Day 2 of 31 Days of Halloween: Kitty Pumpkin Hat tag by Val!

Welcome back for Day 2 of

 proudly sponsored by

Stampendous is sponsoring FOUR Andy Skinner stamp sets!
They're also celebrating 31 DOH, hop to their blog for more ghoulish goodies!

Ike is sponsoring her Zombie Pet Shop 1 set!

Alyce is sponsoring TWO $15 vouchers for her online colouring classes!

Betty is sponsoring a $12 gift certificate (value of 3 digis) to her store!

 and of course, moi!

I'm going to be handing out surprise Halloween Treats along the way to keep you on your toes😈

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Yesterday was a spooktacular first day of Halloween, I'm thrilled you all came along to join the spooktivities and hope to see you back every day🎃

For the Hop Rules and all the info on How to Play please visit the
31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop page!

This is a progressive blog hop which means new projects will appear daily in the Blog Hop linky party located at the bottom of my daily posts!  It's always so much fun to enjoy the spooktacular art on show and see who can survive all 31 days!  Start your hopping on my Day 1 post once you've had a read on how you can play too👻 

Kitty Pumpkin Hat tag!
by 
LeighSBDesigner Val

For today's share Val created this spooktacular tag featuring my new super cute cat design called Kitty Pumpkin Hat!  I love the glow of the orange pumpkin hat surrounding kitty's face which Val fussy cut out and popped up with silicone glue for a fun 3D effect!

Materials used:

Promakers:

 Ice Grey 4, Forest Green, Bright Orange, Gold

Distress Oxides:  Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, Hickory Smoke

Americana Tripple Thick Gloss Glaze

3D Silicon Glue

Black and Brown Bakers Twine

Kitty Pumpkin Hat is now on 25% off FLASH SALE until midnight pacific tonight🎃 

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

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

Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween: Spooky is the Word by Leigh!

 Welcome to

 I ❤️ Halloween so much I've been hosting 31 days of spooktacular projects for about 15 years now, long before blogs and Facebook even existed, all the way back to the fabulous days of my DominoART yahoo group in fact!  I'm thrilled to be hosting again this year and invite everyone to join the spooktivities👻

🎃This is a progressive blog hop which means new projects will appear daily in the Blog Hop linky party located at the bottom of my daily posts!  It's always so much fun to enjoy the spooktacular art on show and see who can survive all 31 days!

🎃The hop is easy going with NO sign-up required!
🎃All art welcome, creepy and cute and all stamp companies welcome too!
🎃It's totally up to you to show how devoted you are to this most spooktacular time of year👻

🎃Be a Wicked Blogger and enter a project just once or daily, any time from Oct 1st until 5 mins to midnight pacific on Oct 31st, then hop and comment too!

🎃Or be a Sinister Stalker and just enjoy the show by stalking all projects shared throughout the month and leave lots of love along the way!  Easy!

For the Hop Rules and more info on How to Play please visit the
31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop page!

WARNING!  Monsters ignoring the rules will be vanquished from the hop!
 

😈COMMENTS😈
🎃To be fair to my generous sponsors EVERYONE needs to hop and comment to be eligible for prizes so I want to see lots of sharing and commenting going on👻

🎃Don't be a party pooper by entering projects and then not bother to enjoy what the other Wicked Bloggers are sharing!  Be NICE, hop and comment too, it IS the whole point of a blog hop after all!

 🎃If a project is not your cup of tea you can say so but please be nice about it, I'm sure you can find something positive to say!  NO rude and unkind comments and absolutely NO unsolicited negative critiquing!  If the artist asks for opinions please keep them positive!

🎃Do you dare to share or will you hide in fear?

Round up your ghoulfriends and mansters and join the spooktivities👻 

🎃HALLOWEEN TREATS🎃

I'm thrilled to have spooktacular prizes generously provided by my sponsors to giveaway❤️

A huge THANK YOU to

Stampendous is sponsoring FOUR Andy Skinner stamp sets!
They're also celebrating 31 DOH, hop to their blog for more ghoulish goodies!

Ike is sponsoring her Zombie Pet Shop 1 set!

Alyce is sponsoring TWO $15 vouchers for her online colouring classes!

Betty is sponsoring a $12 gift certificate (value of 3 digis) to her store!

and of course, moi!

I'm going to be handing out surprise Halloween Treats along the way to keep you on your toes😈

SPOOKY is the Word!
by Leigh

I'm kicking off the spooktivities with an altered 3D wooden word that says SPOOKY featuring my new designs from the "The Truth is Out There Somewhere" Sci-fi Collection👻

 

"The Truth is Out There Somewhere" is inspired by my all time favourite TV show, The X-Files, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in September.  I've been an X-Phile since day 1 and had an absolute blast creating these characters👽

 

Special Agent Foxy is so handsome and cool and Special Agent Boston Terrier is super cute!  Why a Boston Terrier you ask, well.. I named my dog Scully of course👻

I found the perfect wood Halloween decor word at Target coz in the show Mulder's nickname is Spooky Mulder!  I used Prismacolor pencils and a white Dylusions paint pen to create the Space background and the characters are coloured with Copics.

Neo loves to inspect all my projects😻

Go shopping for these fabulous new designs by clicking on the badges below!
As usual, featured designs will be on 25% off FLASH SALE until midnight pacific tonight so grab them while they're hot😋

Get all 5 designs in the "The Truth is Out There Somewhere" bundle and save!

Use the red and white embossed label style Red Tape Snippets to compliment your sci-fi and Halloween projects or use the whole sheet to create backgrounds!  Either way you'll find many uses for the word snippets👽  

 

Sit back and enjoy my Halloween 2018 Collection release video😋 

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project!
Now it's your turn, link up your projects in the Blog Hop linky party and hop the entries!
Don't be vanquished into oblivion, read the Hop Rules!

Entered into
Stampedous' 31 Days of Halloween

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LeighSBDesigns Spooktember release - the Halloween 2018 Collection!

Howzit Creative Friends!
I'm super excited to unveil my new Halloween Collection for 2018🎃
I’ve got cute, I’ve got scary, I’ve got sci-fi!
You’ll be frightfully delighted I’m sure👻

Sit back and enjoy the release video💀

Did you see some must haves?  I hope you did😋
Join us for our annual 31 Days of Halloween blog hop, October 1 - 31, and see the newbies and all my other spooktacular designs in action!
Click the badge to find out how you can play, hop and win some wicked cool prizes from my fabulous sponsors🎃

 Shop the Halloween 2018 collection sale, there's some great deals to be had on the individual designs and you can save even more if you snap up the bundle sets!

Enjoy 30% off the new release through midnight pacific on September 30th and that does include the Bundle sets too, Woohoo right LOL!  

Then all featured digis you'll see during 31 Days of Halloween will be on FLASH SALE at 25% off each day!  So now is the best time to get your hands on them!  I hope you'll share your projects featuring them in the hop!  I'm so excited to see them👻

Here's the info on each new design!

First up I'm delighted to scare you to death with my Zombie collection💀
These are perfect for you creepier Halloween projects this year!

LOVE Zombies?  Then you'll want to grab this Zombie bundle and save!
Or you can get just the ones you want individually too!

THE ZOMBIE STARE!
The Zombie Stare is a wicked cool realistic male zombie, I'm sure he'll creep you out in the most delightful way! 
 

THE ZOMBIE SCREAM
The Zombie Scream is a fabulously wicked realistic drawing of a female zombie screaming her head off at you or, if you're that unfortunate to be so close, she's about to take a bite out of your face....eeeeek!

NO REST FOR THE WICKED!
No Rest for the Wicked is a fabulously creepy realistic drawing of hands emerging from a grave with a tombstone looming behind!  Totally perfect for your creepy graveyard and zombie projects💀

Next up I have a fabulously spooky sci-fi collection that is inspired by my all time favourite TV show, The X-Files👽  The show is celebrating it's 25th anniversary this month and I just couldn't resist creating these wonderful sci-fi characters for you👽

  Get all 5 designs in the "The Truth is Out There Somewhere" bundle and save!

SPECIAL AGENT FOXY
Special Agent Foxy is a handsome, spooky cool, fox-human hybrid FBI agent desperate to know the truth and solve all the mysteries of the universe!   If you LOVE sci-fi or have a thing for foxes then I know you'll love him👽

SPECIAL AGENT BOSTON TERRIER
Special Agent Boston Terrier is a super cute female animal-human hybrid just waiting to solve all those mysteries of the universe with her foxy partner!  Why is she a Boston Terrier you ask?  Well, I named my dog Scully of course😊

ALIEN
Every sci-fi fan needs an Alien in their collections👽
  How will you depict him, as a Grey or a little green man?
Either way he's just perfect for your sci-fi Halloween projects👽

UFO
Of course you need a UFO to go with your Alien👽
I'm sure you'll find many ways to incorporate a UFO into your projects!

RED TAPE SNIPPETS
"Red Tape" coz you know, you have to cut through a lot of red tape in the government😉
Of course you NEED a stash of sci-fi themed words to go with your new characters so I designed a full sheet of red and white embossed labels and threw in some Halloween words too for good measure!  Print them out and cut out the words you need to compliment a project or use the sheet to create backgrounds!  Either way you'll find many uses for the word snippets👽

This release isn't all Sci-fi and creepy I promise!
Here's a cute one for you called Kitty Pumpkin Hat😻
He's a MUST for all the kitty lovers!  How can you resist him, he's super cute in his pumpkin hat right!!!! 



 Now off you go to shop the Halloween 2018 collection sale and we'll see YOU back here on October 1st🎃
Thanks for stopping by to check out my new designs👻

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Halloween 2018 Collection pre-release sneaky peek!

Howzit Creative Friends!
I’m so excited about my new Halloween collection that I just had to give you all a pre-release sneaky peek🎃

I’ve got cute, I’ve got scary, I’ve got sci-fi!
You’ll be frightfully delighted I’m sure!
Keep your eyeballs peeled!

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

31 Days of Halloween: Call for Wicked Bloggers and Sinister Stalkers!

Howzit Creative Friends!
 Something wicked this way comes and you know what that means right, LeighSBDesigns annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop is just around the corner🎃

Share my 31 DOH badge in your blog sidebars and spread the word😈 

The love for Halloween is definitely still alive and kicking so how about you creep out and share your obsession for all things spooky with the rest of us?  

 The hop is tons of FUN and super easy going with NO sign-up required, it's totally up to you to show how devoted you are to this most spooktacular time of year👻

Play as a Wicked Blogger and submit new or old projects into the Blog Hop linky just once or all 31 days OR

 Be a Sinister Stalker and enjoy the show by hopping and leaving lots of love along the way!

All art welcome, creepy and cute, and projects using any stamp companies welcome too!
 

🎃HALLOWEEN TREAT SPONSORS🎃

 I'm delighted to have fangtastic sponsors ready to hand out Halloween Treats!

Prize details and sponsors will be updated on the 31 DOH page over the next few weeks so stay tuned!
 

LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps
Stampendous Rubber Stamps

Ike's Art

Simply B Stamps
Kit and Clowder - online colouring classes 
 

🎃31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP INFO PAGE🎃
   Click on over to my dedicated 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop page for more details on how to play and make sure you read over the Blog Hop Rules! 

Monsters ignoring the rules will be deleted from the blog hop linky party so you've been warned😈

💀LeighSBDesigns events are GDPR compliant, please read my PRIVACY POLICY!   
  

Do you dare to share or are you going to hide in fear?  

Gather all your ghoulfriends and mansters and join the fun👻
 
See you Oct 1st😈

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesdays: Winter Blooms Canvas by Val!

Howzit Creative Friends!
Can you believe we're now in September!?  Woohoo, Halloween is just around the corner and you know what that means right...time to think about LeighSBDesigns annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop🎃  I'll be sending out a call for bloggers shortly but you can check out last year's hop HERE in the meanwhile and start getting ready, so stay tuned for that!
Edit:  31 DOH Blog Hop deets are HERE!

On to today's Tutorial Tuesday project by LeighSBDesigner Val featuring my Fall Roses which she's transformed into a fabulous wintery creation❄️

As usual, all featured digis are on FLASH SALE so snap up Fall Roses from now until midnight pacific on Thursday!

Hi everyone, I have a canvas tutorial for you today using the wonderful Fall Roses.  I love how this design can be used for all the seasons just by changing the colour scheme!

 

 

 To start I printed out the image 3 times.  I coloured them with Spectrum Noir, Colourista and Propmakers and then fussy cut out one entire image, adhered it to black cardstock and then fussy cut it out again leaving a narrow black border.

 

I coloured just the roses and some of the leaves on the other two images and fussy cut out only the sections I wanted to use.

For the base of my project I used an 8 x 10 inch canvas and created the speckled blue background with Nuance Powder which is similar to Pixi Powders and Brushos.  I spritzed the canvas with water then sprinkled the powder over the watered area, you can add more power and water as required.
 

 Leave the canvas to dry for awhile or zap it briefly with a heat tool to speed up the process.
 

Once the canvas was dry I coloured the sides of the canvas and edged the upper rim using the chisel nib of the Spectrum Noir TB4 marker.

 

 Adhere the main fussy cut image to the centre of the canvas using Mod Podge applied with a flat brush.

 Then layer up the main image by adding the fussy cut extra roses and leaves with 3D silicone glue to add wonderful dimension to the design. 

Then complete the piece by adhering the coloured cut outs from the 3rd image with Mod Podge to all 4 corners of the canvas to frame the center design.
 

 Your artwork is now ready to display on an easel or hang on the wall ;0)

I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial and will give it a try!

Come and share your projects with us on LeighSBDesigns Facebook Fan Group!

FALL ROSES

flash sale ends at midnight pacific on Thursday!

Materials used:

8 x 10 inch Canvas

TB4 Spectrum Noir marker

Colourista pens: Leaf Green and Pale Mint

Pastel Beige Propmaker
Blue Nuance Powder

Smooth White Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Mod Podge

Flat Brush

3D Silicone glue

 Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project!
Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN