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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, January 23, 2015

BUGABOO STAMPS 5th ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - day 6

Good morning, and welcome to day 5 of Bugaboo Stamps 5th Annual Birthday celebration!

 

This is a week-long event where we will have a daily challenge, and lots of prices to be won:
Grand Prize winner
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th Birthday set, 6 free images for 6 months and 4 month guest designer term
2nd place
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th birthday set, $50 in free images and 3 month guest designer term
3rd place
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th birthday set, $25 in free images & 2 month guest designer term

Thursday's challenge is a theme challenge "Send in the Clowns" (make a card with a clown on it), and this is what I made:


The images featured on my card are from the Bugaboo Store and are called

and
and both are coloured using Copics


To create my card I used the following:

whie cs base
red cs mat
red ribbon
I stuck a sticker on the balloon and covered it with Glossy Accents


Thedp is one I created myself in MS Word and star shapes, and stuck some sticker over the stars.

Click HERE to link your entry into the challenge.


I would like to enter these challenges:







Thursday, January 22, 2015

ADVICE FROM A TREE


This card was made as my entry for the Outlawz Challenge (Twisted Thursday) today, where trees were the inspiration.

I used a well-known sentiment by Ilan Shamir
 , as well as a free image of the Tree of Life.

The image of the tree was coloured (shading) using alcohol markers and a white gel pen.  I also added black ribbon and four pearls.


I would like to enter these challenges



TWO SYMPATHY CARDS

A client ordered a sympathy card from me today and so I made her the pink one.  She showed a photo  of the card too one of her colleagues, who then order another one from me. this is the pink card:



Unfortunately, as I had no more pink flowers, I made this one in yellow:


Both cards have the same poem as a sentiment
,as well as

white base card
embossed white cs for the flower base
sewn on seed beads and sequins
butterfly
coloured cs mats










I would like to enter these challenges:


Aussie-Aussie-Aussie-oi-oi-oi

AUSTRALIA DAY ON 26TH JANUARY.
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI! OI! OI!

The Outlawz Colour challenge is asking for red, white and blue to be used on a card:


My card for this challenge features the Bugaboo image Birdhouse - Patches that I coloured using alcohol markers:


I used a printable background and a red cs mat on the white cs base card.

I sewed on some flower sequins and beads:



That's it - done!


I would like to enter these challenges:




Wednesday, January 21, 2015

LET IT SNOW


The challenge at The Outlawz Greetings group is "Let it Snow" and this is my entry using the image, Winter Snowman from Bugaboo Stamps.

I used the following:

white cs base with pale blue snowflake background stamping
gems
Stickles



I would like to enter these challenges:

BUGABOO'S 5th ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - DAY FIVE

Good morning, and welcome to day 5 of Bugaboo Stamps 5th Annual Birthday celebration!

 

This is a week-long event where we will have a daily challenge, and lots of prices to be won:
Grand Prize winner
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th Birthday set, 6 free images for 6 months and 4 month guest designer term
2nd place
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th birthday set, $50 in free images and 3 month guest designer term
3rd place
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th birthday set, $25 in free images & 2 month guest designer term

Today, you're challenge to make a humorous card, and this is mine:


The image featured is called Happy Valentines to Ewe (used twice)

It's Copics coloured and the sentiment is my own


I also used a black cs mat
pink ribbon
pink lace
pink pearl


Click HERE to link to the challenge.


I would like to enter these challenges:










Tuesday, January 20, 2015

BUGABOO'S 5th ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - DAY FOUR

Good morning, and welcome to day 4 of Bugaboo Stamps 5th Annual Birthday celebration!

 

This is a week-long event where we will have a daily challenge, and lots of prices to be won:
Grand Prize winner
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th Birthday set, 6 free images for 6 months and 4 month guest designer term
2nd place
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th birthday set, $50 in free images and 3 month guest designer term
3rd place
One randomly drawn winner who participates in all challenges - Free 5th birthday set, $25 in free images & 2 month guest designer term

Today’s challenge is a COLOUR CHALLENGE, and this is your inspiration


Here is my interpretation :


The image featured on my card is one of today's new releases, in fact it's part of the birthday set that is one of the prizes - she's adorable!

I used the following to create my tag-card:

white cs base
pink/white polka dot dp
green cs
I used the inspiration photograph stripes to create flags
yellow ribbon
green cord

Click HERE to link your entry to the challenge - there are LOTS of prizes to be won!