March Inspiration by Lisa Griffith

Hello 2 Crafty Chipboard friends!  It's time for me to share my projects this month. As you have seen  with some of the other team members, I also designed a layout for the blog 'Colors Stories and Inspiration' to represent the 2 Crafty Chipboard team.

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'Summer Fun'

2 Crafty chipboard pieces used:

'Polaroid Frames'

'Sharon's Butterflies'

'Film Strip Medium'

'Words Circles Set 2'

I chose Case No. 193 with a beachy feel to it. 

Here is the Case File and please click here to see more of how 

2 Crafty Chipboard's designers solved the case.

As this design was really meant to show off 2 Crafty Chipboard, I kept the 

treatment simple but dramatic with black acrylic paint to really make the 

chipboard pieces pop off the page.

I love the 'Polaroid Frames'! I think they go great with the 'Film Strips'

and really added to my theme.

My second project for this month is a pair of vintage tags.

'Create Art'

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

'Ornate Dragonfly'

'ATC Words 1'

'Hand-Drawn Feathers'

For all of the chipboard pieces I used on my tags, I wanted a rough aged look. So first 

I applied a thick, uneven coat of heavy white gesso and then dried it with my heat gun 

so that the chipboard surface was bubbly, cracked and really textured. Next I painted them

with some Prima 'Art Alchemy' Acrylic Paint in 'Metallique Steampunk Copper' with

a dry brush, and I love how it turned out, they almost looks like a old painted plaster wall.

Same techniques here for the beautiful 'Ornate Dragonfly'. 

I hope I have inspired you a little :) To go modern and fun? 

Or to go delicately vintage and time-worn....

Hugs, Lisa Griffith