A RECIPE FOR FUN AT BUGABOO STAMPS

Today sees the start of a new challenge at BUGABOO STAMPS and we have a fun recipe for you:

Ingredients

1 x ribbon

2 x layers

3 x papers

Method

Use all the ingredients together on a creation, add to the inlinkz, and wait to see if you're a winner.

Here's what I 'cooked up' to inspire you:

The Bugaboo image featured on my card is called JJ Ornament - Dear Santa and I used Copics and white and silver gel pens for the colouring:

This is how I used the ingredients:

I also used the following :

white CS base card

red CS mat

white pompom

metal heart charm

shiny gems

And that's how easy it is!

We have wonderful prizes again this week - pop along to the blog to check them out.

And oh yes, before I go, may I remind you :

1 more sleep until ......

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

FREEBIE FRIDAY AT BUGABOO STAMPS

YAY!!!  It's FREEBIE FRIDAY over at Bugaboo Stamps and this is what I made with this week's cutie:

I used Copics and a white gel pen for the colouing:

The image is fussy cut, and mounted onto polka dot DP, and a purple CS mat.

I added Card Candi to the polka dots to add texture and dimension:

I added s deliciously shiny lilac bow to the card too:

Click HERE to link to the blog where you be able to see what my fellow Bugaboo DTeamies have made with the  image (ooh boy, are these ladies talented!) and to find the link to the freebie in the store.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

PARTY TIME TUESDAYS #148, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTERS CAFE,  #39, ANYTHING GOES

SIMON SAYS STAMP, ANYTHING GOES

CUTE CARD THURSDAY, #297, ANYTING GOES

ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART, #1, ANTHING GOES

FRIDAY'S ALCOHOL MARKER CHALLENGE AT THE OUTLAWZ

The theme for the challenge over at The Outlawz Alcohol marker group this week is

ANYTHING GOES

(with an optional Christmas twist)

and this is my DT inspiration card for you :

The image featured on my card is from Bugaboo Stamps, called Fancy Sunbonnet - Christmas Stuff,, and coloured with Copics:

I added some detailing using a white gel pen as well as a glitter gel pen :

The image was cut out using a scalloped die, and I sewed on the star sequins using seed beads and invisible thread. There are also shiny gold Card Candi legless brads in the four corners.

I have used shiny red CS for my background and the edges are rounded using a corner rounder punch.

To complete my card I used red cord tied in a bow, and gold gems.

luv'n huggz

JEN LEEFLANG

Durban

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

4 CRAFTY CHICKS, #170, CHRISTMAS

CHARISMA CARDS, #46, CHRISTMAS 

CRAFTING BY DESIGNS, CHRISTMAS/WINTER

INKY IMPRESSIONS, #136, PRESENTS AND GIFTS

RHEDD AND ROSIES, 320, CHRISTMAS IS COMING

SCRAPPER’S DELIGHTS,#12,  MAKE IT SPARKLE

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART, #1, ANTHING GOES

TUESDAY'S COLOUR CHALLENGE AT THE OUTLAWZ

The Outlawz Tuesday Colour challenge has this colour palette today:

and this is my one layer CAS Christmas card using smooth pink, gentle white and lovely lavender :

I embossed the white CS and coloured some of the raised embossing with an alcohol marker, and sewed pink and lavender flower sequins onto the cardstock:

Two pink satin bows are my sole embellishments.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

CITY CRAFTER, #18, SNOW WHITE

CREATIVE CRAFT, #24, NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

OLDIE BUT GOODIE, RIBBON AND/OR LACE (the sequins. beads  and ribbon are circa 2007)

PAPERMINUTES, #297, CAS CHRSTMAS

CRAFTY CARDMAKERS, #105, CLEAN AND SIMPLE

LEXI’S CREATIONS, #104, CHRISTMAS

LOVE TO CREATE, #93, 3 OF YOUR FAVOURITE EMBELLISHMENTS (SEQUINS, BEADS AND RIBBON)

MAKE IT MONDAY, #168, ANYTHING GOES

PILE IT ON, #47, NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

BUGABOO STAMPS - NEW RELEASE TUESDAY

There are REALLY beautiful new releases in the Bugaboo Store today, and this cute Santa is just one of them!  Here I have made a few Christmas gift tags :

The image is coloured using alcohol markers and a white gel pen:

To create my tags, I used a die to cutout the image, and a slightly larger die of the same shape to cut out the CS background.

I punched a hole through both layers, added a pinched/embossed poinsettia and shiny green cord threaded through a red glass bead.  There are also three red gems on the tag:

Click HERE to link to the Catch the Bug blog to view all the new releases for today, and while you are there, check out the projects made by my fellow DTeamies!

luv'n huggz

JEN LEEFLANG

Durban

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my tags to the following challenges:

ALL CRAFTS CHALLENGE, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER

ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS, #69, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTIN DESERT DIVA’S, LINKY PARTY #20, TAGS

DIGI MAKEOVER, #116, TAG SET

EUREKA STAMPS, #67, SANTA IS ON HIS WAY

MAKE IT MONDAY, #168, ANYTHING GOES

SHABBY TEA ROOM, WEEK 194, CHRISTMAS IS COMING ( INCLUDE RED, WHITE & BROWN)

GREAT IMPRESSIONS, N0VEMBER, HOLIDAY CARD OR TAG

ANYTHING GOES AT THE OUTLAWZ GREETING CARD CHALLENGE

Now who doesn't love an ANYTHING GOES challenge?! 

Here's an antique style card I was working on over the weekend, and I got to finish it off this morning:

The main image is from Graphic 45 :

The rest of my card is made up of scraps and offcuts lying around on my very messy craft table:

I created my own background using solid pink CS and misting over a chippie chicken wire cut:

(Can you see the fussy cut image with the inked edges?)

There is an offcut of lace sewn on, and embellished with sewn on pearl beads:

The flowers are cut from offcuts... 2 from shiny paper, with Copics colouring, and 1 from scrap of patterned DP. They have pearl bead flower centres.

I have also used:

pink satin ribbon and bow

washi tape

flat back pearls

peel off sentiment

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

ROBYN’S FETISH, #187, VINTAGE STYLE

CRAFTY LITTLE FAIRIES, LACE N PEARLS

MAKE IT MONDAY, #168, ANYTHING GOES

THE OUTLAWZ CAS CHALLENGE - USE A MOUSE

Today's challenge at The Outlawz in the CAS group is to use a mouse, and this is my card to pay along for fun :

The image featured on my card is Bugaboo's Sewing Mouse - Needle, and it's coloured with Copics.  I used a silver gel pen to colour the needle and a lumo red gel pen to colour the nose:

The sentiment is my own, and computer-generated in MS Word Art.

The ribbon is Christmas gift parcel ribbon, attached with double sided tape, and I added three gel gold stars for a little dimension:

and before I go, may I remind you ........

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add this card to the following challenges

CAS ON SUNDAY, #22, WINTER

COME AND GET IT, ANYTHING GOES WITH A DIGISTAMP

CRAFTY HAZELNUT’S CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE, #152, FOR A CHILD

STAMPIN FOR THE WEEKEND, FEELING FESTIVE

CHARISMA CARDZ, #46,  CHRISTMAS

DRS DESIGNS, #97, STAR SPANGLED CHRISTMAS

THEPAPER SHELTER, 138, CHRISTMAS IS COMING

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS, CHRISTMAS

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: AGENT ALEXIA

Three more of my drawings have been added to the DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY store today, and the first of these is called

 AGENT ALEXIA

The image has been coloured using alcohol markers and a white gel pen :

This image is available as jpeg, png and a precoloured version for those times when you don’t have time to colour yourself.  I coloured up the image using alcohol markers, and this is the precoloured version (image only) that is available in the store.

To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:

white CS card base

blue CS mat

floral DP

glitter gold florists ribbon

metallic gold card candi (legless brads)

pink flat back pearls

gold gems

white pearl beds, sewn on

punk satin ribbon

gold peel off sentiment

luv’n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

CRAFTY HANDS, #3, SPARKLE AND BLING

SISTER ACT, #34, ANYTHING GOES

TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS, #194, ADD A BOW

4 CRAFTY CHICKS, ANYTHING GOES

AUD SENTIMENTS, #94, ANY SENTIMENT

DIVA’S BY DESIGN, MAKE IT PRETTY

MAKE IT MONDAY, #167, ANYTHING GOES

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE, #107, SPARKLES

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE, WEEK 234, BRING ON THE BLING

COLOUR ME CREATIVE, ANYTHING GOES
INKSPIRATIONAL, #44, ANYTHING INKSPIRATIONAL GOES

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE : MESSY MEG

Three more of my drawings have been added to the DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY store today, and this one is called

MESSY MEG

The image has been coloured using alcohol markers and a white gel pen :

This image is available as jpeg, png and a precoloured version for those times when you don’t have time to colour yourself.  I coloured up the image using alcohol markers, and this is the precoloured version (image only) that is available in the store.

To create my card I used a die to cut out the image, and a slightly larger die of the same shape to mat it onto.  I also used the following from my hoarded stash:

white CS card base

 blue CS mat

shiny metallic and matt DP

sewn-on sequins and beads on the corners of the image

I created a pretty border by scoring an offcut of purple CS

white peel off lace tape (cut in half lengthwise as it was too wide)

ribbon and bow

 glitter glue and gems for the hair embellishment

luv’n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

BROWN SUGAR, #69, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTS 4 ETERNITY, #151, GLITTER AND SPARKLE

CRAFTY HANDS, #3, SPARKLE AND BLING

KEEP IT SIMPLE, #27, COLOUR COMBO

DIVA’S BY DESIGN, MAKE IT PRETTY

ANONYMOUS STAMPS, NOVEMBER, ANYTHING GOES

MAKE IT MONDAY, #167, ANYTHING GOES

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE, #107, SPARKLES

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE, WEEK 234, BRING ON THE BLING

COLOUR ME CREATIVE, ANYTHING GOES

INKSPIRATIONAL, #44, ANYTHING INKSPIRATIONAL GOES

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: MISTERI - VOCALIST

Three more of my drawings have been added to the DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY store today, and this one is called

MISTERI - VOCALIST

The image has been coloured using alcohol markers and a white gel pen :

This image is available as jpeg, png and a precoloured version for those times when you don’t have time to colour yourself.  I coloured up the image using alcohol markers, and this is the precoloured version (image only) that is available in the store.

To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:

white CS card base

 black CS mat

black and white DP embellished with sewn on star sequins and beads

silver CS diecut embellished with sewn-in star sequins and beads

card candi (legless brads) 

peel off sentiment on silver CS diecut made into a tag embellished with pink gems, and tied with pink cord and a pink organza bow

luv’n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

CRAFTY HANDS, #3, SPARKLE AND BLING

SISTER ACT, #34, ANYTHING GOES

TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS, #194, ADD A BOW

AS YOU LIKE IT, ##15, SPOTS OR STRIPES  (I PREFER SPOTS)

AUD SENTIMENTS, #94, ANY SENTIMENT

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES, MUSIC INSPIRED
MAKE IT MONDAY, #167, ANYTHING GOES

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE, #107, SPARKLES

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE, WEEK 234, BRING ON THE BLING

INKSPIRATIONAL, #44, ANYTHING INKSPIRATIONAL GOES

BUGABOO'S MONTHLY PHOTO INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

This week's challenge at Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Challenge blog  has a PHOTO INSPIRATION theme, and just look at this inspiring photo chosen for you:

I focused on the road and the colours and created this card for your inspiration:

The two merged Bugaboo images featured on my card are:

Guy - Car Keys

JJ - Perfect Man

and I coloured them using Copics:

To create my card I used the following:

orange CS card base

green CS mat

tyre track DP

I made a border by cutting out one of the tyre tracks, and it's matted onto bronze CS, for the peel off sentiment (recoloured using Copics)

I also used orange satin ribbon, and punched/embossed flowers made from offcuts of cardstock (out of the waste bin).

Click HERE to link to the challenge to get more details, and while you're there, check out the way in which my fellow dt's were inspired!

Before I go, I'd like to let you know about a fun event at Bugaboo, coming soon!

luv'n huggz

JEN LEEFLANG

Durban

South Africa

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

BROWN SUGAR, #69, ANYTHING GOES

SISTER ACT, #34, ANYTHING GOES

STAMPIN WITH THE DRAGON, AUTUMN COLOURS

TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS, #194, ADD A BOW

4 CRAFTY CHICKS, ANYTHING GOES

AUD SENTIMENTS, #94, ANY SENTIMENT

MAKE IT MONDAY, #167, ANYTHING GOES

COLOUR ME CREATIVE, ANYTHING GOES

INKSPIRATIONAL, #44, ANYTHING INKSPIRATIONAL GOES

THE OUTLAWZ ALCOHOL MARKER CHALLENGE

Friday's Alcohol Marker group challenge theme at The Outlawz is to make a card for a child, to commemorate International Children's Day, and this is my DT sample card to inspire you:

The image featured on my card is called "Lil Dungarees", one of my drawings available as a digistamp for Digistamps 4 Joy.  I used Graph'It markers for the colouring:

Here's and explanation of how I put my card together:

I hope you will pop along and join us for this challenge ... Here's that link to where you can find all the details.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:

4 CRAFTY CHICKS, ANYTHING GOES

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE, #72, MAKE YOUR MARK

THE MALE ROOM, LITTLE BOYS AND BABIES

SCRAPPERS DELIGHTS, #11, ANYTHING GOES
GRAPH'IT MARKERS, WEEK 22, DARK SKIN TONES/ANYTHING GOES