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Join us May 13 - 31!

Monday, May 6, 2024

MerMay Inspiration: "Have a MerMazing Day" Mermaid Loveleigh Kitty Slimline Card by Val

Happy MerMay and Half-o-Ween Creative Friends
 
We've got an exciting month planned for you here at LeighSBDesigns!  May is all about MerMay and Half-o-Ween in May and we're celebrating with lots of fabulous makes to inspire you and fun creativities for you to play in as well as this month's fun new Mermaid Loveleigh Kitty release, she's totally adorable and a must for fans of both Cats and Mermaids!  Of course we're still celebrating Spring too so you'll see lots more makes featuring my new Windows to Spring Collection as well!
 
 

"Have a MerMazing Day"
Mermaid Loveleigh Kitty
Slimline Card
by Val
 
LeighSBDesigner Val brings you some PURRtastic inspiration today in the shape of a mermazing slimline card featuring Mermaid Kitty, the newest addition to the Loveleigh Kitties Collection.
 
 
To make her beautiful slimline card Val first combined the Mermaid Kitty digi stamp with the Crystal Bubbles digi paper from the Blue Lagoon Decorative Digi Paper Pack in her art software and printed it out onto white cardstock for colouring with alcohol markers.
 

She then coloured up the adorable mermaid kitty with Promarkers in pretty coral shades and gave her blue eyes.  The pearl tiara and necklace she coloured with a silver gel pen.  She then made a slimline card out of Pink Frog smooth white cardstock and cut the Mermaid Kitty panel a bit smaller.
 
 
Val completed her slimline card with the "Have a MerMazing Day" senti, from the FantaSea Senties set which will be up in my new store on Tuesday.  She fussy cut the senti out and matted it on a shadow layer also cut from the Crystal Bubbles digi paper then adhered to the card with foam tape.
 
 
Make a splash this MerMay with Mermaid Kitty, the 8th addition to my fun collectible Loveleigh Kitties Collection!  She is a beautiful mermaid themed slimline kitty cat from her cute heart shaped nose down to her elegant mermaid tail.  She has a lovely pearl tiara upon her pretty head, a pearl necklace around her slender neck and her face and curvy body are decorated with whimsical mermaid scales.
She's the cutest MerKitty you've ever seen and a must for fans of both Cats and Mermaids!


Play in our Challenge this month with your Anything Goes makes or play along with our optional SAND and SEA theme using any company products!
Challenge ends May 31 at 11:55pm pacific! 
 
 
In addition to our May Challenge you can also play in our fun annual Something Wicked This Way Comes spooktivities!  The linky party opens for your cute and creepy Halloween and Gothic entries on May 13th to celebrate we're halfway to October!  Join us and countdown to May 31st in LeighSBDesigns style!  For more info see the Half-o-Ween in May page!
 
 
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You can also shop the April Loveleigh Kitties Bundle and select
Windows to Spring Collection Bundle sets at my Etsy store for a limited time too!
 
Loveleigh Kitties released so far:  Santa Puss, Poe Puss, Love Hearts Kitty, Pretty Kitty, Paddy Puss, Party Puss and Spring Basket Kitty released so far and now May's Mermaid Kitty joins the litter too!
 
We're having so much fun this month, do come and join the creativities!
 Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, May 3, 2024

LeighSBDesigns Inspirational Challenges #29 Anything Goes or optional SAND and SEA theme!

Happy MerMay and Half-o-Ween Creative Friends
 Welcome to LeighSBDesigns fun monthly Inspirational Challenges!
Our May Challenge starts now and the April Winners are posted below too!
 
May News
We've got an exciting month planned for you here at LeighSBDesigns!  May is all about MerMay and Half-o-Ween in May and we're celebrating with lots of fabulous makes to inspire you and fun creativities for you to play in starting with today's new challenge plus see the release of my new Mermaid Loveleigh Kitty, she's totally adorable and you can add her to your collections on release sale now!  Of course we're still celebrating Spring too so you'll see lots more makes featuring my new Windows to Spring Collection as well!
 
Get 25% off Mermaid Kitty through May 6
 
In addition to our May Challenge you can also play in our fun annual Something Wicked This Way Comes spooktivities!  The linky party opens for your cute and creepy Halloween and Gothic entries on May 13th to celebrate we're halfway to October!  Join us and countdown to May 31st in LeighSBDesigns style!  For more info see the Half-o-Ween in May page!


 
Now for our May Challenge and the Winners of the April Challenge are posted beneath the Challenge Rules! 


Challenge #29
Anything Goes
optional theme
SAND and SEA
May 3 - 31
 
Play in our Challenge this month with your Anything Goes makes or you can play along with our optional SAND and SEA theme using any company products!
Challenge ends May 31 at 11:55pm pacific!

Prizes are based on your participation and the more entries we get the better the main prize will be regardless of what company products you use and for the chance at an even better prize we encourage you to use any of LeighSBDesigns products ๐Ÿ˜
 
Scroll down to see fabulous inspiration by us, the Challenge Rules, the Challenge #29 linky and the April Winners!
 

Made by Leigh
Featuring MerMae and 2 of the Ocean Scenery elements from the Mermaid Collection which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See my POST for more info
 
 
Made by Leigh
Featuring MerMae and the Ocean Scenery elements from the Mermaid Collection which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See my POST for more info


Made by Leigh
Featuring Anubis DogFish FantaSea Pet and the FINtastic senti included in the set and the “Mermaid Scales” Layered Circle SVG Cutz set from my FantaSea Collection which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See my POST for more info
 
 
Made by Leigh
Featuring Meri Oddleigh Mermaid and Friends will be available in my new store by the weekend!
 See my POST for more info
 
 
Made by Leigh
Featuring the Bubbly Depths Collection which will be available in my store by the weekend!
See my tutorial POST for more info


Made by Val
Featuring the Meri Oddleigh Mermaid and Friends set and the Bubbles and Greenery from the Ocean Scenery set which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See her POST for more info
 
 
Made by Val
Featuring the Meri Oddleigh Mermaid and Friends set and the Bubbles and Greenery from the Ocean Scenery set which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See her POST for more info

 
Made by Val
Featuring MerMae from my Mermaid Collection which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See her POST for more info   
 

Made by Val
Featuring MerMae and the Ocean Scenery set which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See her POST for more info
 

Made by Claire
See her POST for more info
 
 
Made by Nan
Featuring Pearl Balleigh MerMonster, the fun senti blocks included in her set, the wonderful FantaSeaScape and two sets of the Bubbles included in the FantaSeaScape set.  All will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See her POST for more info
 
 
Made by Tee
Featuring Bastet CatFish FantaSea Pet and Senti set and the FantaSeaScape which will be available in my new store by the weekend!
See her POST for more info 


We can't wait to see what crafty makes you have to share with us this month!

  
Please read the rules before linking up!

CHALLENGE RULES and PRIZE INFO

  • LeighSBDesigns Challenges start on the first Friday of each month at 1am pacific!
  • Our Challenges are open to everyone using any company products!
  • Our Challenges now accept your Anything Goes makes or play along with our monthly Themes! 
  • Cute to creepy makes welcome!
  • Your blog posts and social media posts must include the LeighSBDesigns Challenge details with a link back to the current challenge post.
  • Displaying the current Challenge Badge in your posts and sidebars is appreciated!
  • No limit on entries or how many other challenges you can combine with ours!
  • Challenge entries must be new, posted on or after the Challenge start date - no back linking!
  • We do love hearing from you, please leave us some love when you play in our Challenges!
  • Please link directly to your entry (permalink) and put your name in the description!
  • FYI:  If you play in our annual Hops then your Challenge entries must be different if the themes are similar!
  • Social media entries from public sites like Flickr, Instagram, YouTube, etc are welcome.  Use hashtag #LeighSBDesignsChallenges.  
  • Problems linking up?  Leave a comment letting me know your issue and include the link to your make and I will try to add it for you.
  • We do our best to comment on your entries and apologize in advance if we're unable to for whatever reason!
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     WINNERS and PRIZES

  • LeighSBDesigns Prizes are awarded based on your participation therefore the more you play the better the prize!  Please do encourage your friends to come and join the fun too!
  • Use LeighSBDesigns products for the chance at a better prize ๐Ÿ˜‰
  • One Winner has the chance to win the main prize and our snazzy Winner Badge!
  • Top Pick winners also have the chance to win discount coupons off a purchase at LeighSBDesigns and our snazzy Top Pick Badge!
  • Winner and Top Picks are invited to send me makes using your LeighSBDesigns prizes to be featured as a LeighSBDesigns Fan Feature!  All Fan Features receive a personalized Fan Feature badge featuring a photo of your make!
 

I'm now delighted to announce the Winners of our April Challenge!
You can also click on the banner to go the Winners page for links to all the past Winner posts.
 
I picked two Winners for April, one using any company products and the other LeighSBDesigns products!


Congratulations
#14 Susan
  You're a WINNER with this beautiful make using LeighSBDesigns SVG Cutz❤️
Grab your snazzy WINNER badge for your blog and email me at LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com to claim your LeighSBDesigns prize of a Digi Stamp or SVG Cutz set valued $5 or less before the end of May, put Challenge #28 Winner in the subject!  You're also invited to be our Fan Featured guest using your prize, email me for more info!
 
 
and
 
#3 Vannessa
 
Congrats, I picked you as a Winner too with your fab make❤️
Grab your snazzy WINNER badge for your blog and email me at LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com to claim your LeighSBDesigns prize of a Digi Stamp or SVG Cutz set (valued $5 or less) before the end of May, put Challenge #28 Winner in the subject!  You're also invited to be our Fan Featured guest using your prize, email me for more info!
 
 
  
#17 Crafti Carri
#18 Bernadet
#21 Marieta
 
Congrats, you've all won TOP PICK with your beautiful makes!
 Grab your snazzy badge for your blog and email me, with Challenge #28 Top Pick Winner in the email subject, before the end of May at LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com to claim a 20% discount code prize for use at LeighSBDesigns!  You're also invited to be our Fan Featured guest using your prize, email me for more info!

 Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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