* Gecko Galz: Beauty of the Far East

 

 Hello

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

The theme this month is The Beauty of the far East..

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 is a mini book with shaped, stepped pages:

I constructed the book from 300gsm white card. Each page was brayered with PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint in Red Lipstick and Cerise. It was then heat embossed with Gold WOW Embossing Powder using a Tim Holtz background stamp.. The edges of the pages were die cut and successive pages were wider.

The front of the book - all the pages are visible, the first pages being smaller than the ones that follow. I was careful not to have any images showing on the visible parts of the page when the pages were closed and decorated those edges with heat embossed wooden leaves and gemstone flowers..

All of the beautiful Asian girl images are from the Asian Doll collage set. The Oriental words are from the Asian Words ATC set and the butterflies which were fussy cut and covered in Glossy Accents are from the Butterflies in Red collage sheet.

 

The image has a gold heat embossed wooden frame and the bird cage embellishment is also a wooden one, heat embossed in gold to match the theme.

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The first two pages open:

These are the smallest pages and I chose two images and placed them on a die cut black card shape to frame them. Glossy Accented butterflies provide embellishments and some Asian words.

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A closer look at page 1 and 2:

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Page 3 and 4

Page 4 is an aperture page

Page 4 has a die cut aperture with the edge of the aperture heat embossed to add a little definition. Gold lace trim and butterflies are the embellishments and the image you see is on page 6. The aperture works both ways, so that when you turn it over you can see the image from page 3 through it.

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Page 5 and 6

Page 5 is the back of the aperture page. 

Page 5 has a framed image alongside the aperture and here you can see the image from. page 3 through the opening.

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 This is the aperture - it allows the reader to see through to the image on page 6 and also to see the image on page 3: 

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And this is the back of the aperture,, page 5. You can see the image from page 3 through this page.

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Page 6 - a full view: 

Here I have a wooden bird cage, heat embossed in gold along with a yellow glossy butterfly from the Far East Fun Digital Kit

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This is the back of the book:

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And this is the book opened up:

 

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Beauty of the Far East 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 August with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Beauty of the Far East"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

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