INTRODUCING OUR 2014 DESIGN TEAM

Good Morning Everyone!

Today is a big day here at Gecko Galz for we are announcing our 2014 Design team! And though we are sad to be loosing a few really wonderful members in 2014 we are adding some incredibly talented ones in their place. So without further ado here is your 2014 Design team

CAROL SALISBURY

DIANE (1 Card Creator)

GERRI HERBST

HELENE HUBER

HEATHER HUDSON

JOAN LIDDLE

JESSICA MOORE

LISETTE BAKER

LYNNE MONCRIEFF

LEANNE SEED

SHARON ROGERS

STARR TIMMONS

VALERIE-JAEL TUPS

WENDY WALDORF

YVONNE GARNER

Congrats to all the ladies, but honestly we here at Gecko Galz feel like the winner for having such an amazing team. If you would like to see more from these ladies touch their name and it will take you to their blog site.

In January you will start seeing all their amazing works on our website, blog site and on Pinterest!

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE WINNER

Also today we have a winner of our Gecko Galz Christmas Challenge and our big winner is....drum roll please......

Patti Fisher

Patti Has won A stocking full of goodies including 40 sheets of Graphics 45 paper, a $25 shopping spree from Gecko Galz, ribbons and trims from May Arts, and goodies from Viva....a package worth over $100! Congrats again Patti!

Now for our Next Gecko Galz Challenge

WINTER WONDERLAND CHALLENGE

For this challenge Gecko Galz is asking you to use any of there winter inspired products and create a project using them. Once you have created it just email us a picture to geckogalz@yahoo.com and in the subject say "Winter Wonderland Challenge Entry" Then on January 19 we will choose a winner who will win an entire year of Gecko Galz collage sheets. So easy and fun and you could be like Patti a WINNER!

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz

THIS WEEKS FREE PRODUCT WITH PURCHASE

Hello Everyone!

This week when you make a purchase at Gecko Galz you will get a wonderful free gift! This weeks exclusive product from Gecko Galz "Moon Beams" Collage Set. There are no price limitations, any retreat payments are elligable. These are fun images that feature the moon!

Happy Crafting
Gecko Galz

I SEE THE MOON CARD

by

Leanne Seed

THIS WEEKS WINNER FOR OUR HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY

Hello everyone!

We want to thank everyone for taking part in our first week of our Holiday Giveaway we are having so much fun giving away goodies to all our loyal followers and sharing our Christmas Ornament ideas with all of you. So with out further delay our winner for this week is......drum roll please.......

CAROL MATH

Congrats you have won the entire December collection which will ship to you on December 1st!!!

For this week we are going to give away a 
FULL YEAR OF JEWEL IT COLLAGE SETS 
that is 12 different sets, one each month for an entire year.
Just send us the following word to geckogalz@yahoo.com 

MAGIC

And then on the 16th we will award another amazing prize pack so check back here to see if you are the winner! Remember each work is a new contest so be sure and send in the word and check back here or on our facebook page!

Have a Holly Jolly day
Gecko Galz

Design by Lynne Moncrieff

Design by Starr Timmons

Design By Gerri Herbst

Design by Helene Huber

MONTHLY WINNERS.......AND MORE!

Welcome to November everyone!

This month we start our Holly Jolly Giveaway, where each week (up until Christmas) we will give away a fantastic Gecko Galz Prize to one lucky customer. Each week we will post a word here on our blog and on our Facebook page and all you have to do is email the word to us at geckogalz@yahoo.com and on each Saturday we will do a drawing to pick a winner! Our First drawing will be November 9th and you could win the entire December collection just for emailing us the word 

HOLIDAY

Good luck everyone! But wait there is more when you make a purchase from our website or Etsy shop and you get an automatic entry, plus you will receive FREE exclusive gifts from Gecko Galz for making a purchase (each week is a new product) and you are put into the drawing for a $20 shopping spree we give away each month...so much holiday fun!

Now for the winners of the October contest

Our winner in our Pinterest PIN IT AND WIN IT contest is

DEBBIE RUTHERFORD

she won this months stamp set "A long Time Ago"

Our Winner of our PURCHASE AND WIN Contest is

Rita MacGranthin

Who won a $20 shopping spree just for making a purchase in October. 

We are doing it all over again in November so make sure you pop over to our Pinterest page and pin the item and leave a comment and you might just win the December stamp set for FREE.

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz

BLOG HOP PRIZE WINNERS....AND MORE!

Good Morning Everyone!

We want to thank everyone for joining us this past weekend for our amazing blog hop. We all had a wonderful time sharing our art work and sharing free products with everyone. Now we want to share with you the winners of all our prize packages!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Evelyn Walter

FIRST PLACE PRIZE

Trisha Too

SECOND PLACE PRIZE

Elizabeth MH

THIRD PLACE PRIZE

Judith Mack

POST & WIN PRIZE

Patti Fisher

Congrats to all our winners. 

Now for some big upcoming news...did you enjoy our blog hop? well that was just the begining of our holiday fun. In November we will start our Holly Jolly Giveaway, where each week we will give away a fantastic Gecko Galz Prize to one lucky customer. each week we will post a word here on our blog and on our Facebook page and all you have to do is email the word to us at geckogalz@yahoo.com and on each Saturday we will do a drawing to pick a winner! 

Also our amazing Design team will be sharing wonderful holiday ornaments with instructions on how to create them so you can deck your halls with amazing handmade items. So stay tuned for all the fun!!!

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz

WELCOME TO GECKO GALZ 3RD ANNUAL BLOG HOP!

Hello And welcome to Gecko Galz 3rd Annual retreat!

We have 15 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage images, that we are giving you for FREE! Each blog you visit will have another free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download, The one here is "Altered Artifacts".

Also make sure you collect all the secret words on each blog so at the end of the hop you can enter to win our wonderful treat.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:

·        First is the ephemera collections for each month for an entire year. That is 48 different sets! This is a $144 value!

·        Second prize is the monthly paper pack for an entire year! Each month you will receive our paper pack absolutely FREE! This is a $72 value.

·        Third prize is all 3 individual collage sheets each month for a year! This is a $54 value!

·        And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz  COLLECTIONS!!! That will be 1 paper pack, 1 digital stamp set, and 4 collage sets each month for the entire year! This is a prize worth $288!

Read on to learn how you can win!

First of all, you will need to visit all 15 blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect all fifteen words (one on each blog site) and at the end of the blog on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz. This enters you in the contest. On October 28^th we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names on our website and on the Gecko Galz blog site.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the Gecko Galz site and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

Finally, we are having one more give away! If you post our Gecko Galz badge (found on the Gecko Galz Blog) on your blog, Facebook page, or website you will be entered to win a Gecko Store Shopping Spree worth $25 - super easy right?  Just post a link to your blog on the Gecko Galz Blog so we can come visit :).
 

Please enjoy this free Gecko Galz Collage sheet “SECRET GARDEN” as well as the samples Jan Stevens has made using the images!

(Just click on the picture for link to full size sheet)

The Following Samples were created by Design Team Member Jan Stevens.

Now  you are ready to go to the next blog site and see what wonderful treats await you there. Just click the name  to be whisked away to their blog!

Here is the Blog Hop Rotation 

 Hazel Harler

Carol Salisbury

Joan Liddel

Penny Walker

Starr Timmons

Helene Huber

Barbara Bird

Gerri Herbst

Sharron Rogers

Lisette Baker

Sherri Levinton

Jessica Moore 

Heather Hudson

Leanne Seed

We hope you have fun with our little blog hop and please share your thoughts and invite your friends to come play!!!!

Gecko Galz

Christmas Is Here with a colorful Bang!

Just in time for your Holiday crafting Gecko Galz has lowered our prices on Collage Sets to help everyone out as the economy gets a little shaky. We want to help inspire  you with your Christmas Card Designs and our amazing Design Team has come up with some outstanding designs just for you. Feel free to leave a comment about your favorite because we love feedback!

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Leanne Seed

Using Gecko Galz Whimsical Christmas Collage Sheets

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Barbara Bird

Using Gecko Galz Altered Christmas & Santa Clause Lane

by

Carol Salisbury

Using Gecko Galz Altered Christmas

by

Gerri Herbst

using Gecko Galz Christmas Whimsies

by

Hazel Harler

Using Gecko Galz Santa Clause Lane

by

Heather Hudson

Using Gecko Galz Christmas Children

by

Lisette Baker

Using Gecko Galz Christmas Children

by

Lynne Moncrieff

Using Gecko Galz Figgy Pudding Stamps

by

Rebecca Farnham

Using Gecko Galz Christmas Children

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Sharon Rogers

Using Gecko Galz Christmas Children

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Sherri Levinton

Using Gecko Galz Figgy Pudding Stamps

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Starr Timmons

Using Gecko Galz Christmas Children

Get A FREE Holiday Digital Stamp When You Vote For Your Favorite Card!

Hello everyone!

As you all know we have been celebrating International Card Making day for the last month, our amazing design team have come up with some stunning cards and shared with you how to make them. Now we ask you to take a look at all the cards and vote for your favorite ...but wait when you do vote you will get a wonderful little holiday digital stamp for free! How easy is that to get free products just tell us your favorite be emailing the designers name to us at geckogalz@yahoo.com and as a thank you we will return a digital stamp to you..so simple. So below are all the stunning cards and under them is the name of the designer. And if you like one of the cards and want to see how to make it just pop over to the Gecko Galz website where all the instructions are!
Have fun everyone
Gecko Galz

HEATHER HUDSON

LEANNE SEED

PENNY WALKER

LISETTE BAKER

HELENE HUBER

JULES E

BARBARA BIRD

CAROL SALISBURY

JESSICA MOORE

PAULA WILLIAMS

HAZEL HARLER

LYNNE MONCRIEFF

SHARON ROGERS

SHERRI  LEVINGTON

JOAN LIDDLE

STARR TIMMONS

COME PLAY AT THE COWGIRL DIVA RETREAT IN 2014

Hello everyone!

As alot of you may know every year Gecko Galz has an annual retreat in February and more often than not it sells out very quickly and it is hard to get in, however this year we had three ladies who had to pull out...we are sad to loose them but their loss is your gain for now we have 3 spots open. So if you like to crop and make new friends read all about our annual retreat below!

Cowgirl Diva's Retreat!

FEBRUARY 28 - March 2nd  2014

at Aunt Faye's Country Retreat
in
Conroe, Texas
Who wouldn’t like a little time away to paper craft with no
distractions…  Well, Gecko Galz would like to offer a perfect
place to do just that at the second annual Gecko Galz Retreat!

Come and join Leanne, the founder of the innovative Gecko
Galz, as she and her helpers create a relaxing, creative and
fun-filled, all-inclusive weekend getaway!

•        Forget about those chores!
•        Giggle with your friends into the wee hours!
•        Create beautiful paper crafts with our classes!
•        Learn new techniques!
•        Get to use exclusive Gecko Galz products!

• •        Door prizes throughout the weekend!
  

• Fun Challenges where you can win fabulous prizes
  

Every crafter will be provided the following;
Their own work space;
A Gecko Galz goodie bag worth $100 or more;
Free make-n-takes
Great country cooked meals  
yummy snacks
Free project kits
3 amazing classes

The comfortable sleeping accommodations are in the same
building as the craft room.  No need to tread out into the
night to reach your bed!

Gecko Galz will be providing exclusive classes to all that
attend the retreat:

  First a wonderful class with a guest teacher Pam Allen
 The Second a card workshop with Leanne Seed
And the third a wonderful paper crafting project with Leanne
Seed

Unlike other paper craft retreats, Gecko Galz class fees are
included in the price.

The Fees: $250
Two nights with 5 meals – Friday dinner, 3 on Saturday and
Sunday brunch
Also included in this price are drinks and snacks throughout
the weekend.  You are welcome to bring a bottle of your
favorite wine..
Space is Limited to 22 people
ONLY 3 SPOTS AVAILABLE

Your space is reserved with only a $50 deposit that will not be
refunded in the event of cancellation.  The remaining balance
is due by January 1st 2014. If you would like to take part email us at geckogalz@yahoo.com and we will send you an invoice for the $50 deposit.

Come and share your creative spirit with us and enjoy the
company of your fellow crafters!

Hope some of you can join us!

My Artistic Adventure Challenge Winner! And another great new challenge from Gecko Galz!

Hello Everyone!

Well I have to tell you that everyone who entered the "My Artistic Adventure" challenge made it very hard on Heather to choose a winner. So without another delay I am please to announce the winner
Cheryl Walkers
Wooo Hoooo congrats! She has won a $50 shopping spree from Gecko Galz at http://www.geckogalz.com .

VERY MERRY HOLIDAY CHALLENGE

Gecko Galz next challenge is going to inspire everyone to get into the holiday spirit. We are asking you to create a holiday inspired project using at least one Gecko Galz  product in your design.  Send a picture plus your name and email to us at geckogalz@yahoo.com  and on November 15 we will post all the entries here for you to see and pick a winner. And what does the winner get this time? A stocking full of goodies including 40 sheets of Graphics 45 paper, a $25 shopping spree from Gecko Galz, ribbons and trims from May Arts, and goodies from Viva....a package worth over $100! So everyone get your craft on and have fun!

Happy Crafting
Gecko Galz