Oohhh, I've made my first Monday Muse post for ArtStacks! I wanted to share how easy it is to re-size our DigiStacks. On the ArtStacks blog you can find three simple steps how to do this. You can find the post HERE.
I re-sized a butterfly to create the large wings behind Courtney in this photo. It's so cool and so easy!
I used the red poppies, black and white anemones, tissue flowers and butterflies all from ArtStacks' Anemones & Friends DigiStack.
Happy scrappin'!
Heather
Hello!
Don't you hate it when you go to all the effort to make something then forget to post it? That's what I did this month - lol.
The new Mini Challenge at More Than Words is to use the word FALL on a mini project. I made a postcard.
All my features are from ArtStacks. I used the girl with a swagger from the Faces & Figures stack, the butterfly is from the Anemones & Friends stack and the quote is from the Inspirational Words MiniStack.
I hope you can join us this month. You can find the challenge here.
Happy scrappin'!
Heather
Hello and welcome back!
November is all about bugs over at Kraft +! Yep - you need to add bugs to your project made on kraft. Bugs can be anything - ants, beetles, moths or butterflies.
My daughter and I have just launched our new business - ArtStacks - so I was so excited to be able to use the products for this project. You can check out our brand new website here.
I made an art journal page for the challenge:
Everything on this page, except the paint and the scrap paper around the quote, is from ArtStacks. I love this figure - she's so expressive. She's from our Faces & Figures stack.
I wanted to use our beautiful butterflies from our Anemones & Friends stacks and I feel I created the impression of the figure opening her mind which worked perfectly with the quote.
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Hello!
Whoops - I got so sidetracked by the launch of our new business, ArtStacks, that I forgot to put up this post! It's been an incredibly busy, but rewarding, time.
The challenge this month at More Than Words is to be inspired by the word SEASON and to use LEAVES on your project.
We were in Cres, in Croatia, when we turned a corner and saw the most amazing sunset! Cres is a beautiful old town where the buildings have shuttered windows so I went with lots of shutters from ArtStacks on my page. I painted them blue/grey to match the clouds in the photo.
Happy creating!
Heather
Hello there!
There's a bit of excitement in the McMahon household tonight as our beloved football team are about to play in the preliminary finals! It'll be a tough gig - we go in as the underdogs. Go Tiges!
OK, that's enough about football! The Mini Challenge at More Than Words has just been revealed and the word to use on your card, tag, ATC or postcard is MOON. I googled some quotes and found this one. I love it!
I started my background with the deep eggplant colour as it reminded me of a night sky and layered stars on top. I found the moon in my stash - bonus!
Will you join us this month? You can find the challenge here.
Happy scrappin'!
Heather
Hello again! Have you seen the new challenge at More Than Words this month? You have to be inspired by the word NIGHT and use NO FLOWERS on your project. Now that is a real challenge!
I wanted to make an art journal page so I went searching for a quote. This one is perfect for me!
The quote says, "Night is to see the dreams and day is to make them true". This is so true for me! My best ideas happen at night when there are no distractions and my mind is free to think. I sometimes find it hard to not get up out of bed and start on whatever my idea is though!
The beautiful big flourish is from The Dusty Attic. I painted it silver but that hasn't shown up too well in the pics.
This quote is so suited to me that I even added this to the page:
Yep - this is me to a 'T'!
I hope you can join us this month. You can find the challenge here.
Happy scrappin'!
Heather
Hello!
Thanks for dropping in. I'm sharing a layout I made for Kraft + this month. The challenge is 'Crazy About Chalk'. I had a small problem - I had no chalk. I rummaged through my stash though and found some chalk pastels and created this.
This project turned out nothing like I originally planned. I was going to make splashes of colour around the black and white photo but my printer is playing up and insists on printing purple where there's supposed to be solid black. I tried all sorts of things to fix it but in the end I accepted I had to use the purple photo, which changed my colour scheme. Having said that I love how it turned out!
To create the coloured squares, I first ran some gesso up and down the page to give the chalk pastels something to grip to and to make the colours pop. I made a simple template by punching squares in some paper and I used a brush to apply different colour chalks in the squares. I tool a leaf out of Amy Churchward's book ( a fellow Kraft + DT member) and spayed a light coat of hairspray over the chalk to keep it in place.
I hope you can join us this month! You don't have to use chalk on your project - you can maybe scrap about covid chalk creations or about chalk on the school blackboard. You can find the challenge here.
Happy scrappin'!
Heather
