Happy Canada Day!

In A Mermaid's Garden

Here it is July already!

I can hardly believe it!

AND

You know what that means!

You're right!

A new customer challenge at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

Isn't this a great theme?

I think so.

And there are many amazing

collage sheets, jewels, digital stamps, and papers that

match this theme perfectly at

Gecko Galz

There is a new collage sheet called

PRETTY MERMAIDS

I made something with it to get you started:

I also used the

BEACHY KEEN

paper pak, which I just love!!

You are going to play along, right?

The only criteria is that you use at least

one Gecko Galz piece in your project.

But I think you'll have trouble using just one.

And make sure you link it up at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

We look forward to seeing your

In the Mermaid Garden

masterpiece!

Thanks for coming by!

Gecko Galz Under The Big Top

It's circus time at Gecko Galz!

Yesirree, boys and girls, 

it's time for that magic only a circus can bring to you!

How about I show you up close and personal

what's happening at our circus?

These are so easy with any Digital Editing software
I use Photoshop elements 13
All I did with each was:

1. crop the main figure
I wanted to use from the collage sheet,
2. place it over the paper of my choice,
3. erase the parts of the image that I did not want
4. Add the wordart over top
5. Add a border overlay that you like
6. embellish it with any (free) brushes
I liked in colors to match
the main image.
See?
Easy Peasy!

products used:  Life Is A Circus Paper Pak
Clowning Around Jewel It Collage Sheet
In Other Words Digital Stamp Set
border by Amy Wolff

Namaste Paper Pak
Clowning Around Jewel It Collage Sheet
Chalkboard Sentiments Collage Sheet
free brushes from Brusheezy

products used:  Curiosity Shop and Mori Girl Paper Paks
Clowning Around Jewel It Collage Sheet
In Other Words Digital Stamp Set
border by Tracy Martin

and we can't forget our Customer Challenge!

Have you made yours yet and linked it up at the 

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking blog?

Products used:  Circus Menagerie Collage Sheet
Clowning Around Collage Sheet
Life Is A Circus Paper Pak

What?  
You don't have any circus-y products to use?

There are glorious papers and collage sheets, and 

you can find them at our

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

And the prices are AWESOME!

You definitely want to check it out!

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking blog

See you there!!

Our Fine Feathered Friends

for Try It On Tuesday

Thanks for stopping by!!

It's Time For The Circus!

It's a new month and a new challenge at

Gecko Galz

Isn't that a fun theme?

Here is a little something I made to

get you thinking about what

YOU

will make:

All of the products I used to make this

can be found in the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

The only rule for your entry is that you

use at least one Gecko Galz product for

your customer challenge entry.

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 plus a fun special prize pack from one our favorite shops!

Just link up at our

Gecko Galz blog.

I can't wait to see what you make!

Thanks for stopping by and

I will see you there!

Art

for The Three Muses

credits:  By Becca and Erin Crouch Studio

Thanks for coming by and

make something arty every day!

Antique Dolls

ACTUALLY

I played with many of these dolls.

Hmmmm..........

...feeling kind of old now.

😡

credits:  Bleuesse, Kimeric Kreations

This is for Digital Whisper's Dreamer Challenge

Thanks for coming by!

Rose

for Take A Word

credits:  Emily Abramson, Nifty Pixel, Akizo, Cryztal Rain

Keri Schueller and my own photo

Always love to see you

Electra out.

Hands

Credits:  Lisa's Altered Art, Itkupilli, Dido Designs,  

Brandy Murray, Amanda Young

I hope you are having a great long weekend!

Butterfly

for This week at Digital Whisper

credits:  LynnMarie, Dawn Inskip, Gina Miller,

Little Butterfly Wings, Paul Kesselring

And here is one more...

that I just made for Digitalmania

credits:  Gecko Galz, Itkupilli, Anna Aspnes

Thanks for stopping by,

I've missed you!

Thinking Cap

for this week's 

Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Mind Over Matter Collaboration

Thanks for coming by!

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.

💙😊💙