* Gecko Galz: Retro Snowy Christmas

Hello

November is well and teeny underway and we have our ongoing monthly customer challenge at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Retro Christmas.

As always, we have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. 

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've been having some retro fun with retro Gecko Galz images. 

I made 2 snowmen ATCs with retro gift wrap style background paper. The cute snowmen are decoupaged and the snowbank is made from die cut glitter card.

The first snowmen is from the Frosty Collage Set and the sleigh snowman is from the Christmas Dreams Kit.

The papers are from the Retro Christmas ATC Collection.

These 2 cards are simple makes using collage images as card toppers: 

The images are from the Little Christmas Ladies collage set and they were adhered onto a die cut, red scalloped mat. The papers and the greetings are from the Christmas Dreams Kit.  I added some gold mesh trim under the main image for texture and a little sparkle.

And here is the card I made for the Customer  Inspiration blog post:

You can read about this HERE.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Retro Christmas 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 November with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : Retro Christmas"

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:

* Craft Rocket Challenges #98 Christmas/Winter 27/11

* Unicorn Challenge #82 Christmas is Coming 31/11

* Pearly Sparkles #79 Merry Christmas 28/11

* Crafty Friends #161 Christmas 28/11

* A Perfect Time to Craft Nov AG 28/11

* 12 Months of Christmas AG 30/11

* DragonflyDreams Christmas 01/12

* Creative Moments #240 Winter 10/12 Honourable Mention

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* Vera Lane Studio: Santa's Favourite

 Hello

As we welcome a new week it's my DT day at Vera Lane Studio and we have a new release today. It's a Christmas digi set called Santa's Favourite and it feature a cute girl elf and her dachshund as well as two sentiments.

I made a card:

The background was a mono print using Distress Oxides and an acrylic block. I added a little of Janet's AALL & Create 'Background Noise' stamps, using black around the edges to make a frame. The digis were coloured with Copics and Polychromos, then fussy cut and adhered onto washi tape to ground them. I added some chunky white embossing powder, cut the sentiment into strips and adhered them.

Santa's Favourite

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  

Here's all the info you need:

Vera Lane Studio Blog

***Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group***

Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel

Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape. 

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* INTASS #146 Christmas Card

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #193 AG 19/11

* My Time to Craft Christmas Elves or Gnomes 24/11 TOP 3

* Craft Rocket #98 Christmas/inter 27/11

* Dragonfly Dreams Christmas 02/12

* Ally's Angels #64 Christmas 10/12

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* Spooktacular Florals

 Hello

I wanted to play in the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's current challenge which is Spooktacular Florals. 

I made this card:

Normally, I'm not a fan of skulls, but this one from AALL & Create looks friendly enough :)

I stamped her onto white card and fussy cut her, popping her on foam tape for dimension. I made her a wreath of stamped, fussy cut and shaped flowers for her head, adding some glitter to the centres. The smooshed oxide background was inked with black around the edges and then I stamped her a floral background. 

I love this sentiment and thought it fitted Miss Skull nicely.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                    

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #155 Spooktacular Florals 14/11

   

* Path of Positivity: CAS Floral Greetings

  Hello

Welcome to the November Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that focuses on celebrating THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE.

Honours and Prizes include:

• $6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
• A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

I decided to make a trio of CAS cards as technically they are quite simple to make. However, in real life, I find them rather tricky (probably because I am a messy crafter) and am prone to get inky spots where there shouldn't be any.

It is no secret that I love all things to do with nature, so I chose simple grasses and wild flower stamps from Inkylicious along with simple, yet beautiful and bold sentiments.

The stamping was completed first and I used a stamp platform to make sure the silhouette stamps and words were crisp and black. Next I used torn paper as a mask on two sides of the base so that I could make a strip of colour. I used blending brushes and Distress Inks. The cards were matted onto black card then popped onto a white card base. 

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 #106 Path of Positivity.

 

That's all for today! 

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.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                                                                                            

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Krafty Chicks Challenge #636 Stamp Act 09/11

* Cupcake Inspirations #556 AG 12/11

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2245 AG 13/11

* Creative Fingers Challenge #242 17/11

* Classic Design Challenge #11 AG 27/11

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

* Vera Lane Studio: Sagittarius

 

Hello

It's time for another zodiac tag with the lovely Sagittarius from Vera Lane Studio.

I coloured this cutie with Copic markers. Her background was made with texture paste through an AALL & Create stencil which was then spritzed with all the pink sprays I own including distress, oxide and mica sprays. In real life it has beautiful shimmer. I heat embossed the heart background around the edges, added white splatters and then decided to edge with white embossing.

I added some torn washi to ground Sagittarius and dyed ribbon to match.

Sagittarius

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  

Here's all the info you need:

Vera Lane Studio Blog

***Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group***

Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel

Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape. 

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2245 AG 13/11

* A Gem of a Challenge #23 AG 18/11

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #193 AG 19/11

* Welove2create #11 AG 25/11

* Lets Crafts and Create #189 AG 30/11

* 613 Avenue Create Nov AG 02/12 TOP Rocker

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo 

* Crafts Galore Encore: Forest Friends

 

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 (GMT) 29th November.

This month's challenge is not sponsored by a company, but the winner will get a £15 Etsy Voucher to spend on whatever they like - of course we would like it to be on crafty products, but that is entirely up to the winner!

Here is my project using the adorable Forest Friends stamp set by Donna Gray, know as inkyandquirky on Instagram. The stamps are sold by Funky Fossil Designs. I love the folksy feel to these stamps.

My project started as ATCs. I made some inky backgrounds using an AALL & Create stencil with Brushos and Infusions pigments mixed together. I love the random effect this gives. Some gold splatters were flicked along with white acrylic and some black stamping was added with an AALL & Create stamp.

I stamped the Forest Friends in Versafine Nocture so that the lovely detail would not be lost, then clear embossed. I fussy cut around the image leaving a thin white border. The leaves and flowers were also created from the same set.

I added a piece of jute trim along the base of the card and trapped some gold mesh trim behind it. The focal images were popped on foam pads. I added a large gem to the centre of the flower and some tiny gems along the jute. The sentiments are Idea-ology Clipping Stickers.

Please pop over to Crafts Galore Encore to see the DT's wonderful designs. 

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:

INTASS #145 Happy Fall 05/11 TOP 3

Double Trouble #124 AG with critters 07/11 TOP 3

* Creatalicious Challenges #246 Fall 14/11

* The Four Seasons Challenge Nov Fall 25/11

* Critter Crazy #68 AG 25/11 DT Favourite

* Crafty Animals #67 27/11

* A Perfect Time to Craft #11 AG 28/11 HONOURABLE MENTION

* Classic Design Challenge #11 AG 28/11

* NBUS #44 31/11

I'd really love some feedback :)     

* Gecko Galz: Retro Christmas

 

Hello

November is here and we have a new customer challenge at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Retro Christmas.

As always, we have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. 

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.

Here is the card I made:

I used one of the images from Retro Skate Girl. I added it to an ATC from the Winter Wonderland set and popped it onto paper from an older, retired Gecko Galz paper pack. I die cut a glitter snowflake border, a large snowflake and a poinsettia flower with some foliage and added these as embellishments. Here is a close up:

Retro Skate Girls               Winter Wonderland ATC

 

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Retro Christmas 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 November with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : Retro Christmas"

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:

* PIP Challenges #2244 06/11

* TTCRD AG 08/11

* The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #127 AG 13/11

* Everybody's Art #523 Vintage 14/11

The Outlawz Colour Challenges # Nov 1 - 14 Blues 14/11

* TIOT Sparkle & Shine 14/11

* Unicorn Challenge #82 Christmas is Coming 31/11

* Pearly Sparkles #79 Merry Christmas 28/11

* Crafty Friends #161 Christmas 28/11

* 12 Months of Christmas AG 30/11

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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