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... all from my little home studio in Durban, on the east coast of sunny South Africa!

"I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird." -- Paul McCartney









Friday, December 16, 2011

A LUMINARIA - a first for me!

I have always wanted to try making one of these, and today seemed like the perfect opportunity - I had a little time, a little inspiration, and the perfect image and DP to use.


The image is from Jellypark Friends (isn't it so sweet?) and I copied and flipped it until I had created a border of dancing mice. It is printed onto tracing paper (similar to vellum) and Copics-coloured.

The top and bottom borders are from a striped Christmas DP, and punched using a Fiskars border punch.

A little tea light candle supplied the illumination.

What do you think? I think it's a success, and I will certainly try a few more of these.

This project fits into the following challenges (What luck!)
The Outlawz Copic/Promaker Challenge
Jellypark Friends Friday Challenges, "Anything but a Card"
Charisma Cards, Challenge #49, "Last Minute Christmas Makes"
Paper Crafting Journey, "Christmas"
Paper Play, Week #50, "Christmas"
Southern Girls Challenge #34, "Let's Celebrate"

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
SOUTH AFRICA

11 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous! Such a sweet image, and so festive! Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz this week!

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  2. gorgeous! well done. thanks for joinung us at Jellypark this challenge x

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  3. A really lovely creation. Those little mice are so cute.

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  4. OMGosh this is adorable jen! How cute :D

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  5. I think this turned out just so cute! I love everything about it, Jenn! :) thanks so much for playing along in our 'ABC' challenge at Jellypark Friends. so wonderful to see a friendly face! :)

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  6. Very Cute!! You always manage to make something "different" but stunning!

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  7. What a fantastic job! Love it. Thanks for joining us at Southern Girls!!!
    Hugs
    Amber

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  8. Very nice! That image works perfectly for this project. Merry Christmas and thank you for joining us this week at Charisma. Good Luck!

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  9. this is so cute, merry christmas and goodluck at charisma.

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  10. Jen this is beautiful & so sweet.
    Thanks for joining us at Paper Play for our Christmas challenge
    hugs Mandy xx

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