easter magic

for the gecko galz customer challenge blog: easter magic, and conjuror of dreams: anything goes, i've made an easter greeting postcard.

majority of images are digital images by gecko galz, with a few items (butterflies, grass, mist) from retired mischief circus kits.

love to all. 

corset

for sunday postcard art: corsets

images from retired dezinaworld and mischief circus kits (tumblefish, itKuPiLLi).

love to all.

complementary colors

this week at sunday postcard art the theme is complementary colors. my plan was to work with purple and yellow but you'll see blue and orange have a small role to play as well!

images from dezinaworld, holliewood studios, tumblefish studios, and itKuPiLLi.

love to all.

special delivery!

 for the sunday postcard art theme this week: snail mail

images from pixabay (the snail) and mischief circus artists (including images from the enchanted forest collaboration among others).

love to all and wishing you a happy week.

welcome to the theatre; surreal life

two creations to share today.
for sunday postcard art this week: theatre

images from holliewood studios, songbirdy, itKuPiLLi, and vintage tumblefish studios, all mischief circus.

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and, for the gecko galz challenge of the day: surreal life

images from gecko galz shop products including: curiousity shop, time flies, charming words and several different paper packs. i plan to modpodge the arty side so i can actually send this as a postcard! wish me success with it arriving intact!

love to all; health to all.

poem on a postcard

the month of april is national poetry month in the US, did you know? our sunday postcard art challenge for this week is fittingly: "favourite poem."

i have more than a few favourite poems. here are two.

images from pixabay, miles beyond the moon (vintage), tumblefish studios (vintage), and holliewood studios.

be safe and well; love to all.

her spiritual alchemy

for sunday postcard art challenge: al·che·my -- also known as the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter.

...while physical alchemy is concerned with altering and transforming the properties within matter, spiritual alchemy is concerned with freeing your spiritual self which is trapped within you by the unrefined parts of yourself (e.g. your fears, personal beliefs, self-loathing, etc.)....

images by cryztal rain (sketches 2; altered reality); eena's creations (alchemy) and itKuPiLLi imagenarium (butterflies; totally irrelevant).

love to all.

vintage display

for your viewing pleasure, and for sunday postcard art: vintage cars

images from itKuPiLLi (blue elephant, butterflies) and holliewood studios (captured, fractals).
love to all.

going places...

for sunday postcard art: maps

images from pixabay, open clip art, dezinaworld and itKuPiLLi (fantastical steampunk).

love to all.

jazzy mail

for three muses "mail art" challenge: a postcard celebrating jazz music and dance.

background and couples from songbirdy "couples" and the rest is from open clip art and retired tumblefish studios.

love to all.

frida tribute

at sunday postcard art this week the theme is frida kahlo. frida was an amazing artist, a revolutionary, and a human living with chronic terrible pain because of illnesses and accidents in her youth. her art, photos, and stories of her life are a source of constant admiration and mystery for many. in light of all this, making a piece in her honor was challenging. but here it is.

in much of her art she explored anatomy and expressed the physical pain she was going through. i tried to pick up on some of that here. and also images of beauty, as she was so beautiful in so many ways.

images from itKuPiLLi, "true colors," "la boheme," "butterflies," "anatomy," and more. i pulled the quote from the web.

enjoy; love to all.

batty

for sunday postcard art: bats

images from gecko galz, rhonda's originals, and mischief circus artists

love to all.

gecko galz gypsy fortunes challenge

this month the gecko galz customer challenge is "gypsy fortune" and i am joining the challenge with this postcard. 

the background paper, gypsy, clock and fortune teller sign are all from gecko galz collage sheets. the rest of the items are items from my stash.

i made this postcard on a postcard tag i bought -- here's the other side of it:

stay tuned; i know i'll be making more on this theme!
love to all.

to the Queen

for sunday postcard art: queens

images from with wild abandon, and mischief circus artists itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios, miles beyond the moon (retired), tumblefish studios (retired), songbirdy.

love to all.

to calm the nerves: drink tea

for sunday postcard art: tea

various mischief circus artists, with tea bags from dezinaworld (retired).

love to all.

zebras and butterflies

for sunday postcard art challenge: zebra

postcard background by lunagirl, images from holliewood studios, tumblefish studios, and itKuPiLLi.

love to all.

a mail art stroll (and blog hop news!)

for take a word: mail art

background is gecko galz, postage stamps by open clip art, and all else is tumblefish studios (retired).

please please come back on october 26 -- the gecko galz blog hop starts that day and runs through october 31,  there will be FREE collage sheets at every stop of the hop! so you must come back!

love to all.

a walk at the zoo

for sunday postcard art, "at the zoo,"

postcard background image by gecko galz, the remainder of images are from a variety of designers at mischief circus and from dezinaworld.

love to all.

wish you were here

for "mail art" at take a word.
this started as a postcard blank anyway...

images by gecko galz (several digital kits), and with wild abandon (closed company).

i'm linking this to "anything goes" at eclectic ellapu.
love to all.

travel dreams

as we continue our july theme at the gecko galz customer challenge blog:  "enjoy the journey," create on this theme using gecko galz products for the chance to win prizes from the gecko galz store.  i have a 4x6 postcard and another ATC to share today.

supplies: 4x6 cardboard base; gecko galz "parisian dreams paper pack"; gecko galz "paris dreams" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; black lace; paper flower; enamel dot; black stickers; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the cardboard base with 2 papers from the parisien dreams paper pack, distressed the edges and added the lace at top.  i fussy cut the woman and glued her on, adding the words, flower, dot and stickers to finish.

supplies: ATC base; gecko galz "parisian dreams paper pack"; gecko galz "dream girls" collage sheet; gecko galz "postcards from abroad" collage sheet; gecko galz "charming words" collage sheet; gecko galz "postcards from abroad" collage sheet;washi tape; paper flower; distress ink.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with paper from the parisian dreams pack and a torn peice from the postcards from abroad collage sheet.  i added washi take and distressed the edges.  i fussy cut the woman from the dream girls sheet and added her along with the word and the flower.

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how to play along with the challenge: create on our theme -- remember 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. hurry! for this challenge your deadline to link up is july 30.  challenge prize will be goodies from the gecko galz shop!  

love to all.