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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









Sunday, May 28, 2017

For you, Mom

It will be my dear Mum's 83rd birthday on 13 June, and for once, I have made a card beforehand ;)

My card features an image from Rick St dennis, called Desdemona

I coloured her using Copics and a white gel pen:

I also used the following to create this card:

white cs card base
dp diecut
sewn on sequins and beads
rose and leaves
lilac cord bow and "Mother" metal bead
I entered this card into The Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge group, and would also like to enter it into the Sparkle and Glitter Challenge #1

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban, South Africa

NEW RELEASE :: ULA :: DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY


The image featured on my card is one of my new drawings released as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today.  It is called


The image was coloured using Copics 

I also used the following to create my card:

white cs base
butterfly dp
blue and purple cs background and mats
gems
I cut out some of the dp butterflies and added them as 3d embellishments.

The image is also available as a hand coloured version in the store.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

NEW RELEASE :: HIPPIE HILLARY : DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY


The image featured on my card is one of my new drawings released as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today.  It is called


I coloured the image with Copics, fussy cut it, and pasted on a diecut

I also used a lilac cs mat and lots of sewn on sequins and beads to complete my card.

This is image is also available as a hand coloured version.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

NEW RELEASE :: BIRD SMORGASBORD :: DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY



The image featured on my card is one of my new drawings released as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today.  It is called


and I used the png version of the image (coloured with Copics) on a background I created myself :

 The sentiment is a freebie from Create with TLC

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Monday, May 15, 2017

Anything But a Card with Bugaboo Stamps


I made a (no glue) folded party favour box and used one of my favourite Bugaboo Stamps images,

The image was coloured using Copics and a white gel pen, then fussy cut and added to a layered dp and cardstock name label


luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Resting Bride - a Digistamps 4 Joy re-release




This silly scribble.of mine has been re-released as digistamps in the Digistamps 4 Joy store and is.is called
 RESTING BRIDE

I coloured the image with Copic markers and a white gel pen

I also used the following to create this card:
white cs card base
 digital background
white ribbon bow
silver gems
peel off sentiment

The image is available in jpeg and png versions, as well as my hand-coloured version you see in the card above.

luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang