Hello
It's a new month and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.
The theme this month is Sea Goddess.
As always, we have free images to download to make projects to enter the Card Challenge, the Christmas Image Challenge, the Fantasy Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk Challenge and a Gothic Challenge,. The free images can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page. We also have a quarterly challenge on the blog.
If that isn't enough challenges, we also have 4 Facebook challenges each month.
We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.
The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month. Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free collage sheet.
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Here is what I made as inspiration for the Customer Challenge.:
It's a minibook using images from Goddess of the Sea.
I die cut the pages from card and used a spatula to spread several shades of PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic Paint over each surface. I stamped some fishes (PaperArtsy stamp) and heat embossed them with antique gold powder. I added some white paint splatters and embossed random patches of gold as well as swiping the edges of the booklet in Versamark and embossing them in gold.
The title is stamped with letter blocks and heat embossed in gold.
The pages are held together with a hinged silver ring binder clip.
Each image is edged in gold.
The image edges were swiped though a Versamark ink pad and then dipped in gold embossing powder and heated.
I die cut some sea grass and seaweed from gold paper.
I fussy cut several shell images from the 'She Sells Sea Shells' paper pack, inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink, and added them in front of the sea grasses and seaweeds.
I also added some white embossed fishes.
Here is the back page of the booklet:
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Next I made some digital pieces.
Beauty and the Beach
Here I have one of the Goddess of the Sea images (with background removed) digitally added to one of the Summer Seas Tin Topper images. The wooden background is from the Woodwork ATC set. I added extra blue flowers to the four corners.
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Let the Sea Set you Free
The background image is another of the Summer Seas Tin Topper images. I added a girl character(removed from her background) from Take Me to the Shore. The clusters of shells are from image SS05 and the She Sells Sea Shells paper pack and the boardwalk background is an ATC from the Shabby Chic Collection.
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The Ocean is Calling.
The shell frame is from my stash. I used one of the Summer Seas Tin Toppers for the shore image and added a little girl, with the background removed, from the 'Take me to the Shore' collage set. The board walk background is from the Shabby Chic ATC Collection.
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That's all for now!
I hope you'll join our 'Sea Goddess' challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.
Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.
We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a bespoke digital prize.
Do come and join us!
I'll be back on the 10th July with more Gecko Galz projects.
Here's all the info you need:
Current Gecko Galz Challenge : Sea Goddess
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Thanks for stopping by today.
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