5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop 2022: Day 2 "Let Love Bloom" Gothic Rose Card by Val!

🖤 Happy Valentine’s Day Creative Friends 🖤 

We are busy celebrating the month of love with 2 fun creativties❤️

Our month long Let Love Bloom Challenge is in full swing where you can submit your sweet and lighter makes but if lovey dovey isn't quite your thing you can totally enter your darker makes there too AND if you really love to indulge your dark and twisty side then you’ll enjoy our 5th annual

  

 

5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

 Gothic Valentine conjures tales of dark romance, black lace, ruby red velvet, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, monster love stories, the torment of broken hearts, betrayal and the sorrow of love lost.  You get to interpret all of the above in our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

Our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop is open to everyone far and wide using any stamp company products!  Enter your dark romance inspired makes in the Gothic Valentine Blog Hop linky party by 5 minutes til midnight pacific on Feb 16!  The Hop linky, details and updated Rules on how to play are in the MAIN POST so please read everything before linking up!

Come play and hop along with us for 4 dark and twisty days full of fabulous inspiration and the chance to win a wicked prize or two coz the more people that play the better the prizes so round up your friends and encourage them to join the creativities🖤

 

🖤🖤🖤 VALENTINE SALE 🖤🖤🖤

LeighSBDesigns’ romance themed Digi Stamps and more are on sale for the duration of the hop at LeighSBDesigns Boutique!

 

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Day 2

“Let Love Bloom”

Gothic Rose Card

by Val

 

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all❤️

Welcome to Day 2 of our wickedly fabulous 5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop🖤  LeighSBDesigner Val made this gorgeous Gothic Rose card for your inspiration today🖤

Val created her decadent beauty with the Gothic Rose and the "Let Love Bloom" senti from the Heart Blooms digi stamp set.

 

 

Val coloured the Gothic Rose with Spectrum Noir red and black Tri-blend markers and the moody background with Black Soot and Fired Brick Distress Oxide inks.  Val embellished the corners of her card with beautiful lace-like black die cuts by Sizzix and completed her card with mat layers cut in black cardstock and black glitter cardstock and mounted everything onto a white folded card.

 

Thanks for hopping in to see today’s Hop inspiration, see you tomorrow!

Shop for the digi stamps used today and more in the Valentine Sale!

 

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 You can shop for the Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Markers, Distress Oxide inks and Sizzix dies and more at Scrapbook.com using my affiliate link!

🖤 Thanks for supporting LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog while shopping for your favourite supplies 🖤

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop 2022: Day 1 "You Stole my Heart" Gothic Gazing Globe 3D Ornament Stand by Leigh!

🖤 Happy February Creative Friends 🖤 

We are busy celebrating the month of love with 2 fun creativties❤️

Our month long Let Love Bloom Challenge is in full swing where you can submit your sweet and lighter makes but if lovey dovey isn't quite your thing you can totally enter your darker makes there too AND if you really love to indulge your dark and twisty side then you’ll enjoy our 5th annual

 

 

5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

 Gothic Valentine conjures tales of dark romance, black lace, ruby red velvet, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, monster love stories, the torment of broken hearts, betrayal and the sorrow of love lost.  You get to interpret all of the above in our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

Our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop is open to everyone far and wide using any stamp company products!  Enter your dark romance inspired makes in the Gothic Valentine Blog Hop linky party by 5 minutes til midnight pacific on Feb 16!  The Hop linky, details and updated Rules on how to play are in the MAIN POST so please read everything before linking up!

Come play and hop along with us for 4 dark and twisty days full of fabulous inspiration and the chance to win a wicked prize or two coz the more people that play the better the prizes so round up your friends and encourage them to join the creativities🖤

 

🖤🖤🖤 VALENTINE SALE 🖤🖤🖤

LeighSBDesigns’ romance themed Digi Stamps and more are on sale for the duration of the hop at LeighSBDesigns Boutique!

 

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Day 1

“You Stole my Heart”

Gothic Gazing Globe

3D Ornament Stand

by Leigh

 

Welcome to Day 1 of our wickedly fabulous 5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop🖤  I’m kicking off the party with my Gothic Gazing Globe with a man’s heart suspended inside🖤

One of my all time favorite TV series is “Once Upon a Time”.  The clever way they weaved all the fairytales into one intricate web of delightful magic was brilliant.  I was particularly fond of the Evil Queen, Regina and her magnificent wardrobe!  I loved how Snow White’s Evil Queen merged with Alice’s Queen of Hearts so my Gothic Valentine make is inspired by her wicked penchant for ripping out living hearts and keeping them trapped!

I used my Gothic Gazing Globe SVG Cutz set to create this wicked 3D ornament stand.

Suspended inside the gothic gazing globe is the living “Heart Splatter” of the “Dark Handsome Stranger” with the terrible tale of his torment told on the back of the heart where it reads “You Stole my Heart”🖤

I cut 6 of the Gothic Gazing Globe panels from black cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo 4 and trimmed away the Jack o’ Lantern base design from each.  I then made grunge cardstock with Walnut Stain and Fired Brick Distress Oxide sprays, printed out two panels of my Skull Roses Collage then cut 6 of the base mat layer included in the Gothic Gazing Globe set.

I pre-folded all the panels and mats then glued the mats in place and assembled the Gothic Gazing Globe one panel at a time leaving the last panel open.

I then printed out the Dark Handsome Stranger onto the Distress Oxide cardstock and used the Heart Splatter digi stamp as a cut file to cut out 2 of the heart ornaments which I then glued together with fishing line sandwiched inside.

I coloured the back of the ornament black then painted it with a Spectrum Noir Macaroon Sparkle brush pen for a shimmery deep red sparkle.  I printed the dark senti digi stamp onto white cardstock and cut it out with an offset then I painted it and the front facing Fleur-de-Lis finial with the sparkle pen too.  I then edged the heart and the senti with Spectrum Noir Midas gold pigment ink.

I completed the Gothic Gazing Globe ornament stand by gluing the fishing line hanger inside the Fleur-de-Lis finial and then glued the final panel pieces of the stand together.  What makes this 3D stand even more awesome is that it folds flat for storage and mailing!

To end this macabre tale on a happy note…the Evil Queen repented and gave the Dark Handsome Stranger his heart back and they lived happily ever after…well, in this story at least🖤

The End!

Check out the rest of the 2018 Dark Valentine Collection in this video!

 

Thanks for hopping in to see today’s Hop inspiration, see you tomorrow!

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 You can shop for the Spectrum Noir Midas Gold ink pad, Distress Oxide sprays and more at Scrapbook.com using my affiliate link!

🖤 Thanks for supporting LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog while shopping for your favourite supplies 🖤

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop 2022 - Main Post!

🖤 Happy February Creative Friends 🖤 

We are busy celebrating the month of love with 2 fun creativties❤️

Our month long Let Love Bloom Challenge is in full swing where you can submit your sweeter and lighter makes but if lovey dovey isn't quite your thing you can totally enter your darker romance makes there too…AND if you really love to indulge your dark and twisty side then its now time to play in our 5th annual 

 

 

5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

 Gothic Valentine conjures tales of dark romance, black lace, ruby red velvet, the seductive world of vampires, forbidden love, tragic love, monster love stories, the torment of broken hearts, betrayal and the sorrow of love lost.  You get to interpret all of the above in our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop and create whatever your dark heart desires!

If you’re just joining us for the first time you’d be interested to know that our holiday of love has some very dark and sinister origins which you can read all about HERE!  

Our Gothic Valentine Blog Hop is open to everyone far and wide using any stamp company products on Feb 13 at 8am pacific!

 

Enter your dark romance inspired makes in the Gothic Valentine Blog Hop linky party below by 5 minutes til midnight pacific on Feb 16!  The Hop details and updated Rules on how to play are below too so please read everything before linking up!

 

We hope you’ll play and hop along with us for 4 dark and twisty days full of fabulous inspiration and the chance to win a wicked prize or two coz the more people that play the better the prizes so round up your friends and encourage them to join the creativities🖤

 

🖤🖤🖤 FREEBIES 🖤🖤🖤

You’re welcome to grab and play with these freebies!

“POE LOVE” Freebie 

"My Dark Valentine" sentiment Freebie

 

🖤🖤🖤 VALENTINE SALE 🖤🖤🖤

LeighSBDesigns’ romance themed Digi Stamps and more are on sale for the duration of the hop at LeighSBDesigns Boutique!

 

Check out LeighSBDesigns romance collection!

 

 

 

 

 

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How to Play and Hop Rules 

 Please follow the Rules to participate and qualify for the prizes!

 

LeighSBDesigns now has a monthly CHALLENGE that is completely separate to our Blog Hops, so please note the 2 creativities are no longer combined like the few we did in the last half of 2021!

You are welcome to play in both the Hop and the Challenge this month just not with the same makes FYI!

 

All LeighSBDesigns Hops are stress free progressive hops where you decide how much you'd like to play and when, no sign-up required...just show up and play...easy peasy!

• To participate, qualify to win the Hop Prize(s) and to encourage a community of creativity, friendship and fairness all players MUST show their support of fellow players by hopping and commenting on the entries in the linky submitted on the same days you choose to play!  If you're late to the party you’re welcome to play catch-up and enter a few makes on the same day and those entries will count towards the missed days so please hop back and comment!
• Please also leave a comment on this main post as well as all 4 days of LeighSBDesigns posts that are included in the linky to show your support of LeighSBDesigns hosting the hop!
• Link-up Descriptions:  To help with tallying please include the following in all your link-up descriptions:  the Date, your Name and your entry number, for example: Day 1 Leigh #1
• In addition to the Hop Prize(s) and Winner Badge, the Winner(s) also get an invite to be a Guest Designer!
• All are welcome to enter makes following the Gothic Valentine theme using any company products! 
• Please include LeighSBDesigns Gothic Valentine Blog Hop 2022 in all your blog and social media posts and link back to this main post.  
  
• Optional - display the Gothic Valentine Hop Badge above in your blog sidebar for the duration of the hop to help promote!
  
• Old makes re-shared in new posts with the Hop details included are welcome - NO backlinking!  Past players must share some new makes to help keep things fresh though!
  
• Link to your actual posts! 
• Public social media link-ups welcome - Flickr, Facebook and Instagram etc!  If you have any issues linking up please add your link in the comments on this post and let me know what's happening and I'll either try and add your entry or direct hoppers to your makes!
• Social media shares please Tag @LeighSBDesigns and use hashtag #LeighSBDesignsGothicValentineBlogHop2022
• Players must follow LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog
• It would be awesome if you'd also follow our other sites too, let us know in the comments where you're following us:
• Instagram 
• Pinterest
• YouTube channel 
• Facebook 
• MeWe 

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

Happy Hopping!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

7th annual Poe Appreciation Blog Hop Winners!

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️

What a POEtastic hop we had in celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday!  All the Poe makes shared over our 5 glorious days of hopping were POEtastic indeed, thanks for playing along with us in our 

7th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Blog Hop!

 

 

I’m now delighted to announce the Winners of this year’s Poe Hop!

Congratulations to

TEE

You’re the WINNER of the prize sponsored by Ike’s Art with these beauties using LeighSBDesigns Poe themed digi stamps!

Congratulations to

SUSAN

You’re the WINNER of LeighSBDesigns prize with your handsome Poe Book using LeighSBDesigns POE BOOK SVG Cutz!

Please message me to claim your prizes by Feb 17 and grab your snazzy WINNER Badge above for your sidebars😁

See you all on Sunday for our

5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

 

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

CHALLENGE #2 Let Love Bloom: "Let Love Bloom" Raggedy Heart Strings Inspiration by Val!

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️ 

Our February Challenge #2 - Let Love Bloom is in full swing with fabulous makes linked up already and we're loving them❤️  Challenge #2 is all about the sweeter lighter side of romance but of course you're welcome to go darker if you wish.  All the info and the linky are in the main challenge post so dash on over and play in

"Let Love Bloom"

Raggedy Heart Strings

Card by Val

 

LeighSBDesigner Val made this gorgeous Valentine themed inspirational make for Challenge #2 - Let Love Bloom featuring designs from my Valentine Digi Stamps from the 2019 Collection and the 2021 Collection❤️

Val created this gorgeous Valentine card with a touch of grunge that makes it perfect for the guys...you know some of them just can't handle the cards that are too lovey dovey for their liking, LOL😉  She used the grunge style Raggedy Heart Strings Background as her focal image and included "Let Love Bloom" from the Heart Blooms digi stamp set for her senti which is the title and theme of our current challenge.

 

 

 To make her card Val used Squeezed Lemonade and Fired Brick Distress Oxide inks to grunge up the design and accented some of the hearts with a red marker.  For her mat layer she used Hobby Craft red glitter cardstock and used Hobby Craft smooth white cardstock to print the digi stamps on as well as the folded card base.

 Don't forget to mark your calendars for Feb 13-16!

 Get dark and twisty with us for our 5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

 

 

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

CHALLENGE #2 2022 MAIN POST: Let Love Bloom

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️

Today we kick off the first of our 2 creativities for February🎉

Our Hop+Challenges are now separate parties with our Challenge starting today and then our 4th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop begins as usual on February 13 for four dark and twisty days as we explore the dark side of love so do come and join us this month🎉

 

🎉 Now for our 2nd CHALLENGE of 2022 🎉

LeighSBDesigns now hosts monthly Challenges with a new one posted on the first Friday of each month!  Prizes are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes so please help spread the word and tell all your crafty friends to come and join the fun!

Challenge #2 is all about the sweeter lighter side of romance but you're welcome to go darker if you wish so here we go, come and play in

Challenge #2 - Let Love Bloom

Feb 4-25, 2022

 

Enter your romance themed makes in the Challenge linky below by February 25th midnight pacific!

The challenge is open to interpretation...think love, Valentine, hearts, blossoms to get your muse going!  Please follow the Rules to participate and qualify for the prizes that are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes! 

 

CHALLENGE PRIZE TIER #1

• Enter the monthly Challenges using LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps or SVG Cutz to win the LeighSBDesigns Challenge Prize
• Winner invited to be a Guest Designer
• Please follow the rules explained below
  

CHALLENGE PRIZE TIER #2

• Enter using any stamp company products to win a Top 3 badge plus a generous discount code to spend at LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps Boutique
• Winners invited to be a Guest Designer
  
• Please follow the rules explained below 

CHALLENGE INFO and RULES

• LeighSBDesigns Challenges are monthly with a new one posted on the first Friday of each month!
  
• Challenges will be themed plus an occasional Anything Goes.  
  
• You can make anything you want:  paper crafts, mixed media, rubber or digi stamping, cute or creepy...whatever makes your muse happy is welcome! 
  
• Your make must be inspired in some way by the current challenge theme.
• Our Challenges are open to everyone using any company products with the main prize for those who use LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps or SVG Cutz.
• Prizes are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes so please help spread the word and tell all your crafty friends to come and join the fun!
  
• Include the Challenge details and Challenge badge in your post and link back to this main post. 
• There's no limit on entries or how many other challenges you combine with ours!
• Challenge entries must be new and posted on or after the Challenge start date - no back linking!
• After linking up please leave a comment on the Challenge main post coz we do love hearing from you! 
• Link to your actual posts! 
• You're welcome to play in any of our current Blog Hops too but your entries must be different if the themes are similar! 
• Don't have a blog, no prob!  You can share from Flickr, Instagram, YouTube etc. 
• Problems linking up? Leave a comment below explaining your issue with the link to your make.
• Social media shares please use hashtag #LeighSBDesignsChallenge2LetLoveBloom
• You must be a follower of LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog to play!
  
• It would also be awesome if you'd follow us on Instagram, Pinterest, subscribe to our YouTube channel and join our social media groups on Facebook and MeWe - comment below to let us know where you are following us!

 Mark your calendars for Feb 13-16!

 Get dark and twisty with us for our 5th annual Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

 

 

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge #1 SNOW or POE WINNERS!

❤️ Happy February Creative Friends ❤️

Thank you for playing along in our first challenge of 2022!  We had a blast sharing all our inspirational makes with you all and enjoyed seeing what you did with Challenge #1 SNOW or POE!

 

Now for the WINNERS🎉

 

 

 The Winner with this fabulous make is NAN🎉

Please message me to claim your prize by Feb 8 and also make arrangements to be a Guest Designer!

 

 

The Winner taking the Top spot with this fabulous make is TEE🎉

Please message me to claim your prize by Feb 8 and also make arrangements to be a Guest Designer!

 

Gorgeous makes ladies, thanks for playing along!

See you February 4th for the start of our February Challenge and stay tuned for the Winners of our

7th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Blog Hop!

 

 Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN