Conjurer of Dreams Christmas Blog Hop 2024

Welcome to the 1^st Conjurer of Dreams Christmas Celebration Blog Hop

We have 10 fantastic DT Blogs for you to visit

Check out their fabulous projects for inspiration, created with the Free sheets we are offering you.

Visit each blog, become their follower, + leave a comment (*very important) and download the one-of-a-kind free sheet

The set I have here is

CHRISTMAS GNOMES

Here is what I created with these images:

You MUST find the Christmas Elf that will be on one of the DT Blogs.

Email Kim at

conjurerofdreams@gmail.com

with your answer

We will also be checking that you’ve made a comment on each blog.

If you shop in the Etsy Conjurer of Dreams shop between Dec 15-18, you will also get a bonus entry.

There will be 4 prizes awarded

Grand Prize-25 Sets

1^st Prize-15 Sets

2^nd Prize-10 Sets

3^rd Prize-5 Sets

 

DT Blogs

 https://kimsconjurerofdreams.blogspot.com/

https://cjcrafty.blogspot.com/

https://kparkerdesigns.blogspot.com/

 https://craftartista.blogspot.com/

https://granninista.blogspot.com/

https://tanisbuckton.blogspot.com/

https://kimrcreations.blogspot.com/

https://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/

https://aavamaki.blogspot.com/

https://stampinginthelight.blogspot.com/

https://chasingwhiteunicorns.blogspot.com/

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Creepy Circus

This month I have made some fun tags and another page in my Altered Book using December Dreams, Jeepers Creepers, Vintage Vamps, Into the Woods and Lifes a Circus Collage sheet by Gecko Galz to hopefully inspire you!

I have been enjoying using stencils in my journals of late so this time used a scribble one by Natalie May here in Australia with gold paint. Hard to see but that journal page is quite shiny in real life.

I added one of my cast off resin pieces on my tag too as well. I love the grungy beaten look that using up that last bit of resin gives.

I had a bit of fun with the theme this month. Can't wait to see how you all interpret it yourselves.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

24 Tags of Christmas

Have you been enjoying the Gecko Galz 24 Tags of Christmas?

So here is my 3rd and final tag for this year.

 

My lovely girl is from the Very Vintage Christmas Set and my ticket image is from the Altered Christmas Sheet.

I fussy cut both the ticket and my girl and adhered onto my tag.

My tag I made from a grid book page that I had previously coffee stained and then used for mopping up some spray ink when doing my Junk Journal Challenge last month. 

I added a strip of lace to the bottom and used my sewing machine to go around the border for a more vintage look. 

I then added some Rhinestone Bling in the centre of the flowers along the lace.

My saying is another one of my Gold Foil Planner Stickers.

Then a bit of seam binding in the punched hole and I have another super sweet tag.

BUT WAIT! There's more.

I used my tag and made a table centre piece to show my residents at our Nursing Home how we were going to make some table pieces for our Christmas Decorations this year. 

Very easy and stunning to show off.

Our base is a paper plate painted with black Acrylic paint.

Our centre piece is a recycled can, again painted black. This one is a round biscuit tin upside down.

A gold foil doily on top with a bauble and wire baubles.

Some white tulle around the base with some gold ribbon and then a red burlap ribbon bow with some more wire baubles.

My beautiful tag front and centre!

Yes, they loved it! And they had a tonne of fun making their own to be admired by all.

So that is me for this year, I hope I have insipred you a little throughout the year with my projects for Gecko Galz. I will be back next year for a second term and look forward to showing you more fun projects.

Have a happy and safe Christmas.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

24 Tags of Christmas

Have you been enjoying the Gecko Galz 24 Tags of Christmas?

Ok, this is my 2nd Tag I made. 

Oh my, how sweet!

These gorgeously sweet girls are from the Very Vintage Christmas Set.

I fussy cut them out and adhered onto my tag.

My tag I made from a book page that I had used for mopping up some distress oxide inks when doing my Junk Journal Challenge last month. 

I added a strip of lace to the bottom and used my sewing machine to go around the border for a more vintage look. (LOL, I tell myself that).

My saying is one of my Gold Foil Planner Stickers.

Then a bit of seam binding in the punched hole and a super sweet tag.

I hope you like my tag, and I have one more to show you on the 19th!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

Here is Day 6 of 12 Days of Christmas Tags by Scrapping Clearly.

Here we are again with yet another completely different tag to create.

You can't tell, but I spritzed my die cut branches with a white Shimmer Spray from my stash, as well as a pale blue, which did not want to work so well.

Boy were my fingers very sticky when I finished this tag.

Instead of using some of the beads from Tag 1 (in the bauble shaker), I decided to use some red rhinestones instead. LOL, the thought of putting every more glue on my fingers and trying not to rip the branches with them was a bit too much, so rhinestones it was.

It is different and was fun to create.

So now I have officially made the 1/2 way mark - 6 out of 12 tags completed!

And this is what that stack looks like.

See you tomorrow with Day 5!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

Here is Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas Tags by Scrapping Clearly.

I am amazed with the different style and techniques these tags are taking.

I am having a whole lot of fun learning new ways to do things and use things with/for.

We got this gorgeous Resin Deer head to play with today. 

My tag is slightly different to the instructions as I could no find the filmstrip die cut I was meant to use. I did find a Gold Glitter frame die cut so decided to use a part of it and go with that.

I like it, and if I didn't tell you, you would not know!

See you tomorrow with Day 6!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

Here is Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas Tags by Scrapping Clearly.

Out with the sewing machine again.

This is a wonderful tag with the added pocket.

A new way to use that pom pom (bobble) ribbon!

I am learning so many new techniques to use my stash. So glad I signed up for this Kit!

Can't believe we are a third of the way through already.

See you tomorrow with Day 5!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

Here is Day 3 of 12 Days of Christmas Tags by Scrapping Clearly.

A different tag completely today.

I wasn't sure if we were to cut the smaller kraft tag down to fit so I just left to overhang a bit. It still looks okay to me. 

Isn't that the good thing about craft, when in doubt, do what makes you happy!

See you tomorrow with Day 4!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

Here is Day 2 of 12 Days of Christmas Tags by Scrapping Clearly.

So today we have layers and layers - 10 in all!

A bit of fussy cutting and modeling paste with our own stencils.

I have to tell you that my "2" has three coats of Glossy Accents on it as I kept finding it on my desk with my finger or the side of my hand, until I decided to move it completely off my desk! 

I need to get a few border type stencils - maybe one or two might be under the tree for me?

I start a new job tomorrow so will make a start on Day 3 tag as it will be a big day for me and I want to keep with my tag a day to show you all.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

12 Days of Christmas Tags

Goodness I am in love with these tags!

When I saw the 12 Days of Christmas Tags by Scrapping Clearly, a craft store here in Australia I just had to buy them and give them a go. I am so glad I did.

Wowsers!

Day 1 and a sparkly shaker Tag! Doesn't get much better than that does it?

You get 99% of things you need to create each of the 12 cards. 

Just follow the instruction booklet and have fun!

So I got this wonderful package today and made my start.

If you are into Mixed Media or what to start, this is the perfect way to start.

I will endeavor to keep on track and show you me new tag each day !!!!!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

24 Tags of Christmas

It's that time of the year for us at Gecko Galz, yes 24 Tags of Christmas.

Check out the blog each day to see what the wonderful team have created for you.

Today is my 1st day (I am doing 3 Tags this year) and I hope you like it.

I have used my old Stampin Up Stocking Bigz Die and die cut my stocking using Red and Kraft cardstock. 

My Stocking cuff I die cut from the Christmas in Nature ATC Set, and my image and words are from the Christmas Card Toppers.

I added some Rhinestone Bling for a bit of shine!

I hope I brought a smile to your face during this rushed time.

I have another 2 tags to share with you, one on the 11th and another on the 19th that you will not want to miss.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Let the Sunshine in

Another month gone and Easter is behind us! 

How fast is the year going, again!

So here I am with my monthly projects for Gecko Galz. 

I decided to make a tag as well as a journal page. 

When I saw this image I knew I had to create with it! It is just beautiful!

You will find it on the What's the Buzz Digital Collage Set. If you check out the blog, you will see the fabulous projects a few of the DT did using this same set.

I used my tag die by Uniquely Creative to die cut my tag. I then used a Tim Holtz Die to give me the honeycomb cut away on my tag. Using some pattern paper that a good friend gave me in a recent Easter swap, I die cut another tag and adhered to the back to have the yellow pattern come through.

Fussy cut my wonderful image and popped on with foam dots to lift it up.

My sentiment is from Art by Marlene's Signature Collection Sticker Book, and tulle from my stash to finish.

The journal is an old diary (ok, last years work diary, lol) that I recycled the cover here in March. At the moment I am all about using what I have and not buying any craft items until June......6 weeks in and I am still at $0 spend! Whoop Whoop, win for me and my vast stash!

So, my image is from Gecko Galz Little Birds Collage Set which I fussy cut and set aside.

I grabbed out my Dusty Attic stencil (DA2103) and using Art by Marlene Acrylic paints Peony and Tuscan I created my background.

I then adhered a heart shaped doily I received in a swap and added some DMC thread in similar colour (lol, that stash that keeps giving!) and my image on top.

Next I grabbed some pink planner/journal stickers in my vast stash and found two that worked well together for this page.

Lastly I doodled with a black gel pen in opposite corners with highlights from white gel pen.

I hope you like them and are inspired to dig through your stash and join one of our many challenges!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Gecko Galz Christmas Challenge

For the Gecko Galz Christmas Challenge this month, I decided to make a another tag.

I made a tag with some cardstock and patterned paper.

Added my image and then a strip of gold glitter washi tape and a sentiment from one of the Uniquely Creative cut-a-parts.

Then I just had to add a bit of ribbon and another tag ready for Christmas time!

So much fun!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Cheers ....

I had some fun with my project to enter the Sweet Treats Challenge over on the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge Group. 

My image is from the Toast to The New Year Collage Set.

I used google to find a fun quote to use, then printed on some cardstock.

I used one of my tags die and die cut the tag and then adhered my gal on to.

Then it was just a matter of adhering onto my Sweet Treat!

Loved this saying:

Cheers to the people who love us, The losers who lost us,

and the lucky bastards who get to meet us!

I hope you can find time to play along with us.

You can make any project relating to Sweet Treats, and use at least one Gecko Galz product.

You have until 28th of February to join in, 

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Happy New Year 2022

Another year here and it has started worse than the year before! Never did we image that would happen right! 

I am already looking forward to it ending, hopefully in a much better state then we have started it.

With all that in mind, I decided to use the Happy New Years Collage Sheet for my January 2022 Gecko Galz Design Team projects.

So a new bookmark and a wine tag.

Yes the bottle is empty....I have to say, the bottle is beautiful and is a momento that my daughter and I both bought one of to remember our first girls weekend away for her birthday - it just happened to be when the Toilet Paper saga of 2019 started, and yes a week later we home and into lockdown! 

We did happen to get a bulk pack of toilet paper and that in itself was an experience too!

Anyway, not that you really needed to know all that.

Of course I used my Wine Tag die by Jaded Blossom with some black card and some Silver Glitter card. 

Added my image and then a couple of black rhinestones to complete it.

My bookmark is again black card with the corners rounded.

Added a couple of Lace min doilies by PortaCraft that have a lovely gold fleck through them.

Then a purple and a green acrylic gemstone to pick up the purple and green in the image.

A piece of ribbon and lace through a punched hole and we are good.

I hope I have inspired you to go into your crafting area and create - or the very least to check your toilet paper stash!

You have until the 29th of January to get your entry into our Challenge.

I hope to see you there!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Happy New Year 2022 !!!

Oh my, how is it a new year already!

This year has literally flown by - not our best year so maybe a good thing it went quick.

So with the Nursing Home I work at being in hard lockdown, I decided to make some bookmarks for the residents I have been visiting each day as their social point of contact.

I used the Toast to the New Year Collage Sheet by Gecko Galz which you can get as a freebie until Saturday night by spending $2 in the Etsy shop.

So I got my Jaded Blossom Wine Die out and black card stock and used that as my base. I then used the second part of the die to die cut my image.

I added a saying on top of the image before printing. 

Oh my, don't upgrade to Windows 11 if you want your programs to work as you know them to. I can not get my Word program to function as it used to and had to do this in Photoshop (PSE).

Anyway, added a piece of ribbon and I was done.

Happy to say that the residents that got one loved them and it made all the behind the scene dramas worth it!

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year Day and please stay safe.

Wear your mask and hand hygiene. It's not that difficult and a small price to pay for your sanity by not having to endure lockdown conditions.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Very Vintage Christmas

Hello again, 25 Tags of Christmas is still going and here is my 2nd Tag for you to create.

I chose a wonderful pastel/faded type Santa image form the Very Vintage Christmas Collage sheet along with one of the background images from the Christmas in Nature ATC Set . I then printed them on 160 GSM White premium digital paper.

I gathered a few things from my stash to get an idea of the type of tag I wanted to create.

I decided to make a start with vintage music sheet page. My thinking here is to make a vintage Christmas tag. I turned the page over and glued each side half way in so it made a strip for my tag without having a blank edge. I then adhered this onto a piece of black cardstock (no reason except it was laying around) to use as a backing to strengthen my tag. Then I used one of my tag dies and die cut the tag. Using my Vintage Photo distress ink, I sponged around my edges.

Having a play with placement of items from my stash, I decide to distress the edges of my images and sponge with the Vintage Photo distress ink. Now it is starting to look a bit more vintage. At this stage it’s a matter of playing with placement again and picking out what to finish it with.

I adhered my background image with liquid glue (use your preferred medium) and the adhered the pale blue lace at the bottom of my tag. Then using the same designed lace I adhered the pale pink on top with a touch of blue showing.

Using foam dots and foam strip, I adhered my Santa inspired image. Next I used some glittery red thread and tied a bow in my wooden button and then adhered to the tag.

Lastly, I added some cream lace ribbon to the eye of my tag.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Gecko Galz Steampunk Monthly Challenge

This month's Challenge Image over at Gecko Galz Steampunk Monthly Challenge is sooooo beautiful! A Steampunk Crow!

I love this image!

I wasn't sure what to create so left it for a few days and then decided a fun tag / bookmark was the road to travel.

 

I decided that I wanted to layer the wing to enhance the cogs ..... yes 6 layers in total!

I printed the image with the saying on it as one layer. 

The saying is from Gecko Galz Words in Dark Collage Set.

I sponged the edges with Distress Ink and then set about fussy cutting my wing bits.

I used foam squares to mount them and then my Gold Wink of Stella Brush pen to add some highlights and shimmer when tilted. 

Lastly I grabbed some black card stock and made my tag.

Adhered image and then some ribbon and lace from my stash to complete.

I am also entering the following Challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore # 94

Creative Moments # 228

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Beautiful Christmas Tag

As I mentioned yesterday, I am honored to be on the 2022 Gecko Galz Design Team. 

So many talented ladies in the team, I hope I can inspire a few of you with my creations as well.

Today I want to share with you my tag for the the 25 Tags of Christmas Event.

I am using an image from the “Beautiful Christmas” collage sheet to create this tag.

How beautiful is that image of the cat looking up at Santa across the night sky! I printed the image on 160 GSM White premium digital paper.

Using one of my many Tag dies, I die cut a tag from black texture card stock. I know you can't tell by the picture, but you can in real life. I did also run the die size down over my image to give some stitching on it as well. I wasn't too concerned that it doesn't match fully.

I then adhered my image onto the tag using liquid glue.

Then using a glue stick, I ran it around the edges of my tag, not fully, but in places and then rubbed some gold flakes over to adhere and give a more vintage grungy look to it.

I then adhered a piece of cream lace and trimmed to fit my tag.

Lastly, a piece of black lace through the eyelet and it's ready to put on a gift.

And then I made a simple gift tag using another of the images from the same sheet.

I hope have inspired you to make some cards or tags for Christmas - there is always someone you forget to send one to!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Christmas Gnomes

Hello and welcome to my blog......I am honored to be on the 2022 Gecko Galz Design Team. So many talented ladies in the team, I hope I can inspire a few of you with my creations as well.

I have two projects to share today with it being my day to share my project, as well as my tag for the the 25 Tags of Christmas Event.

So first I will show you my projects for December that I created.

Ekkkk how stinkin' cute are these Gnomes! 

They are from the new Christmas Gnome Stamps set.

I coloured up two images using my distress inks and my neon gel pens for the baubles and lights - I had so much fun that I decided to just use the neon gel pens with 2 glitter gel pens on the third Gnome that I also made into a tag. 

 

The sentiments on my tags are from Jaded Blossom's Bah Humbug and Hero Arts CM405 - lol, it was a gift and does not have a title only that CM #.

I wanted to show you an ornament I made as well for the Card and Ornament swap we are doing.

I originally made this to send to my partner and took a photo, as you do, then placed it with others things I had made. When I got up in the morning, I wondered what was laying in the middle of my craft room floor - yes, my dog decided to chew it up overnight! Thankfully it was all she decided to destroy!

I have made a different ornament for my partner and sent off which I will show you once it arrives at it's overseas destination

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I used one of the images from the HO HO HO collage sheet.

It turned out wonderful, or so I thought!  

I hope have inspired you to make some cards or tags for Christmas - there is always someone you forget to send one to!

Come back later today and see my Tag for the 25 days of Christmas.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!