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









Tuesday, August 9, 2011

MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 116

Has this week flown by so fast just for me ... or do you all feel like that?!
This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our MMSC116 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
http://www.pizzazzaplenty.blogspot.com/ 
Pizzazz Aplenty began with only a bit of bling and some ribbon, but in the last few months, we've added so much more... from cardstock to cello bags, as well as charms, stick pins, brads, buttons, cords, twines, laces, and over 20 colors in flatback pearls and rhinestones.  The newest additions are teardrop pearls, button stick pins, leaf pins, and heart pins.  Look for resin cameos and flowers to be added soon!  Please stop by for a look at our store: Pizzazz Aplenty
Remember, there's no such thing as too much bling!
~Judy~ 
Here is the prize package:
One 3/8" x 25-yard roll Organza Ribbon, Old Willow with Gold stripes
One pkg (30) Leaf Stick Pins, Green and White mix
One pkg (12) Button Stick Pins (with 4 buttonholes)
One pkg (6) silvertone Nugget Word Charms
One pkg (90) 3mm x 5mm White flatback Teardrop Pearls
One pkg (65) 4mm x 6mm White flatback Teardrop Pearls
One pkg (100) Glitter Spray Rhinestones
One pkg each of: 2mm, 3mm, 4mm Orange flatback Rhinestones
One pkg each of: 2mm, 3mm, 4mm Dark Cranberry flatback Pearls
One pkg each of 3mm, and 4mm Chocolate flatback Pearls
One pkg each of 3mm, and 4mm Light Coffee flatback Pearls
One pkg (5 yards) Rich Cream Dream String
One pkg (5 yards) Foxy Brown Metallic Dream String
One pkg (5 yards) Simply Sage Luster Baker's Twine
One pkg (10 yards) Brown & White Baker's Twine
One Gel Picker
Thank you so much for your very generous prize Judy :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our August Monthly sponsor is....
Click here to read about the fabulous Monthly Prize!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here is this week's Sketch and my creation:

My card for your inspiration is made on a theme close to my heart - AFRICA!

I showcase a Priscillastyles image, the cutey ol' lion, and coloured him using copics and the detailing with a white gel pen. He was fussy cut out from the background and matted onto Africa-inspired scrapbooking paper from the Clifton Collection, Made in South Africa, called "Zebra 0059". The Zebra striped black and kraft striped card is from another South Africa company called Merry Pak. The beading is hand done, using a needle and thread and genuine Zulu beads. I added a bow made of raffia and some guinea fowl feathers as embellishments.

Now isn't that a real AFRICAN card?

The sketch this week is super easy to work with, so why don't you have a go and enter the challenge? You could win some really fabulous prizes! Just click HERE to check out more details of how to enter, and while you are there, have a look-see what the other awesomely talented design team ladies have created this week, to give you a little more inspiration ............ and just look at those prizes again!

And talking of prizes... how would you like to win a set of Copics and get your hands on some free digis? The Crafters Digital Art Center has just started running a progressive challenge... and the first set of digis is free, and the next and the next, if you enter the round with one of the freebies you received. So by entering you keep getting gorgeous new images, as well as a chance to win a set of Copics, and maybe some other goodies along the way. Click HERE to enter

Until next week ....
luv n huggz
jen (Durban South Africa)


8 comments:

  1. Your card is beautiful, your bead work so adds to the cards you make I look forward to coming here to see what you have made.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Great card, the beadwork is beautiful and the DP sets the lion off perfectly.

    ReplyDelete
  3. it's a real african card jen, beautiful made.
    bright colors, great job.

    greetings karin

    ReplyDelete
  4. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME Jen!! LOVE that beading ... wow! all by hand ... wow again! GREAT JOB!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Amazing creative card. You never seems to ran out of ideas. Love the pearls especially. Hugs

    ReplyDelete
  6. This is just SUPER Jen! You are just so creative and those colors really pop!
    Hugs,
    Marsha

    ReplyDelete
  7. I LOVE this card Jen! Love the african theme of it, the beeds the colors the patterns and of cours the lion!
    Hugs
    Gunn
    MMSCDT

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hi Jen, Wow what a neat AFRICAN card. LOVE all of your attention to detail. The beads are a perfect embellishment!
    Denise

    ReplyDelete

I love to hear that you have been here, so please leave a comment! I welcome all craft related comments and read every one of them!