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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









Tuesday, November 22, 2016

NEW RELEASE :: BUGABOO STAMPS


My card features one of this week's new releases at Bugaboo Stamps, and is called Sweet Angel

 The image was coloured using alcohol markers, and I paper pieced her robe

To create my card I used the following
white cs card base
blue cs mats
embossed background
Stickles
sewn on sequins and beads
white ribbon bow

Click here to view all the November new releases in the Bugaboo Store

luv'n huggzz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA
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Monday, November 21, 2016

MOLLY FAIRY :: CONIE FONG

My Guest DT card features the ever so pretty image by Conie Fong Art and Design called Molly Fairy

I coloured the image using alcohol markers and a white gel pen, then fussy cut it and pasted it on a dp diecut.

I also used pink and lilac mats, and sewed on some beads and sequins

There is a lilac organza bow and some sewn on pink heart beads.  The sentiment is a peel off.

And please before you go, hop on over and join Conie Fong's Facebook group here

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA
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THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS - A DAY FOR DAISIES

The name of this cute image available in the A Day for DDaisies store is Mother's Day Wish.
The reason I have chosen to showcase it here today is not because it's so very sweet (which it is!), but because it's one of Tammy's images that just cannot be defined by its label.  Look how beautifully this image works on a Christmas Card! 
 
 
The image was colored using alcohol markers and a white gel pen, and matted onto gold backing paper.  I have no fancy embellishments, just a couple of star sequins and gold beads.
Tammy's beautifully drawn images are so detailed in their simple lines, and sometimes a CAS card is just what is needed to showcase her talent.
 

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban
SOUTH AFRICA
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Saturday, November 19, 2016

BUGABOO BINGO CHALLENGE

We're playing Bingo for our challenge over at the Bugaboo Stamps challenge blog today, and this is the Bingo board:


I chose the line brown / ribbon / Bugaboo image and create this card featuring the image Fall Fence.

Alcohol markers were used for the colouring (Copics and Graph'It), as well as a white gel pen :


I also used the following
kraft card base, ink distressed
kraft mat, ink distressed
coloured cs on which to print image, ink distressed
buttons
fibre ribbon
orange cord
Glossy Accents on flower centres

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
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BUGABOO BINGO CHALLENGE

We're playing Bingo for our challenge over at the Bugaboo Stamps challenge blog today, and this is the Bingo board:


I chose the line brown / ribbon / Bugaboo image and create this card featuring the image Fall Fence.

Alcohol markers were used for the colouring (Copics and Graph'It), as well as a white gel pen :


I also used the following
kraft card base, ink distressed
kraft mat, ink distressed
coloured cs on which to print image, ink distressed
buttons
fibre ribbon
orange cord
Glossy Accents on flower centres

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

HUMOR ME WEDNESDAY - BUGABOO STAMPS


My Dt card for Bugaboo Stamps' Humor Me Wednesday today celebrates Beaujolais Nouveau (that's a French Red wine) Day tomorrow.

The featured image is called JJ Housework - Cook and the matching sentiment, that I coloured using my Copic markers.


To create my card I used :

white cs base
pink cs mats
two different patterned papers
pearls
flowers

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

3 PANEL MIXED MEDIA - 'LIVE LOVE LAUGH'

I recently attended a mixed media workshop, where we worked on techniques and tested them on three panels.

Some of the elements on my panels were provided, but as there was very little time to wait for the stencilled texture paste to dry, we took them home to complete.

This is the 'LIVE" panel:


and includes the following techniques and embellishments 


texture paste stencilling
colour mists
rubber stamping
layered, recoloured flowers and leaves
tassel
shell
fabric lace
metal and gem recycled earring parts
wooden sentiment, coloured and misted
bling dragonflies
tag
star spangles
colouring done using distress crayons, brush and water, as well as Inktense pencils brush and water

This is the 'LOVE' panel:


and it includes the same (but different) elements


 and this is the 'LAUGH' panel:

 


 and it also includes the .same (but different) elements.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN


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