DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY CHALLENGE #48 :: 'PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN'

9 August is National Women's Day in South Africa!

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!!!

It is 53 years since the Federation of South African Women organized a mass demonstration against the imposition of pass laws on women in South Africa. More than 20,000 women, led by Lilian Ngoyi (a trade unionist and political activist), Helen Joseph, Albertina Sisulu, and Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, took part in the multi-racial march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, to deliver a petition to the prime minister JG Strijdom. 

Three years ago, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the 1956 Women's March, the South African government decided to rename Strijdom Square, where the Union Buildings in Pretoria are, as Lillian Ngoyi Square - to honour of all those who took part in the historic event.

Since 9 August 1994, this day has been commemorated annually and in support of all the strong women of South Africa who have helped to make South Africa what it is today.

So, in support of women worldwide, our the theme of our new challenge is:

'PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN'

We're challenging you  to make a papercraft creation that can be quirky, fun and frilly, elegant, sophisticated, etc etc...

BUT IT MUST SHOW HOW BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL A WOMAN IS, at whatever age!!!!!! 

What we don't want to see are the witches, vampires, goths, fairies, etc.

My card is merger of three images:

"Malawi Lady and Baby", "Malawi Lady with Pot", and Guinea fowls"

and I turned them into silhouettes by colouring them in solid black using my Copics.

All three the designer paper pieces come from one sheet of DP, made by Scrapsheets.co.za.

Here is a better look at the card:

The embellishments are a porcupine quill, a guinea fowl feather and some traditional Africa beads (actually they are real seeds that are used as beads) tied with a raffia bow.

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

We have introduced an extra prize ....

... the chance to feature as a Guest Designer and earn a badge to add to your blog:

And how do you get to be a Guest Designer?

Easy-peasy - if you enter our challenge using a Digistamps 4 Joy image, you have a chance of being invited as a Guest Designer.   

Are you ready to create something fabulous?

Remember to link your post, not your blog, to the linky tool on the challenge blog.

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 #47 EMAIL ENTRY" in the subject line.  Don 't forget to add your name in your email.

Remember to add a link to this challenge in your blog post .. you wouldn't want to be disqualified from winning a prize just because you didn't!
   

Remember : you may enter up to three different entries per challenge, each from a separate entry on your blog.

We can't wait to see what you have for us!

Enter your amazing creation HERE!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
 

CAN YOU DIGI IT, #15, ‘BIRD IS THE WORD’

CRAFT YOUR PASSION, #122, ANYTHING GOES’

CREATIVE STAMP FRIENDS, #57, STAMP A SCENE’

DAISY DOODLES, #65, ‘OUTDOORS’

CRAFT A SCENE, ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’

GINGERLOFT, GL45, ‘SILHOUETTES’

 

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA