December 2023 - Gecko Galz Creations

Hello friends!

Well, well, well .....

Happy December!  

What a whirlwind of a year this has been.  I'm finally starting to feel my new normal post-active cancer treatments and with that, I'm excited to announce that I have joined the Gecko Galz design team for 2024!!!  I have really missed creating and this team will push me out of my comfort zone as I create with all of their amazing digital art products!

There are a ton of Challenges for you to participate in and you can even grab FREE products from the blog to get you going! You can find the Challenge Blog HERE.  

Our theme in December is Winter Elegance. 

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!!

There is also a Facebook Challenge group for some other fun challenges - and you can find that HERE.

Onto my projects!!!

First up is my WINTER ELEGANCE project:

How cute is this? I used a variety of images from:

- Compliments of the Season

- Vintage Christmas Junk Journal

- Christmas Spirit

This is  standard sized A2 card.  I did add clear embossing powder to the Happy Holidays Sentiment (From the Christmas Spirit set).

Here are a few other projects to keep you inspired:

I made the poinsettia from a die set on this card and distressed/inked all the edges.  

Products are from: Compliments of the Season

Products: Christmas Dreams Icons image printed on glossy photo paper!

I hope you will check out all the amazing products Gecko Galz has to offer!!  I will also have a Tag post coming up today too! Enjoy and I'll see you soon!

xoxo

Jess

Gecko Galz - 25 Tags of Christmas

Hello again!  

I'm up today with my Tag Creations for Gecko Galz!!

I created two tags for you today.......and I had so much fun creating them!

 

Like how cute is this little deer?  The products I used are from:

- Christmas Spirit

I distressed the edges with brown ink and created a poinsettia die cut. Some gold paste was added for shimmer (what is Christmas without a little shine right?).

Next up:

So for this one I used background paper from Christmas Spirit.

The deer paper is from Compliments of the Season Junk Journal set and the sentiments were from Christmas Spirit. Once again I added clear embossing powder to make it look like the words were actual labels. I also added a white shimmer spray over the whole tag to finish it off. 

Thanks for stopping by and I can't wait to share more Gecko Galz projects with you! Be sure to head over to the Gecko Galz blog to grab the freebie of the day.

Merry Christmas everyone! 

xoxo

Jess

Creative Knockouts #489 - lot of layers

Hello crafty friends!

Better late than never....I went away on a holiday and forgot to set my post!!!

As always, the most current challenge can be found here: Creative Knockouts Challenge

Our lovely sponsor this week is Mirtillamente Craft Shop

I chose to work with a stamp set called Happy B-Day No1

I actually created 3 cards!

My "layers" come from the look of the paper itself!  I thought it was a cool spin on the them. Plus, all the "layers' of the mats too! 

Can't wait to see what you all create!  Good luck at the challenge!

xoxo

Jess

Creative Knockouts #487 - Love is In the Air

Hello crafty friends!

It's time for another fabulous challenge with a fabulous digi from a fabulous sponsor!

(Say that 5 times fast haha)

Our theme for this challenge is Love is in the Air/Valentines!

As always, the most current challenge can be found here: Creative Knockouts Challenge

Our lovely sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter!  

I chose to work with a stamp set called "That's Amore" - so so cute!

Here is what I created:

I printed off the background and stamp image separately, and fussy cut out the cute image. A bit of distressing ink around the edges finished off the vintage vibes.  I love how sweet this card turned out! It's approx 4.5x4.5 in size too!

Can't wait to see what you all create!  Good luck at the challenge!

xoxo

Jess

Creative Knockouts #485 - Anything Goes

Hello crafty friends!

Happy New Year! 

2023

WOW!  How did that happen?  Well, time waits for no one and it's time to star the New Year in good fashion...so onto the challenge!

As always, the most current challenge can be found here: Creative Knockouts Challenge

Our lovely sponsor this week is SheepSki Designs!  I love the delicate nature of her images.

I chose to work with a stamp set called "Cool Couple".

Here is what I created:

Can't wait to see what you all create!  Good luck at the challenge!

xoxo

Jess