Tutorial Tuesdays: Tangled Pumpkins Easel Card by Val!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
 It's Tutorial Tuesday time and LeighSBDesigner Val is here today to show you how she made her fabulous Thanksgiving easel card showcasing our new release, Tangled Pumpkins🍁

Hi Everyone, 

Val here and I'm excited to share my easel card tutorial featuring our new gorgeous Tangled Pumpkins!  This must have design is now on FLASH SALE for today only! 

 

How gorgeous are these pumpkins, they're so perfect for your Fall/Autumn projects and versatile enough to be used all year round too!

   

I started by printing out the Tangled Pumpkins digi twice onto Neenah white cardstock.
 

Next I coloured one of the prints with various Spectrum Noir Markers in shades of Fall/Autumn.

I fussy cut out the pumpkins and one of the leaves.  I then coated the coloured images with Versamark ink and applied Ultra Thick Clear Embossing Powder.  Heat emboss the powder to create a lovely glass-like finish. 

  I then created the easel card panel with the second print and coloured the background with blended Peeled Paint and Wilde Honey Distress Oxides leaving a halo of white around the pumpkins.   I decorated the background with a subtle leaf design stamped in Distress Oxide Peeled Paint.

I then adhered the coloured pumpkins onto the card with PVA glue.
 

I created the "Happy Thanksgiving" text in Serif CraftArtist2 and printed the words out onto Neenah cardstock.  I then trimmed and matted the words onto black cardstock and trimmed again leaving a narrow black border.

 To complete the card I made an easel stand from another sheet of black cardstock and adhered it to the back of the panel.

I had so much fun making this card and hope I've inspired you to create your own Tangled Pumpkins easel card this holiday season!  If you do please share them with us by adding links to your blog posts in the comments below or on our Facebook Fan Group!

Materials used:

Tangled Pumpkins by LeighSBDesigns

Spectrum Noir Markers

Distress Oxides:  Wild Honey and Peeled Paint

Ultra Thick Clear Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink

PVA Glue

Single Leaf Stamp - Alt New

Neenah white card

Black cardstock

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

Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps New Release - Tangled Raven!

Howzit Stamping Friends!
 I'm so thrilled everyone is loving my LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps digi releases so far, still plenty more to go so here's release #3!

Smeared Ink fans will recognize this one from the Autumn's Pencil rubber stamp set I designed for them a few years ago and now I'm super excited to bring you the digis😃

  Today's release is Tangled Raven!

 He can be used all year long but of course he's perfect for your Halloween makes and do you know what's just around the corner?  Half-O-Ween in May of course, YAY, we're nearly half way to October LOL😋

 He's now available at my Etsy Boutique at an introductory release price for the next 3 days so dash on over and grab him while he's on sale😋
 
Here's some of my projects featuring him!

Here he is in a collage with lil Miss Oddleigh Flower all coloured with Copics.

monochromatic Copic colouring with 3D fussy cut wings

another view of the layered wings

This is one of my altered game art pendants using Bendominoes, Sharpies and the rubber version of Tangled Raven which will be available in the future.

 If you're just joining us for the first time today here's the scoop!
We're busy celebrating the launch of my LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps line and there's freebies up for grabs so continue reading!

LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps are available for instant download at my Etsy Boutique and I'm currently offering digi stamps for now and will expand my line into rubber too.

My unique collection of whimsical and quirky original designs are based on my drawings and photography! It will constantly be morphing and expanding as inspiration takes me off on new adventures. I see beauty in everything from cute kitties to creepy skulls and my collection of themes, styles and genres will be sure to appeal to everyone.

Join me as I release a new digi image every 3 days until my Etsy Boutique is stocked with all the designs I'm excited to offer you😊 You will have 3 days to take advantage of my special intro prices until I release the next new image on the 4th day.

GRAND OPENING FREEBIES!

Receive this freebie Steampunk Easter Egg digi when you join my LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group!

Freebie #1 for joining LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group

 Help me spread my grand opening news and receive this cute freebie Easter Bunny digi! Do me the honour of writing a post on your blogs, tell you readers all about LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps and how they too can receive these freebies! Post links to your blog posts in the LeighSBDesigns FB Fan Group and this Easter Bunny is all yours!

Freebie #2 for blogging my news on your blogs!

Get to know me better and check out my new website at LeighSBDesigns.com which is now my online home.  There you will find links to everything as well as Stamping Galleries for all my current and past design team projects, non-DT projects and also some examples of my Fine Art and more. I've got years of art to upload to the Galleries but I've added quite a bit already.  Pop on over and check it out, I hope you'll enjoy checking everything out😉

In case you missed my previous announcement...all my design team blogging is happening over at Velvet Paw Creations so pop on over and follow me there too😊

See you in my LeighSBDesigns FB Fan Group soon and don't forget to come back on Sunday for my next new release! I hope you'll stay and follow me on my new adventure!
Happy Stamping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Zentangle Creature Cards - Lost Coast Designs News Stamp Showcase Day 3!

Howzit Everyone!

We're showcasing all the latest additions to the Lost Coast Designs stamp catalogue over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this week!

For Day 3 of the Showcase we featured our new ZENTANGLE CREATURES and I made two square cards and again went with the traditional Zentangle style of black and white with shading done with a graphite pencil.

 For this one I used Zentangle Square One with Zentangle Checker Fish because all the circles reminded me of bubbles in water.

For this one I used Zentangle Square Two with Zentangle Cat because the swirled pattern reminded me of a ball of wool (yarn) and I added in some squiggly lines too.

Thanks for stopping by to see my projects 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 *

Zentangle Octagonal Cards - Lost Coast Designs News Stamp Showcase Day 2!

Howzit Everyone!
We're showcasing all the latest additions to the Lost Coast Designs stamp catalogue over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this week!

For Day 2 of the Showcase we featured our new ZENTANGLE FEATHERS and PATTERNS

I made these two striking octagonal shaped cards to feature the bold style of our new Zentangle stamps.   These cards are suitable for anyone and can work for any occasion but they make great masculine cards don't you think.

I used Zentangle Feather 1 and 2 on this one and also used one of the feathers to create the border framing the feathers. 

One my second card I used Zentangle Feather 1 and Zentangle Square 1

Zentangle Square 1 is such a striking design it can also be used on its own for a nice bold look. 

Thanks for stopping by to see my projects 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 *

"Daisy Punk" Cut-Away card for The East Wind DT

Howzit Everyone!
I'm extremely excited to now be designing for The East Wind design team!
Did you see my Cheshire Cat themed card I made for my sister's Birthday and for the new TEW blog challenge?  Check it out below this post!
Now here's my 2nd TEW DT project for today :0)

 This gorgeous lil' punk girl is a new release today, she's called Teen Lucy 'Ukupunk'
F0716.

Stop by The East Wind Etsy store to snap her up and check out the entire collection while you're there!

I enjoy getting in some Zentangle action whenever I can and images with large open areas are perfect for it.  I had a blast drawing "daisies" in her hair which is my adaptation of the Nzeppel Tangle and adding the design, Tangle 3-Loop-6, to her dress with a 03 black Micron pen.

I started out by elongating the image in Photoshop CS6 so I could make a fun very tall cut-away card and printed her out onto Neenah solar white cardstock.  I coloured the image with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils and added the background shading on the left of the image in Umber Derwent Pastel pencil blended with a Dove blender pen.  I trimmed the panel and cut away the background on the right hand side of the image and adhered the panel to an asymmetrical card made from white cardstock and adhered a sheet of DCWV The Heirloom stack patterned music paper to the inside which is then visible when the card is closed or stands open!  She's such a cutie, I love how she turned out :0)

Join us over on our Facebook TEW Group and in Blogland, we have challenges going on in both locations!

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 *

Day of the Dead Zentangled Skull - Smeared Ink DT project for Smudgy Antics!

Happy Sunday to you all!
I went to the Original Rubber Stamp convention held in Carson, Long Beach yesterday and had a blast shopping and checking out all the new stuff and came home with quite a stash of goodies.  I can't wait to play with it all :0)

 We are now midway through our November challenge over at Smudgy Antics where it is always Anything Goes with an optional twist and this month is Metal Madness.  You can be inspired by the twist or just do whatever you want as long as your projects are on the dark side of stamping!

My midway inspiration for you is a Zentangled Day of the Dead skull.  I used Smeared Ink digi called Skull and Roses and I tangled flowers all over it.  Autumn has arrived in SoCal so and I was inspired to use a palette of yellows, oranges and peachy-reds on this one.

I printed the Skull and Roses digi out on Neenah solar white, tangled to my hearts content with black micron pens and coloured everything with Copics.   I used Derwent brown pastel pencil and a Dove Blender pen on the background and after punching the corners with a Marvy punch I applied Pumice Stone Distress Ink to the edges.  I used my Perfect Paper Layers tools to cut the mats out of black and orange cardstocks and everything was layered and adhered with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

I hope I've inspired you to come and play with us over at Smudgy Antics, pop on over and see what fab eye candy my fellow teamies have to share too!
See you there ;0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * Forever Dark * Altered Eclectic Challenges *

November Tangles

Hello Everyone!
I have resisted the "moustache' craze but when I saw the Movember kitty over at East Wind for their current challenge I couldn't resist any longer LOL!  I combined the EW kitty, their November newsletter freebie, with my own hand drawn Zentangle inspired pumpkins and created this Autumn themed card.
 

Update:  I'm pleased to say this card was picked as a Designer Favourite over at The East Wind

 I coloured everything with Copics with white gel pen highlights.  The background is brown Derwent Pastel blended with Dove Blender pen.  The senti is stamped with 3 colours of VersaMagic and is from my rubber stamp version of the Zentangle inspired set called Autumn's Pencil.   Two smaller versions of my pumpkins are also part of the rubber set.  My set was originally designed exclusively for Smeared Ink and is now available through me until SI sets up their category for stamps by other artists again.  The two corners were punched with a Marvy punch and Pumice Stone Distress Ink applied to the edges of the card which was then layered onto black and orange cardstocsk.  The cardstock mats were cut with my Perfect Paper Layer tools.  The brown mat was embossed with Tim's clock Alterations embossing folder and the designed enhanced with Black Soot Distress Ink.

Get 10% of your entire Perfect Paper Crafting order by using my special coupon code "Lbrunton"

 Of course I'm entering it in East Wind's Movember challenge
and
Snarky Stampers k-is-for-kitties

Dream In Darkness
A Step in the Darkness - Create and Inspire

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * Forever Dark * Altered Eclectic Challenges *

"Design Outside the Box" Zentangle Art for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

Howzit Friends!
It's time for a new challenge over at
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!
The July Challenge theme is Zentangles and we challenge you to create your own Zentangle art by incorporating rubber stamps into your design!  You are also now very welcome to enter our challenges using any stamp companies but if you do use any of Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps then your entry will be count as TWO during our DT faves random winner drawing. 

Here's my LCDesigner's project to inspire you!  I used a variety of Tangles and Lost Coast Designs Pencils Background stamp as the starting point of my design. 

Design Outside the Box
and let your imagination soar!

I stamped the Pencils background with black Memento Ink onto white cardstock, trimmed, distressed the edges and then matted it onto a black mat.  I adhered the pencils panel to another full sheet of white cardstock and just started to Zentangle with a black .05 Micron pen and let the design grow and completed the design with shading in pencil to add shadows and dimension to each section.

 If you're unfamiliar with Zentangling or think it's super complicated then trust me it isn't!  Each Tangle is created by performing some basic steps and when you're done you've created a wonderful fractal pattern consisting of repetitive shapes!  You can learn more about Zentangle from the creators Rick and Maria HERE and you can find tons of easy to follow Zentangle patterns on Google!  Give it a go, you'll be surprised at how fun and relaxing it really is and then come and enter our challenge over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  You've got until July 25 to submit your Zentangle projects to be in the running for a prize!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Altered Eclectic Challenges *About Art Accents

"Hoppy Easter" Zentangle Vampire Bunny #2

Happy Easter Saturday Everyone!
I decided to share my 2nd Zentangle Bunny creation today instead of Sunday :0)

I used Smeared Ink's Vampire Bunny digi image again with a lot more Zentangle action this time!
Click here to check out "Little Miss Rose Toes" I shared yesterday!

I used my favourite matting tools of all time to cut the black and white mats - Perfect Paper Craftings newest Mini Perfect Layers tools and Perfect Cutting Mat.

Challenges entered:
Smudgy Antics Anything Goes at the Smeared and Smudged Forum

Have a eggtastic Easter weekend!
Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * About Art Accents