Gecko Galz Challenges

 

                

    This month the main Challenge theme is 

Once Upon A Time Challenge

Follow the link to share your make!

June 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 

These are the makes I have made for this challenge:

An altered box with photo holder.

Inside there is a little junk journal:

It is a concertina type which fastens on both sides

Inside there are a variety of pages with images, pockets and tucks.

All my images are from Gecko Galz collage sheets or the 2026 Kit Club.

We also have challenges on the Facebook Group

These are the June challenges:

Then there are also, with freebie images, the

MONTHLY Christmas Challenge

 Fantasy Challenge

MONTHLY Gothic Challenge

Steampunk Challenge

ATC Challenge

 Card challenge

Quarterly Challenge

Find also the new tag challenge 

Have Fun!

Happy Crafting!

Color Dare #708

  

   This picture shows my make for the

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge DT

Do pop over to the Color Dare Challenge and take a look at my teamies' makes.

This picture shows the challenge -

I used the three colours plus black and white.

I started with a white card blank matted with the first colour.

I then added a layer in the second colour that have been embossed with an embossing folder.

I then matted the image (Gecko Galz) and the sentiment on more purple and put them in place.

Happy Crafting!

 

What's on your Work Desk Wednesday #888

                

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 #888

Here is my workdesk:

At the front you can see my ICADS to number 8 and that seahorse stamp (Lavinia).

If you want to see more of these they are blogged here

I have also done number 9 - charm:

The background was done with watercolours and a large round brush.

I have also done the last week of May - mushroom madness -

 in my Tiny pieces of Art. My mushrooms are cut from an alcohol ink background. the brief was to add a found item (leaf and twigs) and embossing - the background leaves are embossed.

 This month the theme is steampunk and I have done Week 1 - clocks and cogs.

I used Stamperia images, drips and splatters of ink and some metal bits.

I don't think I have shared my perpetual calendar recently - this is June 2026

The item I have added is a diamond fold pocket made from 4 pieces of paper. This came from

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1294798845512207

Sarah mentioned that 8 is a lucky number in China.

So 888 must mean triple luck!!

(Some of you know that numbers are my thing... 887 (last week) is a prime number, 888 however is 2 cubed x 3 x 37 = 8 x 111)

No. 8 in Chinese Culture

Because Eight (Ba in Chinese) has the similar pronunciation with 发 (Fa, meaning wealth or fortune), this number is very welcome among Chinese people. The popularity of 8 was obvious in relation to the Beijing Olympic Games which commenced at exactly eight o’clock eight minutes on the eighth day of the eighth month in 2008. When people choose telephone numbers, mobile numbers, house numbers, car identification numbers and important dates, 8 is usually the first choice.

In modern China, numerical lingo has been very popular especially on the internet. For instance, 518 with the approximate pronunciation with Wo Yao Fa, meaning I want to be very wealthy. 886, with the Chinese pronunciation Ba Ba Liu like bye-bye in English, is frequently used during the instant chat on the internet to say ‘good-bye’ or ‘see you later’. 

Lovely to see all your blogs on WOYWW... I hope to get round to everyone this week.

We had a great weekend away at the Celtic Music Festival. This was one of my favourite photos:

Addicted to Stamps and More #519 Any Occasion

  

The above is my Any Occasion project...for Challenge #519

 at Addicted to Stamps and More

To make this card - actually one of a pair I followed this video. It actually suggests that it makes two at once!!

Inside I added a heart and a sentiment.

Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge! Do hop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my team-mates!

 Happy Crafting!

ICAD 2026

 My next long challenge, ICAD,  has started. I started taking part in this is 2021. This photo show my last five years.

This is this year - the first month's themes and the themes for the whole 9 weeks.

I have done the first few days, following the prompts but not necessarily the theme. 

Day 1 - surfboard

The sea is a Visible Image stamp in blue distress ink,

 the surfer a Stampin Up stamp in Versafine Clair and embossing powder.

The sand is texture paste through a stencil, followed by yellow distress ink.

Day 2 - type

This is just a collage of scraps from Graphic 45 Typography.

Day 3 - magnolia

I drew this and painted it with watercolours.

Day 4 - yearbook

I used a collage of photos and then added some penwork and colour with Art By Marlene markers.

Day 5 - trace

I used an image from my stash and then a layer of printed vellum. I traced through this with a fineliner.

Day 6 - scarlet

This was a whole lot of scarlet bits and pieces including ink drips, gelli plate pull, diecut and magazine letters.

Day 7 - seahorse

I used a sparkly card base followed by a die cut oval (trimmed to fit) with colour added using distress inks. The seahorse is a Lavinia stamp embossed in black.

Day 8 - coneflower

I used various papers pieces on the base distressed with vintage photo.

I added flowers I painted with watercolour and cut out.

I added clumps of tiny beads to the centres.