* Path of Positivity: Bunnies

 Hello

Welcome to the April Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that focuses on celebrating something special about our pets (or animals in general).

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.

For my midway project I'm remembering the bunnies that I had as a child. Bunnies are adorable - their lovely soft fur, big eyes and pink twitching noses melt my heart. We kept our bunnies outside in a large hutch which my dad made.  He also made them a 'run' so they could have more space whilst staying safe. 

I used a Lawn Fawn die to cut the rectangles and masked off the edges so that I could ink the panels. 

For the top panels, I inked a stencil with Distress Oxides, spritzed it with water, then used it as a stamp. I added some foliage and a daisy die cut which I coloured with inks, and a strip of grass along the base. The Sizzix 'Bunny Hop' die was cut 3 times and stacked together, I inked the edges and gave him a pom-pom bunny tail.

The second panel was inked with Fossilised Amber and splattered with water.

The background is another stencil (Lotza Dotz from AALL & Create) inked with Oxides, spritzed and stamped.

I love how joyous these bunnies are, leaping and dancing their way through the meadow.

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 #100 Path of Positivity.

 

That's all for today! 

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:

* PIP Challenges #2216 AG 24/04

* CRAFT Challenge #634 Easter/Spring 27/04

* A Perfect Time to Craft AG 27/04

* Colorful Options April Yellow 29/04

* Crafting Happiness #122 AG 30/04

* 4 Season Challenge #55 Moodboard 30/04

* 613 Avenue Create AG April 30/04

* Mixed Media Lovers #12 30/04

* Cutie Pie Challenge #170 Bunnies and Blooms 01/05

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Path of Positivity: Childhood Memories

Hello

 Welcome to the March Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that focuses on celebrating something special about our childhood.

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 project. I am remembering when I had rabbits as pets, but also the fact that I was always a neat and tidy girly-girl and was dressed in lovely frocks by my mum. I didn't like to get dirty and would often go home to wash my hands when playing out. Yes ... OCD and a tiny bit neurotic are words that I would use to describe myself now :) However, my childhood was a happy one and I always had pets, mainly guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, chickens and goldfish. (Unlike my sister; she had a goat!)

The background is brayered PaperArtsy acrylic paint. I added some stencilled heat embossing and some white paint splatters. I die cut three daisies from the Sizzix Wildflower Stems #1 and watercolored them with Distress Inks. I also die cut the Carrot Bunny and fixed it so that he is holding one of the daisies. My Tim Holtz paper doll is 'me' in my frilly frock. I gave myself wings! The sentiment is a Small Talk sticker.

 

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 #99 Path of Positivity.

 

That's all for today! 

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:

* My Time to Craft #476 Embossing 10/03

* Allsorts Challenge 666 Distress 11/03

* Simon Says Stamp Add Some Green 14/03 Designer Spotlight

* Creative Fingers #226 AG 18/03

* Double Trouble #105 Bring on the Green 20/03

* A Perfect Time to Craft AG 27/03

Get Creative #109 Use Green 31./03

* Creative Artiste #80 AG Mixed Media 31/03

* Elibelle's Crafty Wednesday Spring is in  the Air 31/03

Heart 2 Heart Go Green 31/03

613 Avenue Create March AG 01/04

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

* Gecko Galz: Secret Gardens

 

Hello

Today is my DT day at Gecko Galz and I have a new project to share.

I made  a greeting card using a beautiful image from the Mistress Mary collage set. I teamed it with papers from the Tattered Dutchess ATC set - one of my absolute favourite paper packs .

The image does all the work. I matted it onto cream paper and added it with foam pads to the distressed darker paper. I made some wild flowers using Tim Holtz thinlet dies and watercolour paper. I used distress oxides to colour them and added them to the side of the image to create my secret garden.

I made a banner for below the image and used a Tim Holtz sticker quote. Here is a closer look: 

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Earlier this month, I shared two projects that I made for the customer challenge. 

Here they are again and details can be viewed here.

Small reverse canvas with a 3D Secret Garden diorama:

That's all for now!
There is still time to join our Secret Garden 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 and get first claim on the monthly $1 deals!

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 collage sheet prize. 
Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the first of June with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Secret Garden"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2120 23/05

* Crafting Happiness #96 Hello 24/05

* TIOT Make it Feminine 25/05

* A Perfect Time to Craft MAY AG 27/05

* Double Trouble Challenge #84 Girly Girl/Patterned Paper/Embellies 30/05

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* 613 Avenue Create GDT: In the Garden

 Hello

I am excited to be invited to be a GDT at 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog this month.

The theme at 613 Avenue Create is always Anything Goes with an optional theme and this month it is 'In the Garden'.

Here is what I made:

I used some Tim Holtz Sizzix dies to cut flowers and foliage along with a stamp of one of Janet Klein's cuties from AALL & Create.

I coloured the stamped girl and bunny with Copic markers and fussy cut them. I die cut the flowers and foliage from white card and coloured them with Distress Inks and Oxides. I made a brick path from Oxide sprays and a 3D embossing folder.  The background is smooshed oxides and some tone on tone stamping.

 

This lovely little girl and her bunny are from the AALL & Create stamp set, #354 Bunny and Bunnies. The path was made with a 3D Texture Fade embossing folder called Brickwork. 

The lovely, layered, die cut flowers feature blooms from two sets of Tim Holtz Sizzix dies, Funky Foliage and Wildflower Stems set 1.

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That's all for now.

Thank you to Chana for asking me to guest design.

I hope you'll pop over to 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog to see the regular DT's amazing work,

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Cut It Up #222 Spring Flowers 07/08

* Crafty Catz #545 AG/Colour 08/04

* Dies R Us Challenge 166 AG 13/04

* Try It On Tuesday Hello Spring 13/04

* Creatalicious Challenges #208 Flowers 14/04

* Creative Fingers #205 AG 15/04

* Love To Craft #57 AG 28/04

* Love to Scrap #144 Spring Forward 28/04

* Crafty Calendar April Spring/Easter 28/04

* Crafters Castle #40 Spring 30/04