gecko galz cross promotion with rhonda's originals...

each month at gecko galz we get products from another company and are asked to create using products form that company and from gecko galz.  this month our cross promotion is with rhonda's originals and we were provided some hallowe'en images to work with.

i made my first ever wall hanging.

my supplies:

corrugated cardboard, dye inks in orange and mahogany, twine, rhonda’s originals CS26 moonbirds part 2 collage sheet, gecko galz haunted ephemera collage sheet, “trick or treat” sentiment from a martha stewart hallowe'en paper pack, zombie brad, glue dots and scor-tape.

here's what i did:

i started by carefully tearing at an old box to reveal the corrugated surface.  i tore my piece to size based on the collage design i had in mind.   i lightly rubbed the inks over the cardboard to get the coloring i wanted (this was bad for the ink pads – next time i’ll use a makeup sponge).  i measured holes and gently punched the cardboard and also measured the twine and gently inserted it into the holes and tied it, leaving some extra twine fringes hanging down on each side.  i had already selected the images i wanted from the two collage sheets and fussy cut them.  using glue dots and scor tape i attached each image to the base.  the “trick or treat” and brad were added last.

check out more DT beautiful things at the gecko galz site.  you can also vote for your favorite design team creation!

love to all.

gecko galz and itkupilli

at the gecko galz site each month we combine gecko galz items items with items from a featured company. this month the cross promotion partner is the wonderful artist itkupilli! itkupilli has provided some gorgeous papers from her primavera line for us to create with.  i've made two tags combining images from the two companies.

i call this tag "reverie."  the gecko galz vintage images are from the "sunny august" and "la vie en rose" collage sheets.  the gorgeous background paper is from itkupilli. i've used washi tape, polyvinyl hole reinforcement and ribbon to finish the piece.

i call this piece "fairy kiss."  again the background is primavera paper from itkupilli.  the image is from the gecko galz "sunny august" collage sheet.  the kissing stag is washi tape.  the butterfly and rabbit are brads by alphastamps.

check out the gecko site to see additional cross promotion pieces by the design team!
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gecko galz hooray!

i was selected to join the design team at gecko galz!  hooray!  this is very exciting.  this is a company i've loved for some time and it is an honor to design for them.  one of the cool things they've been doing of late is cross promotions with other companies.  so my task for my first cross promotion challenge in july was to merge images from gecko galz with images from this month's sponsor, wild abandon.  i made two tags:

on this first tag the tag base started with sheet music stenciled over with a flower stencil by stencil girl. the wild abandon dress form png was digitally merged with some background paper from gecko galz.  i printed that and ripped it to add to the base.  i added a gecko galz face from the "art deco" collage sheet and a crown from the "hat whimsies" collage sheet.  the edges were distressed with "old paper" distress ink and i added some washi tape over the sheet music.  i printed the "free your mind" digital image from wild abandon to place n the tag, added a clown from the gecko galz "circus circus" college sheet and finished it with a page dots poly-vinyl hole reinforcement and a black ribbon.

again for the tag base i digitally created the base by adding a wild abandon dress form digital image to some gecko galz honeycomb designer paper.  the face is from the "art deco" collage sheet and the bee is from the "in the garden" collage sheet.  the sentiment is by wild abandon.  i used washi tape on this one as well.  and finally also finished it with a page dots poly-vinyl hole reinforcement and a black ribbon.

i LOVED making these pieces!  i got a bit carried away and made some more tags combining images form the two companies so stay tuned to see those in the coming days!  to see the gorgeous cross promotion pieces created by my DT sisters over at gecko galz click here.

love to all!