Baubles

credits:  Caroline B, On A Whimsical 

Adventure, Studio Flergs, Studio Manu

Hah!  I found time to make something!

It's for this week at 

Sunday Postcard Art

Thanks for stopping by!

Another Awesome Tag of Christmas!

Hey, it's Electra,

back with another Ho Ho Ho tag for you

using luscious holiday products from 

the Gecko Galz Etsy shop.

This one is totally digital.

But REALLY easy!

I cropped the Reindeer image from the

Reindeer Games  collage sheet.

Then I made a tag shape out of a paper from

A Magical Christmas kit 

by Studio Flergs.

I placed the reindeer over top of the tag,

and erased everything I didn't want

from around the reindeer.

I placed a couple of ornaments behind the reindeer.

Then I added a new layer over top

of the reindeer and painted wherever I had the

urge to paint, using the eyedropper tool, 

to match the colours to the Christmas ornaments.

I also used a "fireworks" brush tool

over top, with the same bright colours.

Then I topped it off with a few more ornaments

hung from her (his?) antlers.

I gave the reindeer bright blue eyes.

A bow finished the whole

thing off!

(The ornaments and bow were also from A Magical Christmas kit by Studio Flergs.)

And now you have a digital tag that you can

print off and use on a card,

or as a gift tag!

How are your preparations going for the upcoming holiday?

Are you feeling stressed?

You know, a great way to de-stress is to make art.

Just pour yourself a cuppa whatever it is

that helps you relax and make something fun.

That's what I do anyways.

And it works for me.

Make time for yourself.

You deserve it.

And have fun, what ever you are doing!

Thanks for stopping by today!

One Horse Open Sleigh

for Digital Whisper

(thanks for the nudge, Patti)

credits: Angelaz Creations, Wordart by Dido Designs, paper by Holliewood Studios

It's a busy time for me! 

Not because it's Christmas. That's the easy part,

but because a couple of other women and I are on a mission to open 

an Emergency Women's Shelter in our town.

We have no land, no building, a little money

and a lot of determination.

sigh.

But we are going full force to raise awareness

AND have created our Non-Profit Society.

Even though you may not live where we do, 

it would sure to great if you could like and share our Facebook page.

That's of course, if you think this is a good thing

that we are doing.

In one week, we have gotten 309 likes.

The more the better!

https://www.facebook.com/cochraneshelter/

Thanks, friends, I really appreciate your help!

hugs from Electra

Gecko Galz Awesome Tags of Christmas!

Welcome to the Awesome Tags of Christmas celebration

courtesy of Gecko Galz !

It's my turn to show you my tags....

Are you on the Naughty or the Nice list?

for this tag, I printed out a rectangle of the

paper from the Merry and Bright Paper Pak.

I cut it out in a tag shape the size I wanted.  

I edged it with some Peacock Distress Ink.

Then I printed out and fussy-cut the lady from the

Holiday Ladies Collage Sheet Set

Place over the background whatever embellies
you have laying around. 

In this case I used a piece of ribbon
from the Dollar Store,

a piece of stick-on bling from Mikey's and an

acetate paisley thingie I honestly think
I have had for about 10 years.

I put the lady over top of those items.

I blinged her up with stickles on her dress,
lips and tree hat (!?!)

and gave her bling dot earrings.

A sentiment from another embellie from Mikey's...

I punched a hole in the top and threaded some ribbon
through it that was leftover from one of last year's

Christmas gifts,

and it's done!

Oh yeah, this is really important:
Sing Jingle Bells while you make your tag.

See how easy that was!?

And a great way to use up bits and bobs 

of Christmas stuff that you have in your stash!

Each tag was created in the same way.

Print out a background paper of your choice using any of

your favourite Gecko Galz Paper Paks.

Print and cut out any image that makes you smile

using any of the Gecko Galz Collage Sheets.

And pull out your Christmas stash and
decorate to your little heart's content.

Singing Jingle Bells while you make your tag, of course,

And the best part of all is that
you can pick from oodles of yummy
Christmas Papers and elements at our
Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Remember, if you leave a comment here on my blog
and on the Gecko Galz blog you will be
entered in our daily December giveaway!

Well, that's about it for now.

Be sure to check out all the Christmas goodies over at the

Gecko Galz Etsy shop

Psst, can I tell you a secret?

With Gecko Galz BOGO Sale this weekend only!

When you make a purchase at the Gecko Galz store this weekend  Thursday December 8- Sunday December 11 when you purchase 1 item you get a second of equal or lesser value for FREE! Purchase the products you want from the shop then email us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com your list of FREE items and we will send them right over. This will also place you in our weekly purchase and win drawing...so come discover all the new products from Gecko Galz and SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!

and remember to get your jingle on!

See you soon!

Snowmen

I haven't been participating in any challenges lately.

And I have been neglecting my blog.

That's not to say, mind you, that I am not making art,

cus I am.

But I guess all artists go through phases

and right now I am scrapbooking my little heart out

with photos of my gorgeous grandkids.

And my other photography.

Here are a couple of examples to prove that I really AM.

Now I realize it's super boring looking at pictures

of someone else's grandkids, so

I will get to the real point of this post.

Digital Whisper's Snowmen Challenge

I forgot how MANY

digital elements I have.

Good grief!

But in this case I give credits to Eena's Creation, Rucola Designs, Just So Scrappy, Pink Lotty and Lefkoi Lykoi

What fun!

I may have to get back at this for the Christmas season!

See you soon, probably.

And thanks if you stopped by!

December Customer Challenge

It's time for a brand new customer challenge

for a brand new month at 

Gecko Galz!

Yesiree!!

AND

it's the 12-Days of Christmas Tags

this month too!

I made you a totally digital tag.

I cropped the Reindeer image from the

Reindeer Games  collage sheet.

Then I made a tag shape out of a paper from

A Magical Christmas kit 

by Studio Flergs.

I placed the reindeer over top of the tag,

and erased everything I didn't want

from around the reindeer.

I placed a couple of ornaments behind the reindeer.

Then I added a new layer over top

of the reindeer and painted wherever I had the

urge to paint, using the eyedropper tool, 

to match the colours to the Christmas ornaments.

I also used a "fireworks" brush tool

over top, with the same bright colours.

Then I topped it off with a few more ornaments

hung from her (his?) antlers.

A bow finished the whole

thing off!

(The ornaments and bow were also from

A Magical Christmas kit by Studio Flergs.)

And you have a digital tag that you can

print off and use on a card,

or as a gift tag!

Isn't that special?

Now get busy and start on

your Christmas projects (if you haven't already)

Gecko Galz Christmas is Comin'!

Ho Ho Ho!

Are you getting into the Christmas spirit yet?

Counting down....
The theme for November is Deck The Halls
and it's a great way to get into the Christmas spirit.

You still have time to get in on this month's customer challenge.
All the deets are Gecko Galz
And there you will not only find incredible
inspiration from our talented Design Team,
you will find free stamps each and every day!
Here are my pieces for the month:

All of the items I used to create
these little treasures can be found at the
Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

AND

I made this one at the last minute,

just for you

so you can see how easy it is

to make gorgeousness with

Gecko Galz products:

Use the "Dashing Through The Snow" paper

from the Peppermint Lane mini paper pak.

Extract that ADORABLE little reindeer from 

the Reindeer Games collage sheet.

(I used the magnetic lasso to do this)

Place the reindeer

(I've named him Wayne) over the paper

and apply a drop shadow to him.

Add the Wordart behind the reindeer.

(I think this was an old Gecko Galz freebie,

but I'm not positive about that, sorry)

Put the candy cane frame behind the wordart.

(I used one by Just So Scrappy)

Then place the stitching around the edges.

(That is an overlay by Akizo Designs)

Save it as a jpeg.

And you have a digital Christmas card!

I used Photoshop Elements to do all this.

NOW,

here is the cool part:

You can do almost all of this 

with paper and scissors!

Just print the papers and elements out, cut them out with your scissors, 

and glue it all together!

You can stitch around the edge with your

actual sewing machine.
(or a needle and thread,
if you don;t have an actual sewing machine)

Easy Peasey!

Get the paper and reindeer at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

And before I forget, here is your free stamp for the month:

And here is something I made with it:

Like I said:

Ho Ho Ho!

Are you getting into the Christmas spirit yet?

Counting down....

See you soon.

Thanks for coming by!

Autumn and Metal

Yes, my friends,

that is the current theme over at

Mixed Media Mojo

Autumn is my favoirte season and

it's all too short here

in my neck of the woods.

(Where did that saying come from, anyways?)

Here is my project:

Once again, I cannot tell you

from where all these elements came, cus

once again, I had my stash box out.

I have a moratorium on buying any paper

scrappbooking stuff,

cus it seems all I am every doing

is digital.

So I am on an element-diet.

And that means,

I have to use up my old stuff.

Do you have waytoomuch old stuff

like me?

(I know, silly question)

The metal is the leaves that I cut out with

some Sizzix dies. I covered them with

plumber's tape, coloured them with 

Rangers alcohol inks and embossed them with a

Darice embossing folder.

Anyways, thanks for coming by

and have a funny day!

Our World Tuesday

WARNING!!!

Just one last one for Halloween...

Mwahahahahaha!

Tuesday Our World

Deck The Halls

Hi There, Gecko Galz Girls!

Did you have a good time at our Blog Hop?

I sure did,

what an amazing Design Team we have,

don'tcha think?

And now, it's a brand new month

and as you know that means,

a brand new Customer Challenge.

(and I know you got some Christmas Collage Sheets in your stash now,

from the blog hop)

You're going to want to see

what the talented designers have made to

get your creative juices going

for this month's challenge!

I made this for you:

All papers and images and words

can be found at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

You can find all the deets for

this month's challenge at

Gecko Galz

Make sure to check it out and

get your "decking" started for

Christmas!

Thanks for coming by!

Mural Monday

We found this in Sandpoint, Idaho.

The entire alley is murals,

it's awesome!

Mural Monday

Thanks for coming by!

October Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 6th Annual Blog Hop

This is your Fifteenth stop on a wonderfully Wicked 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! Each blog you visit will have another free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to down load, the one here is

"Nouveau Beauties".

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit 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 FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:

·        First is a Gecko Galz shopping spree for $100!

·        Second prize is a $50 Shopping spree with Gecko Galz.

·        Third 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 paper pack each quarter!

 This is a $100 value!

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.

This enters you in the contest. On October 31st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names on the Gecko Galz blog site.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE between the 27th of October and the 30^th 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) 

Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet

“Nouveau Beauties”

I had so much fun with this sheet!

Here are my samples:

and just so you don't think that

the only projects you can create

with this lovely sheet are digital,

I made a card.

Now have fun visiting each Blog

Gecko Galz

Gerri Herbst

Barbara Bird

Nancy Smith

Lena Hermanson

Dana Tater

Michele Storms

Jackie Neal

Vicki Romaine

Margaret Ashby

Tracy Sagriff

Katie Lamb

Heather Hudson

Marilyn Hughes

Leanne Seed

If you did not start at the Gecko Galz Blog you might want to start there so you will not miss a thing!

Gecko Galz Blog Hop

Thanks for coming by!

Jack O Lantern

credits:  Gecko Galz, Brandy Murray, Athol, and Cherie

for Digital Whisper

Not A Creature Was Stirring

for the amazing

Jingle Belles

Christmas Card Challenge

(by the time Christmas comes around,

I will have more cards

than friends to give them to)

Electra, over and out.

Shhh, Let's Be Wordless

Wordless Wednesday

Thanks for coming by!

An Autumn Day

Challenge #18 at

Anything But Cute

is 

An Autumn Day

So I dug out my autumn bin and

made this!

Most everything would be from Mikey's,
The background is a mixture of Ranger distress inks and Inka Gold.

although the "Leaf-Being" and ATC paper

is by my favorite

Gecko Galz

Thanks for coming by!

Our World Tuesday

Zombie Walk 2016

I was sitting at a bench fiddling with my camera and

a woman came up to me and asked

if there was something unusual going on.

She was visiting from Australia.

I had to LOL, and explained that

this was a Halloween tradition and no,

people in my city did not normally look like this.

She was very relieved.

Our World Tuesday

Halloween

for Tag Tuesday

Thanks for coming by!

Mural Monday

Mural Monday

Thanks for coming by!

Mixed Media Monthly #29

This is for the

Mixed Media Monthly

Mood Board Challenge

I had a blast creating this out of my "autumn" box

and the metal "whatchamacallit" that

I found in a thrift store this past week.

Check It Out!

Thanks for coming by!

and thanks too to the

talented folks over at 

Mixed Media Monthly!

Electra, over and out.