* Gecko Galz: Little Birds

Hello!

It's my DT day at the Gecko Galz blog today. The theme for this month's customer challenge is Bless This Nest, so my projects all have a bird theme.

First up is my little 

Bird Gift Box:

The box was bought in a set of 3 from the craft store, so all I had to do was decorate the top. I started by laying some lacy trim down as the base. I placed some cheesecloth on top of this and then some natural fibres. The image, called Blue Birds of Happiness is one of the papers from the Garden Botanica paper pack, was printed to a size of  6.5 x 7.5 cms. The edges were distressed and edged with Vintage Photo ink - I curled the corners slightly and also inked the back side of the image. It was adhered in the centre on top of the fibres.
Next, I tucked moss, tiny pine cones and cream dried flowers, as well as ivory paper flowers, under the image. I added a tiny bow to the top corner and a natural tag with some hessian twine at the bottom.

Garden Botanica Paper Pack




Vintage Framed Birds

Next I made 2 cards using the Vintage Frames Kit and images from the new Lovely Little Birdies collage sheet.

The frames were printed and I used a craft knife to cut out the aperture. The lovely bird collage images were attached to card and the frame popped on top on foam tape for some dimension. The  images and frames are fancy enough and did not require any further embellishments, but I added mats in coordinating colours to finish off the cards.


Lovely Little Birdies          Vintage Frames

 

Vintage Little Birds Stamp

Finally, I made a card using one of the vintage stamps from the Little Birds Stamp set:

I printed the image twice. One image was cut using a stitched rectangle die. It was coloured with Copic markers and then the die was put back on so that the background could be inked and having the die in place left a crisp white border. From the second image I cut out the sentiment oval so that I could attach some pink ribbon to the coloured image and pop the sentiment on top. I used paper doilies and patterned paper from my stash to layer up the card, decorating it with lace daisies and paper roses.

Little Birds Stamps


My other projects for Gecko Galz this month can be seen here:

That's all from me for now!

I hope you'll join our Bless This Nest Challenge where the Winner will get 

$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 and get first claim on the $1 Wednesday deals!

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

We also have a Private Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. Come and join us!

I'll be back on the 1st April with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Bless This Nest"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Closed Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges: 

Little Bird Gift Box

* Crafty Creations #386 AG 26/03

* Creative Friday #226 Spring 28/03

Crafting With Friends #1 AG 29/03

* The Happy Craft Challenge AG 31/03 Top 10

* The Crafty Addicts #58 AG/Embellish It 31/03

* Ellibelle's Corner Spring/Green 31/03 Top Pick

Cameo Cards

* Penny's Challenges #422 AG 26/03

* Cute Card Thursday #574 Spring Fever 27/03

Vintage Stamp Card

* Crafty Catz #454 AG/Square 28/03
* Cardz TV #85 AG 28/03
* Crafting with an Attitude #49 AG 31/03
* Creative Fingers #160 AG 04/03

xxx