SPRING BLOG HOP

 Good Morning Peeps,

Welcome to the first day of Spring :-D 

Well it's definitely starting to feel like Spring here in Greece - although it only lasts about a month before it gets hot :-) There are baby goats and lambs everywhere and the Almond blossoms are out. :-D

I just bought this new set by LEIGH SB DESIGNS - called ......

I love these quirky cute little guys :-D

I have coloured them up in pale Rainbow colours and set them on some spring coloured papers and card.

There are lots of brand new Spring designs in Leigh's Shop HERE and there's a SALE on now :-D 

Thanks for hopping in :-D

Challenges I am entering:

Leigh SB Designs Spring Blog Hop

International Art + Soul #104 - Bunny    27/3

Cutie Pie Challenge #157 - Bunnies/Blooms    12/4

Create a Smile Challenge - Spring   30/3

Ellibelle's Corner Challenges - Spring Colours   31/3

MAWTT Challenge #128 - Spring is Coming   31/3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEIGH SB DESIGNS 2

Hi Peeps,
I am here today to help celebrate the 3rd Birthday of LEIGH SB DESIGNS and to participate in the HOP :-) It runs from 1st - 30th APRIL 2020.

I am one of the Sponsors too for this celebration and I am offering a $15 prize to spend in my digi shop IKEsART.

This hop has 3 themes you can create with!  You can make Birthday and Party themed projects and Spring themed projects and Easter themed ones too or merge them all together! 

You can snag this FREE Bunny digi from Leigh if you enter a project in this Hop :-)

For my 2nd entry I have used   " TEDDYBEAR VALENTINE WREATH " but I have substituted his roses for the Easter eggs from Leigh's design  - " SCULLY BUNNY & EASTER EGGS "  by Leigh SB Designs.

The backing paper is from DECOSSE's DYNAMITE DOODLES and is from the Hoppin Down The Bunny Trail Set.

I hope you will come along and join in the fun and win some Prizes.

Thanks for popping in today.

Hugz

IKE x

Challenges I am entering:

Leigh SB Designs 3rd Birthday Hop  30/4

Colour My Heart Colour Dare #388     18/4

Clever Dexter Challenge #4  - Bunny Hop  30/4

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #254 - Easter   20/4

Use Your Stuff Challenge #395 - Easter  20/4

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge #139   16/4

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEIGH SB DESIGNS :-)

Hi Peeps,
I am here today to help celebrate the 3rd Birthday of LEIGH SB DESIGNS and to participate in the HOP :-) It runs from 1st - 30th APRIL 2020.

I am one of the Sponsors too for this celebration and I am offering a $15 prize to spend in my digi shop IKEsART.

This hop has 3 themes you can create with!  You can make Birthday and Party themed projects and Spring themed projects and Easter themed ones too or merge them all together! 

You can snag this FREE Bunny digi from Leigh if you enter a project in this Hop :-)

For my 1st entry I have used  " RAVEN " digi stamp by Leigh SB Designs, and fitted him out with a hat from the  " Festive Party Hats selection of 4 " also by Leigh SB Designs.

He is set on a Birthday Balloons paper which I think I got ages ago as a freebie.

I hope you will come along and join in the fun and win some Prizes.

Thanks for popping in today.

Hugz

IKE x

Challenges I am entering:

Leigh SB Designs 3rd Birthday Hop  30/4

Colour My Heart Colour Dare #388     18/4

 

5th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLEN POE BLOG HOP 2020 - DAY 5

5th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

Jan 19-23, 2020

This is Leigh's 5th Annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop.

AAaarrrrggggh !!! SOOOO late and playing catch-up and haven't even done my Commenting yet :-(

Ran short of time yesterday - car had to go to garage, got 2 new emergency Doggie Fosters so had to get something ready for them, so I totally ran out of time and am playing catch-up with everything now. Not doing so much better today either !!    :-(

This is my DAY 5 piece.

Thank you for dropping in.

Hugz

IKE xxx

5th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLEN POE BLOG HOP 2020 - DAY 4

5th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

Jan 19-23, 2020

This is Leigh's 5th Annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop.

It starts on January 19 at 9am PST and is a progressive hop spanning over 5 days.

Sign up not required... simply join the hop at any time before 5 to midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun!

Find more details HERE 

This is my DAY 4 piece using a POE image from Figaro Designs, which I covered in clear sticky-backed plastic..

I cut multiple die cut oval frames and stuck them together then painted them gold to make a frame. 

I used a piece of wood as my base and stenciled with paste using Dutch Doobadoo stencil - A5 Burlap.

I added some words from " The Raven ' by Poe and some embossed corners. The whole thing was painted with pearl paints. Then I added some strip pearls bought from my local Chinese shop and some flowers from Samflora.

Sorry about the glare picked up by the sticky-back. It was impossible to take a photo using flash but it still picked up a bit of the ceiling light. Unfortunately it didn't show up the gorgeous shine of my pearl paints !!!  :-(   Grrr - you can't win :-)

Thank you for dropping in.

Hugz

IKE xxx

Challenges I am entering:

Simon Says Stamp Weds Challenge - Use a Stencil

5th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLEN POE BLOG HOP 2020 - DAY 3

5th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

Jan 19-23, 2020

This is Leigh's 5th Annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop.

It starts on January 19 at 9am PST and is a progressive hop spanning over 5 days.

Sign up not required... simply join the hop at any time before 5 to midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun!

Find more details HERE 

This is my DAY 3 piece using " ODE TO POE " by LeighSB Designs at Etsy.
I have made another page in my Art Journal. 
I gave this journal tucked up on a shelf and I am never remembering to get it out and do some more pages ! 

Thank you for dropping in.

Hugz

IKE xxx

5th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLEN POE BLOG HOP 2020 - DAY 2

5th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!

Jan 19-23, 2020

This is Leigh's 5th Annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop.

It starts on January 19 at 9am PST and is a progressive hop spanning over 5 days.

Sign up not required...

simply join the hop at any time before 5 to midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun!

Find more details HERE 

This is my DAY 2 piece using " Scarecrow " by Oddball Art.

I have coloured it using Spectrum Noir markers and hand written part of POE's Poem - The Raven around the edges.

Thank you for dropping in.

Hugz

IKE xxx

5th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLEN POE BLOG HOP 2020

5th annual Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop!
Jan 19-23, 2020

This is Leigh's 5th Annual Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop.

It starts on January 19 at 9am PST and is a progressive hop spanning over 5 days.

Sign up not required...

simply join the hop at any time before 5 to midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun!

Find more details HERE 

Here is my piece for Day 1 - I have a re-show of a mobile I made which has Ravens and using the Nevermore and Quoth The Raven wording as balances. It's all strung with fishing line and uses two pieces of soft metal for the arms.

I want to try and make something new today but I am really pushed for time due to card commissions and taking Doggo Boi to the Vet.

Thank you for dropping in.

Hugz

IKE xxx

IT's COMING !!!!........

https://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/p/poe-blog-hop.html

DAY 1: 2019 CAT LOVERS HOP

Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2019 CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP.  I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to our Janis over at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN for organizing and hosting this fur-bulous event for the 5th year !!  =^..^=

I am one of the many Sponsors she has this year and this is also my 5th year.

Here is my exclusive digi image set that I designed for Janis as my IKEsART prize - it is called " MOOD CAT " and you get a whole cat, a body and 5 different Mood cat heads LoL  This image will not be in my Shop until after the Hop.

The featured sponsors today are: Leigh SB Designs Art Stamps, Art Impressions, Unity Stamp Company, Darkroom Door, Poppystamps, Rubber Dance Art Stamps, and Ike's Art (kindly sponsoring our Daily Games each day).

My Cats Only Challenge theme this month is Furrything Goes + MEOW-loween,  so if you make a kitty creation for the Cat Hop (Halloween or not), you can also link it up over there!!

Today I have made a Tag using a brand new kitty I purchased from LEIGH SB DESIGNS  ART STAMPS . It's from her brand new set shown below and the image I used is called " The Carved Skelly Cat ".  

For my Tag I used the Skelly Cat. I put him on a MFT sweater using 3D foamies. Ribbons and fibres from my stash and my lovely clay roses were hand made by KRISTY DEYETTE. I added some teeny die cat bats too.  I coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers and I paper pieced the sweater using papers from a new set I got - A Group of Cats 6 x 6 papers.  The Tag is embossed with a chevron patter and then coloured with orange and brown Cats Eye pigment ink stamps from Colour Box.

So, I hope to work with my MOOD CAT for some projects over the Hop,  but I am also trying to paint the outside of my house before the rains come here in Greece .   =^..^=

I hope you will pop over and join in the fur-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP 2019 - HERE 

Challenges I am entering:

31 DOH Day 21 - Leigh SB Designs Linky Party

POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP 2019 - DAY 4

Hello POE Peeps,

Here I am with DAY 4 of the 4th Annual POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP  as hosted by the amazing LEIGH SB DESIGNS.

Here is my piece for Day 4. I have used an old one today as I am on Day 3 of a mega headache and have had to start wearing my neck brace, so it's too hard to craft. :-(

I made one of those Billboard type things with two pictures on that you only see one picture from each direction. :-) Full on it looks like this.

Then - from the left it's shows my POE Raven digi...FREEBIE at IKEsART.

When you look the other way it shows my POE Cat in glorious technicolour :-D

I was making up a little frame to mount it in but I messed up the first one and now I don't have enough wood !!! :-(  Anyways - you get the idea ? :-D

Leigh has drawn a fabulous new Poe themed design called, " The Winter Raven " is now available in her Etsy Boutique. Click on the Badge above to go there.

Also check out her 2018 Poe collection which is now on sale!

There is also a FREEBIE for you called Poe Love, you can grab it HERE!

Thanks for POE-pping in and thank you for any comments. xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP 2019 - DAY 3

Hello POE Peeps,

Here I am with DAY 3 of the 4th Annual POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP  as hosted by the amazing LEIGH SB DESIGNS.

Here is my piece for Day 3 - I have tried my hand with a Mixed Media piece. 

It's not something I am very comfortable with but practice makes perfect is what they say isn't it ? :-D

My canvas is 6" x 9". I covered it with Gesso and then on a crumpled tissue. I used a variety of sprays and glitter and then stenciled in black with Dutch Doobadoo stencil 'Pop Art '. Then I stuck on all sorts of wintery things I had and made a floral/bead corner. The feathers I made using plaster in a cake decorating mould :-)

The main image is the new " THE WINTER RAVEN " from LeighSBDesigns. I did her all in black and grey. I tried printing her on soft tissue type paper but my laser printer kept eating it LoL In the end I printed her out on ordinary paper and did a wet torn edge. 

Also check out her 2018 Poe collection which is now on sale!
There is also a FREEBIE for you called Poe Love, you can grab it HERE!

Well - now I'm off to try and scrub my hands clean and I think I've trashed my nail varnish hahahahaha   :-D

Thanks for POE-pping in and thank you for any comments. xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Luv2Create Challenge #1 - Mixed Media AG

POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP 2019 - DAY 2

Hello POE Peeps,

Here I am with DAY 2 of the 4th Annual POE APPRECIATION DAY BLOG HOP  as hosted by the amazing LEIGH SB DESIGNS.

Here is my piece for Day 2 - I have a re-show of a mobile I made which has Ravens and using the Nevermore and Quoth The Raven wording as balances. It's all strung with fishing line and uses two pieces of soft metal for the arms.

***  I know someone wanted this when I showed it and I think I now have an idea about how to post it, if whoever it was still wants it :-D  ***

Leigh has drawn a fabulous new Poe themed design called, " The Winter Raven " is now available in her Etsy Boutique. Click on the Badge below to go there.

Also check out her 2018 Poe collection which is now on sale!
There is also a FREEBIE for you called Poe Love, you can grab it HERE!

I have bought the new WINTER RAVEN image this morning so I will hopefully be colouring her up for a new project in the next couple of days :-D

Thanks for POE-pping in and thank you for any comments. xxxxxxxxxxxxx