goodbye and hello

 for tag tuesday these next few weeks the theme is numbers chosen by our lovely and talented  DT member Pinky. quite timely for a new year coming up i've made 2 companion tags. 

2020 has been tough for so many people for so many reasons. the look on her face is just such a "goodbye" face that i had to use this one to send the year off to memory land. she is from gecko galz dream girls 2 collage sheet with background papers from the gecko galz "chocolate box" digital papers set. the letters and numbers are from holliewood studios fantastical steampunk.

i can certainly be snarky but i am mostly an optimistic person and i want to look forward to 2021 with hope and a sense of possibility. i thought this woman (also from the dream girls 2 collage sheet) embodied that very well. the background paper is gecko galz also, from the papillon set.

wishing all hope and possibility! love to all.

dancing into 2021...

for take a word: new year 2021

with thanks to holliewood studios, itKuPiLLi and songbirdy, all images from mischief circus.

wishing everyone an exceptionally good year, and love to all.

her winter friends

 for sunday postcard art: winter birds

images from itKuPiLLi, eena's creations, songbirdy, and (retired) miles beyond the moon.

love to all.

santa's last stop

 for sunday postcard art: happy christmas

images from itKuPiLLi "tis season," and cryztal rain "this is christmas elements" and "christmas the worx."

merry christmas and happy new year!

time to decorate!

 for sunday postcard art: wreaths

background from gecko galz; woman from designs by aymara; other images from cryztal rain "this is christmas elements"; and effects from retired miles beyond the moon "cirque."

and bonus postcard, not exactly a wreath but i was getting in the spirit...

background from gecko galz; images from itKuPiLLi "tis the season" and crzytal rain "this is christmas elements."

happy holidays and love to all.

more gnomish holiday fun!

more holiday fun, linking to for tag tuesday: "christmas/anything goes," and gecko galz customer challenge: "once upon a christmas"

background paper, hearts, and gnome images are from gecko galz.  the rest is from my stash of embellishments.

love to all and merry merry!

christmas tag: gnome for the holidays!

 for tag tuesday: "christmas/anything goes,"

and gecko galz customer challenge: "once upon a christmas"

background paper, heart, and gnome images are from gecko galz. 

love to all and merry merry!

merry christmas stag

 for sunday postcard art: stag

images from eena's creations, itKuPiLLi, and cryztal rain, all from mischief circus.

love to all.

let's go!

 we can dream of when we can travel again!

for sunday postcard art: luggage/suitcases

woman from designs by aymara; luggage and plane from pixabay; background from tumblefish studios (retred); remaining images by itKuPiLLi imagenarium (fantastical steampunk and butterflies).

love to all.

a girl's best friend

 coming in just under the wire -- the latest challenge at tag tuesday "pets" closes this coming monday. life got busy and i didn't get a tag done until now. here is my digital rendition of a girl's best friend: 

images: dog by dezainworld (retired); sky, grass, and butterfly by tumblefish studios (retired); woman from designs by aymara; border by cryztal rain (overlays kit).

love to all, human and animal!

an unfortunate turn of events...

for sunday postcard art: caged

images from retired miles beyond the moon.

be nice to the birds!

love to all.

the old pirate and the sea

 for sunday postcard art: pirates

pirate image from gecko galz "pirates digital collage set;" remaining images from eena's creations "tales of a lighthouse."

peace and love to all.

textural tag

our latest tag tuesday challenge (started last week, goes until next monday) is TEXTURE, thank you DT member Wendy for the great idea! here is what i've made.

central female image is from gecko galz "brilliant photos". the texture here comes from a chipboard "doily" from gina's designs precison laser cuts (store appears to be closed), magic mesh (repositionable mesh product available at craft stores everywhere!), clock stickers, and the painted background.

enjoy; love to all.

dreaming of oz

 for sunday postcard art: poppies

girl from designs by aymara, remaining images from marta van eck

love to all.

skyline burlesque

for sunday postcard art: skyline

skyline from pixabay, remaining images from songbirdy, holliewood studios, itKuPiLLi, and retired miles beyond the moon.

love to all.

happy haunting: poe again

 he simply cannot be avodied at this tie of year. linking this tag to the gecko galz blog customer challenge: happy haunting, and to the tag tuesday "all hallow's eve" challenge i am hosting over at tag tuesday.

images from gecko galz.

love to all.

happy haunting: tricks or treats?

linking this tag to the gecko galz blog customer challenge: happy haunting, and linking to the tag tuesday "all hallow's eve" challenge i am hosting over at tag tuesday.

images from gecko galz.

love to all.

skulls

 for sunday postcard art: skulls

images from songbirdy samhain, holliewood studios mischief and messes 6.

images from holliewood studios halloscream and cryztal rain mischief and mayhem-crowz. enlarge this one to see the skulls!

love to all.

happy haunting: whirl-o hallowe'en

here's a witch looking quite serious -- but telling fortunes with the whirl-o card is serious business...

linking this tag to the gecko galz blog customer challenge: happy haunting. also linking to the tag tuesday "all hallow's eve" challenge i am hosting over at tag tuesday.

paper and images from gecko galz.

love to all.

trick or treat!

 thanks to crowabout studio B "smell my feet" and other kits:

background from gecko galz.

love to all.

happy haunting: watch out for poison candy?

creating on the theme of hallowe'en is really a hoot for me. here is another tag for the gecko galz blog customer challenge: happy haunting. also linking to the tag tuesday "all hallow's eve" challenge i am hosting over at tag tuesday.

images and papers from gecko galz (except the boo!).

enjoy; love to all.

happy haunting: in honor of dia de los muertos (day of the dead)

here is another tag for the gecko galz blog customer challenge: happy haunting! also linking to the tag tuesday "all hallow's eve" challenge i am hosting over at tag tuesday.

all images (except border and heart) are from gecko galz etsy shop.

in remembrance of our ancestors -- today is my late grandfather's birthday.

love to all.

samhain

 a little play with some spooky stuff from mischief circus.

songbirdy "samhain," "haunting," and "mischief and mayhem." cryztal rain "mischief and mayhem -- crowz." a few other mishcief and mayhemkits as well. and holliewood studios halloscream alpha.

more to come.

love to all.

all hallow's eve

 when i got assigned this two week period (October 20-November 3) for my DT challenge week at tag tuesday there was only one legitimate theme: all hallow's eve! although i am not one for the costumes or parties, i love to create on this theme! here are three tags to get things started (more to come on this blog in the coming days!)

all images are from various gecko galz collage sheets and paper packs, with a few embellishments from stash.

i am also linking these to the "happy haunting" challenge at the gecko galz customer challenge blog!

enjoy creating some tricks and treats!

love to all.

just another lazy day in the forest...

 for sunday postcard art: sloth

images from mischief circus artists and (retired) dezinaworld; sloth from pixabay.

wishing everyone lazy days.

love to all.

seasons

 for sunday postcard art: seasons

images from marta van eck (graves); cryztal rain (mischief and mayhem ravenz and crows); and gecko galz (autumn colors ATC).

love to all.

happy haunting!

the october customer challenge for gecko galz is appropriately "happy haunting!" it is funny because i've never been much for participating in hallowe'en but i LOVE creating on this theme! here is what will surely be the first of many pieces for this challenge: a digitally created piece.

digital images come from a variety of gecko galz kits (especially arsenic and lace) with some stars and a butterfly from other companies. i'm sure i will have more to share in the coming days -- i've already printed some of my favorite gecko galz collage sheets on the hallowe'en theme!

love to all.

serenity in the trees

for the new tag tuesday challenge -- trees -- hosted by lovely DT member Pinky, i've done some rubber stamping.

stamp credits: sun is by rubber stampede; trees by stampscapes; "create peace" stamp by good stamps.

during difficult times times i always find a walk amongst the trees to be very replenishing. so i tried to create that feeling on this tag. enjoy; and play along if you can!

love to all.

aquarius

 for sunday postcard art: zodiac

images from krysty scrap designs, miles beyond the moon (retired), and images off the web.

love to all.

witchy wall

 the prompt for take a word is "wall." here is mine.

images from pixabay (wall), marta van eck (oz) and itKuPiLLi imagenarium (falloween).

love to all.

book print autumn tag

 our latest challenge at tag tuesday, hosted by talented DT sister sandie, is "book print," a theme that allows you lots of creativity. for my tag i kept it simple, using the book print as my background.

i'm also linking this tag to the gecko galz "autumn calling" customer challenge. the woman and autumn themed semi-circles are all from the gecko galz store. the book print, border, pumpkins and paper flower are from my stash.

love to all.

autumn is coming

 the trees are definitely changing here in my town! so here's is another creation for the gecko galz "autumn calling" customer challenge.

woman from the gecko galz "brilliant photos" kit; paper from gecko galz "autumn colors ACT set;" additional bits from other gecko galz kits.

love to all.

the alchemist's mantel

 for take a word: mantel

images from eena's creations, and miles beyond the moon (retired).

love to all.

faux stitches

 for sunday postcard art: faux stitches.

images from dreamzetc, pixabay, holliewood studios, itKuPiLLi imagenarium, and (retired) dezinaworld.

love to all.

more autumn play

clearly i've become obsessed with plating with the images in these two gecko galz kits (details below).

this time i tried the same image two different ways using a photoshop filter after making my digital creation.

woman from the gecko galz "brilliant photos" kit; paper from gecko galz "autumn colors ACT set;" butterfly and additional flowers from the holliewood studios "grateful days" kit.

linking to the gecko galz customer challenge is "autumn calling" event.

love to all.

more vintage autumn

even though i love autumn, i am never ready to let summer go. but since the gecko galz customer challenge is "autumn calling" i am answering the call again today with another digitally created piece using gecko galz products.

woman from the gecko galz "brilliant photos" kit; paper from gecko galz "autumn colors ACT set;" sunflower, butterfly and little flower are from itKuPiLLi imagenarium kits.

love to all.

vintage autumn

 for three muses challenge this week: vintage;

and gecko galz september challenge: autumn calling.

woman from the gecko galz "brilliant photos" kit; paper from gecko galz "autumn colors ACT set;" and little flowers in the front from (retired) dezinaworld.

love to all.

down on the farm

 i'm a little late joining in but there is still one week left to play along with the tag tuesday "down on the farm" theme, hosted by our dear DT member (and fearless leader!) valerie. 

rubber stamping time! the sun is from uptown rubber stamps and the fowl are from leavenworth jackson. background paper is gecko galz with a grassy field from retired tumblefish studios.

about my little sentiment "simplify life," (words from tim holtz) i know it is easy for city folks like me to think farm life is simple though really i know better. it is incredibly hard work running a farm and i am so grateful to farmers, especially small family farmers for what they do to feed the rest of us.

love to all.

lady with an ermine

 for sunday postcard art: da vinci

images from itKuPiLLi. female image is from the leonardo da vinci painting "lady with an ermine."

love to all.

mermaid song at night

 for take a word: nighttime

images primarily from holliewood studios "wonderment" with some touches from retired miles beyond the moon and crashing waves from itKuPiLLi fantastical steampunk.

love to all.

pirate life

 for sunday postcard art: ships

images from mr. whiskers, itKuPiLLi, eena's creations, all mischief circus artists, and pirate from gecko galz.

love to all.

gothic dreams

 for three muses challenge: gothic arch

images from gecko galz (king arthur collage sheet); pixabay; and mischief circus artists "enchanted forest" collaboration.

love to all.