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









Monday, November 30, 2015

ANYTHING BUT A CARD WITH BUGABOO STAMPS


My little tag was made using the image Sign It – Chibi Reindeer  that I coloured using alcohol markers.  I added Stickles and some baker's twine.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Sunday, November 29, 2015

STELLA SAYS SKETCH - AN NEW CHALLENGE!


My card, featuring Bugaboo Stamps'  Cute Kawaii Cat, coloured with alcohol markers, following this sketch:

I also used the followin for my card:

white cs base card
digital background and elements
Glossy Accents on the fish bowl
gems

The sentiment is my own, and popped up on foam blocks.

Click HERE to the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Friday, November 27, 2015

A DAY FOR DAISIES SHOWCASE : NATIVE HEARTS

 I have another gorgeous image from the Native Hearts set from A Day for Daisies to share today, and this one is called Garden Dreams.  I used alcohol markers for the colouring:


I also used the following for my card:

white cs card base
digital paper, printed, for the background
gems
clipart pansy, precoloured, printed and fussy cut
lilac satin ribbon bow
luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA



Monday, November 23, 2015

WEDNESDAY'S SKETCH AT THE OUTLAWZ


My card, featuring an image from A Day for Daisies, was made according to this sketch at the Outlawz this week:

 
I coloured the image with alcohol markers

I also used
white cs base
blue cs mat
patterned background paper
digital icicle border



punched snowflakes
sewn on beds and sequins
digital sentiment
gems

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN

THANK YOU :: FRIDAY AT THE OUTLAWZ

 This card is my entry into the colouring challenge at The Outlawz.  The image is from Bugaboo Stamps, AKV - Smell the Flowers, and it's coloured using alcohol markers.
The sentiment is a colouring page image, and I coloured that with alcohol markers too.  The background is digital.
The yellow ribbon butterfly bow is freehand tied.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN