An ArtStacks Card for More Than Words

Hello! The new Mini Challenge at More Than Words this month is to use the word IDEAL on your card, tag, ATC or postcard.

We've just released our first ever CardStacks at ArtStacks and, as I was in a hurry to get this card made, I quickly cut a rectangle around one of the featured images to suit the size of my card blank, punched a border then mounted it on coloured paper. I added a sentiment from the CardStacks pack and mounted it onto a card blank and my card was done!

This bunch of flowers is from the Anemones & Friends CardStack. You can find it here.

I hope you can join us at More Than Words this month. You only have until the end of April so be quick! You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin!

Heather

Live Colourfully at Kraft Plus

Hello! The challenge over at Kraft + this month is to be inspired by symmetry! Wow - that's so different!

I decided to create a symmetrical shaped background on my layout.

I love red and white on kraft so I used the poppy paper from ArtStacks' Anemones & Friends stack which was perfect for this. I layered it up with torn cardboard and other elements. The stars are from an old Christmas card!

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

Happy scrappin!

Heather 

A Gift Box Re-imagined

Welcome back!

Today I have used my ArtStacks DigiStacks to give an old gift box a new lease of life.

There's a surprise touch inside the box! To see how I did this, head to the ArtStacks YouTube channel here.

Happy craftin'!

Heather

Perfect!

Hello!

Have you seen the new challenge at More Than Words? There's a fab sketch by Heikes Augenblick to use and you need to be inspired by the word 'Perfect'.

I made a layout:

Will you join us? You can win some awesome prizes!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Seize the Day!

Can you guess what the Mini Challenge word is at More Than Words this month? If you saw the Main Challenge word, Carpe Diem, you might guess. Yes, it's SEIZE!

I made an ATC:

The eyes are from the Faces & Figures stack from ArtStacks. Aren't they striking? They're on tissue and the tissue just disappears into your project when it's glued on. 

The flowers are also on tissue, this time from the Anemones & Friends stack.

I hope you can join in the challenge this month. You can find it here. :)

Happy scrappin!

Heather

Queen of Poppies

Hello! I've been playing with my ArtStacks papers again! I was influenced by two inspirational artists for this page - Lisa Oxley and Megan Whisner-Quinlan. Lisa has made a couple of art journal pages using ArtStacks' poppies paper as a dress and I wanted to give that idea a go. Megan recently made an awesome page of a Queen of Hearts. This inspired me to make a Queen of Poppies page. Surely every deck of cards needs another suit? Haha.

I used one of the gorgeous faces from the Faces & Figures stack, dressed her in a dress made from the poppies paper from the Anemones & Friends stack and gave her a gold crown. 

For a bit of fun I added some diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades to the background and a large 'Q', like a playing card has, in the corner.

I'd love to see what you can create with ArtStacks' faces and poppy paper!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

The Beauty of Old Paper

Welcome back! Have you seen the challenge at Kraft+ yet? You have to use torn paper on your project - too easy!

I'm having a bit of a crush on really old papers at the moment so I made a page dedicated to this. I made the page entirely from an ArtStacks pack - 'The Homemaker'. 

I wrote a little poem......

Some of the papers in The Homemaker stack are nearly 100 years old. I found an image of a writer on that paper and thought it was very appropriate to the subject of the page.

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

Happy scrappin'!

Heather