Crafts Galore Encore: Blue Jays

 

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 (BST) 29th April..

This month's challenge is sponsored by Kim from Conjurer of Dreams and the random winner will receive their choice of 2 sets of digital collage sheets from her store..

Here is what I made:

Kim kindly gave the DT some images sets to make samples. Here I used the Watercolour Bluejays. I resized the images as I wanted to make a set of ATCs.

I inked around the image edge with Vintage Photo, then matted onto gold paper. This was then adhered to the ATC kraft card. I used some ancient gold sticker strips to create an inside border around the images and splattered the images with white paint. I die cut some leaves in gold and brownish colours and die cut blue flowers, adding two together with a gold flat-back gem for the centre. 

The sentiments are stickers which are inked around the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink

That's all for now.

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

                                                               

Gecko Galz: Springtime in Paris

Hello

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

The theme this month is Springtime in Paris.

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 are the projects I made.

A mini book:

Here is the front of the book, decorated with an image from the April 2025 Springtime in Paris Junk Journal Kit. The pages are made from double sided cardstock from my stash. I scored and creased 2cm along the side of each page and punched two holes so that the book could be held together with ribbon.

 

The following pages have images from the Versailles Collage set and icons from the Springtime in Paris Junk Journal Kit:

And the back of the mini book:

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Next is a greeting card using a lovely image from the Versaille collage set. I added it to pink paper and gold mats and die cut some florals to decorate. The sentiment was die cut in two different pink colours  and put together, a fiddly task, but most satisfying once done!

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And lastly some digital, snarky posters. All use images from Versailles.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Springtime in Paris' 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 April with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : 'Springtime in Paris'

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. 

Conjurer of Dreams: Time for Tea

 

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' and this month we have a twist of 'Winter Wonder'.

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 is what I made:

Artist's Tea

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Forest Friends Tea Party

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March Hare Tea

Artist's Tea

Mosaic Sky

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Tea Dyed Paper

Mouse Tea Time

Tea Dyed Paper

Mouse Tea Time

Tea Party Book Page

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Artist's Tea

Mosaic Sky

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On each blog post throughout the month, Kim gives away a free image

This is my FREE IMAGE OF THE DAY. You can download it here.

Use any of the FREE images of the day (December or January) 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.

We have other Blog Challenges: 

Free Image Challenge  can be found here.

ATC Challenge can be found here.

Tag Challenge can be found here.

Handmade Christmas Ornament Challenge can be found here 

Please become a Blog Follower and join the fun.

xoxo

Path of Positivity: Get on Your Way!

  

Hello

Today is the start of a new challenge at the Path of Positivity.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. We have decided that our overall theme for 2024 will be THE POWER OF WORDS.

October's option is to design a project that is inspired by quotes about 

Growth and Change

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Here is my project:

I used a printed background image from Conjurer of Dreams - it's from the Gaugiin Stained Glass Window set. I chose this one because of the changing colours on the trees - it's just like autumn. My Beautiful Redhead Young Girl is from Wendylynn's Paper Whims and she is gorgeous. 

I added black stamping randomly around the edge of the background and inked all around in black. I fussy cut the girl from her background and inked around the edges. I used one of our suggested quotes by Dr Seuss - I love all of his stories - and typed it out in white on a black background. I cut it into a strip and matted it onto teal card. Both the sentiment and the girl are on foam tape which gives lovely dimension to the notecard.

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Here are this month's suggested quotes, but you can choose your own:

“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” — Dr. Seuss

“One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." — Henry Miller 

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” — Gail Sheehy

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” — Henry Ford

 

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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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 #124 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:

PIP Challenges #2440 AG 13/10

Inspire Create Challenges #178 Autumn/Halloween 16/10

A Perfect Time to Craft Oct AG 28/10

Daisy Chain Challenge #90 Autumn/Halloween 28/10

Lets Craft and Create Challenge 212 AG 31/10

Aud Sentiments Challenges 318 Fall 31/10

613 Avenue Create Oct AG 02/11

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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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