Goddess

The theme for the week at Collage Obsession is

Goddess.

And I just happen to have the perfect piece for this theme, 

sitting on my mantle.

I used a Gecko Galz digital stamp image, 

spent some lively relaxing time colouring it and then put in on a

 sprayed, stencilled background, along with word art by

Kimeric Creations and some stencilled Inka Gold

(and assorted bling from my bling drawer)

I finished it off with a die cut by Timmie.

I LOVED making this and I love that now I have a reason to show you!

Oh yeah, I stitched around the edges too.

Thanks for coming by!

'

Chubby

for this week at

Digital Whisper

Thanks for stopping in!

credits:  Rian Designs, Eena's Creations,
Bethany Harty, Xquisart

Balloons

for The Three Muses

credits:  Exquisart, Beth Rimmer, Dawn Inskip, Bleuesse

Thanks for coming by!

Be My Valentine

for Take A Word

credits:  Mind Over Matter Collaboration, Pavlinka Designs,

M. Underwood.

Glad you came by! 

Make sure you get (and give) lots of loving this week!

Thoughts of Love

 for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Gecko Galz, Manuela Zimmerman, Syndee Nuckles, Amanda Frijo-Tobin, Doris Castle

Thanks for coming by!

Be My Valentine!

Challenge #202 at

 The Order of the Opus Gluei

is

BE MY VALENTINE

Don't you just love that celtic heart?

It's by Gecko Galz.

So is the background on the tag

and all images on the card. 

You have until February 22 to link up 

with us in the comments at

 The Order of the Opus Gluei

You know you want to. lol

Be sure to go over and 

check out the other samples by the DT.

And then create something in the spirit of love. 

We look forward to seeing your creations! 

Industrial

BIG NEWS!!

Quick Cards Made Easy magazine

will be featuring the Gecko Galz

 Industrial Digital Stamp Set

in February!

So that means there is a 

STEAMPUNK extravaganza going on at

Gecko Galz

You will not believe the incredible art 

created by our talented Design Team!

WILL NOT BELIEVE IT!!

It's a hybrid of digital and "REAL" art.

Products used:
Love Potion #9 Icon - Gecko Galz

Industrial Age Digital Stamp - Gecko Galz
Amanda Sok Photo Mask
Wordart and frame:  Kerry Klaasen Veale
Ranger Keyhole and Washi tape
Unknown gears and timepiece
Unknown cardstock and brads 

You can find the 

Industrial Digital Stamp Set

You know, it was one of the very first products 

I worked with when I discovered

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

It is AMAZING!!

Bee (sort of)

The current challenge at

Lunagirl Moonbeams is

HONEYBEE

I have been playing with my new

Gelli Plates all day

(and having a marvelous time, I must say)

and I made something, but to tell you the honest truth,

I think it is a fly, maybe not so much a bee.

But I made a trail of yellowish dust, which quite

conceivably could be he stripes falling off.

Maybe it's cold.

Maybe it's the apocalypse.

Who knows.

Anyways...

The bee is by Sissy Sparrows, and

I am sorry, I don't know where I got the

Wordart.

Thanks for coming by!

Cat

This is for my beloved

Digital Whisper

The theme for the week is CAT

I'm so glad a friend encouraged me to get

re-involed with DW.

credits:  Rebecca McMeen, Berna Datema, 

Captivated Visions, Tray Martin Designs, and Pink Lotty

What are YOU going to make for this challenge?

Thanks for coming by!

The Word is HEARTS

for Take A Word

Credits: Gecko Galz, Sissy Sparrows, Pavlinka Designs,Vinnnie Pearce

Thanks for stopping by!

DM's Flickr Challenge

The world is but a canvas to our imagination.

credits: KImeric Kreations, Out of the
Box Design Studio, Berna Datema, Gail Schmidt, Shalae Tippits, Bonnie Zeiman

Welcome February!!

It's a brand new month at

Gecko Galz

and you know what that means!

Lots of new treasures to work with!

IN fact, the theme for this month's Kit Club is

VINTAGE LADIES/COQUETTES

Isn't that awesome!

 Here is one of my creations with the new products:

Crop Garden Birds Collage Sheet.
Duplicate layer and extract butterfly.
Extract woman from Pretty Victorians Collage Sheet
Apply Photo Mask (Amanda Sok) to paper
Place woman on top of Garden Birds Paper
Place on paper from Coquette Paper Collection
Apply bevel.
Crop tag from Vintage Tag Digital Collage Collection
Add bird stamp from French Connections Stamp Set
Change blending mode to "multiply"
Place tag at bottom right of piece.
Apply drop shadow.
Duplicate tag and place at top, in front of background paper.
Place butterflies on top.
Apply Drop; Shadow.
Merge Layers. 

Ooh La La Indeed!

 Here is another one:

Place text stamp from French Connections Digital Stamp Set on white cardstock
Set blending mode to "multiply"
Place stamp of woman from French Connections Digital Stamp Set over text.
Set blending mode to "multiply"
Apply photo mask by Amanda Sok to image
Place on blue paper from Coquette Papers Set
Apply photo mask by Amanda Sok to image
Place on top of beige cardstock
Apply photo mask by Paula Wright
Place border from Beautiful Borders Collage Sheet over top.
Erase section to show image
Place image on paper from Love Potion #9 Paper Set
Apply template by Paula Wright
Place on paper from Coquette Papers Paper Set
Add word art from Coquette Icons Set
Apply Bevel
Place on top of paper from Parisian Dreams Paper Set
Apply bevel
Add border overlay and flowers by Tracy Martins Designs.
Add leaves by Manuela Zimmerman
Add texture by Bonnie Zeiman, erase and change blending mode to "overlay"
Merge layers 

This month's Customer Challenge is 

Vintage Ladies 

And here is my sample for the challenge:

Print onto white cardstock image of ladies from Coquette Digital Stamp Set
Colour with watercolour pencil crayons
Tear edges
Apply Ranger Distress inks (Weathered Wood and Victorian Rose) to image and edges
Layer pink glitter paper (Michaels), pastel paper by Webster's Pages,
and coloured image to kraft paper card base
Embellish with bits of ribbon, Stickles glitter, butterfly and washi tape (unknown) 

I call it "Friends" and am giving it to a dear friend for her birthday in a few weeks.

You can find this month's beautiful products at the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Candlemas, Imbolc, Feast of Purification

for Sunday Postcard Art

Credits:  Gecko Galz, Traci Martin Designs,

Kristen Aagard, Amanda Frijo-Tobin,
Keri Schueller, Joanne Brisbois

Use Your Paint

I bought a Gelli Plate at Christmas.

SO excited.  

And in typical Electra fashion,

I did not read the instructions, 

nor watch any online tutorials.

I just made stuff.

It was a bit of a disaster.

(as much as any art can be a disaster)

And because I am cheap frugal,

I just had to make what I made useable.

So I did.

I made a bunch of ATC's yesterday,

and if I do say so myself,

they are pretty fantastic!

This week's theme at

Use Your Stuff is

PAINT

and I think these qualify.

It was a wonderful day!

Now I am going to learn how to use my new Gelli Plate.

Properly.

Who knows what may appear on my blog next?

Stay tuned.

Check out

 Use Your Stuff

It will get your mojo up and about.

 

Electra, Over and Out.

Oriental

Collage Obessions

credit:  Studio Rosy Posey, Asiko

My daughter told me a few years ago that I was not 

allowed to use the word "Oriental"

I kind of went, "Huh?"

So it's nice to see I am not the only one.

Think Pink! (feathers)

This week the challenge at

Tag Along is Think Pink!

and the theme at 

Tag Tuesday is

Feathers.

ERGO:  Pink Feathers!

The woman is an image from the Fair Maidens Collage sheet by Gecko Galz

and you can find it

Here

Credit for the feathers goes to

Elisha Barnett and the wordart is by

Cottage Arts.

Thanks for coming by, I haven't made a tag for a long time

and these are two of my favorite things!

Amazing Hats!

Thanks to the Three Muses for this week's challenge,

it was so much fun!

credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Finecrafted Designs, Tracy Martin Designs,

Hidden Vintage Studios, Bonnie Zeiman, JMak Designs,

Heavens Gate Designs and Crafty Button Designs

Thanks for coming by!

Robert Burns

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Gecko Galz, Tracy Martin Designs, Crafty Button Designs

Thanks for coming by!

I am Woman

credits:  Gecko Galz, Berna Datema, 

Pink Lotty Designs, Tracy Martin Designs

for Take A Word

Thanks for coming by!

Happy Birthday Australia!

Challenge # 201 at The Order of the Opus Gluei is in honour of our dear Chat Noir, DT Member extraordinaire.  It is the birthday of her beloved homeland Australia.  How cool is that?  Have you ever been there?  Or do you live there?  I know they have kangaroos.  And beautiful beaches from the looks of the photos Chat Noir posts.  I need to get there  soon.  I will.

But in the meantime...

Oh!  And crocodiles!  Wasn't 

Crocodile Dunee from there?? 

I don't know.

credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Wish Bliss Studios and the good old

Googlemeister.

You have until February 89th to link up with us the comments.

The Order of the Opus Gluei 

G'Day Mates!

New

First Christmas card of the year for

Jingle Belles

The theme is NEW!

And for me these
Graphics 45 papers are new to my stash.

Happy Holidays!  lol

Peculiar

for Collage Obsession

crdits:  Tumblefish Studios, Berna Datema, Bethany Harty,
Itkupilli, Xquisart

Thanks for stopping by!

Geometric

I used a bunch of chipboard pieces I have had in my stash for about a hundred years, plus the packaging from a board game fro a Christmas present...I tried to convey the fact tat he s like he is shot out of a cannon some days.

for Use Your Stuff

Thanks for coming by and have an awesome weekend!

Marsala Art Deco

for Collage Obsession

credits:  Gecko Galz, Scully, Susan Tuttle

Thanks for stopping by!

Cat

for Take A Word

credits:  Itkupilli, Cajoline, Eena's Creations, Mind Over Matter Collaboration

Thanks for coming by!

Quote

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Maya de Groot, Dawn Inskip

Thanks for stopping by today!

Use Your BUTTONS!

for this week's

Use Your Stuff

Button, button, who's got the button?

Electra, Over and Out.

It's really pretty here...

and so, I thought I would do a LO of a photo I took,

another (final) entry for

Collage Obsession

Why not, eh?

credits to Studio Rosey Posey

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the sparkle!

Couples

for Take A Word

credits:  Gecko Galz, Amanda Sok,  Bandy Murray

Thanks for coming by!

Challenge #200 at the Order!

Challenge #200 at The Order of the Opus Gluei

Can you believe it?

It seems like only yesterday the Poobahs

began this journey of glue-errific excellence!

We are going to ask you to extend the boundaries of your

artistic endeavors and create for our 200th Challenge

ANYTHING BUT A CARD

Yes, Dear Readers,

The sky is the limit,

as long as it is

ANYTHING BUT A CARD.

Here are mine:
(keep in mind that ATC's are technically cards, but not really.  lol)

credit:  Finecrafted Designs and the ever-present Google, for the images

You have until Jnuary 25th to link
up with us in the comments.
We look forward to seeing your creations!

 The Order of the Opus Gluei
See you there!
 

Flowered Paper

This week's challenge at Use Your Stuff

is to create something using flowered paper.

I had this photo I loved from the trip

my daughter and I made to

Butchart Gardens this summer.

I have no idea how to take a good photo of a LO

when it's late at night.

ie: dark.

Oh well, thanks for stopping by!

All You Need Is Love

That is the new theme for this month at

Gecko Galz

Our Design team had made for you some wonderful samples using the

new ephemera sheets,

and here is mine:

Products used:

Beautiful Art Jewel It Sheet

Love Potion Digital Stamp

In Dreams Collage Sheet

(I also used wordart by Angie Briggs and border

by Mind Over Matter)

You can find the new images

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Now for the other exciting news...

Our January Customer Challenge is

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Here is my sample:

I used these new Gecko Galz products: 

Love Potion #9 Papers

Love Potion #9 Icons

Love Potion #9 Digital Stamps

L'Amoure Collage Sheet

(I also used textures by Bonnie Zeiman and Evelyn Flint,

a flower by The Gilded Bee, a border by Tracy Martine Designs,

and unknown bow, and corner brush) 

You can find all of these new images in the 

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

I hope you join in our Customer Challenge,

at the

Gecko Galz

blog

Remember, all you need is love!

Thanks for coming by!!

Photo Play

I sat down determined to get caught up on some photos I took last summer

(gasp!)

and when I saw this one, I knew I needed to do something with it.

This week's challenge at my beloved

The Three Muses is

PHOTO PLAY.

I thought this qualified.

I haven't been able to particpate in any challenges for quite some time now, and to be honest.

I thought my muse left town.

I hope not.

credit goes to Studio Rosey Posey and Cajoline

I hope you have the best year EVAH!

and I promise, I will be buy to see all my bloggy friends in the new year!

Hugs!

Electra

Out with the Old and In with the New!

Challenge #199 at

The Order of the Opus Gluei

is

OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW

Have you learned new technique?  

Taking up one you've forgotten?  

Show us what you have made with it!!!!

I interpreted our theme broadly
(which is what we do at The Order)
and created some digital art
using a couple of sunrise photos I took on my Christmas holiday.

credits:  Captivated Visions, Studio Rosey Posey, Dawn Inskip,
Kimeric Kreations, and Jopke Designs

AND...

 credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Flergs, Dawn Inskip,
Holliewood Studios, Created By Jill, Amanda Frijo-Tobin

I also made a card using a thread technique that I haven't done for a very long time.

 I had forgotten how cool this is, I am going to have make more of these!


We hope you help us ring in the New Year
with something new!
And just a little secret,
at The Order of the Opus Gluei
our 200th challenge is coming up and
there just may be a giveaway in our future....

Come and play along with us,
we have lots of fun and very few rules!

(Rules are made to be broken anyways, right?)
See you there...

Red and Green

For this week at

Take a Word

 

credits:  Dawn Inskip, Crafty Button Designs, Eeana's Creations,

Xquisart. Rebecca Mcmeen, Tracy Martin Designs,

Cajoline, and Beth Rimmer

 

4 more sleeps, folks!