Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - H

I know, this is my third post today!!

The latest Craft Barn alpha challenge to be announced is the letter H.. It took me a couple of days to decide which word to go for (and which one I would be able to illustrate!!)

I went for 'heart' and here's what I did...

 I started by gluing a few pages together and cut a heart shaped niche out (I used a Maya Road chipboard heart to draw round)
and gesso'd the pages.

 I used Paperartsy Fresco paint in Claret to paint the whole page.

 I used some gold mesh to back the heart niche, and laced in some ribbon. Used my white Sharpie marker to write 'tug at the heart strings'on the page.

I used the cut out pages from the niche, and painted them with Old Gold Fresco paint, and edged the heart with Black Soot distress ink.

I stencilled some Ferro paste though the Leafy Vine stencil.before gluing it to my page.

The heart stamp was a free cover stamp from the Craft Stamper some time ago, and I love it (the fact that I had to hunt high and low for it, is neither here not there...)

The final touch was a chipboard 'h' which I painted with a gold krylon pen.

I really had fun with this page - thanks to the Craft Barn. You still have 10 days to enter, so pop over to their blog and check it out.