Day 18 of 31 days of Halloween

 Good morning and Hello, I'm here with a wall hanging.

Stamps Used:

Pumpkin

Halloween saying

Small ATC cats

So, this is a upcycle project. I started out with a piece of cardboard from a box. I then painted it off white and I did do some stenciling in it with the same color, but it is hard to see it the photo. I set that aside to dry and started on the next thing.

Next, I stamped the Pumpkin and colored it with copic markers. I cut it out and cut off the stem. I didn't need it because the cat was sitting on top.

Then I stamped a cat from the Small ATC cats and colored and cut it out.

When the cardboard wall hanging was dry, I took the Halloween saying and stamped it randomly all over the sides of the wall-hanging.

I then glued the pumpkin and the cat into the middle and punched to holes on top and added a string and you have yourself a upcycle wall-hanging.

Come join the Halloween fun here

Last of the warm days

 Hello, today I have a journal page using Fox and Found Studio collage sheets.

Sheets Used:

1950 bathers

Butterfly scrap

Travel ticket 

Map circles

I started by painting the background with a light purple and giving it a gray wash in the middle. I then took a stencil and some off white and put it in 3 spots on the journal page. Set aside to dry.

I then cut out some tickets from Travel ticket and a circle from the Map circles and made a cluster and glued them down. 

Next, I cut out a butterfly from Butterfly scrap and a lady from the 1950 bathers and glued the wings on the back of the lady. I then glued them into my journal. 
Lastly, I added some green and gold dots to her bathing suit. 

ATC coins

 Goodmorning I'm here with some ATC coins for you. 

Stamps Used:

Carrie's Menagerie

Mouse 3

Cat 2

Giraffe

Mini crown set

I made the background with alcohol inks, stencils and paint. I used a punch out of the backgrounds I didn't think would make great card fronts. They made perfect ATC coins. 

I then stamped Mouse 3 on the bottom of one then stamped Cat 2 upside down on the top. Edged the coin with ink and added a snarky saying.

 

For the second one I stamped Giraffe in the center and then the Mini crown set all around, Edged this coin with ink and added a snarky saying. 

Come join the fun here.

Gecko Galz 11th annual blog hop

 Hello Everyone!

 

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 11th Annual Blog Hop

 

This is our Tricks and Treats Blog Hop! 

We have 16 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage sheets that we are giving you for FREE on each site! Each blog you visit will have a exclusive free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download, the one here is

"DREAM ART".

(Click Right the image below to save)

 

 

 

 

 

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit, and follow that design team member if you do not already and on the last blog there will be a phrase that you will email to us to be entered in our drawing for a wonderful treat pack.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FIVE amazing prizes up for grabs:

·        First is a Gecko Galz Kit Club for 2022!

·        Second prize is a $75 Shopping spree with Gecko Galz.

·        Third prize is a $50 shopping spree!

Fourth prize is a $25 shopping Spree!

·        And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz PRODUCTS!!! This includes the 6 new collage sheets each quarter, a new stamp set each quarter, a new Craft Kits each quarter, 3 ATC collections, A Sentiment pack each quarter, and one jewel it collection!

ATCoin

Digital postcard

ATC

ATC

ATC

Mini slimline

Card

Card

Paper bag junk journal 

page 1

page 2

page 2

page 4

page 5

 

First of all, you will need to visit all 16 blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect the phrase at the end of the hop on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz at geckogalz2019@gmail.com.

This enters you in the give Away. On October 31st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names  in our Newsletter on November 1st.

 

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE between the 28th of October and the 31st of October and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

 

Now have fun visiting each Blog

 

Gecko Galz

Kim Rayko

Robin Francini

Gail Hutchinson

Mia

Susan Renshaw

Rene Van Wyk

Kelly Parker

Anirudh Kashyap

                     Zowie Dixon

Cathy Norton 

Marcia Caradinta

Carole Jones

Angela Fretwell

Gerri Herbst

Leanne Seed

--

We are the music makers,
    And we are the dreamers of dreams,

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Mail Art

 May the 4th be with you. I just had to say it. Anyway I have some mail art to share with you today for the challenge over at the Lost Coast blog. 

                                                      Stamps Used:

                                                     Pieces of calligraphy 

                                                     Postage 

                                                     Butterfly set

                                                    Grunge diamond background

                                                   Mail art

                                                   Door and window set

I made this first one with the left over gouache. I painted the envie and let it dry. I then went and picked out my stamps I wanted to use, When I the gouache was dry I painted the white address boxes and dried that. I then stamped Pieces of calligraphy  , Grunge diamond background , Butterfly set and Postage  randomly all over the envie in black ink. I took a fine tip black marker and drew lines around the address boxes. 

 

For my second one I made I used distress spray inks and oxide for them. I have 2 pinks one of them is the oxide a orange and a yellow. Then I splattered some teal ink on it.

This one I stamped the   Door and window set over the address label. I had a mask on it. I used a pink oxide ink. Then I stamped   Grunge diamond background, Mail art randomly in it. 

 

I hope you will join the fun with this new challenge of mail art on the blog. 

Mail art

                                                          Happy May Day

We have a new challenge over at Lost Coast blog. Mail art. What a fun challenge for the next 2 weeks. 

I got to start this challenge. I used some gouache paints, a stencil and  Pieces of Calligraphy, Daisy Flourish and Bugz Set . 

Neon Hippie Gnome

 Hello all I'm here with a neon card for you for Lost Coast designs.

Stamps used: sunglass gnome

Horizontal party hats

I started out with some white cardstock and 3 colors of neon paint. I but 3 blobs of paint on my craft mat and took a brayer to them and rolled it on the paper. Set aside to dry. 

Stamp sunglass gnome and color his strips with neon markers. I bet you could use highlighters if you didn't have neon markers. I colored the rest of the sunglass gnome with copic markers. Cut out. 

Now back to the piece that has the neon paint. I die cut it to fit on the front of the card. Also I stamped

the Horizontal party hats in the same neon colors as the paints but they didn't really show up. You can knida see it on the top of the blue. I then felt it need something so I took a butterfly stencil and some black paint and added that. 

Lastly I added washi tape for the gnome to stand on and added to a dark brown card base. 

                                                    

I hope you will join in your hat challenge here.

Color combo challenge

Here is a card I did for the start of the color combo challenge over at Lost Coast Design blog. I used Tim Holtz paints and his white paint resist technique that I saw on one of his Saturday demos.
All stamps are from Lost Coast Designs

Don't forget Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda is still having a sale 25% off. Come check it out.

Day 5 for Gecko Glaz 24 tags of Christmas

Hello all I'm back. Needed to take a little brake. For today I have a tag I made for Gecko Glaz,

I started out with a normal tag. I used Distress Sprays and Distress Oxide sprays to make the background. 

Next I grabbed a snowflake stencil and some white paint. I spread the paint through the stencil and set aside to dry.

Then the die cutting time. I used a 3D embossing die and a snowflake die. I used sliver stardream paper to cut them out.

Now the hard part (well not really) Trying to decide what image to use from Jack Frost collage set. 

Tear it all around the image and glue it to the tag. Glue the bottom and the die cuts around the tag. add some glitter washi tape because you can and a Christmas saying and you are done.

Come check out all the rest of my team mates tags and other artwork at the Gecko Glaz blog.

Things that start with the letter B

Hello all. I'm over at Lost Coast Designs blog today with my Things that start with the letter B. Mine are bees, bubbles, butterfly and blue.

Please come and see how I made them here. Also don't forget to enter your Things that start with B over here. You could have a chance to win some rubber money.

I'm also entering in the "B" Happy  at Frilly and Funkie

https://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.com/2018/07/b-happy.html

Walking together

                                                    Happy Valentine's Day to all.
I made this card for the Boys, Boys, Boys challenge over at Lost Coast Portal. You still have time to join in the fun.

 This is how I made the card. I started with a white 8x11 piece of cardstock. Grabbed some paints and my fingers and painted the whole thing. Set aside to dry. Then on a scrap piece of white cardstock I stamped Thick and Thin Men. Then I cut them out.

When dried I grabbed some different stencils and some black paint and added to the paper.

 Next I stamped Doodle Circles on the paper and I then cut them out. you can see it here. I then placed them all over on the card front.

Then I added the stamped image the front of the card and I called it done.

 

For Him

Frist I painted the burlap heart in black paint. Let dry. Then I went over it in blue paint let dry. I stamped the Pocket watch with flowers  stamp in brown ink all over the pattern paper. Next I took peacock pocket watch and stamped it in blue all over the paper. Then I took the tag and stamped for him on it. Then I layered it on the heart, then on the card.

 

Hello There Cathy N here with a quick idea for this month's challenge at blank page muse . The challenge is color play: turquois, sliver and sparkle...

 I started out with a scrap sheet of watercolor paper and painted in the turquois and sliver colors

Next I stamped chicken wire stamp, Olde Tyme Hands,  Old style key with top hat(didn't ink the hat part) , small wavy flourish and border stamp

To make the card I just cut a strip of the paper I made and added it to a white card front. Next I stamped feathered pair of wings on black cardstock and embossed in white. Then I stamped the dress form and colored it with distress inks then I added sparkle to it.

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