flutterby

for sunday postcard art: butterflies 

images from retired mischief circus kits, most notably itKuPiLLi and holliewood studios. i'm also linking to anything goes at pink saturday.

love to all.

for you

for sunday postcard art: typewriter

images from itKuPiLLi "team pierrot," "celestial backgrounds," "celeste," and "butterflies;" postcard background and typewriter keys from pixabay; typeface letters from holliewood studios "fantastical steampunk."

linking also to anything goes at pink saturday.

love to all.

darling mother

using an image from a free gecko galz collage sheet and the zen garden paper pack here is this homage to "mother" for the gecko galz challenge of the day: to mom

the butterfly, words, flower, etc. are goodies from my stash.
stay safe; if your mother is living, give her a call.

linking to "anything goes" at pink saturday.

love to all.

seaside dreams

for three muses challenge, "beach"

all images from gecko galz, seaside splendor digital kit.
linking to pink saturday.
love to all.

snow-spiration!

today is my feature day at the gecko galz customer challenge blog.
as we celebrate a new month, new products and a new challenge at the gecko galz customer challenge blog -- "let it snow,"  here are a card and a tag to provide you some "snow-spiration" to join the challenge.  

supplies: gecko galz winter wonderland paper pack; gecko galz "vintage beauties" collage sheet; snowflake from anna griffin; distress ink; die cut star, little snowflake and lace from my stash.

instructions: i covered card stock with paper from the winter wonderland paper pack, distressed the edges and adhered the snowflake.  i adhered the star and fussy cut the image from the vintage beauties collage sheet adhering it as well, adding the lace last.  

supplies: gecko galz winter wonderland paper pack; gecko galz "winter beauties" collage sheet; die cuts, snowflakes, lace and distress ink from my stash.

instructions: i covered card stock with paper from the winter wonderland paper pack, distressed the edges and added a die cut.  i fussy cut the image from the winter beauties collage sheet and arranged it with the snowflakes and lace to finish the tag.

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we would love to have you participate in the "let it snow" challenge!  how do you do it?  link up a creation on this theme to the challenge blog and be sure to use at least one item by gecko galz.  if you don't have anything by gecko galz you can find freebies at the pinterest site, purchase goodies at the etsy shop, or sign up for the email newsletter and get a free collage sheet every month!

feel free to grab the challenge badge above and share on your blogs.  the challenge winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz shopping spree plus fun products from one of our favorite digital shops.  link your creation here for a chance to win!

please pop over to the gecko galz customer challenge blog every day this month for a digital freebie treat.

linking to "anything goes" at pink saturday.

love to all!

toys and lace

for three muses challenge "lace:"

the bingo card comes from gecko galz.  the doll, lace butterfly and roses are from crzytal rain "artistry ballet" kit.

linking to pink saturday.

love to all.

celestial

for three muses challenge: celestial

images by itKuPiLLi.
linking to anything goes at pink saturday.

love to all.

going on a great adventure

this is the third week of the "planes, trains and automobiles" challenge at the lunagirl moonbeams blog.  i have another 4x6 postcard on this theme.

the foreground images featuring planes are from lunagirl collage sheets.  the hotel and travel logos are from twisted papers.  there are some bits and pieces here from stampington and co clip art and tim holtz as well a a few other random bits and papers from my stash.

2 weeks left to play along.  here are the challenge guidelines:

Challenge ends at 3:00 pm CST on July 30

Any craft or medium is welcome.

ENTER UP TO THREE PIECES!

Vintage style is encouraged but not required.

Use a Lunagirl image and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize: $10 e-gift certificate to use at Lunagirl.com! Winner will be selected by random drawing.

i'm linking to craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge, "anything goes," to pink saturday "anything goes," and finally "anything goes" at a bit more time to craft and "anything goes" at eclectic ellapu.

have a great weekend.  love to all.

home

for the "home" challenge at "take a word" challenge blog.  digital images by dezinaworld.

linking also to pink saturday.
love to all.

these darn children

even though i've told them not to do it a million times, these darn children are always going into my closet and getting into my shoes!

for the three muses challenge "footwear."
linking to pink saturday "anything goes."
images by dezinaworld.

love to all.

i made a "moostake"

i thought the current theme at moo mania and more challenge blog was "music" so i made a quick "moo" (approx. 1.1 by 2.8 inches) utilizing images by lunagirl.

this lovely lady and her violin made a nice choice for the theme. however, "music" was the last theme.  the current theme is water. oops.  so i started again.  for this second moo it is all rubber stamping.

i glued a piece of map to the cardboard moo base i'd cut out, using a section of the pacific ocean including the area around polynesia. the mermaid and wave stamps are by meer image and the bubble stamp is by g-rated stamps.

i'm linking these to the pink saturday blog in honor of its 8th birthday!

that should do it.  enjoy; love to all.

digital fairyland and floral moo

there are some stunning free digital images from dezinaworld which i highly recommend to you -- they are all in png format which makes it easy to explore creating digital art.

everything here, the background, the fairy and the butterflies are from dezinaworld.  i just manipulated the sizes and rotations in photoshop to create this little scene.  i am very new to creating digitally so this is pretty simple but it is a start and i imagine a lot more fancy things are possible!

i'm linking my creation to the "anything goes with a twist -- fairyland" challenge at suzy bee's blooming challenge blog.  it is my first time playing along there but i found the challenge just after downloading these images so it was a perfect coincidence for me!

next i'm sharing a "moo," a 1.1x2.8 inch creation for the moo mania and more challenge "floral."

all images are from collage sheets by gecko galz -- and these were cut and pasted the old fashioned way with scissors and glue!

i'm also linking to anything goes at pink saturday.

have a wonderful weekend.  love to all.

march gecko galz inspiration -- a spring charm

for a last bit of inspiration with gecko galz this month i am sharing a spring charm.

the charm is a gypsy soul laser cut circle charm.  i used the zen garden paper pack by gecko galz and the spring dominoes collage sheet by gecko galz for the background and focal image on this ornament.

i cut and arranged the paper and image adhered them to the ornament base, covering with judikins diamond glaze afterwards.  i painted a bit of spring green pan pastels on the front and sides and then another layer of diamond glaze.

this could also be used as an ornament or even a pendant with a proper ribbon or chain to complete it.

i hope you enjoy!  the current challenge at the gecko galz blog is "shabby chic easter" and you have about a week to link up a themed creation using at least one item from gecko galz..  check out the gecko galz pinterest page for freebies you can use or go to my blog post of march 6 for a darling lamb digital freebie that you could use as well.

linking to "anything goes" at pink saturday.

love to all.

autumn clown

happy saturday friends. today, for part two of the sweet pea stamps progressive facebook challenge for October and for the one sweet challenge blog fall colors challenge i present this sweet clown by artist katerina koukiotis, of sweet pea stamps.

i colored the lovely digital stamp with pencils and fussy cut it, applied to to digital background paper from the "autumn harvest" paper pack by gecko galz and then embellished with distressing, borders, leaves and words. 

also linking to "anything goes" at pink saturday.  enjoy!

love to all.

autumn fantasy

every month at the sweet pea stamps friends and fans facebook page we have a progressive challenge.  for part 1 we create something with an image (rubber or digital) from sweet pea stamps.  here is what I made for part 1 this round:

the digital image i used is "garden fairy" by artist janna prosvirina.  i colored it digitally in photoshop and then added it to digital background paper from my stash.  all of it is digital.  since autumn is coming in my hemisphere i went with the autumn fantasy theme.

for participating in part 1 we'll be given a free digital image to use for part 2.  the winner of part 2 is randomly selected and gets another free image from sweet pea stamps.  fun and useful!

i'm linking up to pink saturday which allows "anything goes" and not just pink things!
and i'm linking to the "anything goes" challenge at sweet stamps challenge blog!
have a lovely week.  love to all.

remembering summer...

much though i love autumn i never really am quite ready to let summer go.  at the cheerful stamp pad we are starting a new two week challenge "remembering summer."  link up a creation that calls summer to mind.  this gives you a lot of creative room to work!  our sponsor is little blue button stamps so a randomly selected participant will get a prize from their online  digital store.

this is a sweet image from little blue button called "sophie with flower."  I colored her with pencils and used background designer paper by gecko galz. i kept it simple with a flower and enamel dot.
two weeks to link up!

i'm also linking this to pink saturday where we are now invited to share on an "anything goes" basis and not just tings that are pink!

love to all.

happy birthday, part 2

it is week two for the current challenge at the cheerful stamp pad which is "birthday."  this is a good opportunity to get stocked up on birthday cards. once again we are delighted to have little blue button stamps as our challenge sponsor; a randomly selected participant will get a prize from their online stamp store.

i grabbed this little blue button digital stamp from the freebie section of their website.  this creation is entirely digitally created in photoshop.  i bordered the digital image, placed it on digital designer paper by gecko galz, then colored it, and added the sentiment all in photoshop.  i think this one came out very sweetly.  one last week to link up!

i'm also linking this card to pink saturday!

love to all.

tickled pink

at the sweet pea stamps facebook site we are on part 2 of the latest progressive challenge.  we were given a digital stamp by artist lynne stansbery to play with.  i printed the image on designer paper by gecko galz and colored it with pencils.  I added a few other bits to finish.

i made it in just under the wire again!
linking up to pink saturday.

love to all.

spring flowers

just a fun and simple little card with gecko galz images for the gecko galz paper crafting group challenge on facebook "spring flowers:"

background paper from the "que sera" paper pack.  bunny from the free april collage sheet.
linking to pink saturday.

love to all.

lady in red...

for the second year in a row lunagirl moonbeams is hosting a challenge on the theme of "red" just in time for valentine's day.  play along in our two week challenge for the chance to win shopping credit at the lunagirl store!

the classy lady behind the wheel of the car on my tag is from the "red hat ladies" collage sheet by lunagirl.  i have 2 different background papers, the deep red paper at the bottom is by lunagirl and the hearts paper at the top is from the valentine sweethearts bitty collection by heather hudson.  the rest are stash items, including the dragonfly brad by eyelet outlet..

i'm linking up to pink saturday for pink and red and month of love creations.

join us!
love to all.