a favorite book

our prompt at tag tuesday is "a favorite book" and of course there are many great ones to choose from but having just seen the new "alice" movie and since i have sooo many alice images, well...

the background is from the "smitten" paper pack by gecko galz. all the images and words are from an alpha stamps kit.  the wings are by anna griffin.  ribbon and border and flower/dot from my stash.

love to all.

here there be pirates.... more gecko galz inspiration

i thought i'd add a last bit of inspiration for the gecko galz challenge blog customer challenge this month -- "man o man." you have another week to play along.

although we tend to romanticize pirates (i love the "pirates of the carribean" movies as much as anyone) the truth is pirates were dangerous people who did some pretty bad things.  thus the theme of this piece.

supplies: pre-cut ATC base; gecko galz "steampunk paper pack;" gecko galz "pirates" collage sheet; distress inks; word typed by me.

instructions: i covered the ATC base with paper from the "steampunk paper pack" and distressed the edges.  there are 2 images from the pirates collage sheet -- the bit with the ship and map, and the pirate himself.  i added those to the base.  i typed and printed the word danger as a final warning! 

how to play along with the customer challenge: link up a creation on our theme at the challenge blog, being sure to use at least one item by gecko galz.  you can obtain freebies from gecko galz at the pinterest site, or if you haven't done it already, go to the log and sign up for the email newsletter and you'll get a free collage sheet each month.  the gecko galz etsy shop also has great deals at great prices -- check out the sale section!

please join us!  love to all.

happy father's day!

honor to all who are fathers or father figures! wishing you a lovely day and time with those you love.

all images and background paper by gecko galz.
link up your masculine themed creations, featuring at least something by gecko galz, at the gecko galz blog for the chance to win our customer challenge prize for the "man o man" contest.

love to all.

whatever the weather

whatever the weather, whatever your season -- summer or winter -- rain is always a possibility!  but you can't let that stop you; regardless of the rain let your light shine!  thus my tag:

our theme for tag tuesday is "whatever the weather" which inspired me to use this wonderful rubber stamp from catherine moore's character constructions, stamped on a background of designer paper from itKuPiLLi, with clouds and raindrops added with a silver sharpie and a black border and silver ribbon from my stash.

enjoy, whatever the weather!
love to all.

kite, grunge, digital art play

linking this little bit of weirdness to both the cheeky challenge "grunge" and the three muses challenge "kite."  because i am liberally interpreting kite to include the balloons lifting this ship up, up and away...

images by dezinaworld (mostly from the weird and wonderful kit).
love to all!

there is always reason to hope

on this third week of june and the third week of the fathers and brothers challenge at lunagirl moonbeams i'm sharing another twinchie from the vintage fathers collage sheet by lunagirl.

these vintage photos are so full of story.  in the eyes of this father i see struggle and stoicism and then there is his little girl clinging to him with such trust. i felt there was hope within them and so i chose the background sun from the lunagirl "wind roses compasses" collage sheet and added the hopeful word from a tim holtz sticker set.  the 2x2 base is from inchie arts.

here are the details to play along with this challenge:

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

Challenge ends at 3:00 pm CST on  June 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.

love to all.

moonstruck

i'm loving playing along with the three muses challenges lately and this week's theme is "moon struck" which means i get to work with a favorite theme, the moon!

these are all images from itKuPiLLi digital products.  i feel like it needs a bit something more but i needed to stop so this is what i have for now.  it is very intriguing playing with creating art digitally.  images from itKuPiLLi are very very dreamy!

enjoy; love to all.