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!)

Turquoise

is my favorite colour.

And that's the challenge at

Lunagirl Moonbeams

Use Your Favorite Colour

So I did:

OK (deep breath)

The list of credits is endless for this one:

Itkupilli, Holliewood Studios, Beth Rimmer, Bonnie Zeiman,

Studio Tangie, Lisas Altered Art, Crowabout Studios,

Rucola Designs, and The Gilded Bee.

(OK, that wasn't so bad)

It's nice to be back home making stuff again!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Just Because

Asian

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Gecko Galz, Sissy Sparrows

Thanks for coming by!

A Good Read

Challenge #188 at

The Order of the Opus Gluei

is

A GOOD READ

What does that inspire you to create?

Something in honour of a favorite book you have read, a mixed media piece

made with vintage dictionary pages?  

Maybe a little book of quotes?

Mine is a very simple card.  I used a card base that I got from Mikey's, and added an image from Gecko Galz that I printed, cut out and coloured.  Her necklace is Perfect Pearls.  I added a flower from my stash. All the books I read are on CD in the truck.  It just seems when I get home, I would rather be making things than reading things, but living out of the city and commuting, 
I get to read/hear a lot of books.  
That's what works for me!

You have until Saturday, August 9 to play along.
Link up in the comments at

 The Order of the Opus Gluei
and we'll be by to visit!
Thanks for stopping by! 

Travel

for Use Your Stuff

Silhouette

for Take A Word

credits: Maya de Groot, Tangie Baxter,
Cryztal Rains, Studio Rosey Posey

Thanks for stopping by!

Bird people

I made this for one of my staff - he was thrilled!
It seemed perfect for this week's
Sunday Postcard Art

Thanks for coming by!!

Picnic/Summer

There is a brand new challenge at 

The Order of the Opus Gluei

Challenge 187 invites you to create something with the theme of

Picnic!

My ladies are having a wonderful day...

Wouldn't you love to live where they do?

The ladies are all images by Gecko Galz, and the rest of the stuff is from my overflowing stash.

I really have to stop shopping.

haha

NOT!

You have until July 27 to link up with us in the comments.

The Order of the Opus Gluei 

We are looking forward to seeing your picnic creations!

Use A Digital Background

That's the challenge at

The Cheerful Stamp Pad

How can I not play around with this?

We have these beautiful backgrounds from

Itkupilli to use this month at

Gecko Galz

so I built this piece around the awesome

GG digital teacup stamp.

I am also submitting it for our GG Facebook group's

Tea For Two Challenge.

You should really check out our'

Gecko Galz Papercraftibng Challenge group on Facebook!

We have a great time there!

Thanks for coming by, and have a funny day!!

Shopping My Jingle Belles Stash

The challenge at

Jingle Belles

right now is to create a Christmas card

using supplies that are over a year old.

Easy Peasey.

I have supplies over 10 years old, I'll bet.

The theme song of a scrapbooker...

What on this card is over a year old?

Well, let's see...

EVERYTHING!!!

The Belles at

Jingle Belles

have teamed up with 

Shopping Our Stash (SOS)

for this one, and there are goodies available

for one lucky player!

So I will see you over there!

Thanks for stopping by,

you know I love it when you visit.

Yellow Bicycle

for The Three Muses

credits:  Berna Datema, Studio Rosey Posey, Flergs, 

Akiso, Cryztal Rainz, Dawn Inskp and Bonnie Zeiman

Thanks for stopping by!

Japan

I used a Dover image to make this tag for

Tag Tuesday

along with stuff from my stasherie.

Gotta love stasherie.

Thanks for stopping by!

Beachy Keen Bathing Beauties

So I made this tag last night and it turns out it is good for a couple of challenges this week!

This is for

Lunagirls Moonbeams

Vintage Seashore/Bathing Beauties

and

Gecko Galz

Beachy Keen

Bathing Beauty image is by Gecko Galz,

the rest is from my substantial stash.

Have a funny day!

Leaves

I took these pics while walking around in a really spectacular spot last fall.

We only have colours for about 3 days here, it's all I can do to

go to work each day for that time, and not spend all my time

out in the woods with my camera.  lol

This is for this week's 

Use Your Stuff

Thanks for coming by!

Butterflies

I actually wanted to make two big prints to fit a couple of photo frames I have.

I found them when I was dusting my bedroon.

I don't often dust my bedroon.

Well, actually, the dust was so think, it was more like WASHING my bedroom.

What can I say?

So the first, I made with this week's theme at

Take a Word  in mind.

The second just goes with it, cus there are two frames.

I hope your summer is awesome, 

I haven't been around much and next week, I leave town

(and work!)

Yay!

The second doesn't have butterflies,

but it's a set, so you have to see it.

 (Don't look if you are a purist, the theme after all is Butterflies)

 Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

credits:  Holliewood Studios, Rebecca McMeen, Crystal Rainz, 

DawnInskip, Kimeric Creations, and Pink Lotty

Aliens

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Deviant Scrap Out of the World Collection,

Berna Datema, Bonnie Zeiman

Thanks for coming by!

Feathers

Our new challenge at

Is to create something wonderful with

FEATHERS!

in bright, saturated colours!

Our Design Team has created some amazing pieces that you will want to

immediately go see.

Honest!  

You will!

Here is mine:

I used elements from the Deviant Scrap Mind Over Matter Collection, 

and Sissy Sparrows

You have until Saturday, August 2nd 

to link up with us in the comments at

 Soartful Challenges

We look forward to seeing your masterpieces!!

 

Challenge #142 at Use Your Stuff

Admittedly, it's not the best photograph in the world of this LO.

But the theme this week is to use chipboard on your piece. And I did that.

I love this page actually, I think it's full of fun and movement.

(must be why it's blurry-lol!)

Use Your Stuff! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Can't Sleep

so I made this for

The Three Muses

I have 4 1/2 hours until I get up for work. 

May as well try again.

And who do YOU think is going in that trailer tonight?

Goodnight.

Mona goes up north

Take A Word

credits: Studio Rosey Posey, Linda's Digi Creations,
Tangie Baxter, and Exquisart

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

A Dancer for the Three Muses

for The Three Muses

Thanks for coming by!

credits:  Grcko Galz, Flergs, Boinnie Zeiman, Gilded Bee, Berna Datema, and Durin Eberhart

Sunday Postcart Art

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Exquisart, Berna Datema, Bonnie Zeiman

Thanks for coming by!

Use Your Stuff

Challenge #140 at Use Your Stuff

is

Father's Day

So I made a LO of my own dad when he was young.

I actually have the letter that he wrote to my Mother

the first day after they were wed.

He called her by her new married name,
drew a stamp on it

and wrote,

"I Love You,

Sincerely yours,

Charles A Perry"

How cool is that?!?

Thanks for coming by so I can introduce you to my dad!

(and that's my mom up in the corner)

Mermaids

is the theme over at

Tag Along

this week

One of my favorite themes

 

credits:  Beth Rimmer, Sissy Sparrow, Finecrafted Designs.

 

Thanks for coming by!



Happy Father's Day!

Blue Suede Shoes...

for this week's

Take A Word

credits:  Studio Rosey Posey, Manuela Zimmerman, Dawn Inskip

Thanks for coming by,

I'll be over to your house to see how BLUE you are!

Artist Inspiration

I did this today for Digitalmania.

We have been invited to create something with the artist

Kanchan Mahon as our inspiration.

I used a Gecko Galz image of a Mucha woman and built around her.

 Additional Credits:  Rebecca McMeen, Crafty Button Designs,

Maya De Groot and the Mind Over Matter collaboration.

Thanks for coming by!

Challenge #185 - Animals!

Woof, grrr, purrr, snort!

That's the kind of thing you hear at my 

Animal Farm. 

What on earth are you talking about Electra?

I'm talking about

ANIMALS.

That's the theme at

The Order of the Opus Gluei right now.

Animals.

Any kind.

Any size.

Doing anything.

or nothing in particular.

Just hanging out.

Like they do in my world.

ANIMALS

We hope you play along with us.  

The possibilities are endless!

Link up in the comments and we will stop by and say hello.

See you there!

 The Order of the Opus Gluei

(credits for my piece: Beth Rimmer, Holliewood Studios, Finecrafted Designs,

Mr. Whispers, Cajoline, Shadowhouse Creations and Crafty Button Designs)  

 

Shapes

My muse has gone on hiatus.

Don't know where.

Don't know why.

She just has.

So I am taking it easy and may even clean my house today.

I did make this before she left town, for

Take A Word

credits: Captivated Visions, Val C Designs,

Berna Datema, Tangie Baxter

Thanks for coming by, 

I'll see you when she gets home.

Wings

When I saw that this week's theme at

Tag Along

is WINGS,

I decdied to cheat and pull out a tag I made

white a while back:

I made the wings out of Fantasy Film:

Hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right?

Thanks for coming by!

Black and White Celebrations!

The theme for the month of June at

Soartful Challenges

is

Celebrate!

using black and white!

You can create something for a wedding, 

graduation, Father's Day,

you decide!

I used Tim Holtz and Spellbinder dies.

Easy-Peasey.

You have until the first Saturday in July to

link up with us, so that we can stop by and leave a 

little love!

Soartful Challenges

I'll see you there!

Patterns

is the challenge at 

Use Your Stuff

So I made a LO using a digital piece I made

and odds and ends of papers....

That's the point, right?

To use your stuff!

Thanks for looking!!

Nature

for the last challenge at

Collage Obsession

before the summer:

Believe it or not, 

 this is mainly a combination of a number of flower photos of my own.

Added to that are elements by:

Studio Tangie, Rebecca McMeen Amanda Sok, 

Pink Lotty, The Gilded Bee, and Flergs.

Thanks for coming by, and for the talented ladies at

Collage Obsession, have a great summer!