Gecko Galz: Flight of Fantasy Pinwheel Tower Booklet

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Flights of Fantasy.

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 quarterly challenge where this time we're asking you to make a jewellery project.

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 is a small Pinwheel Tower booklet featuring beautiful air balloons and some dreamy inspirational sentiments. 

There is a step by step guide at the bottom of this post. 

Here it is stood up:

The structure is nice and sturdy with the base made from 250gsm card. It is a simple structure, but looks quite effective, I think.

It has eight pages and, once opened, the left hand page has a pocket and some die cut patterned paper tags along with a quote from the Simple Encouragements sentiment set whilst the right hand page has a beautiful image from the Flights of Fantasy collage set and a die cut border.

The booklet will flatten and the pages can be turned..

Here  are the pages:

I used lovely paper from a Deco Time design paper pack - it has some sparkle, but not too much. I thought the greens and pinks would complement the images.

The pockets are die cut, as are the tags. 

The images are placed to the left hand side of the page, (mainly so that they will not show when the pages are turned). The die cut borders add a little interest to the right hand side of the image and are visible when the book is flat. 

Step by step:

1. Cut a piece of card for the centre tower. 

I cut mine to measure 4.25 x 4.5 inches. 

Score at 1, 2, 3 and 4 inches along the side and fold to form the 4.5 inch tall tower, using the 0.25 inch tab to glue and secure in place.

2. Cut 4 pieces of card for the pages. They need to be the same height as the tower, so mine are 4.5 x 3.75 inches

3. Adhere the pages - one to each side of the tower.

4. Add patterned paper to the pages (or if you prefer, colour the pages with inks or paints).

5. To make a pocket on the left side pages, cut a piece of card (I used die borders to give fancy edges). Carefully adhere to the page along both sides and along the bottom. Die cut tags or journal cards with co-ordinating papers to tuck inside the pocket and add a sentiment or another image.

6. Add the images to the left side of the right hand page so that they do not peek out when the previous pages are opened.

Here are the Gecko Galz products I used:

Simple Encouragements                                   Flights of Fantasy 

      

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Flights of Fantasy 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 February with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Flights of Fantasy"

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:

Creative Fingers #270 AG 09/02

* Through the Purple Haze #212 AG 14/02

* Creative Creases #75 Fun Fold 15/02

* Mini Album Mania #2 14/02

Do-all Kreatives #86 Mystical or Vintage 28/02

* Perfect time to Craft #2 AG 28/01

* Creative Inspiration #11 AG 29/02

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Gecko Galz: Welcome to Wonderland

Hello

Welcome to Carmelle F, my new follower. 

Thank you for showing an interest in my projects :)

 At Gecko Galz the challenge theme this month is Through the Looking Glass.

As always, we also have the monthly Image Challenge, 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.

And, new for this year, we have a quarterly challenge - the current one being make a Junk Journal - which ends on February 26th.

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.

I made a card:

I love this image of an innocent Alice having her attention caught by the white rabbit hurrying by. Notice the little pixies peeping round from the undergrowth behind the characters.

The image is from the Wonderland Collage set and the paper is from the Wonderland ATC set. I popped the image on foam for dimension and added a piece of velvet ribbon along the bottom. I made a paper flower and die cut some leaves for decoration.

I next made a silhouette card:

 

This beautiful silhouette is one of 12 from the Wonders of Wonderland  Kit. It is popped on foam tape on top of paper from the same kit. I used red card for matting and added a red velvet trim and a knot bow, along with a sticker sentiment.

This is my example for one of the Facebook challenges - black and white with a pop of colour.

I also made a couple of digital collages.

I used digital ATC papers from the Looking Glass ATC set for the backgrounds, adding painted edge digital masks from Pixel Scrapper to add interest to the paper edges and floral elements for decoration. The beautiful images above are from the Wonders of Wonderland Craft Kit.  The image below is from the Wonderful Wonderland Collage set

Here are the products I used: 

Looking Glass ATC                 Wonders of Wonderland   

Wonderful Wonderland                 Wonderland 

  

Wonderland ATC 

 Finally, here is my Through The Looking Glass Customer Challenge Inspiration project which you can see here in more detail:

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Through the Looking Glass 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 1st February with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Through the Looking Glass"

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 #2302 AG 22/01

A Perfect Time to Craft #1 AG 27/01 

Creative Fingers #246 AG 28/01

Craft Rocket #99 Not Square 28/01

Penny's Challenges #538 AG 01/02

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* Gecko Galz: Wild West Sweetheart

 Hello, hello!

June is here and we have sunshine in the NW of England!

 I hope where you are the Covid restrictions are easing up a little and that you are all safe and well.

This month at Gecko Galz we have a Wild West Sweetheart challenge theme. I chose a wonderful image and frame from the Ride Em Cowgirl Digital Kit, along with a Calamity Jane quote for my sentiment. I decided to make some faux fence panelling for my background.

I opened the bottom and side of the frame using a craft knife and inserted the fussy cut girl who is popped on foam to give her some dimension. I made a panel of wood from white card: first I scored lines at 0.5 inch intervals, then I went to town with all my grungy brown oxides, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and included a little Antique Linen,Smoked Hickory and Speckled Egg, swiping them from top to bottom, direct to card. I am happy with the result!. I made two smaller panel to act as mats for the image and quote.

I added some delicate lace trim which contrasts well with the rustic wood, and some red gingham hearts for the wild west sweetheart.

Ride Em Cowgirl

A fabulous kit of png icons (images for layering together), papers and stamps

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That's all for now!
I hope you'll join our Wild West Sweetheart 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 20th June with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Wild West Sweetheart"

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:

* A Bit More Time to Craft Extra AG 30/06

* Love to Scrap #146 No Rules 4 30/06

* Love to Craft AG 30/06

* Taylormadecards4u Use Your Words 30/06

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* Gecko Galz: Autumn Calling

Hello!

It's that time of year when here in the NW of England we can feel a nip in the air. The leaves are just beginning to turn on some of the trees and the warmth of summer seems a bit of a distant memory. We are already noticing that the nights are drawing in, and it's time to put the heating on low.

The August customer challenge at Gecko Galz is Autumn Calling. You can check out the awesome creations made by the DT on the Gecko Galz blog. 
We would love for you to join the challenge using one or more products from the Gecko Galz Etsy shop.

Here is what I made:

To be honest, August ran away with me - I actually feel as if we should have another week of August at least! That being said, I was kind of last minute making my DT project for today. I decided to make a card, as I have not made paper flowers for a while, and I fancied doing a dimensional card.
There are new Fall products available in the Gecko Galz Etsy shop right now. I used some of them for my card. The paper is from the  Autumn Calling Kit and the beautiful image is from a collage set called Autumn Splendour.
I printed out the paper and image, cut it and inked the edges. I added some gold mesh trim under the image and popped it on foam tape onto the paper background. I mounted it on to black card.
I made four paper flowers using the orange paper from the Autumn Calling Kit, a die, a ball toll for shaping, Distress Oxide ink in Ripe Persimmon for extra colouring on the petal edges and some amber coloured gems. I also die cut some leaves from kraft card. I arranged the flowers and leaves with some dried gypsophila.
Finally I coloured the chipboard "Love" piece with Distress Oxide and clear embossed it to give a glossy finish.

Autumn Calling Kit                       Autumn Splendour  
   
   

That's all for now!
I hope you'll join our Autumn Calling 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 20th with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Autumn Calling"

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 Ink Pinkies #2035 Orange 06/09
* A Bit Moret Tme to Craft #123 AG 13/09
* Creatalicious #194 AG 13/09
*Crafters Cafe AG 14/09
Happy Craft Challenge AG (3/3) 14/09
* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Sept 27/09
* Classic Design Challenge AG Sept 27/09
* Love to Scrap 137 AG 30/09

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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