Retro Love!

Hello again! Have you seen the new Mini Challenge at More Than Words yet? The word to use on your mini project is ADORE.

I'm having a crush on our new Limited Editions at ArtStacks so I used one of the retro ladies in The Dressmaker stack to make this tag:

Isn't she fabulous? I really love the fashions of the 50's and 60's. 

I layered up the background with dressmakers' tissue, also from The Dressmaker stack, plus tissue flowers from the Anemones & Friends stack. The Swinging Sixties wording is made with Letraset letters that are so old they might be from the sixties too - lol!

I hope you can join us this month! You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Always Smile.....

Ooohh, have Kraft+ got an amazing challenge for you this month! You need to be inspired by Kitty McCall. Don't stress if you haven't heard of her - neither had I! I had to google her and I became intrigued by the way she layers leaves so I decided to give that a go.

Here's the end result.

To make my Kitty McCall paper, I made some simple stencils then layered up a mix of leaves using freehand painting, stencilling and paper-piecing. I've got a bit to learn about this style (and about how to deal with paints that have dried up since I last used them!) but I really love the bright, busy result.

When I made the paper design, I didn't have a photo in mind, which in unusual for me. When I found the pic of us in masks, and mine was floral, I just had to use it. It got me thinking about the fact that we can't see facial expresssions when we wear masks so I made up the quote "Always smile, even if nobody can tell". I think it's so appropraite for our times!

I hope you get inspired by this challenge and join us. You can find the details here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

It's February already and we have an awesome new challenge at More Than Words. February is the month of love so the challenge is to be inspired by the word ROMANCE and to use ROSE (either the flower or the colour) on your project.

I immediately thought of the Roses canvas paper from the ArtStacks 'The Homemaker' stack. I cut a couple of circles from it and made this:

My background is a very old K & Co paper. I still love these! I cut circles from the dressmaker's paper and the Roses canvas paper, both from The Dressmaker stack, stitched around the edges and embellished with bits from my stash.

I hope you can join in the challenge this month. You can find more details here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Blossom at ArtStacks

Hello, hello! How is your January going?

I've been having fun making an art journal page for ArtStacks.

To start, I layered up my background with leftover dressmaker's paper from 'The Dressmaker' stack from ArtStacks then I added some paper scraps, paint, stenciling and some of the white and blue floral paper from the 'Anemones & Friends' stack.

My feature piece is a figure from the 'Faces & Figures' stack. I love how she seems to have a sense of confidence about her. For something different, I took the digital 'Anemones & Friends' file and printed the tissue flowers page on plain white paper. I then coloured the flower centres and the leaves with pencils and layered them behind my figure. I really like how this came up and it was so simple. I finished off with a quote from the same stack and some doodling.

Pop over to the website here or check out our monthly competition on Facebook here or Instagram here. You don't need to use ArtStacks products to join in!

Happy scrappin'! 

Heather

NEW year, NEW Mini Challenge!

Can you guess what the word for the Mini Challenge is this month? Yes, it's NEW!

I made a postcard:

I built my card on a cardboard base, layering ArtStack tissue over the top and adding watercolours. I added bits and pieces of leftovers and topped it all with an ArtStacks butterfly and a quote. Actually, I made the quote up - does that make it a quote if I'm quoting myself? Lol.

I hope you join our Mini Challenge. Head here to see the details.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Things go better with Coke!

Hello! Kraft+ have gone retro this month with their mood board. The images on it are all vintage Coke ads! At first I wondered how I was going to create about Coke, then I realised we need to be inspired by the graphics. Cool!

I took my inspiration from two of the images. I made an art journal page.

The V-shape inspiration came from both images and the retro lady came from the centre top image. All the papers are from the ArtStacks Limited Editions stacks. I love these!

A big shout out to Leanne Jago - I totally stole her idea of using the pianola roll and tissue paper pattern pieces in a cluster like this with the flowers tucked in between. I added a paper ruffle from The Dressmaker stack on top. The gorgeous retro lady is also from The Dressmaker stack and the flowers are all from the Anemones & Friends stack. The pianola roll paper and the kraft-coloured dressmaking tissue are from The Homemaker stack.

Here's the challenge board. I took my inspiration from the centre top and bottom right images.

I hope you can join us this month!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

BEGINNINGS at More Than Words

 Happy New Year! I hope you were able to celebrate a little on New Year's Eve.

At More Than Words, we 're celebrating the new year with an appropriate new challenge. You have to be inspired by the word BEGINNINGS and use WASHI on your project.

I'm completely smitten with the new Limited Edition releases at ArtStacks so I just had to use one of those. This page was made using "The Homemaker" stack.

I was a bit concerned that I used a photo of myself when I was looking for a vintage pic but I can console myself knowing that I'm not as old as one of the papers in the stack - it's 94 years old!

I added washi around my photo using music notes to tie in with the gorgoues old background music paper. The "happy times" saying is also on a washi tape.

I used heaps of layers of papers from "The Homemaker" stack.

Will you join us this month? You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather