Harvest Time

It's a new month at
Gecko Galz Scrapbooking
with

a wonderful new customer challenge!

HARVEST TIME

Here is a little something I made to get you inspired.

for my sample I used

Gecko Galz products:  

Marble Halls Paper Pak

Chalkboard Sentiments

Curiosity Shop Icons

Thankful For Fall Jewel It Sheet

(as well as a border from Studio Tangie and a jewel from Dezinaworld)

How to play along with the customer challenge?

You must use at least one item by Gecko Galz Scrapbooking.  
If   you sign up for

 the monthly gecko galz newsletter you'll get a free collage sheet

 every month.  sign up at the blog here, on the top left.  there are

 also wonderful freebies at the gecko galz pinterest page.  and

 there are always wonderful deals at the etsy shop -- and if you

 are a newsletter subscriber you'll also get notice of the special one

 buck wednesday deals! for this challenge your deadline to link up

 is September 31!

I will join you for Harvest Time at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

Thanks for coming by!

My Inability to Follow Directions

So this is what was posted for the coming week's  The Three Muses challenge:

 let's use a small black and white photo WITHIN a colorful art page. 

I however, did two big photos on a scrapbook,

non-artsy pastel page.

But it is what it is.

And I don't care.

And yes, that IS me.

Brights

I finally made something that is not digital!  

It's a journal page for

the August challenge at

More Mixed Media Challenge

Thanks for looking!

Electra, over and out.

Using My Scraps

This is for Tag Tuesday,

at the very end of the week.

Better late than never, right? 

Beauty

is my granddaughter...

for Take A Word

credits: Just Jaimee, LynnMarie,:CD McCosky

Thanks for coming by!

Summertime

(which I am enjoying tremendously!)

for Digital Whisper

credits:, Kim Jensen, Studio Basic,Little Butterfly Wings, Mommyish,  Pink Reptile Designs

Stay cool, friends!

Quote

for The Three Muses

credits:  Dawn Inskip, Little Butterfly Wings

Electra, over and out.

Postcard

I haven't done anything for

Try It On Tuesday

for ages and ages and ages.

But today I did:

credits:  Danwn Inskip, Lynn Grieveson, Little Butterfly Wings, Studio Basic, Just Jaimee

And I had a blast!

Thanks for coming by.

Purple

for this week's Take A Word

credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Crowabout Studios, Anna Aspnes,

Kimeric Kreations, Marta van Ek, Cottage Creations

Thanks for stopping by!

Stargazing

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Kimeric Kreations, Eena's Creations, NBK Designs,

Holliewood Studios, Lynn Grieveson

Thanks for comiong by!

Seaside Fun!

Have you seen the gorjuss new digital papers

and collage sheets at 

the Gecko Galz Etsy shop?

There are so many fun ones to choose from!

I had a blast making these samples for this month's theme over at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

The theme is

BY THE SHORE

products used:

Timeless Paper pak

Flower Power Paper Pak

brushes and masks by Amanda Sok

Sea Side Icons from the 

Sea Side Splendor Digital Kit 

Cuties by the Shore Collage Sheet

products used:

Timeless Paper Pak

Splish Splash Paper Pak

brushes and masks by Amanda Sok

Sea Side Icons from the 

Sea Side Splendor Digital Kit 

Splish Splash Collage Sheet

products used:

Timeless Paper Pak
Splish Splash Paper Pak

brushes and masks by Amanda Sok
Sea Side Icons from the
Sea Side Splendor Digital Kit

Cuties by the Shore Collage Sheet

The process I use for these is all the same.

And as you see, I used a lot of the same products.

Gecko Galz products are so versatile and the

collage sheets have so many images to choose from!

I choose two papers, one for the background

and one, which, with a mask of my choice, I layer over top

of the first paper.

I crop the collage sheet image I want, and again, use a mask, 

and again, put it over top of the last item.

I add some sea side icons, placing them over or under the main image,

wherever I like.

I erase any parts I don't want.

Sometimes I add a border overlay or not,

depending on my mood. lol

And maybe some words and/or brushes.

Use your creativity to the max!!

I went with a vintage theme this month, but

there are retro, mermaid, swimming pool and

all sorts of digital stamps, papers and collage sheets 

that are perfect for this theme!

I probably don't have to remind you, but

our Customer challenge is running

until the end of the month

and that gives you lots of time

so make something wonderful!

Get all the deets

here

I'll see you

(and your terrific art) there soon!

Thanks for coming by!

By The Shore

It's a new month at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

and that means we have a new

Customer Challenge!

This month's theme is 

By The Shore

and I made this to help you start thinking about what you are going to make:

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  Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!!

How can you not play along?!

These are the Gecko Galz products I used for this:

Sea Side Papers
Sea Side Icons
Sea Side snapshots
Just Words

The background is a sea side paper
Over that I put the sea side snapshot and added
a frame
I placed a border overlay over that 
(Manu Zimmerman, Lara's Digital World)
I relolored it to match the icon in the top left.
I placed seaside side icons where I thought they would look good.
Finally

I finished it off with wordart from the 
Just Words collage sheet.

I can't wait to see what you make!

Make it the way you want it, just by layering!

And thanks for stopping by!

Circles

for The Three Muses

credits:  Just Jaimee, Vera Lane, Studio Stories, 

Crafty Button Designs, Kitty Designs, Berna Datema,

Rebecca McMeen, Captivated Visions

Thanks for stopping by!

Stylin'

for The Three Muses

(the theme is footwear-don't ask me why I did this)

credits:  Itkupilli, Finecrafted Designs, Anna Aspnes, Rebecca McMeen, Emka

Sea Creatures

for this week's Take A Word

credits:  Beth Rimmer, Finecrafted Designs, Bleuesse,

Holliewood Studio, NBK Designs

Thanks for coming by!

Man's Best Friend

for Digital Whisper

credits:  Pink Reptile Designs

My Dauighter

Rainbows

for this week's Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Itkupilli, Holliewood Studio, Durin Eberheart, 

Finecrafted Designs, Brandy Murray, NBK Designs, WendyP

Thanks for coming by!

Mermaids Galore!

It's mermaid month at Gecko Galz!

And I used the new Pretty Mermaid Collage Sheets

at the Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

For the first one, I cropped the image and

used a photo mask on it, then

placed it over top of a paper from the 

Easter Parade Paper Pak.

Then I used the same photo mask and placed that over

a paper from the Foral Symphony Paper Pak.

Same mask again, and over a paper from the

La Isla Paper Pak.

I applied a bevel style and

placed that layer over top of the same paper from the

La Isla Paper Pak.

Another bevel.

And we're done!

For this one, I cropped the image and 

used the same photo mask as I did

with the last sample.

Placed that over a paper from the

Ombre Paper Pak.

Photo mask again, then over top of

a paper from the

In Marble Halls Paper Pak.

Added the wordart from the

Gecko Galz In Other Words

collage sheet, to which I

applied a color burn blend mode.

I finished it with an overlay edge by 

 Berna Datema and

some glitter stars.

This last one was no more complicated than the last two.

Cropped the image

Used an photo mask

Over a paper from the

La Isla Paper Pak.

Added a border overlay by

Captivated Visions.

All these are simply one photo mask

(by Syndee Nuckles), the glorious

Pretty Mermaids collage sheet set and

a whole bunch of different

Gecko Galz papers.

Just layering over layering!

All you need to do is check out all the goodies at

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

and if you don't do digital art,

keep in mind you can use any of these awesome

papers and images for real-live paper 

scrapbooking  and card-making!

Thanks for coming by!!

Happy Canada Day!