Putting on the Green

What is more appropriate for March as "Putting on the Green".  This is my interpretation of the Gecko Galz theme for the month.

The background for this card is actually a sheet illustrating a Bingo card.  The two beautiful waxy bees in the corner or actually envelope stickers.  Someone gave me a bag of the stickers about two years ago and I have loved using them ever since.  It is not possible to tell, but I used some clear Stickles on the rose to give the card a little bling.

Gecko Galz Theme

The theme this month at Gecko Galz is "A Courtly Love Affair"  I cut my image out and put it on a piece of scrap cardstock that was leftover after cutting a border.  I added two strips of red stones for a little bling on the card.  The sentiment which is a little hard to read is "Time for Comfort and Help"

Almost all of my cards go to those who have been in the  hospital, homebound, and to those in my Sunday School class who are having a birthday.  Therefor my sentiments are directed to those groups.

Another card using a lovely Gecko Galz image is below.

Christmas Tag

Gecko Galz is having a 24 Tags of Christmas challenge theme.  This is my Winter Tag.  I thought I would do something a little different.  I used  an image from Gecko Galz of a snowy mailbox and added parts of several Christmas picks as embellishments to give it a little sparkle and more of a Christmas feeling.  Also some burlap from a pick, along with some red berries were attached and some Liquid Applicator was added making snow on them.  At the bottom the words "Merry Christmas" were cut from the original image.

I hope you like my idea of combining the different elements.

Santa is Comming(

Christmas Day will be here before we know it.  I have used below some of my favorite Santa images from Gecko Galz.  The first one is the typical Santa image, while the second is a traditional antique Santa image.  

Below I added two rows of Diamond Dust to add a little glitz to the card.

I really like my color combination in the next card.

I hope you like what I created with these Gecko Galz imagas.  Don't forget Wednesday is the $1.00 day!

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October Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 7th Annual Blog Hop

This is your fourth stop on our Tricks and Treats Blog Hop! 

We have 14 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage sheets that we are giving you for FREE! Each blog you visit will have another free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to down load, the one here is

"Long Ago".

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit and on the last blog there will be a phrase that you will email to us to be entered in our drawing for a wonderful treat pack.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:

·        First is a Gecko Galz shopping spree for $100!

·        Second prize is a $50 Shopping spree with Gecko Galz.

·        Third prize is a $25 shopping spree!

·        And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz PRODUCTS!!! This includes the 6 new collage sheets each quarter, a new stamp set each quarter, 2 new paper packs each quarter, a journal kit each quarter, a ATC collection each quarter, and one jewel it collection!

 This is a $176 value!

First of all, you will need to visit all 14 blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect the phrase at the end of the hop on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz at geckogalz2014@gmail.com.

This enters you in the contest. On October 31st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names on the Gecko Galz blog site.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE between the 26th of October and the 30^th of October and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet

“Long Ago”

Here are some projected I made using some of the above images.

Now have fun visiting each Blog

Joan Liddle

Barbara Bird

Vicki Romain

Patti Fisher

Marilyn Hughes

Michele Storms

Carole Jones

Margaret Ashby

Gerri Herbst

Carole Wright

Nancy Nickel

Heather Hudson

Leanne Seed

October Time

The minute October arrives most people and all the stores think of Halloween. The theme for October at Gecko Galz  is "Things That Go Bump in the Night

I really don't do Halloween cards.  However, I did make a popup card which took right much time.  I apologize for the size of the Gecko Galz raven, but I wanted a realistic size for my fence.

Above is the outside of my card with a pumpkin which has been embellished with Stickles.  Below inside is the jack-o-lantern which pops up.  It took a while and a couple of tries to him him to pop up.

Since I don't do Halloween, I made a couple additional cards using some of my favorite autumn paper from Gecko Galz.

A Touch of Autumn

This month the theme at Gecko Galz is "Autumn".  I tried to make three different cards using my favorite images from Gecko Galz.  I love the different backgrounds Gecko Galz has.  This is only one of them and I have used it in two different cards.

I am really pleased with the chalk background  I made on the card.  It matches pretty well with the background of the image.

This is one of my favorite images of a bee.  I used a woven mesh as a mat under it

More Ocean Samples

Gecko Glalz  is continuing this summer with the theme "Ocean or Sea". Here are some unusual cards with the theme.

The first card I will probably not make very often.  It is so time-consuming.  However, I really like the way it turned out.

 One side opened.

The following card was a fairly quick and easy.  It is a flip card.

By the Sea

By the sea brings thoughts of mermaids, the theme this month at Gecko Galz.  Since I was working with mermaid images, I thought watercolor backgrounds were appropriate.

I especially like the way the image on the second card fits into my watercolor background.

Lastly I created a tag using some more images from Gecko Galz.

Don't forget that Gecko Galz has $1 Wednesday.   You can really get some outstanding image sheets for a $1.

Card for the Doc.

I had to make an unplanned trip to the Dr.'s office the other day and he waited on me so I sent a "thank you".  This was the closest I could make a stethoscope.

Under the Big Top

I treated the theme "Under the Big Top" with the following GG images.

The card below uses two of the Gecko Galz images in an unusual way.

A Little Country Charm

I know a number of the other Gecko Galz team members used farm animals for the theme "Country Charm", but I decided to use images of people who were symbolic of the theme.  I hope you enjoy seeing the cards I made.

You can't really see it, but I filled the front of this card with little raindrops made from Stckels.