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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









Saturday, May 3, 2014

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: ELPHEN PRINCESS

I’d like to share some more of my drawings that are now available as digistamps in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today. (You can chose a precoloured version, or peg and and png files.

This one is called

ELPHEN PRINCESS

And here it is, used on my card:



I coloured the image using Copics, and a white gel pen:



To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:
white CS card base
blue CS mats
striped DP
organza bow

layered flowers with sequin centres

beadwork with sequins, beads, and ribbon




Thanks for visiting my blog today.

luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY ::NEW RELEASE :: LIL URCHIN GIRL

I’d like to share a card made with another of of my drawings that is now available as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today. (You can chose a precoloured version, or peg  and png files.)

This one is called

LIL URCHIN GIRL

And here it is, used on my CARD:


I coloured the image using Copics, and a white gel pen:


To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:
white CS card base
green CS mats
printed DP
brown CS fancy circle diecut, embellished with pearls
green layered  flowers and peel off sentiment



Thanks for visiting my blog today.

luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

I  would like to add my card to the following challenges:




DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: LIL URCHIN BOY

I’d like to share a card made with another of of my drawings that is now available as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today. (You can chose a precoloured version, or peg  and png files.)

This one is called

LIL URCHIN BOY

And here it is, used on my Mother's Day tag 'n gift:



I coloured the image using Copics, and a white gel pen:



To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:
black CS base
scalloped rectangle die to cut out the image
golf cord, gold bead and orange bow with  a ready-made sentiment sticker

a triangle cracker box to hold a Toblerone chocolate or a bottle of perfume - the embellishment is a little felt butterfly


Thanks for visiting my blog today.

luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN




DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: BRAID AND BOW

I’d like to share a card made with another of of my drawings that is now available as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today. (You can chose a precoloured version, or peg and and png files.)

This one is called

BRAID AND BOW

And here it is, used on my card:



I coloured the image using Copics, and a white gel pen:



To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:
white CS card base
fancy diecut - pink CS
round die to cut out the image
pink roses

white pearls

white satin ribbon

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: SERENITY

I’d like to share a card made with one of my drawings s now available as a digistamp in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today. (You can chose a precoloured version, or peg and and png files.

This one is called

SERENITY

and the image is the May Freebie, available for one more day.

And here it is, used on my card:



I coloured the image using Copics, and a white gel pen:



To create my card I used the following from my hoarded stash:

white CS card base
green CS mats
green CS punched border
white satin ribbon
gems
pearls
silver peel off sentiment


Thanks for visiting my blog today.

luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

Friday, May 2, 2014

FOR A SPECIAL MOTHER

This is a card I made today


I coloured the image using Copics and a white gel pen:


Also used on this card are:

white CS card base
pink CS mats
butterfly print DP
fabric flower
gems
stick pin
beads
digital sentiment

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:


Thursday, May 1, 2014

PASTEL SHADES

I wanted to make a birthday card with soft shades and a soft image for a very gentle card.   The image was from free colouring pages and this is what I created:


I used Copics for the colouring:

The layout of my card is according to the Let's Scrap Sketch 4-24-13

The following supplies from my hoarded stash were used on my card:

white CS base
pastel blue and green CS mats
pastel coloured patterned DP
yellow satin ribbon


die cut flowers with sewn on sequin and bead centres
peel off sentiment

Thanks for visiting today

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges: