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"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









Thursday, February 27, 2014

SUPREME SCRAP AND CARD DIVA TOURNAMENT - ROUND 3

Yippee, thanks to the voters I made it to round 3 and for this round we need to make a card, hand doodling, no flowers, no ready made or purchased embellies  .... and LOTS OF DOODLING.  

This is my entry, a double easel card (one side twisted easel, one side straight easel) :


So here's what I did:

Started with black CS and doodled the base, zebra stripe style, doodled in the white stripes and added quotes by Neslon Mandela in the black stripes:

The main easel part (left hand side) contains the handwritten quote by Nelson Mandela, hand written in white gel pen, with doodling inside the letters of AFRICA

The frame is handmade from grey cardstock, coloured with Copics and a white gel pen

The twisted easel side also has a frame, and black cardstock with a doodled frame, and I shaped wire, with beads into the shape of Africa.  In the centre is a guinea fowl feather that i drew and fussy cut.


The 'stop' for the straight easel is  a beaded trinket that I made myself:

The 'stop' for the twisted' easel is another of my drawings, this time a guinea fowl, matted onto an offcut of kraft CS, on which I did the faux leather technique:

Thanks for visiting today and reading all the way to the end of the photo-heavy post, hold thumbs that I make it as one of the top 50%, which means I go through to the next round.


luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to dd my card to the following challenges;

TOP TIP TUESDAY, STITCHING –( the beaded trinket was stitched on)
613 AVENUE CREATE, #60, ANYTING GOES – USE YIUR COUNTRY’S COLOURS (my country’ flag colous re contained in the beads, except the orange)


17 comments:

  1. Wow, this is spectacular!!
    You have my vote! It is so proudly South African too!
    Love the faux wood & leather techniques! Very cool! And the beaded Africa!
    Hugs
    Rene

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  2. Good luck. This is an amazing card, and I love the Africa touch to it.

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  3. Jen - what an AMAZING piece of art you have created. Simply awesome. So much dedicated work and no doubt made with the love of your country. Best of luck for the next journey.

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  4. OMG girl you are just AMAZING!! Your talents never cease to amaze me! This is AWESOME and WOW ... I just can't say enough about your creativity! GOOD LUCK in Round 3!!
    Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘ONE FOR THE BOYS’ challenge and please come back again soon!
    Darlene
    one of the 'Sistahs'
    The Sisterhood of Crafters
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  5. Yikes! This is super fantastically creative! I'm sure you are a shoe-in making it to next round (-:
    Thanks for sharing with us at CMC...
    Hugs
    Linda CMC DT

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  6. This is wicked-cool, Jen! Wow! Whoa! O.M.G! Girl, you are rockin' these entries!

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  7. Oh my there is an awful lot of work that has gone into this!

    Thank you so much for sharing with us

    Lin
    Crafty Cardmakers and More

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  8. WOW!! This is amazing and the doodling is so beautiful. Good luck with the contest. I saw this on MIM..Loz

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  9. Awesome work! Beautiful doodles and lots of layered meaning. Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday.

    Have a great week
    Rachael :-)

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  10. WOW!!! First of all congrats on making it to round three!!!
    Your double easel card is gorgeous!! Fantastic work! thanks for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash for the "heavy metal" challenge!

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  11. Wow this is stunning love the doodles and the frames

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  12. oh WOW! this is extraordinary in every way, especially since you've created each bit with such love and care! what a great tribute! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR (metal!) STASH with us this week! :)

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  13. This is incredible. Well done!! Thanks for dropping this off at 613 Avenue Create!

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  14. Firstly congratulations on your achievement so far and I wish you good luck. What an amazing project its so much more than a card a real piece of art must have taken for ever. thanks so much for sharing this fabulous creation with us at Crafty Cardmakers and More and good luck.

    Marie

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  15. Wow this is amazing. Love the details with the frames, stitches, chalkboard look and colours. Thanks for playing at Top Tip Tuesday and good luck. Hope to see you back tuesday for a new challenge. Bettina DT Member at Top Tip Tuesday xx

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  16. Thank you for sharing your work with us at Word Art Wednesday! We are blessed by your support and participation!

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  17. Hi Jan fantastic work thankyou for joining our challenge this fortnight at Crafty girls.
    Fiona blog co-owner x

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