walking in nature with wings

 for tag tuesday "things with wings" and gecko galz "walk with nature" challenges. i guess these faery folk are probably floating not walking! 

images are from gecko galz shop, with flowers and dots from my stash (the word dream is stamped).

there is one week remaining to play the tag tuesday challenge; the gecko galz challenge lasts until the end of this month.

love to all!

gecko galz inspiration: fly away with me

i'm continuing to share creations using some of the wonderful new products at gecko galz this month.  also our may customer challenge on the blog is "take flight, or things with wings" so i encourage you to make something with wings including at least one gecko galz image so you can have the chance at a shopping prize at the gecko galz shop.  here is a tag to urge you to play along.

supplies: gecko galz "beauty unbound" collage sheet; gecko galz free birds paper pack; wings by moonlight journey; fence die cut and bird sticker; prima flower; typed sentiment; distress inks; ribbon.

instructions: first i adhered the free birds paper to my tag base.  i printed and cut out the vintage “beauty” and the wings and attached the wings to the beauty image.   i typed and printed the words and cut them out.  after deciding how to arrange all the elements and gluing them to the tag base,  i added the flower, die cut, sticker and distressing the edges.  final step was adding the ribbon.

love to all.

may customer challenge at gecko galz -- "take flight -- or things with wings"

welcome to a new month and a new challenge at the gecko galz blog -- "take flight -- or things with wings."  just like every new month gecko galz is launching several new collage sheets, stamps, papers and icons.  as always it is great fun to play with the new images.  as much as i love birds i went with a cutie with wings for my DT sample.

supplies: gecko galz “ain't she a cutie” collage sheet; gecko galz free birds paper pack; wings by moonlight journey; typed sentiment; vine sticker; paper flower; raindrop bead; distress ink.

instructions: i adhered the free birds paper to my card base.  i printed and cut out the vintage “cutie” and the wings and attached the wings to the cutie.  i typed and printed the words and cut them out.  after deciding how to arrange all the elements and gluing them to the card base, i added the vine, the flower, bead and distressed the edges.

you are invited to link up a creation with wings to the gecko galz blog for our challenge.  you must use at least one image by gecko galz but as you will notice on the blog there are always freebies to be had.

enjoy; love to all.

things with wings

sweet pea stamps are truly sweet.  i haven't participated in one of their blog challenges for awhile but i am this week -- "things with wings."  it is hard to find a stamp from sweet pea that doesn't involve wings!  i may have gone a bit crazy with the theme for my card though...

this gorgeous sweet pea stamp is by artist teresa sherman and is called "kissing butterflies."  i stamped her on pretty paper from the paper temptress and then colored her with pencils.  the butterfly border is a stamp from hero arts which i also enhanced with colored pencils.  finally the "you are so wonderful" stamp is from leavenworth jackson.  the card stock is covered in patterned tissue paper and that's pretty much it.  if i were a butterfly fairy this would totally be my look.

i'm also linking up to challenges at aurora wings (butterflies challenge), and "things with wings" at sentimental sundays and artistic inspirations.

love to all.

things with wings tags

 the current challenge at cheerful stamp pad is "things with wings."  everyone is encouraged to submit a creation with wings, whether a card, tag, ATC, art journal page, mixed media piece -- whatever gets your juices flowing!  thee is one week left -- the challenge closes june 25.  one randomly selected winner will get a treat from moonlight journey.  i have many wonderful collage sheets from this company and they are really lovely.

my tags here are just stamping though.  the party cat hat is from lost coast designs and the princess tag stamps are all from clear art stamps.  backgrounds are with watercolor jewels by stamp zia.

enjoy; love to all