"Merry Christmas" Two Non - Traditional Christmas Cards 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 two mixed media Christmas cards made with some handmade flowers & premade flowers and some amazing Christmas chipboard pieces 2Crafty offers .....enjoy my post!

Two Non-Traditional Christmas Cards:

 Gorgeous 2Crafty Chipboard used:
Merry Xmas Words
Celebration Swirls
Crystal Snowflakes
Holly Twig Branches
 Santa Gnomes Set 1 
Swirly Holly Set
Wintery Snowflake Set

All the chippies are treated with white gesso, then on the holly twig branches I used two different colors of acrylic paints & some matte wax in a white color. Those cute little gnomes are altered with my amazing auqa and alcohol markers loved to colors those cuties. 

For the snowflakes I only added some white acrylic paint and the rest of the chippies are altered with my markers in like a green shade to fit my flowers.

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.... 
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Amy's Pretty Papers

Hello - Laura Gilhuly

Hi everyone!
I am back today to share a fun and bright layout of our oldest son!

 

                      2Crafty Products Used;

Word Circle Set 1
6" Ariels Spray Border
Sequins Negative

After prepping all the chipboard pieces with white gesso I used gelatos.
I used a combination of mango and banana on the sequin negatives and title ones and a combo of green and pistachio on the sprays.  I coloured the pieces, applied a spritz of water then using my finger I rubbed the pieces to achieve the look I wanted.

Once the pieces were dry I inked the edges with brown ink then used an embossing pad and clear embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by

'Good day 2016' layout by Rachael Funnell

 

Hello everyone!

Rach back with you today my most  recent I have created 

and of course I have added some 2 Crafty Chipboard

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

Line Words - Happiness 

2016

Palm Tree Cluster

Palm Trees Set 2

I have kept it relatively simple with the treatment to the chipboard with this layout

 all pieces have been given a nice thick coat of gesso.

Let's start with my title an oldie but a goodie... Good Day - Line Word from the 

Line Words - Happiness pack and as you can see in this close up & left some of this raw.

Next up is the 2016 I did add some colour by using 

 the TH - Distress Speckled egg (pale blue)

Lastly the Palm Tree cluster I have on the right side of my photo, where I have used the

Palm Tree Cluster & the smallest Palm from the Palm Trees Set 2

Once the gesso had dried, randomly Inking the Palm Tree Cluster

with the same pale blue I used for 2016...

And for the  smallest palm tree randomly inked 

with this med blue using TH - Distress Prize Ribbon...

As always I hope I have inspired you in some way

Thanks for stopping by

 

sweet Moment by Robin Schelin

 Hi everyone. So glad you stopped by the blog. 

Today's layout features a photo of a sweet little girl that I found when I was cruising around Pinterest. I thought she was just beautiful and thought she deserved to the scrapped....by ME!!! 

So that's it, no story, no relation, just a photo that captured my interest. Hope you like it!

 sweet  Moment

2Crafty goodness used:

Word Circle Set 1

Fencing Wire

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

Frame Lace Hearts

Sweet Moment

Be sure to prime those chippies before you add your paint, inks, waxes, embossing, or whatever you use to alter them!  I like Gesso, only because I haven't found anything else that does as good a job. 

I backed the photo with one of the hearts from the Frame Lace Hearts set. The set comes with this piece and a solid chipboard heart as well. For this layout, I only used the frames. I painted the lace with a blend of Sheepskin and Oatmeal Chalk Paint. On the rim of the heart I used Metallic Copper Chalk Paint. Because it's an ultra matte chalk paint, it's not metallic at all! But the color is nice anyway.

I filled in the inside of the heart with a piece of the Fencing Wire. This was painted with Champagne from the Prima Shimmering Lights Watercolor Set.

The smaller heart on the bottom of the photo was altered exactly the same way as the top one. 

For the title, I chose the word 'sweet' from the Word Circle Set 1, and the word 'Moment' from the Sweet Moment title. I decided to do the title this way because I like the look of 2 different fonts. I simple painted them with White Adirondack Chalk Paint and glued them to the Wire Fencing inside the Frame Lace Heart.

Here on the bottom, as well as at the top, I placed a few of the hearts from the ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars. These were painted with Metallic Copper Chalk Paint, the same as the rims of the larger hearts.

I hope you have been inspired by this layout. If you don't have many good quality photos, or any recent photos (I have asked my kids and grandkids for photos....Crickets!) take a stroll online. There are many places to get free, good quality photos. I know scrapping is about preserving family memories. But I have been scrapping for over 20 years and have used all the photos I had, many times. So, I do what I can to keep myself creating art.

Take care, see you back right here in a few weeks.

xx

"HallOweeN NigHt" Layout by Marie Sabatier

 Hello everyone,

Here is my second creation for October. As Halloween approaches, I chose to use this chipboard 'Halloween frame' to create a layout featuring a photograph of my grandson with my
 grand-niece taken last year.

 Of course, this photo is not scary at all, but it’s so cute!

"HallOweeN NigHt"

The chipboard used:

halloween-night
11-halloween-frame

Only two relatively large chipboard templates were used. I begin by embellishing the "Halloween Frame" chipboard. A layer of white gesso is applied, then a foam pad is used to irregularly rub in Distress Oxide ink in "black soot."

For the "Halloween Night" chipboard, I successively applied different colors — purple, orange, and black—using a foam applicator. I love the result. Part of the chipboard was placed in the photo, precisely at the legs of the little niece, to highlight this area.

Here, another close-up to admire this magnificent frame.

Featuring a set of embellishments from 49 and Market's "Curiosities in Willow Grove" collection.

I enjoyed designing this layout and hope it inspires you. 

If some chipboard models are not available at your retailer, they can be accessed directly on the site https://2crafty.com.au/

Marie

          

Rust & Rose Cards by Tania Ridgwell

 Hello there! 

Tania joining you today to share the last of my DT projects for October.  

 I have created a set cards for my second share.

2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

*Card - Word Circle Set - Happy Birthday

*Foliage Set 15

*6" Doily Border

*Frame Doilies

I created each of my card bases using the gorgeous new Mintay "Rust & Rose" Paper Collection. 

I coloured the Happy Birthday, Frame Doily & Doily Border chippie pieces with Heidi Swapp Raspberry Color Shine Spray.   I then used Heidi Swapp Mustard Color Shine Spray to colour the Foliage chippie pieces.  

To construct each of the cards I added either a Frame Doily which I cut in half or the Doily Border chippies to each.  I then embellished them paper blooms. I tucked in the Foliage chippies amongst the blooms and finished each card with a chippie Sentiment from the Card - Word Circle Set - Happy Birthday.

See each card below.

Thats' all from me today, I hope I have inspired you all a little with my Rust & Rose Cards.

  Until next time thanks so much for stopping by.

Tania xx

"Whats A Girl To Do"Mixed Media LayoutBy Di Garling

Hi there, thanks for stopping by the blog.

Today I have a mixed media layout to show

 you that I had lots of fun creating !!

2Crafty Chipboard Used....

"Whats A Girl To Do"- title

"Frame Jenna"

"Mini Flourish Bits" Pack

"Lattice Leaves" Pack

"Ariels Spray"

Naturally I have used lot of our favourite 2Crafty chipboard to decorate it.

For the title & also the little "Lattice Leaves" I simply painted them with

a coat of black acrylic paint, tooo easy.

I have used this gorgeous "Äriels Spray" to kind of underline

my title. This is such a beautiful chipboard piece!!

All the flourishes, frame & Ariels Spray were coloured in a lovely

patchy kind of way using Dylusions Sprays.

Little Tip...Use white acrylic paint to basecoat these chippie pieces

& NOT gesso as gesso & Dylusions are not very compatible. It fades the

colour right out where as the white acrylic paint doesn't !!

To frame my photo & help to draw the eye in, I have cut up the 

little "Jenna Flourish Frame" as well as mixing in some pieces of the

"Mini Flourish Bits" & placed the pieces around my photo
& it all worked perfectly together to do the job.

I had also used the Dylusions to colour up my flowers too.

Got to love a bit of mixed media, & how nice do those little black

"Lattice Leaves" look when teamed with the bright coloured flowers !!

Well that’s all I have to show you today.

I will be back soon with some more inspiration.

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