A Moment Captured - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
I have 2 sons and a husband so I create a lot of masculine layouts to celebrate their relationships!
This is my hubby and our youngest working on the Ty's truck. 
 They are always tinkering or working on things together.

2Crafty products used:

A Moment Captured

Steampunk Gears Medium

Circle Stack

Mini Checkerboard bits

Mini Sampler

After covering the paper with clear gesso I applied texture paste with a stencil then used orange brusho powder, Parisian Rosewood artisan powder and Winter Frost distress stain mist to color the paper. 

I applied the same stencil/paste to the die cut circles.  I wanted the chipboard to reflect the grungy feel I was trying to accomplish.   I covered all the chipboard pieces with white gesso then I took the orange brusho powder and the rosewood powder and sprinkled the powders on my craft mat, spritzed with water then painted the pieces.  I added some more powders directly on the pieces then more water to add more vibrancy.

After I dried all the pieces I inked the edges with brown ink

For the title I covered in white gesso then sprayed with the Winter Frost distress stain heat set then applied it a few more times in spots to achieve the look I wanted.

Thanks for stopping by

Delight in the every Momentby Tammy Klingner

Hi there creative folk!

Tam here today to share my latest chipboard creation....

'Delight in Every Moment'

Love the way those rainbow butterflies pop against the black!!

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Anthea's Butterflies'

'Fine and Fancy Butterfly Set'

'Polaroid Assortment Frames'

*NEW* 'Delight in Every Moment Title' 

To create that rainbow effect on both 'Anthea's butterflies' and 'Fine and Fancy Butterfly Set', I firstly coated them with white gesso.

Once dry, I added watercolours to colour them, and I worked in a striped fashion.

The colours bled together a tiny bit, but this just adds to the gorgeous effect.

I did need to do a couple of coats to get the boldness in the colours.

If you know my work, you know I LOVE COLOUR!!

I coated the 'Polaroid Assorted Frame' in acrylic paint and then swiped some wipe paint around the edges.

Simple yet effective.

As I had so much colour going on, I decided to keep my 'Delight in Every Moment title' simple and white.

It pops off the page.

I love the fineness in the title font - it's a NEW one!

I hope this colourful layout has inspired you today.

Here's my Blog if you'd like to take a look at some more colourful creations.

Much creative love

Tam

xxx

Tammy's April Shares......PLUS VIDEO Tutorial

Hi 2Crafty fans.

This month I'm sharing two layouts, and one includes a VIDEO layout!

So let's start with that one.

It's titled...

"Living the Dream"

Yep lots of colour!!!

This photo was taken on our recent family trip to the USA, specifically in Houston.
 Oh how I loved this wall!!

 2Crafty Chipboard Used..

"Circle Stack Frames"

"Stars"

"ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars"

"Chevron Bits"

"Living the dream title"

I painted the "Living the Dream" title black. 

I also painted some of the "Stars" black too, plus a few of the gorgeous little stars in the

 "ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars".

Some of these starts I then applied Glossy Accents to give them a resin like finish.

As I was working with a lot of bright colour, I wanted to add quite a bit of black to my layout.

This gave it a 'grungy' feel rather than a rainbow feel, and also really grounded the page.

I painted some of the "Circle Frames" in a lime and vibrant blue.

To grunge these up a little, I added some random stamping with black ink.

I painted some of the "Chevron Bits" in orange, and then added 

some black ink to keep with the grunge feel.

Here's the link to the process VIDEO so you can watch how my layout came together.....

You will see I changed my mind on colours as I went!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO

"A Moment Captured"

Another bright layout.

 2Crafty Chipboard Used:

"Circular Panel"

"Trudi's Vine"

"A Moment Captured Title"

"ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars"

I just love that floral border called "Trudi's Vine". 

 I painted this black and placed it down the left side of my layout.

It's just gorgeous!

I also painted the "A Moment Captured title" in black.

I cut out some circles from the "Circular Panel" and painted some in pink and 

some in yellow to go with the colour theme of my layout.

I also painted some of the little hearts from the

 "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars"  pack in pink and yellow too.

This is quickly becoming one of my favourite pieces of chippy,

and is appearing on most of my layouts. 

I love how they fill in those little spots and bring the layout together.

I added the painted chippy around the vine piece and then added more embellishments -

 flowers, brads, tags, quotes, acrylic pieces, and flairs.

I have used a flair and some cool musical quotes and 

acrylic music notes all from Kit the Habit.

Well that's it from me!

I hope you enjoy my bright, colourful and fun layouts.

If you'd like to see more of my work you can visit my Blog HERE.