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









Wednesday, December 16, 2015

HUMOR ME WEDNESDAY


My DT card for Bugaboo Stamps' Humor Me Wednesday is for National Lemon Cupcake Day (which was yesterday).

It features the lemon image from the Mini Set – Cute Fruit Blocks and Cupcake Word Block, which I coloured using alcohol markers.  

I used green pearls as the embellishments.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

FEELING SKETCHY :: AN NEW CHALLENGE

A new sketch challenge started today a Feeling Sketchy, and this is my card

and it's made according to this sketch:

 

Used on my card are

red cs mat
white cs background
digital image frame
image of poinsettias, coloured using alcohol markers

punched, embossed snowflakes, sewn on with sequins and beads

Just by entering you could be the winner of the prize from our generous sponsor, Polkadoodles.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

GUEST DESIGNER :: CRAFTY BOOTS CHALLENGE BLOG

I had the wonderful honour of being invited by the DT of Crafty Boots Challenge blog to be their Guest Designer for the Christmas themed challenge, and this is my project:

 
I used some Christmas tinsel and ornaments, together with a doily and some beads to decorate a store bought kraft gift box: 

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Friday, December 11, 2015

A DAY FOR DAISIES :: DECEMBER CLUB KIT

My card for today features another great image from the December Club Kit.
This one is called Christmas Tree Time. 

I merged the image with a digital background and used alcohol markers for the coloring.

Alo used are the following from my stash:

whote cs base
blue cs mat
white ribbon
blue gems
star gems

The ADFD DT cards are so lovely - take a look at them here

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

 

 

BUGABOO STAMPS :: CHRISTMAS CHAOS :: FINAL DAY


  
So here we are on the last day of our fun-filled Christmas Chaos even at Bugaboo Stamps' Catch the Bug blog.  It's also Freebie Friday, and we're asking you to play Bingo with us.

I used the freebie (which you can find here) to create my card, and I used the Bingo row snowflake / ribbon / 3 layers

 I used a digital background and a sentiment to merge with the image, and coloured the image using alcohol markers and Stickles
I also used a red cs mat, red ribbpn and a punched snowflake.





Click HERE to link to the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Thursday, December 10, 2015

BUGABOO STAMPS :: CHRISTMAS CHAOES :: DAY SIX




 
It's Day 5 of our Christmas Chaos event, and today the challenge is

SHOW US YOUR WRAP
Whip up some sort of holiday gift wrap - could be a gift tag, bag or treat tin... Show us your wrap!

This is my inspiration for you to join us


I made a wrap for a pre-made kraft gift box using the image called
Christmas Bear - Bear Candy Cane
The image is merged with digital elements before printing, and coloured using alcohol markers.
Click HERE to link to today's challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

BUGABOO STAMPS CHRISTMAS CHAOS :: DAY FIVE

Welcome to our 5th day of Christmas Chaos

 

* Gingerbread Cookies - Use 2 Stripes, 3 Brads or Bling, 4 Layers
* Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles - Make your card a shape other than Square or Rectangle, 3 pieces of Bling & Ribbon
* Homemade Holiday Chocolates - Use ONLY cardstock, no designer papers, Embossing & 2 Layers
* Spiked Egg Nog - Use a Border Punch, Glitter & Polka Dots
* Candy Canes – Stripes & BLING
* Fruit Cake – Make it Funny & use ONLY scraps to create your card

So, I chose "Candy Canes" and made this card with the image JJ Ornament - Dear Santa


Click here to link to the challenge today.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA