* Gecko Galz: Vintage Garden

Hello!

I hope that you are all safe and well. 

The May customer challenge at the Gecko Galz blog is Vintage Botanicals and you still have a few days until it closes on the 29th May. We would love for you to join the challenge using one or more products from Gecko Galz.

For my DT post today, I have made an altered wooden money box:

I used the beautiful Dreams of Spring paper on each side of the box and edged it with Vintage Photo ink. I fussy cut images from the Spring Charms collage set and glued each to the background papers. Along the top edge of the box I added a strip of decorative pearl trim and some lovely ivory lace. I added a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker to each side.

Spring Charms                               Dreams of Spring
 

Next I made a faux set of tickets from kraft card:

I watched a You Tube video which inspired me to try this. The card was cut to size, scored and folded and the corners taken away using a hole punch. The edges and folds were aged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Where the tickets join one another I stitched on my sewing machine without thread to give the perforation lines. I added papers and manuscript along with tint pieces of cheesecloth. Next I adhered some pretty florals from the Flower Garden Jewel set and Wonderful Wildflower and butterflies from the Butterfly Kisses collage set.  The numbers were cut from a bingo card from the Alter It Collage sheet. Torn washi tape and Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers were added along with white paint splashes.

Flower Garden     Wonderful Wildflower     Butterfly Kisses


My final projects were made for the Customer Challenge Inspiration post on the 1st May:

If you are interested you can find the details of what I used here.

I hope you'll join our Vintage Botanicals 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 June with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Vintage Botanicals"

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:

Decorated Box:

* TIOT Challenge Lovely Ladies 26/05

* MAWTT #118 Flowers 30/05 TOP 3

* Dragonfly Dreams May Ribbons & Lace/ Pearls 31/05

* Through the Purple Haze #167 AG 31/05 TOP 3

* Crafters Castle May AG 31/05

* Arty Divas Challenge #22 AG 02/06
* Corrosive Challenges #5 AG 03/06
* Creative Cafters  #28 AG 08/06

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

* Gecko Galz: Spring Muse Notecard Set

Hello!

I hope that you all safe and well. 
If you need a distraction, then why not take a look at the Gecko Galz daily challenges. Just use one GG product to be in with a chance of winning a daily prize and everyone who plays along gets a collage sheet.

The April customer challenge at the Gecko Galz blog is Spring's Muse. We would love for you to join the challenge using one or more products from Gecko Galz.

Here is what I made for my DT post:

It is a set of 4 note cards with a Spring Muse theme.
I used the beautiful Dreams of Spring mini paper pack and distressed and inked the edges. I added images from various collage sheets and trimmed the cards with lace, pearls and burlap flowers.

I decided to make the cards into a gift set by making a wallet for them to rest inside:

Ode to the Muse        Colours of Spring
  

Dreams of Spring


I hope you'll join our Spring's Muse 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 May with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Spring's Muse"

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:

* Angies Digitalstamps #41 AG Spring 24.04
* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2016 AG 26/04

* A Perfect Time To Craft #4 27/04

* Classic Design Challenge  #4AG 29/04
* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #130 AG 02/05

* Double Trouble #55 Spring Things 03/05
* World Wide Open Design Team Challenge 12/05

* The Paper Girls #198 Girl Time 20/05

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

* Vintage Wedding Acceptance Card

Hello!

Today I am sharing a card that I was asked to make by one of my friends. Her son is getting married and she wanted a personalised acceptance card as she knew the bride and groom-to-be were making a keepsake album. 

My friend chose a photograph which the couple had taken just after he proposed. 

Here is the card I made:

 I changed the photo to sepia to fit in with the vintage/shabby chic style. I used Anna Marie design papers and distressed and lightly inked the edges. A corrugated cardboard tag was aged with white paint and the distressed edged photograph was mounted on foam pads. Lace and pearls were added to the base of the tag and some natural twine thread through the top.

The tag was raised on foam pads and some die cut Scrapinec embellishments tucked beneath it. Little Birdie mulberry paper flowers were grouped around the tag with some cheesecloth and natural dried flowers, as well as some looped twine.

I didn't have an 'Acceptance' stamp or die, but found a kraft 'Thank You' tag that I thought was suitable. Twine was threaded through the tag hole and it was popped onto the bottom of the card on foam pads.

Finally a lace butterfly was attached and some crystal Nuvo drops added randomly over the background papers.

That's all for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Creative Inspirations Sept Lace & Pearls 01/10
* Cute Card Thursday #601 Sentimental 02/10
* Crafty Catz #476 AG 03/10
* Creative Knockouts #317 AG 03/10
* Crafty Friends #119 Special Occasion 04/10
Scrappers Delights Sept AG 04/10
* Crafty Creations #399 AG 08/10
* As You Like It CAS or FAF 09/10
I choose FAF! With vintage or shabby chic distressed cards, I think the more elements, the better!
* Moving Along With The Times #107 Wedding/Anniversary 09/10

* Cardz TV #99 AG 10/10

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Gecko Galz: Vintage Valentines

Hello!

Today I'm sharing my project for Gecko Galz. 

The February challenge theme is 'Vintage Valentines'. 

I made this card:

My background is embossed mirror card matted onto black card.  The image is from Gecko Galz's 'A Rose is a Rose' collage sheet. I distressed the edges and inked with Vintage Photo. I made a mat out of cream card and sandwiched some frayed gauze in between. The pink paper is from the Star Crossed Paper Pack. I added some ivory lace down the left side, attached a raspberry ribbon and adhered some tiny flat-backed pearls. Two charms, a key and a heart, were attached on ribbon with a heart-shaped pearl. The sentiment was computer generated. 

I hope you'll join our 'Vintage Valentine' challenge. The winner gets a whopping $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, so check back through the blog and also look at the freebies on the Pinterest page, 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 hop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a Private Facebook Group where there are 5 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. Come and join us!

I'll be back on the 26th with more Gecko Galz projects.

  

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

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

Dream Valley Challenges #148 All About Love 04/02
Creative Moments #110 AG/Keep IT Feminine 06/02

Shopping Our Stash #288 Days of Yore 06/02

Tuesday Throwdown #328 Love Notes 06/02

Crop Stop #24 06/02

Mod Squad Challenge Hearts and Flowers 07/02

Create and Inspire challenges #58 AG 09/02 DT FAVOURITE

Crafty Cardmakers Love, Love, Love 12/02
Crazy Challenge #241 Romance

The Card Concept #66 Love & Romance (Photo Inspiration) 13/02

I was inspired by the pink rose and the deep pink/red foil hearts to make a vintage/shabby chic valentine card

Frilly and Funkie Be My Valentine 14/02
Pink and Main Challenges #18 Love 25/02

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

To leave a comment, please click on the G+1 button below.

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Thanks x

Gecko Galz: Let It Snow

Hello!
Happy New Year!

Here we are at the start of 2017.  I wonder what's in store for us all this year? Whatever it is, I hope you'll be happy and healthy and have plenty of time to create beautiful things.

Today I'm sharing my project for Gecko Galz. The January challenge is 'Let It Snow'. 
I made this card:

My basic card measures 5 inches by 5 inches, then it has the border on 3 sides which makes it 8 inches by 6.5 inches.

The background paper is from the Winter Wonderlands paper pack. I added some iridescent glue, using a Quickie glue pen, to some of the snowflakes. The border was die cut from white glitter card using a die from Yvonne Creations called Playful Winter Snowflake Border. The borders were attached to the back of the background paper, then the whole was adhered to the card base.

I used some tiny flower trim which I thought looked a little like snowflakes to cover the join between the border and the paper. In each corner I added a die cut snowflake with a jumbo flat-back pearl.

The beautiful image I used is from the new Winter Beauties collage sheet. I resized it to make it a little larger and distressed the edges and inked them in Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo. I placed the image on top of some frayed linen and attached them to the background on foam tape. Vintage-style lace was glued around the image and a couple of die-cut snowflakes were added.

These are the Gecko Galz products used:

Winter Beauties                             Winter Wonderlands
    

I hope you'll join our challenge. The winner gets 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, so check back through the blog (especially the blog hop page where you'll find links to the DT's blogs and be able to download free collage sheets) and also look at the freebies on the Pinterest page, 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 hop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a Private Facebook Group where there are 5 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. Come and join us!

I'll be back on the 26th with more card ideas for the challenge.



Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Vintage Journey Dec Winter Magic 04/01
A Gem of a Challenge AG Christmas 05/01
Winter Wonderland Challenge Someone Special/Happy New Year 05/01
Crimbo Crackers #123 Snow 11/01
Crafters Cafe #164 Monochromatic 13/01
Classic Design Team Challenge January 28/01
Fussy and Fancy Angels/ Fairies or Winter 02/02

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

To leave a comment, please click on the G+1 button below.

(If this does not open up the comments, please click either the link to this particular post in the sidebar, or click on the red heading at the top of the post and, hopefully, the comments will open).

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Vintage Birthday

Hello!




I won Top 3 at Dream Valley with this card


For my vintage card I chose a beautiful girl and butterfly image from Gecko Galz.  
Butterfly Wings can be found here and the girl was a from the free Gecko Galz subscribers collage sheet for June.
They are attached on foam pads onto Wildflower glitter design paper by TrimCraft. 
The butterfly was clear heat embossed to make it shine.



Gorgeous lace was added along the bottom of the card on to which ivory paper roses were adhered along with die cut leaves.

The glitter sentiment from Papermania was inked in vintage photo to age it and finally two pearl hearts were attached.

I'd like to enter these challenges:

Cardz4Galz Challenge 23 Vintage or Shabby


Dream Valley Challenges Challenge 133 Vintage
 I won Top 3! 

Broken Fairy Anything Goes with a twist of Vintage/Shabby Chic


Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes


xoxo