12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS AT BUGABOO STAMPS : DAY 4

Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree! Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree!

And with all that being said, welcome to the fourth Day in our 12 Days of Christmas Celebration at Bugaboo Stamps! If you haven't heard yet we will be hosting a mini Challenge each and every day from December 1st until December 12th! Each day the challenge will be based off of a line from the 12 Days of Christmas song, of course you will have to stop by each day to see what the challenge will be!

For the challenge on Day 4 we'd like you to use a BIRD on your project.

Here's my "Calling Bird" card :

Again - no more details about the image ... just wait and see - tee hee!

Here's the link to the Catch the Bug Blog for more details on the challenge.

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS AT BUGABOO STAMPS : DAY 3

What do those 12 days actually mean? Here's what I found when I made a search on the internet, and I really like the explanation:

1 = True Love refers to God
2 = Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments
3 = French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 = Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 = Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 = Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation
7 = Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 = Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes
9 = Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 = Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments
11 = Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles
12 = Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

And with all that being said, welcome to the Second Day in our 12 Days of Christmas Celebration at Bugaboo tamps! If you haven't heard yet we will be hosting a mini Challenge each and every day from December 1st until December 12th! Each day the challenge will be based off of a line from the 12 Days of Christmas song, of course you will have to stop by each day to see what the challenge will be!

For Day 3, 'the part about the 3 French Hens (I only know about Cornish hens - LOL) - a hen is an animal so we challenge you to use an animal on your creation.

Here's what I made to inspire you

My Bugaboo image hasn't been released yet but if you follow the Catch the Bug blog daily and play along in the challenges .... all will be revealed.

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS AT BUGABOO STAMPS : DAY 2

What do those 12 days actually mean? Here's what I found when I made a search on the internet, and I really like the explanation:

1 = True Love refers to God
2 = Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments
3 = French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 = Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 = Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 = Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation
7 = Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 = Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes
9 = Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 = Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments
11 = Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles
12 = Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

And with all that being said, welcome to the Second Day in our 12 Days of Christmas Celebration at Bugaboo tamps! If you haven't heard yet we will be hosting a mini Challenge each and every day from December 1st until December 12th! Each day the challenge will be based off of a line from the 12 Days of Christmas song, of course you will have to stop by each day to see what the challenge will be!

For Day 2's challenge we at Bugaboo feel that turtle doves mean love, so your challenge is to make a love-themed card.

Here is mine, for your inspiration:

The image I used is a Bugaboo image, -yes it is- although you won't find it in the store (yet) - tee hee - that's all am going to say about this image. But if you play along in the challenges you have a good chance of finding out EXACTLY where it comes from .... 'nuff sed'.......

There are awesome prizes to be won, so check out the full details here - and add your creation!

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

FREEBIE FRIDAY AT BUGABOO'S "CATCH THE BUG" BLOG

The first Friday in December 2011 is the perfect time to starting thinking about our very favorite red-clad, roof-hopping, roly-poly rascal - I'm talking about the jolly ol' elf himself, Santa Claus! (SIGH). . .I {heart} Santa. . .:D

This week's Freebie Friday image here at Bugaboo Stamps is Simple Santas | Tree and you can download it for free all week long right here. And isn't a bit of coincidence, don't you think, that it's positively perfect for the Twelve Days of Christmas Day 1 Challenge? It's almost, almost, as if we planned it or something.

Here is my card with the freebie image:

He was coloured using Copics and a white gel pen, and fussy cut. I used white on green polkadot paper for my diecut and red gingham paper for my background DP. A button and a Merry Christmas stick on sentiment complete the card.

If you'd like to check out my fellow DTeamies' creations and find links on where to snag the freebie, as well as links to the Bugaboo store, click HERE.

Love n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

A DAY FOR DAISIES NEW RELEASE - "COSY"

Friday means another set of new releases - and this week they are just awesome. I chose to work with the little girl holding a basket of flowers in the set "Delivery":

She reminded me so much of the flower sellers in Adderley Street in Cape Town that I saw when I was there in October.

Here is the card I made:

I printed her on watercolour paper and coloured using my Copics and a white gel pen. As a DP I used a watercolour painting of the Adderley Street flower sellers - isn't it just a riot of colour - just as it is in real life! As embellies I used three gems and a satin ribbon. I felt that those few were enough as I didn't want to overdo it.

The other images in today's release are just as beautiful, and my fellow DTeamies have made some awesome creations!

Here are those handy links for you:

Click HERE to go to the A Day for Daisies group on Crafters Digital Art Centre
Click HERE to go to the A Day for Daisies group on Paper Craft Planet
Click HERE to go to the A Day for Daisies group on The Crafter's Cafe

Or click HERE to go to the A DAY FOR DAISIES STORE.

luv n huggz
Jen
Durban
South Africa

SOME OF THE LATEST BELLYDANCE CREATIONS ...

As some of you have been asking, here are some of the latest creations ...

Some gypsy scarf skirts:

And here are two bellydance bra's:

I will add some more pic of the dancers wearing their costumes after the show on Friday evening.

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

TA DAA ... announcing ... BUGABOO'S 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!

ON THE FIRST DAY ....

A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE

Good morning everyone, today is a BIG day at Bugaboo! That's right today we kick off our 12 Days of Christmas Challenges! If you haven't heard yet we will be hosting a mini Challenge each and every day from December 1st until December 12th! Each day the challenge will be based off of a line from the 12 Days of Christmas song. Of course you will have to stop by each day to see what the challenge will be, but there are so many great challenges to come and so many amazing Design Team samples to share!

Plus, if 12 Days of awesome Christmas Challenges wasn't enough for you, we will also be giving away lots and lots of prizes, so you won't want to miss a second of our festive fun! For each challenge one winner will win 5 Bugaboo Digis! Plus, if that's not enough, at the end of all 12 Days one winner who participated in every challenge will win the full 12 Days of Christmas Digi set AND a Guest Designer Spot in January with the Bugaboo Design Team!

Today's challenge is to "Use a tree on your card"! Simple enough, and I can't wait to see what you create!

You have until December 16th to enter into every challenge and be eligible for the Grand Prize!

***Please note, in order to be eligible for Bugaboo Prizes you must use a Bugaboo image on your project.***

Here is my creation for your inspiration, using

The image I used for my tag is "Crabby Cathy Christmas - Santa Called" available in the Bugaboo store HERE

Click HERE to enter our challenge!

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban
South Africa

'd like to enter this in the following challenges
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #7, "Tag"
Willow Sketchie Challenge : "Anything Goes"