steampunk/mechanical at tag tuesday

the current challenge for one more week at tag tuesday is steampunk or mechanical.  always a fun theme for creating!  my tag:

the lady, camera, clock and plane are all by lunagirl. the wings and star are stamps by cherry pie stamps.  the background paper is jodie lee designs. paper tape by tim holtz. 

love to all.

dress up buddies

these friends playing dress up are here for the take a word "hats" challenge.

images from marta van eck, songbirdy, miles beyond the moon and tumblefish studios.

love to all.

treats from the garden

as we continue with the garden bliss customer challenge at gecko galz i'm providing a couple more cards for your gardening inspiration.  details to join the challenge are below.

supplies: gecko galz garden party paper pack; gecko galz how does your garden grow collage sheet; border and stickers from my stash; distress ink.

instructions:  this is a card i made modeled on a sketch pattern from paper play sketches; their sketch challenge blog is closed but there are lots of sketch inspiration patterns still on the blog site.  i covered the card stock base with the paper and distressed the edges.  i added the border, the sunflower image and the gnome image along with some leaf stickers from my stash.

supplies: gecko galz garden botanica paper pack; gecko galz viva marie collage sheet; gecko galz butterfly dreams collage sheet; gecko galz journal toppers kit; border die cut; distress ink.

instructions: i adhered the paper to the card stock and then added all the other elements.

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how to play along with the challenge: create on our theme -- remember you must use at least one item by gecko galz.  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 april 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!  

love to all. 

it's time

for take a word "time."  what is it time for?  oh, so many things!

images are from various mischief circus designers -- holliewood studios, songbirdy, itKuPiLLi, tumblefish, and more.

love to all.

steampunk girls at crafting by design

i have the fun of being a guest designer at crafting by design this week for their lunagirl sponsored steampunk challenge! i have 2 ATCs to share.

for this first piece i used the featured "steampunk girls" collage sheet as well as a butterfly from the "fly away home" collage sheet, both by lunagirl.  my background paper came from a "world traveler" paper pack by teresa collins designs.

i used images from the steampunk girls sheet again as well as paper from the teresa collins paper pack, along with other little bits and bobs from my stash.  i tried something a bit different -- printing the images on off-white (nearly beige!) paper instead of white paper as i usually do -- it gave a very cool sepia tone and i'm glad it tried it.

i hope you'll play along with the challenge for the chance to win a $15 shopping credit at lunagirl!

love to all.

a spot of tea

for three muses challenge "teacup:"

background is from the primavera papers by itKuPiLLi and the rest of the images are by krysty scrap. 

love to all.

black and white with a spot of cherries

for tag tuesday: black and white with a spot of color...
(you have one more week to link up!)

background is gecko galz graphical paper pack.  the remaining images were in my scraps folder and i am not sure of the sources, apologies.

love to all.

free

for take a word: colors of the rainbow

from marta van eck "good vibes" and holliewood studios "good vibes" and "chrysalis" kits.

love to all.

hello from me

for three muses "mail art:"

images by itKuPiLLi, xquizart and tumblefish studios.
love to all.

black and white plus

the new two week theme at tag tuesday is black and white with a spot of color.

background is the gecko galz graphical paper pack.  foreground is a lunagirl image from the vintage blue flappers collage sheet.  there's washi tape, a velvety sticker and ribbon as well.

love to all.

happy national unicorn day!

did you know that april 9 is national unicorn day? so for the take a word "black and white" theme i chose unicorns to celebrate their special day.

i appreciate that unicorns are typically full of color and glitter but they can be depicted in black and white as well of course.  the background paper is from the gecko galz graphical paper pack and the unicorns and butterflies are by with wild abandon (company seems to be closed, cannot find a link).

love to all, with sparkle and glitter!

rustles of spring

for three muses, rustle of spring challenge

images from xquizart, tumblefish studios and itKuPiLLi.

love to all.

splash of red!

for take a word: splash of red

background paper from gecko galz (smitten paper pack); butterflies from marta van eck chrysalis and all the rest is burlesque by 
songbirdy.

also sharing "it's a bunny world" with images from miles beyond the moon, itKuPiLLi and crzytal rain.

love to all.

garden bliss

for the month of april our new customer challenge theme at gecko galz blog is "garden bliss." link up your garden themed creations using gecko galz products for the chance at a prize. more details below.

this is a card i made modeled on a sketch pattern from paper play sketches; their sketch challenge blog is closed but there are lots of sketch inspiration patterns still on the blog site.

supplies: gecko galz butterfly dreams collage sheet; gecko galz journal toppers kit; gecko galz designer paper (can't identify the kit!); washi tape; enamel dots.

instructions: i covered card stock with the designer paper and arranged the images from the butterfly dreams collage sheet interlaced with a strip of washi tape.  all edges were distressed before adhering.  the enamel dots were the final touch.

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how to play along with the challenge: create on our theme -- remember you must use at least one item by gecko galz.  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 april 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!  most importantly, have fun!


i hope that all who celebrate had a blessed passover and a blessed easter!

love to all.