Decorated Note Book

I made this for the Winter Elegance Challenge on the Gecko Galz Blog 

The beautiful image is from the Gecko Galz Blog.

Using white gesso to prime the covers of the note book and makes it easier to adhere down the paper. 

For the top part of the front cover of the paper I gave it a light coat of Distress Oxide ink in picked raspberry to make it look more vibrant. The colours in the paper match the image.

When dry I gave it a coat of Multi Medium Matte to protect the paper around the image and I also used the same medium on the back cover

I then adhered the image on the front cover of the book and framed it using white pretty lace. I then used chipboard snowflakes that I lightly coloured with white chalk and I also used little lace flowers on the top right and bottom left corners of the frame section and finished the whole look using silver coloured embellishments

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I decorated this large tag for the Christmas Image Challenge  October 2023 on the Gecko Galz Blog.

I sized the image of the lady to fit the tag to make it the focal point. Then I used red and silver glitter card to match the colours on the image by layering the card in alternate colours behind the image of the lady.

Using a dark red patterned paper for the background on the tag I then adhered the image onto the tag

The stars are made out of silver glitter card that I die cut out and also the silver filigree die cut at the base of the card. I used red pearls for the centre of each star and the silver die cut at the top of the tag and also red gems to decorate the filigree die cut at the bottom of the tag

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 Book box set

I made a book box set for the March 2023 Challenges on the Gecko Galz Blog.

The set is made from white cardstock and blue patterned paper. First I made the book box out of an A4 sheet of white cardstock and trimmed it to 111/2 inch wide by 71/2 inch long then I made a one inch spine so that I had the room to fit in the box base when the book was closed.

The box base measures 6 inches in height by 4 inches wide. I glued the base down on the right side of the inside of the back cover. I then added ribbon to the side of the front cover of the book box and the back side so that the ribbon will be secure and will look neat when the blue patterned paper is added.

I made a small notebook to go inside the box base and decorated the cover using the image of the birds. The tag I made to fit inside the pocket on the left hand inside of the cover I added a pretty image of a rabbit. 

For the lid of the box I used the pretty image of the fairy that has been provided for the Challenge. The blue paper on the lid, notebook and tag I lightly stencilled using a leaf stencil then adhered all the images by layering  with blue and light green card and paper. 

The little flowers I made using a metal die. Finally I added a light touch of glitter to all of the images and added little rhinestones to the centre of the flowers and the corners of the fairy image to give it all a finished look

March 2023 Image Challenge

'Ode to Spring Challenge'

I want to join these Challenges on the Gecko Galz Blog

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Double Display Box

I made the Double Display Box Card for the 'February 2023 Steampunk Love Challenge' on the Gecko Galz Blog.

I followed a tutorial made by Create with Scrimpingmommy on you tube  to make each of the box cards, both are made using a tan colour Kraft cardstock in an A4 size

When assembled I used the image of the lady from the Gecko Galz. The paper to cover the front of the boxes is from Stamperia called Mechanical Seaworld. As there is a rust colour and green in the paper design I added the same colours in Distress Oxide in different areas on the front of each box. The cogs are made from MDF that I coloured using gilding wax in gold and copper. 

For the corners of each shadow box I used metal corners that I coloured in gold wax to match the project

Steampunk Love Challenge Gecko Galz