January Inspirations - by Lilibleu

" Sweet Dreams"

Hello everyone!

Today, it's my turn to present my January projects. For these two pages I decided to
 share with you universes I adore. I am a big fan of fantasy, dream and magic, 
steampunk, everything that invites you to travel into other worlds.

  I like to search for photos or images on pinterest that inspire me a lot in my work, just like those I used with both of my projects of this month : Sweet Dreams and Living the Dream.

The "Ivy's Squares" chipboard is painted with metallic paint in different 

colors so that it fits in well in my project.

The "Cassie's Flourishes" item is a marvel. I painted it in metallic green 

 so that it blends in while remaining visible.

The "Sweet Dreams" title has a good size, as you can see in the photo. I really like big titles, I think they do embellish projects. To highlight it, I embossed it with black powder.

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

- Giant Gears

- Cassie's Flourishes

- Ivy's Squares

- Sweet Dreams 

"Living The Dream"

For this second project, I chose a black and white photo that contrasts with the

 background of my page. I loved this picture of this little chess knight that 

turns into a beautiful horse through its shadow.

The "Living the Dream" title is simply embossed with white powder to make it

 very visible. The "View Finders" element under the title is painted green. 

It is slipped between papers to give volume to my project.

I also used the very pretty "Ornate Buckles" element that I embossed with 

black powder to make it stand out. I like its delicate shape.

I added some elements embossed with golden powder to bring some shiny 

aspects to my project: Film Strips Small and Steampunk Gears Medium.

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

- Ornate Buckles

- Film Strips Small

- View Finders

- Steampunk Gears Medium

- Living the Dream 

See you next month !!

Lilibleu xx

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.