LeighSBDesigns new Fall Roses release!

LeighSBDesigns has a wonderful new release out today called Fall Roses with a giveaway and a coupon code too!  Colour up the floral design with traditional Fall colors and use it to create wonderful Fall and Thanksgiving themed projects then make it work all year long just with a simple color palette change!  A definite must have for your digi stamp collections!

Pop on over to LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog for all the details on the Fall Roses Giveaway going on all week!

Fall Roses is now available at LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique at a special intro price good thru Saturday August 18, sale ends at midnight PT!

Here's my first share of Fall Roses all colored up.  I'll be sharing a tutorial on what I've made with this one over at LeighSBDesigns soon!

See ya over at the Inspiration Blog!

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Tutorial Tuesday at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog

I am so excited to have my tutorial up on the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog today!  I hope you will go by and visit and leave a comment so we can know you stopped by!  I am sharing my Anubus Bust artist trading coin.  I am loving these coins so much and waiting for my 2 1/2 inch paper punch to come in so that I can create a lot more of them 😊.

Artist trading coins are 2 1/2 inches (hence the wait for the right paper punch!) and are used the same way as artist trading cards.  I am finding them more difficult to create than the cards just because of the smaller area that is available to work with.   This also makes them such fun!

The fabtastic image Anubus Bust by LeighSBDesigns is a definite must have before the all important Halloween season arrives!  Researching Anubus will give you tons of inspiration on projects to make the ghouls scream with delight and fright!

See ya over at the Inspiration Blog!

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Christmas in July with Ike's World Challenges

Hi, all!  Don't panic!  It is not REALLY Christmas already; we are just having our fabulous "Christmas in July" Challenge #110 at Ike's World Challenges :)  It really is fun to think about Christmas when you know it is not knocking on your front door as you think!  I had some fun with the adorable "Christmas Pixie"!  She is looking sparkly and festive as she decorates a gold wrapped package ready to go under the tree.

Soucolor Markers

Gold Flakes

Stickles

Sparkle .png element from Dragons Lair Designs "Fairies Elements"

added to the photo in editing

Gold tissue paper, ribbon, and tulle

Come join us and play along!

Ike's World Challenge 

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Finally Back to Play at SUYP's Challenge #32

I am sooo glad to be playing again at Ike's SUYP's Challenge!  I love using the wonderful freebies Ike gives us each month at the Challenge Blog!  Another reason to not miss a month so don't follow my example, follow my advice! ;)

Cat in Clover by Ike's Art

DP and black cardstock

Soucolor markers

Believe stamp

Black ink pad

Glue

Now off you go to start rounding up those kitties to get all crafted up to enter this month's challenge!

Happy Half-O-Ween with the God of the Dead!

The sounds of the ages before and after float hauntingly over the fabulous Anubis!  God of the Dead until he was replaced in the Middle Kingdom by Osiris, he assumes many roles in the death process as he rules over his subjects.  Protector of the deceased and their tombs as well as associating himself with the mummifications process!   All done while holding himself regally above all of life and its subjects!  This fabulous Anubis is brilliantly given life by LeighSBDesigns especially for the half way mark to our most favorite holiday or as we call it, Half-O-Ween!  Yes, Half-O-Ween signifies only six more months until Halloween!  And we all are always ready for that!  So welcome and enjoy and participate in the LeighSBDesigns Half-O-Ween Blog Hop!

With some words from the Book of the Dead, nighttime reading for this dear fellow, he lives among the smoke and rubble of the history of the Egyptian Gods.  You can find him in all his glory at LeighSBDesigns Boutique ready to come celebrate Half-OWeen with you and your crafting goodies!

Hope to blog hop to your blog as you join in the fun with the:

Outlaws Twisted Thursday

A bit running late, well, really running late!  Here is my make for the Twisted Thursday Challenge at the Outlawz "Lavender and Lace".

I used the cutie image by Dragons Lair Designs :)

It's Monochromatic Time at Ike's World Challenge

Welcome and I hope your May is going along swimmingly!  At Ike's World Challenges we are going into monochromatic or all hues of one shade...no pops of another color allowed OR Anything Goes for #108 :)   I am using the oh so lovely Angel #5 and I have colored her up and put her into a fold up card all in pinks.  Also there is a Birthday Sale going on at Ike's Art with 50% off on images taken at the register!  Shop HERE!

Using a template for the folding card from Stampington Magazine, I cut two of them out of the outside paper and the inside paper.  A tiny cloud and sun and the word "Believe" give a hint of what is on the inside.

I attached my colored image on white cardstock to the middle of the card.  Before attaching anything to front or inside I inked all edges with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.

I think this will be a lovely graduation card or just a pick me up card for someone special.  Now we want to see your creations for May!  Inspire us!

Ike's World Challenge #107

Ike's Art

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Janette's Monthly Challenge at Dragons Lair Designs!

This kit makes me smile with sunshine when I am playing with it!  That's a pretty cool thing to be able to say about a kit that is sooo inexpensive PLUS Janette is giving away a Freebie addition to the kit on the Dragons Lair Inspiration Blog!!  How cool is that?  Here is my latest (I am addicted to this) play with the fabulous Citrus kit! 

I am making a digital scrapbook of our latest trip to Japan and this kit is working out so well!  I added two photos of my son as photographer and observing the customs of the temple at Ueno Park.

Why not run to the Dragons Lair Inspiration Blog HERE and grab the freebie and then run, well, you may walk if holding scissors! to the Dragons Lair Designs Etsy Store and buy the mini kit "Citrus".  Then create away!  Remember if digital play is not your thing, then these kits make wonderful elements to print out and cut to make cards...anything you want!

And here is my first fun page with this kit :)

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The Progressive Challenge at the Outlawz

I am hoping to slide this cutie under the wire as I type this it is almost 10 pm the last day!!  So quick and fast here is the fabulous Virgo Cat from Sheepski Designs!  He is being used for the Progressive challenge at the Outlawz group!

I used background paper that I made from my leftover palette paint and DP to go on top of that.  The little kitty is colored with Soucolor makers.

I am entering this into the Outlawz Progressive Challenge for April.

You are Invited to Celebrate with us at LeighSBDesigns!

Yep, we are still celebrating all month long for LeighSBDesigns and our first birthday!  A whole year of fabulous designs by our own Leigh!  Here is a party cat, well, he is actually Santa Whiskers with one of the fabulous Party Hats instead of his Santa hat!  Digital stamps are quiet versatile and there are tons of ways to play with them!

This guy was on the Inspiration Blog and all of this month's fun can be found there too!

Join us on our Facebook Group and visit the LeighSBDesigns Etsy Boutique!

Also entering in the SUYP Challenge #24 Furrything Goes

Limited Runs Progressive Challenge on Their Facebook Page!

This little guy is sooo cute and kinda looks like he could come up with some snappy jokes if need be!  He was free at Limited Runs to participate in the Progressive Challenge on the Facebook Group!
All the details are HERE!  So run see all the fun!

I used some paper that I had made with my left over acrylic paints and a brayer.  Then some smaller papers for the squares (the blue one another painted postcard).  The placement is to fit the Sketch Challenge at the Outlawz Challenge Blog!  Here is my sketch; it was use the one for this month or pick one from a previous year!

I am also entering this in the Outlawz Sketch Challenge and I am using the sketch from Jan. 4, 2017.

Check out Limited Runs Digital Stamps and the Outlawz!

Midway Post for Ike's World Challenge Spring Inspiration Photo for April

Hi all!  I am back and delighted to be attempting to catch up on almost ten weeks of recuperating from a fall down the stairs.  My arm is healing nicely in all the broken parts :)  Now for Ike's World Challenge for April using a Spring Inspiration Photo!  I had so much fun working on this; it was nice to be inking and coloring up again!

Some background papers in soft pink and background stamps in green ink with some butterflies made a nice home for the pocket to hold my seed packets.  The Seed images from Ike's Art were colored with Touch New Markers and inked with Distress Inks.  A twine box in green made the last touch. Oh the gorgeous green background paper is a digital paper from Dragons Lair Designs that I printed out and is called Watercolor Papers set.

Ike's World Challenge #107

Ike's Art

Ike's Art Fan Group Facebook

Entering into the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart #202

Crafty Catz-Your Favorite Color Combinations  Mine is the soft green and pink :) #412

Creates and Makes #20

Merry Christmas from Santa Whiskers at LeighSBDesigns

I am new to playing at the Outlawz Challenges and I am having such fun with all of the different challenges there weekly. This one is for Festive Fridays where the challenge for this week was between 4 celebrations.  Since I had Santa Whiskers all colored up and ready to visit I printed out some Dragons Lair Designs digital papers and flowers and made up a card.

Santa Whiskers is a wonderful digital image by LeighSBDesigns as we celebrate the one year anniversary/birthday of the wonderful digital stamps!  

Check out the awesome Outlawz Challenges, too!

Entering in the following challenges:

Outlawz Festive Fridays Christmas 

12 Months of Christmas #40 Festive Felines

A Snowflakes Promise #50 ATG

SUYP Challenge #24