Craftilicious Creations

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape.

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2308 AG 05/03

* 613 Avenue Create Feb AG 04/03 TOP ROCKER

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #200 AG 04/03

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Monday 20 February 2023

Path of Positivity: People Will Stare

Hello

Welcome to the midway reminder for the February Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by fashion.

Honours and Prizes include:

$6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

For my project I decided to make my own digital collage, then print it out and add a few embellishments:

I used a Gecko Galz ATC background (Sew and Sew), making it large enough to fit my 6 x 4 inch card base. I found a lovely a vintage image of two fashionable girls in the Brilliant Photos Kit, I digitally removed the background and popped them onto the ATC image. I added a dark mask around the edges for a more dramatic effect. When I was happy with the placements, I printed it out.

I used foam to pop it onto a mat of teal card. I wrapped twine around the whole, made a twine loopy bow and added a lovely shop bought flower on top.

The sentiment was printed, cut and matted onto teal card.

That's all for now.

We would love to see your creations!
Just make sure that your entry is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way!
The link up is here: Challenge #109 Path of Positivity.

That's all for today!

Many thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring the challenge.

I'll be back with a another Path of Positivity project in a couple of weeks time.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

PIP Challenges #2307 AG 26/02 Honourable Mention

* A Perfect Time to Craft Feb AG 28/02

* Lets Craft and Create #192 Use a sentiment 28/02

* 613 Avenue Create Feb AG 04/03

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #200 AG 04/03

I read and appreciate all your comments.

xoxo

Vera Lane Studio: Begin a Garden

Hello

Today is my DT day at Vera Lane Studio and it's also new release day. Janet has created a fabulous new digi stamp set called Begin a Garden. There is a sweet little gardener girl, a couple of shrubs and two sentiments.

I made a journal page:

I heat embossed Tracy Evan's stamp (#210 Background Mash Up) in white, then sprinkled Emerald Isle and In the Navy PaperArtsy Infusion pigments over the page and spritzed lightly with water. I added some Sunset Corsette Nuvo pigment to give the gold shimmer. Background Noise stamping (#338) was added to the edges in black.

I coloured the images with Copic markers, fussy cut them and added white paint splatters to the shrubs. I grounded them with a torn piece of washi tape.

I love the effect of spritzing the Infusion pigments ...

Begin a Garden

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz Facebook group

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape.

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* PIP Challenges #2307 AG 26/02

* A Perfect Time to Craft Feb AG 28/02

* Art Impressions #345 Bloom where you are planted 02/03

* 613 Avenue Create Feb AG 04/03 TOP ROCKER

Digichoosday Wk 7 AG 06/03

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Steampunk Love

Hello

February has arrived and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.

The theme this month is Steampunk Love.

As always, we also have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page.

And, new for this year, we have a quarterly challenge - the current one being make a Junk Journal - which ends on February 26th.

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 image.

I made a set of ATCoins and popped them onto black and gold frames:

The images are from the Steam Dream Tin Toppers and the backgrounds are from the Steampunk ATC Collection. I added some black fabric trim for texture and some watch parts from my stash along with an ideology star. I added the coins to a frame die cut from gold and black card.

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I decided to turn one ATCoin into a small notecard:

The ATC Coin was placed onto a stencil printed background. This is one of my favourite mixed media techniques where Distress Oxide inks are smeared onto the stencil, spritzed with water and then stamped onto card. The background was matted onto black card and a clipping sticker provides the sentiment.

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I also made a greeting card with the steampunk giraffe. Isn't he handsome.

The steampunk giraffe is from the January Steampunk Fantasies Junk Journal Kit which is part of the 2023 Kit Club. I gave him a black mat and popped him on foam tape on top of paper from the Steampunk ATC Collection which I also matted onto black card. Metal style gems were added along the left side. and a sticker sentiment from the Idea-ology Small Talk collection.

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I also made a notebook cover which you can read about here:

Steam Dream Tin Toppers 2023 Kit Club

Steampunk ATC Collection

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Steampunk Love 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 March with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Steampunk Love"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

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

I'd really love some feedback :)

I read and appreciate all your comments.

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Monday 13 February 2023

* Vera Lane Studio: Love Grows

Hello

It's my DT day at Vera Lane Studio and today I have a circular card to share. I used the Love Grows digi stamp set which features this cute girl, a couple of heart shaped flowers, two different sentiments and the XOXO banner.

I coloured the stamps with Copic markers and made the background by stamping with one of Janet's stencils, #96 Dandelion Field, using a variety of green Distress Oxide inks. I added some Background Noise (#338 AALL & Create) stamping, both in tone on tone shades and in black around the edges. I also used Distress Glaze for the number stamping to add a different texture. I added some white splatters and a torn piece of 'Wishi Washi' washi tape to act as grounding.

Love Grows

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

Here's all the info you need:

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape.

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2306 AG 19/02

* Cardz4galz Include one heart or more 22/02

* Crafty Catz 17 Feb AG 23/02

* As You Like It Love or Friendship 23/02

I prefer to make and send friendship cards, although that doesn't preclude 'love' - it's just a different sort of love with friends :)

* Creative Fingers #248 AG 24/02

* Art Impressions #345 Bloom where you are planted 02/03

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Monday 6 February 2023

Path of Positivity: Fashions Fade, Style is Eternal

Hello

Welcome to the February Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by fashion.

Honours and Prizes include:

$6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

This was a difficult theme for me.

In the end, after a lot of too-ing and fro-ing, I settled for a Julie Nutting doll stamp called Frida to be my focal point:

I stamped Frida onto white card and stamped her again onto patterned paper so that I could paper piece her dress. I coloured the rest of the doll with Copic markers. I added some shadows to her dress and fussy cut her.

I made two backgrounds using Distress Oxide inks through stencils. I added lots of stamping in various shades of greens and some white splatters. I added some faux stitching to the smaller background and a doodled border around the large background. The sentiment was typed and cut into a strip. I made a fabric bow and added a button as my embellishment.

That's all for now.

We would love to see your creations!
Just make sure that your entry is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way!
The link up is here: Challenge #109 Path of Positivity.

That's all for today!

Many thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring the challenge.

I'll be back with a another Path of Positivity project in a couple of weeks time.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Creative Crafters #60 AG 08/02

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2305 AG 12/02

Love to Craft #1 Jan AG 15/02

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 18/02

Lets Craft and Create #192 Use a sentiment 28/02

A Perfect Time to Craft Feb AG 28/02

I read and appreciate all your comments.

xoxo

Vera Lane Studio: Tiny Royals

Hello

Today is my DT day at Vera Lane Studio and it's also new release day. Janet has created a wonderful new digi stamp set called Tiny Royals. There are four different characters, two boys and two girls and two sentiments which can be used in their entirety or cut into snippets.

I made a couple of tags:

The background was stamped with Janet's stencil from AALL & Create. It had Golden Sands Infusions and water already on it from previously sprinkling Infusions through and spritzing with water. I added a sprinkle or two of Sunset Cossette Nuvo pigments to give the gold shimmer. I love the random print effect you get with this technique and the unpredictability of the pigments.

I added some Spiced Pumpkin stamping to the background and some black stamping to the edges using the star background stamps from AALL & Create. Torn 'Power Words' washi tape was used to ground the adorable little characters.

I coloured the characters with Copic markers. I added Glossy Accents to their jewels. The queen's crown has some diamond Stickles around the sapphire :)

Tiny Royals

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

Here's all the info you need: