Welcome to my blog and thanks soso much for spending a little while peeping into my world

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









Sunday, January 31, 2016

LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK :: THE UNTAMPABELLES


The first challenge for 2016 over at The Unstampabelles has started, and the theme is "Looking Lorward, Looking Back".

I used silhouettes of a young woman and an old woman, on a background pf sheet music for the song "Both Sides Now".

Click here to enter the challenge - you could be the winner of this lovely prize:

 

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

BUGABOO SGTAMPS' :: STELLA SAYS SKETCH

There's a new sketch challenge over at Bugaboo Stamps 'Catch the Bug' blog, and this is the sketch for you to follow:

 

My card features the image  Angel Boy Sitter
I also used:
white cardstock base
digital border

sentiment
feather

Click HERE to link to the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Friday, January 29, 2016

A DAY FOR DAISIES :: A NEW (VALENTINE'S) CHALLENGE


A new challenge has just started at A Day for Daisies, and this time we have a Valentine's/Love inspiration board for you to follow:

 

The image I have chosen to work with is Love Birds from the store here
  
and I have used alcohol markers for the colouring. 

Also used on my card are:

3 different bg papers
square gems
heart gems
digital sentiment

rolled roses (freehand cut) with sequin centres

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

FREEBIE FRIDAY AT BUGABOO STAMPS

Today's freebie from Bugaboo Stamps is this girl with attitude!  
It's called 'I don't think so' and can be found here.

I used a background of exclamation marks and coloured all with alcohol markers and a white gel pen.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

BUGABOO STAMPS :: A NEW RELEASE

The four images used on my card are some of the new releases in the Bugaboo Store today

 You will find the images here

I used alcohol markers for the colouring:

My embellishments are gems.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Monday, January 25, 2016

ANYTHING BUT A CARD MONDAY :: BUGABOO STAMPS

I made a bookmark for Anything But a Card Monday with Bugaboo Stamps, and the image I used is Cute Owl - coloured with alcohol markers.


Also used

Silver cardstock - recycled off an old birthday card
twine tie - with some macrame knotting
luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Saturday, January 23, 2016

A PHOTO INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT BUGABOO STAMPS

 Today's challenge at the Catch the Bug blog has a photo inspiration :

 

and for my card I used the image Sign it - Chibi Reindeer

I used alcohpl markers for the colouring of the image, a digital background, and a digital sentiment.

The embellishments are sewn on snowflake sequins.

Click HERE to link to the challenge. 

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA




Friday, January 22, 2016

A DAY FOR DAISIES :: JANUARY CLUB KIT :: A SECOND LOOK

  The card I am sharing today features on of the images from the A Day for Daisies Club Kit, and this one is called 'Human Doll'.  I coloured it with alcohol markers, a white gel pen, and some Stickles:
Also used on my card are 
two colours of blue cs mats



ribbon
sewn on sequins and beads
pearl beads sewn on.

Click HERE to link to the blog to see some more gorgeous  DT creations using the January Club Kit images.

Remember, there is still one week left to enter the "Stitch it up" challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Thursday, January 21, 2016

BUGABOO STAMPS :: BIRTHDAY BASH :: DAY SIX

Today's challenge is a photo inspiration challenge, and this is the photograph:

 
The images I used on my card are  Edward Elephant Hello, Tall Birthday Cake, and Giraffe Heart 2 


I also used the following on my card:

digital background
brown cs mat
ribbon bows
sewn on sequins and beads

Click HERE to link to the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA