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









Friday, February 26, 2016

A NEW CHALLENGE AT 'A DAY FOR DAISIES'

We're asking you to add dimensional flowers for the new challenge over at the A Day for Daisies Challenge blog.

I have used a new image and coloured it using alcohol markers.  The rainbow background is digital and I have merged it so that the rainbow is 'colouring' the flowers.

I also added sewn on sequins to the rainbow for a little magic and sparkle.

My dimensional flowers are the three roses on the ribbon (they were white, and I coloured them with some alcohol ink from my markers)

Click here to enter the challenge, and here to join the A Day for Daisies community on Facebook.

Here is your link to the store.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

BUGABOO STAMPS - FREEBIE FRIDAY


This week's freebie from Bugaboo Stamps is the image and matching sentiment used on my card, and it's called Margaret Cornflakes.
I used alcohol markers to colour, as well as
flowers
ribbon
sewn on sequins
red cs mat

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Thursday, February 25, 2016

OLDIE BUT GOODIE THURSDAY WITH BUGABOO STAMPS


Today is Oldie but Goodie Thursday with Bugaboo Stamps, and I chose this great image called


It's coloured using alcohol markers, and teamed up with this sentiment that I think would be true for many of my friends.  

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang 
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

BUGABOO STAMPS :: NEW RELEASE


One of the lovely new releases in the Bugaboo Stamps store today is this beautiful motivational image called Meant to Be, and you can find it here.

I coloured it using alcohol markers

Also used on my card are 
ribbon
circle frame
lilac gems

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Monday, February 22, 2016

ANYTHING BUT A CARD MONDAY WITH BUGABOO STAMPS

I used the Bugaboo image  Boy Roses merged witha digital flower frame to create my card.  I popped it on top of a digital paper background before printing.

The image was then coloured using alcohol markers.

The sentiment is digital and the gems are my mebellishments.

The inside of the folder has a little flap behind which to place the  money.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

SIMPLY B'S PROGRESSIVE FREEBIE CHALLENGE


My card features an image from Simply B - a freebie in the Progressive Freebie Challenge.  
I merged the image with a digital background, printed and then coloured using alcohol markers
I also added sewn on pearl beads, a layered flower, and a sentiment, which is part of the image set.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA


THE UNSTAMPABELLES :: LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK

You still have a few days to enter the challenge over at The Unstampabelles, where our theme for February is 

LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK
(with the optional twist of adding a window)

My card features flowers from the Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow shrub (which I think tie in with the theme of the challenge) as well as a sentiment which has an 'Optimism" theme.

I have also used a window diecut.

Click HERE to enter the challenge.

luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Sunday, February 21, 2016

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: FRUIT FAIRY - APPLE



Another 6 of my drawings have been released as digistamps in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and this is my card with the one called


FRUIT FAIRY - APPLE

Ps : To my knowledge, as a result of recent googling, Digistamps 4 Joy is still the only South African based store comprised wholly and solely of South African based artists.

I used alcohol markers for the colouring, as well as a white gel pen and Stickles.



The following were also used to create my card:


white cs card base
 digital background
peel off sentiment
sewn own sequins and beads


Luv’n huggz

Jen Leeflang

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA


Margy, the owner of Digistamps 4 Joy is celebrating her 4th year of taking over the store from Melanie, the originator, and YOU are invited to join the party at a Facebook event.  There will be lots of fun, competitions, and even a FREEBIE or two.  Pop over there now to claim the first one!


DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY :: NEW RELEASE :: BERRY FAIRY - BANANA


Another 6 of my drawings have been released as digistamps in the Digistamps 4 Joy store today, and this is my card with the one called

FRUIT FAIRY - BANANA

Ps : To my knowledge, as a result of recent googling, Digistamps 4 Joy is still the only South African based store comprised wholly and solely of South African based artists.
I used alcohol markers for the colouring, as well as a white gel pen and Stickles.


The following were also used to create my card:

white cs card bse
digital paper background
digital grame
gems
peel off sentiment
 
Luv’n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

Margy, the owner of Digistamps 4 Joy is celebrating her 4th year of taking over the store from Melanie, the originator, and YOU are invited to join the party at a Facebook event.  There will be lots of fun, competitions, and even a FREEBIE or two.  Pop over there now to claim the first one!