quirky circus

for my soul's dark imagination: quirky circus characters 

images from retired mischief circus kits and pixabay.

love to all!

geometry

geometry, according to wikipedia, is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space, such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. it is one of the oldest branches of mathematics. in school, i was pretty good at geometry (and horrible at algebra which apparently is common -- to be good at one and awful at the other). i love shapes and points, distances, and thus  was delighted to be able to select geometry as a theme for hosting sunday postcard art this week. i had so much fun playing with shapes and such, that i made 4 creations!

you all know i can never resist making some sort of a circus scene!

bees are masters at geometry!

images from retired mischief circus kits and also from pixabay.

love to all!

harlequin

for digital whisper: harlequin 

images from pixabay, and retired dezinaworld and mischief circus.

love to all

stripe-a-palooza

i'm the lucky challenge host at sunday postcard art this week on the theme of STRIPES! do whatever strikes your fancy with stripes on a 4x6 inch canvas -- digital, stamped, collaged, whatever you like. here's what i did: 

images from retired mischief circus kits.

love to all.

circus time

our sunday postcard art theme this week is "circus." honestly i could make circus scenes all day. but i stopped at three... 

images for the 1st two come from retired mischief circus kits (miles beyond the moon songbirdy, itKuPiLLi, tumblefish studio) and the third is mostly retired dezinaworld with a few mischief circus bits.

love to all.

what we do for love

for sunday postcard art: keep the balance.  while it is true there are so many things one can do with the theme "balance" the 1st thing that came to my mind was tightrope so that's where i went....

images thanks to pixabay, gecko galz, and retired mischief circus (miles beyond the moon).

love to all.

freaky clowns

the latest dark imagination theme at kym's my soul's dark imagination is freaky circus clowns. kym shared a bunch of clown freebies for us to play with and i chose two from her batch for my creations. 

in addition to kym's clown images i used retired mischief circus kits from holliewood studios and miles beyond the moon.

enjoy, and love to all.

sweet memory

 our challenge for our midweek muse is to use a quote. i'd been eager to use a new kit from miles beyond the moon, cirque de la lune. i found a nice circus quote and i was good to go. 

there are some other miles beyond the moon images as well as some retired holliewood studios.

enjoy; love to all.

busy circus crew

for sunday postcard art: circus; circuses are busy places!

with images from retired mischief circus kits by itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios and miles beyond the moon.

love to all.

tabletop circus

 for our midweek muse: circus time

images from retired mischief circus kits by holliewood studios, itKuPliLLi, and miles beyond the moon.

love to all.

baby elephant

when Gearhardt and Gertrude's children grew up and moved out, they got a baby elephant to start their family anew, they opened a circus, and they were happy again.

for three muses: elephant

images from retired mischief circus kits by itKuPiLLi and miles beyond the moon.

love to all.

keep calm and clown on!

for the gecko galz challenge of the day: "the big top"

this ATC features images from "circus circus" and "clowning around jewel it" collage sheets, and background paper from the "curiosity shop" paper pack. i also used some dragonfly brads and a swirl stamp.

keep safe and strong; love to all.

circus parade!

for three muses challenge: circus!

images from miles beyond the moon "caprice" and "cirque" (retired) and itKuPiLLi "team pierrot."

who doesn't love a circus?
love to all.

apple conjuror

for three muses challenge: apple

images from ItKuPiLLi, miles beyond the moon (retired) and dezinaworld (retired).

love to all.

mostly a dream

for take a word "mostly black and white:"

images from miles beyond the moon (mevermore and cirque de law lune).

love to all.

miracle

for take a word -- eggs

images from dezinaworld and from miles beyond the moon cirque de la lune.  background digital paper from gecko galz.

love to all.

the circus is coming to town

for the new two week challenge theme at tag tuesday: book print

i covered my tag base with a real page from a dictionary then spritzed it with spray inks.  the stamps are from character constructions, one of my favorite stamp companies.

enjoy; love to all.

under the big top

for three muses challenge: snapshot.  use a black and white photo on a colorful background.

images by gecko galz and by dezinaworld.
love to all.

gecko galz circus journal pages

happy july! each month at gecko galz one of the design team members takes a turn sharing a journal page and a tutorial for the page.  this month i'm up!  but first let me tell you that the customer challenge on the gecko galz blog this month is "in a mermaid's garden."  

link up your mermaid creations for the chance to win gecko galz prizes; additional info on how to play along is at the bottom of this post. now, for my journal pages!

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last month our theme was circus and i am so in love with all things circus that i stayed with that theme for my journal pages.  i started by printing several circus themed collage sheets and cutting out the images i thought i'd like to use.

and then of course the fussy cutting began.  i wasn't sure which images i would ultimately use so i cut out a lot that i liked.  the ones i didn't use went into an envelope for a future project.  i also remembered there were a couple other sheets i wanted to work with so i included those in this photo.

next i had to decide which journal to use, a large one or a small one? 

i chose the smaller (6x6) and next explored what layout of images i might like.

for the background i knew i wanted to use watercolor spray inks and lots of washi tape.

after spritzing the pages and impatiently waiting for them to dry i started to apply washi tape.

at this point i got so busy making that i forgot to take additional photos.  here are the completed pages.

some flowers and enamel dots made for a nice finishing touch. so here is my happy little circus fantasy, i hope you like it!

by the way, here are the collage sheets i used:
circus circus
circus life
darling dragonflies
charming words.

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cone back here on july 14 to see my mermaid creations for our monthly theme!  now, here's how you can play along with the mermaid customer challenge!

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you must use at least one item by gecko galz.  if you sign up for the monthly gecko galz newsletter you'll get a free collage sheet every month.  sign up at the blog here, on the top left.  there are also wonderful freebies at the gecko galz pinterest page.  and there are always wonderful deals at the etsy shop -- and if you are a newsletter subscriber you'll also get notice of the special one buck wednesday deals! for this challenge your deadline to link up is july 30.  we all look forward to seeing what you make on this lovely undersea theme!

love to all.

under the big top, part deux

for our june customer challenge theme at gecko galz we are celebrating all things circus.  link up your circus themed creation using at least one item by gecko galz for the chance to win a wonderful prize.  here is my 9 ATC pocket letter on our theme.

supplies: collage sheets by gecko galz including: charming words, circus circus, circus life,  clowning around, pierrot on parade (new this month) and time flies; paper packs by gecko galz: timeless mini paper pack (new this month), life is a circus paper pack and mad tea party paper pack. i've used some borders by tumblefish studio, paper flowers and enamel dots from my stash, brads and distress inks.

instructions: when i go about making a pocket letter i start by picking a variety of images that speak to me so i examined the circus circus, circus life, clowning around and pierrot on parade collage sheets and picked out several images i liked, fussy cut them and started figuring which background papers made a good match. before i actually created any of the ATCs i laid our a grid with the papers and images to see how i wanted to arrange everything.  once i settled on that i did more cutting and finally begin the actual gluing to the ATC card bases, adding borders and other embellishments.  that's the process!

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how to play along: make something on the theme of "under the big top" be sure to use at least one item by gecko galz.  you have until 11:55 eastern time US on June 30 to link up your creation at the blog, or you can email a photo of your project to geckogalz2014@gmail.com.  

if you have not signed up for the monthly gecko galz newsletter i strongly recommend that you do -- it is on the left hand side of the blog.  newsletter subscribers get a free collage sheet every month. there are also freebies at the gecko galz pinterest site (there are several albums there just keep scrolling down).

we look forward to seeing what you make!
love to all.