Gecko Galz: Star Maidens

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Star Maidens.

There is also a give away collage sheet on each DT blog page as we celebrate 'Christmas in July'. You won't want to miss these!

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 Star Maidens challenge:

All images used are from the Star Maidens Collage set

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You are Enough Card:

Gold embossing was added along the edges of the papers and image with tiny, flicked, gold paint splatters. Gold thread and stars were wrapped around fingers and placed below the image.

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Nothing Like a Dream Bookmark:

Gold acrylic paint is finger painted along the edges of the bookmark and along the edges of the image. Lots of gold acrylic paint splatters and a gold ribbon add finishing touches to the bookmark.

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Shine: Pyramid Card

Three square pieces of white card glued to make the pyramid shape when folded. The card lies flat for mailing and is held open with sticy velcro dots. Tiny gold gems and die cut stars are added as embellishments.

And 2 digital designs:

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Star Maidens' 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 : Star Maidens

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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Conjurer of Dreams: Woodland Wildlife

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:

Using Sprng Mice

I made a pyramid card, backing the pyramid sides with patterned paper and die cutting the single mouse image. I die cut a slightly larger circle and coloured with distress ink oxides to act as the mat for the beautiful image. I made some paper flowers and added a gold dot for the centre. Foliage was also die cut and coloured with oxide inks. A tiny sentiment saying 'little things; was added.

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Using Woodland Swing and Baby Forest Animals

Here I made a set of 4 Artist Trading Coins. The images were die cut, matted onto gold and then placed on black card ATCoins. Sticker sentiments were added.

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Using Spring Mice

Here I have a card. I used gold and black for matting and used the nesting mouse for the focal image. I die cut a flower and some foliage and tucked a tiny tag with the word 'hugs' stamped upon it.

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Using Flower Garden and Friends ATC set

A set of 3 ATCs. The 'friends' were fussy cut, the edges inked and then popped them onto foam tape and onto the ATC garden backgrounds. The foam adds dimension to the ATCs. I added Glossy Accents to their sunglasses and a sticker sentiment.

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Using Baby Forest Animals, Branch Frames, Floral Borders and Corners and Nature Quotes

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Using Fairy Forest ATC Set, Ivy Frames and Nature Quotes

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Using Fairy Forest ATC Set, Ivy Frames and Nature Quotes

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Using Baby Forest Animals, Floral Borders and Corners, Branch Frames and Nature Quotes

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Free July Image, Forest Path, Floral Borders and Corners

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 The FREE IMAGE OF THE DAY (below) can be found over at the CoD Blog HERE

Use any of the FREE images of the day (from JUNE or JULY) to enter our Free Image challenge here.

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Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store
Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (inspiration, freebies & challenges)

Our Anything Goes, monthly challenge is open worldwide to all participants, using any company's digis, stamps, products etc.

The current Anything Goes challenge can be found here.

Our Free Image Challenge  can be found here.

The JULY ATC Challenge will open on the 7th July, details here.

Thanks for looking!

xoxo

 

Path of Positivity: Hello!

Hello

 Today is the midway pointoin the June 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 June is to 

'Send an Unexpected Correspondence'.

This is what I made

I have many thank you cards to send due to a recent, unexpected bereavement. People have been so kind and have showered me with help and support. This is one of my thank you cards.

I used an image from Conjurer of Dreams from a set called Mushroom House. I fussy cut the gnomes from a set called Garden Gnomes. I added a red card mat and placed it onto red polka dot card.

The sentiment was typed, printed, fussy cut and added to the image on foam tape.

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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 #132 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

 

Gecko Galz: Sea Goddess Booklet

Hello

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

The theme this month is Sea Goddess.

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.:

It's a minibook using images from Goddess of the Sea.

I die cut the pages from card and used a spatula to spread several shades of PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic Paint over each surface. I stamped some fishes (PaperArtsy stamp) and heat embossed them with antique gold powder. I added some white paint splatters and embossed random patches of gold as well as swiping the edges of the booklet in Versamark and embossing them in gold.

The title is stamped with letter blocks and heat embossed in gold.

The pages are held together with a hinged silver ring binder clip.

Each image is edged in gold. 

The image edges were swiped though a Versamark ink pad and then dipped in gold embossing powder and heated.

I die cut some sea grass and seaweed from gold paper.

I fussy cut several shell images from the 'She Sells Sea Shells' paper pack, inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink, and added them in front of the sea grasses and seaweeds.

I also added some white embossed fishes.

Here is the back page of the booklet:

Gecko Galz Products Used:
Goddess of the Sea (collage set)             She Sells Sea Shells (paper pack)

              

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Next I made some digital pieces.

Beauty and the Beach

Here I have one of the Goddess of the Sea images (with background removed) digitally added to one of the Summer Seas Tin Topper images. The wooden background is from the Woodwork ATC set. I added extra blue flowers to the four corners. 

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Let the Sea Set you Free

The background image is another of the Summer Seas Tin Topper images. I added a girl character(removed from her background) from Take Me to the Shore.  The clusters of shells are from image SS05 and the She Sells Sea Shells paper pack and the boardwalk background is an ATC from the Shabby Chic Collection.

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The Ocean is Calling.

The shell frame is from my stash. I used one of the Summer Seas Tin Toppers for the shore image and added a little girl, with the background removed, from the 'Take me to the Shore' collage set. The board walk background is from the Shabby Chic ATC Collection.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Sea Goddess' 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 July with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : Sea Goddess 

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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Conjurer of Dreams: Spring Days

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:

I made a diamond point card using one of the beautiful Lavender Fields images. I added some die cut flowers coloured with distress inks as embellishments. The background paper is from my stash.

613 Avenue Create June 2025

I won

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Next I made a framed image card:

The beautiful girl is from the Prairie Wind set and she is framed with one of the Vintage Flower Frames. I added a little more depth of colour to the flowers in the frame with Polychromo coloured pencils. The framed image is on foam tape to lift it from the background which is blended oxide inks, splattered with white paint.

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Next is an ATC:

I cut a black piece of card measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches and trimmed the Spring Morning ATC Background just smaller.  The fussy cut Grumpy Senior Lady Gardner looks perfect in the Spring Morning floral background. She's been added on foam tape and I added Glossy Accents to the flower centres and added a die cut, oxide coloured flower as an embellishment.

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Next is a Thank you card:

Once again I used the Spring Morning Card background, but this time added one of the gorgeous Boho women. I fussy cut her, added foam and popped her on the card so that she is dimensional. The flowers in the background have glossy accent centres for texture. The sentiment was typed, printed and cut and popped on the card with foam tape.

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Kim has made some ATC Clip Art sets and here I have used the Desert Dwellers ATC set Clip Art to make a set of Digital ATCs:

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On my blog post at CoD this month is this free image:

You can download the original here and use it to enter our free image challenge.

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Please also visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (inspiration, freebies & more challenges)

Our Anything Goes, monthly challenge is open worldwide to all participants, using any company's digis, stamps, products etc.

The current Anything Goes challenge can be found here.

Our Free Image Challenge  can be found here.

Our new ATC Challenge can be found here.

Please come and join the fun.

xoxo