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ARTS, BELLYDANCING, CRAFTS
BELLYDANCING, ARTS, CRAFTS
CRAFTS, BELLYDANCING, ARTS

whichever order I put them in, these are my passion!

... 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, May 27, 2011

A DAY FOR DAISIES - NEW RELEASES : FRIDAY 7 MAY

I think the style of Tammy's digital drawing is PERFECTLY SUITED to the Asian sets she has released today.

I have used "Green lady" which is the set pictured above, and this is the card that I have made:

The image is coloured in black and white, and I have added red as my added colour. Her kimono is paper pieced, after it was heat embossed using clear sparkle embossing powder, and the remainder of the image was coloured using colour pencils and OMS.

I added embellishments in the form of sewn on pearls in her hair, roses, two stick pins I made, and roses coloured using food colouring. The BP is an offcut(so I am unsure of the company). The oval is a Nellie's Choice die cut embellished with sewn on pearls.

The images you see above are not the only new releases today, there are a few more sets, just as beautiful as this one! Click HERE to see them all.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

SUNMMER PARTY AT THE OUTLAWZ!


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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

MIDNIGHT MADESS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 05


This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
 Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Here is this week's Sketch and my creation
I used Boni's ever-so-cute image called "Forever Friends" and coloured it using colour pencils, OMS and some Copics, and the sentiment is created in MS Word.
The other elements used are :
- lace scraps
- two odd buttons from stash
- double-sided scrapbooking paper offcuts from stash
- some sequins and beads sewn on using invisible thread

To link to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge ... click HERE

To join the Crafters Digital Art Centre ... click HERE

kuv n huggz
Jen

NETTIE G'S DIGITAL GEMS IN CHILDHOOD FANTASY CHALLENGE

The challenge over at Nettie G's is to create something reminiscent of your childhood fantasies. My card features two freebie made available by Nettie G for this challenge.



So now you see how easy it is, wouldn't you like to get to use some of the fabulous images in Nettie G's store?

The winner using a Nettie G's image will receive a prize of 3 images of their choice from Nettie G's Digital Gems.

Here are some useful links for you :

To join this challenge, click HERE

Monday, May 23, 2011

GOAL!!! - MARVELLOUS MONDAY AT Shelly's Images

It being Monday today, I'd like to share with you a really fun image just perfect for those Father's Day projects we're all working on at the moment!

It's GOAL!!! from Shelly's Images, available from Shelly's Store here and with it I made a World's Best Dad certificate ...

I used one of the certificates from MS Publisher and added my own wording, and the GOAL!!! image from Shelly's Images, and coloured using my Copics. the only embellies I used were some cute soccer balls left over from my 2011 World Cup Soccer projects last year!

Shelly has some really fabulous images, just perfect for your Father's Day projects, and I'd love to see what you've made using this image.

Thanks for looking, and before I allow you to leave my page, I'd like to share some useful links with you :

To check out this and many other fabulous images in Shelly's store, click HERE
To join Shelly's group on CDAC, click HERE
To visit Shelly's blog where you can find lots of new techniques, and view the fabulous inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies, click HERE


luv and huggz
Jen

I LOVE WAX FRUIT COMPANY IMAGES!!!! YES I DO!!!


This is a card I made for the Friday Copics Markers Challenge on 20 May on The Outlawz. The image is from Wax Fruit Company where the fabulously talented artist, Arielle, has some really stunning images!

The image is called "Gerber Daisy" and I used the quarter, half and full versions of the digistamp. I coloured using Copics and a blender pen and layered the image.
Doesn't it look fantastic like that?

Here are some handy links for you :

To join the Wax fruit Company Group on CDAC, click HERE

To go to Arielle's Wax Fruit Company Store, click HERE to see the stamps, sentiments, sets, etc

You can also click HERE to 'like' Wax Fruit Company on Facebook

luv n huggz
Jen