Thursday 27 October 2011

Gecko Galz Bloghop

 
 
Gecko Galz Tricks and Treats Blog Hop
 
 I am the second stop on your “hop” welcome to my blog! If you started here you might want to go back and start at the begining at the Gecko Galz blog so you wont miss anything!  
We have ELEVEN AMAZING  blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage images, that we are giving you for FREE! Each blog you visit will have a free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download, mine is "MAD HATTERS". Also make sure you collect all the secret words on each blog so at the end of the hop you can enter to win our wonderful treat.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:
  • First is one free digital collage set each month for an entire year, you get to pick the collage sheet you want each month and we send it off to you! This is a $24 value
  • Second prize is a $35 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz website….you pick it and we send it!
  • Third prize is our Gecko Galz treat bag full of Gecko Galz products, kits, and other amazing products! This is a $50 value
  • And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of FREE DIGITAL COLLAGE COLLECTIONS!!! Gecko Galz puts out 5 digital collage sets each month and you will get all 5 sets for an entire year! This is a $120 value.
Read on to learn how you can win!
 
First of all, you will need to visit all ELEVEN blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect all eleven words and at the end of the blog on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to the Gecko Galz website where you will email us the phrase the words make up. This enters you in the contest. On October 31st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names on our website and on the Gecko Galz blog site.
For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the Gecko Galz site and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

Finally, we are having one more give away! If you post our Gecko Galz blinkie on your blog or website you will be entered to win a Gecko Store Gift Certificate worth $25 - super easy right?  Just post a link to your blog on the Gecko Galz Blog so we can come visit :).
 
My Secret Word is;
TRICK


 
Here is the Blog Hop Rotation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet
As well as the samples I have made using the images

Here is your free Collage sheet.  Click THIS LINK to download it.
Here are the samples that I've made.


A Christmas Card.

An 8" x 8" layout. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the lacy edges, a Marianne Design die for the flourishes. The hat was cut using my Cricut machine and the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. I handmade the flowers and then added lace and some pearls to the side and to the hat.

A New Years card. The clock is a Tim Holtz Sizziz/Alterations die. I stamped and embossed the fireworks in the background using different coloured embossing powders that had glitter in it.


An altered notebook. I covered the book with a patterned paper and I also covered a card frame with a coordinating paper. I went round the edges with dusty concord Distress ink and stamped the flourishes in the corners of the cover with a Creative Expressions stamp and dusty concord Distress ink. I embellished it with lace, ribbon, flowers and metal corners.

I hope you enjoy the hop and I wish you all Good Luck.

62 comments:

  1. Beautiful work samples, Hazel! Valerie

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  2. Lindo trabalho com as imagens de ladies!!

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  3. Beautifully done! Very creative. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Very pretty work Hazel great job.

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  5. Very Inspirational work Hazel. I will be back to look over your blog when I have more time.

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  6. Love all the lovely ladies and your samples are sweet !!!!!
    Barbara

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  7. Gorgeous samples Hazel! Thanks for the great collage sheet..hugs

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  8. Thank you for the collage sheet. You samples are wonderful. I have grabed the first word.

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  9. What beautiful images; my faves are the feathery ones!!!
    Thanks for the inspiration!!!

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  10. Gorgeous Design pieces Hazel! I love each one! Great touches..with the trim..and stick pins..added to the hats! Just fabulous!!

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  11. Hazel your samples are over the top gorgeous! Your art always inspires me and this is no exception...I'm in awe!

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  12. Very Pretty Cards. Great use of the Ephemera and trinkets. Thanks for sharing your beautiful works of art. I be back to visit your blog to see other creations you come up with.

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  13. Great work Hazel thanks for sharing.

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  14. These are beautiful. A woman never has enough hats

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  15. These are beautiful. Reminds me of the days when Hat were a part of a womans wardrobe

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  16. Beautiful work thanks so much for sharing.

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  17. These are beautiful. Reminds me of when hats were part of a womans wardrobe

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  18. These are beautiful, thanks for the ideas

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  19. Hazel these are just stunning, I love the vintage feel and look to all your samples!
    What an amazing artist you are!

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  20. Hazel your work is simply stunning I love the vintage feel all your samples have..they are brilliant!

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  21. The 8x8 is my favorite. Thanks for the blog hop.

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  22. I love each sample I am now a follower. thanks so much for the free digi element!

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  23. wonderful creations Hazel, they are so pretty all of them , thanks for lovely madhatter sheet
    hugs
    Miranda

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  24. thanks for the free collage sheet. Your work is so lovely I am now a follower!

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  25. Thank you for the download and sharing your art

    Bea

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  26. Hello sweetheart, your work is stunning and creative, as always. This is fun !!!

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  27. lovely work, I love the flowers you made on the second one, were they very hard? the lace on the last is gorgeous.

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  28. This is an amazing hop! Love what you made with the images, thanks for the freebie!

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  29. Beautiful Hazel!!! Paula A

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  30. Wow, stunning samples! I like that you used different elements available from different collections. They're all so elegant.
    Doreen aka LuniLadi

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  31. Hi Hazel. These are all stunning.
    Regards Florence x

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  32. Hazel your examples are stunning. Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful images and the collage sheet.
    Lesley :)

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  33. What a wonderful hop and thank you for the ladies! They're quite elegant!

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  34. Hazel, Your cards are stunning!!! I love the flowers you made! The notebook is just beautiful, too - love the purple!!!

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  35. What beautiful cards! Thanks for the free collage sheet!

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  36. Wow Hazel your creations with the Gecko Galz images are just fantastic!!!

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  37. Gorgeous creations with these images, Hazel.

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  38. Such a wide variety of card designs with the beautiful images. Love the Christmas one the most!
    Lynn

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  39. All the cards are beautiful but the first one is especially well done. I love the entire thing form the image itself to the way you embellished it to the colors to…. everything.

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  40. I love your digital download collage sheet! Thank you so much! Come by for some puddin n pie...
    http://georgie-hornpuddinnpie.blogspot.com/2011/10/tuesday-winner-and-another-giveaway.html

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  41. Thank you for the lovely collage sheet. I love your creations. Lots of inspiration.

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  42. Thank you for the collage sheet. Your creations are beautiful. Lots of inspiration.

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  43. What beautiful cards you created. Thanks for the mad hatters collage sheet!

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  44. Your samples are absolutely divine.

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  45. Great blog and thanks for the collage.

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  46. Fabulous work Hazel, my favourite of all is the altered notebook, so gorgeous, Gay xxx

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  47. Thank you for the lovely ladis!

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  48. Beautiful Images and gorgeous creations Hazel. Thanks for popping by my blog you are a good friend, i have an hour tonight so thought i would try and catch up a little in blogland
    Happy Halloween
    hugs June x

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  49. Stunning creations Hazel, and thanks for the sheet. Couldn't find a word on the first? Maria x

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  50. Just loved the New Year's card...the white pops on the blue

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  51. These are fabulous Hazel, thanks for the free collage pictures

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  52. Your cards are stunning!

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  53. Great page, and lovely samples--very nice, indeed!

    :)

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  54. Oh what beautiful cards from the collage sheet. I loved them all. Thanks for the blog hop and thanks for the beautiful collage sheet. Soooo beautiful!!!
    Mary

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