!

LeighSBDesigns Poe digis, click on the pix to go shopping and enjoy 25% off until midnight pacific tonight!

realistic portrait of a Raven

single digi of Poe's signature with a quill

2 digi set consists of a classic Poe portrait and his signature

 Supplies used: 

Crafter's Companion Shutter Card die

Peeled Paint Distress Oxide

White gel pen

Black Micron pen

Neenah classic white cardstock

Black cardstock

Smoothie foam applicator

 Mini mister with water

 Thanks for stopping by to Val's projects today!

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN