Ink Stains

 This month's Gothic challenge at Gecko Galz is a really fun image...check her out. I made this fun card... I cut out a window in the front of the card and hand drew the spider webs on a ...

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 This month's Christmas challenge at Gecko Galz is a fun Santa image.... I printed the image twice then fussy cut Santa from the background (which was black). I then cut out the lantern, hi...

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 Gecko Galz has a new challenge this month...Fantasy! Here is what I created using this month's image... I printed the image with muted colors then used some mica watercolor paints to add...

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 Today I have a small journal I made for the monthly challenge over at Gecko Galz. The theme is Ethereal Spring.  I used the Junk Journal kit - Viva La Spring and Charming Words sentiment sheet...

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Another fun card to share with you for the current challenge Let's Fly. This time I used one of my favorite Hard Luck Pixies - Lucy.....she's got such a great grumpy going on...it's so easy to lo...

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 This month's ATC challenge at Gecko Galz features the Gothic Red Riding Hood ATC sheet. I wanted to make something a bit different so I dug through my ATC/Playing Card stash and found these fun...

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 I must admit that this month's Gothic Challenge at Gecko Galz has given me a run for my money. I started a Goth/Halloween junk journal last year and have been slowly adding new lay-outs each mo...

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 The theme for the month at Gecko Galz is Magical Mushrooms. Their monthly newsletter was filled with delightful mushroom images. I liked them so much I decided to do a bit of decoupage and make...

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 This month's image for the Card challenge at Gecko Galz is this lovely floral Asian beauty. I used one of my dies from Spellbinders to make this lovely background. It turned out exactly as I en...

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Hello everyone... Today I want to share my creation for the Gecko Galz Christmas challenge this month. I decided to go traditional Christmas with red, green and gold. I used metallic papers for...

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Time for another fun challenge and this time I went a wee bit Steampunk... I wanted this to like they were plans to build a set of wings so I started by stamping the Steampunk Fly Girl  o...

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 The quarterly challenge at Gecko Galz is to "Just add lights" to your project. One of the new collage sheets this month is Stained Glass Beauty so I thought why not make a lighted "stained-glas...

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 Well, today I have a banner I made using the current digi stamp challenge over at Gecko Galz.... I printed 18 of the eggs but ended up using just 15 of them. Each egg was colored with mar...

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 Hello Everyone! I don't know how the weather is where you are at but it's been unseasonably warm here in Indiana the past few days. That is unfortunately coming to an end with the return of c...

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 Trying a new challenge out today. I've been subscribed to the Sunday Postcard Art Challenge blog for a long time now but I never seem to get my act together to participate as their challenges a...

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Today I have a card that I hope will help usher in Spring without too much more of that white stuff...Green Man. To create this card I started off by stamping the Leaves  background image...

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 Here is what I created using this month's image for Gecko Galz Monthly Christmas Challenge... Getting a jump start on next year's decorations with this chunky canvas.... The trees are fro...

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 Playing with the Gothic image of the month at Gecko Galz... A gothic take on Little Red Riding Hood...I love it! A bit of gesso, watercolors, acrylic paint, vintage ephemera, washi tape,...

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>  Another challenge from Gecko Galz - this time it's the Stamp > Challenge. They give you a free "digital stamp" to color and > incorporate into a project. This month...

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 Been playin' with a few more collage images for the challenges on the Gecko Galz blog. My first card was made using the February Card Challenge image.. I printed the image twice and cut ...

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 I've finally gotten a chance to play in my craft room and this months challenges at Gecko Galz have been my goal today. Each month Gecko Galz gives you a free collage image to play with in va...

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 Hello all... This month's main challenge over at Gecko Galz is Flights of Fancy. The monthly newsletter was sprinkled with some beautiful hot air balloon images which inspired me to create th...

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 Excited to share some news with you all.... I was asked to join the design team of a new-ish Canadian Etsy store which features AI generated collage images.... Conjurer of Dreams! Ea...

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Hello Friends - my day to post over on the Lost Coast Designs blog for our current monthly challenge - #181 - Anything Goes ! Today I have a card made using my favorite colors...green and blue...

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 Today I wanted to share a card I made using the current digital stamp for this months challenge over at Gecko Galz... I LOVE this image. I decided I wanted to use blue (my fav. color) for ...

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