"Doctor Noir" Cut-Away card for Rick St Dennis EDT

Hello Everyone!

It's time to share some more Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team inspiration today!
This time I made a cut-away card featuring Rick's spooky Doctor Noir the Plague Doctor!

I'm really having fun creating cards with one side completely cut away to reveal the coordinating paper used on the inside of the card.  I coloured Doctor Noir with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils and the background on the left of the card is done with brown Derwent pastels blended with a Dove blender pen and I added metallic gold details with a gold gel pen.  I used a greenish-blue fabric textured patterned paper on the inside from the Heirloom Stack by DCWV.  I'm really pleased with how he turned out!
 

 This is my last project as the member of the Rick St Dennis EDT for now coz my 6 mth term is up and I'm stepping down so that I can free up some spare time to work on customizing dolls!
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 * Rick St Dennis EDT *

PRIDE: "Who is the Fairest?" for Rick St Dennis EDT!

Hello Everyone!

It's time to share some more Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team inspiration today!
Rick has created a fabulous set based on the 7 Deadly Sins and this glamorous lady is PRIDE from the Dungeon set and the rest are part of Dungeon 1.

 

I printed her out onto white cardstock and coloured with Prismacolor pencils with shading, shadows and highlights built up in layers of applied colour.  I added luscious metallic gold touches to her jewels and all the mirror frames with a gold gel pen!   I chose not to colour her reflection in the mirror and went with a brown Derwent Pastel pencil background blended with a Dove blender pen instead.

Happy Stamping!

Leigh S-B

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *

"Green Fire" Wrath for Rick St Dennis EDT!

Happy 4th of July!

It's time to share some more Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team inspiration today!
Rick has created a fabulous set based on the 7 Deadly Sins and this gloriously wicked creature is WRATH from the Dungeon set and the rest are part of Dungeon 1.

I printed her out onto Neenah solar white cardstock and then had an absolute blast colouring her with Copics! I built up the image with lots of layered and feathered colours with shadows and depth added in grays with a touch of shading done with a black Prismacolor pencil too.  The background was also built in layers of red and grays and I used alcohol solution to create a subtle mottled effect as well which feathered out the colours beyond the image lines.  I also used it on her hair too.  I love how she looks, I think this is what green fire looks like.  I finished off by re-drawing a more loose border around the background with a black Micron pen.

Happy Stamping!

Leigh S-B

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *

"Nap Time" Father's Day card for the Rick St Dennis EDT!

Howzit Everyone!

I'm sharing another kitty themed Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team project today using Nap Time.
My precious Daddy would have loved this card for Father's Day and I was thinking of him while I made it.

I started out by horizontally flipping the digi in Photoshop CS6 and sizing the image.  I then printed it out twice on Neenah solar white cardstock and coloured the main image and a portion of the 2nd print with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.  I fussy cut out the right hand side of the main image & the coloured portion of the second and used brown Derwent pastel pencil blended with a Dove blender pen to colour the background on the the left.  

 

To create the 3D layered part of the card I adhered the fussy cut portion of the chair, man and kitties with pop dots and then completed the card with the fabulous crossword puzzle from the 12 x 12 DCWV's Heirloom Stack patterned paper adhered to the right hand side of the card.  I chose the part that says Relaxation and Afternoon and from another part of the paper I cut out Nap and layered it onto a piece of cardstock coloured black and then layered it with pop dots too.

 

I finished the card off by distressing the edges and applying just a touch of Black Soot Distress Ink to frame it.  I love the warm cozy feel of the finished card and all the sleeping kitties!
 

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
I'm going to enter this one over at
Show Us Your Pussies #7 Furrything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 

Leigh S-B

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *

"Cat-A-Pult" card for Rick St Dennis EDT

Howzit Everyone!
It's time to share some Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team inspiration!  You may have noticed that I love cats so I just had to create with Rick's Cat-A-Pult digi!  This one is definitely dark and twisty, if those kitties are going flying then me and this elegant lady are going to have words!  Put those puttycats down right this minute!!!!  UHO, I don't like that eyebrow attitude one bit...I'm ready to catch the kitties!

  I printed the digi out on Neenah solar white cardstock off to the right side of the cardstock in landscape and coloured her with a combination of Copics, Marvy Le Plume permanent markers and Prismacolor pencils with additional highlights done with a white gel pen.  The background is Derwent brown pastel pencil blended with a Dove blender pen.  I added Viva Pearl magic transparent white to her jewels for a bit of dimension and sparkle.
 

 I turned this one into a card by scoring and folding the white cardstock and for a change I decided to add a folded sheet of colour coordinating brown cardstock to the inside of the card instead of cutting and matting so the brown border only shows on 3 sides.
 

 Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

  

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Show Us Your Pussies #7 Furrything Goes
Dark n Daring #2 Challenge Anything Goes

Dream in Darkness June Challenge
Create and Inspire Challenges #47

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Rick St Dennis EDT * Dark Attic Challenges *

Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop: "Tea Addiction Too"!

Howzit!

Happy Skull Appreciation Day!  If you've been hopping with us then you arrived here from the clawesome IKE, if not then the blog roll is below so you can join the fun too!  I'm sharing two projects for S.A.D today, this one and a 2nd over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity which is your next stop on the hop!

Today is also Day 1 of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's 2nd annual SKELLIE-FEST and you're all invited to enter your Skull projects in our linky party for the chance to win a awesome shopping spree at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Tea Addication Too

My S.A.D project today is the 2nd in a mini series I'm working on called "Tea Addication" for the Rick St Dennis Elite DT.  I do love a good cup of tea and Alice in Wonderland and Skulls, combine them all and this is what you get, heheheheh ;0)  Click on all the photos for a closer look.

I couldn't resist showing off my new Alice, she's a Pullip doll called Sepia Alice from the Romantic AIW line.

I performed digi magic in Photoshop CS6 and merged two RSD images, "What's Left After" and "Mad Tea Party" and printed out onto Neenah solar white cardstock.   I used Copics, Prismacolor pencils and a white gel pen to colour the image and Derwent Chalk pencils blended with a Dove Blender Pen on the background.  I also applied Tea Dye and Black Soot Distress inks to the background and added more shading around the image with a Prismacolour pencil as well.  I layered the design onto blue cardstock, then onto black cardstock and decorated the two corners with a Sizzix accent die cut from black cardstock.  I couldn't resist adding some dimensional shimmer and applied Viva le Pearl transparent magic white to the spiderweb.
 

Here's my 1st "Tea Addiction" project

Now hop on to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to see my next project, here's a sneaky peek...FYI the Portal post will be up at 8am PST so please hop back if you're in a different time zone...and then join us every day through to June 13 for tons of skull and skellie goodness!

SNEAK PEEK - LCPtoC Day 1 of SKELLIE-FEST

Hop along with us using the blog roll below!

Terra
Black Dragon
Jorgey
Susan S
Julia
Alex
Alison
Ike
Leigh - You Are Here!
Lost Coast Portal To Creativity​

Katie

Deadly Little Witch​

Susan R​

Dream In Darkness

Thank you for stopping by and happy hopping!

Challenges entered
Dark n Daring #2

Dream in Darkness

Create and Inspire #47

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Rick St Dennis EDT * Dark Attic Challenges *

"Tea Addiction" for Rick St Dennis EDT!

Howzit Everyone!
It's my turn again to share some Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team inspiration today!  

The theme for May is "Make it a Double - combine two images" and I combined "What's Left After" skull with "Mr Tea" and I'm calling this merge "Tea Addiction"...I do love a good cup of tea!

Made Top 3 at

  I performed digi magic in Photoshop CS6 and merged the two images then printed it out onto Neenah solar white cardstock.   I used Copics, Prismacolor pencils and a white gel pen to colour the design and applied Tea Dye and Black Soot Distress inks to the background as well.  I layered the design onto lime cardstock, then onto a black folded card made from a sheet of cardstock and decorated the two corners with a Sizzix accent die cut from black cardstock.  I couldn't resist adding some dimensional shimmer and applied Viva le Pearl transparent magic white to the spiderweb.
 

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I'm very pleased with how this one turned out :0)

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed seeing my latest project!  Come and join our FB group if you're a fan of Rick St Dennis - Rick St Dennis Digi Fans and Friends Facebook group

  

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:
Dark n Daring #1 Challenge Anything Goes

Dream in Darkness #13 Anything Goes
Create and Inspire Challenges #46
Show Us Your Pussies #6

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Day of the Dead 3D Art - Rick St Dennis EDT!

Howzit Everyone!
It's my turn to share some Rick St Dennis Elite Design Team inspiration today and I've got a large 3D art piece for you.  I created this one with a colouring page from Rick St Dennis' "Tierras de los Muertos - Day of the Dead 2" colouring book for adults which is available from Amazon HERE!

This one was picked to be Top 3 at

 

Isn't it gorgeous!  I just love this drawing combining the exotic reptiles with beautiful flowers and skulls.   Please click on all the photos for a closer look at all the details!

This was a freebie page that Rick shared on our Rick St Dennis Digi Fans and Friends Facebook group and I printed it out onto a full sheet of Neenah solar white cardstock and coloured the entire design with Copic markers with some light background shading around the design done with a black Prismacolor coloured pencil.

 
I then scanned it into Photoshop CS6, printed 3 copies out onto full sheets of Neenah cardstock and then the 3D fun began.  This piece consists of 3 layers, the full base image and then 2 layers of fussy cut elements.  Before assembling each layer I added highlights and little details with a white gel pen.  I curled and rounded each element to further enhance the dimension of the piece and then adhered the elements in place with a combination of pop dots and Scotch quick dry adhesive.  I mounted the finished project onto heavy black cardstock and now it's suitable for framing!  Here's the finished piece showing the varying degrees of depth created by all the layers.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed seeing my latest project!

This one is entered in:
Dark n Daring #1 Challenge Anything Goes

Dream in Darkness #13 Anything Goes

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Lady Atlantis - Rick St Dennis EDT!

Hello Everyone!

It's my turn again 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 stunning digi stamp by Rick St Dennis Mfa is called Atlantis especially for Miranda and it's available in Rick's Zibbet store HERE!  FYI, in case you haven't heard yet, Zibbet have now introduced immediate digi downloads just like Etsy so you no longer have to wait for your purchase to be emailed to you!  YAY!  Don't you just love that instant gratification even though Rick was on the ball with his emails ;0)  You might recognize the seahorse from this digi, I used him for my Steampunk Seahorse ATC at the beginning of March, check it out HERE if you missed it!  

 

I enjoyed colouring the entire image for today's card project this time which started out in Photoshop CS6.  I duplicated the digi and erased the background leaving me with just the image on a transparent background which I could then layer over my background work.  I drew in my own watery effects...the black bubble/splashes and the subtle blue mottled background as well as the shadows around the image.  I also added some beveled effects to the image also which gives the image a 3D effect.   I then printed out on Neenah cardstock and coloured with Copics including white and metallic silver and gold details added with gel pens.  I used a scalloped lace Fiskars paper punch on all four corners and applied Shaded Lilac Distress Ink to the edges.  The coloured image was then layered onto black cardstock, then colour coordinating blue cardstock and again on a black card made from a sheet of cardstock.  I used my Perfect Layers border tools to cut the perfect borders!  I then completed my project with a touch of 3D shimmer with Magic Transparent White 3D droplets applied with a Viva Pearl pen to the image as well as the punched corners.

 

Here's 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 *

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 *

"Meermin the Mermaid" - a card for Rick St Dennis EDT!

Howzit Everyone!
It's my turn to share some Rick St Dennis EDT inspiration over on our Facebook group, Rick St. Dennis Digi Fans and Friends.

This image called Meermin is a colouring page from Rick St Dennis' latest colouring book, Little Loves, and it's available on Amazon!  If you enjoy colouring just for the fun of colouring then you'll want to check out all the Rick St Dennis colouring books available now too.  However, if you love colouring but colouring books just aren't your thing then think about taking coloured pages a step further and make something with them like cards for example which is what I did for today's share!

  I coloured this little cutie-pie with Copics as well as the background and created watery effects with a light shade of blue and the colourless blender pen.  When I cut the sides to make the card front I trimmed it so that her curls and tail peek out over the edges a bit for just a touch of extra interest.  I then applied Stormy Distress Ink with a foam ink applicator around all four sides to further enhance the impression that she's surrounded by water.

The "sea weed" on the right side I made from cutting blue cardstock extremely thinly on my paper cutter.  I love doing this, I never tire of the fun spirals the cuts create.  The 3 pieces where then stitched onto the card front with a variegated fiber which I then looped and incorporated into my ocean bouquet and completed with a starfish.  I'm currently on vacation and didn't have time to add the extra details I wanted to include before this project was due to share so I will be adding Viva Pearl Magic Transparent White dimensional drops to each pearl on her necklace and Wink of Stella clear to her fins for a subtle touch of shimmer and will share the completed card soon.

The "stitching" bit I added coz our Facebook Challenge for April is "You had me in Stitches" and we challenge you to incorporate stitching into your projects whether they be real or faux so come and join the fun!

Thanks for stopping by to see my project and I hope I've inspired you to come and play us!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Chinese Steampunk Dragon - Rick St Dennis EDT project

Howzit Everyone!
Today I'm sharing a digital painting project for the Rick St Dennis EDT.  I love Steampunk and I love Dragons so I thoroughly enjoyed creating this Chinese Steampunk Dragon with a vintage burnt parchment feel as inspiration for our current Facebook group challenge - Metal Magic.

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This entire project was painted on my iPad with a stylus using the art application called Paper 53.
A Clockwork Dragon for Monique is available in the Rick St Dennis Zibbet store.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Steampunk Seahorse ATC - Rick St Dennis EDT!

Howzit Everyone!
Today I'm sharing a Rick St Dennis EDT project, a Steampunk Seahorse ATC.  The Seahorse is actually a partial of the gorgeous digi stamp called Atlantis especially for Miranda and it's currently on sale!  Our new Facebook group challenge for March is Metal Magic so of course I couldn't resist creating with a Steampunk theme.  

 I started out by deciding on how much of the Steampunk Seahorse I wanted to see and then sized the image to ATC size, which is 2.5"x3.5", in Photoshop CS6 and printed it out onto Neenah solar white cardstock.  The entire ATC is coloured with Copic markers and I began by scribbling 3 shades of cool grey Copics and then randomly dripping Ranger Alcohol Ink Solution on the background area to create the fun watery effect.

The Seahorse is coloured with various warm greys, cool greys and yellows to achieve the various metal looks and then enchanced with metallic silver and gold gel pens.  The water background was also enhanced with 2 shades of blue-green Copics and metallic blue Promarker.  I tried to capture the metallic shimmer in the photo below.  I completed my ATC with simple punched corners (Marvy punch) and edged with the metallic blue Promarker.

Thanks for visiting with me today!
Happy Stamping and have a fabulous weekend!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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

Monster Egg Hunt - Easter Contest Rick St Dennis FB Group!

Howzit Everyone!
We're currently hosting an Easter Contest over at the Rick St Dennis Digi Fans and Friends Facebook group.

Here's my project for the contest which had to have the following criteria:
Use a none Easter Rick St Dennis image - check
Include a hidden pocket or compartment - check
Use 3 embellies - check
Include a famous quote - check
Mission accomplished!

MONSTER EGG HUNT!

 Nightflyer the Succubus was hexited to find her Easter Eggs!

She was even more eggstatic with her surprise critter...I made the monster version of Kinder Eggs with a surprise inside ;0)  The Easter Eggs form a pocket and the little critter tucks inside.  All digi images are by Rick St Dennis except the Easter Eggs which I drew myself.

Nightflyer the Succubus
Snake in the Grass
the Venus Flytrap you'll have to ask Rick about!

 

All the images were printed out onto Neenah solar white cardstock and coloured with Copics.  For a touch of magical sparkle and dimension I embellished the flowers, eggs and the critter with a Viva Pearl Magic Transparent White pen which is a dimensional gel with a pearlescent shimmer.  The succubus was printed on her own so I could make the folded card and she was then masked with liquid mask so I could add the background.  I just played and randomly applied Peeled Paint and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink with a foam applicator and a touch of Memento Tangelo applied directly.  I hand drew the Easter Eggs, added "landscaping", handwrote the quote and drew the lines around the card with a black Copic fine liner.  The flowers, eggs and critter were all fussy cut out and adhered with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive.  I finished my card with the fancy fibers and two paper flowers, one of them was attached with a yellow brad and embellished with a little pink jewel heart.

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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