* Gecko Galz: Vintage Garden

Hello!

I hope that you are all safe and well. 

The May customer challenge at the Gecko Galz blog is Vintage Botanicals and you still have a few days until it closes on the 29th May. We would love for you to join the challenge using one or more products from Gecko Galz.

For my DT post today, I have made an altered wooden money box:

I used the beautiful Dreams of Spring paper on each side of the box and edged it with Vintage Photo ink. I fussy cut images from the Spring Charms collage set and glued each to the background papers. Along the top edge of the box I added a strip of decorative pearl trim and some lovely ivory lace. I added a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker to each side.

Spring Charms                               Dreams of Spring
 

Next I made a faux set of tickets from kraft card:

I watched a You Tube video which inspired me to try this. The card was cut to size, scored and folded and the corners taken away using a hole punch. The edges and folds were aged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Where the tickets join one another I stitched on my sewing machine without thread to give the perforation lines. I added papers and manuscript along with tint pieces of cheesecloth. Next I adhered some pretty florals from the Flower Garden Jewel set and Wonderful Wildflower and butterflies from the Butterfly Kisses collage set.  The numbers were cut from a bingo card from the Alter It Collage sheet. Torn washi tape and Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers were added along with white paint splashes.

Flower Garden     Wonderful Wildflower     Butterfly Kisses


My final projects were made for the Customer Challenge Inspiration post on the 1st May:

If you are interested you can find the details of what I used here.

I hope you'll join our Vintage Botanicals 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 and get first claim on the monthly $1 deals!

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 collage sheet prize. 
Do come and join us!

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

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Vintage Botanicals"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

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

Decorated Box:

* TIOT Challenge Lovely Ladies 26/05

* MAWTT #118 Flowers 30/05 TOP 3

* Dragonfly Dreams May Ribbons & Lace/ Pearls 31/05

* Through the Purple Haze #167 AG 31/05 TOP 3

* Crafters Castle May AG 31/05

* Arty Divas Challenge #22 AG 02/06
* Corrosive Challenges #5 AG 03/06
* Creative Cafters  #28 AG 08/06

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments.