In The Spirit of Duy Huynh

for this week at our Digitalmania Flickr group

credits:  Itkupilli

Thanks for coming by today!

Angel (well, two, actually)

So I made this for this week's theme at

Take A Word

credits:  Gecko Galz, Holliewood Studios, Berna Datema

and then I remembered that I made this a few days ago:

not even two years old and my granddaughter already loves playing dress-up

I don't get to post my scrapbooking layouts here much,

 so I just figured I would slip this one in.

credits:  Just Jaimee, Bella Gypsy

Have a funny day

and thanks for coming by.

Brothers

Dreamers Challenge at

Digital Whisper this week is

BROTHERS

credits:  Lisa's Altered Art, Oscraps, Rebecca McMeen

Thanks for coming by!

Happy Easter

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Lisa's Altered Art, Brandy Murray, Marta Van Eck, 
Bluesse, Crafty Button Designs

Eggs-cellence!

This is for Take A Word

credits:  Cajoline, Pink Lotty

So, when I did this piece, I decided to take my own advice

and will ask that you read the very first post on my page.

If we don't ask,

we don't get.

And I know I have good friends in the art community.

So I am taking a risk.

Thanks for coming by!

Royalty

DISCLAIMER:     I love the queen.  Really.  I'm a monarchist.

(Except for the amount we spend on her and her minions)

But, when I saw this image in Googleland, 

I couldn't help myself.

Not much more to say.

credits:  2Curly-Headed Monster Designs, Marta Van Eck,

Rebecca McMeen and the Gilded Bee.

Be sure to check out what I am sure will be

much more refined interpretations of

ROYALTY  at

Digital Whisper

She would NOT be amused.

And thanks for your visit.

Retro Housewife

for this week's Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Gecko Galz, Kim Jensen, Just Jaimee

And for the record, I grew up in the 50's and

yes, my mother DID always put on her

lipstick/"face" before she did

ANYTHING.

We've come a long way, Baby!

On another note,
 I have decided to share with you what is happening in my life

and will ask that you read the very first post on my page.

If we don't ask,

we don't get.

And I know I have good friends in the art community.

So I am taking a risk.

Thank you for stopping by!

Mona

for this week's Digitalmania

credits: Angie Young, Just Jaimee and my darling granddaughter and her new trike.

👯

On another note,
 I have decided to share with you what is happening in my life

and will ask that you read the very first post on my page.

If we don't ask,

we don't get.

And I know I have good friends in the art community.

So I am taking a risk.

Thank you for stopping by!

Gecko Galz In Wonderland

HI!

Have you made your sample for

this month's customer challenge yet at

Gecko Galz?

If not, why not?  

There are so many great products you can choose from at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Here are a few examples of what you can create:

Would you like to know how to make one of these?

Pretty much everything I do these days is digital

(well, not dirty dishes or cleaning toilets, or laundry, or...you get the picture)

So for the last one, you need a 

photo-editing program of some kind.

I use Photoshop Elements 13.

Now my instructions are going to seem 

backwards if you have never

done any digital pieces.

Be patient with me. :-)

Start with one of the Go Ask Alice collage sheets.

Crop the above image from it.

Then get out one of the Chalkboard Sentiments

collage sheets and crop the above image from that.

Apply a bevel style to the sentiment and

place over top of the Alice sheet.

Add text with the word "But".

I used the Medusa Font.

Create a new layer and add the words "she will".

Same font.

Position them where you want them.

Add the arrow

The one I used was from a blog hop quite some time ago,

it's by the Digichick.

Place it where you want it.

Duplicate the arrow a few times and

place them strategically where you want them.

Create a new layer, 4"High x 6" Wide.

Fill it with black.

Place Alice over that, kind of in the corner.

Open the black paper from the

Mad Tea Party paper pak.

Place your image over that paper, kind of in the corner.  

Add a white stroke to the top layer and a drop shadow.

Open the blue paper from the same paper pak.

Move your image over top of that,

kind of in the corner.

Do you see how we are just

repeating the process here?

Easy, right?

Add a red stroke to the top layer.

Over another paper from the same paper pak.

Place your image over that,

kind of in the corner.

Add a black stroke over that.

Go back to your Chalkboard Sentiment 

image that you cropped out and crop out

just the word "Believe" from that.

Using the magnetic lasso tool,

extract the actual banner and

place over your original piece

(that now has all those layers).

Add a white stroke to the banner.

Create one more new layer,

12"x12"-

this is the LAST ONE!

Fill it with black.

Move the whole shebang to

that last layer.

Add a bevel style to the top layer.

And YOU'RE DONE!!

I know, I know, especially

to the uninitiated, this seems like

a lot of steps.

But they are all just repeats of the first step,

for the most part.

Even a beginner can do this one!

(to tell you the truth,

it took me longer to type the directions out

than it did to make the piece!)

Now you have no excuse to not play along with our

April Customer Challenge, right?

It can be digital or paper, pens and glue.

You decide.

And remember you can get these fun 

Alice images and papers from the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

We look forward to seeing your creations!

Thanks for coming by!

Electra out, cus I am dizzy.

💙😊💙

Beach

for The Three Muses

credits:  Gecko Galz, Berna Datema, Createwings Designs

On another note,
 I have decided to share with you what is happening in my life

and will ask that you read the very first post on my page.

If we don't ask,

we don't get.

And I know I have good friends in the art community.

So I am taking a risk.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alice's Tea Party

It's a new month and a new challenge at 

Gecko Galz!

And it's an extra fun theme...

Alice's Tea Party

I made a little sample for the theme,

hopefully, it gets you thinking:

Do you think it's dreamy?  lol

I used a Gecko Galz paper sheet

and one of the Gecko Galz Collage Sheets.

You can find all sorts of "Alice in Wonderland" goodies at

the Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Are you going to create something for 

the customer challenge this month?

The only rule is that you must use one 

product from Gecko Galz

and then link up here

(You'll find all sorts of amazing

samples from the Gecko Galz design team there too, 

as well as a free digital stamp for you

every day!)

Have fun with it!

And thanks so much for coming by!