Beachy Keen Challenge at Gecko Galz

I belong to a fun group FB group called Gecko Galz Papercrafting that has some great challenges for using the fabulous stamps, collage sheets and papers from the Gecko Galz Shop.  The July Gecko Galz Customer Challenge is Beachy Keen, found on their Blog.  This month's new Ephemera included the Splish Splash collage set and I immediately thought of making one of those souvenier postcards books with the fabulous images.

The galz from the sheet looked like thay were having a ball, perhaps in Atlantic City so I Googled "Greetings from" and voila! here was exactly what I was looking for for the cover.  I fussy cut one of the ladies from the Splish Splash sheet to the bottom and it was the perfect start for my project.

There was another "Greetings from" that also filled the bill which I decided to use on the back part of the cover.  Seemed like a simiar vintage. 

I printed this one twice so when you opened the cover, you still saw the entire image.  The top inside of the cover is from Splish Splash over my "go to" beach photo from the net and the sentiment is computer generated.  Mini magnets hold the booklet together.

Fully open, I've decorated the bottom inside of the coover with more images.  I've used a deckle edge scissors so they looked like photos.  Inside is the accordian of postcards with images from Splish Splash.

The first two...

 The next...

And finally...

 

Miraculously when I looked for a blank vintage postcard back, I found one on Postcards, etc. from Atlantic City!  I added a little note to the galz on this one and printed the blank back several more times to back each of the individual cards so they could be cut apart and used.  I really had a ball doing a project that's a bit of a change of pace for me, but I certainly plan to do more.  I love the vintage images and fun papers and other goodies at Gecko Galz and their Christmas in July sale (buy one, get one of equal or lesser value) is still going on.  WOOHOO!

The Altered Alice Week One, Chapter 16: Going Postal

The Fish-Footman began by producing from under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to the other, saying, in a solemn tone, `For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.' The Frog-Footman repeated, in the same solemn tone, only changing the order of the words a little, `From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet.'

Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled together.


--Chapter 6, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

It's a brand new month and a brand new challenge for The Altered Alice and this month's theme is Going Postal in honor of the fab new release from Stamp Attack, our sponsor this month.  Just like the Queen's letter to the Duchess, our challenge this month is to create something with a postal theme - stamps, postcards, letters, envelopes; however you choose to interpret that.  I live near San Francisco, CA, a city known for it's tourism so I was inspired by the postcard booklets you find in shops all over the city.  Each of the cards showcases one of the new Wonderland faux postage stamps just released by Stamp Attack.

Our sponsor is Stamp Attack, a British company that is well known (among other things) for their fantastic Alice stamp plates which have sold to customers all over the world. In fact, Helena Bonham Carter, the actress who played the Red Queen in the Tim Burton Alice movie, purchased sets of Alice stamps from Stamp Attack, which were then delivered to the studio! Enabler alert: Stamp Attack offers speedy worldwide shipping for only £1 on unmounted stamp orders, so go on and check out their beautiful stamps!The winner will receive a Stamp Attack gift certificate for £13.50, which is equivalent to one of the Alice stamp plates!

   The Design Team will be showcasing the two new offerings from Stamp Attack, this lovely set of Alice faux postage and The Mouse's Tail.

Here are close ups of the postage stamped on the Tim Holtz Ideaology Vintage Shabby paper Stack and stamped with Distress Inks in Vintage Velvet, Broken China and Pumice Stone.

 

The front of the folder which holds the cards is a mixture of Stampin'Up and an unknown alphabet trimmed with scalloped scissors, and the Cuttlebug Emboss Plus Postage Stamp alphabet.

The closure is also from the Faux Postage set mounted atop a Spellbinders Fancy Label.  Tired of pix yet?  Well, hold on, I've got some more!

Here I've used the new Mouse's Tail and made a corner bookmark.  The mouse itself is a Martha Stewart punch that I doodled a bit to look more like a stamp and shaded with Copics. Alice is from the Stamp Attack Alice in Wonderland stamp plate.

It fits quite handily on the corner of your book.  No more dog eared pages, eh?  I've modified the instructions from Splitcoast Stampers HERE.  The papers are from Prima Marketing Nursery Tales.  The Nesie is Labels Twenty.

The edge is a MS punch and I've decorated the back as well.   As always, all entries that meet the challenge theme are accepted but Wonderland entries are encouraged (they get two chances instead of one in the prize drawing). Friday, June 22 is the last day to enter this month's challenge.