Altered Christmas Wreath by Tania Ridgwell

Hi there!

Tania joining you today to share my first project for November. 
I have altered a Christmas Wreath that I picked up from Kmart.

2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

*Poinsettia Set

*Merry Christmas Title

*Holly Twig Branches

*Celebration Swirls

The wreath before I altered it.

I coloured the Poinsettia chippies with a mixture of Kaisercraft Red Iridescent & Gold Shimmer Sprays and the edges I painted with Brush Leaf Interior Antique Gold Paint.  The Holly Twig Branch chippies I coloured with Kaisercraft Rose Gold Iridescent & Gold Shimmer Sprays.  The Celebration Swirl chippies have been coloured with Heidi Swapp Chartreuse Color Shine and the Merry Christmas chippie I coloured with Kaisercraft Gold Shimmer Spray.

To construct the wreath I added all my Poinsettia chippie pieces first and then added my paper blooms.

I then tucked in the Holly Twig Branch chippies amongst the Poinsettia chippies and paper blooms.  I kept some of them as is and some of them I cut into pieces.

I add the Merry Christmas chippie title along the bottom of the Wreath and finished if off by randomly dabbing on some gesso onto the Wreath, chippie pieces and paper blooms to give it a snow like effect.

Thats' all from me today, I hope I have inspired you all a little with my Christmas Wreath. 
 Until next time thanks so much for stopping by.

Tania xx

In my Happy Place by Robin Schelin

 Hi Everyone. Welcome to November! This year is just zipping by. 

This is my first layout of the month. It's a happy layout, capturing the inquisitiveness of a child. I loved reading to my kids when they were little. It was a big deal at my house, and I'm really glad I was able to instill in them the love of reading. All my kids are avid readers to this day. 

In my Happy Place 

2Crafty Chipboard:

View Finder

Addy's Butterflies

In my Happy Place

All of the chipboard was first covered with White Gesso before altering.

I placed one of the View Finders on the right side of the photo. I painted it with Light Blue Acrylic Paint to play off the light blue in the flowers and the color of her jeans. 

I added three of the Addy's Butterflies to this layout painted with Provincial Blue Chalk Paint. I painted them this color to play off the darker blue color in the flowers and the little girl's jacket.

I painted the title, In my Happy Place, with White Adirondack Chalk Paint so it would really stand out and also play off the white of their shirts. I try to always choose the colors I alter the chipboard with to be colors that are in the photo. The paper too if I can. This paper was perfect for this photo!

Hope you like this and that I have inspired you to color coordinate your embellishments and background to be an extension of your photo. 

Thanks for stopping by, see you back again in a few weeks.

xx

'Captured' with Lisa Amiet

 Hello all!
It's Lisa here today to share a layout with you.

'Captured'

2Crafty products used:

 

 

'Brick Panel'

'Clock Face Discs'

'Filmstrips Small' 

'Captured Phrase Set'

 

 

 

For this layout, I have used one of the 
'Clock Face Discs'

that I have embossed in white,
 and tucked under the corner of my photo with some florals.  

 

 

I also used a couple of the 'Film Strips Small', 

that I finished in green and aqua colours to match my papers. 
I then tucked them under my photo. 

 

 

I used the 'Captured Phrase Set' for my title,

I left it raw as I felt it matched the 
warmth of the jetty wood in my photo. 

 

 

I also used the 'Brick Panel', 

which I have cut into pieces. 
I finished them in black and used them,
 tucked in and around my layout.  

 

 

I really love how this layout turned out, 
these are some of my favourite memories. 

 I hope that you like it too! 

 

Until next time,

 

Lisa

 

Happiness is this Moment By Charmane Sharp

A special moment in my son’s life, photo shoot before his school ball.

Looking so grown up and ready for his next chapter. I opted for an

Industrial steampunk formal vibe.

2Crafty Chipboard used…

Title- Tranquil Moments and 6x4 Phrase Stick set 5

6x6 Clock Face Frames

Number Panels

Thick Moroccan Panel

Industrial Light Bulbs

Wavey Filmstrip Border

Decorative Pole Border 

Framing the photo with a Clock Face symbolised a moment in time I will 

remember always. In striking black embossing powder it gives a formal

finish. Adding a s,aller one at the bottom to frame the camera on the tripod.

I love the light blue embossing powder on the Phrase Stick with some

screw heads on the ends. Then I cut Tranquil off and the s on the end of

Moments to make my own title. Moment pops in an aqua embossing 

powder.

The Industrial Lightbulbs look fantastic behind my Tim Holtz frame

that I glued acetate to like a window looking into the Lightbulbs. I used

Distress Glaze to colour them so you can see through to let all the details

shine except the filament. Silver embossing powder was applied here to 

add sparkle.

More light Bulbs here with the Moroccan Panel cut apart for some texture 

in my layering. A mixed Navy and white embossed powder was used to 

add some depth.

I added the Number Panel in the corner to add a colour pop underneath the

tripod. I love the Aqua with a little Teal embossing powder sprinkled on top

giving a soft crackle look. Next to it you can see the bottom of the Wavey 

Filmstrip which I embossed with a few shades of brown to give an aged

look for contrast.

Until next time…

Charmane x

 

"Boo" Layout by Marie Sabatier

 Hello everyone,

Wouldn't it be a good idea to kick off November with a Halloween-themed layout?

The new chipboard templates were particularly eye-opening and truly inspired me, which boosted my creativity throughout the project. The photo shows my grandson, Leo, who I personally painted to look spooky (lol).

"Boo"

The chipboard used:

batty-boo

halloween-scary-assortment-set

I start by applying white gesso to each chipboard.

In the background, I added a moon to add visual appeal and contrast to the layout.

I chose this "batty-boo" chipboard, which doesn't really match the emotion of my photo.

But its design captivated me, and I felt it was there.

The chipboards have been embellished with 49 and Market inks.

The colors "Off the rails" "Daffodil" and "Just Peachy" 

Isn’t this black cat too scary on its witch’s broom?

I layer chipboard and papers to create pretty clusters of embellishments.

These Halloween-themed chipboard models are really cool. 

I wish you a good scrap!

Marie

        

"You're Boo-tiful" Layout with Amy Voorthuis

 Good morning lovely 2Crafty friends and Happy Halloween.
How wonderful of you all to stop by the 2Crafty blog. Today I'd like to show you a Halloween layout 2Crafty Chipboards has a lot of amazing Halloween chippies and I used a couple of them on my work. I used a picture that we took last year at a Halloween party. 
Enjoy my post....

You're Boo-tiful "moment":

 Gorgeous 2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Lattice Leaves
      Foliage Set 13      
Grungy Splatter Bits
 12x12 Braches Frame Set
 11" Halloween Frame
You're Boo-tiful Title
Halloween Spider Web Set
Fine Word Set 3

All the chipboard pieces but the lattice leaves & foliage set 13 are altered with black gesso, after that I used a couple of matte and metallique waxes to make it shimmer a little. 

For the other pieces I used two layers white gesso and my amazing alcohol markers in a couple of green tones. I also added some plastic spiders this was such a fun layout to make....

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

Bewitched By Charmane Sharp

Just love this collection so had to scrap some old photos of a past Halloween

when I was a witch. Can't wait for this Halloween to celebrate with my community.

2Crafty Chipboard used…

Title- Bewitched 

Halloween set 3

12x12 Branches Frame set

I pulled my Prima Watercolours out after coating all my pieces in Gesso.

The title was painted white with a light grey on the bottom. I placed the cat

on the side after painting it black.

The Witch from Halloween set 3 was perfect for this layout. I painted

it black, once dry I went over the bottom of her dress and shoes again

to deepen the black and break it up. Then finished with strokes of a 

light grey for her hair to be seen and coloured her broom with brown 

and shades of straw to bring it out as a highlight.

Love the addition of the Cauldron underneath my flowers. I painted

it just like the witch deepening the black on the top and the bottom for contrast.

I cut the large branch into a few pieces to add to my flowers as I love the

 curve it has. Using my grey watercolours I was able to give them an aged

dry wood look perfect for the theme. The cat can be seen better at the top

of this photo too.

I hope you have enjoyed taking a look at my Halloween layout.

Until next time...

Charmane x