Happy New Year - with Linda Eggleton

Hi everyone...wow, it's 2013!!!

Happy New Year!

It's my turn today to share some of my layouts using a variety of
 2crafty chipboard, so lets get right to it.

First up......

"Mayfield House"

A beautiful old house at Oberon, in NSW, that I was lucky enough to visit
on one of their open days back in October.

{Don't forget that you can click on any of the images for a better close up view}

   

There are 5 pieces of fabulous 2crafty chipboard on this layout,

 without it looking overcrowded & cluttered.  The pieces are

 Fencing Wire Panel, Vintage Key, Sybill's Name Plate,

 Skeleton Leaves & Pretty Butterfly

I thought the Vintage Key well suited for my layout....it was first coated in Gesso,

 then some texture paste added with a coat of painted Glimmermist {Sunshine}

 to add some colour to tone in with the rest of the layout...

I then added a row of Kaisercraft Rhinestones to the top of the 

key to finish it off.

I used the smallest  of the Sybill's Name Plate {they come in a pack of 2}

 for the base of my title, which was done in the same way as above,

 replacing the Sunshine glimmermist with Key Lime glimmermist.

For the Skeleton Leaves I simply inked in Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink,

 then swiped gesso randomly over the leaves with my finger. 

 I love the distressed look this gives & these leaves are one of

 my favourite 2crafty pieces :)

The Pretty Butterfly comes in pack of 6, which is great, as one can never 

have too many butterflies in their stash!  To get this effect, it was primed

 in Gesso with some texture paste added...

then painted in Sunshine glimmermist and then I added a few 

rhinestones to the body of the butterfly.

And finally, for the Fencing Wire Panel I cut off random pieces to fit

 above & below my photo....inked them in Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink

then swiped with gesso randomly.

Now for my 2nd layout....

"Always Believe in YOU"

I've used three  2crafty pieces for this layout -

Wrought Iron Decorative Border, Sybill's Name Plate
  & one of the very versatile Doilies

The Wrought Iron Decorative Border is such a classic 

piece of chipboard & I've tried to achieve a vintage wrought iron

 look to it.  To get this effect, I primed it in Gesso mixed with texture paste,

 then I painted it with Slate glimmermist & finished it off with some

 swipes of glimmermist here & there with my finger....

which I think came up quite nicely.

Another close up of the Wrought Iron border

I used the smaller of the 2 Doilies that come in the pack, and cut it into two

 pieces & arranged at either side of my photos.  Again, gesso & texture paste 

as the base, then dabbed with a Copper Acrylic Paint dabber with a light inking

 here & there to finish it off

This is the larger of the two Sybill's Name Plates, and again

 I've used it as the base for my title.

It has the same technique & colour applied as the Wrought Iron border

 for the scrolly bits & then the same as the Doilies

 for the main part of the plate.

Now for my last layout...

"Along the Garden Path"

This was made for the November sketch at C'est Magnifique Kits,

using the gorgeous November kit that I won :)))

The 2crafty pieces on this layout are - Wrought Iron

& some leftover pieces from the Chicken Wire Panel

The gorgeous Wrought Iron piece was simply coated in gesso,

 then painted in Honey Dew glimmermist with a touch of Walnut Stain

 Distress Ink lightly inked randomly.

The same techniques were applied to the Chicken Wire Panel pieces.

  So there you have my first shares for 2013 & I can't wait to share some  more creations with you all again next month :)     Thanks so much for dropping by the 2crafty blog today. To ensure you don't miss out on any of the other DT girls creations,  make sure you become a follower over there on the side bar >>>>>>>>... and also remember  Facebook too,  where the 2crafty page is updated daily.