Half-o-ween Blog Hop with LeighSBDesigns

OMG!  I almost missed it!  I've been so involved with coffee that I spaced out on the Half-o-Ween Blog Hop sponsored by LeighSBDesigns until just now.  EEEK!  Do you believe that we're half way to Halloween already?  Be still my heart.  So here's a quickie using Miss Oddleigh Witchiepoo.  I've used the png version so I could drop her in some digital paper.  (I know it's was called Nebulous, but for the life of me, I can't find where I bought it.)  Anyway, I've colored Witchiepoo with Copics and added a sentiment sticker from Tim Holtz Small Talk.

Although the Half-o-Ween Blog Hop is a one day thing (for entries), you have until June 3rd to make the rounds and comment on the projects, so be sure to check it our HERE.  You might win a prize!

I'm also entering this in the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #82 AG Challenge, Simon Says Wednesday AG (5/5), Dream in Darkness May is the Word (my word for the year is "plan", yeah right), Simply Papercraft Challenge 58 AG, 

ONE is Never Enough!

Here's one more for the LeighSBDesigns first birthday and Birthday Card Contest which ends TONIGHT at midnight PDT.  Still time to grab the FREEBIE HERE and enter for a prize.  Yesterday I went for a bit of a macabre approach you can see HERE, but today I went cute and quirky combining the freebie (ONE with cupcake) with the OddLeigh Cupcake set and adding Miss Oddleigh herself (see the whole Oddleigh family HERE) and two cupcakes that are part of the set.  I've colored with Copic in sweet yummy colors and inked the edges with Distress.  Went CAS since there was already a lot going on using a pretty pastel chevron pattern from Queen & Co.

Oh wow, and BTW, in honor of Earth Day Leigh has Just released 2 new stamps! 

Daisy Bee

And 

Kitty Cuddles

Available until April 28 at a special introductory price at LeighSBDesigns HERE.

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art April Linky Challenge, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #80 AG, the Colour Crazy Challenge Week 16, Star Stampz Pastel Colors, HLS CAS Challenge Chevrons, Jo's Scrap Shack FFC #230 AG, the Corrosive Challenge #4 AG (using sponsor image) and Do Al(l) Kreatives April #16 Pastel Colors. 

Almost Late to the Party at LeighSB Designs

My dear friend Leigh Snaith-Brunton is celebrating the first birthday of LeighSB Designs with a fun Birthday Card Contest and FREEBIE to enter that I almost missed due to my illness since our trip over Easter weekend.  You can read all about it HERE and still nab the freebie and enter by midnight tomorrow, April 22nd (PDT) for a chance to win prizes.  WooHoo!  You know I love me some quirky and/or dark designs and LeighSB Designs delivers those in spades, but she also offers a number of kitties, both cute and exotic as well as some lovely traditional images of beautiful ladies and sweet holiday fare. You can see lots of inspiration on the Leigh SB Designs Blog and the FB Fan Group.

This is my first entry using the FREEBIE combined with her Alfred Hitchcock  (and friend).  They're in a festive mood, sporting party hats from the 4 pack collection HERE.  I've cropped the FREEBIE in my Printmaster Program and separated the cupcake from the "ONE" and moved it forward to allow the bird to be able to blow out the candle. I've colored with Copics in my fave color combo and inked with Distress.  I really had fun with this and hope I can manage at least one other offering before the party is over.  Hurry, and you can party too.

I'm entering this in the DL.Art April Linky Challenge, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #80 AG, Creative Moments #141 AG, Crafting With Friends #65 AG, the Outlawz Monday Greetings Square Cards, Dream in Darkness April AG and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG/w critter.

Final post for the My Dark Valentine Blog Hop

Well I've had a ball during the fab My Dark Valentine Blog Hop, sponsored by LeighSBDesigns, but it's time for me to say night night.  One final project using two of the images from her new Dark Valentine collection, Scratch Hearts Background that I've recolored red in my Printmaster Platinum Program and a sentiment from Dark Sentiments 2 that I've cropped and resized to fit the Smeared Ink image I'd colored previously with Copics and fussy cut to add to my card.  The entire edge was inked with Distress and there ya go.  Hope you had as much fun as I did during the Hop.  Still time to comment, even if you didn't post.

An InLinkz Link-up

Another Dark Valentine

Having a ball here playing in the My Dark Valentine Blog Hop with a brand new project using 3 of the sets from the Dark Valentine collection from LeighSBDesigns.  This projects is nearly all digital as I first removed the inside of the jpg version of Heart Splatter so I could have Dark Handsome Stranger peeking out. I also used my Printmaster Platinum program to recolor the image sort of a dusty lavender (that seemed to print blue, but that's okay).  I added the sentiment on top from the Dark Sentiments Set 1 and added a drop shadow. Cool, eh?  It gives me shivers!  After printing, I inked the edges with Distress and tried to find one of my rubber stamps of either flying birds or bats, but to no avail.  Finally found a moon and clouds flair button from UmWow to fill in the corner and called it done.

An InLinkz Link-up

My Bloody Valentine Hop Day 1

WooHoo!  Darkness reigns again for the 5 Day My Dark Valentine Hop, February 12-16 sponsored by LeighSBDesigns.  It works the same way as the Poe Appreciation Hop did and you can read the particulars on how to participate HERE.  I was all set to post a previous project first because of limited time today, but found some Smeared Ink (no longer trading) images I'd colored previously but never put on a project.  I'd already purchased some (okay, ALL  They're on SALE for the duration of the Hop!) of the LeighSBDesigns new Dark Valentine Collection and found that her Distressed Splatter Heart and a sentiment from the Dark Sentiments Set 1 that I cropped and split in my printing program was the perfect background.  Images were colored with Copics, the main one fussy cut and popped and I distressed the edges with Distress Ink and scissors.  Hope to see you hoppin'.
  

An InLinkz Link-up

Final Day of the Poe Appreciation Hop

It's the final day of the Poe Appreciation Blog Hop and this is my final project to share.  The Linky expires at 11:55pm PST TONIGHT!  It's a new one using the fabulous Poe Love Freebie from LeighSB Designs (no longer available, ya snooze, ya lose) along with the new Distressed Raven that I've cropped to sit upon Poe Love and resized and cropped to add as a sentiment up top.  The DP has done a lot of the work (Midnight Magic from Recollections), but I did cut a Graveyard Border from Tim Holtz and used it as a stencil to add headstones to the scene with Black Soot Distress to add to the eerie feel.  Check out the entire new Poe release on Leigh's Release post HERE and even if you've not posted projects during the Hop, you still win a prize by commenting on all of the Hop posts.  You have 5 more days to do that.

If you're up for a little additional creepiness, get ready for the next event Leigh has planned.  WooHoo!  But for now, let's finish this Poe Hop with a BANG! ​

An InLinkz Link-up

NEW Make for Poe Appreciation Day!

Okay, so I wasn't going to craft today, but I'm lovin' the new Poe Stamps from Leigh SB Designs and could resist making a little ATC using Oddleigh Edgar Allan Poe and Raven and, because it's a PAR-Teh, they're sporting hats from the new Party Hats Fun pack.  WooHoo!  I probably should have thought the whole ATC thingy through before printing the stamps, since coloring the details was more than a bit challenging, but it was fun, if not so quick. Just don't look too closely. LOL  I just love all of the Oddleigh characters, they're so fun and quirky.

So YAY, ME!  I finally have a NEW make for the Poe Appreciation Blog Hop. There's still time to join in.  All info below. 

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An InLinkz Link-up

Take Time to Smell the Flowers

I'm joining in the Outlawz Color Challenge with this fun quirky image called Whimsical Miss Oddleigh Flower by LeighSBDesigns.  Although I do love all kinds of stamps, I really get a kick out of the unusual, quirky and imaginative ones, so I had a ball with her.  She comes holding a flower but separate garden is included in both jpg and png form so I was able to size and merge the images. I couldn't resist the sentiment, considering her rather regal nose.  LOL  She's colored with Copics using a variety of oranges and my two other colors for the challenge are yellow and green.  The twist I chose is add butterflies that I trimmed from a punched border that just happened to be on my desk (in ORANGE, no less!) Here's the inspiration photo from the Outlawz. 

I'd also like to mention that Leigh is still celebrating the Grand Opening of her Etsy Shop and there are freebies to be had by joining her FB Fan Group.  If quirky doesn't float your boat, be sure to check out her gorgeous and exotic kitties.  There is something for everyone.  You can read more about it HERE.

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art May Linky Challenge, Crafty Calender May Flowers, Creative Fingers #129 AG, That's Crafty! Bright, Simply Create Too #127  Must Use a Digi, Aud Sentiments #129 Flowers + Sentiment, Cute Card Thursday AG, Southern Girls Retro Challenge Use an Actual Punch and Crafting With an Attitude #27 AG.

Steampunk Easter Bunny and Grand Opening of LeighSBDesigns

I'm so thrilled for my friend Leigh Snaith-Brunton, artist extraordinaire, who just launched her own Etsy shop of exclusive stamps yesterday and is celebrating with a Grand Opening.   I rushed to her Shop and immediately purchased her first stamp, Whimsical Steampunk Easter Bunny, at an introductory price through April 16th.  Every 3 days or so, Leigh will be adding her designs one at a time for the special price until her shop is complete.  WooHoo!  I've colored Stampunk Easter Bunny with Copics and metallic gel pens, cut him out with a Spellbinders Labels Seventeen and inked it with Distress whaile he was still in the die.  The Steampunk digi papers are from Bearly Mine which closed in Jan 2015 because of the EU VAT laws.  So sad.

Now did I mention a Grand Opening?  You betcha, and there are Freebies to be had.  You can read all about it HERE, on the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog. Join her new FB Fan Group and come join the fun.

I'm entering this in the DL.Art April Linky Challenge, the Outlawz Monday Greetings Easter Celebration,  Crafty Catz #366 AG/Animals (2/3), Simply Papercraft AG, Creative Moments #115 AG/Easter, Inspiration Destination #126 AG, Cards 4 Guys Animal Antics, Creative Fingers #128, Simon Says Wednesday Color Inspiration and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #1 (5/5).