In The Spirit of Eduardo Recife

I am trying to get back into my digital art and

the Digitalmania Flickr group always

takes me away.

This week it's in the spirit of the artist

Eduardo Recife

credits:  Itkupilli

Thanks for coming by!

Unexpected Wings

for this week at Take A Word

credits:  Itkupilli, Marta Van Eck, and Lynne-Marie, The Nifty Pixel, Heavens Gate Designs

Thanks for visiting me!

Animal Girl

well, of course.

for this week at 

Sunday Postcard Art

(credit:  Bella Gypsy Designs, Hidden Vintage Studios)

Thanks for coming by!

Fairy Garden

Have you created something magical for the

March Customer Challenge:

Fairy Garden ???

I made a few things to help you get creative.

All of these projects use the new 

Fairy Magic Collage sheet set and were so easy to make!

for this last one, I simply cropped 

an image from the Fairy Magic Collage Sheet.

I masked it using an Amanda Sok photo mask and

placed that over a paper from the 

Pixie Dust paper pak.

A border overlay from Created by Jill

completed the piece.

Nothing to it!

The thing about Gecko Galz Collage sheets and papers is that

they are so pretty and full of lovely detail, that

you don't really need to do much to them

to create something quite wonderful.

Remember you only need to use one product from

Gecko Galz.

That can be one of the their free products,

digital paper paks, digital stamp sets, or collage sheets.

I used wordart on my samples from the

In Other Words digital stamp set and

the Scripted Collage Sheet set.

Both had awesome wordart that you can either print out

or just place over your digital product

and change the overlay mode, so that just the words show.

How cool is that?

You have until the end of the month to play along

with us.

We hope to see you there!

Link up at

Gecko Galz

and celebrate the magic!

Thanks for stopping by and

have a funny day.

(unless of course you have other plans)

March is Fairy Month!

It's a new month and that brings with it a new customer challenge at

Gecko Galz

I made a little something to help get you thinking

Fairy Garden!

I used the new Fairy Magic Collage Sheet for this,

along with an image from Pixie Dust

I hope you'll join our 'Vintage Valentine' challenge. The winner gets a whopping $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies, so check back through the blog and also look at the freebies on the Pinterest page, or of course you can buy at the Etsy store!) 

Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

Please hop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a Private Facebook Group where there are 5 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. Come and join us!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Childhood

for Take A Word

credits:  Kitty Designs, Studio Stories, Maya de Groot

Thanks for coming by, see ya in the movies!

Coffee

for Digital Whisper

credits:  Little Butterfly Wings, Maya de Groot,

Anna Aspnes, Studio Rosey Posey

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterflies for SPA

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Lynn Marie, Bluesse, Tangie Baxter

Thanks for coming by!

The Roaring Twenties

(more like a whisper really)

for Digital Whisper

credits:  Gecko Galz, Wordart World, Anna Aspnes

Thanks for coming by!

Valentine

for Take A Word

credits:  Gecko Galz, Little Butterfly Wings, 

Just Jaimee, Tracy Martin, Bonnie Zeiman

Thanks for coming by!

Oriental

better late than never for 

Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Gecko Galz

on a personal note, a number of years ago,

I used the word "Oriental", a word I grew

up with and was/am totally comfortable with.

My teenage daughter was horrified, and

told me it was racist.

Who knew?

I am still comfortable with it, and no,

I am not a racist. lol

hugs to you.

Moon

for The Three Muses

Credits:  Gecko Galz, Amanda Sok, Angie Briggs

Thanks for coming by!

More Vintage Valentines

So you already know that

there is a new Customer Challenge at

Gecko Galz, right?

Have you made anything yet?

All that is required is that

you use at least one Gecko Galz product and have it

linked up here

before the last day of February.

There is lots of inspiration over on the blog

and you'll want to add to your stash,

I'm sure, of Gecko Galz products by visiting

our Etsy Shop.

Here are a few projects I made using Gecko Galz images and papers:

Gecko Galz paper pak:  High Society

Gecko Galz collage sheet set:  Valentine's Wishes

(additional products: wordart by Crafty Button Designs,

and overlay by Amy Wolff)

Gecko Galz paper pak:  Magnolia Blossoms

Gecko Galz collage sheet set: Hugs and Kisses

(additional products: stitching by Akizo Designs)

Gecko Galz paper pak: Retro Cooking

Gecko Galz collage sheet set:  Retro Love Story

digital wordart:  In Other Words

(additional products:Heart by Durin Eberhart

All of these are so easy to make, 

either digitally or with paper and scissors.

You simply take your favorite paper from

one of the Gecko Galz paper paks,

layer an image from one of the many

collage sheets, either printing it and cutting it out,

or, if the case of digital, 

erasing the back parts that you don't want.

Add some wordart, 

maybe a border, and it's done!

Then use it as the front of your

card for your sweetie.

You'll notice that I put the products I used

for each project under the image.
So you can go find them in the shop!

Check out the Etsy Shop for

all of these Gecko Gaz Goodies.

And I will see you soon!

Swing

for this week at

Digital Whisper

credits:  Hidden Vintage Studios, Pink Lotty,

Holliewood Studios, Created by Jill, Just Jaimee

Dreamer's Challenge

This week at Digital Whisper

the theme is Hats.

And when I saw that, I knew I had to get in on it.

credits:  Rebecca McMeen, Just Jaimee, Mommyish, Anna Aspnes

Thanks for coming by!

Vintage Valentines

It is time for a new Customer Challenge at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

and you will definitely want to be

lovey-dovey for this one!

If you head over to our

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop,

you will find all sorts of romantic treasures 

you can use to make your project.

The only requirement for entering

the Gecko Galz challenge is that you

use at least one 

Gecko Galz item.

I made a little something to help

get your creative juices flowing:

This is a digital piece, using the

Hugs and Kisses Collage sheet, a paper

from the Coquette Paper Pak

wordart from Crafty Button Designs,

I hope you like it!

Make sure you go over to

Gecko Galz

and check out the lovely projects

made by our talented design team!

I look forward to seeing what you create!

Thanks for coming by!

Water

This is for

The Three Muses

credits: Rebecca McMeen, Studio Rosey Posey, Kimeric Kreations,

Berna Datema, Joanne Brisbois

Thanks for coming by!

It's a New Year!

(and thank goodness for that!)

and a new year at

Gecko Galz means

the Design Team

(with some very talented new members)

 is busy

creating all sorts of inspiration for you!

I used a couple of

GLORIOUS

papers from the new

"In Marble Halls" paper pak and images from the

"Ring In The New Year" collage sheet set for these two pieces:

Aren't those fun?  

So easy to do, especially the second one.

I just sampled the colours from this beautiful sheet

flipped the image, added a cropped and masked image

of the woman and then went crazy with brushes in those

amazing colours!

SO MUCH FUN!

For this next one, I cropped the puppy on the bicycle from

the "Dog Gone Cute" Jewel Sheet.

Isn't he just Doggone Cute?

I added the cool frame

(and I'm sorry, it's from my stash and

I can't remember who it's from)

I placed that over another GREAT paper from the 

"In Marble Halls" paper pak

Picked up the colour grey from the doggie's background

and coloured a basic mask I made with that colour.

I cropped the words from the "Scripted" Collage Sheet

and added one of the Gecko Galz Frames.

Finally, I merged the layers and 

applied a Film Grain filter.

DONE!

I think that is one of the quickest pieces I've done lately.

Don't tell anyone, but my first sample

took two hours and had at one point 34 layers.

That's not a record, but it's close. lol

You can get all of these wonderful Gecko Galz

products at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

And don't forget to check out the

January
Customer Challenge!

Until next time,

LET IT SNOW!

Let It Snow in 2017!

(Well, only for a few more days)

It's time for a new challenge at

Gecko Galz

the first of the new year!

Are you going to play along with every challenge this year?

I certainly am.

And I made one thing to get you started...

Isn't that little girl sitting on the park bench just the sweetest thing ever?

You can find her and all sorts of other

delightful elements at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

(Psst, you only need to use at least one of the 

Gecko Galz

items to enter our monthly challenges)

But you will no doubt want to use more.

Be sure to check out all the other

beautiful pieces from the Design Team!

At the Gecko Galz blog.

See you there, and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!