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I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1850 AG 24/12 (#2)

* Crafty Cardmakers #224 Christmas 24/12 (#2)
* TTCRD AG 25/12

* Classic Design Team Challenge #12 27/12 (#2)

* A Bit More Time to Craft #82 AG 29/12 (#2)

* Creatalicious Challenges #153 AG 30/12 (#2)
* Digi Choosday #51 AG 08/01

* 613 Avenue Create #216 AG 04/01 (#5) Named Honour

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #96 AG 04/01 (#2)
* Papercraft Challenges #27 Merry Christmas 07/01

Monday, 17 December 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Matilda 2019

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Hello!

Today we have a new release at Vera Lane Studio. It is Matilda 2 and she is back to celebrate 2019! She comes in a 4 digi set: 1 plain dress, 2 patterned dresses and one 2019 New Year dress.

Here is the card I made:

Matilda is wearing one of the patterned dresses and she is coloured with Copics. She has Stickles glitter on her eyes and a somewhat fussy and sparkly background to match her sentiment. The background paper is a gelli print made with a flourish background stamp. I finger painted the edges of the card with gold paint and added some stamped flourishes and some stencilled gold Sparkle Medium. Matilda is grounded on some glitter washi tape and her sentiment is from Tim Holtz's Small Talk sticker pad.

Matilda 2

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:

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #96 AG 04/01

* Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1850 AG 24/12

* A Gem of a Challenge #233 AG 22/12 (#2)

* Crafty Cardmakers #224 Christmas 24/12 (#2)

* Classic Design Team Challenge #12 27/12 Highly Commended

* A Bit More Time to Craft #82 AG 29/12

* Creatalicious Challenges #153 AG 30/12

*613 Avenue Create #216 AG 04/01 (#4)

Monday, 10 December 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Christmas Cheer

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Hello!

For my DT day at Vera Lane Studio I made a fun Christmas card.

I used one of the elves from Christmas Cheer and coloured her with Copic markers, adding highlights with a white Posca pen. I fussy cut her and two trees from the set, leaving a thin white border. I made the background with Distress Oxides adding water droplets to bleach out some colour and also white paint splatters to replicate snow fall. Two die cut snow mounds made from white card. These were added to the bottom portion and the card and the elf and trees were popped on foam pads for some dimension. The sentiment is from the Calm and Bright set. The edges of the card were inked in black and matted onto dark blue card, then attached to a white card base.

Christmas Cheer

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:

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Snow Queen"

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #95 AG 14/12 (#3)
* Crafting from the Heart #232 AG 16/12
* Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1849 AG 16/12
* A Gem of a Challenge #233 AG 22/12
* Crafty Cardmakers #224 Christmas 24/12
* That's Crafty #5 AG 02/01 (#2)
* 613 Avenue Create #216 AG 04/01 (#3)
* Dream Valley #192 Christmas 14/01

Sunday, 9 December 2018

Gecko Galz: Deck The Halls - Santa Art Doll and Angel Tree Ornament

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Hello!

Have you been following the 24 Days of Deck The Halls over at the Gecko Galz blog? The DT have made some incredibly beautiful pieces using vintage and retro images and stamps!

Today is day 8 and here is what I made:

Joyful Santa Art Doll:

This was so simple to make and looks lovely as a decorative piece on my window sill.

Santa stands on a base made from a cut down cardboard canister which has been painted with black acrylic paint. He stands 10 inches tall. The vintage Santa head is from the Christmas Icons collage sheet. I resized it and printed it twice, being sure to flip one image horizontally so that they could be lined up back to back. I fussy cut the images and inked the edges with Vintage Photo and then black ink. The simple shaped body is made from cardboard packaging - I made sure to leave a strip of cardboard where the head could be attached. The body is covered with Christmas paper from the Merry and Bright paper pack. The boots are made from thick black cardstock with a coating of Glossy Accents to make them shiny. A piece of florist wire was bent in half and attached to the body and down the legs so that Santa stands on top of the base. To finish, I added a black ribbon belt along with a gold coloured buckle I found in my stash. I gave him a fur collar and coat trim by glueing some Snow Fibre onto his coat.

I love how he turned out!

Angel Tree Decoration

My angel's head is from the Vintage Angels collage sheet. I made her gown from pink paper from the Victoria paper pack. The paper was pleated, gathered together at the top and glued in place. I added some gold paint along the pleats and along the bottom of the gown. Some cream lacy trim and some gold sequin waste were added along the front of the angel's gown. She was given feather boa wings and a gold tinsel pipe-cleaner halo. A piece of fancy ribbon trim was attached for hanging her on the tree.

I think she looks lovely!

There is still plenty time to play along in the December Gecko Galz Customer Challenge.
My Snow Queen projects can be seen here:

There is still time to join our December Snow Queen 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 $1 Wednesday deals!

Please pop 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 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. Come and join us!

I'll be back on the 22nd December with more Gecko Galz 'Deck The Halls' projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Closed Facebook group

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

Santa Art Doll
* Crafty Friends #98 Christmas 13/12 (#3)
* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #95 AG 14/12 (#2)
* Moving Along with the Times #86 AG 19/12
* Time Out #124 Joy 19/12
* Cardz TV #77 AG 20/12
* Crafty Calendar Christmas Time 28/12 (#3)
* Love to Scrap #116 Season's Greetings 31/12
* Through the Purple Haze #151 Vintage Christmas 31/12
* Crafting by Designs Holiday AG 31/12
* Crafters Castle #12 Christmas Ornament (#2) 01/01
* That's Crafty #5 AG 02/01

Angel Tree Hanging
* Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #415 AG 14/12
* Crafty Gals Corner #180 AG 18/12
* Creative Moments #158 AG 18/12
Creative Fingers #155 AG 21/12

* Merry Little Christmas AG Christmas 31/12

* Creative Inspirations Feeling Festive 01/01
* The Crafty Addicts #55 It's Christmas 02/12

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Gold Glitter Winter Scene

I am still having trouble with Blogger.

I'm sorry, but I cannot comment on blogs that only allow Google account users to leave comments. For some reason, if you have comment moderation then I can comment. I have no idea why and any suggestions are most welcome!

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Hello!

I'm sharing a quick Christmas card today. It really was so easy to make and looks stunning in real life!

I used a stencil from Imagination crafts called The Clearing. I taped it to my black card and applied Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium with a palette knife through the stencil. The stencil was peeled away and the paste left to dry. Once it was dry it was matted onto gold card and then attached to a 6 x 6 inch card base. A gold die cut Christmas sentiment was added as the final touch.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Hiding in my Craftroom #381 Christmas Colours 08/12 (#2)
* Crafting from the Heart #231 AG 09/12 (#2)
* Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1848 AG 09/12
* Crafty Sentiments AG 10/12
* TTCRD AG 4th Dec 11/12
* TIOT Winter Wonderland 11/12
* Southern Girls Challenge AG 12/12
* Cardz TV #76 AG 13/12 (#3)
613 Avenue Create #216 AG 04/01 (#2) TOP ROCKER

I'd really love some feedback :)

I read and appreciate all your comments.

Monday, 3 December 2018

Vera Lane Studio: Calm and Bright

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Hello!

It's Monday once more, so it's my turn to share my DT project for Vera Lane Studio. Today sees a new Christmas release called Calm and Bright. It's two beautiful Christmas Tree Girls and a sentiment. I love them!

I made a card, simply because you can never have too many Christmas cards.

As usual I used Copic markers to colour the images. I added white highlights and Crystal Stickles to the tree baubles and star and also to the girls eyelashes.

The background is a die cut panel over the top of a gelli print. I matted it onto green card which I edged in black ink before placing it onto a card base. I added the sentiment directly onto the background. The girls are popped on foam for some dimension and grounded by a strip of the gelli print. Some white glitter card stars were added as a final touch.

Calm and Bright

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: