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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
A Sneaky Sneak at what is happening at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog Today!
Nope not a word out of me! Just follow this linky to the LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog today and see what is going on! I even gave you two chances to click the link and fly over there! Ok, so no more words but how about a corner or edge or ????
Saturday, September 16, 2017
An Acrylic Painting of Our Favorite Drink an a Treat!
I painted this using a tutorial on Youtube and just love it! It is on a 5 x 7 canvas perfect for popping a frame on or leaving as is and hanging with my other coffee related art in the kitchen!
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A "Latte" of Work!
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Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop!
Welcome to the blog hop! This is my first time with the group and the hop but so fun! I will keep this short and sweet so you can hop to the next person's blog!
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Great News at SUYP Cats Only Challenge!
Yup, our LeighSBDesigns is the sponsor for this month at the Show Us Your Pussies Cat Lover's Challenge #22 Furrything Goes! What better pair than the lovely Ike and fabtastic Leigh! I am chiming in on this challenge with the awesome Cleo the Egyptian Cat!
I looked up some quotes by Cleopatra herself and found some words spoken by a very determined lady! This elegant fantasy Cleo the Egyptian Cat seems to bear the original Cleopatra's staunch and noble bearing! So I printed one of my favorites to finish off my ATC and hope Cleo likes being teamed with it :)
Come join the fun and play along! You might just win a free digi from our lovely sponsor and a badge of honor!
I am entering this in SURP #22 Furrything Goes
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Japan Fall and Digitally Made Challenge #5 Fall
I was blessed to have my son take me to Japan for the second time last November a few weeks after my mom had passed of a lengthy fight with lung cancer. It was heaven sent to be able to go and spend time in the lovely Japan and it was fall!! The leaves changed full force while we were there and going to a lake close to Mt. Fuji was simply amazing; I had never ever seen so many fabulous colors! Most of the shrines and temples have gardens surrounding them and this one is in Narita I think? but the garden and koi fish were absolutely amazing!
The lovely digital image is by LeighSBDesigns and is named Neko! I had colored the image and merged her and Neko the cat into this lovely fall scene in Japan. Neko is eyeing those gorgeous koi fish so I am hoping he has been fed very recently!
I am off again in two weeks to catch the very beginning of fall in Japan with my son so more fun to play with when I come home loaded with pictures!
Digitally Made Challenge #5 FALL!
When most thing of fall they think of the gorgeous changing leaves unless you live in the South, U.S. We go from green to brown in a matter of days with just a few pops of red from our popcorn trees...nope they do not grow popcorn :(! and some mild yellows. So my mind goes to pumpkins! We have pumpkin patches and of course I love Halloween so there is the direction I take! The theme at Digitally Made this month is Fall so I had my friend the pumpkin fairy do me a solid and with the help of her pet the wise old owl she zapped me some gorgeous pumpkins all from the Tumblefish Studios at Mischief Circus and the Dreams Funky Fairies Kit and the Halloween Kit. These kits were purchased as a going out of business sale but I think there might me some more fab Tumblefish Studio kits available; I just can't link up to these two.
I also used a Holiday Twinkle kit for the background after all fairies have magic and it sparkles! One of the reasons I love them! This also came from Mischief Circus but I am not sure of the creator's name....sorry!!!
Hope you are beginning to enjoy some fall coolness and beauty!
Friday, September 1, 2017
September and Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden Theme at Delicious Doodles Challenge!
I adore fairies and fairy houses! I see people making them on Youtube and I am amazed! To my delight this month at Delicious Doodles September Challenge the theme is "Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden"! What fun and my teamies have done some amazing fairy house scenes so please stop by and leave them a ton of love! I loved the image I decided to use as my fairy is looking up hands raised from the bottom of the garden. The image is "Snowdrop Fairy" and I actually looked up or Googled as my dear friend Anne always tells me to do! what snowdrop flowers look like. Well, they are lovely but white with very little color to them so I worked on several color combos to try and add my own hint of purple that some seem to contain but working with white and markers was not the best idea! I should have used my Prisma colored pencils but I got to the point of being committed to making this work! So after many layers including the Prisma's and changes of colors here is my Snowdrop Fairy.
I cut the image down from a four by six to fit a number 10 size kraft tag and mixed purple acrylic paint with modeling paste to stencil a layer of stars which sadly was completely covered up when all was said and done. Stamped a flower from the Tuesday Morning (fabulous for strange and always changing craft supplies on the cheap!) using the same paint all around the top and edges, stenciled another star with flourishes at top and bottom same color, then I added some die cut greenery to help hide my fairy kindly sent to me by Adam from Sin City Stamps as a winning prize from a blog hop! I attached her with foam tape and added white Stickles everywhere even the little odd shape dodad I found laying in a craft drawer! The word Believe was die cut from paper that I brayered with some Quinacridone Magenta and Quinacridone Gold acrylic paints and dried. Some lovely eyelash ribbon and she is set to hide and enjoy her flowers!
Please get your fairy head on and show us your fairy at the bottom of the garden! The theme can have so many interpretations I can't wait to see what you come up with so I can visit your blog and leave you some love!
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Monday, August 28, 2017
It's Autumn Color Time at Delicious Doodles Is Fading Fast!
If you are living anywhere in my region you won't be seeing autumn colors at all! We go from green to brown over night to bare branches! Thank goodness for our evergreens and no snow 😏! So I enjoyed playing around with those gorgeous colors I have seen in the northeastern U.S. and just above me, Tennessee, and the staggering beauty of Japan in its fall! I guess the point is if we don't have something we love happening how lucky we can paint, color, or collage it and pretend! This month at Delicious Doodles Challenge we have a theme of Autumn Colors hence my verses above...makes a little more sense, not much, but a little! I wanted to give you one last incentive to join us this month so without delay here are the fair Zodiac - Gemini twins along with the Pumpkin Corner (which has flourishes and dots really gorgeous I just had to fussy cut what I could) to celebrate the upcoming fall weather wherever it is or will occur!
I colored them up with Spectrum Noir markers which honestly do not blend nearly as well as Copics but I have the whole set so oh well! Then I sprayed the page with a Gelato homemade spray using some yellow and orange Gelatos in a mister and shaking. I had a weird little stamp that I rubbed orange Gelato onto and stamped in three places adding a bubble bead in the middle circle. Some crinkle edged scissors around them and same process with the Pumpkin Corner except I popped it up with some foam tape. The background paper is my left over palette paper when I am painting acrylic canvases and I try to always have a paper on hand to brayer or scribble something onto for a different looking background for this purpose and a good head start on a journal page! I cut the background larger of course and used the Tim Holtz tool to distress the edges of it. All that was left was to attach my twins and pumpkin to the background. I did use a tea spray by Heidi Swapp that glimmers like crazy and a burst of the same Gelato spray from the twins on the background to tie it all in a bit more.
I colored them up with Spectrum Noir markers which honestly do not blend nearly as well as Copics but I have the whole set so oh well! Then I sprayed the page with a Gelato homemade spray using some yellow and orange Gelatos in a mister and shaking. I had a weird little stamp that I rubbed orange Gelato onto and stamped in three places adding a bubble bead in the middle circle. Some crinkle edged scissors around them and same process with the Pumpkin Corner except I popped it up with some foam tape. The background paper is my left over palette paper when I am painting acrylic canvases and I try to always have a paper on hand to brayer or scribble something onto for a different looking background for this purpose and a good head start on a journal page! I cut the background larger of course and used the Tim Holtz tool to distress the edges of it. All that was left was to attach my twins and pumpkin to the background. I did use a tea spray by Heidi Swapp that glimmers like crazy and a burst of the same Gelato spray from the twins on the background to tie it all in a bit more.
We hope you will pop over to our Challenge, still a few days to show us your colors! And don't forget to share with us on our Facebook fan page and visit the fabulous Delicious Doodles Etsy Store! Halloween is right around that corner and there are some wonderfully ghoulish and creepy digital stamps as well as some awesomely beautiful images as well!
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Celebrating National Dog Day and the Solar Eclipse with Dragons Lair Designs Digitally!
I wanted to play along with the third? I think challenge at Digitally Made as I am so happy to see challenges that accept or that or designated just for digital makes! Some people do not see the challenge in making a totally digital make but being not very good with digital work I can surely appreciate those who are so talented with it! It is truly a fabulous art form! Off the soap box now and on to my make with my precious grandpups who weren't all that impressed with the buzz about the eclipse. One wanted to just sleep right through it, one wanted her chew toy and the entire bed to herself! and the other two's interest was peaked a bit but nothing further than a dog treat took them! And NO they were not outside for the event for a second! All were cozy and safe inside with toys and treats and Yoshi had his nap buddy, me! so all were well taken care of during the eclipse 😊
I used a collection from Dragons Lair Designs which is sadly closing due to the owner's health but we pray for a speedy recovery and her return to her wonderful art! There is also a CLOSING SALE going on right now at the link above so please go have a look! She has some amazing holiday kits, including Halloween and Christmas plus digital images and mini kits and quick pages! This collection is
Summer Sunset Page Kit with FREE EXTRAs
and is on sale at less than half the regular price! I love this and I picked the paper background because it looked like this:
So eclipsy (not a word I know!) to me but I wanted to used the frames that came with the kit so I ended up covering up the actual reason I picked it! I still think the colors remind me of the sun so eclipse it shall stay!
Thanks to Yoshi, Girlie, Trick, and Leggo for being such adorable models that make each day a pleasure to craft about and talk to them about what I am doing and get such love from them!
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Two Fat Pages with Alice and Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage from LeighSBDesigns
How I do love these grunge collages with Alice and the Queen of Hearts! This morning I featured a notebook I made using them plus the Grunge Card Suite set you can get for free if you buy both Alice and the Queen! Now I am showing you two fat pages I made with these same digital images! And I can't forget to remind you that this weekend is a fun weekend for us at Markers! Paper! Digis! Facebook Group as LeighSBDesigns is the sponsor for the weekend! Fun Stuff!!!
Alice Grunge Collage Fat Page
My background papers are made when I finish a painting and have paint left on my palette! I just grab a paper and my brayer (bought on super sale don't know how I lived without it! lol) and scrap the paint up with a palette knife and plop on my paper then brayer it out until I like it! I used some of Tim Holtz's ChitChat words and brass clip with a paperclip to compliment the background. The two cards (yes, the diamond was partying under the bed but I sent Yosh under there to get it for me!) were watercolored in with the circle tool from my Gelato set made circles from watercolors and mixed media opaque and transparent colors.
Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage Fat Page
Again, paint from my palette smashed about with my brayer with some black lace layered under the heart card and spade all made as above. I added some little gold medallions my mom gave me a box of 500 given to her by her best friend! So much of my stash has my mom written all over it because she always was on the market to buy or score me craft supplies and she always shared :)
The FREEBIE Wonderland Grunge Set can be found HERE and includes the Queen and Alice with the Grunge Card Suite included for free! You can purchase the Grunge Card Suite alone HERE.
Stop by this weekend and say hi and LIKE Markers! Paper! Digis! and see what goodies we all have up sharing plus I hear of a 30% off coupon good for this weekend at the LeighSBDesigns Etsy Store!
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Sunshine in Her Hair by LeighSBDesigns!
This digital image has about the most beautiful face I have seen on any! You can see the sweetness yet joking side of this glowing young lady! I made a small hanging tag for this weekend as LeighSBDesigns sponsors Markers! Paper! Digis! Exciting for us and for you all we hope, too! So on to the finished make of Sunshine in Her Hair!
Tomorrow you will hear about how I make my background papers, however, this one is just a tad different as I didn't brayer my left over palette paint but used a huge brush to make huge red and orange poppies with green leaves and other colors smushed around! I took yellow watercolors and dotted around the image and added some bronze bling to the corners. She is colored with Prisma colored pencils and since she is holding the sunshine her personality pours out; I gave her pink hair my favorite color hair to color :)
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LeighSBDesigns Sponsor Day at Markers! Paper! Digis! Today!!
So cool to have a sponsor day with Markers! Paper! Digis! featuring our LeighSBDesigns by Leigh for the day! And she has given us a dilly of a fabulous set to work with for this wonderful time! We have the Alice Grunge Collage and Queen of Hearts Grunge Collage digital images with the Grunge Card Suits set that will come as a freebie when you order Alice and the Queen! I used all sorts of mixed media paints, waterpaints, opaque acrylics, transparent, acrylics, everything I could throw at mine to make a book to hold papers for sketches for my acrylic paintings!
Some ribbons and a bit of bling and matching clips for front and back!
The back with the lovely UGH Queen!
Supposed to be a quartet but that pesky diamond has slipped off for some partying! But the Grunge Card Suits set sprayed with tea spray by Heidi Swapp and all holding a page with little brass clips by Tim Holtz.
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