May Gecko Galz Challenges

 

                

   This month the main Challenge theme is 

Tweet Spring Challenge

Follow the link to share your make!

May 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 share a glimpse of the items I have made for this challenge.

A card/tag folder with included example:

These used images from Pretty Bird Collage Set

A journal page:

I recently participated in a workshop by Jo-Firth Young and this gave me the idea of windows opening to see the colourful images beneath:

My background comprises book paper collage, white ink drips and splatter. I printed the images in grey scale for this and used Tim Holtz birdcage die cuts with punched tabs.

But we also have challenges on the Facebook Group

These are the May 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!

What's on your Work Desk Wednesday #883

           

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 #883

First of all I must mention Neet, who very sadly passed away in hospital. Although we never met in person, I feel I know her from her blog. I so wished she would be able to post again...my condolences to all who knew her well...

I will look for ATCs that she swapped with me for next week

Here is my workdesk:

Rather a mess as I have been busy catching up with the workshops from last week's virtual retreat.

On my desk last week was the start of a page inspired by a workshop by Kate Crane - I have finished this - this was the background:

And this is it finished:

I continued the journal pages inspired by Niamh Baly:

This is this week's Tiny piece of Art.  This month the theme is Easter/Furry Friends so this is my fifth page of May: - the theme is Furry Friends  using magazine images and tissue. I used an image from Conjurer of Dreams as the main image. this is from the Facebook group and this month's colour challenge.

This means I have done one third of the year - 8 months to go...

I have started thinking about my ATC for next week, ready to be placed on my desk. However if anyone would like to swap with me (I am in Australia) please email me

Happy WOYWW! I did manage to get round to some of you last week but I hope I do better this week.

12 Months of Christmas Link Up May 2026

  

  

This is my DT make for the April Challenge

of The 12 Months of Christmas Link up...

This month the theme is "Lantern Glow "

Our sponsor is

Décosse's Dynamite Doodles

Today I have made a simple card using the paper from this: 

I started with a white card blank, matted it with blue and then the patterned paper.

I added another strip from the paper to add to the top of the card on dimensionals.

I used the rest of this second paper and die cut the Ho Ho Ho. I used a blue fineliner to emphasise this. I then added some sparkle.

Happy Crafting!

Color Dare #702

 

   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 although the pictures make the grey/blue look much bluer.

I made two cards using a mosaic technique

Inside I added a strip of mosaic to decorate the message area.

Happy Crafting!

 

Outlawz Twisted Rhymes

   

This is a new Outlawz challenge which will scroll through the themes

Songs and Rhymes

Colour

Greetings

Sketch

 This challenge has no sponsors, but you do have the opportunity to win a top 3/Winner badge. Also, you can still enter your card (one only) to The Outlawz Challenges for a chance at a prize from one of our sitewide sponsors!

This month it is Songs and rhymes  where your make should be inspired by this poem,

 chosen by Wendy.

 

This is my card:

I used a blue card blank followed by a piece of 'watercolour' designer paper.

I then added the image from Vintage Image Craft

Finally I added a few gems.

 

The challenge is here

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Happy Crafting!