Blank Page Muse Steampunk Edgar Allan Poe

 My second project this month for Blank Page Muse.

Two things I love are Steampunk and Edgar Allan Poe. Blank Page Muse actually has two different size Edgar Allan Poe stamps of the image I used on my card today. For my project I used the larger of the two. All the papers and printed images are from the digital printable papers, Steampunk Romance.  What is great about using digital papers is sizing.  You can manipulate the size of the papers and images with your computer. 

Stamps from Blank Page Muse used on this card

Edgar Allan Poe
Correspondence Pens, Ink & Postage Art Rubber Stamp Sheet
Steampunk Watch Face Rubber Stamp

Other Supplies:

Distress Oxide Gathered Twigs Ink

Versa Fine Black Onyx Ink

Tissue paper

Wide tip black Sharpie

Dimensional foam and double-sided adhesive

Print the digital printable papers, Steampunk Romance. paper to the desired size and fussy cut the flowers.  I made the flower 3 different sizes. 

I stamped the pen nib image with VersaFine Black Onyx directly on the card mat base. Also, stamped the postage stamp randomly on the mat, each time I inked the stamp I would stamp off before stamping directly on the mat. I stamp the ink bottle and fussy cut.

On a another piece of the patten papers from the Steampunk Romance collection I stamped Edgar Allan Poe, then masked him off with tissue paper and then stamped the Steampunk Watch Face Rubber Stamp, behind his head. 

I work on a big piece of tissue.  the tissue image of the pen nibs I used on the card. I carefully torn them from the large sheet.

Before adhering the mat to the base of the easel, edge the card mat and the paper with the stamped image of Edgar Allan Poe with a wide tip black Sharpie or other acrylic pen. If you desire ink fussy cut edges with Distress Oxide Gathered Twigs Ink or similar color. 

To assemble attach the paper with the stamped image of Edgar Allan Poe first. This will over lap the first five of the stamped images of the pen nibs. Adhere the first five tissue stamped pen nibs directly over the pen nibs stamped on the card mat. 

Adhere the corner flower paper to the upper left of the card. For dimension add a large flower the same size over the flower. Tuck a smaller flower under the lower left of the large flower. 

With dimensional foam attach the ink bottle and three additional flowers as pictured.  

Add a strip of paper to the bottom of the inside with dimensional foam to create a stopper when opening the card.  Add fussy cut flowers to the stopper. 

Hope this inspires you to try the Blank Page Muse digital papers found HERE! 

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Have a great weekend!!

LeighSBDesigns Gothic Valentine Blog Hop Day 4

 Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 4th Annual 

Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

February 13th to 16th

 The linky party opens today at 9am Pacific and 

closes at 5 minutes 'til midnight Pacific.

I have a couple of surprises today:

First I am sharing a POE ATC I received in a trade in 2008.  I love the sentiment!  It was created by Miki T.

Second, I found a postcard of "Edgar Allen Poe House".  Did you know you could stay in his house!  Well not his actual house, but a replica of it.  In Dearborn Michigan there is a place once called Colonial Village at Dearborn Inn.  There were five houses built in total Walt Whitman, Patrick Henry, Barbara Fritchie and Governor Oliver Wolcott.  It is now a Marriot Hotel. Poe's home was in New York.  A replica was built in Dearborn in 1931.  Yes, you can still book the house. The Poe house is much smaller than the others, when you book it you book the whole house!!!  Who wants to stay at POE's place?

Finally my make for the day!!!!  I have a Dark Forever Valentine!      

BE MINE FOREVER!

This ATC was created with a stamp from Lost Coast Designs. 

To see all the other artists work click HERE!

The hop is stress free, i.e. enter makes on as many days as you want and only hop and comment on the days you play, easy peasy! Please follow the Rules HERE to participate and qualify for the LeighSBDesigns Prize! This is a Blog Hop NOT a challenge.... HAVE FUN, BE NICE, PLAY FAIR AND LEAVE LOTS OF LOVE! Everyone is invited to enter dark love inspired makes in the Linky Party using any stamp company products!

LeighSBDesigns Gothic Valentine Blog Hop Day 3

  Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 4th Annual 

Gothic Valentine Blog Hop

February 13th to 16th

 The linky party opens today at 9am Pacific and 

closes at 5 minutes 'til midnight Pacific.

Today I have a Valentine I created for a swap over at Relic & Artifacts. 

I cannot participate in a DARK VALENTINE hop without including POE... he is the king of DARK LOVE!  The image I used on my ATC is from LeighSBDesigns collection of POE. 

I have included a few lines from "Eulalie - A Song"

    And my soul was a stagnant tide,

    Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride

    Till the yellow haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride. 

The text was copied from a book of POE!

The background is a scrap of tissue from Prima

To see all the other artists work click HERE!

The hop is stress free, i.e. enter makes on as many days as you want and only hop and comment on the days you play, easy peasy! Please follow the Rules HERE to participate and qualify for the LeighSBDesigns Prize! This is a Blog Hop NOT a challenge.... HAVE FUN, BE NICE, PLAY FAIR AND LEAVE LOTS OF LOVE! Everyone is invited to enter dark love inspired makes in the Linky Party using any stamp company products!

LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual POE's Birthday Blog Hop - Day 5

 Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual Blog Hop 

Celebration of Poe's birthday!

The 5 day Hop opens at 9am Jan 19th and ends at 11:55pm pacific on the 23rd.  The hops are always stress free - play on as many days as you want and only hop the days you play following the Participation Rules, easy peasy! SEE THE RULES HERE!   In fairness to the players hopping to your blog you must hop and comment on all the entries submitted on the same days you play! Open to everyone using any stamp company products!

Today I share a few Poe makes from the past:

Post from 2020

Post from 2020

Post form 2015

My make today is Poe at his desk surrounded by titles of his works!

Another great hop! Thanks for joining!

Check out all the other artists entries HERE!

LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual POE's Birthday Blog Hop - Day 4

 Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual Blog Hop 

Celebration of Poe's birthday!

The 5 day Hop opens at 9am Jan 19th and ends at 11:55pm pacific on the 23rd.  The hops are always stress free - play on as many days as you want and only hop the days you play following the Participation Rules, easy peasy! SEE THE RULES HERE!   In fairness to the players hopping to your blog you must hop and comment on all the entries submitted on the same days you play! Open to everyone using any stamp company products!

Two previous makes from 2016:

My new make is Poe with a Raven!

Check out all the other artists entries HERE!

LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual POE's Birthday Blog Hop - Day 3

 Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual Blog Hop 

Celebration of Poe's birthday!

The 5 day Hop opens at 9am Jan 19th and ends at 11:55pm pacific on the 23rd.  The hops are always stress free - play on as many days as you want and only hop the days you play following the Participation Rules, easy peasy! SEE THE RULES HERE!   In fairness to the players hopping to your blog you must hop and comment on all the entries submitted on the same days you play! Open to everyone using any stamp company products!

Poe had so many women who inspired his writings... did they haunt his mind?

Ligeia is the sad story of a beautiful married woman with raven hair and ruby lips.  She becomes ill and dies. 

Check out all the other artists entries HERE!

LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual POE's Birthday Blog Hop - Day 2

 Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual Blog Hop 

Celebration of Poe's birthday!

The 5 day Hop opens at 9am Jan 19th and ends at 11:55pm pacific on the 23rd.  The hops are always stress free - play on as many days as you want and only hop the days you play following the Participation Rules, easy peasy! SEE THE RULES HERE!   In fairness to the players hopping to your blog you must hop and comment on all the entries submitted on the same days you play! Open to everyone using any stamp company products!

A dreaming POE!

"For the moon never beams without bringing dreams 

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee" ~ Poe

This card is made of extra dies I had on my table!!!  See LeighSBdesigns Poe in the windows?  

Check out all the other artists entries HERE!

LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual POE's Birthday Blog Hop - Day 1

Welcome to LeighSBDesigns 6th Annual Blog Hop 

Celebration of Poe's birthday!

The 5 day Hop opens at 9am Jan 19th and ends at 11:55pm pacific on the 23rd.  The hops are always stress free - play on as many days as you want and only hop the days you play following the Participation Rules, easy peasy! SEE THE RULES HERE!   In fairness to the players hopping to your blog you must hop and comment on all the entries submitted on the same days you play! Open to everyone using any stamp company products!

My make today!

A Poe card - stamps: Poe - Lost Coast Designs and the Pen Nibs - Viva Las Vegastamps! Spritzed with Speckled Egg. Die cut spider web in the background. 

Check out all the other artists entries HERE!

31 Days of Halloween 2020 - Day 19

                       LeighSBDesigns is hosting the 10th Annual

31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2020!

This is my 8th year participating!

The blog hop and linky party runs Oct.1st - Oct.31st

THIS IS A STRESS FREE HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP 

A fun and easy going Hop open to Everyone!

Spooktacular prizes up for grabs!

Learn all about the hop, prizes and rules HERE!

Day 19 is a quick POE ATC - 

Poe and NEVERMORE stamps from A Blank Page Muse 

Crow and Candle die from Tim Holtz Regions Beyond collection

Click HERE and scroll down here to see all the artists

SPOOKTACULAR Halloween projects!

I am also entering this in Lost Coast Designs - 31 days of Halloween HERE!

LeighSBDesigns “The Summer BUZZ Blog Hop" - DAY 23

Join LeighSBDesigns for a Summer BUZZ blog hop starting today and ending June 30th! Link up your Summer themed makes using LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps or any other stamp company products in the Blog Hop Linky Party below for the chance to win a fabulous digi prize from LeighSBDesigns! LeighSBDesigns’ hops are always stress free with friendly common sense blog hop rules to encourage fairness and camaraderie! Play as often as YOU want throughout the hop but you MUST hop and comment on ALL the entries submitted, including LeighSBDesigns' posts, on the same day(s) YOU choose to play! Check out all the rules HERE!

Here we are the final day of the SUMMER BUZZ Blog Hop!  My ATC's would not be complete without an appearance from non other than Edgar Allan Poe!  Here we find him among the daffodils on the trellis!  Oh and I spy a bee, I certainly hope he is not allergic to them. 

LeighSBDesigns images used: Edgar Allan Poe, Daffodil Trellis and one of the Busy Bees!

Edgar Allan Poe, a set of Daffodils and the Bee are all fussy cut and attached with dimensional foam. 

This hop my goal was to use at least one image from LeighSBDesigns Collections on each of the ATC's I created.  I am also working on color.  I have Copics but this hop was purely Prismacolor Pencils.   I had a lot of fun during this hop. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving all the comments!!!  Thanks for an AWESOME hop!

Check out all the other crafty makes HERE!

Half-o-ween in May - DAY 13

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" Half-O-Ween Blog Hop 

LeighSBDesigns loves Halloween and is celebrating the halfway mark to October with our her annual "Something Wicked this Way Comes" Half-O-Ween Blog Hop. Join 13 spooktacular days of Half-o-Ween in May from May 19 to May 31st. YES, we are half way through the year to "31 DAYS of Halloween."

This is a fun stress-free BLOG HOP to encourage creative sharing and player interaction! You can link up just 1 project on 1 day or play all 13 days, it is totally up to you, but please still hop and enjoy the whole show! Even old projects are welcome but they MUST be re-shared in NEW posts! Please play fair, be respectful of your fellow artists, hop all the entries and leave kind comments! Learn more about the rules HERE!

A Poe ATC collage..."I dwelt alone, In a world of moan,"

Poe digi images by LeighSBDesigns found HERE! Prismacolors used to color.




NEW DIGI designs!

BALLEIGH MONSTERS

You will find all participants makes HERE!

Half-o-Ween in MAY - DAY 1

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" Half-O-Ween Blog Hop

LeighSBDesigns loves Halloween and is celebrating the halfway mark to October with our her annual "Something Wicked this Way Comes" Half-O-Ween Blog Hop. Join 13 spooktacular days of Half-o-Ween in May from May 19 to May 31st. YES, we are half way through the year to "31 DAYS of Halloween."

This is a fun stress-free BLOG HOP to encourage creative sharing and player interaction! You can link up just 1 project on 1 day or play all 13 days, it is totally up to you, but please still hop and enjoy the whole show! Even old projects are welcome but they MUST be re-shared in NEW posts! Please play fair, be respectful of your fellow artists, hop all the entries and leave kind comments! Learn more about the rules HERE!

For my first make I have an ATC of who other than POE!

Digi image of POE is from LeighSBDesigns found HERE! Print from The Raven. Poe is colored with Copics, the white flower was tinted with COPICS!

Hope you join us for all 13 days!


BALLEIGH MONSTERS 
NEW DIGI designs! 

You will find all participants makes HERE!

                                       

LeighSBDesigns Birthday Celebration 2020 April - Day 5

Who is ready for a month of fun?

I'm participating in LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps April Birthday month, she is throwing a big party to celebrate her third year. So join the month of fun? Create and post or hop along and view all the creations all the artist make. Read HERE how to participate!!!! I am not sure how days I will be posting, but I will try to celebrate each day.

POE-Terrific Birthday Card

Ode to POE and Hat digi images from LeighSBDesigns

Click HERE TO SEE all the other birthday makes!