Gecko Galz - Halloween Haunts!!!

 Oh my goodness...

October Gecko Galz - Halloween Haunts!!!

My favorite time of the year!!

I have some fun stuff to share with you but first...
mark your calendars - later this month we are hosting a fun Tricks and Treats blog hop - 

on to my creations....

I started off with a set of ATC's featuring the King of Halloween - Edgar A Poe and a couple ravens.

Poe - Nevermore JJ kit, Ravens - Gothic Nature

ATC Frames - Alpha Stamps

 

My next creation is a fun bit of Halloween decor. 

Witches Way, Spooky Sentiments

Now for my next piece - I upcycled this old paint scraper!

I have always wanted to do this - I just had to find the right scrapper for the job.
I just love the rust and leftover bits of paint here and there...

Witches Way

My next offering is this fun little shadowbox filled with dancing witches and all sorts of fun Halloween ephemera!

Witches - Witches Way, Ephemera - Altered Halloween, Halloween Scraps
Retro Cafe Art - Small Hutch Shrine Kit

Next I altered a HUGE puzzle piece! This is approx. 9" square. I had so much fun making it. 

Natures Way Image Kit, Rustic Fall Paper , Words in the Dark

My next creation is a set of wall plaques each featuring a unique witch...

Witches Way, Spooky Sentiments

Oh this is another project that has been on my "to do" list for a while...

A spooky altered Halloween purse!
I was able to use not only the purse hardware but lots of fun Halloween charms and several pieces of beaded embellishments and fringe.

Witches Way, Words in the Dark

Finally I have a fun "crystal ball".

This is a wooden layered snow globe that I turned into my witches ball.

AND IT'S LIGHTED!!!!

I wish you could see it in person - it just just so much fun.

Witches Way, Spooky Sentiments
Studio Light Snowglobe 

So there you go....a bit of Halloween fun from me to you!

Hope you have a spooktacular month!!

Be sure to check back later for the blog hop...I have some really special makes in store!

Crafts Galore!! October Challenge

 Hello Friends and welcome to OCTOBER!!!

Goodness, I don't know where the year has gone but we are now in my favorite month of the year!! 

Boo!!!

So new month, new challenge at Crafts Galore.  The theme as always is Anything Goes. So if you make anything during the month of October, be sure and pop it in over on the blog for your chance to win.

This months sponsor is Conjurer of Dreams and this is my creation...I used one of the images from the Casting Witch set.

Remember...enter your creation for a chance to win...

Crafts Galore

Gecko Galz - Fauna & Flora

 Hello Friends!

Today I'm sharing my creations for this month's theme at Gecko Galz - Fauna & Flora 

To start off with I made this fun flora & fauna filled dimensional tag...

Next I used Natures Notebook JJ kit to create this fun tag book....

My next creation is this vintage frame card...

And finally I made a "busted" or "exploding" canvas wall art piece...

ahhhh, don't you just love fall and it's glorious colors!!

Hope you stop by and check out all of the amazing Fauna & Flora creations from the team this month.

Crafts Galore Challenge #139

 Hello and welcome to September 

and

Challenge #139 at Crafts Galore!

The theme as always is Anything Goes - you may enter up to 3x.

This month we are so lucky to be able to play with images from Cute Bee Digis.

and here is my creation using Cami...

Isn't she sweet?

Be sure to stop by and join in on the fun!!

Happy Crafting!!!

Join me for a Sea Adventure

 Hello friends...

Today I am sharing my creations for the Conjurer of Dreams theme this month...Sea Adventures! You all know how much I love mermaids so that's where my sea adventures are.

I made several cards using lots of different items from my stash....

(the dimensional piece is made using the mould from Prima - A Mermaids Tale)

I am so excited to share this card...it is a telescope card using portholes that I printed in graduated sizes.  This is what it looks like closed....

and here it is open!! 

Another porthole card ....

This piece is a shell shaped magnet with a lovely mermaid and bits of this and that.

I also made an embroidery hoop into a shaker!

And a few digital cards....

Hope you've enjoyed my Sea Adventures!!

Gecko Galz - Sheherazade

Welcome friends!

This month's theme at Gecko Galz is Sheherazade...

What is Sheherazade...better yet, who is she - Sheherazade is a legendary Persian queen and the central storyteller in "One Thousand and One Nights" (also known as "Arabian Nights"). The story revolves around the Sultan Shahryar, who, after discovering his first wife's infidelity, decides to marry a new woman each night and have her executed the following morning. To break this cycle and save herself, Sheherazade volunteers to marry the Sultan. She then begins telling him captivating stories each night, leaving each one on a cliffhanger, so the Sultan delays her execution to hear the end of the story. This continues for 1,001 nights, and by the end, the Sultan has fallen in love with Sheherazade and spares her life. 

Well, now that you know a little bit about her let's take a look at what I have created...

I started off with a couple regal looking ATC's that have a middle eastern flair to them. The ATC's were both embossed with gold embossing power (one with fine and the other regular ep) and then decorated with lovely gemstones. Each of the ladies was added to the ATC with foam tape to pop her off and give the ATC a bit of added depth.

Gecko Galz Collage Sheets - One Thousand and One Nights ATC, Sheherazade 

My next creation is this lovely three panel screen. 

Gecko Galz Collage Sheets - Sheherazade, Taj Mahal Paper Pack (retired)

For my next project I made this triptych - I went with a pretty purple tapestry and added gemstones and pearl dots to add a touch of elegance. She is pop-dotted to give a bit more dimension to the scene.

Gecko Galz Collage Sheets - Sheherazade, Namaste Paper Pack

I had an idea to make a magic lantern and this is how it came out! It started life as a white metal glass paneled lantern. I knew I wanted a right gold, bejeweled lantern so I painted it with metallic paint and applied the lovely blue gems.  I printed my images on plain copy paper and turned the images into "vellum" with a bit of baby oil. Next each image was fitted to the inside of the glass panels. A strand of fairy lights and you have a magic lantern!!

Gecko Galz - Collage Sheets - Sheherazade

Finally I have come to my favorite project for this months theme....This canvas plaque is 8x8 black with gold painted trim. I was lucky enough to find these two bits of vintage trim that were leftover bits from ??? They both ended up being exactly the right size like it was meant to be. (It pays to be a crafty pack rat!!!) I finished it off with a bit of gold cord for the hanger and a few black and gold tassels for a bit of extra movement and shine. I absolutely love how this plaque turned out and I hope you do too!

Gecko Galz Collage Sheets - Sheherazade, One Thousand and One Nights ATC

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge

 Happy August 1st...

My, where has the year gone? It's already August... it seems like this year has flown by in the blink of the eye.

Well the first of the month starts another fun new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore Challenge. Our theme is always Anything Goes and this month our sponsor is All Dressd Up Stamps.

I was lucky enough to be able to use this darling little kitty wreath - Christmas Kitty. My first creation is this fun rockin' round card...

I had so much fun coloring this image that I made a 2nd project - a fun gift bag!

Be sure to check out the blog for more design team inspiration.  If you create something this month be sure to pop it into the challenge - you might just be one of our lucky winners!

Share your art :) We love it!!

Mermaid Christmas & Pool Party ATC's

 Hello Friends...

Final projects from the  July challenges at Gecko Galz..

First up is my pool party ATC's...

I used some fun acetate with blue glittery waves as the foundation! I wish you could see the beautiful sparkle they have.

AND...

you all know how much I love mermaids well this month's Christmas challenge image is a mermaid decorating her christmas tree!!  This is what I did with it....

I took it and made a 3D canvas hanging from it.  I printed it out 3x - one for the background, the 2nd for the tree and the third layer is the mermaid.  I added loads of real shells to the tree and beach and she is hanging a real star fish on the top.

I also used a bit of glitter glue to add sparkle to the tree, Dresden trim around the edges and a bit of pretty fancy to the bottom. You can see how I hung it in the photo below.

Challenge Time

 I had some time this weekend to play with a few of the challenge images on the Gecko Galz blog challenges and here is what I created...

Card Challenge...

Fantasy Challenge

Gothic Challenge...

Steampunk Challenge...

Tag Challenge... 

The pelican riding the turtle is a free collage image at some point.

I thought it went well with the tag.

There are a few more challenges to go...hopefully I will have time to complete them sometime this week or next weekend. If you have a bit of free crafting time hop on over to the blog, Gecko Galz, grab the free images and give it a go! You might just be a lucky winner :)

Conjurer of Dreams - Woodland Wildlife

Hello Friends!

It's my day to share my creations for  Conjurer of Dreams and this month our theme is Woodland Wildlife!

I started off by making a few cards..

My first uses this lovely owl and tranquil lake scene...hence Tranquil Beauty :)

My next card incorporates the stag which was a free image on the blog with the Forest Path background. 

My final card used an image from Beaver Dam that I paired with a bunch of candles I die-cut. 

For my final project I made this darling little Woodland Wildlife accordion tag album. I used images from many different sets with the base of it being Forest Animal Tags

I fussy cut some of the baby animals (bears, fox, wolves) and added them here and there on some of the tags. I thought this might be a fun design to write a little note to someone (a few words on each tag). Hmmm not sure to whom yet but it should be in the mail soon!

Hope you've enjoyed our little trip to the woods...

Have a lovely day friends!