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

 

dream A LITTLE DREAM by Robin Schelin

 Hi everyone. I sharing my first layout for October. 

I love this photo! Just a sweet little girl walking barefoot through a garden. Reminds me of my own girls when they were sweet!! They are all grown up now, and they're great. But as they were growing up, sweetness often times turned sour! Teenagers, if you know what I mean! I do like to remember the sweet times. This photo takes me back.

   dream A LITTLE DREAM

2Crafty Chippies used:

Iron Fence

Foliage Set 15

dream A LITTLE DREAM

I Can't stress enough the importance of priming your chipboard before altering. Raw chipboard is like a sponge, it just soaks up the medium you use. It could become weak, and sometimes you will get a darker color than you intended it to be. I know, I have messed up my fair share of chipboard before learning this trick! Gesso is my go to, but any paint primer will do as well.

On the upper left of the photo, I tucked in a piece from the Foliage Set 15. These little gems have become one of my favorites for adding a little "extra" in my flower clusters. They're small, and they fit perfectly. All I did here was to paint it with Sheepskin Chalk Paint. 

I love the Iron Fence. I don't know if you've noticed, but on the upper right in the photo, there's an Iron Fence! So using this on the sides of the photo was a no brainer. I like to use the photo itself, if I can, for inspiration as to which chipboard I use. 

I cut the fence in half so I could use it on both sides of the photo. I painted it with a mixture of Pewter, Bronze and Black Acrylic Paint.

Here is the other half of the Iron Fence on the right of the photo. Using it this way creates flow in the design. I'm all about the 'big picture' when scrapbooking. Here I tried to create a scene around the photo, sort of like painting a picture.

On the bottom of the flower cluster coming down from the fence on the right, I added another piece from the Foliage Set 15. This was to compliment the other cluster on the top left. You really can't go wrong with these little chippies! They add interest wherever they go!

 I struggled with what color to paint the title, dream A LITTTLE DREAM. But then I decided that even though it doesn't exactly go with the colors in the layout, per se, I would paint it the same colors as the  phrase strips on the upper right on the photo. This way all of the words are the same. I've never really done it this way before, but it works.

I painted the word "dream" with a blend of Parisian Gray, Oatmeal, and Adirondack White Chalk Paint. I love the Chalk paints. They give such a smooth finish. The rest of the title, 'A LITTLE DREAM', was painted with black Gesso.

Well, that's it for me today. I hope you like this layout and that I have inspired you. I'll be back in a few weeks with another layout to share with you using our favorite 2Crafty Chipboard! 

Until then

xx