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Showing posts with label goddesses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goddesses. Show all posts

Thursday, May 20, 2021

ATC swaps

i'm overdue to share some ATC swaps i participated in on the gecko galz facebook groups.

spring theme

received from my partner Danuta BrzeziƄska of Poland:

and what i sent to her:




goddess theme

received from my partner Kim Rayko of Nova Scotia:


and what i sent to her:


(i sent 3 but i'd made 4). all projects made with gecko galz products.

love to all.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

paper, lace and doilies

for the tag tuesday "paper, lace and doilies" prompt.


vintage lady from gecko galz "oh my goddess" collage sheet. doilie, pink lace, black paper card stock and prima flowers from my stash.

love to all.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

signs of the zodiac

this week at tag tuesday our challenge prompt is signs of the zodiac.  my sign is aquarius, the water bearer, and i wanted to work with my own sign.  i'm on the lunagirl moonbeams design team so i started scouring my collage sheets for women with water vessels.  when i couldn't find anything right away karen at lunagirl hooked me up with a couple images.


this very tag was the first one i made.  i love this beautiful little girl.  i grabbed some designer paper from my stash for the background (notice the cranes in water on the paper), stamped some waves (the aquarius symbol!) with a meer image stamp and placed her on the tag -- after first adding a compass cut from the lunagirl "wind and roses" collage sheet.


for this second tag i covered the tag base with designer paper and then cut out and used an image from an old "antique globes and maps" address book i have stashed -- the map here is called "sky chart."  i cut a planet from the lunagirl "celestial" collage sheet and added this gorgeous lunagirl water-bearing goddess.

as you can see i went hog-wild so to speak and i actually made a third tag.  i discovered that i did have a water bearing image on an old bathing beauties collage sheet from lunagirl that was in my stash and so she became the focus of my third tag.


the background paper is actually designer paper created by karen at lunagirl. i stamped the word "water" with mason row pegz on an additional piece of designer paper and added that.  the sun was carefully cut from the "wind and roses" collage sheet and i added the goddess last.

we aquarians are known for being visionary, artistic souls.  the water we carry is a blessing for the earth,  i hope you've enjoyed this visual voyage through my astrological sign.

now here is the very talented ren woods singing "aquarius" in the 1979 move version of the musical "hair:"



love to all.

Friday, March 13, 2015

fruits and flowers: vintage botanicals 2

continuing with our celebration of the vintage garden and vintage botanicals at lunagirl moonbeams i'm offering up a second tag featuring the botanical tags collage sheets from lunagirl.


this "grape goddess" tag includes one of the botanical tags as a background and a goddess from one of the goddess collage sheets and a fairy from one of the butterfly collage sheets.  i've added washi tape and prima flowers as well.

one more week to link up!  a randomly selected winner will get some shopping credit at the lunagirl store...
love to all.

Friday, March 6, 2015

fruits and flowers: vintage botanicals

it is a friday so it must be time for a new challenge at lunagirl moonbeams. for the next two weeks we'll be exploring art involving fruits and flowers.  karen at lunagirl provided our DT with some vintage botanical tags so here is my first piece.


i'm calling this the "cherry goddess" since in addition to the botanical tags sheet from lunagirl i've also used one of the goddess collage sheets and the birds collage sheets.  other than that this is a simple tag with only some distressing, washi tape and a lovely dragonfly i obtained from the eyelet outlet.

i hope you will be able to play along!  a randomly selected winner will get some shopping credit at the lunagirl store, a fine prize for the artistic soul.
love to all.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

goddess challenge at collage obsession

here is a new challenge blog i've found, collage obsession.  kind of perfect for me since i love collaging things.  the current theme is "goddess" and i've made a tag featuring numerous images from lunagirl along with other embellishments.


enjoy; love to all.

Monday, October 20, 2014

a moon goddess beholds the skies

this beloved moon goddess is observing the moons and planets in her magical celestial sphere.  the stars are singing!  this ATC is a little week 2 inspiration for you for the moon goddess challenge at lunagirl moonbeams.


i've included vintage images from the "celestial" and "celestial II" collage sheets at lunagirl.  if you enter this challenge you'll be in the running for a random draw to get shopping credit at the lunagirl store.  i hope you will play along!

i'm linking up to the anything goes but no cards challenge at craft my life blog.

love to all.

Monday, October 13, 2014

moon goddess in love

moon goddess is the new theme at lunagirl moonbeams for the next two weeks.  i used vintage images from two lunagirl collage sheets -- "celestial" and "celestial II"  to make my ATC.


the wonderful harlequin background paper came from alphastamps.  i punched a heart shape from some primavera paper by iTkUpiLLi.  i used a couple different tissue tapes, distress inks and the je t'aime stamp from rogue redhead designs.

a randomly selected winner will get shopping credit at the ever-wonderful lunagirl store.
play along if you will!

happy week; love to all

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

autumn goddess with birds, recycled...

i'm excited to share another bit of inspiration for the "put a bird on it" challenge at lunagirl moonbeams while also offering another creation for the recycle, re-purpose and re-invent october fall harvest/hallowe'en challenge at the doodle artifacts blog.

here's what i made, an autumn goddess with birds book:

but it started like this:

this is a little composition book, just 3 by 4 inches.  i first covered the front and back with designer paper by gecko galz. although i do own book binding tape i used a piece of dark green tape from my stash for the binding.  the goddess image and the three birds come from lunagirl collage sheets.  there is an autumn-ish sticker on the top, an adhesive felt border at the bottom and an autumn leaf brad from eyelet outlet.  i distressed around the edges with old paper and rust colored inks.

these are both great challenges!  enjoy.
love to all.

Monday, October 6, 2014

sweet love goddess and bird

birds birds birds how i love these birds!  it is week two for the lunagirl moonbeams challenge.  we are asking everyone to "put a bird on it"  by adding birds to your art.  the randomly chosen winner will get some shopping $$ for the lunagirl store. i have another tag for DT inspiration this week,


i really enjoyed making this tag.  i started with some wonderful designer paper from my stash which i lightly stamped in brown ink with a "crackle" background stamp from sonlight impressions.  i added a torn strip of some additional designer paper at the bottom.  on the left side i doodled some spirals with my red-gold metallic pro-marker.  i also added the moth, torn from some other designer paper and lots of washi tape.

the beautiful lady is from the lunagirl "goddess" collage sheet and the bird is from one of the many "birds" collage sheets at lunagirl.  the stamped "je t'aime" is a stamp by rogue redhead designs.  i stamped it on tissue paper and tore that as well.

i hope you will join our fun!  there is a nice lunagirl vintage bird image freebie here and more here if you are interested as well!
love to all.

Friday, March 7, 2014

goddess of goddesses...

two more days to link up a goddess creation to the challenge at lunagirlmoonbeams and the chance at $10 shopping credit at the lunagirl store.  this vintage lunagirl goddess watches over her other goddess friends.


there is a gorgeous goddess freebie over at lunagirl if you don't have anything to work with...
have a great weekend; love to all.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

shining goddess

time for another goddess in celebration of the goddess challenge at lunagirl moonbeams.  you have one more week to link up a creation featuring your favorite goddess for a chance to win a little shopping spree at the lunagirl collage sheet store.


i stamped a sun stamp from judikins and then cut out and placed the lunagirl goddess over the sun face leaving only the shining sunbeams.  i bordered the picture with lace and flowery designer paper.

enjoy; love to all.

Monday, February 24, 2014

goddess week

much better than shark week, we are celebrating goddesses.  and not just for one week, for two! that's our focus for the next two weeks at lunagirl moonbeams. here's my first piece to get you going, a tag featuring the "mighty aphrodite" (from a lunagirl collage sheet of the same name):


the compasses are from a different lunagirl collage sheet and are present since of course true north is love.
enjoy; love to all.