Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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

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