2 Crafty Chipboard : Two Layouts & an Off-The-Page Project From Helen Tilbury

Hello 2Crafty friends & followers! I hope you are all well & ready to be inspired!! It is HELEN back with you today to share a few projects, starting with a layout inspired by the monthly mood-board challenge over at Prima.

As you can see I managed to use FIVE pieces of gorgeous

2Crafty Chipboard on this page & absolutely love the tactile

addition of it! Let's take a closer look shall we...

I used a couple of TINY LEAFY STEMS that are not that tiny,

as you can see! And they come in a multi-pack so are great value!!

I painted them roughly with some texture paste, using a spatula,

then rubbed some gelato onto some parts & blended with a baby-wipe.

I love the messy look it creates & still seeing parts

of the raw chipboard peeping through!

I used another TINY LEAF STEM coming out from underneath my

stack of papers beneath my photo, using exactly the same technique.

Also notice above that I used the PRECIOUS title & simply pressed

it loosely into my black archival ink pad then rubbed some texture

paste onto it in random places for texture & to brighten it up!

For my "Love"title {Photo Adornment - Love Flourish} I first dabbed it

with texture paste then went over it with a black photo-marker pen

{writes over just about anything!} using some messy/doodly lines

& some cross-hatch shading, to define it, then rubbed in some gold

gelato to soften it up a bit & add some shine.

I also added some gold gelato to my "Precious" sub-title

& adore the lovely glimmer it gives. Not too garish at all

& GOLD is just so IN right now.

To the right of my photo I tucked in an "Edgar Swirl" photo adornment.

I treated it in the same way as my "Precious Love"title & love the

subtle touch it adds. It comes in a double-pack so I have one

left for another project - yay!

A closie of my texture paste/gelato technique...

Both techniques used on this layout shown above.

Have you ever thought about "scratchy-doodling"on your chipboard?!
I want to do it more now - it was fun & looks COOL I think!!

-------------------------- My next project is an OTP {Off-The-Page} project made as a gift for a friend. I was going to make her a canvas but mysteriously "mislaid"ALL my canvases LOL in my studio so used a Ferrero Rocher box instead :) {I have since found the canvases by the way...!!} but the acrylic box worked really well!!

I made use of quite a few pieces of 2Crafty Chipboard on this piece too.

Along the left I have the Elegant flourish - cut into 3 separate pieces,

above & below the photo & also coming down from the edge of the frame.

Then along the right hand side I have used the Madeline Flourish Frame.

For all the chipboard here I have used the same technique, I have first

sponged it with good quality gesso for a smoothish finish, then stamped

freehand {no acrylic block} using my favourite Finnabair stamp from Prima.

My inspiration for this project came from the Prima BAP {sketch} for this month.

It was full of hexagons which is what inspired me to use the hexagon stamp.

Stamping on chippie is a really fun technique & always looks so intricate &

effective yet is super easy :)

Above you can see the elegant flourish on the left & the Madeline Flourish Frame

on the right {well a tiny portion of it!}

I love how the end of the Elegant flourish looks like the butterfly's trail :)

The fencing I've used is also from 2Crafty - Ornate Fence & comes as

a 12"border but of course can be cut up & customised to suit your page.

For continuity I repeated the hexagonal stamping on the background as well

as on the chipboard so that, in parts, it blends in, which I think looks awesome!

In keeping with the movement of the flourish I added some whispy cheesecloth underneath my main quote photo too. This was really SUCH a fun project to create & I cannot WAIT to hand it over!!
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Lastly I am sharing a project that is from a recent Guest Designer gig at Colour, Stories, Inspiration {CSI} a few months ago.