Walk with Nature

A new month means a new Customer Challenge at the Gecko Galz and the theme for the month of March is 'Walk with Nature'. So why not play along - join the challenge with the chance to win $25 at the Gecko Galz shop! 

Late with my sample as my laptop decided to crash and burn, taking all my work with it, luckily I back up my Gecko Galz design kits & sheets, but not my actual makes - normally upload to here, Facebook and then Flickr so never save them......

image from Natures Sketch Book

other bits from Steampunk Curiosities Digi Kit by Daisy Trail

I hope you'll join in with this Challenge, where the Winner gets a $25 shopping spree to spend at the Gecko Galz shop. (The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product... this can be one of the freebies, or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy shop). 

 If you sign up for the Gecko Galz monthly newsletter, you'll be kept up to date with new releases, Super monthly deal and be able to claim a free digital collage sheet. 

 If you pop over to the Gecko Galz blog, you will see all the fabulous designs by the Design Team - and maybe grab a freebie or two.

 If you haven't a blog/and or/ on Facebook, head over to the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Group where there are more monthly challenges, with the chance to win a digital collage sheet. 

 Amanda xx 

The Witching Hour at Gecko Galz

A new month means a new Customer Challenge at the Gecko Galz and the theme for the month of October is 'The Witching Hour'
So why not play along - join the challenge with the chance to win $25 at the Gecko Galz shop!

October means three things  - Christmas is fast approaching but first the ghosts and ghoulies are training hard to give us all a good scare on All Hallows Eve! And its going to be time for the Gecko Galz Blog Hop - where you will get to see lots of beautiful samples from all our Designers and get the chance to enter into the Blog Hop competition to win prizes and grab some freebies!! Whats not to love about October!!

My first sample is a double journal spread, using  paper from 'Frightfully Delightful' and the lady from 'Haunted Ephemera'. The quote came from a web search, metal corners/brooch cameo/spider charm from The Craft Box and I used a small cobweb die and black sparkle embossing powder.

The backing paper was sized to fit the page and then I digitally flipped it so it was a mirror image on the other page. Added the words in bold and white.

My second sample is the 3 atcs which go in the pocket, all done using images from 'Frightfully Delightful'.

When I printed the first journal backing paper the writing was a little too big so I did altered it and reprinted, not wanting too waste anything I used the unwanted first print as backing paper for the atcs. I choose my 3 images I wanted to use then sized them just under 2.5 by 3.5 so they would have a border when cut up. Printed out, cut up, stuck on and embellished.

I hope you'll join in with our 'Witching Hour' Challenge, where the Winner gets a $25 shopping spree to spend at the Gecko Galz shop. (The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product... this can be one of the freebies, or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy shop).

If you sign up for the Gecko Galz monthly newsletter, you'll be kept up to date with new releases, $1 Wednesday deals and be able to claim a free digital collage sheet.

If you pop over to the Gecko Galz blog, you will see all the fabulous designs by the Design Team - and maybe grab a freebie or two.

If you haven't a blog/and or/ on Facebook, head over to the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Group where there are more monthly challenges, with the chance to win a digital collage sheet.

Amanda xx

R for repeat ~ night sky

Such a lovely day today, it was a shame to sit and craft - had a couple of jobs to do in the garden this afternoon, so decided to do a journal page for my book using my new pack of Sharpie pens, sitting in the sunshine. The central image is a stamp by Sheena Douglas, which I won in a previous Butterfly challenge. 'Let your dreams take flight' is a sentiment I have on a stamp, just made the last bit up to fill the page.

I used the pattern around the page as the repeat in different blues and black for the Night sky , then popped in the one pink as a contrast.

It did turn rather chilly late afternoon, so I nipped upstairs and did a quick atc whilst dinner was cooking.

Used a snippet of the blue holographic card I had left from using it as the backing to the topper on the 'bells' Christmas card. I made up the sentiment, wrote it on white paper in silver pen, cut it out and edegd the pieces with artic blue promarker then stuck it on the atc along with the four butterflies. It fits the theme and i alos intend to use it as one of my submissions for an ATC swap i joined in with this month.

entering in: Butterfly Challenge = R is for Repeat and/or night sky