Gecko Galz: Floral Dreamland

 Hello

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

The theme this month is Floral Dreamland..

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 Mini Pocket Tag Booklet:

The images are all from Gecko Galz. I used Blooming Ladies,  

Floral Tea (one of last month's 'free with purchase' collage sheet), the tea cup collage set from April 2024's monthly kit called Douces Fleurs Du Printemps (not in the shop just yet) and sentiments from Garden Sentiments.

The front of the booklet:

The back of the booklet:

And the booklet opened up:

I made the booklet with white card, then added the brayered acrylic painted backgrounds which were heat embossed in white using a Tim Holtz floral background stamp. The edges of the pages were inked. The inside pages form three pockets for the tags to be tucked inside. The tags have paint splatters and flower images.

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Page 3:

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I'd like to enter my mini book into these challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #229 AG 18/05

Unicorn Challenge #98 For the Girls 28/05

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge AG May 29/05

Creative Inspirations May Feminine 31/05

613 Avenue Create May AG 31/05

Outlawz Card Free Zone Challenges May 31/05

A Place to Start May For a Lady 31/05

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #255 Use Lace or Pearls 11/06

Mini Album Mania #5 15/06

I also made a set of cards:

I used my favourite ATCs (Dream Garden) for the centre piece and used a scalpel to cut along the florals. I tucked a dancing lady into the opening so that she appears to be dancing through the garden flowers. The background is floral glittered paper from my stash.

I'd like to enter my trio of cards into these challenges:

Crafty Catz Challenge #671 AG?Summer 16/05

Creative Fingers Challenge #277 AG 17/05

Perfect Time to Craft #5 AG 28/05

Patties Creations Challenge #218 AG 31/05

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And lastly, two digital collages:

I used the Carved Flowers paper pack for the backgrounds. The lady in purple is one of the Blooming Ladies, whilst the lady in cream is one of the Romantic Ballerinas.

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Floral Dreamland 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 June with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Floral Dreamland"

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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Path of Positivity: Express Yourself with Art

Hello

 Welcome to the Path of Positivity Challenge. #121.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. We have decided that our overall theme for 2024 will be THE POWER OF WORDS.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by quotes about Art /Creativity.

Here are this month's quotes, but you can choose your own:

“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” — Albert Einstein

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Pablo Picasso

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” — Edgar Degas

“You use a glass mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw

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.

Here is my DT project.

I used an old Woodware stamp called Van Cat and coloured him with Copics. He was fussy cut and I made him a paint splattered background using a star stencil from AALL & Create to add Oxide inks to the background then I added stamped splatters (also an AALL & Create stamp) in Versafine. The sentiment is a mixture of words from Visible Image and AALL & Create.

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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 #121 Path of Positivity.

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:

Perfect Time to Craft #5 AG 28/05

Creative Inspiration Challenges #14 AG 30/05

SUYP Challenge #100 AG with Cats 30/05

Simply Create Too #200 Add an Animal 31/05

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Conjurer of Dreams: Nature's Embrace

 

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 theme this month is Nature's Embrace.

Here is what I made:

It's a perpetual calendar in the form of a Pinwheel Tower. Each quarter has a different season featuring the beautiful images from Seasons along with tiny die cut letters spelling out the season's name.. Opposite the image page is a page with a pocket holding monthly calendars. There is also a quote and a sentiment. The pages are made from card smooshed in puddles of Distress Oxide inks.

Here are the individual seasons:

I'd like to enter these challenges:

Creative Creases #81 Fun Fold 09/05

Creative Fingers Challenge #277 AG 17/05

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge AG May 29/05

Outlawz Card Free Zone Challenges May 31/05

Mini Album Mania #5 15/06

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I also made a pair of cards using the gorgeous images from the Serene set:

Once again I used the smooshing technique to add Distress Oxide ink to white card. The images did not need anything added to them, so I opted for die cut, black, silhouette style wild flowers. I raised a banner on foam tape, added die cut tiny letters to spell out 'hello' and a gemstone flower.

I'd like to enter these challenges:

Cut It Up Challenges #303 Add a Sentiment 15/05

As You Like It Challenge Soft or Bold colours 15/05

Bold colours are my choice most of the time. I love vibrant colours - they make me happy!

Crafty Catz Challenge #671 Summer 16/05
Patties Creations Challenge #218 AG 05/06

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And finally some digital collages.

First I have 3 Grumpy Seniors Camping collages. If you look carefully I added tiny Bohemian Butterflies and Spring Mice :)

Here is the Summer Seasons image with a pair from the Grumpy Seniors Camping. There are some Bohemian Butterflies and a Spring Mouse:

And this one has the gorgeous Spring Mice combined together:

Here are the CoD products I used: 

Seasons

Serene

Grumpy Seniors Camping

Spring Mice

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

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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