10th Edgar Allan Poe CREATivities: "The Ravens" Raven Silhouette make by Val

🖤 Happy January Creative Friends 🖤

 

Keeping Los Angeles in our thoughts and prayers!

The Santa Ana winds have been strong by me too with a few wildfires pop up close by that have thankfully been put out swiftly as we now brace for another round of the Santa Ana winds!  Please keep Southern California in your thoughts and consider donating to the various organizations supporting the people and animals in need like the American Red Cross and Humane Society of the US.

 

 

Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe!

January 19th was Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday and National Poe Appreciation Day!

In LeighSBDesigns style we are celebrating our love for Poe with our 10th annual 5 day POE Party!  Our CREATivities include POEtastic inspirational makes, a brand new Raven themed digi stamp release plus our mini Poe Hop where you are all invited to share your own Poe inspired makes too!  The Poe Hop info and the linky are in my Day 1 post HERE!

Do join us!

 

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Raven Tree Silhouettes

Digi Stamps Release

 

 

In celebration of Poe's Birthday I've got two new Raven themed digi stamps for you that are totally POEtastic for all your Poe inspired makes as well as your Winter themed makes too!

 

Shop the release sale through January 23rd at LeighSBDesigns.com and add both of these Raven designs to your digi stamp collections!

 

 

My entire Edgar Allan Poe Collection is also on sale for the duration of our Poe party through January 23 midnight pacific!  Check out my past release videos at the bottom of the post to see my Poe collection of digi stamps, decorative digi papers and SVG Cutz for electronic cutting machines!

 

POE LOVE FREEBIE 

 I also have a FREEBIE for you called Poe Love which you can get HERE!

 

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"The Ravens"

Raven Tree Make

by Val

 

For Day 2 of our Poe CREATivities today Val has a POEtastic Raven themed make with a wonderful colourful yet moody sky to inspire you!

 She created her moody colourful sky with Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide inks on white cardstock then printed my new Raven Tree Silhouette digi stamp directly onto the inked cardstock.  She trimmed the panel to size and applied Black Soot Distress Oxide to the outer edges to further enhance the moodiness of the scene.

 

 

Then she printed out the Raven head portrait digi stamp from my classic Poe collection of POEtastic vintage detailed illustrations.

 

 

 

 She then fussy cut the Raven head out with scissors and adhered it to the bottom right corner of her make.

 

She then mounted her scene panel onto a side fold card made from black cardstock to complete her POEtastic make.

 

Do join in on our Edgar Allan Poe CREATivities by playing in our 5 day mini Poe Hop where you are all invited to share your own Poe inspired makes using any stamp company products!  All the mini Poe Hop info and the linky are in my Day 1 post HERE!

 

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Quick reminder that our January Challenge is also in full swing!

Play there with your WINTER Wonderland or Anything Goes makes!

FYI, Poe makes are welcome there too but must be different to your Poe Hop makes!

 

 

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See my entire Poe Collection

Happy POE Week and Namárië!

Go Towards Goodness - The Rings of Power

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Something Wicked This Way Comes Half-o-Ween 2022 Blog Hop - Day 5: Remembering Ike!

🎃 Happy Halloween in May Creative Friends 🎃

Woohoo...we're now on Day 5 of our "halfway to October" SPOOKtivities in LeighSBDesigns style with our "Something Wicked This Way Comes" annual Half-o-Ween Blog Hop🎃  Hop on over to the MAIN POST for all the details and the linky party!

 

 

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All LeighSBDesigns Halloween themed designs are on sale through May 31st midnight pacific plus the fabulous new FantaSea Collection is still on sale until then too🧜🏻‍♀️

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Remembering Ike

with makes by Ike

 

Today I want to remember Ike, Sue EisenHauer, who sadly passed away at the end of April😔  I met Ike when I first discovered Smeared Ink way back in 2011 and we became friends through our love of cats, Edgar Allan Poe and Halloween and then later as fellow digi stamp designers.  Ike sponsored prizes and played in many of LeighSBDesigns blog hops and I know she is busy happily crafting in Heaven right now so I wanted to re-share some of Ike's makes today❤️ 

Ode to Poe and Raven

 

Ode To Poe and Poe Love

 

Ode to Poe and Raven

POE Love Freebie

 

Gothic Rose

Distressed Raven

 We will all miss you Ike❤️

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Day 4 of our Poe Appreciation Blog Hop: Past Poes by Leigh, Val and Nan!

Howzit Creative Friends! 
We're now on Day 4 of my 4th Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop in celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's January 19th birthday!  Each year we celebrate our Master of Macabre for 5 glorious days with POEtastic creations joining the linky party each day and what a glorious sight they are to behold too, our Master would approve!  Thank you for sharing your love of Poe with us😊

It's not too late to join the party, check out all the Blog Hop details below today's featured projects and then join the fun!  The Poe Blog Hop linky is in my Day 1 - January 19th post!  Hop with us for the chance to win fabulous prizes sponsored by

  For your inspiration today I'm sharing a few of our favourite classic past Poe projects created by moi, Val and Nan!  Also check out the POE-tastic art shared in the past 3 hops HERE!

Enjoy😉

 First up is my "Portraits of Poe" piece featuring E.A Poe Portrait and Signature set, Raven and Distressed Raven Nevermore.  For more info on this project you can see my original post HERE!
 

 To create her wonderful "Mr Poe" tag LeighSBDesigner Val used my Edgar Allan Poe Portrait and Signature set.  For more info on this project you can see the original post HERE! 

 LeighSBDesigner Nan created her wonderful "Poe's Life of Love and Horror" canvas collage with all the classic designs from my 2018 Poe Collection:  Ode to Poe, Poe Signature with Quill, Distressed Raven Nevermore and Raven.  For more info on this project you can see the original post HERE! 

 For my altered 3.5" wooden cube titled "Ode to Poe" I also used my classic Poe designs to decorate all 6 sides: Ode to Poe, Raven, Distressed Raven Nevermore and the E.A. Poe Portrait and Signature set.  You can check out my original post HERE for more info and photos of each side of the cube.

 LeighSBDesigner Val created this magical card using Distressed Raven Nevermore.  For more info you can check out her original post HERE!

And for this gorgeous card Val featured Raven!  Check out her original post HERE for more info too!

This fabulous fat page by LeighSBDesigner Nan is the last share for today.  She used both designs included in the E.A. Poe Portrait and Signature set.  Check out her original post HERE for more info too!

 All my Poe inspired designs including this year's newbie, The Winter Raven, are on sale until Jan 23rd.  The sale ends at midnight pacific.

I also have a FREEBIE for you called Poe Love, you can grab it HERE!

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 tomorrow for the finale!
Happy Creating!

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

Poe Appreciation DT Showcase: 2 classic Raven themed cards by Val!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
Welcome back for our next Poe Appreciation DT Showcase!  My fabulous design team ladies, Val and Nan, made lots of POEtastic projects for our 5 day Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop which they shared on their own blogs during the hop and now I'm showcasing them here through to the end of January😋

  If you missed the hop then you've still got a chance to join the fun and win a prize!  Everyone who hops and comments on all the participating blogs included in the link-up below will be included in the drawing for my random Commenter Prize!  The same goes for the Blog Hop participants too, you need to hop and comment as well to qualify for the Blogger prize.  You have until midnight pacific on January 28th to do your rounds.  Winners will be announced soon after!  Start your hopping on my Day 1 post HERE!  Enjoy😋

Up today we have two POEtastic creations by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring my realistic Raven
 portrait.  Raven is now on FLASH SALE today only, sale ends at midnight pacific!

WOW, I just love how Val's background on this one glows, it gives the Raven such portent presence!  The colour and the halo effect immediately captures and draws your attention to the Raven!  What mysteries he could reveal to us!

Val used Peeled Paint and Black Soot Distress Oxide to achieve that yummy background.  She also used a white gel pen, Neenah white cardstock and black cardstock to create her card.  The text is from a collage sheet of Poe words.

The Raven adorns Val's second wonderful tribute to Poe which features the classic poem we all know and love, The Raven.

Val used Fired Brick and touches of Peeled Paint Distress Inks to create the mat background as well as a white gel pen and green Spectrum Noir marker on the Raven's eye.  The Poem is from a collage sheet.  Everything was printed onto Neenah white cardstock which was also used along with black cardstock to create the card base and mats.
 

Thanks for stopping by to see Val's projects today!
Now off you hop to admire all the glorious Poe Art!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN