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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









Monday, April 23, 2018

Anything But a Card - Bugaboo Stamps


I have made a birthday party invitation, featuring one of this week's new releases in the Bugaboo Stamps store, called Kidz Jack Birthday Cloud.

I created the invitation is MS Word, and inserted the image, printed, then coloured with Copics:



luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

Sunday, April 22, 2018

The Outlawz CAS Challenge : Get Well


Here's what I did to make my entry for The Outlawz CAS challenge today:

- used a clipart bandaid, changed the colour to grey and added a digtial sentiment
- printed one bandaid, coloured with Copics amd fussy cut
- matted the panel onto coral cardstock
- popped the coloured image up on foam squares
- attached the panel to an embossed card base

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban, South Africa

I would like to enter these challenges






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Saturday, April 21, 2018

Digistamps 4 Joy : New Release (1)



Digistamps 4 Joy has released 5 new digistamps, all images I have drawn in the past few weeks.

This one is called

Jen's Secret (1)



and is a vintage-inspired swimsuit, but with a modern twist.

I used Copics and a white gel pen to colour the image:


Used to create this card are:

white cs card base

pink patterned paper

white diecut
white ribbon
organza and pearl flower
sewn on sequins and beads


The image is available in jpeg and png formats, as well as my hand-coloured version




luv’n huggz

Jen Leeflang