Conjurer of Dreams - Digital Collage images

 Hello my friends...

Wanted to share a bit of news... I've been a designer for a newish digital collage image store - Conjurer of Dreams. Up till now they have just had a Facebook page but now they have their very own brand spankin' new blog!!!

Kim will be sharing free collage images and her team (me included) will be sharing their creation to inspire you. I hope you take a moment to stop by and check it out if you have a chance.

Here are a couple more links that will be helpful...

Conjurer of Dreams - Facebook Inspiration Page 

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Shop

More Gecko Galz Challenges for August

 As I mentioned in my last post I have been playing along with the challenges at Gecko Galz blog for a while now. Each month they have a theme which I shared in my previous post but they also have several other challenges where GG provides a specific image and you create a project using that image. 

Here is what I made for these challenges....

The image for the card challenge...I just LOVE the blue - she's beautiful don't you think?

A very pretty image for the Christmas challenge - I used a few bits from my stash including the lovely Dresden trim. It's been in my collection for such a long time - it's great to put it to use.

The dragon is the Fantasy challenge image. It's so funny because I had JUST seen this funny quote on FB recently and knew it would be the perfect addition. The witch is from "The Witches" collage set. 

The 3 little ghosts on a swing is the Gothic challenge image. You all know how much I LOVE Halloween. Well I couldn't pass up this chance to make a decoration for my favorite holiday. I made this altered 3D decoupage canvas - it's got 4 different layers which doesn't show up real well but.....

They do show up better in the dark when you turn on the tiny fairy lights I have hidden inside!!!

I am so excited about this piece - it is so much fun, I can't wait to display it this Halloween.

It's hard to get "dark" pics of it but I hope you can get the spooky "effect" I was going for.

Finally my take on the Steampunk challenge image. She was so very pretty and I choose to emphasize the blue in the image with the addition of blue inks and sequins to make her pop.

Hope you have enjoyed my take on these fun collage challenges.

Beauties of the Far East Challenge

Hello Friends -

Long time...things have been crazy busy and not much time for crafting but I finally had a chance to make a few things so I'm going to be sharing them with you now.

As you may or may not know Gecko Galz is a collage store on Etsy. They have been around for many years and I've been enjoying their monthly challenges hosted both on the blog and facebook page. The blog has a main themed challenge each month which you can use any of their images to create a project as long as it follows the theme. This month it is Beauties of the Far East and this is my creation...

I used a couple images from the Beautiful Geishas Tin Toppers sheet for this candy tin - one for the front and one on the inside of the lid... 

The text is part of an element from the Asian Waters Junk Journal kit to line the bottom of the tin.

And of course you have to have something to put inside the tin so I made 3 domino magnets using images from the Asian Beauties image kit.

They fit inside very nicely don't you think?

So there you go - my take on the Beauties of the Far East challenge for August 2024.