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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, August 24, 2014

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: BUBBLES THINKING

A few more of my drawings are now available as new releases in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and I have used one of them on this card:



The image is called

BUBBLES THINKING


and I have used alcohol markers for the colouring:



This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format, or as a hand-coloured image 


Bubbles thinkingBubbles thinking (coloured)
To create my card, I used the following from my hoarded stash:

white cs base card
blue cs mat
punched border
green ribbon and bow
peel off sentiment
sequins and beads, sewn onto card
In the photograph above, you can also see the two part dragonfly die I used and the gems to embellish them.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.


luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA  

I would like to enter these challenges:


CHOCOLATE, COFFEE AND CARDS, BINGO (BLUE, BOW AND DIECUT)
DIES R US, STITCHING (I STITCHED THE SEQUINS ONTO THE CARD)
PAPERCRAFTING CHALLENGES, SEQUINS

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE : MISTERI DANCE CLASS

A few more of my drawings are now available as new releases in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and I have used one of them on this card:


The image is called

MISTERI - DANCE CLASS

and I have used alcohol markers for the colouring:



This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.

Misteri - dance class

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

white cs base
purple cs mat
lilac dp
lilac ribbon and bow
lilac diecut for background of image
purple diecut to hold peel off sentiment
sewn on sequins and beads

Thanks for visiting my blog today.


luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA  

I would like to enter these challenges :

LEFT OF CENTRE, REAL/FAUX STITCHING (I HAVE REAL STTCHING)
PAPERCRAFTING CHALLENGES, SEQUINS

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: TO THE BEACH

A few more of my drawings are now available as new releases in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and I have used one of them on this card:


The image is called

TO THE BEACH

and I have used alcohol markers for the colouring:



This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format, or as a hand-coloured image 
To the beachTo the beach (coloured)

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

white cs base
floral dp
hand cut dp flip flop with gem, pearl and peel off sentiment on the cs strap
organza ribbon and metal flip flop charm

Thanks for visiting my blog today.


luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE : SET OF 4 TAGS (1)

A set of 4 tags I designed are now available as a new release in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and I have used one of them on this card:



This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.

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

white cs base
dark pink cs mat
black cs base for die cut (Silhouette) striped backgound
blue cs mat
pearls
sewn on sequins and beads
double loop ribbon bow
hanging metal heart charm

Thanks for visiting my blog today.


luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: SET OF 4 TAGS (2)

A set of 4 tags I designed is now available as a new release in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and I have used one of them on this card:


This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.

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

white cs base
pale blue cs mats
white cs, snowflake embossed and embellished with gems
pale blue satin ribbon

Thanks for visiting my blog today.



luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA  

I would like to enter these challenges

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: SET OF 4 TAGS (3)

A set of 4 tags I designed is now available as a new release in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and here is one of them


This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format

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

printed dp on which to print the image
black cs mat
black cs birds on a branch diecut
ribbon and cord

Thanks for visiting my blog today.



luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA  

I would like to enter these challenges:

OLDIE BUT GOODIE, ANYTHING BUT A CARD (THE DP IS MORE THAN 4 YEARS OLD!)

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: SET OF 4 TAGS (4)

A set of 4 tags I designed is now available as a new release in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and this is one of them:




This digital image (300 dpi) comes in a ZIP file, with both a JPEG (white background) and a PNG (transparent background) file format.

To create my tag, I used the following from my hoarded stash:
T printed the image over digital backing paper
green cs tag base
5 roses
ribbon

Thanks for visiting my blog today.


luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA  

I would like to enter these challenges:

OLDIE BUT GOODIE, ANYTHING BUT A CARD (THE ROSEBUDS ARE MORE THAN 2 YEARS OLD!)