Gecko Galz: Nutcracker Dreams

 

Hello

It's a new month and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Nutcracker Dreams..

As always, we have free images to download to make projects to enter the Card Challenge, the Christmas Image Challenge, the Fantasy Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk Challenge and a Gothic Challenge,. The free images can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page. We also have a quarterly challenge on the blog.

If that isn't enough challenges, we also have 4 Facebook challenges each month.

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free collage sheet.

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Here are the projects I made.

First a pink Nutcracker card:

I used images from Nutcracker Dreams. I printed the image twice so that I could fussy cut the nutcracker and decoupage him onto the background. I added glitter to the tree baubles and placed the image on raspberry coloured card inking around the edges in Picked raspberry. I added some glitter sticker strips around the image for a bit more sparkle and placed the whole onto a pre-bought silver card. I added a pink coloured die cut snowflake and topped it with a die cut poinsettia, edged with pink ink and some silver foliage.

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And a green Nutcracker card:

Again I used an image from Nutcracker Dreams. I printed the image twice so that I could fussy cut the nutcracker and decoupage him onto the background. I added glossy Accents to the baubles on the Christmas trees and also some fine glitter. I found some olive coloured card to mat the image onto, again adding glitter trim stickers. This time I added die cut, inky winter foliage and some red baubles to represent holly.

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Next, a set of Nutcracker Tree Decorations:

IHere I used three images from Nutcracker Dreams. I also printed them in reverse, so that I could place them back to back and place a hanging ribbon between the two pieces.

  All 6 nutcrackers were fussy cut and inked around the edges in Vintage Photo ink. They were adhered back to back, making sure they were aligned perfectly. Gold ribbon was sandwiched between the two pieces to enable the decoration to be hung up.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Nutcracker Dreams' challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a bespoke digital prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 10th December with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : 'Nutcracker Dreams'

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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I'd like to enter these Challenges:

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Conjurer of Dreams: Wild at Heart

 

Hello

Today I'm sharing some projects I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more.

We have an open, worldwide challenge at the Conjurer of Dreams Blog.

The challenge theme is always 'Anything Goes' and this month we have a twist of 'Wild at Heart'.

We hope you'll share your projects with us.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where we would love for you to share your Conjurer of Dream projects.

Here is what I made:

Oh Deer

Gypsy Quotes

Boho Backgrounds & Ladies

Gypsy Quotes

Boho Backgrounds & Ladies

Wandering Wolf

Baby Forest Animals

Ivy Frames

Jungle Animals

Born to be Wild Quotes

Jungle Animals

Born to be Wild Quotes

Wild Background

Forest Friends - free with purchase set

Ivy Frames

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FREE IMAGE OF THE DAY

Use any of the FREE images of the day (OCTOBER or NOVEMBER) to enter our Free Image challenge here.

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Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (inspiration, freebies & challenges)

Our Anything Goes, monthly challenge is open worldwide to all participants, using any company's digis, stamps, products etc.

The current Anything Goes challenge can be found here.

We have other Blog Challenges: 

Free Image Challenge  can be found here.

ATC Challenge can be found here.

Tag Challenge can be found here.

3D Haunted House Challenge can be found here.

Please become a Blog Follower and join the fun.

xoxo

Crafts Galore Encore: Singing in the Rain

 

Hello

Today sees that start of a new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore. 

The theme is always 'Anything Goes' and you can enter up to 3 different projects.  The challenge runs all month until mid day (GMT) 29th NOVEMBER.

This month's challenge IS JUST FOR FUN

Here is what I made:

I made a simple Get Well card:

The images are from WendyLynns Paper Whims.
The collage sheet I used is called Yellow Rain Slickers.. The images are adorable!

I also made a small circular book, The circles are ATC Coin sized and I used a circular die to cut the images. I typed and printed the lyrics to 'Singing in the Rain' and added them as sentiments.

Here are the pages which were punched at the top so they can be held together with a clip.

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That's all for now.

Please pop over to Crafts Galore Encore to see the DT's wonderful designs and to enter our challenge. 

We'd love to see your creations.

Remember the challenge is always 'Anything Goes' and so you can create any type of project - it doesn't have to be a card and you can enter up to 3 times.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                               

Gecko Galz 2025 Blog Hop & Free Collage Sheet

Hello Everyone!

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 15th Annual Blog Hop

This is our Tricks and Treats Blog Hop! 

We have 14 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage sheets that we are giving you for FREE on each site! Each blog you visit will have a exclusive free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download, the one here is

"FOLK ART NATURE"

(Click Right on the image below to save)

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit, and follow that design team member if you do not already and on the last blog there will be a phrase that you will email to us to be entered in our drawing for a wonderful treat pack. So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have SIX amazing prizes up for grabs:

· First is a Gecko Galz Kit Club for 2026!

· Second prize is a subscription to the Gecko Galz 2026 Card Topper Kits!

· Third prize is a subscription to the 2026 Tin Topper Kits for 2025!

Fourth prize is a $25 shopping Spree!

Fifth prize is a Year of all of our Kit club kits!

· And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz PRODUCTS!!! This includes the 6 new collage sheets each quarter, a new stamp set each quarter, a new Craft Kit each quarter, a ATC collections, 1 Paper Pack each quarter, Tin Toppers, and Card Toppers!

First of all, you will need to visit all 15

blogs and leave a comment on each blog :)

 **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. 

Collect the phrase at the end of the hop on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz at geckogalz2019@gmail.com.

This enters you in the Give Away. On October 27th we will randomly draw the 6 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names in our Newsletter on November 1st.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE between the 23rd of October and the 27th of October and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

Here are projects I made with my free collage sheet:

Now have fun visiting each Blog:

Gecko Galz

Kim Rayko

Robin Francini

Julia Vasquez

Tanis Buckton

Susan Renshaw

Kelly Parker

Kim Decker

you are here >> Carole Jones << you are here

Mia

Gerri Herbst

Roni Johnson

Walter Zemrock

Sharon Rogers

Helene Huber

Leanne Seed

There is still time to join our October blog challenge 'Witching Hour'. The winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Witching Hour

 

Hello

It's a new month and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Witching Hour..

As always, we have free images to download to make projects to enter the Card Challenge, the Christmas Image Challenge, the Fantasy Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk Challenge and a Gothic Challenge,. The free images can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page. We also have a quarterly challenge on the blog.

If that isn't enough challenges, we also have 4 Facebook challenges each month.

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free collage sheet.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our  'Witching Hour' challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a bespoke digital prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 10th November with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : 'Witching Hour'

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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I'd like to enter these Challenges:

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Conjurer of Dreams: Halloween Haunt

 

Hello

Today I'm sharing some projects I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more.

We have an open, worldwide challenge at the Conjurer of Dreams Blog.

The challenge theme is always 'Anything Goes' and this month we have a twist of 'Halloween Haunts'.

We hope you'll share your projects with us.

This month Oct 1 to 31st 50% off all Halloween and Fall products

SHOP HERE: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ConjurerofDreams

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where we would love for you to share your Conjurer of Dream projects.

Here are my DT makes:

I made a couple of pages in my small, spiral bound journal.

Crow Pumpkins

Cheeky Pumpkins

Scarecrow Clipart

Crow Pumpkins

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Digital Projects

Spookytown 2

Halloween Robots

Spookytown 2

Scarecrow Clipart

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Spooky Town

Nightmare Before Christmas

Halloween Quotes

Halloween Lights

Casting Witch

Halloween Quotes

Spooky Town

Witchy Cats 

Halloween Quotes

SHOP HERE: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ConjurerofDreams

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FREE IMAGE OF THE DAY

Please go to the Counjurer of Dreams blog to collect the free images being given away on each DT's post. This is mine::

Use any of the FREE images of the day (from SEPTEMBER or OCTOBER) to enter our Free Image challenge here.

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Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (inspiration, freebies & challenges)

Our Anything Goes, monthly challenge is open worldwide to all participants, using any company's digis, stamps, products etc.

The current Anything Goes challenge can be found here.

We have other Blog Challenges: 

Free Image Challenge  can be found here.

ATC Challenge can be found here.

Tag Challenge can be found here.

Mini Book Challenge can be found here.

Please become a Blog Follower and join the fun.

xoxo