Day 30 of 31 Days of Halloween: I Believe in Monsters card by Leigh!

Welcome back for Day 30 of

Oh My GHOUL...the Witching Hour is tomorrow already, what a SPOOKtacular time we've been having👻  Well done to my Wicked Bloggers and Sinister Stalkers who have stuck with us and made it this far, I'm so happy you're having so much fun👻

If you've just emerged from the shadows and popped in for the first time today then don't be sad, it's never too late to join in on the spooktivities!  You can still join the hop by stalking all the projects shared so far or link up lots of your own, you can cram in as much as you want and when you want...easy peasy😈

This is what we've been doing all month long!  We're counting down to Halloween in style with my annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Visit daily to see SPOOKtacular artwork created by moi and my minions, Val and Nan, then hop all the fangtastic projects in the progressive Blog Hop linky party located at the bottom of my posts while leaving lots of love as you stalk along.

All are invited to join the spooktivities for the chance to win clawesome prizes generously provided by my Hop sponsors, you can see them on display over there in the left sidebar!  I'm also giving out surprise Halloween Treats as we go to keep you on your toes...mwahahaha😈

You can enter projects in the hop as a Wicked Blogger OR be a Sinister Stalker and just hop and comment!  All art is welcome, creepy and cute and the hop is open to projects using any stamp company images too!  Even old projects are welcome as re-shares in new posts!   

There are a few simple Blog Hop rules to follow to qualify for the prizes and to participate in the hop!  For the Hop Rules and the full details on How YOU can Play please visit the
31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop page!
Monsters not playing fair will be vanquished!

Before I move on to today's projects here's what you can look forward to here at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog!  Make sure you're a blog follower so you never miss out on any of my fun activities!

As we wrap up Halloween we'll be getting all festive and decorating the halls for Christmas🎄

 ❄️I'm hosting an Artist Trading Coins Christmas linky party and Swap!
Join us Dec 1 - 9 and link up the ATCoins you'd like to swap!  The details will be up HERE soon!
Players will receive a Freebie LeighSBDesigns digi stamp designed specifically for the swap❄️

The new year brings my annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop starting on his birthday, January 19th!
 

Then February ushers in our annual My Dark Valentine Blog Hop!

So you've got lots to look forward to and prepare for, I hope you'll stay and follow us and enjoy the fun and all the wonderful inspirational projects we share😊

Now for today's featured project!

 "I Believe in Monsters"
card by Leigh

 I'm back today with part 2 of my creeptastic Zombie story featuring
The Zombie Stare💀

If you thought BOO! was creepy get a load of this guy!

It's NEVER a good thing to see Zombie teeth this close....eeeeeek RUN💀
  

 

Nothing goes to waste in my studio!!!  I used the other half of my Zombie to make another card...put them together to complete the scene👻

They are similar but do have a few differences:  Just like before I wanted to create a 3D graveyard scene and have him really close and creepy!  The wrought iron fence in the background is stamped and embossed with black embossing powder onto one of my Distress Oxide galaxy skies.  The Zombie is coloured with Copics, fussy cut out and layered onto the background with pop dots.  To give the scene depth and to make the Zombie appear even closer I adhered the tombstones in the mid-ground between the stamped fence and the Zombie.  In the foreground I put Tim's Gothic Gate.  The Tombstones and Gothic Gate are all die cut from black cardstock with Picket Fence Distress Ink highlights.

For even more fun dimension I added the spooky tree branches die cut from green cardstock then distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink and given the crackle treatment with the cracks enhanced with black antiquing gel.  After roughing up the edges of the main panel with Tim's paper distresser tool I matted it onto orange cardstock and applied Black Soot DI to the edges and then mounted everything onto a folded card made from black cardstock.  I created the sentiment using words snipped out from my Red Tape Snippets set!  I then applied Black Soot DI to the edges of each word and a coat of clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint with just a touch of black antiquing gel.

Closer look at the details with all the yummy layers and textures!

Neo came to my rescue...phew😸
 

Materials used:
Tim Holtz Gothic Gate die
Tim Holtz Village Graveyard dies
Tim Holtz Twisted Edge die
Lg. Wrought Iron Grille rubber stamp - Stampington and Company
Black embossing powder
Black VersaColor pigment ink
Black Soot, Picket Fence and Peeled Paint Distress Inks
Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean Distress Oxides
Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint

Canon Mixed Media cardstock

X-Press It cardstock

Orange cardstock

Lime green cardstock

Black cardstock

Copics

 Crushed Grape and Vibrant Turquoise Dylusions spray
White Acrylic paint

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool
  Pop dots

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive
 

Today's featured designs are on 25% off FLASH SALE until midnight pacific tonight🎃

Click the pix below to go shopping at LeighSBDesigns Etsy BOOtique👻

THE ZOMBIE STARE

Get all 3 of my new Zombie themed designs by grabbing the ZOMBIE BUNDLE and Save💀

RED TAPE SNIPPETS

Have you seen my Halloween 2018 Collection release video?  Check it out😋

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project...see YOU tomorrow for the grand finale!
Now it's your turn, link up your projects in the Blog Hop linky party and hop the entries!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Zombie Alice with a Bow in Her Hair - a Delicious Doodles DT project!

Happy April 1st to you all!
Before I share today's project I've got news about my new blog, Velvet Paw Creations.  Nope this isn't an April Fools prank heheheh, I'm busy doing a complete re-design of my website and my blogs and my new blog now has my Velvet Paw Creations.com URL and will feature the projects I create for the design teams I'm on.  I'm going to do a slow transition so my projects will be shared in both locations for now.  I hope you will all pop on over to my Velvet Paw Creations blog and start following me there now too.  Don't leave this blog though coz I've got a big unveiling and a launch to soon announce and LeighSBDesigns will be the blog for my grand new adventure!  I can't wait to tell you all about it!

Now for today's project share!  It's time for our new challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenges and April's theme is Ribbons and Flowers.  I could not resist using this GORE-gous ghoul, Angry Zombie Alice, who looks so lovely with a bow in her hair don't you think!  I paired Zombie Alice up with another DD digi, the Rose Corner, which I used twice to create the frame for Alice.

I designed the layout in Photoshop CS6 and printed out onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I coloured everything with Copic markers and used drops of rubbing alcohol on the roses and leaves to blur and bleed the colours together to further enhance the grunge vibe I wanted for this piece and then worked some more on the leaves and roses with Copics.  I distressed the edges of the cardstock with Tim's paper distresser tool and used Derwent brown pastel pencil blended with a Dove Blender pen on the background.  I used Dylusions white paint pen on the dots and applied Viva le Pearl Magic White Transparent on top for a touch of dimension and shimmer.  I also applied clear Wink of Stella to her glorious red nails.  I made a bow for her hair and adhered it over the bow that's part of the design with a glue dot and finished off by adding small blue self-adhesive jewels to the flourishes and larger ones on all four corners.  I then matted the panel onto slate "dirty" blue cardstock which I tore to further add to the grunge feel of the piece before adhering everything to a folded card I made from a sheet of black cardstock.  I love the finished piece and that I achieved exactly the look and feel I was going for.

  

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today and don't forget to pop on over to my new blog and start following me there now too!

Happy Stamping and have a great weekend!
Leigh S-B
The Sharpie Domino Queen