New Release!

Hello, I'm here today to share the gorgeous NEW release by Tracy Verdugo, from ArtStacks Designs.

This pack is so beautiful, I love it! Haha but then I love all of ArtStacks packs so that's not hard ;)

The underwater theme is a little different from the usual, so it's super fun to create with. I was instantly drawn to the mermaid, so that's where I started. After cutting her out, I also cut some die cut elements from background paper; being the Tim Holtz flower, stars and tag. I had an art journal background with some stamping and stenciling already. I added the tissue paper fish and weed to the page, but it needed a touch more colour, so used my new Tim Holtz Embossing Glaze to add extra colour.

Here is a close-up of my page showing off the embossing glaze. I had a lot of fun with this, you'll see a new obession starting here ;)  I've glazed a couple of stenciled areas and some stamped areas. This close-up also highlights some of the tissue paper fish.

 

Pop over to the ArtStacks blog to see the other amazing creations from the rest of the team. You can find it HERE.

Thanks for stopping by, it's always appreciated.

ArtStacks share!

Hello, I'm here to share my recent art journal page for ArtStacks Designs. I've used some designs from Deb Weiers Wonky Critters pack, as well as flowers from Deb's Wonky Bits & tissue paper flowers from the Anemones & Friends pack. Then I layered these pieces on a pre-made or in truth a mop-up page in my Kraft journal.

The background was created using paint, in white and purple & stencils. I then added a circle of music paper which was my platform to show off the Deb Weiers pieces.

Don't forget to check out the amazing creations over at ArtStacks Designs blog, you can find it HERE.

Thanks for stopping by, it's always appreciated.

July 2023 Kraft+ Challenge

Hello! Today I'm sharing my final Kraft+ page as part of the DT, as it's time for me to move on. I've had the enjoyment of being on the team from the beginning. I owe Sandra Wallace thanks for that! I've thoroughly enjoyed my time being on the team and running the challenge site. The Design Team over the years and current team are awesome, such inspiration, each and every one of them. I owe them too a huge debt of gratitude <3 I've also had the fun of dealing with monthly Guest Designers, so many fabulous conversations behind the scenes...as I said, FABulous opportunity!

I've been rather slack on getting my project finished this month. It's a beauty, if I do say so myself ;) I loved this colour combo & who doesn't love a colour challenge.

As usual, I did an art journal page for my project, in my trusty Dina Wakley Kraft journal...true love.

I used various scribble sticks in the blue, green and white to create my circle. Then moved onto the paint, using white with the square stencil, adding some in blue and then green folage to repeat the leaves in the tag I created using ArtStacks new Gelatin Printing Enthusiasts Art & Nature pack. 

I hope you'll join us this month. You can check out this months challenge on the blog HERE, the team have done an amazing job, as always.

'Stay Curious'

Hello, I'm back to share my latest art journal page for ArtStacks, using the gorgeous girl from Tamara Laporte Fabulous Faces pack. I totally loved these drawings when I saw them, but wasn't 100% sure what to do with them. Lisa Oxley has a magic way of embedding them into her page, but I'm no Lisa ;) so I simply did 'me'. It's probably hard to see in this photo but there is music paper & a pattern that looks very similar to washi tape that I have, so I added some music paper down first, added the torn square of the ArtStacks 'art piece', then added the washi tape over the lot, extending out the line in the image. Then I added random stenciling around the image. I journaled my thoughts at the time, again up the page following the line in the drawing. There was some left over piece of card from a number die on my desk, so I added that to break down the stenciling and simply add more layers....it was a little too perfect. I had also stamped a butterfly image, but it didn't stamp well, so I re-stamped it onto transperancy and added my title 'stay curious' to the butterfly. It was a perfect way to end the day...a little bit of creative bliss.

This is the final result...

Make sure you pop over to the ArtStack blog to see the amazing creations from the rest of the team, you can find it HERE.

Thank you for popping by, it's always appreciated.

Happy creating.

May Kraft+ Challenge!

Hello, I hope this finds you all well.

Today I'm sharing this months Kraft+ Challenge....Words to Live by! Who doesn't love some inspirational words, a super easy one for this month.

I actually started this one at retreat. I was super inspired by the previous months entry from Rachel Martin, she had created a very striking page stenciling a face in black paint onto some ledger paper. I luckily had the same paper, LOL well I assume it was the same. I hadn't really thought about it till now, but just realised I've just had a picture in my head of what it was ;) Anyway, I stenciled my face onto the ledger paper using a mix of pinks, probably because it was handy. I had also used my 'Flutterby' stencil on the background, which ultimately was perfect for this challenge. I was simply playing while at retreat, it was only when home that I realised it was made for this challenge, haha it clearly was on my mind.

I had underlined "Don't let the criticism go to your heart" by Rigel Dawson as it really spoke to me at the time. While it's not the most positive, uplifting quote, it's certainly words for me to live by.

I've actually journalled up the left hand side of the page after photographing. Also my cut-page obsesseion isn't over, so there is a cut page over the top.

Pop over to the Kraft+ blog to see the amazing creations from the rest of the team, including the Guest Designers...we were lucky enough to have 3 gorgeous ladies join us this month, check it out HERE.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy crafting!

Creating with ArtStacks!

Hello! I'm here today to share more ArtStacks creations using the gorgeous new 'artist series' by Tamara Laporte aka Willowing. Here I've used the gorgeous girl from the 'Fabulous Faces' pack for my focal point. I loved the flowers in her hair, so wanted to continue that theme across the page. For this I added a couple of flowers from the same pack, as well as flowers from the 'Anemones & Friends' pack, including the tissue paper flowers from this pack.

As I knew the tissue paper flowers would get lost on that background, I added them to white paper and fussy cut them out.

My background was a mop it up page, with layers of stenciled texture paste and paint, but the colours worked for this girl and I always love not having to start with a blank page. I added the white roses at the time of creating to work with the flowers and to tone down some of the background. There is also torn strips of paper from Lisa Oxley's 'floral fetish' pack. The butterfly is from the 'wings & things' pack.

 Thanks for stopping by, it's always appreciated. Make sure you pop over to the ArtStacks blog to see the other amazing creations by the rest of the team...you can find it HERE.

ArtStacks play!

Hello! Today I'm sharing a recent creation for ArtStacks. "Be sure to smell the flowers along the way" has been in the works for a while now, but lucky I was enough to have a weekend at retreat so finally got to finish it.

I had used a fern stencil and paint on the background, I then added a thin music paper (from The Homemaker Cardstack) circle over the top. I had cut the figure from the canvas paper, also from The Homemaker CardStack, and because there was pink on the figure, I wanted to include more. I had some leftover Brown Dressmaking Tissue, again from the same pack, which had pink paint on it, so layered it on. most ended up covered, but it's there. I had the torn strip from Lisa Oxley's Bright & Bold, stuck down too and that was it. I had a break till retreat, where I tried to remember where I was going with this??? I'll confess, I do tend to jump around from page to page, but there isn't normally this much of a break between.

The original stencil used was created by a friend, who had also created leaves to match, so I painted them various greens and cut the 3rd from the green cardstock from Lorraine Haight Moraine Altered Ancestors Pack to add more folage...if felt a little lacking with just the painted background. But it still wasn't right, so I added the tissue paper flowers (Anemones & Friends pack), but I still wanted more pink, so added the pink flowers and butterfly, again from the Anemones & Friends pack. Lastly adding the title and a little bit of journaling.

Pop over to the ArtStacks blog to see the other amazing creations from the rest of the team, they truly are an inspiration!

Thank you for stopping by, it's very much appreciated.