Scraplift Yourself at More Than Words

Hello there. I love this month's challenge at More Than Words. The challenge is to be inspired by the word "Favourite" and to scraplift yourself! How cool is that?

I took a "Favourite" photo of my daughter and created this:

And here's the layout of mine that I scraplifted.

I flipped the design to suit my photo and I jazzed the new layout up a bit, particularly around the edges. I also used patterned paper in the new layout whereas I used my own handpainted paper in the original. I think the vibrancy of the patterned papers matches the joy in the photo.

I raided my drawer of leftover bits and bobs. I'm determined to use these lovely pieces up!

I washed a top of mine the other day and the aqua-coloured tassles fell off the end of the ties on it. I thought they'd be perfect on a layout. I love how this one turned out - lol!

Some brighter papers added punch to the dark photo.

There are some amazing prizes availble to the winners of this month's More Than Words challenge. I hope you can give it a go! You can find the challenge HERE.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

I'm Back!

Hello there! Yes, I've been away travelling again. We went to Mexico. What a fabulous country it is! It's so full of colour and art and the people are so welcoming. We loved it!  But I'm back now ready to hit the scrap room.

My first project is for the Mini Challenge at More Than Words. I made this card for a family member who turned 60 recently. We had a very big party for him on the weekend.

The background is made from the roller runoff from gelli printing. I often love these pages more than my gelli printing pages! I simply added cogs, stamping, stitching, doodling and thread.

The word to use on your card, tag, postcard or ATC this month at More Than Words is LIFE. You can find the challenge HERE.

I sure hope you can join us this month. Be quick - you only have until the 31st!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

My 2018 Faves

Hello there! If you're having a holiday at the moment I hope you're having a wonderful time!

I like looking back on my last year's favourites at this time of year. Here are my 10 fave layouts for 2018, in no particular order.

My fave card.....

My fave art journal page.......

And my fave textile project. (I made this in a class with DeeDee Catron).

Wishing you loads of scrappy fun this year!


Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Happy New Year!

Woohoo! Happy New Year to you all! I sincerely hope it's a fabulous one for you.

At More Than Words we realise that many people take a moment at the start of January to assess the past year and plan the future one, so our challenge for January is to be inspired by the word "Goals" and to add some Journaling to your project. The journaling can be typed, handwriten or take any form you like, so long as there is some form of journaling on the page.

I made an art journal page.

I used the word 'Goals' literally on this project. I love this quote and I think that way too few people pay heed to it. My kids especially don't seem to plan much so I journalled at the bottom of the page, "Dreams and wishes are fun. Pick which ones you want to see happen then plan and work hard for them.
Mum's words of wisdom #1"

I tore a page out of an old book to use as my base. I added paint, Magicals, stencilled patterns and stamps to the background. On top I use some cool trim and a few other bits and pieces before adding my quote. Of course, there has to be some messy stitching!

The sentence "It was a beautiful day" was in the text of the book page. I swiped my paint around that sentence, keeping it clear. It then picked up the colours of the Magicals, making the sentence stand out. I love this effect.

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

Happy scrappin!


Heather

It's Time to be Merry!

Ho Ho Ho! It's time to be Merry at More Than Words. Yes, the word to use on your card, tag, ATC or postcard this month is 'Merry'. Because it's such a crazy time of the year, we've decided to put our Mini Challenge up early so you have two weeks, instead of the usual one week, to get your entry in.

I made some Christmas tags.

I grabbed some old clothing tags and used them on my gelli plate, adding all sorts of patterns in reds, yellows and greens. I added sentiments, many containing the word 'Merry', and added stamping and rub-ons. I finished them off with ribbons and baubles on wire.

Here are some close ups of individual tags.

If you can find some time in this busy month we'd love to see you join in the fun! You can find the challenge here.


Happy scrappin!


Heather

All Needles and Pins at Kraft Plus

Welcome to December and to a new challenge at Kraft Plus! This month, your challenge is to use Needles and Pins somehow in your kraft-based project. You can use the needles and pins themselves or you can add stitching or even just punched holes!

I came up with this:

I took some fun photos of my bestie and I one day when we were travelling together and they've been great to scrap.

I used the Needles and Pins theme in a few different ways. I stitched the title using my sewing machine. I'd never tried to do this before and it certainly was challenging, but I got there in the end. Note that I used a very short title to lessen the chance of a serious mistake! It didn't turn out perfect but it worked. I also used a pin on the butterfly beside it.

I also stitched a fancy border around the edges of the page. I made this by increasing and decreasing the size of the zig-zag stitches.

I had this pack of Kaisercraft embellishments sitting on my desk for a while. I wanted to use them but they were very little-girl themed and I have no little girls in my life at the moment. By only using certain items I was able to use them for a big-girl page instead!

I also dug out my old brads for this. I seem to be reaching for them a lot lately.

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

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

What Do You Believe In?

Hello there! Have you seen the new challenge over at More Than Words? You need to be inspired by the word 'Believe' and use stamping on your layout, canvas or art journal page. Cool!

I went pretty crazy with the stamps on this one. I lost count of how many I used!

The word 'Believe' made me think of Christmas and I found these funny photos from Christmas last year. We always have plenty of laughs when our crazy family gets together. I don't know what they were putting on thier heads in these photos. Some sort of decoration I think!

I stamped the frames around the photos then coloured them with watercolours. I used the same watercolours to colour a few other stamped images near the photos.

Most of the background stamping was done in black. Over the top I laid a banner. I used the same watercolours to colour the flags.

Lost of crazy stitching adds a bit of texture and interest.

I even stamped the journalling. It's not something I plan to do a lot of again - it took quite a while!

I know December is a busy month but hopefully you can join us at More Than Words! You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather