Marilyn Layout

I made this layout using some of the fabulous November products from Gecko Galz.

Images from the Gecko Galz Bombshell collage sheet.

Emma and Picadilly Gecko Galz background paper.

Gold card.

Spellbinders die.

Film Strip ribbon.

Gold peel off stars and letters.

Sticky backed gems

White flower.

Gold mesh.

Words done on computer.

 

I adhered the background papers onto a piece of 8" x 8" gold card, then I adhered the gold peel off letters to the film strip and adhered to the card.

I made a frame with the Spellbinders die and adhere to one of the images, then I adhered the images, gold stars, gems, flower and words to the cards.

Punches and Die Cuts

Another fortnight has gone by so it's time for another Craft-Room Challenge. It's Mervi's turn to choose the theme and she has chosen Punches and Diecuts.
We had some fabulous entries for the Time challenge, I don't envy Suzanne having to choose her top three.

The wonderful Rare Bird are the sponsors for the challenge.

  
I started my card by colouring the edges of my card blank with holly berries Distress ink and adhering some Gecko Galz background paper. I embossed the holly branch with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, I coloured it with iced spruce and bundled sage Distress ink. For the holly I used a Sizzix/Alterations Holly Branch die and coloured the pieces with Distress ink, I then added some frosted lace Stickles. I die cut the sentiment with the Sizzex/Alterations Christmas Stacked Words die and coloured it with holly berries Distress ink and the stickles. I embellished it with some ribbon. 

The rest of the design team have made some wonderful samples so why not take a trip to the Craft-Room to take a look. 

I'm entering my card into the following challenges.
Challenges 4 Everybody Anything Goes.
Dream Valley Challenges  Anything Goes.
The Crafty Bloggers Network Christmas Anything Goes.
The Stampman Emboss It.

Prada Handbag Cake

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to make Prada handbag cake for my friend's daughter's 21st birthday party - this is the result.

The icing on the sides should have been a bit baggier but I couldn't get the icing to sit right so it had to be flat but I must admit that I was quite pleased with the result as I haven't decorated a cake for about 4 years.

 

Diwali

This week the challenge at Sunday Postcard Art is Diwali - the Hindu Festival of Light.

I used the Serif Craft Artist software and the Fading India digi kit. I found the images on the internet.

Orange, Brown and White

The latest challenge at Artful Times is Orange, Brown and White - I've made tag using Crafty Individuals stamps.

I mixed some walnut stain reinker with water and mica powder and sprayed it over a stencil on my tag, when it had dried I added a piece of ribbed kraft card that I'd put finger prints on with white acrylic paint. I stamped the background stamp onto some white card with rusty hinge Distress ink and then flicked some water over it. I coloured the torn edges with rusty hinge and walnut stain DI. The main image was stamped with coffee Archival ink, the cats were coloured with watered down rusty hinge. I added some ribbon, flowers and gems.

Hot Colours

The latest challenge at Show Us Your Twinchies is Hot Colours.

I coloured my twinchie by scribbling red, pink, orange and yellow Kuretake felt tip pens onto my mat, sprayed it with water and coloured the twinchie. I stamped the images with black archival. The stamps are by Clarity Stamps, they're are small stamps and just the right size for twinchies. I went round the edge with black ink.

I'm entering my twinchie in the following challenges.
Show Us Your Twinchies Hot Colours.
Order Of The Opus Gluei It Figures.

Card For A Man

It was our friend Steve's birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for him.

The background and Fiat image were made using the Debbi Moore Designs Shabby Chic CD.
The red car image is by Gecko Galz.
I also used some ribbed kraft card that I had dry brushed with white acrylic paint.
I embellished it with some nail head brads, cogs and string.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges.

Do You Stack Up  Brads
Allsorts For Men Only.
Cards For Men Anything Goes

Altered Notebook

This altered this notebook will be used as a stocking filler at Christmas.

I covered the notebook in a yellow background paper and sprayed it with Glimmer Mist, then I adhered black and white card and added the ribbon. The image and quote were stamped a very long time ago and sorry I cant remember who made the stamps. They were stamped onto card that I'd sprayed with Glimmer Mist. I matted them onto white card. I embellished the notebook with white flowers with a black gem in the centre.
I'm entering the notebook in the Out of a Hat Creations challenge, I should just about make it in time. The challenge is to make a Christmas Gift or Stocking Filler.

Time Flies

Time certainly is flying at the moment, I can't believe that it's time for another Craft-Room challenge. Thank you everyone that entered the Oriental challenge, we had some fabulous entries. It's Suzanne's turn to choose the latest challenge theme and she has chosen TIME and would love to see a Timepiece on your creations.
My DT piece for the challenge is a wall hanging.

Our sponsor for the challenge is the fabulous Crafty Individuals.

I embossed some card with a Sizzix/Alterations clock embossing folder and adhered it to a piece of moutboard. Around the edge I adhered some lacy card that I'd cut with the Sizzix/Alterations decorative strip die and on top of this I stuck some sticky backed gems, then I painted the whole thing wit some black acrylic paint and some worn penny and rich espresso DecoArt paint. When the paint was dry I went over the raised areas with some gold Rub and Buff.

I die cut the Sizzix/Alterations weathered clock out of grungeboard and painted it with the same paint as above, then I adhered the image [can't remember where I got it from] to some card and then I adhered it to the back of the clock and filled in the holes with antique pink and buttercup Pebeo Prisme Fantasy paint. When the paint was dry I adhered a pair of rusted metal wings then I adhered the clock to the mountboard base.

I coloured a bit of card with vintage photo and victorian velvet Distress ink then I stamped the Creative Expressions sentiment.

The dangly thing is one of my charity shop finds and I added some chain to hang it.

A close up of the Pebeo paint.

A closer look at the sentiment.

The rest of the Design Team have made some wonderful pieces so take a trip to the Craft-Room to have a look.

Purple, Green, Orange and Black

The challenge at the Sunday Postcard Art this week is a colour challenge, purple, green, orange and black are the colours we have to use and it has to do with Halloween. I've had a photo of a vampire bat for a long time, so I decided to use him on my postcard this week. Apart from the vampire bat and skeleton hands all the other images and background are from the Spook Time digi kit.

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.

A Birthday Card

I'd like to share with you the birthday card that I made for my torturer [personal trainer]. I always make him a handmade card but last year I didn't have time to make one so I gave him a bought one and did he moan about it and make me suffer, so this year I thought I'd better make him one.

I swiped wild honey, faded jeans and vintage photo Distress Stain across a white card blank and then splatted the same colours onto a piece of white card, I matted this and the image onto black card. For the image I used a stamp from Flonz Craft. I embellished it with some spotty ribbon and a peel off sentiment.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges.
Tanda Teaser 202 All things manly.
Paper Pretties Masculine.

A Tag For Autumn

I'd like to share the tag that I've made for the KCUK October tag swap, the theme is Autumn/Fall colours.

I sprayed the tag with Glimmer Mist and stamped it with the oak leaf image from the Stampers Anonymous mini blueprint stamp set. I also stamped extra images to cut out the leaves.
I stamped the tree [Crafty Individuals] onto white card and coloured it with distress ink, then I adhered it to the tag together with the cut out leaves and embellished it with charms and sari ribbon.

I'm entering the tag in the following challenges.
Allsorts Autumn Colours
Order Of The Opus Gluei I Leaf It Up To You.

Spooky Stuff

The latest challenge at Show Us Your Twinchies is Spooky Stuff.

 I stamped some white card with a stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Mini Blueprint stamp set then I masked the skull before spraying it with Dylusion ink. I removed the mask and coloured the skull lightly with coloured pencil. I stippled some Versamark on the edges and embossed it with lava black Cosmic Shimmer ultra thick embossing powder. I added a couple of red gems to the eyes.

I'm entering my twinchie in the following challenges.
Show Us Your Twinchie  Spooky Stuff
Crafty Mess  Halloween

Retro Halloween

This weeks theme for the Sunday Postcard Art  is Retro Halloween.
Again I've made a digital postcard using Gecko Galz images and Spook Time digi kit.