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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, July 1, 2011

FRIDAYS mean .... A DAY FOR DAISIES NEW RELEASES!!!!

and here are the TINY ONES .....

I used the image called "Butterfly Friends" and this is what I made ...

I coloured the image using pastels, but no pink, and made this shaped card, embellished with a spray of flowers, an embossed panel and some rhinestones. I will try to get a clearer picture of the colouring and shading in the sunlight today... stay tuned .... watch this space ... cos there's more news on its way!

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.
Or click HERE to go to the A DAY FOR DAISIES ETSY STORE.

luv n huggz
Jen

PATTIES CREATIONS DESIGN CHALLENGE #25 : YOUR FLAG COLOURS

Welcome to Challenge #25, where our theme is YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG COLORS! JUST REMEMBER, if you use an image from Pattie's Creations, you will get an extra entry to win!

Here is my creation, and I am fortunate as I have a rainbow of colours to work with!

I used the image "Hot Air Balloon Ride" and coloured the balloon in the colours of my flag, using coloured pencils and OMS. A flag sticker as well as a South Africa logo (from the back of a playing card) were added to continue in the theme. I decorated the black base of cardstock with freehand zentangling using a white gel pen. The patterns are typically African and I think complement the image perfectly.

I'd love to see what you create using the colours of YOUR flag!

JUST REMEMBER, if you use an image from Pattie's Creations, you will get an extra entry to win!

Stop over at her Etsy Store and browse around. There are FREEBIES too.
The challenge starts now and ends Thursday, June 6TH at 1PM CST (Central Standard Time).

Here are some useful links :

To enter This challenge ... click HERE
To go to Pattie's Store .... click HERE
To join the Pattie's Creations group on CDAC ... click HERE

luv n huggz
Jen

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE #110



 We are so very happy to announce today that we have two New DT members joining the Midnight Madness DT.. Please help me in welcoming......
  Darlene


Linda S.

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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Our MMSC111 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...
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The MMSC106 Weekly Bonus winner will win a 
$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!!
GC redeemable for digis only
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Our June Monthly sponsors are....
Petaloo
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We are sooooo luck to have one of the largest floral manufacturing companies in the crafting world sponsoring us for the month of July!! Their grand prize will be awarded at the end of the month to one very lucky person who will receive floral products worth over $100..Wow how awesome is that? Check out all the wonderful creation the Midnight Madness Team has created using products from the Color Me Crazy line from Petaloo this month. Petaloo is also having a challenge of their on and the deadline to enter is July 15th. Thank you Petaloo for your generosity to our team and through yours sponsorship this month.

Monday, June 27, 2011

SHELLY'S IMAGES : M ARVELOUS MONDAY

Today's Marvelous Monday at Shelly's Images is a showcase for the hummingbird image Here is what I made:

Click on this link to go to the blog, and to check out the other Design Team's creations. Unfortunately you wont see mine there as I missed the deadline :(

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

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE #109 : KENNY K


This week’s 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 week’s sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
 Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC109 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...
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Check out the awesome MMSC109 Bonus Prize!
Prize details
Laura’s Love Stamp
Sophia’s Stroll Stamp
50 Kaisercraft Pink Flowers
10 Offray Ribbon Rosettes
What a great prize..thank you so much Jeni :)
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Our June Monthly sponsors are....
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View their awesome monthly Grand prize worth over $100!!
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Here is this week's Sketch and my creation:

My initial reaction when I saw this sketch was chest of drawers + oval mirror = GIRLY!!!
My Kenny K image was coloured using Copics and I seated her on a chest of drawers, sitting in front of a mirror. Some acrylic jewellery rings were used as the drawers pulls. I sewed on some beads to look like there were some trinkets spilling out of the drawers. I used a scrap of organza ribbon to resemble a silk scarf hanging over the bottom drawer. Some flowers, a little organza bow in her hair and a luxurious organza bow complete the embellishments.

The interpretation of the sketch came easily as I immediately visualised what I wanted to do. Do it do that for you too?

Why not enter this week's challenge - as you can see there are some FABULOUS prizes to be won. Click on the MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE badge in my sidebar.

Luv n huggz
Jen

Monday, June 20, 2011

NETTIE G'S PROGRESSIVE PAPER DOLL CHALLENGE #2

For the next couple of weeks, we will be doing a progressive challenge. We have done this in the past and we all had so much fun.

Here is my paper doll for your inspiration:

I coloured my paper doll using my Copics, and made a Twisted easel card. The embellishments are double layer flowers with rhinestone centres and I added a luxurious blue satin bow decorated with a stickpin that I made especially for this card.

Those of you who entered last week should already have received your new image.

Post your project and we will send you the third image FREE.

To join this challenge, click HERE


luv n huggz
Jen