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Gecko Galz August Challenges

                                                This month the main Challenge theme is  Surreal Wonderland Follow the link to share your mak...

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

WOYWW #897

       

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #897

Here is my desk today:  


Ollie painting!

I have started a couple more challenges:




 

These are the first nine:


I have blogged these here

I have moved on to the next month of my year-long Tiny Pieces of Art


This is my week 1, illustrating two of Ollie's favourite characters:








Hope to share more next week...

Happy crafting -
Happy WOYWW!

Gecko Galz August Challenges

   

                

     This month the main Challenge theme is 

Surreal Wonderland

Follow the link to share your make!

August 1st - 29th.

Feel free to grab our badge, and share on your blogs.



There is only one rule, and that is you need to use at least ONE  product from Gecko Galz!!  
It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, or digital papers!!  It is up to you!!
The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree 


Today I will sharing the items I have made for this challenge. The concertina tag book was an idea I saw in the recent 3Quarter Designs Craftathon.

and Steampunk Alice.










But we also have challenges on the Facebook Group


These are the August challenges:




Then there are also, with freebie images, the





Happy Crafting!


Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Gecko Galz August ATC Challenge

    

These are my makes for the Gecko Galz


with a freebie image set. 

The theme this month is Keeper of the Forest.


I used the ATC backs on scraps of green card and then the fussy cut images. 
These ATCs contain just items from the freebie sheet.


The next one is my favourite.





I will link these to the challenge.


Happy Crafting!

Mini.collage.collective

  Just starting another challenge, this time for a month.

A set of collages ATCs...

These are the prompts:



I have done the first nine days, which fit in an ATC folder:


I started off using a master board which I made last October. I brayered this with white gesso and cut it apart. I then added elements inspired by the themes...




Day 1 - ordinary


Day 2 - hidden


Day 3 - almost


Day 4 - borrowed


Day 5 - Elsewhere


Day 6 - pause


Day 7 - untamed


Day 8 - pattern


Day 9 - divide


Monday, 10 August 2026

Conjurer of Dreams August ATC Challenge

              

These are my makes for the 

Conjurer of Dreams


with a freebie image set. 

The theme this month is Drive in the Country.



I used the ATC backs on scraps of yellowish card and then added the images fussy cut from the image set.
I then added faux stitching with a fineliner.




I will link these to the challenge.


Happy Crafting!