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Sunday, October 1, 2023

13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2023 - Main Post

πŸŽƒ Happy CRAFTtober Creative Friends πŸŽƒ
LeighSBDesigns faBOOlous month of SPOOKtivities is upon us!
It's time to countdown to Halloween in LeighSBDesigns style!
 

CRAFTober is the most SPOOKTACULAR time of the year and we 🧑 to countdown to Halloween in style with faBOOlous makes every year and this year is even more special coz we're celebrating our 13th year of hosting 31 Days of Halloween πŸŽƒ
 
πŸŽƒ Read on to see how you can enjoy our CRAFtober SPOOKtivities πŸŽƒ 
 
 
Halloween, Cats and Christmas including my new This is Halloween and Poinsettia and Holly Collections are on sale through Oct 31st!
I'm still busy adding my entire catalogue so check the sale daily to see what's new!
 
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Join us daily and enjoy faBOOlous eye candy makes by Leigh and Val for 31 days straight starting today, Oct 1st, see the next post for my Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween make πŸŽƒ

Play in the Blog Hop as a Wicked Maker
Join in on the SPOOKtivities yourself as a Wicked Maker in our 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop where Wicked Makers gleefully gather all month long to countdown to October 31st and be in the running for Candy Prizes πŸŽƒ   It's super easy, stress free creative fun designed to inspire and bring makers together with just a few easy to follow rules!  Play on YOUR schedule and put your love of Halloween and crafty stamina to the test as a Wicked Maker while hopping and leaving love on the faBOOlous makes linked up the same days you play!  Easy peasy!  It's super exciting to see if you can survive playing for all 31 days too and earn our "I SURVIVED" badge!
 Are you up for the challenge?  We dare you to try mwahahaha πŸ‘»
 
See the Blog Hop Info, Rules and linky party below!
 The rules have changed so please read them before you link up to ensure your entries qualify for the Candy Prizes!
 
Check out the Crypt of 31 Days of Halloween Past to get in the mood for some spooky good fun πŸŽƒ

Grab your Wicked Maker badge for your blog sidebars and blog hop posts and link it back to this post, then get ready to craft up a storm with us this year πŸŽƒ
 
  
We hope you'll join the fun as a Wicked Maker this year or you're welcome to simply enjoy the SPOOKtivities by either hopping along admiring all the faBOOlous 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop shares or visit us daily and just enjoy our CRAFTober makes πŸŽƒ
We do love getting comments and the more you leave us love the better your chance at winning a "Comment Prize" too πŸŽƒ
 
 You can also play along in our October Fall-o-Ween Challenge that starts Oct 6 with your Fall, Halloween or Fall-o-Ween mash-up makes πŸŽƒ
 Makes must be different to your Blog Hop entries if you decide to play in both!
 
 
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We're thrilled to be a Cryptkeeper again this year, click the badge to see how ghouls and monster around the world are celebrating Halloween this year!
 
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πŸŽƒ Our fun stress-free Blog Hops are open to everyone using any company products!
πŸŽƒ Cute, Creepy Cute, Scary Halloween and dark art makes welcome!
πŸŽƒ The linky party below opens for entries Oct 1st at 1am pacific!
πŸŽƒ Play as a Wicked Maker on your own schedule, no need to sign-up!
πŸŽƒ Hop and comment ONLY on the days you play! 
πŸŽƒ Can't play? then you're welcome to lurk!  Comment on the hop entries, including all LeighSBDesigns makes, and you could snag a "Comment Prize"!  Displaying the Blog Hop badge in your sidebar and link it to this post gets you bonus poinsts too!
πŸŽƒ Wicked Makers grab your special Wicked Maker Hop badge and include it in all your posts and promote the hop in your sidebars too!
πŸŽƒ Don't have a blog? no prob, public social media entries welcome!
πŸŽƒ The linky party closes Oct 31st at 5 minutes to midnight pacific!
πŸŽƒ Tallying of entries and comments will start on Nov 3rd!
πŸŽƒ Winner(s) announced once tallying is finished!
πŸŽƒ Spooktacular Candy Prizes up for grabs!
πŸŽƒ Prize(s) awarded are based on YOUR participation! 
πŸŽƒ Follow our fair common sense rules to play and qualify to win the Candy Prizes!
πŸŽƒ No Sign-up required, just join the SPOOKtivities at any time!
 
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 Please follow the Rules to play and qualify for the Candy Prizes!
  • Everyone is welcome using any stamp company products!
  • Play as a Wicked Maker on your own schedule!  No sign-up needed, you can play as a Wicked Maker as often as you want and when you want but remember if you play, even if just for one day, you must hop and comment as outlined in the rules to be fair to everyone who commented on your makes!
  • Cute, Creepy Cute, Spooky and Scary Halloween themed makes and dark art makes are welcome!
  • Put your love of Halloween and crafty stamina to the test and earn our "I SURVIVED" badge by playing for all 31 days....but as usual, that's totally up to you!
  • Blogs and public social media entries are welcome!
  • Please comment on this Main Hop Post and it would be nice if you'd comment on all LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween makes too regardless of when you playπŸ˜‰
  • Prizes awarded are based on YOUR participation so PLAY PLAY PLAY and tell your friends too!
  • Late to the party? no prob, you can play catch-up but you must hop back and comment on entries you missed!
  • Winners invited to be a LeighSBDesigns Guest Designer using your prizes!
 All Wicked Makers must do the following to play and qualify for the prizes!
  • Your Posts Titles:  To promote the hop and help with my tallying please include the day number and LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween in your blog post titles - for example: Day 1 of LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween
  • Your Inlinkz Descriptions:  To help with my tallying please put your Name, Date or Day number and your entry number (if different to the date) in the description when you add your entry to the linky - for example: Leigh Day 3 (or Oct 3) #3
  • Use your post permalinks to link up your makes!
  • Include your special Wicked Maker 31 Days of Halloween Hop 2023 badge in all your blog and social media posts and link back to this MAIN POST.    
  • Past makes re-shared in new posts with all the 2023 hop details included are welcome!  Past players please share new makes to help keep things fresh πŸŽƒ
  • Social media link-ups welcome - use hashtag #LeighSBDesigns31DaysOfHalloween2023
  • Please hop and comment on all the faBOOlous makes linked up on the same days you play to qualify for the Candy Prizes!  Easy peasy!
  • You have a minimum of 3 days to complete your commenting!  I'll be tallying on a daily basis and taking note - any later is unfair to the players who commented on your make the same day you linked up!  
  • Don't have time to play in the Blog Hop then play in our October Challenge instead, challenge starts Oct 6 at 1am pacific!
  • You're welcome to play in both the Blog Hop and October Challenge with different makes!
  • Be a follower of LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog and it would be faBOOlous if you'd also follow LeighSBDesigns on Instagram, Pinterest and subscribe to my YouTube channel!
  • PLEASE BE NICE, PLAY FAIR, LEAVE LOTS OF LOVE and most of all have FUN πŸŽƒ
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Check out LeighSBDesigns new Halloween and Christmas releases!
Scary good deals up for grabs through Oct 31 midnight pacific!
 
 
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Happy Haunting!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

31 Days of Halloween is coming....Get Ready to Play!!!!

πŸŽƒ Happy September Creative Friends πŸŽƒ
Something Wicked this Way Comes!
 LeighSBDesigns faBOOlous month of SPOOKtivities is nearly upon us!
 Get ready to creep on in and enjoy our daily Halloween eye candy, play along in our annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop and countdown to Halloween with us in LeighSBDesigns style!
 

CRAFTober is the most SPOOKTACULAR time of the year and we πŸ–€ to countdown to Halloween in SPOOKtacular LeighSBDesigns style with faBOOlous makes every year and this year is even more special coz we're celebrating our 13th year of hosting 31 Days of Halloween πŸŽƒ
 
Creep on in to see faBOOlous eye candy makes by Leigh and Val shared here daily for 31 days straight starting Oct 1st and be inspired to join in on the SPOOKtivities yourself!  You can play in our 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop where Wicked Makers will gleefully gather to countdown to October 31st and be in the running to win Candy Prizes too πŸŽƒ 
 
 We hope you'll join the SPOOKtivities this year as a Wicked Maker or you can simply hop along admiring all the faBOOlous 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop shares throughout CRAFTober!

All our Blog Hops are stress free creative fun designed to inspire and bring makers together!
YOU choose when and how often you play so put your love of Halloween and crafty stamina to the test and play as a Wicked Maker as often as you want while hopping and leaving lots of love on the faBOOlous makes linked up on the same days you play to qualify for the Candy Prizes!  Easy peasy!  
 It's super exciting to see if you can survive playing for all 31 days too and earn our "I SURVIVED" badge!
Are you up for the challenge?  We dare you to try mwahahaha πŸ‘»
 
 See the 31 Days of Halloween page for more info on how to participate as a Wicked Maker and check out the Crypt of 31 Days of Halloween Past to get in the mood for some spooky good fun πŸŽƒ
 
 
Grab your Wicked Maker badge for your blog sidebars and Halloween posts and get ready to craft up a storm with us this year πŸŽƒ
Use this permalink
https://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/2023/10/LeighSBDesigns13thannual31DaysofHalloweenBlogHop-MainPost.html
 
 
Plus, play along with different makes in our October Fall-o-Ween Challenge that starts on Oct 6 at 1am pacific!
 
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πŸŽƒ We hope to see YOU here on October 1st πŸŽƒ 
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, September 15, 2023

Christmas 2023 Release - Poinsettia and Holly Christmas Collection!

❄️ Happy September Creative Friends ❄️
It's STAMPtember and time to launch my new Christmas 2023 Collection of Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz!
The Poinsettia and Holly 2023 Collection of 3 festive Digi Stamps, 3 packs of Decorative Digi Papers and 5 SVG Cutz sets are here to fill you with the warmth and spirit of the season❄️
Snuggle down and enjoy the festive video reveal of the
Poinsettia and Holly Collection
 

 
! NEW WEBSITE ANNOUNCEMENT !
 
I'm so excited to announce my brand new website soft open at LeighSBDesigns.com where you will be able to shop my entire collection of Digi Stamps, Decorative Digi Papers and SVG Cutz!  Stay tuned for the Grand Opening announcement as I'm still busy adding my entire catalogue but you can shop the Poinsettia and Holly Collection on special release sale there through Sept 30 midnight pacific!
 
 Get ready to play in our extra magical 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop that kicks off our month of SPOOKtivities October 1st through October 31st and then our Christmas creativities will begin for the rest of the holiday season after Halloween!  Do join us!
 
 ! Etsy Boutique News !

 
I hope you will enjoy shopping at my new store but you can also shop the Poinsettia and Holly Collection at my Etsy Boutique.  Moving forward you will be able to shop new releases, flash sales and select products that will only be available for a limited time!
I recommend shopping at my new store, due to Etsy's ongoing checkout issues, but will make any item available at Etsy if you request it, just send me a message via Etsy convo, Facebook Messenger or email with the details of the item you'd like to purchase at Etsy.
I now have a new Etsy URL!
When you shop and link to Etsy please use
https://LeighSBDesigns.Etsy.com
 
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Now let’s have a closer look at the new Christmas collection starting with the 3 wonderful digi stamps!
 
 
Poinsettia and Holly Wreath - Digi Stamp
The Poinsettia and Holly Wreath is festooned with beautiful poinsettias, sprigs of holly and berries all nestled amongst the wreath pine boughs and tied up with a majestic festive bow.  You'll have lots of fun colouring the wreath in rich traditional colours or go contemporary with winter hues and non-traditional colour palettes, either way the Poinsettia and Holly Wreath will look amazing as the focal point of your Christmas cards and home decor makes!
 
 
Festive Robin - Digi Stamp
The beautiful Festive Robin sitting pretty amongst the poinsettia and holly will bring adorable festive whimsy to all your Christmas cards and home decor makes!  You'll have so much fun colouring up the plump little bird and playing around with festive hues for the poinsettia and holly!
 

Poinsettia Holly Snowflakes Festive Garland - Digi Stamp
Deck your Christmas cards and home decor with the stunning Poinsettia Holly Snowflakes Festive Garland!  The beautiful garland is festooned with pretty poinsettias, sprigs of holly and berries nestled amongst the pine boughs with elegant snowflake ornaments hanging below.  This stunning garland will make a statement on all your card sizes, especially slimlines, as well as home decor pieces this holiday season!

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My beautiful new line of Poinsettia and Holly Decorative Digi Papers embody the spirit of the season from rich warm hues and elegant precious metal toned Poinsettia and Holly themed designs to pastel winter shades decorated with elegant contemporary snowflakes that also goes perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection!  All are perfect for your traditional and contemporary makes this holiday season!   
 
*Please Note*
the precious metal colours simulate the look of metal and will not print in metallics!
 
 
Poinsettia and Holly Festive Metals
Decorative Digi Paper Pack
This festive decorative digi paper pack includes 4 different background colourways in glorious warm hues with 1 beautiful all over Poinsettia and Holly design drawn in elegant gold and silver tones. 
 
You get two papers with an elegant Poinsettia and Holly gold tone design on two different backgrounds in rich red, orange, yellow and green hues and two papers with the same Poinsettia and Holly design in a silver tone on two different backgrounds in rich red, orange and green hues.
 Papers are 8.5” x 11” and can be resized as desired.
 
 
*Please Note*
the precious metal colours simulate the look of metal and will not print in metallics!
 
 
Poinsettia and Holly Precious Metals
Decorative Digi Paper Pack
This festive decorative digi paper pack is a set of 4 papers with an elegant all over Poinsettia and Holly design drawn in the look of 5 precious metal tones on a lovely white background.
These papers make fabulous backgrounds for all your festive makes PLUS you can also use them as large digi stamps that you can colour and use as focal points too!  Colouring up the intricate design is wonderfully meditative and just what you might need to de-stress over the holidaysπŸ˜‰
 
You get one stunning Poinsettia and Holly design drawn on an elegant white background in
a Copper tone, a Silver tone, a Gold tone, a Black Zirconium tone and a Rose Gold tone.

 Papers are 8.5” x 11” and can be resized as desired.
 
 
*Please Note*
the precious metal colours simulate the look of metal and will not print in metallics!
 

Pastel Blizzard
Decorative Digi Paper Pack
This festive decorative digi paper pack is a set of 4 pastel colourways with the look of a distressed snow blizzard and each has a different wonderfully whimsical design of contemporary elegant Snowflakes.
 
These papers make wonderful festive backgrounds for all your Christmas and Winter themed makes PLUS the papers goes perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection!
 
 Papers are 8.5” x 11” and can be resized as desired.

 
 
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All LeighSBDesigns SVG Cutz are designed for use with all popular electronic cutting machines that support the import of SVG files and also include Silhouette Studio file formats specifically for all Silhouette users to enjoy!
  
Now for a closer look at the 5 fabulously festive SVG Cutz sets!
 

Poinsettia and Holly Slimline Card
Make-a-Card SVG Cutz
 The Poinsettia and Holly Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz is a 2 piece set of a beautiful cut-in design of poinsettia, leaves, holly and berries that makes a slimline card from start to finish using your electronic cutting machine.  You'll have so much fun customizing your Christmas slimline cards with this set by cutting out the cut-in window slimline base card that has score notches indicating where you must score and fold and the included mat layer that you can place behind the cut in window as well as decorate the inside of the slimline card.  You can also do wonderful paper piecing makes with the pieces left behind on your cutting mats which you can see I did in the promo photo.  Your holiday cards are going to look amazing!
 
You get:
1 slimline card base with a cut-in design
1 Mat Layer
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
 

Majestic Bow
 Make-a-Bow "Colourize It" SVG Cutz

This magnificent 49 piece Make-a-Bow “Colourize It” SVG Cutz set lets you make stunning jumbo sized gift wrap bows in 3 sizes and I’m talking HUGE with the largest bow designed to fit your 12 x 12 inch cutting mats!
 
Customize your “Colourize It” bows by cutting out all the multi-layer elements in whatever colour you want with your electronic cutting machines.  Following the provided guide you assemble layer by layer from the base up with folds in shadow to the elegant trimmed edging until you’ve assembled a majestic 3D bow in 3 fun sizes!  The set also includes two gift wrap ribbon crosses for the 2 smaller bows to simulate a fully wrapped gift on the front of your larger cards!  You can also decorate your Christmas gifts with your own handmade bows this year and even decorate your home with fun XL festive bows too!

Year round FUN!
If you need a bow for any occasion from birthdays, weddings to baby showers then this set has you covered!  You'll have so much fun making your own majestic 3D bows all year round!

You get:
49 piece set to make Bows in 3 sizes
Gift Wrap Ribbon Crosses in 2 sizes
Layering Guide
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!


Poinsettia and Holly Botanicals and Bow Set
 "Colourize It" SVG Cutz
 The Poinsettia and Holly Botanicals and Bow "Colourize It" SVG Cutz set is an 80 piece mega kit for making festive mutli-layered Poinsettia and leaves, an assortment of winter greenery from Holly to Mistletoe and a festive Bow too following the provided assembly guide!  You literally have everything you need to make your own customized festive floral arrangements, wreaths, garlands and so much more for your holiday cards and home decor gifts!
 
Take your wreath making to the next level!
I designed the Poinsettia and Holly Botanicals and Bow SVG Cutz Set to be the perfect companion add-on pack to my Spring Wildflowers Collection Part 1 and Part 2!
 
Make your own fabulous Christmas Wreaths by decorating the Spring Meadow Wreath SVG Cutz Set and the Spring Wildflowers ~ Make-a-Wreath ~ SVG Cutz Mega Kit with the Poinsettia and Holly Botanicals and Bow SVG Cutz Set!
 
You get:
the 80 piece set to make festive Botanicals and a Bow
Layering Guide
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!
 
 
Majestic Snowflakes SVG Cutz
 This elegant 12 piece SVG Cutz set makes large concentric multi-layered contemporary Snowflakes in 3 sizes with the largest Snowflake measuring just over 5 inches!  Make individual multi-layered Snowflakes or stack all layers on top of each other to make one majestic 3D Snowflake!  Use these beautiful elegant Snowflakes to decorate your cards, make hanging ornaments and you can even size up to 12 inches and decorate your entire home with vinyl and cardstock snowflakes, the possibilities are endless!
 
This SVG Cutz set was also designed to go perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection!
 
 Set includes:
Snowflake overlays in 3 sizes
3 matching Shadow layers
3 matching Mat layers
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!
 

Winter Sparkle Snowflakes SVG Cutz
Snowflakes Set #1 and Set #2
 
 Make 6 contemporary elegant Snowflakes with this fabulous 18 piece SVG Cutz set!
Set #1 and Set #2 includes 3 different concentric multi-layered contemporary Snowflakes in 3 sizes with the largest Snowflake in each set just over 4 inches!  Use these beautiful Snowflakes to decorate your cards, make hanging ornaments and even decorate your entire home with vinyl and cardstock Snowflakes as large as 12 inches and you can also stack the layers to make 3D Snowflakes too, the possibilities are endless!
 
This SVG Cutz set was also designed to go perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection!
 
 includes Snowflakes Set #1 and Snowflakes Set #2
18 Pieces 
6 Snowflake overlays
6 matching Shadow layers
6 matching Mat layers
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!
 

Winter Sparkle Snowflakes SVG Cutz
Snowflakes Set #3 and Set #4
 
 Make 6 contemporary elegant Snowflakes with this fabulous 18 piece SVG Cutz set!
Set #3 and Set #4 includes 3 different concentric multi-layered contemporary Snowflakes in 3 sizes with the largest Snowflake in each set just over 4 inches!  Use these beautiful Snowflakes to decorate your cards, make hanging ornaments and even decorate your entire home with vinyl and cardstock Snowflakes as large as 12 inches and you can also stack the layers to make 3D Snowflakes too, the possibilities are endless!
 
This SVG Cutz set was also designed to go perfectly with last year's Winter Sparkle Collection!
 
 includes Snowflakes Set #3 and Snowflakes Set #4
18 Pieces 
6 Snowflake overlays
6 matching Shadow layers
6 matching Mat layers
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
For use with US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats
Can be resized for all your crafting needs!

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I can't wait to see all your wonderful festive makes this holiday season using the fabulous
Poinsettia and Holly 2023 Collection!  Join us after Halloween and play in our wonderful Christmas festivities!  But first it's time to prepare for HALLOWEENπŸŽƒ
 
 
See my magical THIS IS HALLOWEEN 2023 Collection and then prepare to get your spook on and play in my 13th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop as a Wicked Maker starting Oct 1st!  
 
Each year we have a SPOOKtacular time and there's Candy Prizes up for grabs too!
Check out the 31 Days of Halloween annual Blog Hop page for more info and stalk the Crypt of 31 Days of Halloween Past for lots of inspirational eye candyπŸŽƒ
 
Sneaky heads-up!
Our October Challenge will be FALL-O-WEEN and you're welcome to play in both the Hop and the Challenge with different makes!
 
Thanks for visiting with us today for the big launch of the fabulous
Poinsettia and Holly 2023 Collection
 
Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN