Gecko Galz:Wish upon a Star

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Wish Upon a Star.

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

I used an image from the fabulous 'Wish Upon a Star' collage set. I matted it onto gold card and onto some co-ordinated patterned paper. I heat embossed in gold some of the outlines on the paper and matted onto gold card again. A gold band was added along with a sentiment and some gens.

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Again I used an image from 'Wish Upon a Star'

The edges of the image were heat embossed in gold. I added irridescent glitter glue to the girl. The background paper is from the Wonderful Watercolour ATC Collection and I stamped and heat embossed in gold. The card was backed onto holographic paper and some die cut florals were added to the image.

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Here is a card made with another image from the 'Wish Upon a Star collage set. One of the Wonderful Watercolour ATC Collection was used for the background, It was stamped and heat embossed in gold.

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 And finally a digital piece:

I used a Wish Upon a Star and a  Wonderful Watercolour ATC background,

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Wish Upon a Star' 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 June with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : Wish Upon a Star.

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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I'd like to enter these Challenges:

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: Oriental Adventures

  

Hello

This month the customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog is 

The Beauty of the Far East..

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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It's my DT day today, so here is what I made: 

A set of fun tags made from a die cut rectangle of kraft card. 

I inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink and added Oriental backgrounds (digitally enlarged) from the Ancient Splendour Domino collage sheet. I distressed the edges of the background images and chose some fun images from the Far East Fun Digital Kit and fussy cut them. Some ivory lace and some natural trim were added along with a shop bought flower from Little Birdie Crafts. I used a crop-a-dile to make a hole and add an eyelet then threaded twine through.

*A Cut Above Aug AG with die 28/08

*Crafty Calendar August AG 28/08 TOP 3

*Scrapping4fun Challenge #238 AG 29/08

*Pinspirational Challenges #316 Die 30/08

*A Place to Start Aug 31/08 Rising Star & Top Sprout

 

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I made a couple of cards:

These just use paper from the Asian Botanicals paper pack - no embellishments at all - and they are, I think, beautiful. I simply matted the paper onto red and then black card and popped them onto a white card base.

Then, I decided to add a couple of fussy cut images, one freom the Ancient Splendour Domino collage sheet and one from the Far East Fun Digital Kit:

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I also made a couple of cards using the stunning Asian Doll images using traditional Japanese hand made Yuzen paper.

 I used black card to mat the images and the paper and it really makes the colours pop. I added glossy butterflies and a black and gold sentiment.

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #235 AG 17/08

* Daisy Chain Challenge #88 For the Girls 28/08

* A Perfect Time to Craft Aug AG 28/08 DT Favourite

* Love Those Pretty Papers Aug AG  31/08

* Let's Create and Craft Challenge Aug AG 31/08

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I also made this mini book which I posted about earlier in the month. If you are interested you can read about it HERE.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Beauty of The Far East 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!

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That's all for now.

I'll be back in September with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

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.

xoxo

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Gecko Galz: Warm Winter Wishes

 

Hello

It's my DT day over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Winter Elegance.

We have the 25 tags of December event too, where very day a DT member features a Christmas tag and followers of the blog get the chance to win super Gecko Galz prizes.

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 an altered shrine.. 

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 for inspiration on the Winter Elegance theme.

First is my December tag. It's a shaker tag.

I played around with making a simple shaker as usually I get glue everywhere and none of the shaker pieces actually shake :) This was made with a self seal cellophane bag. I had to fold it carefully and seal it at the back, but it works fine and the sequins do move!

The background paper is from the Christmas Traditions ATC set. The image is from the Holly and Ivy collage set. I added some red glitter tape along the bottom and placed some gold trim on top. The pocket has a red foil, die cut frame and some tiny die cut pine leaves and a small flower at the top. Red velvet ribbon was threaded through the tag and a small knot bow was added to the top of the shaker frame.

Next, I have a couple of winter nature cards: 

The beautiful images are from Nature's Winter and The Frosty Garden, two of my favourite winter collage sets. 

The background paper is from the Christmas Traditions ATC images which I enlarged.

Inspire Create Challenges #157 Christmas 13/12

Sparkles Challenges #170 Winter Animals 14/12

Peace on Earth #53 Christmas 14/12

Allsorts Challenge #758 Something with 'B' 15/12

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #219 AG 16/12

Critter Crazy Challenge #81 25/12

Moving Along with the Times Winter Animals 31/12

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I made a hanging tree decoration using a die cut circle of card as the base:

 I die cut some old book pages using a doily die and used Vintage Photo ink to age it a little more. I added some music manuscript and some die cut snowflakes made from green glitter card. Some gold trim was placed below the lovely fussy cut image which from the Christmas Icons collage set - I popped this on foam tape for dimension. I also added some gold foliage and a tiny red flower. Red velvet trim will allow this to be hung from the tree.

Crafty Calendar Challenge Christmas 28/12

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #53 14/12

A Perfect Time to Craft #12 AG 28/12

613 Avenue Create Dec Winter Holiday 31/12

Dragonfly Dreams Dec Christmas 31/12

Christmas Crafts All Year Round #12 Christmas 31/12

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I made a pair of Christmas greeting cards in non-traditional colours:

My cards use images from the beautiful Winter Magic collage set. I teamed them with linen card and added heat embossing using white glitter powders around the edges. Some 3D die cut snowflakes are tucked beneath the image mat on the blue card, and snowflake and flower die cuts with gems add a little sparkle. along with the sentiment, die cut from white glitter card.

Cut It Up Challenges Use more than 1 die 13/12

Creative Fingers Challenge #267 AG 15/12

The Crafting Challenge #12 Christmas31/12

Most Magical Time of the Year #15 31/12

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges Dec AG or Christmas 31/12

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And finally, here is my customer challenge inspiration project. 

You can see more about this card here.

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Winter Elegance 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 1st January with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Winter Elegance"

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:

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Crafts Galore Encore: Joy at Christmas

 

Hello

Happy December :)

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 (GMT) 30th December.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Gecko Galz.

I used the an image from the Christmas Icons collage set and used papers from the Christmas in Nature ATC set:

I made two background layers and matted them on gold card. I also die cut some white glitter card to act as a snowbank.for the main image. The tree is also die cut twice, once in green card and once in white glitter card - I popped this below the green die cut and it represents snow on the tree branches. Next I fussy cut the image and popped it on foam pads for dimension. Glitter was dotted around and some die cut foliage and a poinsettia flower were made into a cluster along with the stamped sentiment on a tiny tag.

That's all for now.

Many thanks to Leanne at Gecko Galz for her generous prize of a $25 voucher for her Etsy Store for our random winner.

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

                                                                

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Penny's Challenges #560 AG 05/12

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #53 14/12

Crafting from the Heart #8 AG 31/01

A Perfect Time to Craft #12 AG 28/12

The Crafting Challenge #12 Christmas31/12

12 Months of Christmas #107 AG 31/12

Christmas Crafts All Year Round #12 Christmas 31/12

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo