BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS BY YVONNE GARNER

This month our design team is Celebrating all things Easter and Spring with eggs, chicks and rabbits oh my. 
Below are some amazing samples by

YVONNE GARNER

SPRINGTIME CARD

Instructions:  Cut and fold card to form card base.  Print, trim and mat Flower Power Paper (07) to fit card front.  Distress edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  Layer paper doily over panel.  Enlarge and print Post card from Provence Garden, distress edges with VPDI and mount to panel over doily. Print Easter Parade Stamp (01), water color and trim to fit card front.  Stamp egg nest, distress with VPDI, trim and add to panel.  Add metal corner to top of card.  Embellish with stickers and bow.

Supplies: Gecko Galz: Flower Power Paper Pack, Provence Garden, Easter Parade Stamp, Ranger Distress Ink, Nest Stamp by Red Lead Paperworks, ChitChat Stickers by Ranger, Metal corner by Funkie Junkie Boutique.  Doily and seam binding from my stash.

VINTAGE SPOON COLLAGE

Instructions:  Cut and fold card to form card base.  Print, trim and mat Flower Power Paper (08) to fit card front. Enlarge, print, trim and mat images from Provence Garden and add to panel over top of a doily.  Embellish card with ribbon, a metal trimming and a button.

Supplies: Gecko Galz:  Flower Power Paper Pack, Provence Garden, Funkie Junkie Boutique: Ribbon, metal trim and button. From my stash:  doily, black paper, card stock

SPRING COLORS FROM AMANDA PHILLIPS

This month our design team is Celebrating all things Easter and Spring with eggs, chicks and rabbits oh my. 
Below are some amazing samples by

AMANDA PHILLIPS

PEACOCK NECKLACE IN BLUE

USING GECKO GALZ Pretty Peacocks Jewel It Set

PRETTY IN PURPLE NECKLACE

Using Gecko Galz Pretty Peacock Jewel It set

SPRING DESIGNS BY LEANNE SEED

This month our design team is Celebrating all things Easter and Spring with eggs, chicks and rabbits oh my. 
Below are some amazing samples by

LEANNE SEED

EASTER CHICKS CARD

Gecko Galz Easter Parade Craft Kit

Vintage Photo Ink by Distress Inks

Paper Studio Paper Boy Plaid

Recollections Blue Craft It Doillies

Raffia Ribbon Embellishment from Hobby Lobby

Easter Stamp by Craft Smart

Moss Green Card stock

PEACOCK DREAMS CARD

Gecko Galz Peacock dreams Jewel It Set

Recollections Blue Marble Paper

Recollections foil Paper

Green satin ribbon

Silk ribbon in peacock flower

EK Success Mini Alphabet stamp set

Vintage lace

Mini Tags from stash

Stickles in Crystal

EASTER JOY CARD

Gecko Galz Easter Parade Craft Kit

Recollections Embossed paper

Recollections Book Print Paper

Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger

Yellow Stickles

EK Success Mini Alphabet stamp set

hand dyed silk ribbon

yellow burlap ribbon by Canvas Corp

vintage pink lace trim

Organza ribbon flowers 

BEAUTIFUL COLORS CARD

Gecko Galz Provence Garden Collage Set

black card stock

cream card stock

Gold shimmer card stock by Paper company

Script background stamp by Hero Arts

Gingham Ribbon by Basic Grey

Vintage Photo & Wild Honey Distress Ink by Ranger

Gold Stickles

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU CARD

Gecko Galz Easter Parade Craft Kit 

Kraft Card base by Canvas Corp

Recollections Linen Stripe Grey/Cream paper

Recollections white embossed paper

Distress ink in Vintage Photo, fresh raspberry, Mustard seed

mini roses from Micheal's

May Arts Ribbon

Mini doilies from my stash

Viva Pearl Pen in white

HERE COMES PETER COTTON TAIL CARD

Gecko Galz Easter Parade Craft Kit

White card stock

Recollections paper Girl Plaid

scalloped trim from my stash

pink crystal gems

butterfly stamp by Prima

sentiment banner done in photo shop

scalloped card by Core-d'nations

Distress inks in Fresh raspberry, vintage photo

Tulle Ribbon

DESIGNS BY BARBARA BIRD

This month our design team is Celebrating all things Easter and Spring with eggs, chicks and rabbits oh my. 
Below are some amazing samples by

BARBARA BIRD

EASTER WISHES CARD

Using Gecko Galz EASTER PARADE Craft Kit

- Card base is made with a cream color card stock.

- Card front is a colorful basket weave that I had in

  my paper stash....very Eastery

- Image is from Easter Parade Icons 2

- I covered the top of image with little paper flowers

  and put rhinestones in the middle of each.

- Ribbon is a pink polka dot shear.

- Everything was inked in brown.

BUNNY BANNER

Using Gecko Galz EASTER PARADE Craft Kit

The banner pieces were one of the $1 finds from Michael's and

 I covered them with a colorful basket weave paper that I have had

 in my stash for awhile. and then inked the edges in brown.

-The rabbit face was a chipboard piece that I forgot I had, I cut

 pieces fro the basket weave paper for the inside of his ears, pink

 pompom for nose and used white pipe cleaner for whiskers. The

 eyes are blue circles with black circles inside and a white pen to

 make the highlights. I then glued it on to one of the banner pieces.

-Images are from Easter Parade Icons and I put a doily under each

 one. Doily's were gotten at Michael's.

-I strung the pieces up with white bakers twine.

-Plastic eggs are from almost everywhere but make sure you check

 to make sure the holes are in the ends (some eggs don't have them)

-I am thinking of adding ribbon thru the holes on the four banner

 pieces, think they would look cute with bows hiding the holes.

PRETTY LITTLE DESIGNS BY JULES

This month our design team is Celebrating all things Easter and Spring with eggs, chicks and rabbits oh my. 
Below are some amazing samples by

JULES EICKMIER

EASTER EGG CARD

Gecko Galz Easter Parade Icon, Pretty paper, cardstock, pop dots, bling and ribbon.

I printed out the paper and mounted it on green cardstock.  I printed
the Easter icon twice onto cardstock.  With the second printing, I
fussy cut the flower images, mounted them on pop dots and placed them
over the flowers on the first printing.  I fussy cut the entire egg
out and mounted it on card stock to match the green.  I added bling
and ribbons...voila! A 3D Easter card.

BUNNY CARD

Gecko Galz Garden papers, bunny icon, "Presented to..." image, American Craft
colored pencils, Art Anthology Colorations Sprays, Primary Elements by
Creative Imaginations, American Crafts Metallic Marker, Scrap Dots by
Helmar, Studio 71 Canvas sheets, vellum, Sticky Back Canvas paper from
Claudine Hellmuth.

Jules in her own words

I think the highlight of my creative career, besides being asked to join the Gecko Galz team, was when Somerset publications asked me to write a 3 page article about a circular mini album I created about a trip my husband and I had taken to Italy.  While this was a few years ago, I still take great pride in this article.

April Challenge: Easter Time

Time for a new Gecko Galz Customer Challenge!!  

This month our Challenge theme is "Easter Time!!"
March 1st-29th.
Feel free to grab our badge in the left column, 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 
I also want to announce our 
March "In the Garden" Customer Challenge Winner
Wendy

We thought it might be fun to share a couple of inspiration pieces from the Design Team....to get your Mojo going for our

 Vintage Ladies Challenge!

You can stop by their blogs to get all the Yummy Details!!

Terri

Barbara 

Donna 

Jules

Tee 

Nancy 

Michelle

Lisette

Vicki

Joan

Patti

Leanne 

We can't wait to see your creations!!

Thank you for visiting!!
  You have until 11:55pm Eastern time on April 29th to play along!
You can link up your creations below or send a photo of your project to us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com.

An InLinkz Link-up

PRETTY SPRING PETALS.......Designs by Amanda Phillips

This month our design team is looking toword Spring and all it's beautiful colors. Below are some samples by

AMANDA PHILLIPS

Pretty Flowers Card

A Spring Hello Card

FAIRIES IN HER GARDEN.......designs by Leanne Seed

This month our design team is looking toword Spring and all it's beautiful colors. Below are some samples by

LEANNE SEED

BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL CARD

Gecko Galz Fairy Magic Collage set

Stickles in Clear

Viva Pearl Pen in White

Distress inks in Vintage photo, Faded Jeans, and Crushed Olive

Sentiment stamps by Canvas Corp

Tensil Fiber by Martha Stewart

water color brush

4"x 6" piece of white cotton fabric

Tag by paper studio

CELEBRATE LIFE CARD

Gecko Galz Fairy Magic Collage Sheet

May Arts Ribbon

Viva Pearl Pen in copper

Stickles in Clear

Glimmer Mist in Bronze and Graphite

Distress in in Vintage photo

"Celebrate" stamp by Canvas Corp

4" x 6" white cotton fabric

SPECIAL THOUGHTS CARD

Gecko Galz Victorian Spring Kit (for banner)

Gecko Galz Fairy Magic Collage Set

Stickles In clear

Viva Pearl Pen in white

Distress ink in Vintage photo

black ink

Sentiment stamp by Hero Arts

Tulle ribbon

Alcohol inks in Eggplant, Mermaid & Faded Jeans

Alcohol ink blending solution

DREAM OF IT CARD

Gecko Galz  Victorian Spring Craft Kit (for banner)

Gecko Galz Fairy Magic collage sheet

4" x 6" white cotton fabric

Red Tulle Ribbon

Stickles in clear

Metalic Crayons

mini grator

Distress ink in Vintage photo

black ink

Sentiment stamp by Canvas corp

We asked Leanne the following question

" If you had magic powers what 3 things would you do to advance the Crafting/scrapbooking Movement?" 

I would create a free website where you can learn how to use all the latest products through tuturials and step by step instructions.

wave a magic wand and have everyones craft room/studios state of the art.

Get the box stores (Micheals, Hobby Lobby, JoAnn's) to carry smaller company products and have teachers come in and teach how to use their products!

BEAUTIFUL SPRINGTIME......designs by Donna Mundinger

This month our design team is looking toword Spring and all it's beautiful colors. Below are some samples by

DONNA MUNDINGER

Dream in Flowers Card

All stamps used were from the Gecko Galz Gifts from the Garden digital Stamp set.   In my printing program, I layered IMG10 with IMG3.  I also printed IMG15 twice and cropped the sentiment from from IMG 19. The main images were colored lightly with Copics and fussy cut.  I carefully tore around the the music part of the stamp and inked that area with Frayed Burlap Distress.  I fussy cut the two butterflies from IMG15 and attached them at the bodies only on top.  I layered a 6x6" square card with very old DP from my stash, tucking lace tape from Decollections under the DP edges before gluing it down.  The images were raised with adhesive foam at an angle and I added some ribbon snippets and a floral cameo from WeR Memory Keepers in the top corner.  I distressed the sentiment with the edge of my scissors and inked it with Frayed Burlap before popping it top left.  I balanced it out with 3 adhesive pearls in the bottom right corner.

Fashionable Hats Accordion card

Supplies:

Gecko Galz Fashionable Hats Collage Sheet

Other: Sizzix Accordion Flip 3D Album die

Spellbinders Labels 1 die

Green card stock

2 different coordinating DP's (lightweight)

Flowers from Petal Lu

Computer generated sentiment

Cut 3 accordion panels from green card stock and 3

 more from each of the 2 lightweight Dp's.  Cut off side

 flaps from each of the Dp panels and then trim each

 side 1/8th".  Trim small flaps on each swing panel off,

 as well.

  Glue side flaps of card stock together and then DP

 panels to card stock (alternating prints), but leave the

 areas where the card stock flaps adhere to the flip

 panels free, so when you attach the flip panels, you can

 slip them between the patterned DP and they won't

 show.  Size 4 Fashionable Hats Ladies and sentiment to

 fit the Spellbinder's Labels One die (approximately 2

 1/2" square for the 2 3/4" die), print and cut out with die.

  Also print 3 "and another" sentiments and cut those to

 fit on the top or bottom of the back panels.  Attach

 ladies and sentiments and fold and attach inner flip

 panels together under the DP and glue DP over the

 flaps.  Attach flowers to front as shown.

Beautiful Mind Wall Hanging

Supplies:

Gecko Galz Beautiful Words Collage Sheet

Other:

Black, pink, lime and turquoise card stock

DP from DCWV

Asst. flowers- Prima

Metal key-K&Company

Metal Lock and jump rings-Tim Holtz

Create resin light bulb- Prima Junkyard findings

Butterfly Sticker-Nature's Illusions

First I sized the Beautiful Mind image from the Beautiful Words collage sheet to fit the resin light bulb I wanted to use.  That came to about 5 x 6 1/2 ".  From the same sheet I cropped and resized the Happiness quote to 1 3/8 x 5 1/4 and also cropped out the butterfly from that quote twice and resized them to fit on either side.  I resized the Do Your Best image to 1 x 2" and printed them all and cut them out.  I matted the main image in lime, cut the Dp to 6 3/4 x 9" and matted that in black so the finished size of the top part of the hanging is 7 1/4 x 9 1/2".    I matted the Do Your Best quote in turquoise and glued it diagonally to the top left of the Beautiful Mind image and added the rest of the embellishments.  The Happiness quote was matted in hot pink and again in black.  The finished size of the bottom is 2 1/8 x 6".  I poked hole in the top and bottom portion of the hanging and attached them with jump rings.  Finally, I fussy cut the butterflies and glued them along the bodies only, on either side of the quote, and bent the wings up.

we asked Donna the following question

 " If you had magic powers what 3 things would you do to advance the Crafting/scrapbooking Movement?" 

 First of all, if I had magic powers, I'd clean and organize my craft room which would at least advance my crafting movement. LOL  Then I could concentrate on the rest.  Next I would change attitudes so that crafting/scrapbooking is recognized as ART and not just a frivolous hobby by some.  Finally, I'd give everyone the confidence, time and means to pursue their dreams, follow their imagination, and love what they've created.

VISIONS OF SPRING......designs by Yvonne Garner

This month our design team is looking toword Spring and all it's beautiful colors. Below are some samples by

YVONNE GARNER

A Garden and a Library

Instructions: Create card with white card stock, set aside.  Print Victorian Garden Papers (VG04), cut to fit card front, mat with red paper.  Print Victorian Spring Icons (VS04), trim and mount to card panel.  Select image from GG  In the Garden 2, print, trim and mount to card panel.  Trim several butterfies from (VG04) and add to card front.  Add a bit of sparkle to the card panel with Stickles.  Stamp sentiment and add to card panel.  Mount finished card panel to card base.  Add seam binding bow. 

Supplies:  Gecko Galz Victorian Garden Papers, Gecko Galz In the Garden Collage Sheet, Victorian Spring Icons, Ranger Stickles, Ink: Archival by Ranger, Stamp sentiment by Oxford Impressions, from my stock, card stock, seam binding, paper.

Have Faith

Instructions: Create card with white card stock, set aside.  Print Victorian Garden Papers (VG02), cut to fit card front, mat with black paper.  Add washi tape to card panel. Splatter ink onto card panel.  Drip white acrylic paint onto card panel.  Layer Victorian Spring Stamp (VS12) onto card panel.  Stamp sentiment on scrap card and add to card panel.  Mount finished panel to card front.

Supplies: Gecko Galz Victorian Garden Papers, Gecko Galz Victorian Spring Stamps, Sentiment by Red Lead Paperworks, Ink: Archival by Ranger, Golden High Flow Acrylic Paint, Dr. PH Martins India Ink, Washi Tape by Scarlet Lime, from my stash: card stock, paper.

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Life and Love

Instructions: Create card with white card stock, set aside.  Print Victorian Garden Papers (VG06), cut to fit card front, wrap with wide white lace and mat with black paper. Print image from In the Garden Collage Sheet, trim and add to panel.  Add metal corners to panel.  Stamp, trim and mount gazebo to card front.  Stamp sentiment, adhere to scrap of fabric and mount to card front as shown.  Add vintage seam binding bow.  Mount finished panel to card front. 

Supplies: Gecko Galz Victorian Garden Papers, Gecko Galz In the Garden Collage Sheet, Stamps by Oxford Impressions, Ink: Archival by Ranger, Metal corners from Funkie Junkie Boutique, from my stash:  card, paper, fabric and seam binding.

Time to Grow

Instructions: Create card with white card stock, set aside.  Print Victorian Spring Icon (VS17), tear, distress with a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink and mount to black paper panel.  Layer with red doily, Print image from Fashionable Hats 1, trim and add to paper doily.  Wrap paper panel with ribbon.  Add text covered hearts. Embellish hearts with gold pearl paint.  Add heart charm as shown.  Mount finished to card base.  Tie more ribbon into a bow and add to card front.

Suppliess: Gecko Galz Victorian Spring Icons, Gecko Galz Fashionable Hats, Ranger Distress Ink, May Arts Ribbon, Viva Décor Pearl Paint Pen, Paper hearts, heart charm from Funkie Junkie Boutique