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









Saturday, December 31, 2016

ALL THINGS NEW - A DAY FOR DAISIES

Is there anything quite as precious as a new mother with her baby? A new life, a new start... and so we come to the eve of a new year.

Happy New Year, everyone.

My spotlight post for the A Day for Daisies store today features the cute image called



I used Copic markers to colour the image

I also used the following to create my card

white cs card base
blue polka dot bp
fussy cut flowers with sewn on sequin and bead centres
peel off sentiment

Until next year, cheerio!
luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Saturday, December 17, 2016

A DAY FOR DAISIES - SCOTTY MISTLETOE C

My DT showcase card today features the image called Scotty Mistletoe C from the

I printed the image onto white cardstock and then cut away his coat so that I could add a scrap of tartan dp underneath.  He has a little gold bow, just perfect for the festive season.

The sentiment was created in MS Word.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflng
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Thursday, December 15, 2016

FEELING SKETCHY :: A NEW CHALLENGE

There is a new challenge over at the Feeling Sketchy Challenge blog today and this is my DT card to inspire you to join us'

It is an 'Anything Goes' challenge - You can use one of our older sketches or any sketch you want or just 'wing it'.... just play along!!!

My card was made following the sketch for the challenge exactly one year ago:



I used digital dp (with Stickles added) and added a sentiment band - the sentiment was created in MS Word with a downloaded font.

Also on this card:

green cs mat
blue cs mat
green and blue cs punched and embossed butterflies covered in glitter glaze paint

Click here to enter the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

FIRST KISS (WITH MISTLETOE) : CONIE FONG

My Christmas card features a cute image from the Conie Fong Art and Design Store, and this one is called "First Kiss with Mistletoe" that I coloured using Copic Markers and a white gel pen:

.I Fussy cut the image and pasted onto a digital frame, also coloured with Copic markers.

Also used for my card are
white cs card base
plaid digital dp
star gems
tag with a corner punch and gem detail
green cs
digital sentiment 

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban
South Africa


Tuesday, December 13, 2016

NEW RELEASE :: BUGABOO STAMPS


The images on the above two card are some of this week's new releases at Bugaboo Stamps - in fact they are part of the set that will be given the the winners of our Christmas Chaos event last week.

The Christmas Bauble card was created by using the image twice, once flipped horizontally, with a digital sentiment in between.

I used Copic Markers and a whte gel pen for the colouring.

Also used on my card are:
embossed background
blue cord
pearl
die to cut out the image

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban
South Africa

Monday, December 12, 2016

SNOWMAN JUGGLING BAUBLES :: CONIE FONG


My card features an adorable image from Conie Fong Art and design and is called "Snowman Juggling Baubles"
I placed the image inside a digital frame before printing and colouring using Copic markers, a white gel pen and Stickles:
To make my card I also used:

white cs card base
sewn on sequins and beads
white satin ribbon and bow

luv'n huggzz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

ANYTHING BUT A CARD :: BUGABOO STAMPS


I decorated the cover of a plain kraft post it note folder using a bugaboo image called LadyBug Daisy that I printed onto kraft and coloured with Copic Markers and a white gel pen.


The edges of the kraft are inked, and I used a black cs mat.  There is a black gem in each corner.

This is what the inside of the ready made folder looks like:


luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN