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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

THE OUTLAWZ 2000 MEMBER PARTY CHALLENGES

I would like to share with you the card I made for the Color Challenge on The Outlawz, where the theme is "Where in the world are you?" and your creation should be inspired by the colours of your country/flag.


As I live the the wonderfully diverse South Africa, I have a myriad of cultures to use as my inspiration and the colours of my flag are just wonderful:
DURBAN,  largest 'Indian' city outside India.   "DIVERSITY" is the one word that best describes South Africa, and the Indian population in Durban have contributed to the eclectic mix of cultures here.  I have used one of my very favourite images by Guylou, the beautiful "Fahri"...


 I coloured the image using my alcohol markers using the colours of the flag. 

The highlights were done with a white gel pen and some glitter flue was added for the bling.

The DP was some junk mail I received earlier in the week, and I thought it was just perfect for this image - all the ingredients needed for a delicious Indian Curry!

A black satin ribbon to depict the Indian ladies' beautiful and glossy black hair, and red gems to depict their love of bling.  red is a colour very important in the Indian culture as it is traditionally used for weddings.

I would like to add this card to the following challenge too:


LUV'N HUGGZ
JEN LEEFLANG
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

14 comments:

  1. Jen
    This card is beautiful,great coloring. Thanks for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.

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  2. Your coloring is fabulous. Very nice card. Thanks for playing along at Jackson's Digital Expressions

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  3. Gorgeous! Way to recycle your junk mail!

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  4. Gorgeous coloring and beautiful design! Thanks for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions. Hope to see you next week!

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  5. Jen, this a beautiful card; wow!! Thank you for joining the challenge this week at JDE; good luck.

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  6. Sweet, beautifully coloted. Thanks for joining in on the fun this week at JDE.
    DT CAS Leader
    Berni

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  7. This is lovely! Love how you used recycled junk mail.

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  8. Gorgeous colouring and design, once again Jen.
    Hugs
    Desire

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  9. Lovely! Love your take on this! Judy x

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  10. What a great card - love the spices in the background & that Guylou image is fantastic!

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  11. Thanks for showing us how recycled items can be used for crafting! This is a beautiful card. And thanks for sharing with us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.

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  12. Jen, this is just gorgeous! I love Fahri, too. You have inspired me. Great recycling as well. Thanks for sharing yet another fabulous design with Jackson's Digital Expressions!
    Hugz,
    Chana

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  13. What an amazing card! Just love the great way to use junk mail! Fantastic.

    Thanks for joining us as Jackson’s Digital Expressions this week. Hope to see you again next week. DT Vicky

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