LeighSBDesigns March Release: Oddleigh Leprechaun Set & White Rabbit Grunge Collage PLUS My Dark Valentine Blog Hop WINNERS!!!!

Howzit Creative Friends and Happy March to you all!
 I'm super excited to unveil my new releases for March but first here's the winners of the MY DARK VALENTINE Blog Hop prizes to get your March off to a lucky start🍀

Thank you again to everyone for making the 1st MY DARK VALENTINE blog hop such a huge success!  I pulled names from all the qualifying entries for each prize from the Mr Random Sorting Hat and the lucky winners are.....

the Blogger Prize

for playing goes to

Ike

the Hopper Prize

for commenting goes to

Gina

AND coz so many of you used my LeighSBDesigns digis I decided to award 2 prizes to show my appreciation❤️

the "Thank you for using my digis" Prize

goes to

Donna
Susan R

CONGRATULATIONS ladies, you've all won one LeighSBDesigns digi of your choice from the LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique🎉

Email (LeighSBDesigns @ cox . net) or Facebook message me your picks😀

And now for my brand new releases for March!
I'm thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of the Oddleigh clan, the Oddleigh Leprechaun Set and the 3rd in my Grunge in Wonderland series, the White Rabbit Grunge Collage🎉
I hope you love them, both sets just make me smile and I had so much drawing them😋
Check out my little release video!



The new releases are now up in my Etsy Boutique at special intro prices good thru March 11th!

 Celebrate St Patrick's Day with the Oddleigh Leprechaun digi set🍀
 

This set includes 4 super fun designs:
a  quirky cute and very cheeky Leprechaun, a wonderful decorative 4 leaf clover corner design, the quintessential Pot o' Gold plus a Lucky Irish sentiment to round off the set nicely!
It's the perfect set for all your St Patrick's Day projects🍀

and for all the Alice in Wonderland fans and even a fun twist to your Easter projects here's the White Rabbit Grunge Collage❤️

White Rabbit Grunge Collage is a fun grunge style Wonderland themed collage and a must for Alice in Wonderland fans!  The royal White Rabbit is based on the original Tenniel illustration and I combined it with a grungy background consisting of page text from the original book, crackle textures and a large ornate metal key.

This is the 3rd in my Grunge in Wonderland series....check out the Alice and Queen of Hearts Grunge Collages and the Grunge Card Suits set too!

PLUS, I've also added a new FREEBIE BUNDLE to LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique for you!  This is the Grunge in Wonderland FREEBIE BUNDLE set #2!
You get all 3 collages and the Grunge Card Suits set for FREE!

OR

 If you want to get just the Alice and Queen of Hearts collages and receive the Grunge Suits set for free then you can still take advantage of this FREEBIE BUNDLE too!

OR

You can get the individual collages by clicking on these pix, I've put these 3 up on FLASH SALE for the weekend only, sale ends at midnight pacific on Sunday March 4!

Ok, lets re-cap on all of today's goodies!

• The March Release Oddleigh Leprechaun set and White Rabbit Grunge Collage are on sale thru March 11th, sale will end at midnight pacific on 3/11/18!
• Take advantage of the Grunge in Wonderland FREEBIE BUNDLE #2 and get all 3 Grunge Collages and the Grunge Card Suits set for FREE!  This bundle is available 24/7!
• OR get just the Alice and Queen of Hearts collages plus the Grunge Card Suits for FREE in this FREEBIE BUNDLE!  This bundle is available 24/7!
• OR you can get the Grunge in Wonderland collages and the Grunge Card Suits set individually, they're on FLASH SALE for this weekend only!  Sale ends Sunday 3/4/18 at midnight pacific!

 Thanks for stopping by to see today's new releases!

Happy Shopping😋

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesday: Grunge in Wonderland - Distress Oxides Backgrounds and Painting by Leigh!

Hello dear friends!
First I would like to express my sympathies to everyone impacted by Hurricane Harvey, my thoughts and prayers are with you all😢

 For today's Tutorial Tuesday I'm going to show you how I used Distress Oxides to paint with as well as create the backgrounds for my Grunge in Wonderland collages.

The 2 Grunge in Wonderland collages, Alice and Queen of Hearts, companion Grunge Card Suits set plus the FREEBIE BUNDLE package are on FLASH SALE for today only, add them to your collections before midnight PDT!

Click this badge to get the freebie Grunge Card Suits set!

DISTRESS OXIDES BACKGROUNDS

Smear Distress Oxides directly onto a non-stick craft sheet.  You can be as random as you want with how you apply the ink or control the colour placement to suit your project.  I used DO Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Spiced Marmalade and Faded Jeans.  Spritz the inks with water, a little or a lot depending on how saturated or diluted you want the inks to be.  I did about 4-5 light spritz, just enough for each colour to bead up. 

Lay a white sheet of your favourite mixed media cardstock on top of the spritzed inks, press down and rub your hands around as the inks absorb into the cardstock.  Use paper towel to mop up excess liquid and dry the cardstock with a heat too.

Smear a bit of DO Fired Brick onto the craft sheet and use a paint brush to dilute with water.  Randomly splatter the ink onto the cardstock and dry with a heat tool.

 Do the same with DO Broken China.

The finished result is so grungy and gorgeous.  I love this colour combination of smears and splatters.

Make sure the background cardstock is completely dry before loading it into your printer!  I then laid out the two Grunge in Wonderland collages side by side in Photoshop CS6 and printed them out directly onto the DO background cardstock.  LOVE how they turned out💜

PAINTING WITH DISTRESS OXIDES

I really loved the over all effect of the background on the Alice Grunge Collage so decided to do minimal additional Distress Oxide painitng on her.  Smear a bit of DO Faded Jeans and Wilted Violet onto the craft sheet and dilute with a bit of water to make watercolours.  Use a paint brush to paint the letters and Alice's dress and vary the dilution of the inks as you apply the colours and blend to create shading.
 

The Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage is more involved.  I printed a second image onto plain white cardstock and used the DO to paint just the Queen.

Once dry I added details and highlights with a white Dylusions paint pen and fussy cut her out.  I used clear mounting foam to pop her up from the background collage.

I also wanted the letters and the key to stand out more from the background but not compete with the Queen so applied Inkssentials Matte accents to give them texture and dimension.

I completed each project by layering the collages onto colour coordinating cardstocks.  I love how they both turned out!  They were both relatively fast and easy to do while still achieving a fabulous end result 😄

 Thanks for stopping by to see my tutorial today, I hope I've given you lots of inspiration on how to use your Distress Oxides with digi art stamps as well as rubber stamps!

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Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LeighSBDesigns New Release: 2 Wonderland Grunge Collages, Grunge Card Suits set and FREEBIE BUNDLE plus SPONSOR Coupon Code!

Howzit Stamping Friends, today is a fabulous day😃
I've got 3 wonderful new digi releases for you plus a special FREEBIE BUNDLE promotion as well as a SPONSOR COUPON CODE for members of the Markers! Papers! Digis! Facebook group for 30% off my entire Etsy Boutque🎉

I'm excited to announce that LeighSBDesigns is now an official sponsor over in the Markers! Papers! Digis! Facebook group run by the lovely Betty Roberts of Simply B Stamps!
This means we'll be participating in lots of fun future events and celebrations over in the MPD group as well as having the opportunity to be featured in the group all weekend long like now so dash on over, join the fun and enjoy a special Markers! Papers! Digis! Facebook Group member coupon...you must be a group member to get the coupon so join NOW🎉
Coupon is good until midnight PDT on Monday 8/14!
 

 

Are you ready to go Grunge in Wonderland?
Today's release is an Alice Grunge Collage, Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage and a Grunge Card Suits set!

Pick up BOTH collages and receive the Grunge Card Suits set FREE!
PLUS don't forget that the members of the Markers! Papers! Digis! Facebook group are enjoying a coupon code of 30% off my entire Etsy Boutique so grab the coupon and save even more!

The three new images are available individually and there's a separate listing for the FREEBIE BUNDLE so make sure you click on the right one to get the freebie!

click to get the Alice Grunge Collage

Click to get the Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage

Click to get the Grunge Card Suits set

Click to get the FREEBIE BUNDLE SET of both Collages and Card Suits!

Before you dash off have a look at the wonderful inspiration projects below featuring these new beauties!

I made these 2 cards!

LeighSBDesigner Val made these 2 fabulous projects using all 3 releases!

LeighSBDesigner Nan made a magnificent mixed media book also using all 3 releases!

Have a great weekend and see you over at Markers! Papers! Digis!🎉

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN