My Dark Valentine Blog Hop 2020: Gothic Rose easel card by Leigh!

Howzit Creative Friends!
Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 3rd annual My Dark Valentine Blog Hop❤️
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner but did you know our celebration of love as we know it today has some rather dark and twisty origins?  You can read all about it in my 2018 post HERE!
Our 5 day blog hop starts today at 9am and closes Feb 16th at 11:55pm pacific!  The Blog Hop linky is below today’s project along with the details on how to play and the Hop Rules!

I look forward to seeing your dark romantic creations!  Will you tell tales of forbidden love, tragedy and betrayal and of course Vampires...don't forget the vampires mwahahahaha❤️
 

My Dark Valentine Blog Hop 2020
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There's also a "My Dark Valentine" sentiment FREEBIE you can snag HERE!

How to Play and Hop Rules

 Please follow the Rules to participate and qualify for the prizes!

This is a Blog Hop NOT a challenge....please don't link up and disappear!
Entries not following the rules will be deleted!  

HAVE FUN, BE NICE, PLAY FAIR AND LEAVE LOTS OF LOVE!

*Everyone is invited to enter gothic/dark Valentine themed projects in the Blog Hop Linky in my February 12 post using any stamp company products!

*The Blog Hop opens Feb 12th at 9am and closes Feb 16th at 11:55pm pacific!

** PARTICIPATION RULE **

  STRESS FREE BLOG HOP - only play on the days YOU want to play!

In fairness to the players hopping to your blog to comment on your projects you MUST hop and comment on ALL the entries submitted on the same days you decide to play too!

 
*Please include the Blog Hop badge and mention LeighSBDesigns My Dark Valentine Blog Hop in all your blog posts and social media posts with a link back my Feb 12th post!

*Public Facebook and Instagram entries are welcome (please don't use Flickr)!
Tag @LeighSBDesigns and use hashtag
#LeighSBDesignsMyDarkValentineBlogHop2020

*OLD projects are welcome...I'd love to see at least one new one if you've been playing in the past hops😉  Re-share OLD projects in NEW posts and include the hop details, NO back linking!

*Link to your project post not your blog home page!

*Please follow the above rules in order to play and qualify for the prizes!

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"My Dark Valentine"
Gothic Rose Easel Card
by Leigh

 Kicking of Day 1 of the Hop I created this fabulous easel card featuring my Gothic Rose and "My Dark Valentine" sentiment from the Dark Sentiments Set 1.

I printed my Gothic Rose design 3 times to create the dimensional layers plus leaves which I printed out larger.  I coloured the design with Copics and then fussy cut everything out.  The gorgeous easel die is Anna Griffin's Easel Heart die set.  The sentiment panel I coloured with Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany and Black Soot Distress Ink.  I also edged all the red cardstock pieces with Black Soot Distress Ink.  The gorgeous lace hearts are die cut from Crafter's Companion black glitter card.  I used black foam tape to mount the lace heart, all the fussy cut rose pieces and the black silk ribbon to the card.

Closed the card looks like a wicked box of chocolates.

Closer look at the base of the easel card.

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project, I hope I've inpsired you to come and join the celebration😘

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Oops, missed that the time said am instead of pm so here’s part 2 of the Linky which does close at 11:55pm tonight!  Update: I’ve merged the 2 Linky parties into the one now the hop is over :0)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

"Sad Sally Coffin Box" altered box for The East Wind DT!

Howzit Friends!

 It's time for our 2nd Challenge for October over at The East Wind!  The theme for Challenge #65 is "Bump in the Night" and we're looking for projects that incorporate embossing!
 

 The East Wind is also currently participating in a special Halloween blog hop, Oct 13 through to Oct 31st called "Trick or Treat around the Blogs".  The hop is hosted by the sponsors of the Markers! Papers! Digis Facebook group.  All participating companies have fun "Tricks" or "Treats" in store for you!  Join the fun by hopping to each blog and see what Trick or Treat fun you can get up to!

All the deets and the blog hop roll is HERE!

 The East Wind has a Treat for you, our new "Halloween Hop" digi called Thorns and Roses is only a $1 during the event!  I couldn't resist using her for my DT inspiration project for our new Challenge!

 I have a cute little resin goth Tonner doll called Sad Sally and TEW digi reminded me of her so I decided to make her a coffin 'display and storage' box with this awesome black coffin trinket box I got in the "deals" aisle of Target...happy dance...and turned it into this beauty!
 

 I started out by creating a template of the coffin box front and elongated the digi and sized it to fit in Photoshop CS6 and printed out the whole design once and then two prints of just the roses.  I coloured the entire image and all the roses, including the 2 additional prints, with Copic markers except for her face and body which was done in Prismacolor pencils.  I also used black Prismacolor pencil to add more shading and shadows to the Copic coloured areas as well.  I then cut out the design in the shape of the coffin and fussy cut out all the rose pieces.  I then embossed 2 sheets of red cardstock with the large Craftwell letter/A4 sized embossing folder called Regency and ran them through my eBosser machine.  I dismantled the coffin box and used the box pieces themselves to trace out each panel onto the embossed cardstock.  I then cut out all the pieces, glued them to the box and re-assembled it.  Then I applied Black Soot Distress Ink to enhance the embossed design and give it that gorgeous dark red colour.  I completed the outside of the box by adhering the design to the front and layered up all the roses with pop dots. 

 For the comfort of my little Sad Sally I added a beautiful yellow satin fabric to the interior.

Sad Sally loves her new box.

Is that a glimmer of a smile I see?  Hard to tell coz she's such a sad lil ghoul.

  

Come and join the fun at The East Wind...we have 2 blog challenges every month and fun challenges on on our TEW Facebook Group too!

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 *

Goddess of Moonlight - card for Rick St Dennis EDT!

Hello Everyone!
Today is my turn to share some design team inspiration for the Rick St Dennis EDT over on our Facebook Group, Rick St Dennis Digi Fans and Friends.

 This gorgeous digi is called The Goddess of Moonlight on Evening Fog...maybe that should be "in" evening fog, I don't know LOL ;0)  Anyway, she's a gorgeous gothic-esque goddess and I couldn't resist colouring her in shades of purple and gray.  I printed her out on Neenah cardstock and coloured with Copics with touches of metallic silver gel pen for a bit of bling.  I used the Spellbinders scalloped die cut on her and applied Shaded Lilac Distress Ink and dabs of silver Platinum Planet Brilliance ink to the decorative edges.

I made this card as inspiration for our April Facebook challenge, You had me in Stitches, so I used Tim Holtz Alterations straight stitch embossing folder to make this black background panel and used the stitches to create the moon beams.  I randomly applied metallic silver rub-on creme to the panel to enhance the texture of the cardstock as well as the embossed design.  I also drew stitches with a black Copic fineliner and completed my project with a few silver glass seed beads stitched on too.

 A closer look at the details!

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today and hope to see you over at Rick St Dennis Digi Fans and Friends!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * Rick St Dennis EDT * Forever Dark *