Pile Up Your Toys and Make a Mountain!

and when you are done,
hit the playground!

Frames and Roses

Sounds kind of like "Guns and Roses", doesn't it?

I am feeling fairly irreverent today.

So the piece I created is for both

Sunday Postcard Art (theme: Roses)

and

Take A Word (theme: Frames)

credits:  Rian Designs, Bleuesse

Sorry if I have offended anyone...

No, I'm not.

That's a lie.

Find the joy in everything.

Butterflies

for Tag Along

credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Cottage Arts, Amanda Sok

Thanks coming by!

Just Because

credits:  Celeste Knight, Studio Rosey Posey

Friends

Girlfriends are the best.

Just sayin.

for this week at

The Three Muses

credits:  Gecko Galz, Amanda Sok, Itkupilli, and Berna Datema.

Now go call a girlfriend and let her know how

important she is to you!

Thanks for coming by!

Fruits and Veggies

are the Order of the day at

The Order of the Opus Gluei

Challenge #189 is to create something

with the theme

A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST

You have the next three weeks to join in the fun with your creation.

Just link up with us in the comments

HERE

Have fun!!

Beauty

for this week at

 credits:  Sim, Crafty Buttons Designs,
Joanne Brisbois and Studio Rosey Posey

Great to see you,

I will be by to visit soon!

Votes and Pressies!!

 Did you know the  Design Team has created a garden of beauty over at

Gecko Galz 

using our Cross Promotion elements from Itkupilli for this month?

It really is spectacular!

And did you know there are pressies involved if you do got and vote?

I made something fun this morning using the 

GG and Itkupilli products.

 The really great part of this is that

 you get to vote for your favorite!

Now we want you to choose the best design and win a great prize pack from Gecko Galz.....what you might ask? We are going to place everyone who cast their vote into a drawing and one lucky winner will get a design team prize pack which is all the September products plus a Itkupilli prize pack. Just email your vote to geckogalz2014@gmail.com before August 30th and the winner will be announced here on the 31st. BUT WAIT! Just for entering you get a FREE mini stamp set from Gecko Galz! So vote now....get your free stamp set and maybe even win a prize pack! Good Luck!

Gecko Galz 

I'll see you there!

Very Vintage

Who says Vintage has to be quite muted tones?

Not Electra, no sirree!

I have this sheet of  happy girls called

"Costume Crazy"

from

Gecko Galz 

and it just begged to be made into a fat ATC to inspire you to enter the

Gecko Galz

   Very Vintage challenge

And since I added some stickers by Amy Tangerine and

some pinwheels fron Mikey's,

it also qualifies for this week's challenge over at

Use Your Stuff

How cool is that?

The background papers are from Gecko Galz, too,

their "Strawberry Fields" Paper set.

Check out the

  Very Vintage challenge!

NOw if you will excuse me, I need to go

comb the feathers on my t-shirt.

Electra,  over and out.

Zetti Art

for this week at

The Three Muses

credits:  Crowabout Studio B, Cryztal Rain

and I'm sorry, but I don't remember from where

I got the awesome wordart!

Thanks for stopping by!

Selfie

credits:  Gecko Galz, Shabby Blog, Oscraps

Black and White and Red

So I was driving through the nountains a couple of weeks ago,

and I see this herd of Bighorn Sheep

muching on the berries in the trees,

along the main road into a small town.

Of course there were about a gazillion tourists

taking pictures

(just like me)

I thought it was very cool.

Must have been snack time!

I made this for

Take A Word

Thanks for coming by!

Faces

for Tag Along

Thanks for stopping by!

Animals

for

Sunday Postcard Art

Such fun!

credits:  Holliewood Studios, Dido Designs, Cajoline, 

Tumblefish Studio, Dezinaworld, Maya de Groot.

Electra, Over and Out!

August Gecko Galz!

The new products are out at

Gecko Galz

and they are 

AMAZING!

And the Design Team has made some inspiration pieces

that will knock your socks off!

Gecko Galz 

Not only that, but our monthly challenge is

Just click on the link on my sidebar to get all the deets.

If you are reading this blog,

I just KNOW you will want to play along with this one.

(You know you adore vintage)

So let me show you a few of the things I have made so far with the new August products:

Aren't they lovely?  Both pieces use elements from the 

JAPANESE TRADITION COLLECTION

with the background papers  from the

MORI GIRL PAPER PAK

But then...

For this one I used the circus performer from
CLOWNING AROUND and some
LIFE IS A CIRCUS Papers

I am going to be making lots this month with the new items, 

there is lots more magic to choose from

The other great news is that this month

Gecko Galz

is partnering with the lovely

ephemeral images by

ITKUPILLI!

You will find lots of beautiful

inspiration by our Design Team

HERE

for this month's Cross-Promotion.

Here's mine:

I have used various Gecko Galz and Itkupilli elements.
Pretty nice, eh?

I hope you will check out the gorgeous new 

August products at

Gecko Galz

(I want to quit my job and stay home and play with them all day)

And don't forget about our Customer Challenge:

VERY VINTAGE

I'll see you over there!

Thanks for coming by.

Eyeglasses

The August Challenge at

Soartful Challenges 

is

EYEGLASSES!

Is that not a unique and wonderful theme?

I made something a little steam-punk-y for it, 

but you definitely want to head over and check out the inspiration from our

multi-talented Design Team.

You have the entire month of August to create something

with this theme in mind,

Keep your eye on

Soartful Challenges

and link up with us in the comments.

See you soon!

(credits:  Gecko Galz, Amanda Sok)

Seashell

The theme at

The Three Muses

this week is

SEASHELL

It just so happens 

that I made some Thank You cards for folks we stayed with

at the coast last week.

With just that theme.

(Get it Seashells/At the coast)?

I used Gecko Galz products and was having so much fun,

I got carried away and made one more thing,

after the cards were done.

First, the cards:

 And then, my extra....

So I think they all fit the theme this week.

The Three Muses

As well, I am submitting this for
Use Your Stuff
which also has a beach theme this week!

You can find these amazing papers and images HERE

Thanks for coming by!

Feeling Zen

Hah!  That is SO not true.

I went back to work today, after my lovely holiday and

started getting stressed last night, just thinking about it.

So I was up until 3, then up at 5 to go.

Sigh.

Don't get me wrong, I love my job,

but the amount of work I am facing right now is a tad

mind-numbing.

Oh well.

I came home and made these ATC's, thinking it might help.

The Zentangles are by

Gecko Galz 

 I embossed the backgrounds 

and smooshed some Distress Ink over them.

Ranger dots for a border.

NEWSFLASH:

Did it help to mellow me out?

No.

But I like them.

Going to bed now.

Nightie night.

Sugar Plums

is the current challenge at

Jingle Belles

(Have I told you lately that they rock?)

For my first card I used some very old paper that I

have no earthly idea why I bought,

as I don't like it in the least.

But I have to admit, it is perfect for this challenge.

Then, I used some awesome vintage playing cards

I actually WON! from

the very same Jingle Belles last year!

I will have to look through my

cadre of friends, to see

who would be the most suitable

to receive this little gem!

I can guarantee you,

there will be someone!

Thanks for coming by,

Check out

 Jingle Belles

Layers

I printed out this awesome photo of my cousins
and brother when they were little,

Heaven's only knows where I was.

Probably pouting in the corner or
something equally charming.

The current challenge at

Use Your Stuff

is to use

LAYERS

That is just about my most favorite things to do you know...

And I won a passle of goodies from

Canadian Scrapbooker,

so that's what I did.

Make Layers!

Elements used are by Websters Pages, Fancy Pants and Glitz Designs.

(Not to mention my substantial stash)

Thanks for coming by,

I hope life is treating you well today!

(PS, who knew I was too late to enter the challenge...
Oh well, I like the LO!)