Masculine Horse Redwood Home Decor & Feminine Decor GG June 2020

 Welcome Back Friends,

Robin here, sharing my projects for the Gecko Galz Blog, for June, The Color of Summer. I have always been fascinated with horses, however, my experience with them has been few. Both times I attempted to ride a horse ended up with me being dumped in the lake at church camp, and the 2nd year, bravely trying again, resulted in my horse running a muck, through a very weedy, woody field just outside the riding ring.

Ok so I am not a country girl ! But, when I laid my eyes on these digi collage sheets from Gecko Galz Etsy Shop, I knew I had to work with them.

I love to use found objects in my creations and projects, after downloading, Horseing Around College Set, I went through my blanks looking for just the right piece, Let me know if you think I did!!

This a piece of Redwood from California, that I happen to find at my favorite resell store!

I tore out the horse images I wanted to use, inked the edges heavy with walnut stain ink. I adhere the 3 images, taking care to burnish the edges down good. From there I sifted through my wood beads, and do dads, and found these beauties, that compliment my piece!

I fell in love so much with this set of Horses, I decide to create a second project.

Again I went shopping in my blanks and found what I call a box frame. It was already white, so I just cleaned it up a bit and began with trimming out the horse images I wanted to use.  I was feeling the wildness, and free spirit of the images I picked, which sent me on the hunt for a patterned piece of paper that was map like. After trimming the background paper and adhering it, I went to work building up the images so they would be raised off the background at different heights. Moving the images till I found what I liked, I adhered them in place. I stamped and trimmed out the sentiments and adhered above and below the images. After taking the piece all in, I went on a hunt for something, not sure what, but I founded it in my trim box. I hot glued the eyelash trim around the frame, finishing the project off.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate 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

The Visionairies, the only realist. Memory Dex Cards GG April 22 2020

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Robin here sharing my Featured Day project for April with you for Gecko Galz Blog. I made a set of 6 Memory Dex Cards. I used the beautiful Collage Sheet Visionairies.

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

Until Next Time...

Robin

Fly Free Altered Mix Media Paintbrush. GG April 2020

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 Robin here sharing a project for Gecko Galz Blog,  Spring has sprung! I love hearing the birds early spring after a long quiet winter. I am a early riser and out the door most days early morning, it warms my heart to hear their beautiful song.

I feel in love with the Collage Sheet Fly Free, and was excited to work with such beautiful images!

Here is what you need:
Paintbrush
Paint
Sponge Brush
Lace
Small roses
Flat back pearls
Walnut Ink Stain
Leaf Die Cut
Berry Die Cut
Heat Tool
Hot Glue Gun
Fly Free Collage Sheet

Here is what I did"

I painted the paint brush here and and the bristles top and bottom. I carefully fried it with my heat tool. I hit the bottom of the bristles to not only dry, nut to give it a used look, as the bristles will melt and shrink a bit. I scratched paint off here and there to lend to the used loo.

I die cut leaves, berry twigs and fussy cut the images out I chose to use.

I rounded the corners and distressed the edges on the images.\

Assembly came next using a hot glue gun, add the lace, the die cut leaves and berry twigs, roses and flat back pearls. Viola! Done

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

Until Next Time,

Robin

Springy Alerted Mixed Media Paintbrush APTTC April 2020

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Robin here sharing my project for A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge Blog. Get you craft on and join us this month for some great pries!

Thanks go out to our fabulous sponsor for the month,The Hungry JPeg!  I used two files from the Spring Bundle,  Secret Garden graphics bundle and The Rabbits Clip Art, to create this adorable altered paint brush.

I fell madly in love with rabbit, so realistic! The flowers seemed just perfect to tuck him into!

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

Until Next Time....

Robin

Fresh and Springy Tulips Altered Paint Brush

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Robin here with The Coffee Beans sharing a fresh and springy altered paintbrush. I used the beautiful Tulips digi stamp from our own Annie Collins which can be found on the Facebook Page The Multi Crafters Craft Cafe, go to photos, click albums, look for The Coffee Bean Stamp Machine, scroll till see the tulip set.

Supplies: Paintbrush, old and painty or a new one that can be painted up.
                Paint of your choice
                Foam brush
                Lace, ephemera, embellishments, digi image, ribbon
                Hot glue gun

What I did: I painted my new brush, here and there. I painted the bristle of the brush to match, just the top layer and then along the bottom of the bristles.

Using a heat gun, I dried the brush top and sides. I then carefully hit the bristles with heat which then caused the bristle to melt and shrink a bit, making it looked like it had been used.

Then taking care I scrap paint off  here and then further adding to the used look.

I then colored my tulips using an eye make up applicator and distress oxide ink, starting at the bottom and blending up.

Using the glue gun I adhered the lace, arranged the tulips gluing down, added the ephemera, the ribbon for the hanger and there you have it!

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

Until Next Time......

Robin

How to make a Steampunk Altered Paint Brush.

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Robin here with ScraPerfect Blog, sharing my altered paintbrush, I created using The Best Ever Glue,
the quick stick glue for paper crafting.

Supplies: The Best Ever Glue
                 Paintbrush
                 Foam Brush
                 Stamps of your choice
                 Card Stock - Kraft
                 Paint
                 Word die cut
                  Embossing powder
                 Hot Glue Gun
                 Heat Gun

Here is what I did: I started out by creating my background paper. I used a 12x 12 piece of heavy stock. Using the foam brush, I brushed in haphazard strokes,  the darkest of the 3 colors I choose.
A dark tan, let dry, brush on the second color, light beige, let dry. Lastly, I used a doily stamp I had dipped in gold paint and stamped the entire sheet. Let dry.  I cut out a tag from heavy stock and covered the tag with my background paper.

I painted the paintbrush and bristles. Using a hot gun I dried the brushes and the bristles, which gives the paintbrush a worn look.

I punched out a large oval from kraft and black polka dotted paper, adhered it to the tag. using The Best Glue Ever.

I stamped the hot air balloon on kraft paper, fussy cut it out and layered it over the oval.

I die cut the word journey out 4 times using kraft paper, stacked and glued them together using The Best Glue Ever, and then heat embossed the word. The word then adhered over the hot air balloon.

I stamped two pieces of ephemera onto the background paper, fussy cut them out.

I finished up by hot gluing all the pieces together for a very cool altered paintbrush!

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

Until Next Time.....

Robin

Live To Ride Masculine Steampunk Clipboard ScraPerfect March 2020

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Robin here with ScraPerfert Blog sharing my project for March. Check out my mini clipboard complete with a motorcycle and punked out with shiny gears.

Embossed background paper, die-cut gears, Digi motorcycle, and stamped sentiment, all put together with The Best Glue Ever and is it the Best Glue Ever!!! Quick grab and stick, fast dry, and you need very little!

                           Be sure to give The Best Glue Ever a try, you will love it!

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

Until Next Time....

Robin

Got Wings?? Get Creative March 2020 Memory Dex Cards

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I am sharing my project for Get Creative Challenge Blog today! Thank You to our sponsor for this month, Fred She Said

I hope you will join us this month. get your creativity on and I will see you there!

I created 2 memory dex cards, using the  Distressed Butterfly Set., which you can check out here.

We played a bingo card this month as part of our design team duties, I chose, Use Black, Glitter, I used a Sakura Gel Pen, and outlined the all the black on my butterflies, and finally embossing, which I used a script folder on the watercolored background

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I added dimension to the butterflies with pop dots, added ribbon, punched out swirls, and sentiments to complete those two special memory dex cards.

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

Snow Maiden Vintage Clip Board

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I am excited to share  my Feature Day project with you for the Gecko Galz Blog. I am smitten with the beautiful images from Gecko Galz Etsy Store, I am like a kid in a candy store!

The beautiful image I used here on my vintage clip board is from the collage set Snow Maidens .
Isn't she beautiful???

I began my project by covering the clip board with patterned kraft paper. I then used a snow flake stencil with white gesso and stenciled on snow flakes. I trimmed my image, inked the edges, and inked the edges of the clip board. I adhered the image to the clip board, added the pearl on the clip. I then inked the edges of the chip board flourishes, and inked up the kraft snow flakes, and adhered them in place. I added a few gold flat back pearls and a sheer white bow with a few pearl headed straight pins, bringing the piece  together.

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

Robin

Camouflage Altered CD Art APTTC Feb 2020

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Robin here sharing my project for  A Perfect Time To Craft. Thank You to our wonderful sponsor this month, Sheepski Designs.

I started my project off with a old cd. I roughed it up a bit to be sure that the pattern paper would stick, After adhering the background paper, I sprayed the paper lightly with gold shimmer mist. While that was dying I punched out the leaves, the flourishes, and colored Camouflage with colored pencils.I fussy cut Camouflage out and set it aside. I sprayed the cheese cloth with walnut stain, and rolled the bamboo skewer in the left over stain. Assembly began next, I glued down a piece of  card board for dimension and to act as a extra substrate. Next came the stained cheese cloth loosely tacked down to the card board. I then worked the skewer into the cheese cloth, Using pop dots I adhered Camouflage as if it was on the stick. Arrange and adhere the leaves, the flourishes and beads,

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Until Next Time.......

Robin

For The Distinguished Gentleman

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Robin here with ScraPerfect Blog, sharing a masculine Steampunk piece of decor. I found the metal hook on clearance at my local craft store for 50 cents.

After inking all edges with black ink, stamping the elements, and fussy cutting them all  out. I used
Best Glue Ever on my elements to be glued to  the metal hook.  Have you tired the Best Glue Ever?? No,you say, let me tell you, I love it! Quick grab, fast dry, and you need so very little! Try it today!

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

Until Next Time.....

Robin

Age of Aquarius Journal and book mark

February 22 2020

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Robin here with Gecko Galz Challenge Blog. This months theme is Age of Aquarius, Cool! I was born in 1957, so I sure do remember the Age of Aquarius, as we know it. When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius Age of Aquarius. According to the science of Astrology there are differing opinions of when the Age of Aquarius will begin. Ages of the signs can last as long 2.800 years! So lets say for the sake of my blog we are in the Age of Aquarius!

I happen to find a book in the shape of an A, imagine my surprise! Here is my journal with a book mark using the Age of Aquarius College Set that can be found here Gecko Galz Etsy Store.

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Until Next Time......

Robin

Snarky Valentine Shadow Box ATSM 2/2020 #375

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Happy Valentines Day! Robin here with Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge Blog, sharing my project for February. Our theme is a photo inspired.

I love to use found items, recycled items, or second hand items in my projects, recycle, reduce and reuse. I picked up this box for ,25 cents at a garage sale last summer! It was time to do something with it.

I started by cleaning off the window of the box. Next I cut a piece of card board to fit inside the box. I then covered the cardboard with pattern paper. I used a paper distressing tool and ran that around the image. and inked the edges with walnut stain ink. I then created a mat for my image, using corrugated cardboard, inking the edges and covering it with a piece of red lace. After adhering  my image to the mat, I matted the whole piece one more time on pink pattern paper and inked all edges. I hot glued the framed image to the piece with the pattern paper. I them embellished the upper right hand corner with silk roses and pearl picks. I then tied the box shut with the ribbon on the side and hot glued white heart lace around the edge of the frame on the front of the box. I stamped my snarky sentiment  " I thought we agreed, no more garlic bread" ! I repeated the silk roses and pearl picks above the sentiment to tie the project together.

Grab a box and create, then join us on the challenge blog!

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

Until Next Time......

Robin

Shabby Chic and Snarky No More Garlic Bread Gecko Gals Captured Hearts

January 22, 2020

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Happy New Year! Another decade gone,Yikes!

Robin, here today to share my project I created for Gecko Galz Challenge Blog, theme: Captured Hearts. My first thought was to create something very romantic, you know, pink, lacy, lovers. As I was deciding which image I would use from my collection, I happened to burp the garlic bread I had with my lunch, my grandma's home made sauce and her meatballs, yum! I chuckled while looking at the lovers in different embraces, and one stood out that would be perfect for my project!

                     I stayed true to my lacy and pink idea, just went snarky instead of romantic!

I happened to find this shabby chic metal tin in the clearance aisle at my craft store, can't beat A buck and some change for a substrate! The rest of the supplies are from my stash, and the image is from the Gecko Galz college sheet, J ' Taime  at Gecko Galz Etsy store.

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

Until Next Time......

Robin

Perfect New Start Gift Bag GC 1/2020

January 6, 2020

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Happy New Year! Another decade and year in the books. Wow, how time is flying. Here's to new goals, a new beginning, a new start! I am not of a resolution maker, but I made one this year.

Robin here with Get Creative Challenge Blog with a project sponsored by Dr. Digi's House of Stamps
I worked with the adorable image of a seedling which I felt was perfect for the theme Something New. I hope you will create something new and join in the fun !

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

Until Next Time.....

Robin

Perfect, Easy, Holiday Planner

January 1, 2020

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I can't believe the year is over! It was a very good year for me, however, I am always ready for another year! I will be celebrating 63 this May, the first 62 have been great, so here's to 63 and 2020!

I am sharing a very easy holiday planner that you will need next year if your holidays are anything like mine!

I started with a composition book, a fun digi stamp from Bug A Boo Stamps, I used the very fitting digi Izzy Thinking

Isn't she perfect for the cover of a holiday planner!

Cover the front of your book, print out some planners pages and add Izzy to the front and you have got one fabulous planner ready for 2020!

Be sure to visit  A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge Blog to see what my other creative teammates have been up to, and consider joining us in January for our challenge!

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

Until Next Time......

Robin

One Of A Kind Dream Binder Gecko Galz Dec 2019

December 22 2019,

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Today is my feature day on the Gecko Galz Blog. This is my first post as a design team member! I am so excited to be working with such unique and beautiful images. I chose to work with the images from the Dream Land Collage Set.

I happen to find a small binder from Tim Holtz that had a great grungy, worn feeling. I tore the edges on my images and inked the edges. I die cut words that I feel complimented each image, and put it all together. for a one of kind binder.

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

Until Till Next Time....

Robin

Unique Dream Theme Lite Home Decor with Gecko Galzs - In Dreams 2019

December 22 2019.

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Robin here with Gecko Galz sharing my project for December, In Dreams theme. Be sure to check out the Gecko Galz Blog for more beautiful projects from my fellow team members.

Dreams, I never dream, or if I do, I never remember them. I am not sure if that is good or bad! I do remember a time in my life, many years ago, where I did for a short time have a recurring dream. I was at a bowling alley, throwing the ball, and the sound of the ball rolling down the lane was slow motion and  got louder as it neared the pins. I never heard it hit the pins though. Could be that part of my gym time in high school was bowling and I had to get an average of 35 to pass gym that semester, LOL.

I was inspired by the lovely gal holding a bright fey person. for the image sheet. The warmth of the image drew me in. I began thinking about how I wanted create my project and went through my stash and found the coolest frame. I love to recycle items in my work, reuse, reduce, recycle. I hope you agree with me, that the frame really enhanced the dream feeling!

   After being drawn to the warmth in the image I decide to add a set of lights for am added feature.

                                      May you have warm and sweet dreams, tonight

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

Until Next Time....

Robin