Welcome February!!

It's a brand new month at

Gecko Galz

and you know what that means!

Lots of new treasures to work with!

IN fact, the theme for this month's Kit Club is

VINTAGE LADIES/COQUETTES

Isn't that awesome!

 Here is one of my creations with the new products:

Crop Garden Birds Collage Sheet.
Duplicate layer and extract butterfly.
Extract woman from Pretty Victorians Collage Sheet
Apply Photo Mask (Amanda Sok) to paper
Place woman on top of Garden Birds Paper
Place on paper from Coquette Paper Collection
Apply bevel.
Crop tag from Vintage Tag Digital Collage Collection
Add bird stamp from French Connections Stamp Set
Change blending mode to "multiply"
Place tag at bottom right of piece.
Apply drop shadow.
Duplicate tag and place at top, in front of background paper.
Place butterflies on top.
Apply Drop; Shadow.
Merge Layers. 

Ooh La La Indeed!

 Here is another one:

Place text stamp from French Connections Digital Stamp Set on white cardstock
Set blending mode to "multiply"
Place stamp of woman from French Connections Digital Stamp Set over text.
Set blending mode to "multiply"
Apply photo mask by Amanda Sok to image
Place on blue paper from Coquette Papers Set
Apply photo mask by Amanda Sok to image
Place on top of beige cardstock
Apply photo mask by Paula Wright
Place border from Beautiful Borders Collage Sheet over top.
Erase section to show image
Place image on paper from Love Potion #9 Paper Set
Apply template by Paula Wright
Place on paper from Coquette Papers Paper Set
Add word art from Coquette Icons Set
Apply Bevel
Place on top of paper from Parisian Dreams Paper Set
Apply bevel
Add border overlay and flowers by Tracy Martins Designs.
Add leaves by Manuela Zimmerman
Add texture by Bonnie Zeiman, erase and change blending mode to "overlay"
Merge layers 

This month's Customer Challenge is 

Vintage Ladies 

And here is my sample for the challenge:

Print onto white cardstock image of ladies from Coquette Digital Stamp Set
Colour with watercolour pencil crayons
Tear edges
Apply Ranger Distress inks (Weathered Wood and Victorian Rose) to image and edges
Layer pink glitter paper (Michaels), pastel paper by Webster's Pages,
and coloured image to kraft paper card base
Embellish with bits of ribbon, Stickles glitter, butterfly and washi tape (unknown) 

I call it "Friends" and am giving it to a dear friend for her birthday in a few weeks.

You can find this month's beautiful products at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop