Gecko Galz: Tweet Spring

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Tweet Spring.

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 called Little Song Birds with words from a poem by Emily Dickinson.

I used a die to cut the pages for the book from black card. 
The images are all from the Spring Song Birds collage set.

I die cut design paper and inked around the edges and I aged a white doiley by lightly adding Vintage Photo distress ink. I tore pieces of doily to put under the bird images which I matted onto gold paper.

The words of Emily Dickinson's poem were typed and printed, then cut into strips to be added to each page.

Here are the pages:

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A wall hanging.

I used die cut squares of kraft card for the base and a beautiful bird from Spring Song Birds. I added a die cut border across the bottom and placed a copper sticker across the seam. I sandwiched another song bird in between the squares and added some acetate wings and fussy cut florals from the same collage set.

I found the little notice card in my stash and adhered it to the bottom of the plaque. To finish, I added a sticker word and a butterfly

 

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A card

Beautiful lace and shop bought flowers and leaves were used to embellish this beautiful Spring Song Birds. image. The image was raised on foam pads, so the card has lots of texture and dimension.

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Plant Pot/Vase sticks

These were so simple to make, but look beautiful in my vase of flowers.

I simply enlarged the bird images from Spring Song Birds and fussy cut around them. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink.

I added thick card to the back of the image and attached a skewer stick.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Tweet Spring' 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 : 'Tweet Spring'

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. 

Gecko Galz: Fairy Lands

 

Hello

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

The theme this month is Fairy Lands.

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 circular mini book:

I die cut the pages from black card and cut white card circles to for the pages. I finger painted the white card with acrylic paints and gold embossed the edges of each. I also sprinkled gold EP onto the pages and gently heated from below so that there was gold 'fairy dust' on each.

The images are from one of this season's collage sets, Darling Pixies. They were each die cut and given a gol mat. Each fairy has glittery wings, but it does not show up well in the photographs.

I typed and printed out some fairy sayings. These were cut into strips and matted on black card.

I added gems and sequins to each page for extra spsrkle.

The pages are held in place with small turquoise ring binders.

Here is the back page:

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A card:

I used some toadstool meadow design paper that I already had. This fairy, also from Darling PIxies, was fussy cut, inked around the edges and placed on foam pads to slightly elevate her off the background. Lots of Sticles clear 

glitter was added to her wings.

The dimension can be seen below:

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A set of Trinchies:

These are small pieces of work measuring 3 x 3 inches.

I used distress oxide inks to make the backgrounds using the  dipping and dabbing into puddles of ink method. I added some smaller images from the Darling Pixies collage set and embellished them with gemstone trim and hand made, die cut flowers and foliage.

Often people ask what the use of small art is. Well, these trinchies, just like ATCs make a good focal point for small cards. Below I simple adhered one trinchie to a plain scalloped edged kraft card.

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A Fairy Land light up jar:

For this I used a used lidded candle jar. I added moss to the base along with some pebbles. I made a backdrop from design paper and added a dried thistle, some tiny alder cones and some dried flowers. The fairy was fussy cut from the Darling PIxies collage sheet and fixed in the jar along with a string of LED lights.

The Darling Pixies collage sheets can be purchased here:

Darling Pixies

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Fairy Landss' 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 May with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : 'FairyLands'

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. 

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. 

Gecko Galz: Sea Goddess Booklet

Hello

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

The theme this month is Sea Goddess.

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.:

It's a minibook using images from Goddess of the Sea.

I die cut the pages from card and used a spatula to spread several shades of PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic Paint over each surface. I stamped some fishes (PaperArtsy stamp) and heat embossed them with antique gold powder. I added some white paint splatters and embossed random patches of gold as well as swiping the edges of the booklet in Versamark and embossing them in gold.

The title is stamped with letter blocks and heat embossed in gold.

The pages are held together with a hinged silver ring binder clip.

Each image is edged in gold. 

The image edges were swiped though a Versamark ink pad and then dipped in gold embossing powder and heated.

I die cut some sea grass and seaweed from gold paper.

I fussy cut several shell images from the 'She Sells Sea Shells' paper pack, inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink, and added them in front of the sea grasses and seaweeds.

I also added some white embossed fishes.

Here is the back page of the booklet:

Gecko Galz Products Used:
Goddess of the Sea (collage set)             She Sells Sea Shells (paper pack)

              

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Next I made some digital pieces.

Beauty and the Beach

Here I have one of the Goddess of the Sea images (with background removed) digitally added to one of the Summer Seas Tin Topper images. The wooden background is from the Woodwork ATC set. I added extra blue flowers to the four corners. 

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Let the Sea Set you Free

The background image is another of the Summer Seas Tin Topper images. I added a girl character(removed from her background) from Take Me to the Shore.  The clusters of shells are from image SS05 and the She Sells Sea Shells paper pack and the boardwalk background is an ATC from the Shabby Chic Collection.

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The Ocean is Calling.

The shell frame is from my stash. I used one of the Summer Seas Tin Toppers for the shore image and added a little girl, with the background removed, from the 'Take me to the Shore' collage set. The board walk background is from the Shabby Chic ATC Collection.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our 'Sea Goddess' 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 July with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : Sea Goddess 

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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