BOO!! Altered Cigar Box, This Is Halloween Challenge Blog

 Hello!

Have a got a treat for you! In celebration of Halloween, I have upcycled the perfect cigar box for hosting my candy !!! 

While shopping at my favorite cigar store, I spied the perfect box for recycling! I love to craft objects that make use of the recycle, reduce, reuse idea! Not only is my soul renewed after a day in my craft room, I have saved another item that would of end up in the trash!

How about getting your craft on and saving something from the trash and join us over at This Is Halloween Challenge Blog! Fabulous prizes to be won!!

The perfect part about this cigar box, is that it was already orange and black!!! I added some creepy paper here and there, a frame, and Tim Holz, Halloween Dolls!!! I add a little washi tape to ground my dolls and lace on the front rails!

I hope to see your creation, 

Robin

Gecko Galz 11th Annual Blog Hop Tricks and Treats

Hello Everyone!

 

We want to welcome everyone to the

Gecko Galz 11th Annual Blog Hop

 

This is our Tricks and Treats Blog Hop! 

We have 16 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage sheets that we are giving you for FREE on each site! Each blog you visit will have a exclusive free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download, the one here is

"ART ANGELS".

(Click Right the image below to save)

 

Brave Prayer Charm

 

Book Mark

 

 Puzzle Piece Ornament

 

Prayer Box

Stand Up Frame

 

                                                                Memory Dex Card

                                          

                                                                                 

                                                                         Stand Up ATC

                                                         

 

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit, and follow that design team member if you do not already and on the last blog there will be a phrase that you will email to us to be entered in our drawing for a wonderful treat pack.  So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy the hop!

We have FIVE amazing prizes up for grabs:

·        First is a Gecko Galz Kit Club for 2022!

·        Second prize is a $75 Shopping spree with Gecko Galz.

·        Third prize is a $50 shopping spree!

Fourth prize is a $25 shopping Spree!

·        And our Grand Prize ONE FULL YEAR of Gecko Galz PRODUCTS!!! This includes the 6 new collage sheets each quarter, a new stamp set each quarter, a new Craft Kits each quarter, 3 ATC collections, A Sentiment pack each quarter, and one jewel it collection!

 

First of all, you will need to visit all 16 blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. Collect the phrase at the end of the hop on the Fripperies and Butterflies site there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz at geckogalz2019@gmail.com.

This enters you in the give Away. On October 31st we will randomly draw the 4 winners and email each of you, then we will post the winning names  in our Newsletter on November 1st.

 

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the GECKO GALZ ETSY STORE between the 28th of October and the 31st of October and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win) 

 

Now have fun visiting each Blog

 

Gecko Galz

Kim Rayko

Robin Francini

Gail Hutchinson

Mia

Susan Renshaw

Rene Van Wyk

Kelly Parker

Anirudh Kashyap

Zowie Dixon

Cathy Norton

Marcia Caradinta 

Carole Jones

Angela Fretwell

Gerri Herbst

Leanne Seed

A Beautiful Death Gecko Galz

 Hello,

It is my favorite time of year! I love Fall, not only for the cooler weather, and gorgeous color show, Mother Nature provides, it is time to celebrate Halloween! Even as a kid I love Halloween, that might have something to do with my maternal Grandmas and there love for all things Halloween! As a very young girl, I can remember our huge family production, my Grandma name "Pumpkin Day"! The day started out by going to a local farm and picking our pumpkin to carve, Back home to clean the pumpkins and start the day long process of carving, enjoying each other and devouring homemade pizza and desserts galore! At the end of the day, we would lite or creations, turn out the lights and ohh and aww, over our creative selves ! Such family fun!!

Keeping with the Halloween spirit of all things spooky and creepy, I chose to work with the fabulous digi set,  Beautiful Death.

I created 3 canvases using different images. I first painted the canvases black, allow to dry and then stenciled wording on the canvas, using sand texture paste set, aside to dry. While the texture paste was drying, I die cut three different shapes out of heavy black card stock. I wanted these to give each canvas an appearance of a head stone. After my tops were cut I applied sand texture paste from the jar, using my finger, hoping it blended well with the look of the wording.  I first matted each image on black and white lace heavy paper. Trimmed out my images and rounded the corners, and inking the edges. I added dimension by pop dotting my images on top of the lace paper cut outs .I finished off each project, with flower embellishments, I created and stretchy cob web. What do you think??

With plenty of images left from this unique set, I created a second project using a lined journal. and a book mark to complete the journal set. 

Thank You for stopping bye,

Robin

Beach Bums

 Hello,

It is my day to be up on the blog with A Perfect Time To Craft challenge blog. Consider getting your craft on and join us in this monthly challenge! Anything goes, all the time and there are great prizes to be won !

Thanks goes out to our wonderful sponsor for this month The Hungry JPeg !

I got to work with the cutest set, Christmas Elves Boys, these guys were perfect for my Beach Bum Christmas Slim Line card!

I also used the adorable Christmas Backgrounds,

I have family that is dotted all over Florida, as a kid, we would spend Christmas break, in Florida seeing family. My favorite thing to do was to always go the beach in the winter! Hailing from Ohio, that are filled with brutal winters, it was such a nice break. My card is created based on my winter beach visits.

Decide on the size of your slime line card, print out the Christmas background, fussy cut the elves, of your choice and place in the desired spots. I trim the boy in water off, so there was just a small tab left to glue him inside of the small slit I cut, so he looked like he was waving from the ocean. I added small flat backed pearls to the tree and a sail boat sticker I had in my stash. For the finishing touch a stamped a few beach birds in the sky.

Thank You for visiting,

Robin

XL Tombstone Tag

 Hello,

It's my day up on the This Is Halloween31 blog. I love Halloween, it is in my blood, having a great grandmother, that dappled in witch craft, ran off with the circus when she was 15, it is my blood! Halloween for me also is the one day of the year I can behave my real self, with no harsh judgement from the outside world, sad but true. Ok enough of all that.......... 

I love using recycled items in my art, here I have used a card board from a package of air deflectors, that are magnetize to block a air vent, I have an abundance of these, as I but them often, I used those sheet to hold my die cuts and then store them in heavy duty vinyl envelope. 

I also love finding new uses for my growing die cut collection, here I have use a the cover die cut that makes an entire book! I laid the die cut over the cardboard and just cut the top, which fit perfect on the card board!

Add halloween theme paper, tags and such from a halloween collection. creepy spider, halloween spider web material, and a few fun embellishments, and I have a perfect tombstone tag!!!

Thanks for visiting,

Robin

Ballerina Looking Glass

 Hello!

It is my day up on the Gecko Galz Blog, and do I have a project to share with you! I love to use found items in my projects, that could something found at a garage sale, a discount store, at a flea market, where ever!  This gem I found was at a local discount store, for 99 cents, it is intended use was to be a trivet, I turned into a Looking glass, filled with beautiful vintage ballerinas.

I had plenty of images to use with this beautiful set Pas Du Deux found on the Gecko Galz Etsy store.

                           Add beautiful trim and a sheer gold bow to finish off an one of kind project!

                        I fell in love with image and wanted to make a stand alone project, a tag.

Thanks for visiting,

Robin

Vignette Molly May

 Hello,

It is my may day up on the Arty Divas Blog ! Have I got a beautiful set that I worked with, the is up for grabs for the winner! Also 5 winners will be chosen to received a winners badge for their blogs! 

Check out this gorgeous set from our resident sponsor, LilliRain Designs.

                                                                                 Beautiful!

I love using recycle items in my art, something to be said for upcycling, recycle, reduce, reuse!

I found a couple different items at my local dollar store and 1 item from my favorite resell store. combining these 3 pieces, using the same theme all 3, made for a cohesive vignette. 

As crafters, we are collectors, LOL, I will just say it, Hoaders of everything we might ever need for our craft! I have a vast collection of die cuts and am always trying to use them together or separately in my art. I have done that here! The topper on each of my pieces, are from a set that makes a book. By combining color papers from the Molly May kit, and different pieces of the die cut kit, I was able to give each piece a cohesive, but different topper. Combining embellishments from the kit, inked edges and one of my favorite embellishments, flat backed pearls, it all come together!

Thank You for visiting,

Robin