Pretty Primavera with Itkupilli

This month Gecko Galz teamed up with amazing paper artist Itkupilli and we were asked to create a project with her Primavera pack and I fell in love with the colors and thought it would be fun to combine her products along with Gecko Galz Butterfly Wings and some matching tulle ribbon and created this charming kitchen chalk board.

I started with the stand that I purchases at Hobby Lobby and painted it using white acrylic paint then on the front adhered a sheet of Primavera paper by Itkupilli and inked the edges with pink and green distress inks.

Next I Took my wood plaque piece I purchased at Hobby Lobby and using chalkboard paint I painted one side then using E6000 I placed it on the front. Next I picked out a number of butterflies from the "Butterfly Wings" collage set and printed them out on heavy card stock then fussy cut them out then along with an erray of flowers by spare parts I layered them on around the chalk board using Scotch liquid adhesive.

Next I added Ice Stickles wo the butterfly wings and along the outer edge of the chalkboard pearls using my white Viva pearl pen. To finish I tied pink and green tulle ribbon to the top and fluffed.

This makes a great house warming gift or chalkboard for a guest room to welcome your guest.

Happy Crafting

Leanne

FREEBY FRIDAY; THE GIRLS OF SUMMER

Hi My Lovlies

It is that time of the month again........time for a few freebies for your crafting stash! This month I decided to celebrate the girls of summer with some amazing vintage images from my collection. 
I myself love the beach and it is truly summer when you visit the seaside....hear the surf.......smell the salt in the air........and have a fresh shrimp poboy on the pier......ahhhhhhhh now thats summer!
I hope you have fun with these lovely ladies and as with all my images please feel free to share your designs with us here!

Happy Crafting
Leanne

VERY VINTAGE CARD

This month Gecko Galz is having another amazing challenge and the inspiration is all things vintage. So when I was considering what I wanted to make for the challenge I was inspired by a vintage doilie I found at an antique store in town. 

To make this card I started with a cream card base and layered on a piece of Gecko Galz country charm paper and inked the edges with Vintage photo distress ink. Next using Scotch liquide adhesive I adhered the doilie to the center of the card then I layered on paper flowers from Paper Studio and prima and vintage buttons. Next using my Marvy 2.5" scallop circle punch I punched out a picture from Gecko Galz "Beauties in black and white" and inked the edges with my Vintage photo ink. Using foam squares I poppped it up over the large flower. This will make a wonderful birthday card which I plan to give to my mom!

So now it is your turn to create something vintage for the Gecko Galz  VERY VINTAGE CHALLENGE. For all the rules and to see what fabulouse prizes you could win go to the Gecko Galz Blog at 

http://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Happy Crafting 

Leanne

FRENCH POSTCARDS AUGUST CHALLENGE

Welcome to August!

It's time for another wonderful monthly challenge and like before I am teaming up with Gecko Galz . This month the theme is FRENCH POSTCARDS  and Gecko Galz has designed a stunning collage sheet for you to use. 
The rules are simple create anything using at least one of the images from the French Postcard collection and then post it to the Gecko Galz facebook page at 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gecko-Galz/173142716052920
Then on September 1st we will announce the winner of the challenge on the facebook page and right here!
the winner will recieve a $25 shopping spree with Gecko Galz and a wonderful prize pack from With Wild Abandon! Good Luck everyone, just touch the image below to be taken to a downloadable image.

VERY FAIRY CHALLENGE WINNER!

We want to congratulate Anne Mills on winning our Very Fairy Challenge in July

Anne won a $25 Gecko Galz shopping spree and a Jodi Lee gift pack!

Congrats your card was amazing!

TEMPLATE TUESDAY! Nothing Like A Little Take Out

So this month I was perusing Pintrest one of the happiest places on earth and I came across some adorable ideas on using take out box templates and thought this would be fun items to feature on my template Tuesday for July. so grab the template and have fun creating your own gift boxes.

Happy Scrapping
Leanne

Some Amazing Ideas

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ALL THINGS PRETTY AND PINK

So this month Gecko Galz  has teamed up with the company with Wild Abandon and if you have never seen their amazing digital stamps you are sooooo missing out on some lovely works. For my samples I loved their background papers and Flights of fancy stamps and came up with these two amazing cards.

FLIGHTS OF FANCY CARD

for this card I used one of Gecko Galz beautiful Ever After papers as my card base then added the Fleur des Les strip from With Wild Abandon as well as their winged dress form digital stamp. I inked the stamped image using yellow, pink and orange inks from Distress inks. I tied a piece of hand dyed silk ribbon around the waist and layered a strip of pink chiffon rose trim down one side of the Fleur paper strip and down the other side I used my Viva pearl pen in cream to add pearl accents. Using pop dots I layered on my mannequin.

TAKE FLIGHT CARD

For  this card I layered on a piece of paper from With Wild Abandon as well as their winged Marie Antoinette digital stamp. I also printed out the shabby chic frame from Gecko Galz fab frames collection and in photo shop I printed my sentiment "Take Flight". Using distress inks I inked Marie and the center of the frame and well as the outer edge of the card.

Then I added some amazing vintage fringe  along the edge to give it that girly girl flair!

ITEMS USED

Gecko Galz Ever After Paper Pack

Gecko Galz Fab Frames Collage sheet

With Wild Abandon Winged dress Forms Stamps Set

With Wild Abandon Black and Pink Paris Papers

With Wild Abandon Brave Girl Digital Stamps

Vintage Trims

Cream Pearl Pen by Viva

Distress Inks in Vintage Photo, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, picked raspberry

So if you want to create your own amazing pretty in pink cards check out all the products from Gecko Galz and 

With Wild Abandon .

Happy Crafting

Leanne

FREEBY FRIDAY.......AT THE BALLET

When I was a little girl I dreamed of being a prima ballerina, I mean what little girl didnt dream of wearing those fluffy white tutus and flying across the stage with the greatest of ease. But alas and alak I did not have the ankles to do toe shoes so I stuck with modern dance and jazz for 15 years. But I still have a soft spot in my heart every time I see a picture of a ballerina. I thought it would be nice to share some vintage ballerina images with all of you to use in your crafting. Have fun with them!
Happy Crafting
Leanne