“An Oddleigh Flower Garden” Bridge Card by Val!

Howzit Creative Friends!

I hope everyone is staying strong, healthy and happy as can be during this terrible time😘
Thank you again to everyone for joining in our Birthday Celebrations this month, I’m loving all your fabulous makes shared so far in our Birthday Blog Hop and I’m so happy the hop is helping you stay creatively happy and busy🥰

If you’re just joining us today then here’s the scoop!
April is LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps Birthday month and I kicked off the celebrations April 1st with a Birthday Blog Hop which has a Birthday Bunny FREEBIE as my gift to you for playing and there's prizes up for grabs sponsored by Ike’s Art and LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps!  The Blog Hop is open all month long with multiple themes for you to create with so hop on over to my April 1st post for all the info and the Birthday Blog Hop Linky Party is at the bottom of that post🥳

🥳 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WEEK 🥳
🥳 DIGI GIVEAWAY 🥳

Today is now the last day of our Birthday Week of celebrations happening on social media where I’m doing Digi Giveaways on LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group, MeWe Fan Group, Instagram plus LeighSBDesigns is sponsoring the Crafting of Hue group this week too and you can join in on the Digi Giveaway there as well🥳  Yep, that’s 4 Giveaways that you can play in so click on over for all the details and join the party🥳

🥳 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WEEK 🥳
🥳 SURPRISE DAILY COUPONS🥳

I’ve also got extra special deals for you this week too🥳
Surprise daily Birthday coupons will be posted here, on Facebook, MeWe and Instagram🥳
Each day a new discount coupon will be revealed with a code for you to use when you check out at LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique!

Today’s Surprise Birthday Coupon is 15% off your entire purchase🥳
Enjoy🥳

Use coupon code LSBD2020BIRTHDAY15 @ checkout

code expires at midnight pacific

LeighSBDesigner Val’s Birthday Blog Hop inspiration today is a gorgeous spring themed bridge card featuring my Oddleigh Flower set🥳

Val grew a fabulous flower garden using the flowers that come in the Oddleigh Flower set to create the bridge across the front of her wonderful card with lil miss Oddleigh Flower in the background proudly showing off her flower garden🌸

Val used the following to make her lovely bridge card.

CC Illustrator Markers:
Purple Violet, Rose Blush, Willow, Bamboo, Eggshell
Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink
Swirl Embossing Folder
Sizzix Scalloped Die

Smooth white cardstock

Wishing you all a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe😘

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Oddleigh Flower Spring Pop-up Box Card by Val!

Howzit Creative Friends!

I hope everyone is staying strong, healthy and happy as can be during this terrible time😘
My COVID-19 symptoms are very weird!  I go a few days of thinking I'm starting to get better and then I get slammed again with flu like symptoms and today is another one of those days so getting this post up and crawling back to the sofa for some blankie time and blog hopping!

Thank you again to everyone for joining in our Birthday Celebrations this month🎉
 I’m loving all your fabulous makes shared so far in our Birthday Blog Hop and I’m so happy the hop is helping you stay creatively happy and busy🥰

If you’re just joining us today then here’s the scoop!
April is LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps Birthday month and I kicked off the celebrations April 1st with a Birthday Blog Hop which has a Birthday Bunny FREEBIE as my gift to you for playing and there's prizes up for grabs sponsored by Ike’s Art and LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps!  The Blog Hop is open all month long with multiple themes for you to create with so hop on over to my April 1st post for all the info and the Birthday Blog Hop Linky Party is at the bottom of that post🥳

🥳 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WEEK 🥳
🥳 DIGI GIVEAWAY 🥳

April 13-19 we're celebrating Birthday Week with Digi Giveaways on LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group, MeWe Fan Group, Instagram plus LeighSBDesigns is sponsoring the Crafting of Hue group this week too and you can join in on the Digi Giveaway there as well🥳  Yep, that’s 4 Giveaways that you can play in so click on over for all the details and join the party🥳

🥳 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WEEK 🥳
🥳 SURPRISE DAILY COUPONS🥳

 I’ve also got extra special deals for you this week too🥳
Surprise daily Birthday coupons will be posted here, on Facebook, MeWe and Instagram🥳
Each day a new discount coupon will be revealed with a code for you to use when you check out at LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique!

Today’s Surprise Birthday Coupon is 10% off your entire purchase🥳
Enjoy🥳

Use coupon code LSBD2020BIRTHDAY10 @ checkout
code expires at midnight pacific

Now for today’s fabulous inspiration project brought to you by LeighSBDesigner Val🥳

Using the flowers included in the Oddleigh Flower set Val created this gorgeous flower garden sprouting out of a fabulous pop-up box card🌸

Val used the following to create her beautiful spring themed pop-up box card!

Spellbinder Pop-up box die

CC Illustrator Markers:
Purple Violet, Rose Blush, Willow, Bamboo, Cameo Green
Tim Holtz foliage dies
Distress Oxide inks:  Spun Sugar, Broken China
Pearl Beads  

Smooth white cardstock

Wishing you all a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe😘

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Finale of our Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop: Oddleigh Past Poes by Leigh, Val and Nan!

Howzit Creative Friends!
We're now on Day 5 of my 4th annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop in celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday.  We're having so much fun and I'm loving all the POEtastic art you've been sharing so far and can't wait to see what today brings😊  It's not too late to join the party, all the Blog Hop details are below today's featured projects and the Poe Blog Hop linky is in my Day 1 - January 19th post!  You have until 5 minutes to midnight tonight to get your Poe projects into the linky and then you have 5 extra days to hop and comment on all the projects.  Check it all out and then come and hop with us for the chance to win fabulous prizes sponsored by

 Sadly this means today is also the last day of the Poe hop, boo hiss!  We wait so long for this hop to come around and then it's over way too quickly but thankfully Mr Poe blessed us with a body of work that can sustain as all year long!  There's so much inspiration to be drawn from his stories and poems and guess what's coming up that's totally POEfect, that's right, my 2nd My Dark Valentine blog hop is creeping up fast and I'm sure Mr Poe will make an appearance.  Mark your calendars and get ready to explore the dark side of love again in February😉  Grab the badge and spread the word!

 For our finale inspiration today I'm sharing a few of our quirky Oddleigh Poe past projects created by moi, Val and Nan!  For even more inspiration check out the POE-tastic art shared in the past 3 hops HERE!  Enjoy😉

First up I'm re-sharing my "Oddleigh Poe's Party" pop up card.  This one still puts a smile on my face....my Oddleigh girls were so excited to throw Poe a party and he secretly enjoyed himself immensely I think even though they insisted he wear a party hat😉  This one features Oddleigh Poe and Raven set, Oddleigh Raven Nevermore, Oddleigh - The Raven, Poe Love, 3 hats from the the Party Hats pack, lil miss Oddleigh Cherished Heart and lil miss Oddleigh Flower.  For more info and photos check out my original post HERE!

LeighSBDesigner Nan created this POEtastic fat page using Poe from the Oddleigh Poe and Raven set and the Poe Signature with Quill.  For more info you can check out Nan's original post HERE!

 

 She also made this fat page using the Raven from the same Oddleigh Poe and Raven set.  For more info you can check out Nan's original post HERE!



LeighSBDesigner Val created this POEtastic card featuring Oddleigh Raven Nevermore!  Check out her original post HERE for more info!



 Val also made this striking tag using Oddleigh Edgar Allan Poe.

 Nan also used Oddleigh Edgar Allan Poe to create her quirky fat page.  More info can be found in her original post HERE!
 

 Oddleigh the Raven is the star of the show on this fat page also created by Nan!  More info about her page can be found HERE!

 

Nan's fun fat page featuring Oddleigh Raven Nevermore is now the last share of the day.  You can get all the details from her original post HERE!



Don't forget all my Poe inspired designs including this year's newbie, The Winter Raven, are on sale until midnight tonight (pacific)😉

I also have a FREEBIE for you called Poe Love, you can grab it HERE!  You might want to use it in the upcoming My Dark Valentine Blog Hop...just saying, heheheheh!

We hope you enjoyed seeing today's collection of past Poes and are ready to join the fun if you haven't already😉

How to Play in the Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop

The 5 day blog hop began Jan 19th on the official Poe Appreciation Day and ends on the 23rd at 5 minutes to midnight pacific.  This is a progressive hop which means it gets bigger each day as more Poe fans link up their Poe projects in the blog hop linky party HERE so stop by daily to enjoy all the new POE-tastic art!  You have 5 days to enter projects but a total of 10 days to hop all the entries and comment!  Everyone is invited to enter their projects or just hop and enjoy 5 days of all things Poe so spread the news far and wide and celebrate your love of Poe with us!  There's prizes up for grabs too!

*No sign-up required!
 *Enter your Poe inspired projects in the Blog Hop linky party - permalinks only please which means the actual URL where your project is located and not just your blog home page!
*The Blog Hop linky closes Jan 23 at 5 minutes to midnight.
*Please include the Poe blog hop badge and the details of the hop with a link to the Jan 19 post in all your posts!
*Enter 1 project on 1 day or play the entire 5 days...totally up to you!
*New and old projects welcome - re-share old projects in new posts!
*All art is welcome and you may use rubber and digi stamps from any company!
*Social media link-ups are welcome if you don't have a blog - just make sure your post is public and you include the hop details in your photo description!
Use hashtag: #LeighSBDesignsPoeBlogHop2019
*Have fun, enjoy the art on show and leave lots of love as you hop along!
 *Everyone will have a total of 10 days to hop and comment (5 extra days to visit everyone).
*Please follow the above rules in order to play and qualify for the prizes!

Blog Hop Etiquette!
 Blog hops are about sharing your art and also enjoying the art shared by the other players so please hop and leave lots of love!  Everyone appreciates receiving comments on their projects so please don't just link up and then vanish!  Play fair, be respectful of your fellow artists and leave nice comments!

Thanks for stopping by to see today's projects, see you again soon!  Don't forget to keep an eye out for my Poe Blog Hop winners announcement, you wouldn't want to miss that!

Hugs and Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesday: "BrightLeigh Beautiful" by GDT Gina!

Howzit Creative Friends!
I'm delighted to have Gina joins us again today to share this fabulous creation featuring the lil miss Oddleigh Flower set who is now on FLASH SALE until midnight PT Thursday!  What a fabulous creation Gina, thanks so much for sharing this joyful project with us😘
Enjoy😀

 Gina used the Flowers included in the set to create a wonderful garden for lil miss Oddleigh Flower to stand in.

Gina found decorative papers in her stash perfect for creating a whimsical and bright colour palette.

She coloured up all the printed images with Promarkers and did some fussy cutting.  But, to Gina's dismay, lil miss Oddleigh Flower ended up with a smudge on her cheek which you'll see how she "fixed" later on😋

She wanted the card to be really bright and cheerful so she covered the 5.8" x 8.3" (A5) base card with multi-coloured polka dot decorative paper.

But Gina says she felt that left lil miss Oddleigh Flower "floating".

So to fix the "floating" issue Gina simply added a strip of decorative paper down the left side to "anchor" her as she didn't want too much layering going on.

She also strategically placed a little flower on her cheek to hide the smudge...problem solved😋

Gina then created a sign stamped with the perfect sentiment for lil miss Oddleigh Flower's garden and embellished both sides of the card with paper flowers.

Gina completed the scene with glitter glue for lots of magical sparkle in the summer sun.

Gina says lil miss Oddleigh Flower will be sitting by her desk to remind her to keep the sparkle in her life!  Brilliant idea Gina...everyone needs to be reminded of that I think😉

lil miss ODDLEIGH FLOWER set

Materials used:
Promarkers
5.8" x 8.3" (A5) base card 
160gsm super smooth printer paper
Assorted decorative papers
Belle and Boo glittered butterfly card
Ranger Diamond Stickles
Die cut paper flowers kit - Craftwork Cards

Thanks for stopping by to see today's Tutorial Tuesday project😋
Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesday: Oddleigh Flower-fest Gothic Arch by Val!

Howzit Creative Friends!
LeighSBDesigner Val has a fabulous Tutorial Tuesday project for you today full of the joyful flower filled days of Spring🌸

If you missed yesterday's news, LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique currently has a 15% off storewide SALE to celebrate Etsy's 13th birthday!  Sale ends June 22 at midnight PDT!
Enjoy😀

Hi Everyone, Val here with a fun Gothic Arch Flower-fest tutorial featuring the wonderful lil miss Oddleigh Flower set and Candles border from the Oddleigh Cupcake set!

 Start off by cutting out the gothic arch shape from white cardstock using the dimensions provided in the photo or you can make the arch any size you wish.

Cut out a second arch to create a frame.
 

Colour the base arch with Broken Glass and Peeled Paint Distress Oxides and colour the frame with CR2 and CR3 Spectrum Noir markers.  Rubber stamp birds flying in the sky with your favourite black ink.

Mount the frame arch over the base arch using 3D foam strips to give the arch dimension and to make it more sturdy.

 Cut 2 more arches from black cardstock.
Cover the back of the white base arch with one of them using double-sided sticky tape.

 Print out all the images multiple times onto Neenah white cardstock and colour them up with Spectrum Noir Colourista pens.  You will need lots of flowers and just one print of the candles border for this one!

Cut out all the images and use sticky foam strips and your favourite glue to adhere everything to the arch.  Embellish all the flower centers with yellow glitter glue.

Use the 2nd black arch panel to make a stand for the Gothic Arch.
 Cut the arch in half and score fold lines about a 1/4 inch from the center cut line on both pieces. 

Attach the stand to the back of the Gothic Arch with double-sided tape.

This would make a fun birthday card don't you think!  I had so much fun creating the arch and decorating it and hope you will give it a go!  Come and share your projects with us in LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group😉

Here's a look at the finished project!

 Don't forget to check out our 15% off storewide SALEbration happening right now!
Sale ends June 22 at midnight PDT!

ODDLEIGH FLOWER SET

ODDLEIGH CUPCAKE SET

I used the following materials:
Spectrum Noir Colouritsta pens:
Gold, Leaf Green, Orchid, Forest Green, Cobalt
Spectrum Noir CR2, CR3
Black ink pad
Neenah white cardstock
Black cardstock
Yellow glitter glue
Bird rubber stamp (craft mag freebie)
Double sided tape
glue

 Thanks for stopping by to see Val's project today😘

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN