Be Outrageous with ArtStacks

Welcome back!

I've had a blast playing with white pen on black paper and adding pops of colour with ArtStacks images. 

I thought this little boy was so expressive and fitted my 'outrageous' theme perfectly. My boy, balloons, sunflower and mushroom are all from the All Dressed Up pack at ArtStacks. 

Everything else on the page is just white pen on black watercolour paper. I'm often disappointed in white pens but my Posca pen worked like a charm!

I hope you love these versatile images as much as I do!

Happy arting.
Heather

Magical at More Than Words

The Mini Challenge at More Than Words this month is to use the word 'Magical' on your card, tag, ATC or postcard.

I love this image - it's from the new "All Dressed Up' pack from ArtStacks. I think it shows the magical relationship between the two people. 

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

Happy arting!
Heather

Getting Strangely Inky

Hi there!

The Main Challenge at More Than Words this month is to be inspired by the word 'Strange' and to use ink on your project.

I'm travelling with limited supplies atm and only had two ink pads with me. I have no stencils or anything to use with them so I simply gently rubbed the blue ink pad directly onto the background.

Luckily I had a few ArtStacks images with me so I put this together with those.

I also had the October challenge at Art Journal Journey in mind when I made this. The talented Elle from Empire of the Cat is hosting it and I was inspired by her description of fables that explains that they can feature mythical creatures and they always have a moral behind them. My mythical man is kind of kooky but he still tells a story.

You can find the Art Journal Journey challenge here.

I also hope you can join in the fun at More Than Words this month! You can find the challenge here.

Happy journaling!
Heather

Beauty Shines From Within

Welcome back!

I'm loving playing with the new releases at ArtStacks. For this art journal page, I used one of the very cool faces printed on translucent paper from the All Dressed Up pack. I love the effect this creates!

In keeping with the gorgeous vintage lady with a cheeky face I added flowers from ArtStacks' Anemones & Friends pack plus a quote from the same All Dressed Up pack that the lady is from.

Head over to the ArtStacks shop here to see the pack in detail.

Happy creating!

Heather

Remember the Feeling

Hello! I'm super-excited to share my first project using the new release "All Dressed Up" pack from ArtStacks. I absolutely love this pack! The images are so varied. I can see them working with so many different styles of projects.

This project is for Kraft + where the challenge is to use blue, red, orange, yellow and, most importantly, kraft! I made an art journal page.

I layered up some scraps of patterned paper, book paper and Deb Weiers' stunning backgrounds to get the right colours and added some crazy stitching. I took the new All Dressed Up pack and cut out the gorgeous little boy, sat him on a mushroom and gave him balloons, all from the same pack.

I used the title, again from the same pack, to remind us to treasure those special moments from childhood.

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

Happy creating!
Heather

New Releases at ArtStacks!

I'm so thrilled to be sharing my new project made with ArtStacks' two new-release packs, All Dressed Up and Wings & Things. I love how these packs work together so well!

To make this I took a geli-print background, punched one edge and added ric-rac. I took one of the windows from the Doors & Windows CardStack. This page is printed on watercolour paper so you can colour it to suit your page but I chose to leave it white, in keeping with the pink and white colours on the page. I did colour the flower box from the same page though.

I added the little girl, the crown, the book and the title, all from the new All Dressed Up pack, and added the striking pink wings from the Wings & Things pack. The little girl looks so delighted with her new outfit!

I absolutely adore these new packs.

Head to www.artstacks.com.au to see the new releases in detail.

Happy arting!

Heather

Every Day is a Journey

Hello! The new Mini Challenge at More Than Words is to use the word Journey on your mini project. I made a tag.

I used part of a page from ArtStacks' Doors & Windows pack, backed it onto black cardstock, added and title and fibres and that's it!

Will you join the Journey challenge? You can find the details here.

Happy Journeying!
Heather