Gecko Galz Trick and Treats Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 7th Annual Blog Hop

This is your fifth stop on our Tricks and Treats Blog Hop! 

We have 14 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage sheets that we are giving you for FREE! Each blog you visit will have another free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to down load, the one here is

"Winter Children".

And here are some samples I made featuring your

free Collage Sheet:

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit and on the last blog there will be a phrase that you will email to us to be entered in our drawing for a wonderful treat pack.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:

·        First is a Gecko Galz shopping spree for $100!

·        Second prize is a $50 Shopping spree with Gecko Galz.

·        Third prize is a $25 shopping spree!

·        And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz PRODUCTS!!! This includes the 6 new collage sheets each quarter, a new stamp set each quarter, 2 new paper packs each quarter, a journal kit each quarter, a ATC collection each quarter, and one jewel it collection!

 This is a $176 value!

First of all, you will need to visit all 14 blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect the phrase at the end of the hop on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz at geckogalz2014@gmail.com.

This enters you in the contest. On October 31st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names on the Gecko Galz blog site.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the 

GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE 

between the 26th of October and the 30^th of 

October and your name goes in again for a better

 chance of winning 

(each purchase you make that weekend 

gives you another chance to win) 

Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet

“Winter Children”

Just right click and save to your computer

Now have fun visiting each Blog

Joan Liddle

Barbara Bird

Vicki Romain

Patti Fisher (that's me)

Marilyn Hughes

Michele Storms

Carole Jones

Margaret Ashby

Gerri Herbst

Carole Wright

Nancy Nickel

Heather Hudson

Leanne Seed

If you get lost, here is the beginning:
Gecko Galz

Good luck!!

Oogedy-Boogedy October

It's  time for me to show you what I have 

created for the month of October

at Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

I love me some Halloween.

Yup.

I surely do.

And I fell in love with the new Dark Arts Collage Sheet Set at

the Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

IN LOVE!

You have to go and check it out!

Really!

I can hardly contain my excitement!

Here, let's see what I did with it:

Isn't this woman amazing?!

(I don't know how that creepy guy behind her

got in there, but she had better be careful.)

And he is by Beth Rimmer.

I placed her over a paper by Cryztal Rain,

added the raven and moon from the Arsenic and Old Lace

Digital Stamp Set.

I finished it with another paper from the Coven paper pak

by putting it over the whole piece

and changing the blending mode so that

the whole thing looked spookier.

See, you can even use these papers as overlays!

What do I say about this? lol

Well, I bumped up the saturation of the

image from Dark Arts to make it kind of bright and neon-y.

(is that a word?)

The magenta background I made to match the

doll and then I placed a paper from

the In Marble Halls Paper Pak

(greatly enlarged) between the background 

paper and the doll image.

Somehow, a skeleton by Beth Rimmer snuck in there too.

THAT'S spooky!

The wordart is a Font I can't remember 

the name of, with a white outline.

This time the background paper is from the Freaky Paper Pak.

Gecko Galz has so many cool Halloween items in their shop!

I erased the background from the woman,

added a couple of embellies by Brandy Murray

and it's done!  Couldn't have been easier!

In this one the background paper is from the Coven Paper Pak and

the wordart is from the Scripted set. 

I did not change the blend mode this time on the wordart, as the background is too dark

and too busy for you to be able to see it.

The background paper on this last one is from 

the Coven paper pak and over top of it 

I put three layers of paper I made to

match the colors in the image by using

the eyedropper and paint bucket tools.

The bats are the digital stamp.

That cat is watching your every move.

(and he is by Cajoline)

DON'T TRY TO LEAVE!!!!

The process I used for these is simple and straightforward.

 I choose a paper for the background.

I crop the image from the Dark Arts page.

Using a mask of my choice, (in all these cases, by Paula Wright)

I layer the masked image over top of the paper.

I sometimes will add one of the Gecko Galz digital stamps and/or icons.

This month I used the Arsenic and Old Lace stamps and icons.

Or maybe words. 

It's all up to you.

The digital stamps are so easy to use.

Did you know that when you change the blend mode

to darken or multiply and that will make the white 

background disappear!

Magic!!!

Then to finish the piece off, I usually add

a border overlay from my massive stash of digital yummies, 

and maybe an embellie from the same massive stash.

So that is my creative contribution for the month.

Make sure you check out the other projects

from our incredibly talented Design Team!

Each day on the Gecko Galz blog there

is a link to each designer's blog and a

free stamp for you!

And for sure, go see all the gorjuss

Halloween items in the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

I'll bet you get as carried away as I did!

And it's only the beginning of the month!

See you at the Gecko Galz blog!

Thanks for stopping by, says

Electra, walking away backwards very slowly......

Flowers

for The Three Muses

credits:  ETC by Danyale, Just Jaimee,

Nancy Rowe Janitz

Thanks for coming by!

Red

for this week's Take A Word

credits:  Gecko Galz

Wonderland

for Sunday Postcard Art

credits:  Gecko Galz, Berna Datema

Thanks for coming by!

Bumpity Bump

It is a new month at Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

(Well, now that I think about it, it's a new month everywhere!)

but in Geckoland, that means there is a new Customer Challenge

that you will want to take part in!

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 $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree

I made something for this challenge to get you thinking, using the new

Dark Arts Collage Sheet

I cropped the woman from the Dark Arts Collage sheet

and used a mask (by Paula Wright) with her.

Then I placed it over a paper from the 

Tribal First Paper pak.

(Did you know Gecko Galz has a lot of GORGEOUS Papers?)

I placed some wings behind her (by Beth Rimmer), and then

added a white smoke brush over top

(a free brush by Brusheezy)

All done!

Remember you don't have to do a digital project like I did-

The Gecko Galz images can all be easily printed, cut out and used for cards, ATC's Scrapbooking, anything your imagination can concoct.

And there are a lot of very cool Halloween images in the shop.

Check out the 

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

and don't miss the samples the DT has done for you

at the main blog: Gecko Galz Scrapbooking

And while we are chatting, did you know that

Gecko Galz is having a

Design Team Call?

No word of a lie, it really is

FUN!!!

Deets are on the Blog

and the deadline for applications is October 15th.

Just one more thing.

And it's a secret, so don't tell anyone.

Did you know our annual bloghop is coming soon?

Sign up for the newsletter and you'll be

the first to know.

Here

Well, not exactly the first, since I told you,

but keep it under your hat will ya?  Just you and me.

It'll be our secret.  

Thanks for coming by!!

See you soon!

September Already?

Well, it is already September and I am

wondering where the summer went?

That's the bad news.

But there is good news!

It a new month at

Gecko Galz Scrapbooking!!

Yesiree Bob, it's

HARVEST TIME!

But wait there is more!

There are new Harvest Time goodies in the

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

I made a few things which hopefully can help

get your creative juices flowing.

I used some of the (many) new items.

for this first one, 

I used these Gecko Galz products:

High Tea Paper pak

La Boheme paper 

All You Need is Love digital stamp set

Be Thankful digital stamp set

The process I used for these is simple and straightforward.

 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 sometimes will add one of the Gecko Galz digital stamps.

Sometimes not.

Sometimes I will add a Gecko Galz icon from one of the

digital kits.

Or maybe words. 

It's all up to you.

These digital stamps are so easy to use.

Did you know that when you change the blend mode

to darken or multiply and that will make the white 

background disappear!

Magic!!!

Then to finish the piece off, I usually add

a border overlay from my massive stash of digital yummies.

Obviously, if you have never done digital

scrapbooking, none of this will make any sense to you, 

BUT

if you go over to the Gecko Galz Scrapbooking, you will see 

lots of terrific samples from talented members of the

Design Team that are made with

paper and scissors and all of those

traditional goodies.

Gecko Galz products are incredibly versatile.

for this one, 

I used these Gecko Galz products:

Thankful for Fall Collage Sheet

Mayflower Paper Pak

And for this one I used:

Gatsby Paper pak

Gypsy Market paper pak

Be Thankful Jewel It Collage Sheet

"I love you"  Holiday Icon from the 

Holiday Icon Digital kit

Have you entered the September  Customer Challenge yet?

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product 
(this can be one of the freebies, so check back through the blog and also look at the freebies on the Pinterest page, or of course you can buy at the Etsy store!) 

Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

I can hardly wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

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!