Gecko Galz: Warm Winter Wishes

 

Hello

It's my DT day over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Winter Elegance.

We have the 25 tags of December event too, where very day a DT member features a Christmas tag and followers of the blog get the chance to win super Gecko Galz prizes.

As always, we also have the monthly card challeng.e, 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. We also have the quarterly challenge where this time we're asking you to make an altered shrine.. 

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.

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Here is what I made for inspiration on the Winter Elegance theme.

First is my December tag. It's a shaker tag.

I played around with making a simple shaker as usually I get glue everywhere and none of the shaker pieces actually shake :) This was made with a self seal cellophane bag. I had to fold it carefully and seal it at the back, but it works fine and the sequins do move!

The background paper is from the Christmas Traditions ATC set. The image is from the Holly and Ivy collage set. I added some red glitter tape along the bottom and placed some gold trim on top. The pocket has a red foil, die cut frame and some tiny die cut pine leaves and a small flower at the top. Red velvet ribbon was threaded through the tag and a small knot bow was added to the top of the shaker frame.

Next, I have a couple of winter nature cards: 

The beautiful images are from Nature's Winter and The Frosty Garden, two of my favourite winter collage sets. 

The background paper is from the Christmas Traditions ATC images which I enlarged.

Inspire Create Challenges #157 Christmas 13/12

Sparkles Challenges #170 Winter Animals 14/12

Peace on Earth #53 Christmas 14/12

Allsorts Challenge #758 Something with 'B' 15/12

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #219 AG 16/12

Critter Crazy Challenge #81 25/12

Moving Along with the Times Winter Animals 31/12

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I made a hanging tree decoration using a die cut circle of card as the base:

 I die cut some old book pages using a doily die and used Vintage Photo ink to age it a little more. I added some music manuscript and some die cut snowflakes made from green glitter card. Some gold trim was placed below the lovely fussy cut image which from the Christmas Icons collage set - I popped this on foam tape for dimension. I also added some gold foliage and a tiny red flower. Red velvet trim will allow this to be hung from the tree.

Crafty Calendar Challenge Christmas 28/12

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #53 14/12

A Perfect Time to Craft #12 AG 28/12

613 Avenue Create Dec Winter Holiday 31/12

Dragonfly Dreams Dec Christmas 31/12

Christmas Crafts All Year Round #12 Christmas 31/12

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I made a pair of Christmas greeting cards in non-traditional colours:

My cards use images from the beautiful Winter Magic collage set. I teamed them with linen card and added heat embossing using white glitter powders around the edges. Some 3D die cut snowflakes are tucked beneath the image mat on the blue card, and snowflake and flower die cuts with gems add a little sparkle. along with the sentiment, die cut from white glitter card.

Cut It Up Challenges Use more than 1 die 13/12

Creative Fingers Challenge #267 AG 15/12

The Crafting Challenge #12 Christmas31/12

Most Magical Time of the Year #15 31/12

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges Dec AG or Christmas 31/12

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And finally, here is my customer challenge inspiration project. 

You can see more about this card here.

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Winter Elegance 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 1st January with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Winter Elegance"

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:

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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