gecko galz annual blog hop! october 27-31

Hello everyone!

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 6th Annual Blog Hop

This is your Seventh stop on a wonderfully Wicked Blog Hop! 

We have 16 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

"Retro Lolita".

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, a new paper pack each quarter!

 This is a $100 value!

First of all, you will need to visit all 16 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.

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 27th 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

“Retro Lolita”

 i decided to make coasters with these images.  i started with a trip to the dollar store -- 

ultimately decided to go with the square coasters instead of the round ones.  

gecko galz products used: retro lolita collage sheet; darling dragonflies collage sheet; la vie en rose collage sheet; scripted collage sheet; time flies collage sheet; card toppers collage sheet; vintage card toppers collage sheet; la isla bonita paper pack; gatsby digital paper pack; along with random borders, die cuts, stickers, distress inks, etc., from my stash.

here they are all together.  if anyone has tips for sealing these so they can actually be used as coasters let me know.  otherwise they'll just have to be decorative!

Now have fun visiting each Blog

Gecko Galz

Gerri Herbst

Barbara Bird

Nancy Smith

Lena Hermanson

Dana Tater

 YOU ARE HERE

Jackie Neal

Vicki Romaine

Margaret Ashby

Tracy Sagriff

Katie Lamb

Heather Hudson

Marilyn Hughes

Patti Fisher

Leanne Seed

If you did not start at the Gecko Galz Blog you might want to start there so you will not miss a thing!

i hope you've enjoyed your visit here so now keep hopping along -- lots of free goodies at every stop and the possibility of additional prizes if you've commented at every stop.

love to all.

birds on tins

because of my interest in altering tins i put a call out on a note on the office refrigerator for people to give me their old altoids tins.  one person gave me several.  so I made a set of altered tins for her.

my image sources were the que sera paper pack, the "vintage birds" collage sheet and the "just a note" collage sheet by gecko galz.  i used the same washi tapes for both borders and similar papers on the insides and bottoms since this was meant to be a set.  i also used prima flowers on both.

enjoy; love to all.

december inspiration at gecko galz

it is time to share some of the new items at gecko galz along with the cross promotion with our partner this month, robyn gough.

supplies:

gecko galz “from russia with love II” college sheet

robyn gough paper pack and digital images

cardstock

distress inks

instructions:

this card started as a digital creation.  i selected the designer paper i wanted from the robyn gough collection along with several additional items from her collection of digital images and i re-sized and re-arranged images until i had it the way i wanted.  i printed the creation and glued on the image from the gecko galz collage sheet which I had already fussy cut.  i adhered the creation to cardstock with scor-tape and cut it out (the dimensions are 4x4).  the final step was distressing the edges.

A REMINDER:  the gecko galz blog is featuring a special christmas tag every day this month.  if you comment on the blog post and follow the blog of the tagger you'll be able to get a free digital stamp so please check it out!

this is my last piece for the unruly paper arts 12 days of christmas challenge as well. i did it! i posted a christmas creation every day for 12 days!  thanks to the unrulies for helping me get my holiday cards done!

enjoy; love to all.

hallowe'en greetings at my artistic adventures challenge blog

very excited to be a guest designer today for heather's my artistic adventures challenge blog first challenge -- hallowe'en greetings!

heather provided us a collage sheet of hallowe'en images which you can find at her my artistic adventures etsy shop.  it is a delightful sheet she created.  i made a tag featuring some of the images on this sheet.

i started with a cardboard base which i covered with designer paper from gecko galz called "dark magic."  it has a lot of skulls on it but you can't actually see them!

i added a border on the far left which i covered in letter stickers to spell the word "spooky."  then i arranged and adhered 5 images from heather's awesome collage sheet.

the final touches include distressed edges, a bit of washi tape where i punched the hole for the tag, a raven sicker and a zombie brad.  and some black cord of course.

happy hallowe'en!  please check out the challenge blog for more details on how to participate in the challenge!

love to all.