Gecko Galz Bloghop

GECKO GALZ TRICKS AND TREATS BLOG HOP

Welcome to the 2^nd Annual Gecko Galz Tricks and Treats Blog Hop

 I am the next 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 won’t miss anything!  

We have 14 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 "Picture Perfect". 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 the ephemera collections for each month for an entire year. That is 60 different sets! This is a $120 value
• Second prize is a $50 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz website….you pick it and we send it!
• Third prize 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
• And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz  COLLECTIONS!!! That will be 1 paper pack, 1 digital stamp set, and 5 collage sets for the entire year! This is a prize worth $240

Read on to learn how you can win!

First of all, you will need to visit all 14 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 31^st 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 badge (found on the Gecko Galz Blog) 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;

THINGS

Now go to the next site and collect the next word plus your next FREE collage sheet.

 Here is the Blog Hop Rotation 

 Carol Salisbury

Hazel Harler

Starr Timmons

Barbara Bird

Joan Lindle

Penny Walker

Sherri Levington

Debi Ryan

Heather Hudson

Sharron Rogers

Gerri Herbst

Jules Eickmeier

Helene Huber

Leanne Seed 

Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet “Sew & sew”

As well as the samples I have made using the images

For my altered notebook I used
Kraft card to cover the notebook.
Fabric frayed at the edges.
Lace.
Coloured card stitched and distressed round the edge.
Image from collage sheet distressed round the edge.
Embellished with twine, sewing machine charm and buttons.

For my card I used
Card blank covered with Gecko Galz Istanbul background paper, faux stitches round the edge.
Material.
Lace.
Image from Collage Sheet.
Dress form painted with acrylic paint and stamped with a PaperArtsy stamp.
Ribbon.
Ticket stamped with Stampers Anonymous Adverts stamp.
Pearl headed pins.
Sentiment stamped with a Crafty Secrets stamp.
Peeled paint and frayed burlap Distress ink.

For my Shabby Sewing Room Wall Hanging I used a mountboard base collaged with acrylic paint, strips of paper, tissue tape and stamping.
I adhered Studio 490 Art Parts to the collage to look like shelves.
The dress form is painted with acrylic paint and stamped with a stamp from the Stampers Anonymous papillon set. I made a skirt out of pretty pink net.
I embellished it with bottles filled with buttons and beads, lace, charms, ribbon and other bits and pieces from my stash.
As well as the Stampers Anonymous stamps I also used Crafty Secrets Stamps and Clear Art Stamps

I coloured my tag with Dylusions ink and machine stitched round the edge.
I added images from the collage sheet and embellished with lace, material, buttons, ribbon and pins. The ribbon has been attached with staples.
The oil can is stamped with a PaperArtsy stamp and covered with Glossy Accents.

For my Digital Layout I used
Serif Craft Artist Software.
Gecko Galz The Darlings background paper.
Images from collage sheet.
Images and spotty paper from various digi kits.
I played about with all the elements until I was pleased with the result.