Gecko Galz: Signs of Summer

 Hello

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

The theme this month is Signs of Summer..

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

It's a Tag Booklet:

I cut tags from cream card and used a brayer and PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints to  colour them. The paint was vibrant and needed toning down, so I stamped a wavy pattern with Versamark and used white embossing powder. Once the tags were constructed into a booklet, I used the Good Vibrations ATC set for the background images and fussy cut images from the Sweet Summer Days collage set for the focal images. I added gold sticker borders around the background images. I typed and printed some summer sentiments and cut them into strips to add to each page.

Here is the front cover:

And this is the back cover:

The first two pages:

The middle pages:

And the last pages:

And here is the tag booklet opened up:

Preparation

1. Cut Tags.

2. Brayer paint.

3. Heat Emboss to tone colours down.

4. Ink around edges of each tag in black ink

5. Bind tags together to form the booklet (painted strips of paper).

6. Add ribbon for the tie mechanism under the front and back covers.

7. Decorate with chosen images.

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I also made a wall hanging:

I enlarged images from the Beachy Jewel It collage set and mounted them onto drink mats which have a textured wood background. I distressed the edges of the images and inked in Vintage Photo ink. I made two copies of each image and fussy cut elements from the second images to add on foam tape, making each tile 3-D. I used a crop-a-dile to punch holes in the mats and threaded twine and wooden beads

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A set of note cards:

I used images from Beachy Jewel It and Beach Signs collage sets.. Some elements are decoupaged to make the images three dimension. I inked the background mats in Distress Oxides and popped them onto white cards.

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And finally, two digital scrapbook pages using the Summer Sweeties collage set:

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Signs of Summer 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 in July with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Signs of Summer"

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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Path of Positivity: Never Give Up on Your Dreams

 

Hello

Welcome to the Path of Positivity Challenge..

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. We have decided that our overall theme for 2024 will be THE POWER OF WORDS.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by quotes about Dreams.

Here are this month's quotes, but you can choose your own:

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?” — George Bernard Shaw

 

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ― C.S. Lewis

“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” ― Anonymous

“Goals are dreams brought to life.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree  

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” ― Walt Disney

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.

Here is my DT project.

I smooshed white card through puddles of Distress Oxide, dipping and drying in-between applications. When dry, I stamped this beautiful woman from Lost Coast Designs directly onto the background and again onto white card. I fussy cut the woman and adhered her over the stamped image. I added some floral stamping (Rubber Dance) in tone on tone Versafine inks and stamped the sentiment from Visible Image.

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That's all for now.

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 #122 Path of Positivity.

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:

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Conjurer of Dreams: What's Your Story?

 

Hello

Today I'm sharing some projects I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more.

The theme this month is What's Your Story?.

Here is what I made:

I created my images digitally in PicMonkey, then printed them out and mounted them onto a blended Distress Oxide background, heat embossed in silver with a Scripted Circled stamp from AALL & Create.

This card used images from the Magical Library and Grumpy Senior Lady Librarian.

This card used a Grumpy Senior Crafter which was a gift from Kim, the owner of CoD..

I also made a bookmark, using old book papers, inked with Distress inks and a brayered acrylic background. I used my Crop-o-dile to make a hole and died ribbon with inks to thread through.

The image here is from Fantasy Book Stack.

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And some digital projects:

Book of Lost Worlds and Grumpy Senior Lady Librarian.

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Grumpy Senior Lady Librarian

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Fantasy Book Stack.

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Book of Lost Worlds and Fantasy Book Stack.

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Conjurer of Dreams products used:

 

Book of Lost Worlds

Fantasy Book Stack

Grumpy Senior Lady Librarian

Magical Library

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That's all for now.

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Path of Positivity: Starry Nights

 

Hello

 Welcome to the Path of Positivity Challenge. #121.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. We have decided that our overall theme for 2024 will be THE POWER OF WORDS.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by quotes about Art /Creativity.

Here are this month's quotes, but you can choose your own:

“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” — Albert Einstein

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Pablo Picasso

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” — Edgar Degas

“You use a glass mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw

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.

Here is my midway DT project.

I made two postcards which I will place in my A6 journal. 

My all time favourite artist is Van Gogh and I had these lovely Mosaic Sky images from Conjurer of Dreams, so I decided to put them to use. 

I made a finger painted background using PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics, adding blobs and swirls of colour in three shades of blue (Inky Pool, Shutters and Southern Skies). I then watered down some gold paint and splattered all over and swiped the remaining gold paint along the edges.

I matted two of the images onto gold paper and sourced an image of Van Gogh from Gecko Galz. I fussy cut him and inked around the edges in Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I typed two Van Gogh quotes, printed them out and cut them into strips to add at the base of the postcards.

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That's all for now.

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 #121 Path of Positivity.

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:

Perfect Time to Craft #5 AG 28/05

Creative Inspiration Challenges #14 AG 30/05

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

* Gecko Galz: Floral Dreamland

 Hello

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

The theme this month is Floral Dreamland..

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

It's a Mini Pocket Tag Booklet:

The images are all from Gecko Galz. I used Blooming Ladies,  

Floral Tea (one of last month's 'free with purchase' collage sheet), the tea cup collage set from April 2024's monthly kit called Douces Fleurs Du Printemps (not in the shop just yet) and sentiments from Garden Sentiments.

The front of the booklet:

The back of the booklet:

And the booklet opened up:

I made the booklet with white card, then added the brayered acrylic painted backgrounds which were heat embossed in white using a Tim Holtz floral background stamp. The edges of the pages were inked. The inside pages form three pockets for the tags to be tucked inside. The tags have paint splatters and flower images.

Page 1

Page 2:

Page 3:

Page 4

I'd like to enter my mini book into these challenges:

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #229 AG 18/05

* Unicorn Challenge #98 For the Girls 28/05

* Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge AG May 29/05

* Creative Inspirations May Feminine 31/05

* 613 Avenue Create May AG 31/05

* Outlawz Card Free Zone Challenges May 31/05 TOP PICK

* A Place to Start May For a Lady 31/05

* Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #255 Use Lace or Pearls 11/06

* Mini Album Mania #5 15/06 WINNER

I also made a set of cards:

I used my favourite ATCs (Dream Garden) for the centre piece and used a scalpel to cut along the florals. I tucked a dancing lady into the opening so that she appears to be dancing through the garden flowers. The background is floral glittered paper from my stash.

I'd like to enter my trio of cards into these challenges:

* Crafty Catz Challenge #671 AG?Summer 16/05

* Creative Fingers Challenge #277 AG 17/05

* Perfect Time to Craft #5 AG 28/05

* Patties Creations Challenge #218 AG 31/05

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And lastly, two digital collages:

I used the Carved Flowers paper pack for the backgrounds. The lady in purple is one of the Blooming Ladies, whilst the lady in cream is one of the Romantic Ballerinas.

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Floral Dreamland 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 in June with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Floral Dreamland"

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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Path of Positivity: Express Yourself with Art

Hello

 Welcome to the Path of Positivity Challenge. #121.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme. We have decided that our overall theme for 2024 will be THE POWER OF WORDS.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by quotes about Art /Creativity.

Here are this month's quotes, but you can choose your own:

“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” — Albert Einstein

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Pablo Picasso

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” — Edgar Degas

“You use a glass mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw

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.

Here is my DT project.

I used an old Woodware stamp called Van Cat and coloured him with Copics. He was fussy cut and I made him a paint splattered background using a star stencil from AALL & Create to add Oxide inks to the background then I added stamped splatters (also an AALL & Create stamp) in Versafine. The sentiment is a mixture of words from Visible Image and AALL & Create.

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That's all for now.

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 #121 Path of Positivity.

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:

Perfect Time to Craft #5 AG 28/05

Creative Inspiration Challenges #14 AG 30/05

SUYP Challenge #100 AG with Cats 30/05

Simply Create Too #200 Add an Animal 31/05

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo