Enjoy The Journey

It's almost August, isn't it?

What have you made for the July Customer Challenge at 

Gecko Galz?

What?!?  You haven't done anything yet?

Well, get at it, girlfriend!!

I used the Up, Up and Away Collage Sheet set 

in each of my samples this month.

I LOVE balloons!

The other Gecko Galz products I used in each sample were:

1. Courtly Love Paper Pak

Charming Words Collage Sheet Set

2. Portabello Paper Pak

Versailles Paper Pak

Charming Worlds Collage Sheet Set

3. Butterfly Drreams Paper Pak

Charming Words Collage Sheet Set

My processes are always the same:

Crop the image I want to use, and the wordart I want to use.

Layer it over a background paper or two.
I may or may not change the blending mode.

Add a border and maybe use a brush, 

both from my stash.

Voila!! Done!!

You know the rules with our challenges:

There is only one rule, and that is you need 

to use at least ONE  product from Gecko Galz!!  

It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, 

or digital papers!!  It is up to you!!

The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!

And you also know that you can find these awesome 

Gecko Galz images, wordarts and papers at

the Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

which is also, btw, where you will enjoy

your $25 Shopping Spree if you win!!

So get to it, my friend! 

We always look forward to seeing your creations!

Happy Canada Day!

That has nothing to do with our new

July Gecko Galz Challenge.

I just felt like wishing you a Happy Canada Day!

Speaking of Canada, why don't you come up this summer and say Hi?

And take some photos.  And do a scrapbook LO.

And enter it in our new challenge:

Mind you, you'll need to come up here before the end of July.

But you can do that, right?

OK, ok, even if you don't come visit, there are

LOTS of awesome travel-themed products in the 

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

I made this little piece to get you thinking:

The Gecko Galz products I used for my sample are

Postcards From Abroad Collage Sheet

First Class Passage and

St Peters Square paper paks

That pretty font I used for the words is Porcelain.

I found it free on one of the many free font sites.

Basically, I cropped the image I wanted from the collage sheet.

And layered it over repeated layers of the background papers.

In between the layers, I used a brush by Amanda Sok, 

pulling the colours from the original image.

I finished it with the words.

I think it may have taken 20 minutes.

I love Digital art.

But just in case you don't do digital,

This could just as easily be done by printing the 

various layers and image and

cutting them out and stacking them.

Easy as pie.

(Although I have never made an

especially good pie)

What are you going to make

for this month's 

Customer CHALLENGE?

The only requirement is that you use

at least one item from the amazing

Gecko Galz Etsy shop

I look forward to seeing your creation.
Link up at
 Gecko Galz

and Good Luck!!

Electra, off to celebrate Canada a bit more.
Over and Out.