LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED......DESIGNS by Carol Salisbury

Our Next Design spotlight for January is from Carol Salisbury, for me Carols work has always had a touch of romance to it so it is only natural that here amazing designs for January are full of love!

LOVE CARD

Gecko Galz products

   Seeing Red paper pkg (Drk printed paper for flower)

   Love Potion kit - Paper pk (background & inside of card) & Icons (postcard heart & Love ticket)

My stash

   Die cut heart (I used my Cameo to cut that)

   Candi's (brads)

   Pop dots

   Glitter glue

   Glossy Accents

   Red fibers

   little leaves (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

   Card stock

   Brushed Corduroy distress ink

   Irock gems

I used a brownish piece of cardstock for the card, another redish piece on top...off centered.

I topped that with one of the Love Potion papers.

I used a shimmery red paper in back of the heart die cut and added that topping it with the Love Potion Icon heart with pop dots. 

For the ticket I started out with a bead of glitter glue around the edges but wasn't happy with it so I smeared it all over. Now I was happy with that but it was a bit sticky so I added glossy accents on top which gave it some extra shine...yay bonus! I put a pop dot in the center and glue on the ends to give it a bit of a wave over the hearts.

I wrapped the fibers behind the ticket and topped it with a couple of flowers I made with a Seeing Red paper (red & cream) as well as a scrap off my desk (the pink paper), added the leaves and topped it with a black Irock gem. 

The Candi's (brad's) were added to the top.

Inside I simply matted a piece of the Love Potion papers so I can add a sweet sentiment to or a mushy letter to my hubby!

LOVE BANNER

For this sweet little banner Carol used the Gecko Galz Valentine Pierotts.

So tell us what you think about Carol's designs by leaving a comment on this post then jump over to her blog and check out all her amazing designs at

http://scrappydayz.blogspot.com/

LOVE IS IN THE AIR......SAMPLES by MICHELE STORMS

This month we are celebrating all things romantic and all of our Design Team members have come up with some amazing works to share with you, our first spotlight this month is Michele Storms who has created a handful of goodies to inspire you!

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE ATC

Supplies:

Gecko Galz “Kirchner Cuties” collage sheet

Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons

Designer Paper

Black lace

Black beads

Heart Brad from Eyelet Outlet

Washi tape

Distress Inks

Instructions:

I printed and cut the woman and frog from the Gecko Galz “Kirchner Cuties” collage sheet and also printed and cut the “all you need is love” image from the Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons (after sizing it the way I wanted it).  I attached my designer paper to my ATC base and distressed the edges.  Afyer adding the washi tape I arranged the woman and frog image.  After adhering the black lace I added the “all you need is love” image.  The final stages were adding the black beads and the white heart.

I LOVE YOU CARD

Supplies:

Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons

Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Papers

Gecko Galz Love so divine collage sheet

Designer Paper

Cardstock

Distress Inks

Instructions:

I selected the image of the couple in the canoe from the Gecko Galz Love so divine collage sheet. Before printing it I sized an image from the Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons (the rectangular “love you) and added it to the image of the couple.  I printed and cut this image. On my cardstock I attached a beautiful paper from the Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Paper Pack and distressed the edges.  I took another piece of designer paper from my stash, tore it, distressed it and added it to the bottom of my card stock.  I added a white heart shaped doily to the card stock.  I distressed and added the image f the couple and also cut out the heart and arrow from the Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons.  Adding the red buttons was the final step.

LOVE BIRDS CARD

Supplies:

Gecko Galz All you need is love digital stamps

Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Papers

Gecko Galz Love so divine collage sheet

Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons

White flower border

Buttons

Cardstock

Distress Inks

Instructions:

Part of this card was constructed digitally.  I started by printing a sheet from the Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Papers and then running it through the printer a second time with a digital stamp from the Gecko Galz All you need is love digital stamps.  I adhered the paper and image to card stock, distressing the edges.  I printed and fussy cut the image I wanted from the Gecko Galz Love so divine collage sheet and added that as well as a heart image from the Gecko Galz Love Potion #9 Icons.  The last stage was adding the buttons and white flower border.

So tell us what you think of Michele's works by leaving a comment here then pop over to her blog and check out all her amazing works at

http://artfromthewell.blogspot.com/

All You Need is Love Customer Challenge

Happy New Year!

 Time for a new Gecko Galz Customer Challenge!!  

This month our theme is "All You Need is Love Challenge!!"
Jan. 1st-30th.
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 
December "Winter Wonderland" Customer Challenge Winner
Kim

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

 All You Need is Love Challenge!

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

Barbara 

 Carol

Donna 

 Jules

LeeAnne

Tee 

 Patti

Nancy 

 MICHELE

Lisette

Heather

We can't wait to see your creations!!

Thank you for visiting!!
  You have until 11:55pm Eastern time on January 30th 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

FUN IN 2015....Come Join Our Kit Club!

We here at Gecko Galz are very excited about our new product for 2015. We are starting a kit club in the New Year and want to give everyone a sneak peek at what kits are coming out. Each month there will be a brand new crafting kit which will feature 8 beautiful papers, 12 amazing digital stamps, 25 icon images and an exclusive collage sheet for club members only that all go together.  You can join the club for $100 (FOR 12 KITS) or we will be selling each kit monthly for $13 (minus the collage sheet). If you join the club you will get yours early, the last day of the month before...i.e. you will get January on December 31st. To Join the club head over to our ETSY SHOP, but for now take a peek at our up coming kits!

JANUARY KIT: LOVE POTION #9

FEBRUARY KIT; COUQUETTE

MARCH KIT: VICTORIAN SPRING

APRIL KIT: EASTER PARADE

MAY KIT: FREE BIRDS

JUNE KIT: HIGH TEA

JULY KIT: SEASIDE SPLENDOR

AUGUST KIT: CURIOSITY SHOP

SEPTEMBER KIT: ARSINIC & LACE

OCTOBER KIT: LA BOHEME

NOVEMBER KIT: BLUE CHRISTMAS

DECEMBER KIT: CZARINA

We hope all of you have a happy new year and look forward to seeing all of you in 2015!

Gecko Galz

GECKO GALZ 24th TAG OF CHRISTMAS......Heather Hudson

GECKO GALZ TWENTY FOURTH TAG OF CHRISTMAS

by

Heather Hudson

SUPPLIES

Gecko Galz images: Santa Dominos &Circles 2 sheet set, Christmas Carols 2 sheet set , Reindeer Games Sheet $1.00, Botanical Christmas Pack digi paper $6.00, Christmas Icons 2 sheet set $2.00  andDecember Magic 2 sheet set $2.00.
other supplies
Ranger's frayed burlap distress ink, glue stick, pop dots, scissors or digital cutter, and white cardstock. Crop O Dile hole punch, copper jewelry wire, Designer Dries Clear Glue with Fine tip applicator.  Fauna, Garnet, Ensalada, Lion's Mane, Goldenrod and Just Peachy glitters from Art Glitter.  Button, peppermint Baker's Twine and Red Swirls Organza from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

HOW TO MAKE TAG
Step 1:  I open all of my Gecko Galz as individual pages with GIMP.  Then I save all the pages in one document.  I copy the images from the sheets that I want to use in my project and paste them into a new document.
Step 2:  I do all my designing of my tag in the new document, meaning re-sizing and placement of images.
Step 3:  I print out my pieces on white cardstock
Step 4:  Use my digital cutter to cut out images or cut by hand.
Step 5:  Ink all the edges with Ranger's Frayed Burlap.
Step 6:  Place all the pieces in place using my glue stick and pop dots.
Step 7:  Used my Art Glitter Designer dries clear glue with the fine tip applicator to apply glue to my images and add glitter.
Step 8:  Used Baker's twine to create bow in button holes then used Glue to hold button in place.  Copper jewelry wire was used as hanger and bow tied at top.

Now go to Heather's blog and follow her or if you are already following leave a comment on a post, then email us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com

To claim your stamp of the day!
(this is only good today)

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz

GECKO GALZ 23rd TAG OF CHRISTMAS by Michele Storms

The twenty third tag of christmas

Let It Snow

by Michele Storms

SUPPLIES TO MAKE TAGS

Gecko Galz Digital Snowman Stamp Set

Robyn Gough Paper Set and Digital Images

Designer Paper

Silver Snowflake Stickers

Christmas Stocking Brad

Holiday sentiment “Let it snow” (unknown paper pack)

Promarker Silver Marker

Colored markers and colored pencils

Hole Reinforcement

Ribbon

Distress Inks

HOW TO MAKE TAGS

This tag is all about digital, fussy-cutting and collage!  The tag

 base is covered with holiday themed designer paper from my

 stash. I used some Robyn Gough designer paper and a Robyn

 Gough digital image to create the second layer of background

 paper; I printed it, ripped it and adhered it to the covered tag

 base.  The row of snowmen at the bottom is from the Gecko

 Galz digital snowmen stamp set, I printed them out, fussy cut,

 and colored with pencils.  The larger snowman is from the

 same digital stamp set.  I printed, fussy cut, colored with

 markers and added both all the snowmen stamps to the tag.

  I added the sentiment, stickers and brad, as well as the hole

 reinforcement and ribbon.  The final touch was tapping my

 silver Promarker randomly over the tag to create silver “snow.”

Now go to Michele's blog and follow her or if you are already following her leave a comment on one of her post,  then email us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com

To claim your stamp of the day!
(this is only good today)

Happy Crafting

GECKO GALZ 22nd TAG OF CHRISTMAS by Lisette Baker

The Twenty Second Tag Of Christmas

Vintage Skates

by

Lisette Baker

SUPPLIES TO MAKE TAGS

Chipboard tag

Fibre paste or texture paste

White acrylic paint

Crystal clear glitter

White glitter

Holly branch die cuts

Red Stickles/glitter glue

Skates image from Winter Wishes collage set

Music paper from Grandma’s House paper set

Silver glitter

Glue pen

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Antique Linen Distress Ink

White Ribbon

Glue gel

HOW TO MAKE TAGS

   Coat the tag with an even layer of fibre paste. Add a little extra paste around the edge of the tag and use a spatula to create small peaks. Allow to dry thoroughly.

        Once the paste is dry, apply a coat of white acrylic paint. Whilst the paint is still wet cover with crystal clear glitter and allow to dry.

        Cut out the skates image and distress and ink the edges. Mat onto a piece of the music paper leaving a small border so the musical notes can be seen. Ink the reverse with Antique Linen. Distress the edges and ink them (front side) with Walnut Stain. Use the glue ben to draw a border around the edge of the skates image and top with silver glitter.Use a cocktail stick to curl opposite corners.

        Apply the image to the tag using glue gel. Dry brush white paint onto parts of the holly leaf die cuts and add white glitter over the top to give a frosty appearance. Arrange the leaves so that they create a border around two sides of the tag. Tuck some leaves under the lower corner of the image. Add berries using the Stickles glitter glue.

       To finish, create a double bow from the seam binding and add to the top of the tag. Top with a few more holly leaves and some red glittery berries.

Now go to Lissette's blog and follow her or if you are already following her leave a comment on one of her post,  then email us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com

To claim your stamp of the day!
(this is only good today)

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz

GECKO GALZ 21st TAG OF CHRISTMAS by Joan Liddle

The Twenty First Tag Of Christmas

Happy Chanuka

by

Joan Liddle

SUPPLIES TO MAKE TAGS

Gecko Galz Chanuka Collage Sheet

Gecko Galz Christmas Carols Collage Set

Silver rick Rack

Glass bling in blue

Silver chip board

Silver Ribbon

HOW TO MAKE TAGS

The tag itself was made from a silver cover to a throw-away food tray top that was given to us when my hubby came home from the hospital.   The blue in the background is a Gelli print that I had as a scrap.   I added a number of GG images from the Christmas Carols 2 and Chanuka sheets and a couple of stones to one of the images to give it a little bling.  For more bling I added two rows of silver ric-rack and a silvery ribbon.

   

Now go to Joan's blog and follow her or if you are already following her leave a comment on one of her post,  then email us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com

To claim your stamp of the day!
(this is only good today)

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz

GECKO GALZ 20th TAG OF CHRISTMAS by Patti Fisher

Twentieth Tag Of Christmas

Pretty Christmas Girl

by

Patti Fisher

SUPPLIES TO MAKE TAGS

_Holiday Ladies_ Collage Sheet

Dollar Store straws

White cardstock, gold patterned paper (from stash)

Distress Ink- Antique Linen (Ranger)

Pearl Embellishments (From stash)

Blue Stickles glitter glue (Ranger)

Flower Embellishments (Jolee's)

Blue rhinestones (Recollections)

Blank tag (Recollections)

Blue Glass, Cranberry Adirondack Embossing Powders

 (Ranger)

Snowflake Die (Tim Holtz)

Snowflake Stamp, wreath stamp (Recollections)

Xmas Ornament Embellishment (Bo Bunny)

Double-sided tape - (Sookwang)

HOW TO MAKE TAGS

Cut out tag shape from gold paper, emboss with wreath image in

 Blue Glass

Edge tag with  Antique Linen, add blank tag to front of base tag at an angle

Die Cut snowflake border Emboss snowflake pattern with 

Cranberry Adirondack; Adhere to back of left side of tag;add

 pearls

Fussy cut woman.  Embellish dress, shoes and hair bow with

 pearls, blue stickles, and sign with blue rhinestones

Cut paper straws to size to frame outside of tag; adhere with

 Sookwang tape

Add ornament embellishment

Adhere woman with dimensional Pop-Dots

Add Jolee's bling to apron bow

   

Now go to Patti's blog and follow her or if you are already following her leave a comment on one of her post,  then email us at geckogalz2014@gmail.com

To claim your stamp of the day!
(this is only good today)

Happy Crafting

Gecko Galz