paris of long ago and parisian treats

imagine before all was built up as we know it today... for sunday postcard art: paris 

images from retired mischief circus kits by itKuPiLLi and krysty scrap

and here are some parisian treats, courtesy of retired mischief circus images from krysty scrap, ItuPiLLi and tumblefish studios:

love to all

black, white, & color

i've made another tag for latest challenge at tag tuesday: "black, white, and a spot of color." chosen by our lovely DT sister sandie, this is a great opportunity to keep things relatively simple.  

background papers and foreground image are from gecko galz, with a heart from crowabout studios, and a word from tim holtz.

travel is nice! love to all.

viva la paris!

i have another tag for the tag tuesday "paris" theme!

images from gecko galz chocolate box papers, dream girls 2(woman), charming words, and lunagirl meet me in paris (eiffel tower and cathedral).

while i was working with some of these sheets i also made a birthday card for a friend:

images from gecko galz chocolate box papers, dream girls 2(woman), and charming words.

love to all.

sweet paris at tag tuesday

thanks to our marvelous design team members sandie, the latest challenge at tag tuesday is paris -- there is one more week to join!
i'm sharing a digital tag today:

images are from dezinaworld, itKuPiLLi and krysty scrap designs.

love to all.

paris memories

for next two weeks at tag tuesday's the theme is "landmarks." you're invited to link up a tag with a landmark.  the most iconic of landmarks, the eiffel tower, is in my tag.

all images are from gecko galz.
love to all.

travel dreams

as we continue our july theme at the gecko galz customer challenge blog:  "enjoy the journey," create on this theme using gecko galz products for the chance to win prizes from the gecko galz store.  i have a 4x6 postcard and another ATC to share today.

supplies: 4x6 cardboard base; gecko galz "parisian dreams paper pack"; gecko galz "paris dreams" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; black lace; paper flower; enamel dot; black stickers; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the cardboard base with 2 papers from the parisien dreams paper pack, distressed the edges and added the lace at top.  i fussy cut the woman and glued her on, adding the words, flower, dot and stickers to finish.

supplies: ATC base; gecko galz "parisian dreams paper pack"; gecko galz "dream girls" collage sheet; gecko galz "postcards from abroad" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; gecko galz "postcards from abroad" collage sheet;washi tape; paper flower; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with paper from the parisian dreams pack and a torn peice from the postcards from abroad collage sheet.  i added washi take and distressed the edges.  i fussy cut the woman from the dream girls sheet and added her along with the word and the flower.

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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. hurry! for this challenge your deadline to link up is july 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!  

love to all. 

dreams of paris

this july at the gecko galz customer challenge blog the challenge new theme is "enjoy the journey." create on this theme using gecko galz products for the chance to win prizes from the gecko galz store.  i have an ATC to share today.

supplies: ATC base; gecko galz "the drawing board" collage sheet; gecko galz "postcards from abroad" collage sheet; gecko galz "la boheme" digital kit; lace; washi tape; black lace; paper flower; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with a designer paper from the "la boheme" kit and then with a torn piece from the postcards from abroad collage sheet and distressed the edges.  after fussy cutting the girl from "the drawing board" collage sheet i glued her on, covered the corner with washi tape, taped on some lace at bottom and added the paper flower.

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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 july 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!  

come back here on july 28 to see another creation by me on this theme.

love to all. 

spring in paris, continued

today is my feature day at the gecko galz customer challenge blog where our challenge theme for the month is paris in spring time.  see below for details on how to play in the challenge.  i'm sharing 2 parisian themed ATCs today. 

supplies: ATC base, gecko galz "butterfly dreams" collage sheet; gecko galz "oh la la ladies" collage sheet; distress ink.


instructions: i covered the ATC base with an image from the butterfly dreams collage sheet and distressed the edges. i fussy cut the lady and added her to the base. i also fussy cut 2 additional butterflies from the butterfly dreams sheet and glued them on. 

supplies: ATC base, gecko galz c'est la vie paper pack; gecko galz "oh la la ladies" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; stickers and die cuts from kaiser craft and anna griffin; paper flower; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with paper from the c'est la vie paper pack and distressed the edges, and added a paper flower at the top. i cut out the oh la la lady and  adhered her to the ATC, adding a butterfly from kaisercraft at her shoulder.  i added clock sticker from a kaisercraft set at the bottom and added the sentiment which i'd cut from the charming words collage sheet at the bottom as well.

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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 march 30 -- hurry you only have 2 more days to play!  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!


love to all. 

spread your wings and fly

i'm sharing an ATC today to encourage you to join the gecko galz customer challenge blog where our challenge theme for the month is paris in spring time.  see below for details on how to play in the challenge. 

supplies: ATC base, gecko galz c'est la vie paper pack; gecko galz "oh la la ladies" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; gecko galz "hat whimsies" collage sheet; stickers and die cuts from kaiser craft and anna griffin; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with paper from the c'est la vie paper pack and distressed the edges. i glued on the two butterflies from an anna griffin die cut set. i cut out the oh la la lady and the crown and adhered them to the ATC.  i added the floral sticker from a kaisercraft set at top left and the sentiment which i'd cut from the charming words collage sheet at the bottom.

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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 march 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!


love to all. 

paris in spring time

it's a new month and a new theme at the gecko galz customer challenge blog -- paris in spring time.  link up a creation on our theme for the chance to win gecko galz prizes (more details below).  here's my first piece on this challenge, an ATC featuring none other than the infamous marie antoinette...

supplies: ATC base, gecko galz c'est la vie paper pack; gecko galz "viva marie" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; gecko galz "hat whimsies" collage sheet; stickers and die cuts from kaiser craft and anna griffin; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with paper from the c'est la vie paper pack and distressed the edges. i glued on the butterfly from an anna griffin die cut set. i cut out the marie image and the hat and adhered them the ATC.  i added butterfly stickers at the bottom from a kaisercraft set and of course the sentiment which i'd cut from the charming words collage sheet.

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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 march 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!


love to all. 

nothing says paris like marie....

marie antoinette is an iconic figure of france and i have two pieces featuring miss marie today.  

background paper by jodie lee designs and all remaining images from collage sheets by lunagirl.  words are from a tim holtz words pack.

and a digital tag as well; she is so fancy this marie!  sadly she was all fancy and not much substance so she met with a bad end.  all digital images in this tag are from gecko galz.

i'm linking to the current challenge at tag tuesday -- there is one week remaining to join on the theme of "paris." 

i'm also linking to the creates and makes challenge blog "anything goes" challenge, which lasts until the end of this month.

love to all.

telegramme, from paris!

lunagirl is the challenge host for an "anything goes" challenge at "creates and makes" challenge blog.  meanwhile the new two week challenge at tag tuesday has the theme of "paris."
here is a collaged tag for these challenges:

the background is done by spraying watercolor inks through a flower stencil. the images are from lunagirl collage sheets and i finished with a butterfly sticker and ribbon from my stash.


enjoy; love to all.

meet me in paris

the challenge theme at moo mania and more blog at present is "paris."  a trip to paris is always nice, even if it is imaginary.  i've made a moo (approx. 1.1 x 2.8 inch creation) on the theme.

all of the vintage images (including the background) are from the lunagirl "meet me in paris" collage sheet.

love to all.

ooh la la!

the theme at tag tuesday this week is all things parisienne.  so of course i looked to images from french kissed postcards to create my collaged tag.

 

i started with some pretty background paper from my stash and then cut and collaged 4 images from different postcards from FKP.  i just distressed edges, added lace, a prima flower and ribbon to finish.

 

there is an "open challenge" theme this summer at collage obsession challenge blog; i'm linking this tag there as well.

 

enjoy; love to all.

a girl abroad

"look at all the places i've visited!" exclaims young cecile as she sends a postcard salute to her beloved grandmere.  for week two of the "travel to faraway places" at the cheerful stamp pad challenge blog i've made a  4x6 postcard featuring a young girl traveling all over europe.  all of the vintage images are from our challenge sponsor lunagirl.

i started with the 4x6 cardboard base and arranged images from the lunagirl collage sheets including "maps," "dreams of paris," "scenes from europe," "carte postale" and "steampunk girls."  i think there are 7 images used here altogether!  i also used washi tapes, prima flowers and some die cuts from a travel set i had in my stash.

i had fun making this and thinking about this adventurous girl's trip abroad.  i hope you enjoy this postcard and that you will also be inspired to join our challenge -- one more week to go!  remember,  a randomly selected challenge participant will get a prize of vintage images from lunagirl -- a wonderful treat, almost as good as getting to take a trip!

love to all.

parisian dreams

summertime is often considered travel time so the latest two week challenge at the cheerful stamp pad "travel to faraway places" is right on time.  our challenge sponsor is lunagirl vintage images; a randomly selected winner of the challenge will win a prize from our sponsor.

my creation is a memory of a romantic parisian adventure using college sheets from lunagirl ("maps" and "dreams of paris") and an "arch top reliquary shrine" from alpha stamps.  the shrine is 2 chipboard pieces, a base and the arch cover.  i created a collage using three images from lunagirl and some washi tape and adhered them to the base.  i painted the arch cover with lindys stamp gang starburst stains in "opal sea oats" and when that was dry i glued it to the base.  sadly the scan does not show the full shimmery-ness of the starburst stain.  after that i added a prima flower.

i hope you like it!  whether it is summer or winter where you live, and whether you have a vacation coming up or not, i hope you will play along.

love to all.

vintage gothic with flowers

here is an ATC to hopefully inspire you to enter two challenges for which i am a design team member:
1) "a bouquet of flowers" at the cheerful stamp pad -- use multiple flowers as your central image, challenge sponsor is lunagirl -- one week left to enter; and
2) "vintage gothic," a new two week challenge at lunagirl moonbeams challenge blog -- make it vintage and make it gothic.

my ATC is covered in designer paper and vintage parisian tissue paper. the girl with the fan is from the lunagirl vintage gothic collage sheet.  the bouquet of flowers is also a lunagirl image.

enjoy; love to all.

meet me in paris -- an altoids tin

behold, my first attempt at an altered altoids tin.  the details are rather wretched i'm afraid -- including the fact that due to a bit of a mishap i can't actually close the thing!  but the cover collage is nice. and this is my way of reminding you all of the "meet me in paris" challenge over at lunagirl moonbeams.  other than the polka-dotted background DP, all images here are from lunagirl.  the challenge goes until sunday the 26th and the randomly selected winner will get credit for goods at the wonderful lunagirl shop.

today being the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. let me also share a favorite MLK quote: "i have decided to stick with love.  hate is too great a burden to bear." wise and true words to consider and live by, says i.

love to all.

meet me in paris

ooh la la for the new challenge at lunagirl moonbeams, it is "meet me in paris!"

for my DT piece i have three vintage images from lunagirl here -- the girl and the eiffel tower (only somewhat visible in the back) are from the "meet me in paris" collage sheet and then a bit of postcard from the "carte postale" sheet.  there is some beautiful french-feeling designer paper in the back along with some awesome rosette ribbon i recently acquired and of course, le papillon.

join our challenge with your french-themed piece for a chance at some shopping credit at the luscious lunagirl store.

love to all.

parisian postcard collage with digital backgrounds

i hope this 4x6 postcard will inspire folks to participate in two different challenges:
using digital backgrounds at lunagirl moonbeams and
postcards from the edge, a reader's art quest at unruly paper arts.
i'm submitting this for the RAQ.

as a design team member at lunagirl moonbeams i delight in the chance to work with the wonderful vintage images they offer.  all of the handwriting on this postcard is from different parts of the "carte postale" background images collage sheet at lunagirl.  the chanteuse in the foreground is from the lunagirl african american vintage images CD.  the french tourism images are from tourism websites and then i have various embellishments (a compass, a ticket, butterflies, a heart) from my own stash.

by the way, digital background sheets from lunagirl are on SALE for $2 each, a fine thing.

i love collage and i greatly enjoyed composing this postcard. while it was not quite as good as travelling myself it was a nice opportunity to fantasize through creating!

love to all.