Gecko Galz Summer Love August 2020

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Robin here with Gecko Galz Blog, sharing my Summer Love Projects for August. 2020

Summers as a kid was such a fun time! My maternal Great Grandma, and her daughter, my Grandma spent everyday at our house! They would arrive early in the morning, most of the time myself and sister and brothers were still sleeping. There was always a agenda for the day, some days we did hair, some days we crafted, some days we crocheted, however, everyday we baked and made a yummy dinner. Almost everyday my Great Grandma made her famous homemade lemon aid( recipe included) we all looked forwarded to a big cold cup of her yummy lemon aid. 

I learned to cook and bake from all of them! We never missed a step or changed up the steps, every recipe was done the same way, everytime, I still cook and bake today the same way. 

I just celebrated 63 yrs old, so my Grandma's have been gone a long time. I live in my memories of my days with the two of them, hence, my first project, a flip book I created from recycled packaging and the fabulous papers from the Retro Home Front paper pack, Retro Home Front digi stamps, and the Retro Home Front collage set, which all can be found here, Gecko Galz Etsy page.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Until Next Time......

Robin

Sparkle Girl ! with Alicorn Coffee Beans May 2020

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Robin here sharing my project for The Coffee Beans Blog. using the adorable digi stamp, Alicorn and musical cloud, had draw by our very own Judy Markowitz!

Alicorn  is such a versatile digi stamp , birthday, congrats, or inspirational, as I used her in my project, and more.

Here is what I did:

Color Alicorn and cut out. Brush on Wink of Stella for lots of sparkle. Punch a 3 inch circle from pattern paper. pop dot Alicorn on the 3 inch circle, add sequins and sentiment. turn the circle over, glue multi colored eyelash trim. Adhere wood stick on the back, ad wrap with a piece of eyelash trim to cover the stick.

Thank You for visiting and as always, I appricate your kind comments.

Until next time......

Robin

Getting Old Isn't for Sissies ! Old Time Truck Bottle Hanger APTTC May 1 2020

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Robin here with A Perfect Time To Craft Blog sharing me Old Timey Truck Bottle Hangers. Thanks to our fabulous sponsor for this month, Fred She Said!

Here is what I did:

Cut the base for you tag 2   3/4 inch  wide by 8   1/2 inch tall Cut your may 1/4 inch smaller.  Ink all edges if you link.The Old Time truck already comes colored,I fussy cut the truck out, inked the edges with walnut stain, set aside. I computer generated the sentiment Getting Old Is Not For Sissies, and die cut some cog and gears. Funny cut the sentiments and ink all edges. From there assemble the hangers, pop dotting the truck image.

These bottle Hangers are easy to do, however they make a huge impact! Perfect for gift giving or as a hostess gift!

Thank you for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time.....

Robin

One of a kind Pete Pot Fairy Garden and Tag Flip GG March 2020

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Robin here with Gecko Galz Blog, with a one of kind Fairy Garden, using beautiful papers and images from the Pixie Spring Craft kit.

I fall in love with this collection! I used Pixie Spring Craft Kit, which can be found at Gecko Galz

My second project using the Pixie Spring Craft Kit is a Tag flip using the Pixie Spring Collage Set.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate  your kind comments.

Until Next Time.....

Robin

Steampunk Christmas Tag Flip ScraPerfect 2019

November 26, 2019

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Robin here with ScraPerfect with a one of kind holiday Steampunk tag flip! I am smitten with Steampunk! I love every aspect of steampunk, an era gone by, the industrial feel, and of the ingenuity of the time.

 Speaking of ingenuity, I used ScraPerfects Best Glue Ever, to assemble my tag flip! Wow fast grab, quick-drying and you need so little glue. Perfect for all your crafting needs.

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I began my project by creating 4 different size tags, use as many tags as you like I had 8 images. I first inked all edges, began laying out my tags in composition form, what, where and dimension or no dimension. I assembled all the tags using my Best Glue Ever. Next, I began the embellishment part of my project. I die cut some cogs and gears, inked some and embellished each tag. I used an ornament hook to string my tags on to finish off my tag flip

The front side of my tags,

Backsides of tags

As for assembly, you can make us of many ways to hold your tag flip together. One could use, a large safety pin, a metal hinged ring, ribbon, or as I have an ornament hook. Have fun with it!

As always Thank You for your kind comments and continued support.

Until next time.......

Robin

His & Hers Coffee Cups Home Decor- Coffee Bean Blog Nov 2019

November 11 2019

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Robin here with my project for ,Lady Beans Blog. Lemony Fizz Stamps By Rhoda is our sponsor this month with these two super cute coffee cups!

Oh Boy! Do I ever need my coffee in the morning, LOL, the alarm goes off at 5 am and I stumble through  the house till I find the coffee pot! It seems like forever and a day before my coffee has dripped and I can smell the aroma I am addicted too. LOL

Check out my take on these two cute cups,

I love to use found items in my crafting. I found this block set of 3 that spelled out JOY, I fell in love with them, and as you can see they have worked perfectly for my project. I saved the third for another project.

I used a Tim Holtz die cut, Tattered flowers for her cup and I printed out the digi twice and cut his mustache in brown.

Wouldn't these look cute in your kitchen setting by your coffee maker??

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Stay tuned for more projects using Lemony Fizz Stamps by Rhoda

Until Next Time......

Robin

Life is Sweet- Happy Craft Nov 2019

November 1 2019

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Robin here with Happy Craft sharing my project using Life is sweet , a digi set which can be found here: Pixel Scrapper, a free site for loads of images! Yep, I said FREE, be sure to check it out!

Our theme this month at Happy Craft Challenge Blog is Sweets! Who doesn't like sweets, I ask!! When I was a kid, there was a small neighborhood general store not far from our home. After earning a little bit of money, doing odd chores, I always made sure I had 15-25 cents to spend at "Pete's". Back then you could get a load of cavity producing penny candy for that amount of money and so my love affair with sweets was born.

I love to recycle items in my projects. Found items can lend so much interest to your project, which I feel is the case with this project. I was at my favorite resell store and came upon a stack of wall hangers that have lovely colors splashed on them and say "It's a party", I was drawn to colors used and decided to buy a handful for .50 cents each. Add a great digi stamp and digi sentiment and punched out circle in coordinating colors and you have a hand crafted one of kind project!

Check it out,  what you think!!

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

What did you think???

Until next time........

Robin

Silver Snow Tree Oval Easel Card Craftsuprint Nov 2019

November 1 2019,

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Robin here with Craftsuprint with their lovely Silver Snow Tree Easel Card . Talk about beautiful kits, be sure to check out their massive selection of cards, purses and such.

I began by printing off my kit two times, I had decided I wanted to some additional dimension. I cut out all the pieces on the first kit and assembled according to the instruction. I then decided I would pop dot the second tree over the first tree, I added Diamond Dust to the tree using white glue, for a stunning a sparkle. I then cut out all the braiding on the second sheet and added that over top to the first braiding, add the cluster of poinsettias, the banner and a bow for a beautiful one of a kind card!

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time......

Robin