* Gecko Galz: Gatsby Girls Mini Book

Hello

Happy New Year!

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

The theme this month is Gatsby Girls.

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 image.

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

 It's a mini book with scalloped edges and an accordion spine, decorated with Art Deco papers in black, navy and gold. 

Here are the pages:

The left side of each page has gold paper embossed with a folder and quotes from the film 'Great Gatsby'. The right hand side has an image from the Gatsby Girl collage set. On the first page I used craft dyed feathers and sequins for embellishments.

This page has gold and copper stickers and sequins for embellishment.

Gold corner stickers were applied to this lovely image and thin copper lines applied around the sentiment block.

More feathers and sequins ....

The closure is gold elastic which holds on the pearl brad.

Each photo is matted onto gold card.

The front and back cover has sequin trim.

Front:

Back:

Gatsby Girl collage set

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Gatsby Girls' 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 January with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Challenge  "Gatsby Girls"

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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Gecko Galz: Stay Wild Moon Child

 

 Hello

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

The theme this month is Stay Wild Moon Child..

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 tri-fold shutter mini book, decorated on both sides with beautiful images.

I made it from black card and used images from the new Stay Wild Moon Child collage set and the Moonbeams Card Toppers set.

Here is the front and the back of the booklet:

  

The images are all matted onto gold paper. The title was typed and printed.

This is the front opened up: 

And this is the back of the booklet:

The booklet stands up for display:

Here's a quick time-lapse video:

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Stay Wild Moon Child' 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 September with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Stay Wild Moon Child"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

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A Place to Start Sept 24 AG 30/09

* 613.Avenue Create Sept 24 AG 30/09 TOP ROCKER

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I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* Gecko Galz: Dragon's Roar

 

Hello

Every month over at the Gecko Galz blog we have the monthly free image challenges, as well as the main blog challenge, posted on the first day of each month.. 

There is a monthly card challenge, the monthly Christmas Image challenge, the Fantasy challenge, the monthly ATC challenge,  a Gothic Challenge and a Steampunk challenge. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page and you are able to download the FREE image there. 

We also have the quarterly challenge. and 4 Facebook challenges.

Today is a rainy day, so I thought I'd have a go with this month's free Fantasy image challenge which is a gorgeous dragon. I decided to make my project interactive :)

Here is what I made:

I had some left over painted card from a previous project (the 'Ocean Life' shaker booklet) which was in colours suitable for the dragon background, so I used those. I die cut a 3 3/4 inch circle upon which I mounted the dragon. I used a piece of brayered, painted card for the background and added the alpha stickers to spell 'roar' as well as some sparkly, light purple gemstones..

The dragon was fussy cut from it's background and inked around the edges. I made a cut along his jaw line and adhered the two parts to a clothes peg. I tried to camouflage the peg by colouring with Copics, his mouth being coloured in red, and the ends of the peg above his head in mauve..

Here he is roaring:

And finally here's a short video to show how he roars:

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Gecko Galz August 2024 Fantasy Challenge (free Dragon image)

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.

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* Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge 8 AGF 30/08 WINNER

* 613 Avenue Create Aug AG 30/08 TOP ROCKER

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I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Conjurer of Dreams: Winged Beauties

 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 in the Facebook Group is Winged Beauty?.

Here is what I made:

This card features a humming bird from the Winged Beauty 2 set.

A white die cut card is placed on top of a Distress Oxide coloured piece of card which was also splattered with white paint. Some die cut leaves and flowers were made in complementary colours and the humming bird was fussy cut and popped on foam tape for dimension. Glitter was added to the bird image and the flowers.

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Paper Funday Challenges #67 AG option Critter 04/08

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These Flapper Girls with Wings are gorgeous in lovely sepia tones.

I selected some fancy dies, and some neutral papers and card to make a couple of cards.

This one uses Tim Holtz paper in the background matted upon gold card. The die cuts the image and the frame, so I had to make sure I printed the image at the right size.. I distressed the edges of the design paper with scissors and added a velvet ribbon and a knot bow to finish it off.

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I used a Sizzix die to cut some pearly cream card and matted it onto bronze coloured paper. The image was cut and the edges distressed and matted first upon bronze paper, then on the pearly card. A lace flower was popped in the bottom corner as a simple embellishment.

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These next cards feature the beautiful, watercolour Birds on a Branch.

I used a scalloped stitched die to cut the image and cut a larger frame from card coloured with Oxide inks splattered with water. I used a Lavinia stencil to add ink to opposite corners of the background, using two shades of each colour to add a little depth. I added some ink oxide splatters and inked around the edges of the background.

Crafty Animals #85 26/07

Stencil Fun Challenges July Stencil/Blues 31/07

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My last card features the butterfly from the Winged Beauty set.

I used simple matting and layering with the help of some dies, white card and navy blue card to create this one.

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And finally, some digital collages:

Flying SteamPunk Mice in a Magical Forest:

And Forest Fairies:

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That's all for now.

Here are the sets that I used and links to the shop:

Flapper Girls with Wings

Winged Beauty 2

Birds on a Branch

Flying SteamPunk Mouse

Forest Fairies

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo