6x6 card blank, purple card, backing paper and Fairy topper from The Flower Fairies freebie pack withj some magazine, purple flowers embellished with two big pearls, fairy door charm from The Craft Box and four little gems.
Amanda xx
Saturday, 13 April 2019
I love how this turned out, all of my favourite things - purple, flowers, doily and Fae.
6x6 card blank, purple card, backing paper and Fairy topper from The Flower Fairies freebie pack withj some magazine, purple flowers embellished with two big pearls, fairy door charm from The Craft Box and four little gems.
Amanda xx
6x6 card blank, purple card, backing paper and Fairy topper from The Flower Fairies freebie pack withj some magazine, purple flowers embellished with two big pearls, fairy door charm from The Craft Box and four little gems.
Amanda xx
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Bubbles @ Digital Whisper
Joined in the digital fun over at Digital Whisper this week, theme of 'Bubbles' - its amazing what Google (other search engines are available) comes up with when you put "living in a bubble".
Up popped a group called Eiffel 65 with an album called Europop and a song called Living in a Bubble.
Never heard of them, but the written lyrics seemed to fit the tone of what I was aiming for *soapbox moment* We, the Human race are living in a bubble, and if we don't look after our Earth, our bubble is going to burst!
The image was more of an oblong so I matched a plain square to fill the rest of the page, found a nice image of Earth, resized it and played around with 'instant effects' till I found the one that matched being inside a bubble. Added the white font.
entering in: Digital Whisper ~ Bubbles
Up popped a group called Eiffel 65 with an album called Europop and a song called Living in a Bubble.
Never heard of them, but the written lyrics seemed to fit the tone of what I was aiming for *soapbox moment* We, the Human race are living in a bubble, and if we don't look after our Earth, our bubble is going to burst!
image of bubble & clouds/earth from Pixabay
lyrics from Eiffel 65
The image was more of an oblong so I matched a plain square to fill the rest of the page, found a nice image of Earth, resized it and played around with 'instant effects' till I found the one that matched being inside a bubble. Added the white font.
entering in: Digital Whisper ~ Bubbles
Amanda xx
Monday, 1 April 2019
Nouveau Garden
A new month means a new Customer Challenge at the Gecko Galz and the theme for the month of April is 'Nouveau Garden'.
So why not play along - join the challenge with the chance to win $25 at the Gecko Galz shop!
The weather in the past month in the UK as been all over the place, wintery with rain, sunshine and blue skies, then back to rain - floods in some places, then very windy - gale force even... so it was nice to be able to play with some colourful, happy images!
The first sample is a 6x6 card. I picked the image because of the colours, I used some dark green mirri card as the background, coloured some white flowers to match the image, found three sewing pins that went with the design and used Nuvo Vintage Drops 'Pioneer Green' to add some sparkle.
I printed out the image, then water coloured the Poppy, once dry I fussy cut round it and stuck onto one of my vintage postcards, love the embossed pattern round the edges, and the lovely green writing - used a free stamp with Stazon Jet Black ink and stamped Happy Bithday on. Put a white doily underneath to add to the vintage feeling.
I hope you'll join in 'Nouveau Garden' 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 Sunday 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.
So why not play along - join the challenge with the chance to win $25 at the Gecko Galz shop!
The weather in the past month in the UK as been all over the place, wintery with rain, sunshine and blue skies, then back to rain - floods in some places, then very windy - gale force even... so it was nice to be able to play with some colourful, happy images!
The first sample is a 6x6 card. I picked the image because of the colours, I used some dark green mirri card as the background, coloured some white flowers to match the image, found three sewing pins that went with the design and used Nuvo Vintage Drops 'Pioneer Green' to add some sparkle.
image from 'Nouveau Garden'
My second sample is a plainer image taken from 'Beautiful Background Digital Stamps' and is a 4x7 tent fold card.
I hope you'll join in 'Nouveau Garden' 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 Sunday 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
Monday, 18 March 2019
Feature Day @ Gecko Galz
Today is my day to feature my Design Team project for March over at Gecko Galz.
I've continued the theme of Bless this Nest which is the theme for this month and made a trio of royal atc's and a Blog/Facebook header.
Excuse the cushion background, I couldn't find my normal sheet of paper!
I dug out an old music book page (had to cut the page down to A4 so it would fit in my printer) and then resized 3 images from Too Tweet Digital Stamps, printed them off and then coloured them in using pencils and fine tip pens. Found a couple of 'wordy' stamps to finish off.
Next up, a Blog/FaceBook header. Verse off of pinterest, just to show where the blog title would go.
I hope you'll join in our Bless this Nest challenge where the winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.
The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product, which can be something you purchased from the shop or a freebie.
If you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the Super Sunday deals!
Why don't you pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see all the fabulous designs by the very talented Design Team, don't forget to grab the free digi stamp on each post.
We also have a Facebook Group where there are more monthly challenges for you to play in, each with a Design Sheet to win.
I've continued the theme of Bless this Nest which is the theme for this month and made a trio of royal atc's and a Blog/Facebook header.
Excuse the cushion background, I couldn't find my normal sheet of paper!
Next up, a Blog/FaceBook header. Verse off of pinterest, just to show where the blog title would go.
I hope you'll join in our Bless this Nest challenge where the winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.
The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product, which can be something you purchased from the shop or a freebie.
If you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the Super Sunday deals!
Why don't you pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see all the fabulous designs by the very talented Design Team, don't forget to grab the free digi stamp on each post.
We also have a Facebook Group where there are more monthly challenges for you to play in, each with a Design Sheet to win.
Amanda xx
Sunday, 10 March 2019
Newspaper @ Sunday Postcard Art
Little bit late joining in with the (last) weeks theme over at Sunday Postcard Art which was 'newpaper'.
Newspaper print from Sunday Times Paper Kit by Gecko Galz
Dapper Dude from The Graphic Fairy.
Type writer cut out from an image in Industrial Digital Stamp Set by Gecko Galz.
'Type' re done from the same image
entered in: Sunday Postcard Art ~ Newspaper
Amanda xx
Friday, 8 March 2019
Shades of Green @ Digital Whisper
Joining in with this weeks challeneg at Digital Whisper, shades of green to honour Saint Patricks Day. My great, great x infinity grandma was Irish and she went over to Liverpool in the late 1800's and married my great, great x infinity grandad who was Scottish, the couple then moved to Wales and had a fair few children, who then in turn had my paternal grandad in Derbyshire, so I'm a bit of every nationality and county.
Background from Pixabay.com
Butterfly wing cut from Fairy Dust by Gecko Galz
Lady cut from Visions in Green by Gecko Galz
Cameo necklace cut from Tic, Toc & Cameos by Gecko Galz
entering in: Digital Whisper ~ Shades of Green
Background from Pixabay.com
Butterfly wing cut from Fairy Dust by Gecko Galz
Lady cut from Visions in Green by Gecko Galz
Cameo necklace cut from Tic, Toc & Cameos by Gecko Galz
entering in: Digital Whisper ~ Shades of Green
Amanda xx
Friday, 1 March 2019
Bless this Nest
A new month means a new Customer Challenge at the Gecko Galz and the theme for the month of March is 'Bless this Nest'. So why not play along - join the challenge with the chance to win $25 at the Gecko Galz shop!
With the Sun peeping through our clouds and slowly warming up the soil, its a tell that Spring is nearly round the corner. Early last week it was time to open up the greenhouse and plant some bulbs - into pots though. I planted 5 or 6 smallish ones with Narcisi bulbs - 50 to pack goes quite a long way!! Also 3 Dahlia Pom Pom bulbs - the bulb is weird looking, bunched together like small sausages. Andrew sowed some French Marigold seeds ready for companion planting with the tomato plants we buy and tidied up the path.
And of course the warmer weather also brings out the garden birds, foraging for food and taking full advantage of our bird feeders and fat balls, singing and chortling away to themselves. Some of the braver birds try to eat from the chicken feeder, but not if a chicken see's them!
My first sample is a 6x6 birthday card, I chose three images from 'Lovely Little Birdies Design Sheet'.
I resized the images so I could use one of my nesting dies to cut them out, for the sentiment panel I colour picked the background off the images and then colour picked the brown in the leaves for the text colour.
A piece of lace from The Stash, and Pioneer Green Nuvo Vintage Drops finished it all off.
I hope you'll join in with our 'Bless this Nest' 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 Sunday 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.
With the Sun peeping through our clouds and slowly warming up the soil, its a tell that Spring is nearly round the corner. Early last week it was time to open up the greenhouse and plant some bulbs - into pots though. I planted 5 or 6 smallish ones with Narcisi bulbs - 50 to pack goes quite a long way!! Also 3 Dahlia Pom Pom bulbs - the bulb is weird looking, bunched together like small sausages. Andrew sowed some French Marigold seeds ready for companion planting with the tomato plants we buy and tidied up the path.
And of course the warmer weather also brings out the garden birds, foraging for food and taking full advantage of our bird feeders and fat balls, singing and chortling away to themselves. Some of the braver birds try to eat from the chicken feeder, but not if a chicken see's them!
My first sample is a 6x6 birthday card, I chose three images from 'Lovely Little Birdies Design Sheet'.
I resized the images so I could use one of my nesting dies to cut them out, for the sentiment panel I colour picked the background off the images and then colour picked the brown in the leaves for the text colour.
A piece of lace from The Stash, and Pioneer Green Nuvo Vintage Drops finished it all off.
I hope you'll join in with our 'Bless this Nest' 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 Sunday 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
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