Conjurer of Dreams: Witch Wisdom

 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 a new, open, worldwide challenge at the Conjurer of Dreams Blog.

The challenge theme is always 'Anything Goes', and this month's optional theme is 

'Witch Wisdom'.

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:

A mini book

with words from The Enchanted Forest;

Here are close ups of the individual book parts:

The front has a circular aperture showing the first page along with the title. The book ties with a distress oxide-dyed, crinkle ribbon. 

The pages are finger painted with PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk paints.

The back is left plain:

The first page features a Twilight Moon background and a Blackberry Witch. 

All the images in the mini book are from these 2 sets.

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The forest, moon and blackberries held by the witch are sparkly - Stickles glitter was applied.

The images were die cut to give a slightly distressed appearance and they were inked in black around the edges.

The book is bound with painted strips of paper attached to two pages, then the pages are glued back to back.

The poem was typed and printed. It was cut into strips and attached to each page.

I'd like to enter these challenges:

* Allsorts Challenge #800 AG 04/10

* Crafty Gals Corner Challenges Use Ribbon 08/11 TOP 3

* Pennys Challenges. #581 AG 08/10

* I Spy With My Little Eye Something Magical 13/10

Halloween Crafts All Year Round 19 31/10

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A treat box/bag:

For the front and back of the treat bag, I used 2 die cut dex card and cut off the disc binder part. They were then covered with background paper and decoupaged with images.

The background papers are from the Potion Notes.

I cut a second potion Notes and fussy cut the bottles and added them on foam for dimension. The lovely witch is from the set called Autumn Witch. She's also popped on foam with some dyed cheesecloth behind her.

The back of the bag is plain - just the Portion Note paper edged with Vintage Photo ink.

It's perfect for Halloween treats like these yummy chocolate eyeballs!

   

The sides, bottom and top of the bag are created from a single strip of black card, which was glued in place and cut to form a tuck down lid. The card was covered with distress oxide smooshed card to match the colour of the Potion Notes background.

I used my crop-a-dile to add eyelets to the sides and I made a twisted wire handle which was threaded through the eyelet holes.

I'd like to enter these challenges:

* Double D Challenges To Spook or Not 13/10

The Four Seasons Challenge Oct AG Fall 24/10

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Oct AG 28/10

Unicorn Challenge Halloween 28/10

Paper Funday Challenges #70 Colours of Autumn 03/11

The Outlawz Challenges (Tuesday Colour) AG using selected colours 04/11

 I used yellow, orange and black

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Notecards:

Made using the Witch Characters and Witch Potion Armoire.

The witch Characters are .png clip art files, so I digitally added them to the armoire backgrounds then printed them out. 

I added stamping, in the form of spiders' webs and spiders on threads., and heat embossed them. 

They were added to black die cut mats (Lawn Fawn) which have silver embossed webs stamped upon them. Then they were matted onto purple card and placed on a blank white greeting card.

The sentiments were taped, printed and adhered.

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Halloween Diorama 

I had fun making this diorama from paper cut outs and dies.

The houses are not from Conjurer of Dreams, but the Witch Characters are and the cauldron and potion bottles are from Witch Quotes and Elements.

Here is the diorama from a different angle - the witch next door is saying hello and giving you a wave!

I'd like to enter these challenges:

* The Sisterhood of Crafters #25 Hello 06/10

If you Give a Crafter a Cookie #197 Boo! Eek! 31/10

The Outlaws Challenge - Twisted Thursday October Holidays & Colours 06/11 (no word 'hello', but witch next door is waving to say hello!)
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Digital Art:

I used Potion Notes and Witch Characters to make these fun pages:

Autumn Witch and a Spooky Mansion background

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Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Blog 

Anything Goes (option Witch Wisdom) Challenge

 

A new Anything Goes, monthly challenge has started this month - it is open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc

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

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Signs of Summer

 Hello

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

The theme this month is Signs of Summer..

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 Tag Booklet:

I cut tags from cream card and used a brayer and PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints to  colour them. The paint was vibrant and needed toning down, so I stamped a wavy pattern with Versamark and used white embossing powder. Once the tags were constructed into a booklet, I used the Good Vibrations ATC set for the background images and fussy cut images from the Sweet Summer Days collage set for the focal images. I added gold sticker borders around the background images. I typed and printed some summer sentiments and cut them into strips to add to each page.

Here is the front cover:

And this is the back cover:

The first two pages:

The middle pages:

And the last pages:

And here is the tag booklet opened up:

Preparation

1. Cut Tags.

2. Brayer paint.

3. Heat Emboss to tone colours down.

4. Ink around edges of each tag in black ink

5. Bind tags together to form the booklet (painted strips of paper).

6. Add ribbon for the tie mechanism under the front and back covers.

7. Decorate with chosen images.

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I also made a wall hanging:

I enlarged images from the Beachy Jewel It collage set and mounted them onto drink mats which have a textured wood background. I distressed the edges of the images and inked in Vintage Photo ink. I made two copies of each image and fussy cut elements from the second images to add on foam tape, making each tile 3-D. I used a crop-a-dile to punch holes in the mats and threaded twine and wooden beads

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A set of note cards:

I used images from Beachy Jewel It and Beach Signs collage sets.. Some elements are decoupaged to make the images three dimension. I inked the background mats in Distress Oxides and popped them onto white cards.

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And finally, two digital scrapbook pages using the Summer Sweeties collage set:

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Signs of Summer 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 July with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Signs of Summer"

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: 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.

Page 1

Page 2:

Page 3:

Page 4

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 TOP PICK

* 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 WINNER

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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