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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









Tuesday, July 3, 2012

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY : CHALLENGE #44 : "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY"

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Our theme at DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY  this week is  
"Happy Anniversary, June Bride of Yesteryear" 
 and the challenge is to make a Happy Anniversary Card.

This is my inspiration for you - a kraft tag in a vintage themed card:

 I printed the image onto kraft cardstock and coloured using alcohol markers and a white gel pen for the highlighting.  

The image I used is called "Fleur de Lis" available in the digistamps4joy.co.za store HERE

The fabulous green DP with the vintage prints is from Fabscraps, an awesome South African Company that has a wonderful range of goodies for the papercrafter!  Their papers are to die for - certainly my favourite South Africa paper supplier!  I LOVE using their products!

I made a pictorial explanation of how I put my card together : 

and show you some detail pics of it:






Are you ready to create something fabulous?
By entering you could win one of these prizes:
DT'S CHOICE : $10 gift voucher from the store and a badge for your blog
RANDOM WINNER : 3 images of your choice from the store and a badge for your blog
and
2 runners up will win badges for their blogs

Remember to link your post, not your blog, to the linky tool here.
And what if you don 't have a blog ... you can still enter by emailing the photograph of your entry to jencraft.jen[at]gmail[dot]com, with "DS4J CHALLENGE #44 EMAIL ENTRY" in the subject line.  Don 't forget to add your name in your email.

In addition, I would like to add my card into the following inspiring and fabulous challenges:

LEJ DESIGNS, #8, RECYCLE (shhh- don’t tell .. but the kraft tags are actually the inside of cereal boxes)
TWISTED TUESDAY CHALLENGES, ‘GET KRAFTY AND RECYCLE’ (shhh- don’t tell .. but the kraft tags are actually the inside of cereal boxes)
CRAFTY BOOTS, MATERIAL (mine is the lace)
THE CRAZY CHALLENGE, #122, ‘RECIPE’ (I used  ribbon, pearls and punch)
luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA 

 

18 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous,lovely image and colours.xxx

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  2. This is a lovely anniversary card, I love the vintage feel.
    Thank you for joining us at Bearly Mine Designs this week.
    Pauline
    x

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  3. Beautiful card. Love the vintage look, textures, and colors. I saw you over at MIM.

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  4. So beautifully creative. Have a great Wednesday.
    Hugs
    Desíre

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  5. WOW this is beautiful Jen and so creative! You continue to amaze me with your creative ways! Well done my friend!!

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  6. Fab card, I love the highlighting on the flowers, it looks great.

    Thanks for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

    Dionne

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  7. Love this vintage tag! Love that lace too.
    Thanks for joining us at Digital Tuesday Challenge.

    Maya xx

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  8. Beautiful flower image Jen, thanks for joining us at the Clear it Out Challenge blog :)

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  9. Beautiful artistic card
    Thanks for joining the Ladybugs at LCI this week for our Double Trouble and good luck with the challenge
    Hugs Laurie x

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  10. This is fabulous sweetie. Really stunning. Thank you so much for joining us at Creative Card Crew this fortnight and good luck.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  11. Awesome card and thanks for joining us at clear it out Tuesday challenge hope to see you again...

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  12. Lovely card! Great idea to use the cereal boxes for your tags! Thanks for playing along this week at Twisted Tuesday Challenge!

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  13. Absolutely stunning, the image is beautiful and using cereal boxes is a fab idea, thank you for joining in with the LEJ Designs challenge
    Lindsay xx

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  14. very pretty, love all the different elements. Thanks for playing at Twisted Tuesdays :)

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  15. Jen, this is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! WOW!!! Love the look of the coloring on kraft paper! I must give that a try :) Thank you for the inspiration!

    Thank you also for stopping by my blog during The Outlawz celebration :) I appreciate the follow! Since I was already following you, I signed up for the email notification. This way, I won't miss a bit of your wonderful crafting ;) Love and Hugs to you my sweet friend!

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  16. Jen, this is so very beautiful! I just love your papers, your design...everything. You are so talented, my friend!

    xx Star

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  17. What a beautiful card - love all the design elements!!

    Thanks for joining the Ladybug's challenge!!

    Hugs,
    ~Michele

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  18. Simply gorgeous! love the coloring!
    Thanks for showing us your ribbon and playing along with Clear It Out!
    Rachel B

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