Frightfully Fabulous By Charmane Sharp

 

A cute spooky layout to share with you all today to celebrate the season

of Halloween. Using some Tim Holtz Frames for my four pictures as the

focal point I was able to let the 2Crafty Chipboard add spooky details.

This brought the layout together giving a nod to the past with a vintage

finish for my swinging skeletons.

2Crafty Chipboard used...

Halloween Spider Web set

Skeleton

Halloween Scary Assortment set

These Pumpkins are from the Scary asst set. I glued some black card to 

the back to bring out the eyes and mouth. I used a Tim Holtz Blending 

Tool wirth Spiced Marmalade and Carved Pumpkin Oxides.

The Skull and Bones are from the same set and add spooky details to

the floral cluster. Coloured with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo for

an aged look with the blending Tool.

Who doesn't love a Skeleton to bring out the Halloween feels. This guy

was transformed with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Oxides just like

the other pieces. I think he looks pretty cool.

Spider Webs are always easy to bring in a little creep. I love the size and detail

of this one. Just adding a little Black Soot Oxide over the Gesso giving light

and dark areas makes it look like an old cobweb.

Until next time...

Charmane x

 

Beyond Words by Robin Schelin

Hi everyone, Robin back again to share another layout with you.

 When I saw this paper, I had to have it to be the backdrop for this gorgeous chipboard!
 I mean, what could be more perfect?
 It's like 49 and Market made this paper especially for it! 
Sometimes things just fall into place and the layout practically makes itself.
 Love it when that happens.

Beyond Words 

Beautiful 2Crafty used:

Mollie's Butterfly Set
Hexagon frame Strips
Beyond Words

As always, I primed my chipboard with Gesso before painting. Gives a great base for altering.

The star of this show, of course, is the fabulous Hexagon Frame Strips. What a great background it gives for this photo! All I did was paint it with White Adirondack Chalk Paint. I love how it plays off the hexagons on the paper. Perfect!

I used both pieces in the Hexagon Frame Strips to completely frame the photo and embellishments. I added a few pearls from E Line Pearls and Crystals from Prima inside the hexagons at the top and bottom  for a little interest. I love how this turned out. 

The title, Beyond Words, was painted in an ombre effect to capture both the yellow and white of the flowers. I first painted it with a mix of Naples Yellow Hue and Primary Yellow Acrylic Paint. Then I dabbed over the center with White Gesso. 

I decided to use 2 of the solid butterflies from the Mollie's Butterfly Set to add dimension and make the butterflies stand out more. I painted them with White Adirondack Chalk Paint.

Here's the other butterfly with one of the Mollie's Butterfly Set solids underneath it.

 Hope you like this and are inspired to surround your photo with chipboard to get an overall stunning result!

Be back next month to share more from 2Crafty.

xx

Treasure This Moment by Tania Ridgwell

Hi there!

Tania joining you today to share the first of my DT projects for October. 
 I have created a layout. 

"Treasure This Moment"

2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

*Photo Adornments - Love Flourish

*6x4 Phrase Stick Set 5

*Frame Hand Drawn Heart

*Mini Branches

I have used the gorgeous Mintay 'Cottage Heart' Collection to create the base for my Layout.

I first coloured the Photo Adornment - Love Flourish & Mini Branches chippies with gesso.  Once dry I randomly sprayed Heidi Swapp Blush Color Shine spray onto them.  I coloured the Handdrawn Heart Frame chippies with Jamie Rodgers Cherry Blossom Metallic Wax and the Phrase Stick Chippie I have left raw.  

Under my photo I added a distressed paper square.  I added the large Handdrawn Heart chippie over my photo and the smaller one along the bottom right of my photo.  I added lots of beautiful paper blooms and tucked in the Mini Branch chippies amongst the paper blooms.  I added the Photo Adornment - Love Flourish chippie along the bottom left of my photo and finished of my layout by adding the raw Treasure This Moment Title along the top of my Layout.

Thats' all from me today, I hope I have inspired you all with my Layout.

  Until next time thanks so much for stopping by.

Tania xx

"Altered Tissue Box" with Amy Voorthuis

 Good morning lovely 2Crafty friends.
How wonderful of you all to stop by the 2Crafty Chipboard blog. For today I want to show you  a altered tissue box made with a bunch of my favorite 2Crafty Chippies. This box is based on my daily job as a optician. Vanessa made me some amazing tabs with all words used in optics and I used three of them on my box. I made this for at my job to show in the lunch area. For this I used a golden oldy collection from 2012.....enjoy my post!

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Tissue Box:

Wonderful 2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Giant Gears 
Foliage Set 12
Cassie Flourish
Frame Flourish 5
Frame Madeline Flourish
Francesca's Journal Frames

I altered most of my chippies with some white gesso then for the frames I used my aqua & alcohol markers in different colours. Normally I love to add a bunch of phrases & words but for this one I used none which was a huge test for me lol...

For the giant gears I altered those with some brown rust paste after I primed them with two layers of white gesso. After that I added two of them on top of each other with some glue and a huge brad to add some demension. The tabs Vanessa made for my I left them in their raw state which look the best on my box.  

Hope you all enjoyed my post thank you so much for stopping by, I will be back with another project soon hope to see you back then.... 
Meanwhile if you would like to see more of my work you could visit here: 
Amy's Pretty Papers

Unofficial Beach Bum - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
I am back today to share a beachy layout of our oldest when he was young!

2Crafty Products used:

6" Circle revolution frame
Cattail Shrub
6x6 Circle Frame set
Unofficial Beach Bum
Anchors
Seaweed
Industrial Spring Set

I wanted to keep with the grungy feel and colours of the paper.  After prepping the chipboard with white gesso I layered distress ink in scorched timber, uncharted mariner and faded jeans then spritzed with water and repeated until I achieved the look I wanted.

For the title I used steampunk sepia mist then heat embossed with cafe au lait embossing powder

I layered fussy cut images with the chipboard dies stones.

Thanks for stopping by

'You are pretty amazing' layout by Rachael Funnell

 

Hi there everyone!

Rach back with you sharing my first inspro for this month

This girly page featuring my gorgeous girl, Studio 73 - Shabby elegance papers

& of course some BEAUTIFUL 2 Crafty Chipboard pieces....

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

Foilage set 15

2021

10" Decorative panel - Doily 1

6x4 Phrase you are pretty amazing from set 2

Let's start with this gorgeous 10" Decorative panel - Doily 1

Using a sponge I ramdomly dabbed over some gesso, 

 once dried I then added some pastel pink using the distress ink - kitsch fllamingo...

Next up are these cuties from Foilage set 15 

There are 2 sizes in a 6pk & I just love these I have used 1 of each size, 

I simply inked these ramdomly with this FAB green

then cut them into smaller pieces & glued them thoughout my fussy cutting,

Next we have my title...

Where I have used the you are pretty amazing from 6x4 Phrase set 2

I very carefully added a light layer of gesso then once dried 

I have cut this phase & adhered using foam strips...

Lastly is the yr 2021 simply inking this with a pink..

That's it from me for now, Thanks for stopping by

I hope I have inspired you in some way..

Happy Haunting By Charmane Sharp

Hello my fellow Halloween Lovers. The spooky season is upon us again.

I fell in love with the Graphic 45 Ghostly Greetings Collection and paired

it with the awesome Halloween Frame by 2Crafty to bring in the scary vibe.

2Crafty Chipboard used…

Title- Happy Haunting 

11’ Halloween Frame

Kara’s Oval Frame

I cut the title and separated it to add some colour to my corners and pull

the layout inwards visually. Also followed the curve as I glued it down

after colouring it with Carved Pumpkin Oxide.

Colouring Kara's Frame with Villainous Potion and a little Dusty

Concord Oxides gave the centre of my layout a good pop of colour

against the outside large frame.

The Halloween Frame had layers of Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke and

 Black Soot to give an aged wood look. I then dry brushed Gesso over the

branches. The Bats were scored with a bone folder to give them

 dimension as though they were flying. Coloured with Black Soot Oxide

and finished with some sanding.

The Pumpkin was coloured with Frayed Burlap over the top of Carved

Pumpkin Oxide to dull the colour and dry brushed with Gesso.

All the details around this Frame are so cool for a spooky layout to

remember your scary Halloween moments. Boo to you all.

Until next time...

Charmane x