SIGNS OF SPRING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Bugs are buzzing, flowers are blooming .... and hayfever is affecting me!

But after the weekend's rain, everything is looking fresh and green.

My card today celebrates SPRING!!!

and I have entered it into The Outlawz Greeting Card challenge today.

The featured image is Scene it -Ladybugs from Bugaboo Stamps

and it's coloured using my alcohol markers

I used Glossy accents on the ladybugs.

To create my card I used the following:

white cs base

green cs mat

The sentiment is a plastic 'belly band' that came around some coasters I purchased - it seemed to be something that would come in useful - I feel great that it could be repurposed/recycled into my craft.

I also used an offcut of red gingham dp, and a ladybug button tied with an offcut of ribbon.

Thanks for visiting today!

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter the following challenges:

ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK, ANYTHING GOES

GLITTER N SPARKLE, USE SOME FLOWERS

LOVE TO CREATE, LOVE OF RIBBON

NOT JUST CARDS, ANYTHING GOES

ANYTHING BUT A CARD AT BUGABOO STAMPS

My luminary features the bugaboo image called Halloween Silhouette Scene, that I printed onto tracing paper (similar to vellum)  

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It was pasted behind an svg cut of a window frame.

The photograph above shows it in daylight, and the pic below is taken in the dark (spooky?)

The sides and back are woodgrain dp:

Thanks for popping by today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

ALL CRAFTS CHALLENGE, ANYTHING BUT A CARD

ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK, ANYTHING GOES

DESERT DIVAS, ANYTHING BUT A CARD

HIDING IN MY CRAFTROOM, ANY HOLIDAY

NOT JUST CARDS, ANYTHING GOES

FALL CAS

This card was made for the CAS challenge at The Outlawz today

The sentiment is embossed and matted onto green cs

The leaves are punched:

Thanks for visiting today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE, CLEAN AND SIMPLE

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS, COLOURS OF AUTUMN

DAZZLING DIVA CHALLENGE

GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE

OPEN MINDED, FALL/AUTUMN

PAPER PRETTIES, FALL

BUGABOO STAMPS' OCTOBER INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

Now it is time for our newest challenge which is a photo inspiration. 

Don’t forget the photo serves as a prompt to get your creative juices flowing.   Your project need not be an exact copy of the picture below but can be anything that comes to mind when you see the picture!

This is how I was inspired :

My card features two merged images:

apple ruler image from here

the apple image from here

I coloured them with alcohol markers and added Glossy Accents to the red of the apples:

I also used the following:

white cs base

black cs mat

red gingham dp to make the apple diecut

sentiment peel off

thanks for visiting tody

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

CRAFTING AT THE WEEKEND, ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE MOMENTS, ANYTHING GOES/3 LAYERS

CUTTLEBUG MANIA, ANYTHING DIECUT

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY BLOG HOP - ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY WINNERS - REDRAW

Thanks to everyone for  the wonderful comments and love you left for me  - every one is graciously appreciated.  

Thanks and welcome to my new followers - I hope I will continue to inspire you!

The winners have been selected (thanks to Mr Random.org):

http://ktdesigns2013.blogspot.com/

is the winner of the DS4J image I used on my card
CLAIMED

The winner of the candy did not claim her prize, so I have redrawn:

Susan Nel

http://sunelscrafts.blogspot.com/

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: MISTERI'S MUSIC

Today, three more of my drawings have been released as digistamps at Digistamps 4 Joy, and the one featured on my card above is called 

MISTERI'S MUSIC

I coloured the image using alcohol markers and hand cut the distressed edge:

To create my card I used the following:

white cs base

turquoise cs mats

music themed dp

sentiment cut with round punch

spray of flowers and sewn on sequins

turquoise satin ribbon and bows

This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.  My hand-coloured version is also available to download.

Thanks for visiting today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

CRAFTING AT THE WEEKEND, ANYTHING GOES

INKY IMPRESSIONS, ANYTHING GOES

SISTERHOOD OF CRAFTERS, LOTS OF LAYERS

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: DARCY'S CARDIGAN

Today, three more of my drawings have been released as digistamps at Digistamps 4 Joy, and the one featured on my card above is called 

DARCY'S CARDIGAN

I coloured the image using alcohol markers and fussy cut it :

To create my card I used the following:

white cs base

the background is made by layering digital elements

This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.

Thanks for visiting today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

CRAFTING AT THE WEEKEND, ANYTHING GOES

INKY IMPRESSIONS, ANYTHING GOES

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: WHO AM I?

Today, three more of my drawings have been released as digistamps at Digistamps 4 Joy, and the one featured on my card above is called 

"Who am I"

I coloured the image using alcohol markers and hand cut the distressed edge:

To create my card I used the following:

white cs base

own made background using alcohol ink and rubbing alcohol

gems

ribbon and bow

the sentiment is a digital

This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.

Thanks for visiting today.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges;

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE, CAS INKY IMPRESSIONS, ANYTHING GOES

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Just getting some more Christmas cards made, and so I decided to merge some of the Bugaboo penguins:

I coloured the images using alcohol markers, and fussy cut them.

The white cs base card was dry embossed, and I glued on some shiny sequins.

The sentiment is from Hannelie - Desert Diva and I used it on a flag.

Thanks for visiting today

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges

ART BY MIRAN, ANYTHING GOES

CRAFTING BY DESIGNS, GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS, CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER

HOBBYBOOK, EMBOSSING

THE OUTLAWZ SKETCH CHALLENGE

My card was made according to this sketch over at The Outlawz

I coloured the image using alcohol markers:

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

white cs base

blue cs mat

floral dp

white cs diecut onto which I pasted the fussy cut image

pearls

rolled rose (freehand cut) with sequin leaves

sewn on flower sequins and beads

organza ribbon bow

Thanks for visiting today

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

ART BY MIRAN, ANYTHING GOES

CHOCOLATE, COFFEE AND CARDS, DOGS AND CATS

CREATIVE MOMENTS, USE 3 LAYERS

CUTE CARD THURSDAY, DIES AND PUNCHES

WAGS N WHISKERS, FURRY FRIENDS

FLORAL HEART

To create my card I started off by punching a whackload of flowers from blue, yellow, pink and orange cs offcuts.

I printed the sentiment from Hannelie, Desert Diva, onto the cs base and then stuck the flowers on in the shape of a heart.

that's it - card done!

thanks for visiting today

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

THROUGH THE CRAFTROOM DOOR, ANYTHING GOES

PERFECTLY RUSTICS, PUNCH ART

CREATALICIOUS, FLOWER POWER

STAMPING WITH BLEACH

I love paying with this technique, as the outcome always seems to be like magic when the bleach starts working and the wonderful NEW colours appear!

To make my card I used orange cs, a kiddies' foam flower stamp and bleach to create the background.

 After cutting it to size to use for the card, I fussy cut one of the flowers from the offcut and did some doodling with a black fineliner.

The leaves were made by spritzing bleach onto green cs, before I drew the leaves freehand and then fussy cut them.

The sentiment is a freebie I picked up over at Create with TLC.

Thanks for visiting today.

luv' huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challebges:

613 AVENUE CREATE, CREATE YOUR OWN CHALLENGE : PATTERNED PAPER/SENTIMENT/SOLD COLOUR PAPER (Black)/FLOWERS/PUNCH (CORNER ROUNDER)

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART, ANYTHING GOES

FROSTED DESIGNS, DOODLING

LOVE TO CREATE, FUSSY CUT

STAMPS + FUN = CREATIVITY, SELF MADE BACKGROUND

THAT CRAFT PLACE, SENTIMENTAL

A NEW CHALLENGE AT SQUIGGLEFLY

If you can read this post it means that my internet has stayed connected for long enough to get this post published!

Today's new challenge at Squigglefly is to 

"Orange, Purple, or Black"

My card to inspire you uses all three.  The image featured is Hurt Bunny Crutches, and also comes with two additional sayings, plus the saying shown on this card.

I used Copics for the colouring, as well as the following to create my card:

white cs base

black cs mat

ornange/back checked (digial) dp

orange ribbon

3 rolled flowers with pearl centres:

the white one was cut with a die

the orange one was cut freehand from orange cs

the lilac one was cut from white cs that I spritzed and coloured before freehand cutting

Click HeRE to link to the challenge.

luv'n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to enter these challenges:

613 AVENUE CREATE, CREATE YOUR OWN CHALLENGE : IMAGE/SENTIMENT/SOLID COLOUR PAPER (BLACK)/FLOWERS/RIBBON

ART IMPRESSIONS, ORANGE PURPLE AND BLACK

AUD SENTIMENTS, FOR THE MEN

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART, ANYTHING GOES

LOVE TO CREATE, FUSSY CUT

THAT CRAFT PLACE, SENTIMENTAL