ANYTHING BUT A CARD MONDAY WITH BUGABOO STAMPS

To illustrate the versatility of Bugaboo Stamps (Jodie seems to have something for EVERY occasion in her store), I have made this bookmark, using the image Big Books Girl.

Coloured using alcohol markers, matted onto black cs, with a metal eyelet and a ribbon - this is just how I like it, nice and flat, and with a cute saying.

This week we start a 'tour' of South Africa's beautiful beaches.  you've seen my many pic of Durban beach, so we're off to Cape Town, and the beach at Camps Bay

Thanks for joining me today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

Durban, South Africa

3D DECOUPAGE CARD FOR A MAN

This easel card has a 3D decoupaged fussy cut image on the front:

I also used:

white cs base

blue cs mat

woodgrain dp

a chipboard clock embellishment

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and join me as we make our last stop in Kimberley, on our 'tour' of South African City Halls.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

 613 AVENUE CREATE, ANYTHING GOES, OPTIONAL TWIST: BIRTHDAY

COME AND GET IT, LAYER IT ON

CRAFTY CALENDAR, ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE CARD CREW, BIRTHDAY WITH SENTIMENT

INSPIRATION DESTINATION, ANYTHING GOES

ONE STITCH AT A TIME, ANYTHING GOES WITH BIRTHDAYS

PAPER PIECED ELEGANCE

Today's challenge at The Outlawz calls for paper piecing, and my card has a paper pieced bodice:

and a ribbon skirt that I sewed into place:

I also used the following

cs cs base

black  cs mat

black and white (shiny heat embossed) dp

white cs diecut embellished with red pearls and gem in the centre

I used lots of Stickles and a round sentiment, punched

We're still in the province of Gauteng, South Africa,, 'visiting' the South Africa City Halls, and this is Johannesbirg City Hall

Thanks for visiting with me today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang, Durban, South Africa

I would like to enter these challenges:

ABC CHALLENGE, D IS FOR DIECUTS

CARD MANIA, ADD SOME RED

CRAFTING BY DESIGNS, BINGO (BLING, RED AND GLITTER)

CRAFTS 4 ETERNITY, CIRCLES

CRAFTY GALS CORNER, BINGO ( RHINESTONES, BOWS, PEARLS)

CREATIVE MOMENTS, PAPER PIECING

FAIRY TALE, SEWING AND FABRIC

INSPIRATION DESTINATION, ANYTHNG GOES

SISTER ACT, ANYTHING GOES

THE OUTLAWZ COLOURING CHALLENGE

This is the card I entered into the The Outlawz Colouring Challenge, according to this palette:

The image is from Ppinkydolls and I used alcohol markers for the colouring:

Also used to create my card are

white cs base

blue cs base

background created from the inspiration palette colours

tag, precoloured, punched and tied with baker's twine

sewn on sequins and beads

peel off sentiment

two different ribbons

three mosaic glass tiles

Thanks for joining me today, and coming along on my tour of South African City Halls - this is the Pretoria City Hall

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang, Durban, South Africa

I would like to enter these challenges:

INSPIRATION DESTINATION, ANYTHNG GOES

SISTER ACT, ANYTHING GOES

ANYONE FOR BUGABOO BINGO?

This week's challenge is Bingo, at Bugaboo's challenge blog, Catch the Bug, and this is the DT card I made:

using the Bingo board

and the line:  

sentiment / 2 or more merged images - border

The two images I merged are 

Bugaboo Brat Bugs

Bugaboo Brat Boy Bugs

I also used:

white cs base

blue cs mat

yellow riibbon

the border is the offcut/diecut  waste bit  from another border 

gems

peel off sentiment

The link to the Bugaboo challenge is here

Please join me on my tour of our South African City Halls, as today we're visiting the Port Elizabeth City Hall 

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges

CRAFTY GALS CORNER, BINGO (RHINESTONES, FLOWERS, RIBBON)

INSPIRATION DESTINATION, ANYTHNG GOES

SISTER ACT, ANYTHING GOES

BUGABOO OLDIE BUT GOODIE

I made a boy's birthday card by merging two of Bugaboo's older images 

AKV Pirate Monkey - Treasure and AKV Pirate Parrot

printed them onto kraft cs, and coloured using alcohol markers

I fussy cut, coloured and rolled the kraft cs so it looked like it had burned, and stuck it onto a precoloured background.

As embellishments, I used twine:\

Thanks for visiting me today, and for joining me on my tour of South African City Hall.  

Today we're visiting The Cape Town City Hall.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

INSPIRATION DESTINATION, ANYTHING GOES

PINSPIRATIONAL, INSPIRATION PHOTOGRAPH

CRAFTING MUSKETEERS, CUTE

SEND A SMILE FOR KIDS, FOR THE BOYS

A CASED CARD

This is a card I made to enter into The Outlawz Colour Challenge today, according to this brief:

So I decided to CASE on of the DT's cards, and to make my twist to use at least two of the DT's twists.

This is the DT card by Susan  that I CASEd:

 

To create my card I used a precoloured background that I printed onto white cs.  For the flowers I used a free image of the daisy and cut, pasted and resized it, before fussy cutting it. 

 I popped it onto the background using foam blocks, and then trimmed it to size.  

There is a button tied with a satin ribbon, three gems in the flower centres, and three gems on the matted sentiment.  

The butterfly is punched and embossed (a two part punch set) and a gem added.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for joining me on my tour of South African City Haals - we're visiting Pietermaritabirg's City hall today.

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter the following challenges:

THROUGH THE CRAFTROOM DOOR, ANYTHING GOES

TRY IT ON TUESDAY, TIC TAC TOE (FLOWER, BLING, BUTTON)

WITH LOVE, EMBOSSING AND DIECUTS

To create my card I used the following:

white cs base

red c with a white core. embossed and sanded

die cut 'bracelet' border, cut 2 of and intertwined, embellished with pearls and gems

The digital sentiment is cut with  label die, and has a ribbon through it

Thanks for visiting my blog today - I'm on a 'tour' of the city halls in South African cities, and we're in Pietermaritzburg.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

Durban, South Africa

I would like to enter these challenges:  

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN, STITCHING, REAL OR FAUX

CRAFTS 4 ETERNITY, TWO’S (TWO TIES ON LABEL)

DIE CUT DIVAS, WORDS, QUOTES AND SENTIMENTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - PINK AND GIRLY

My card features an image by Cheryl Alger that I coloured using alcohol markers, a white gel pen and Stickles

To create my  card I used:

white cs base

pink sc mat

sewn on flower sequins

rose and leaves

diecut, embellished border

peel off sentiment and a heart shaped bead on her hair bow.

Thanks for joining me today as we visit the Pietermaritzburg City hall, part of our tour of City Halls in South Africa.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

Durban, South Africa

I would like to enter these challenges:

CRAFTS 4 ETERNITY, TWO’S (2 X BOWS)

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS, BLING IT ON

CREATIVE CARD CREW, BIRTHDAY WITH SENTIMENT

FLASHBACK FRIDAY, BABY AND/OR PINK OR BLUE

IN THE PINK, LOVE IS IN THE AIR,

SASSY CHERYL’S ANYTHING GOES

UNSTAMPABELLES CHALLENGE : NATIONAL SYMBOLS : MIDWAY REMINDER

We're halfway through our National Symbols themed challenge at the Unstampabelles Challenge Blog, and here is my typically (South) African inspired card:

My card consists of

white cs base

kraft cs mat

African bead dp

sewn on beads forming an African continent outline

photograph of guinea fowl feathers

porcupine quills

natural raffia bow

What is YOUR country's national symbol?

Click here to link to the challenge.

Today we're continuing our tour of the city halls in the major cities in South Africa.  Thanks for joining me today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN, STITCHING, REAL OR FAUX

CRAFTS 4 ETERNITY, TWO’S (2 X FEATHERS)

THROUGH THE CRAFTROOM DOOR, ANYTHING GOES

ANYTHING BUT A CARD AT BUGABOO STAMPS

It's Monday, it's ABaC Monday

ANYTHING BUT A CARD

I covered a store bought index book using an offcut of dp, and then added n strip of kraft over the spine.  All the edges were inked, and I tied some twine around it too.

The featured Bugaboo image, Farm Critter Stack was coloured using alcohol markers and a white gel pen 

I used the following

store bought index book

dp offcut

kraft offcut

twine

When the project was finished I used a clear lacquer aerosol over all it, to make it stain resistant, because this little book will be a RAK for Ainsley, my 'adopted' son, who is now working at a large butchery, and he will be making lots and lots of notes as he moves from department to department as part of his training programme.

This week I will be taking you on a tour of the City Halls in various cities and towns in South Africa.

Thanks for spending time with me today - we're visiting the City Hall in Durban, my home town.

love

Jen Leeflang

I would like to enter these challenges:

2 CREATIVE CHICKS, ANYTHING GOES, NO CARDS

CRAFTY CATZ, FOR THE BOYS