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









Thursday, March 29, 2018

A Bugaboo 'Oldiie but Goodie'


My Dt card for the Bugaboo Catch the Bug blog today features the gorgeous image Casual Girlz that I coloured using Copics:

Also used to create this card are:
white cs card bse
pink cs mats
floral dp
pink cs diecut - embossed
pink lacy trim
pink sequins and beads - sewn on
silver (metal) roses - sewn on
pink cord

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Saturday, March 24, 2018

A New Bugaboo Challenge - photo insspiration


My DT card for Bugaboo Stamps today has been made, inspired by the pink watering can in this photograph


The image I used is called Rose Watering Can and is coloured using Copics

 Click here to link to the challenge

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA




Friday, March 23, 2018

Bugaboo Stamps' Freebie Friday


I made a tag for an Ester Basket with this week's freebie from  Bugaboo Stamps. This cutie is called Brat Easter 02 and can be found here


 luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA


Thursday, March 22, 2018

Oldie but Goodie - Bugaboo Stamps


My Dt card for Bugaboo Stamps today features an Edward Elephant image there are many i the Bugaboo store

I coloured him with Copics :


To make my card I used papers from Fabscraps, as well as
white cs card base
ribbon
satin heart
blue cs mats

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban, South Africa

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Happy 'As Youbng as you Feel' Day


Today, for my Dt card for Bugaboo Stamps' Humor Me Wednesday, I have made a card to celebrate 'As Young a you Feel' Day.... not that I am feeling very young today with this awful flu bug that caught up with me on Saturday :(

My card features the Bugaboo Stamps image called Gus Birthday - Optional, that I coloured using Copics.

I used the following to create my card:

white cs card base
blue cs mat
patterned paper
the pointed border is scrap from a diecut
glossy accents for the spectacles 
white gel pen for the faux stitching

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Bugaboo Stamps - New Release


One of today's new releases in the Bugaboo Stamps store is the image I used on my card above.

It's called Thank You Tulips and to create my card I change the colour of the lies from black to blue before printing on cream cardstock, so that it would look like a Delft tile.

The colouring is with Copics

I also used
white gems
pearls
a button
ribbon
and a blue cs diecut

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Stella Says Sketch - Bugaboo Stamps


It's time to join Stella for a sketch challenge again, and this is the sketch to follow 


My card features the image Cute Troll that I coloured with Copics.

Click here to enter the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Bugaboo Stamps - Bingo Challenge


This week's challenge at Bugaboo' Catch the Bug blog is Bingo:


My card follows the line Bugaboo image / flower / stripes and features the image Sketchy Skelekinz Girl

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Monday, March 12, 2018

A Money Envelope - Bugaboo Stamps


I made a money envelope and decorated it using a pretty border, and a belly band with a Bugaboo Stamps image (to look like a modern-day cameo)
 The image I used is called Bugaboo Beauty and she is coloured using Copics and a white gel pen

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Sunday, March 11, 2018

The Outlawz CAS Challenge - Go Green!


This is my Guest Designer card for the CAS challenge at the Outlawz this week, where the challenge is to use green on your creation.

Ii die cut three different colours of green cardstock, added a peel off sentiment and three gems.

Clean and simple
Quick and Easy

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Friday, March 9, 2018

Freebie Friday - Bugaboo Stamps






My card features the freebie for this week from Bugaboo Stamps. It is called "Bread a Leg" and comes with matching sentiments.I coloured the image with Copics.

To create the bandaid I used cream coloured cardstock, die cut and oval, embossed with a Swiss Dots folder, cut it in half and used the wrong side.

I thought the milky white gems looked like pills.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban, South Africa


Sunday, March 4, 2018

2 Colours with a Pop of a Third - The Outlawz CAS Challenge

I have the honour of  being the Guest Designer at The Outlaw Challenges CAS challenge this week, where the challenge is to create a card with 2 colours and a pop of a third.

My GDT card, is clean and simple AND quick and easy!

white cardstock baspink heart diecut, embossed
black cardstock sentiment and sprig of flowers

VOILA!

luv'n huggz
Jen Leelfng
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Thursday, March 1, 2018

A Perfect Time to Craft - March Challenge

The March Challenge at A Perfect Time to Craft has started, and this card was created an image from the sponsor 



 My featured image is called "Lucy in the Garden" 
and I have used Copics and a white gel pen to colour her.
My card has two folds, and three sections



Click here to link to the challenge

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFFRICA