Peace On Earth

It's a new month and

that means it's a new Customer Challenge at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

and you should see the amazing pieces

that we have been seeing lately

for our challenges!

Here is this month's theme:

just in time for you to start or finish

your Christmas cards!

Herr is one I made using

glorious Gecko Galz images:

I used Gecko Galz Blue Background paper

an image from the Merry Little Reindeer Collage Sheets

and a digital stamp for the word,

from the Digital Image set:  ChristmasTime

Layers upon layer upon layers.

You can also  print out these images and do the same 

thing as I do, only in paper!
These beautiful Gecko Galz products
which can be found of course in the

Blog Hop

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 9th Annual Blog Hop

This is your third stop on our Tricks and Treats Blog Hop!
We have 12 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 download, the one here (found below my samples) is
"SHOW STOPPERS".


First of all, you will need to visit all 12 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 contest. On October 28th 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.



Visit Gecko Galz at
https://www.etsy.com/shop/geckogalz

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 $75 Shopping spree with Gecko Galz.
· Third prize is a $50 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, 2 new paper packs each quarter, a ATC collection each quarter, and one jewel it collection!
This is a $150 value!

I made a few samples with the
free collage sheet I have for you and
various other Gecko Galz products:

Remember, you can get
all of these amazing
products at our
Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE between the 24th of October and the 27th 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!

You have been so patient.
Now here is your own free collage sheet,
SHOW STOPPERS
Just right-click on the image and
save to your computer.

Now have fun visiting each Blog:

Gecko Galz
Katie Lamb
Patti Fisher (that's me and you are here. Hi!)
Vicki Romaine
Mia
Rene Van Wyck
Betsy Davis
Laurie Davis
Carole Jones
Amanda Hamilton
Gerri Herbst
Cathy Norton

Leanne Seed

See  you on our travels!

Gypsy Fortunes

Hi everyone!

 Have you created your masterpiece yet for

this month's Customer Challenge at

Gecko Galz?

You know the theme already:

and you know what I made for my

college sample:

Well, I made a few more, 'cus

it is such a cool theme!

(they all are, to be honest. lol)

Here we go:

I used the Gypsy Beauties Collage Sheet set

for all of these projects

Additional Gecko Galz Products Used:

Icons from the Parisian Garden Craft kit

C'est La Vie paper pak

Charming Words Collage Sheet set

Additional Gecko Galz Products Used:

Star-Crossed Paper pak

In Other Words Collage Sheet set

Additional Gecko Galz Products Used:

Boho Dream ATC Collection Paper

Icons from the High Tea Craft kit

Scripted collage Sheet set

Each piece is made of layers, with

additional gypsy-like elements from my

stash used to embellish.

All of these goodies can be found at

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

You have the entire month of October to

join in with our Customer Challenge.

The only requirement is that you use at least

one Gecko Galz item.

How easy is that,

with these gorgeous products?!

And you could be the winner of a 

$25.00 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!

Have you checked out our 

Gecko Galz Papercrafting

Facebook group yet?

We have the best challenges on there, always something

extra special and the

pieces by our talented Design Team

will

BLOW YOUR MIND!

I will watch for you over there

and I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

In my humble opinion, the

Gecko Galz Papercrafting group is

such a fun creative community to be a part of.

And be sure to link your project up for the challenge at

Gecko Galz

See you there!
Thanks for coming by!

Welcome to October!

Look at our new Customer Challenge theme!

I love this one!

GYPSY FORTUNES!

You have the entire month of September to

join in with our Customer Challenge.

The only requirement is that you use at least

one Gecko Galz item.

How easy is that,

with these gorgeous products?!

And you could be the winner of a 

$25.00 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!

Here is a little something I made to help get your creative juices flowing:

For this piece, I used the beautiful
Gypsy Beauties Collage Sheet set
La Isla Bonita, Smitten and Tribal Fire
 Paper paks
and the Chalkboard Sentiments
Collage Sheet Set

You can get all of the cool Gecko Galz 

papers, digital stamps and Craft kit from
that I used from 

the Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Have you checked out our 

Gecko Galz Papercrafting

Facebook group yet?

We have the best challenges on there, always something

extra special and the

pieces by our talented Design Team

will

BLOW YOUR MIND!

I will watch for you over there

and I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

In my humble opinion, the

Gecko Galz Papercrafting group is

such a fun creative community to be a part of.

Here is just one example of the challenges for this month:

See you there!!

More Steampunk

Hey have you got your project done yet for

I did a few pieces to hopefully

inspire you, in case you have not.

You have the entire month to link up at 

Gecko Galz

Gecko Galz products used:

Curiosity shop paper

Industrial Age digital Stamp 

Gecko Galz products used:

Curiosity shop paper

Industrial Age digital Stamp  

Gecko Galz products used:

Steampunk paper pak

Steam Powered Collage Sheet

Each piece is made of layers, with

Steamplunky elements from my

stash used to embellish.

All of these goodies can be found at

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

You have the entire month of September to

join in with our Customer Challenge.

The only requirement is that you use at least

one Gecko Galz item.

How easy is that,

with these gorgeous products?!

And you could be the winner of a 

$25.00 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!

So get your steampunk project done and link up at

Gecko Galz!

Thanks for coming by

and we will see you there!

Steampunk Autumn

Welcome to September at

Gecko Galz!

I used the following Gecko Galz products

for this piece:

Curiosity Shop, In Marble Halls &Timeless paper paks

Vintage Spring Craft Kit

Industrial Age digital stamp set

Mechanics of Life Collage Sheet Set

As with everything I do digitally, this is simply

layer upon layer.

I painted the bird blue, making a separate layer behind 

the digital stamp.

The angel was from the 

Mechanics of Life Collage Sheet Set

on Multiply blend mode.

The rest of the elements are from my stash.

I have a big stash of steampunky stuff. lol

So here are the layers, starting with the background:

Timeless paper

Image from Mechanics of Life Collage Sheet Set

Top hat and my stash elements

Border made from my own black overlay used

as a mask with a paper from the 

In Marble Halls paper pak

Postcard from the Vintage Spring craft kit

Another paper from In Marble Halls

Industrial Age digital stamp over a 

paper from the Curiosity Shop paper pak

A second 

Industrial Age digital stamp over a 

paper from the Curiosity Shop paper pak

Hardware from my stash

Wings from my stash

And finally,

I finished it all off with additional

Steampunky elements from my stash.

TA DA!!!!

To tell you the truth,

it was more work writing all of this out

than it was making the darn thing! lolol

You can get all of the cool Gecko Galz 

papers, digital stamps and Craft kit from 

the Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

You have the entire month of September to

join in with our Customer Challenge.

The only requirement is that you use at least

one Gecko Galz item.

How easy is that,

with these gorgeous products?!

And you could be the winner of a 

$25.00 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!

So get your steampunk project done and link up at

Gecko Galz!

Thanks for coming by

and we will see you there!

Seaside Shabby Chic

Welcome to August, peeps!

And welcome to a month of a new challenge at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

Isn't that an awesome theme for the month?

Here is something I made for this theme:

This was such a fast and easy

piece to make.

I use Photoshop Elements for my digital scrapbooking.

The background is a paper from the

Seaside Paper Pak

I used the Summer Girls collage Sheet set

for the image of the woman.

I cropped it, then placed it over top of the background paper.

I erased around it.

Then I added the sign icon from

the Seaside Craft Kit,

along with a post from my stash.
I merged the layers and applied a film grain filter.

Lastly, a stitched border, again from my vast stash

and we're done!

How much easier could it be?!

(The truth is, I almost forgot to do this in time

for the new month and had to whip it

up really quickly last night at midnight-lol)

But you don't need any reason to miss out on participating in this fun 

August Customer Challenge.

You can get all of the Gecko Galz products I used at

our Etsy Shop, and lots more!

Seriously.

You'll want to check it out and hopefully you will play along with us.

Get all the deets on this wonderful

Customer Challenge

at the Gecko Galz blog

and maybe you will be the lucky winner of a

$25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree !

You still have the whole month of August
to link up your project.

We look forward to seeing what you make!

Thanks for coming by!

Animal

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits: Rebecca McMeen, Paula Kesselring, Dawn Inskip, Mommyish

Steampunk

for this week's Take A Word

credits:  Rucola Designs, Kerry Klaasen Veale

Summertime!

So I decided to play along with the current challenge at

Tag Tuesday

because my friend Michele is hosting it.

TaDa!!

credits:  Little Butterfly Wings, Paula Kesselring,

Mommyish, Gecko Galz

Thanks for coming by!

Feature Day

Today  is my day to be featured on the 

Gecko Galz Blog

for our 

Midsummer Night's Dream Monthly Challenge theme.

Here are my samples for the month, along with

the Gecko Galz products I used to make them:

Midsummer Night's Dream Collage Sheets Set

Nouveau Garden paper pak

Butterfly Dreams paper pak

Butterfly from the Parisian Garden Craft kit

Midsummer Night's Dream Collage Sheets Set

Magnolia Blossoms paper pak

Midsummer Night's Dream Collage Sheets Set

Wonderful Watercolour ATC backgrounds set

Namaste paper pak

flower from the La Boheme Craft kit

Charming Words Collage Sheet Set

If you have been here before,

you know how I make these digital pieces.

Using PSE13, I layer

the images, papers and icons I want,

accenting them with borders and brushes

from my monster stash.  lol
I seem to be on an "add a stroke to everything" kick,
so I have done that with each layer this month.
It will pass. haha

And in the case of my second sample, I did add a beautiful frame
by Kimeric Kreations.  Kim passed about a year ago and
her talent and generosity in sharing that
talent knew no bounds.
I still miss her.

You have until the end of the month to

Midsummer Night's Dream challenge

and you can find more glorious examples

from the rest of our talented Design Team 

here.

Will we see you there?

I sure hope so.

And thanks for coming by!

Welcome to a Midsummer Night's Dream

at Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

What are you going to make for this
fantastic theme?
Here is mine:

for my sample I used:
Midsummer Night's Dream Collage Sheet Set
Victoria Paper Pak
Free Birds Paper Pak
Just Words Digital Stamp Set

from the
Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Make sure you check out the other

beautiful samples at the

 Gecko Galz blog

and get your own project linked up there.

The only rule is that you need to use at least

one Geck Galz product, and you could

win a

$25.00 shopping Spree at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

We are looking forward to seeing what you create!

Wings

for Take A Word

I am not sure if Penguins have wings, but 

I sure did have fun making this!

credits:  Pink Reptile Designs

Friends

For The Three Muses

credits:  Rebecca McMeen, Lynnmarie

Summer

for Digital Whisper

credits:  Lynn Grieveson

Feature Day

Today is my day to be featured on the

Gecko Galz blog

And you will remember, I'm sure, that this month's theme is

In the Good Old Summer Time

I made some ATC's this month to share with you: 

Each ATC uses a black and white image from the

Summertime Collage sheet set, wordart from

the Charming Words Set and

a paper from the Paradise Island paper pak.

I added borders from my stash, and 

a stroke to each layer to make

the layer pop.

Finally, I placed each creation over top 

of another paper with another border.

The background papers are

1. Wonderful Watercolours ATC Collection

2. Zen Garden paper pak

3. Zen Garden paper pak

4. Starlight ATC Collection

You have until the end of the month to

join in with our  

In The Good Old Summer Time challenge

and you can find more glorious examples

from the rest of our talented Design Team 

here.

Will we see you there?

I sure hope so.

And thanks for coming by here!

Cowboy

I call this "Wanted".

You may read into it anything you like. 

for Digital Whisper

credits:  E. Wright, Kristen Aagard, Little Butterfly Wings

In The Good Old Summer Time

I am singing along to that song

"In the Good Old Summer Time", 

and I realize that is the only line of it that I know.

But that does't stop me.  

Are you like that?

Do you just make up words as you go along

to songs you can't remember?

Well, maybe it's just me.

At any rate, that

is our theme for

the Gecko Galz customer challenge this month!

Isn't that fun?

Here is my contribution

(just one of many gorgeous samples, I

might add, by our talented Design Team)

for this sample, I used

these Gecko Galz products:

Surreal Life Jewel sheet

(which is spectacular!)

In Other Words wordart,

and La Isla Bonita paper pak.

ALL OF WHICH

can be found in our

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

As my digital pieces always are,

simply layer upon layer of

those wonderful Gecko Galz products!

In this case, I placed the cropped image from the 

Surreal Life Jewel sheet

over top of the paper from the 

La Isla Bonita paper pak.

I added the border and jewels from

my stash, along with a couple of

extra clouds.

Then it is finished with the wordart

from the Gecko Galz In Other Words

digital stamp set.

Make sure you check out the other

beautiful samples at the

 Gecko Galz blog

and get your own project linked up there.

The only rule is that you need to use at least

one Geck Galz product, and you could

win a

$25.00 shopping Spree at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

We are looking forward to seeing what you create!

Frame(s)

for Take A Word

credits:  NBK Design

Thanks for coming by!

And the winner is....

Drum roll, please...

Sari/Granne!

Congratulations Sari!

And thanks to everyone who commented!!

Automobiles

for The Three Muses

credits:  Itkupilli and Nifty Pixel

More Flappers and A Giveaway!

Today is my day to be featured on the
Gecko Galz blog
and to remind you of this month's

Dapper Flapper Customer Challenge and
to tell you about exciting things happening
on May 15 at Gecko Galz.

And I hope if you haven't already linked up

to our challenge here yet, that you are working on

your project for the challenge!

Here are some samples to help
get your creative juices flowing:

Gecko Galz products used:

Artful Ladies Collage Sheet Set

PS I Love You Paper Pak

La Isla Bonita Paper Pak

Beautiful Words Wordart

Holiday Icons Craft Kit

Gecko Galz products used:

Artful Ladies Collage Sheet Set

Scripted Wordart

High Society Paper Pak

Icon from the Parisian Gardens Craft Kit

Gecko Galz products used:

Artful Ladies Collage Sheet Set

Chocolate Box Paper pak

Love Potion No9 Paper Pak

All You Need wordart

icons from the

High Tea Craft Kit

and the Curiosity Shop Craft Kit

All of these awesome

Gecko Galz

kits, papers and sheets can be found at our

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Each of my projects is just made

by layering paper on paper, icon and 

putting the cropped and wordart image on top of that.

Sometimes I will add a border.

Sometime I add a stroke to the outside of the layers, or a style.

If you know how to use your

photo software, the sky's the limit

with the beautiful Gecko Galz products.

Remember, you have the whole

month of May to create something for our

And here are the other exciting happenings that

you will definitely want to know about:

On May 15th, Gecko Galz will be celebrating 8 years!

On May 15 there will a giveaway of 8 prizes 

worth $50.00 Etsy store vouchers. 

WOW 8! 
and

Buy one get one free till May 15th

 is on over at the 

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop!

and

 I want to add to the fun.

All you need to do is add a comment 

to this post telling me which of my

three samples for this month you would

like me to send you.

I will email you a digital file which 

you can print out and use on a card

or in any way  you wish!

If I choose your name on May 15th

in a random draw, not only will you

win one of my digital creations, 

you will also win a

$25.00 Shopping Spree

at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop!

Is that not amazing?!

So leave me a comment and who knows.

It could be your lucky day!

Good Luck!