Gecko Galz: Ethereal Spring

 

Hello

The theme of this month's challenge at Gecko Galz is Ethereal Spring.

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 new quarterly challenge.

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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Today is my DT day and I have some projects to share.

Firstly, I have a Diamond Pop Out card:

I used the beautiful spring girl images from the In Dreams Junk Journal Kit. I used a circle die to cut them and placed one on each of the three pop out diamond panels.  The base of the card id purple card and I used patterned paper from my stash for the background.matting onto white card.. I decorated the diamond panels with paper flowers and foliage and added die cut butterfly borders to the accordion part of the card.

Here are the different ways of folding the card for posting:

Classic Design Challenge #3 AG 12/04

Creatalicious Challenges #275 AG 14/04

PIP Challenge #2414 AG 14/04

Creative Fingers Challenge #275 AG 19/04

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #227 AG 20/04

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Next I made a spring banner decoration:

I used a die to cut the banner flags. Two flags were cut for each - the larger flags were coloured with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide and the smaller flags were die cut from the Rainbow Connection ATC papers.. I added pink satin ribbon to hold the flags together. 

The lovely children images are from the Spring Charms, and Easter Children collage sets. The lamb and chicK are from the Easter Tokens collage set. All of the images were fussy cut, inked around the edges and popped on foam pads for some dimension. Some cheesecloth was placed beneath each image for a bit of texture and interest. I added handmade, die cut, paper flowers and foliage to finish off the bunting.

A Place to Start April Add Flowers 30/04

613 Avenue Create April AG 02/05

The Outlawz Challenges - Card Free Zone : Easter 03/05

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As inspiration for the customer challenge, I made a flag booklet. 

More photos and information about this project can be found in this post: Spring Flag Book

And finally some digital art collages:

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Ethereal Spring 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 in May with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Ethereal Spring

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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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: It's About Time

 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.

The challenge theme this month is It's About Time.

Here is what I made.

A pair of cards

The beautiful backgrounds are from the Blue Space set and the butterflies are from the Bohemian Butterfly set. I printed onto glossy photo paper. The fussy cut butterflies were shaped and glittered and their wings float freely from the card.

* PIP Challenges #2413 AG 07/04 Honorable Mention

* Crafty Gals Corner #253 AG 09/04

* Triple B Challenge April 24 30/04

Daisy Chain Challenge #84 Not Square 30/04

A set of ATCs:

I used the Timeless background set and added the Victorian Butterfly Girls on foam tape for dimension. Beneath each girl is some textured trim. I also added some tiny butterflies from the Bohemian Butterfly set. The 'time' sentiments were typed and printed, then cut into strips.

I decided to add the ATCs to a Distress Oxide backgrounds and popped them on a navy blue card to make cute notecards:

* A Perfect Time to Craft April AG 28/04

A decorated gift box:

For this I salvaged a beautiful gold coloured chocolate box and simply printed my favourite Bohemian Butterfly image twice. One image was distressed around the edges and adhered to the top of the box with gold die cut borders placed around the edges.. The second image was fussy cut and adhered in the middle, leaving the butterfly wings free. I added Glossy Accents to the body of the butterfly.

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And some digital art collages: 

Here are the products I used:

Bohemian Butterflies

Blue Space

Victorian Butterfly Girls

Timeless

That's all for now.

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

 

Crafts Galore Encore: Diamond Point Bunny Card

 

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 April.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Hetty Clare.

Here is what I made:

It's a Diamond Point card and I followed this tutorial.

I used patterned design paper for the backgrounds and  I distressed the edges of the papers that I used for the front panels.

 The bunny, Rabbit and Hearts, from Hetty Claire was coloured with Copic markers and fussy cut. I popped him on a die cut lacy doily and stamped and heat embossed the Happy Birthday sentiment. The image and sentiment are popped on foam tape for some dimension.

And here it is stood up:

That's all for now.

Many thanks to Helen at Hetty Clare. for her generous prize of 3 digi stamp sets for our random winner.

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

                                                                

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

PIP Challenges #2413 AG 07/04

Creative Creases #79 11/04

Dream Valley #313 Spring Colours 13/04

Critter Crazy #85 AG 25/04

A Perfect Time to Craft April AG 28/04

Mix It Up Challenge Fancy Fold 14/05

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* Gecko Galz: Spring Flag Book

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Ethereal Spring.

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 new quarterly challenge.

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 as inspiration for the Customer Challenge. 

It's a Flag Booklet.

The images I used are from the Colours of the Wind Tin Toppers and Magical Dreamland Tin Toppers. I also used the free images of mushrooms and the fairy girl from the Gecko Galz March Newsletter (get your newsletter here). The spring sentiments were purchased from another Etsy seller.

This is an aerial view:

Here are the front and back covers:

    

Here is the front of the booklet opened:

And here is the back of the booklet opened:

A view from of the full book opened up:

And here are the individual pages:

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I started by brayering PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint (in Electric Violet, Dirty Lime and Captain Peacock) onto white card to make a rainbow effect background. I added some stencilling (brayering paint onto a stencil, spritzing with water and stamping it onto the background) and heat embossed the edges of the pages in white. I added lots of white paint splatters.

I took a class a few years ago to learn how to make the book structure, so out of respect for the tutor, I won't go into any details, but it's a fun class and I highly recommend it. You can purchase it here: Tracy Evans Boutique Designs Flag Book.

Here's the basic book structure with brayered paints and splatters:

Next came the fussy cutting of elements from the collage sheets. The elements were adhered in place along with a spring time sentiment. Glamour Dust glitter was applied in some places. The booklet is held closed by a small enamelled bull dog clip from Tim Holtz's  Idea-ology range.

Gecko Galz products used:

Colours of the Wind Tin Toppers        Magical Dreamland Tin Toppers

  

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Ethereal Spring 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 April with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Ethereal Spring

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Ethereal Spring

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:

*Creative Creases #79 11/04 WINNER

* Mini Album Mania #4 15/04 WINNER

* A Perfect Time to Craft April AG 28/04 HONOURABLE MENTION

* Mix It Up Challenge Fancy Fold 14/05 TOP PICK

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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