Tokyo Gardens Geisha

When I saw this beautiful Geisha image at SheepSkiDesigns,

I got an idea, what I just HAD to test right away.

Paper piecing with Gecko Galz Tokyo Garden papers.

Background paper is from the same set.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Not Just Cards - AG

Digi Choosday - AG

Crafty Creations - AG

Crafting by Designs - paper piecing

Creative Moments - AG

Through the Craft Room - AG

For the little boys

I was trying out The Smackin' Acetate technique,

and really like these two backgrounds I came up with.

Sentiment is from Unity Stamps, little boy stamp

from Carabelle. Stars are made by using stencil and DO ink.

I'd like to enter this card to:

The Male room - little boys

Creative Craft Cottage - AG

Craft Stamper Magazine - AG

Sweet Stampin' - Special man day

Artistic Inspirations - AG

For a second card I used stamps from 

unity stamps and little sparkling embossing powder

and this card I'd like to enter to:

Through the craft room - AG

Aud Sentiment - AG + sentiment

Inspiration Destination - Use a real stamp

Crafting from the Heart - AG

Smackin'

I have a summer flu thinky going on

and between naps I watched some 

crafting tutorials from YouTube.

Happened to see this "Smackin' Acetate"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ft6Y-81gc&t=493s

and wanted to try it with my Zig markers.

This was my first try,

I think I used color too wide ...

live an learn ... I also colored my 

stamp (Katzelkraft)  with Zig markers. 

Didn't add a sentiment, thought it would

steal the attention from the fish.

Just layered on black cardstock.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Alphabet challenge - F is for Fish 

HLS Watercolor - AG

The Corrosive - AG

Addicted to CAS - Rainbow

Not Just Cards Challenge - AG

B-day cards with a pipe

I was asked to make a B-day card for a

50 years old man - with a pipe in the card.

Well, don't really have any images / or papers

with pipes, but I did find 3D pictures.

I hope these will do...

I'd like to enter this to some challenges:

A Snowflakes Promise - AG

Fab n Funky - B-day card with a number

Simply Papercrafts - AG

Brown Sugar - Party

Create and Inspire - AG

 I'd like to enter this too to some challenges:

Creative Fingers - AG

Crafty Creations - AG

Tuesday Throwdown - What a guy

Pennys -AG

Cute Card Thursday - AG

Hey there

And third (and last for this month) card 

for Gecko Galz "Retro Summer" challenge.

Using sunny image from "Let's make Lemonaid" set.

I added a little color for the background usin DI and

sentiment is made from stickers.

I'd also like to enter to these challenges:

A Bit More Time To Craft - AG

Try it on Tuesday - She's got the look

Try Stamping on Tuesday - color challenge

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - AG

Crafting with an Attitude - AG

Shopping Our Stash - Favorite things 

(As much as I love to stamp and color, it does take it's time. 

So it's fun to just print and make; 

when you don't have much time but you are feeling so crafty, LOL)

Sunflowers

Another card using my brown cardbases and

to meet Gecko Galz "Retro Summer" challenge.

Sunflower is from Gecko Galz June's freebie sheet.

Same flower 3 times, I just resized it and layered it.

Then some backing paper (love to recycle) and 3

cute wooden chicken. Didn't add any sentiment:

it's good to have some "Anything goes" cards, :=)

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Crafty Gals - Summer colors

Creative Knockouts - AG

QKR - AG

A Gem of A Challenge - Yellow

Simon Says Monday - All things bright and beautiful

Sunny Summerdays

Gecko Galz theme for the June blog challenge is

Retro Summer. I printed this paper from

Tokyo Gardens paper set and hope it looks

retro enough to meet the challenge theme.

I used brown card base (something I found from a sale)

made some flowers using my bunchies (kinda "found" them after a long while) 

and micro peans and stamped the sentiment on a vellum, 

sentiment says: sunny summer days 

I'd like to enter some more challenges:

Cute card Thursday - AG

Aud sentiments - AG + sentiment

Creative Craft Cottage - AG

Creative Knockouts - AG

Crafting with an attitude - AG

Crafting By Designs - AG

Midsummer Dreams, part 2

Yet another card using beautiful image from

Gecko Galz "Midsummer Dreams" set.

Some die cuts and lots and lots of punched little flowers.

Entering to challenges:

Gecko Galz FB challenge - summer is here

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - AG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - AG

Digi Choosday - AG

Crafting by Design - AG

Through The Craft Room Door - AG

Crafty Gals Corner - Summer colors 

(light blue, pale grey, misty white are the colors of our summer nights)

Midsummer dreams

Midsummer is getting close and the nights are pale

here in Finland; perfect time to use these Gecko Galz

"Midsummer Dreams" images. I think this set is my fav.

I'm entering my card to Gecko Galz FB challenge, blue and grey

and also to:

Try it on Tuesday - She's got the look

Moo Mania - Die cuts

Penny's - AG

C.R.A.F.T. - come play outside

Fussy and Fancy - Summer Fling

A Bit More Time to Craft - AG

Crafting From the Heart - AG

Marlene

I'm thrilled, just love love love

these newbies from Studio Light, "Marlene"

There is papers, stamps and die cuts and maybe more?

I got some papers and those fun die cuts,

and made few simple put so colorful cards.

I'd like to enter my fox card to some challenges:

Aud sentiment - summer and sentiment

Paper Shelter - flower power

Penny's - AG

Cute Card Thursday - Hello Summer

Time out - photo inspiration

Eclectic Ellapu - AG

Fussy and Fancy - Summer Fling

Simon Says Wednesday - AG

and here other two I made using one A4 paper