Gecko Galz: Easter Magic

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Easter Magic.

As always, we have free images to download to make projects to enter the Card Challenge, the Christmas Image Challenge, the Fantasy Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk Challenge and a Gothic Challenge,. The free images can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page. We also have a quarterly challenge on the blog.

If that isn't enough challenges, we also have 4 Facebook challenges each month.

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 collage sheet.

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Here is what I made as inspiration for the Customer Challenge..

I used two collage sets, Spring Bunnies and Here Comes Easter.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Easter Magic' 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 May with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Easter Magic"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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I'd like to enter these Challenges:

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: Daisy Mosaic

 

Hello

 Today is the start of the April challenge at the Path of Positivity.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. 

As this year we are looking at the UNEXPECTED.  

The option for April is to 

make something you inspired by something you find whist spring cleaning your craft room.

This is what I made.

Back in 2019, I took a mosaic workshop with Briony Machin and I made a robin wall plaque. You can see this here: Robin Mosaic. 

I took a second workshop. I started to make a circular, daisy wall hanging, but it didn't get finished in the time allotted for the workshop. I found it recently and decided to complete it. Here is the result:

Cutting the small rectangular tiles is a bit tricky and caused quite a few minor cuts and scratches, but the effect is wonderful and has a rustic vibe. I chose the blues for the sky and greens for the ground and white daisies because of their simplicity.

The mosaic is on a circular mdf board. The tiles were firstly clipped/nipped to size and glued in place with pva glue. Once the board was covered it was grouted, then cleaned up and polished. There are 2 holes, one on either side to screw it into place. 

I have quite a lot of blue plant pots and garden ornaments, so this little plaque fits in perfectly.

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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 #130 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. 

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Thanks for stopping by today!

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Conjurer of Dreams: Sprites, Fairies and more

 

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.

We have an open, worldwide challenge at the Conjurer of Dreams Blog.

The challenge theme is always 'Anything Goes'.

We hope you'll share your projects with us.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where we would love for you to share your Conjurer of Dream projects.

Here are my DT makes.

FOREST MOSS FAIRY:

I fussy cut one of the beautiful Forest Moss Fairy and placed her on a stamped stencil background (made with various green oxide inks and an AALL & Create stencil) which had some black stamping.

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ACORN SPRITES:

Here I fussy cut one of the beautiful Acorn Sprite images and placedit on a stamped stencil background (made with various green oxide inks and an AALL & Create stencil) which had some black stamping.

A WOOD AND WIRE WINDOW HANGER:

I fussy cut one of the Floral Arches and added one of the Alice in Dreamland images behind it.

It was adhered to a piece of dried twig and florist wire was wrapped around a pencil to make a spiral swing

DIGITAL ART: KLIMT STYLE:

I removed the background from one of the Klimt Inspired Mosaic Glass images and added it with shadows to a bespoke Klimt style Background that Kim, the owner of CoD, made for me. I finished off with a sketchy black floral border and a fame.

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KLIMT STYLE:

This  uses one of the complete images from the Klimt Inspired Mosaic Glass set. It os double layered with gold borders onto a Blue Silk Background with some added gold embellishments and a Gustav Klimt quote.

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RETRO WAITRESS :

This fun Retro Waitress image was added to a Red Silk Background and some black and white border masks added along with a sentiment and red bow.

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There is a free image give away on my DT post with Conjurer of Dreams today. 

The sample is below - please pop over to download  yours -----> free image here.

We have a new Free Image Challenge on the CoD blog - you can use any of the free images from January or February to make a project and upload them here. Come and join the fun!

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That's all for now.

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Blog 

CoD Monthly Challenge always ANYTHING GOES

  Open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc

Free Image Challenge using images from Feb and  CoD DT blog Posts.

Please hop over, become a Blog Follower and join the fun.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Crafts Galore Encore: Fornasetti Inspired Girls

 

 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 WendyLynn's Paper Whims.

Here is what I made:

It's a mini book, made with images from WendyLynn's Paper Whims digital collage sheet called Fornasetti Inspired Ladies.

I die cut patterned paper for the pages and inked the edges in black. The Fornasetti ladies were fussy cut and adhered. I added black and white check ribbon to ground the images and made paper flowers as embellishments. I added black sticker sentiments and created the title on the front page with alpha stickers. The book is bound by metal snap rings.

Here are the individual pages:

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That's all for now.

Many thanks to WendyLynn's Paper Whims. for her generous prize of 3 digis 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:

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Path of Positivity: Batik Bag

 

Hello

 Today is the midway reminder for the March challenge at the Path of Positivity.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. 

As this year we are looking at the UNEXPECTED  

the option for March is to 

Make something you wouldn't normally make

This is what I made:

It is a Batik canvas bag. 

I coloured the cream cotton bag with dyes using wax resist applied with a tjanting. 

Below is a close up of the pattern - the cream lines are where the wax was applied. I used a small paintbrush to apply the dyes. Once the dyes were dry, I placed sheets of paper over the bag and ironed over the wax to melt it. The paper absorbed the wax.

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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 #129 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. 

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Thanks for stopping by today!

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Path of Positivity: Toadstool Jewellery and Card

Hello

 Today is the start of the March challenge at the Path of Positivity.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. 

As this year we are looking at the UNEXPECTED  

the option for March is to 

Make something you wouldn't normally make

This is what I made:

I follow Emma Parrish on You Tube and love her Etsy Store full of remarkable printables. 

Last year she did a video where she made a set of jewellery and a pop up card. She even gave away the printable free of charge! She used a new-to-me-product called UV Resin. I had to have a go!

I made a toadstool necklace and a pair of toadstool earrings as well as a small gift card with a pop up toadstool. Glossy Accents was used to add texture to the pop up toadstool.

The UV Resin was very easy to use and dries under the lamp in 90 seconds. It is extremely hard and has a glass-like finish.

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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 #129 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. 

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Thanks for stopping by today!

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Ally's Angels #91 AG 15/03

Classic Design Challenge Feb?march AG 12/03

Crafters Cafe Challenge AG 12/03

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Conjurer of Dreams: Spring Time is Almost Here

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.

We have an open, worldwide challenge at the Conjurer of Dreams Blog.

The challenge theme is always 'Anything Goes'.

We hope you'll share your projects with us.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where we would love for you to share your Conjurer of Dream projects.

Here are my DT makes.

Stained Glass Tulips

I used the Stained Glass Tulips set to make a jewellery set and an arched shaped card..

The images in this set are gorgeous and so spring like :)

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges #2509 AG 09/03

The Four Seasons Challenge Spring 25/03

For the jewellery the images were reduced in size and printed. Each piece of jewellery has 2 images so that they can be attached back to back. They images were adhered  to black card, then adhered back to back. PVA glue was painted over the images to seal them. A small hole was poked through the top of each of the pieces. UV Resin was then applied and cured and the jewellery findings attached.

The result is like glass. 

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Moss Forest Fairy Card

 

Pinspirational Challenges #323 Spring Greens 31/03

The Moss Forest Fairy set of images are beautiful. I used one of them here to make a card. I made some die cut flowers and foliage and added a sticker sentiment.

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Rocking Chair Notecards

These lovely images of Rocking Chair are super for notecards or retirement cards. I added the images to embossed white card and chose a circle alpha die to make the sentiment.

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Alice in Dreamland Notebook

I altered the cover of a spiral bound Kraft notebook with 3D embossed brick card, coloured with Distress Oxide inks and a digitally combined image of Alice in Dreamland against a backdrop of a Stained Glass Fountain.

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Stained Glass Tulips Postcards

The tulips were fussy cut from the stained glass windows and adhered to textured white card with some washi tape to ground them. Black sticker sentiments were added.The card was popped onto distressed dotty paper  to frame the images.

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Blue Memories Digital Collage

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There is a free image give away on my DT post with Conjurer of Dreams today. 

The sample is below - please pop over to download  yours -----> free image here.

We have a new Free Image Challenge on the CoD blog - you can use any of the free images from January or February to make a project and upload them here. Come and join the fun!

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That's all for now.

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Blog 

CoD Monthly Challenge always ANYTHING GOES

  Open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc

Free Image Challenge using images from Jan and Feb CoD DT blog Posts.

Please hop over, become a Blog Follower and join the fun.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo