Bright Orange Life Saver

Here's another Sea themed card from Gecko Galz using the delightful Sea Shore Cuties July Collage sheet. The sea is always an easy theme for me to work with, did you know when I was young I wanted to be an oceanographer like Jacques Cousteau.... somehow I ended up in the garment industry. Imagine that!

To make this card I started with some polka dot paper and punched the edges. I added some red star ribbon on the top and the bottom with some yellow plastic stars. The image of the bathing beauty is from the Sea Shore  cuties collage sheet. I added the 3d life preserver for dimension and layered her on some blue cellophane to represent water. The water colored  painted sentiment says "bright".

Hope you have a bright week ahead of you!

artfully yours, gerri

"Bright"

Sea Shore Cuties

I love living here at the shore, whether its the bright green marsh grasses or the deep blue see, South Carolina low country is truly an inspiring place to live and create. Today for Gecko Galz using the July Ephemera Collage Sheet called Sea Shore Cuties Collection cuties I made this mixed media tag. Of course I enjoy the challenge of repurposing things , so I used a Red Gap tag as the base for this piece!

To make this tag I started with a muslim and red garment tag as the base. I attached the women in swimsuits image from the sea shore cuties sheet. I added embellishments of shells, drink umbrella, paper shells, netting, star fish confetti, pearls and the hand cut dictionary sentiment "friends". Some Stickle accents add the sparkle and shine of the sea.

Hope you will meet a friend at the ocean this summer.

take care, gerri

Friend...a confidant.

Bingo you just can't stop

Well, its another Gecko Galz art project for everyone today using something from my childhood.It's all about mushrooms. I love the look of  mushrooms and as a child would go on walks with my mother and brother to hunt for them. Not to eat them, but to look and take photos of them. I even had a scrap book of mushroom pictures. I guess I started my paper art addition early in life.

For this card I used a Gecko Galz image image and several 3D items like the flower, ladybug and tiny Retro Cafe Art mushrooms. Some fiber, watercolor paint and red Stickles add addional color. The sentiment says"Bingo, you just can't stop"

Hope you will have a fond childhood memory this week.
artfully yours, Gerri

                                 

 

 

 

Follow your heart

Making ATCs is one of my favorite things to do. It's fun  to see how much detail I can incorporate  in a little space. It's great that you can hold this little art object in the palm of your hand .

This ATC uses images from gecko galz that I added touches of water color paints. Some 3 d elements such as a game spinner and a little heart add depth. Stickles and red German scrap add the shine.  

Hope you will find a little treasure to hold in your hand this week.

Take care, gerri



FOLLOW YOUR HEART

Geisha Rising

Today for Retro Cafe Art here's  a piece that's alittle bit different.... Its a shrine in a box using a Geisha theme. Of course, there's plenty of color and glitter too.

To make this I started with  the Retro Cafe Art collage sheet called Geisha Rising and cut out the beautiful Geisha  images. I took a little box and covered it with patterned paper napkins. I used some grunge board scrolls and painted them gold for the cover. All the geisha images were touched with water color paint and gold Stickles. The embellishments included asian coins, gold scroll stickers, 3d lanterns, a paper kimono and mahjong tiny pieces. The hand cut  poetry script says "The floating clouds their state shall lend to her, for her the willow bend."

Hope you'll try something different this week.
artfully yours,
gerri

"The floating clouds their state shall lend to her, for her the willow bend"

A wink and a Smile

Here's another card for Gecko Galz this weekend. I'm in a sparkly mood and I really don't know why? You can never have too much glitter is what I say! I'm trying  to get back to regularly posting but it's hard with a full time job. I don't know how many of my dear blogger friends do it! I give you a lot of credit.

To make this card I glued the cute flapper image from the June Flapper collage sheet on a piece of sheer organza and layered her on an embossed paper. The embossed paper is watercolored  and glittered too. All was layered on lime and pink glitter paper. The finishing touches include pastel rhinestone circles, dots and a water colored sentiment. The sentiment reads"A wink and a smile then, my heart was captured."

Hope something wonderful will capture your heart this week.
Take care, gerri

"A wink and a smile then, my heart was captured."

"Sparkly details"

Sweetie 14

Here 's a pretty little card today....It reminds me of Valentines Day, I guess cause of the 14, so I might have to save it till then. I'm using an image from the June offering of Gecko Galz. Why not stop over and see what's happening....there's challenges, giveaways and free images too.

I started with a lavender card blank and added silver Stickles accents and pink water color accents. After fussy cutting the pretty flapper image from the June flapper collage sheet, I highlighted her with Stickles and pink watercolors too. The little collage in the corner is made up of painted and stamped tickets,a paper heart and a 3d white glitter heart too. The sentiment reads "Sweetie" and is glittered too.

Hope you will meet a little sweetie this week.

take care, gerri

"Sweetie"

Sweet Details