August Inspiration Canvas "Super Hero" by Marie Sabatier

For my creation today I chose to make a painting.

This little hero is a little man that I mind, too cute!

I left a color photo that I modified in black and white to have only the sign
 of superman in color.

I used a canvas of 46 X 26.6 centimeters

I applied a coat of white gesso and a black acrylic paint with a spatula.

I worked the background with:

- a stencil and structural mortar that I tinted with blue ink

- stamped with an embossing pad to emboss in warm white

- added a perforated adhesive tape

The chipboards are all coated with embossing powder, choosing the

 colors that are associated with Superman, red, yellow and blue.

Love the shiny finish the embossing powder gives the chipboard.

To finish off I've added Art Stones, adding another texture to the canvas.

The 2Crafty Chipboard used :

- My lil' Super Hero

- Everyday Moments

- Mini Squiggly bits

- Light bulbs

- Wordcircles

- ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

Thank you very much for your visit

See you soon !

April Inspiration by Katja/Mezzanotte PLUS a VIDEOTUTORIAL

"Floral Groovy ATC Cards"

Hi there!

Do you trade ATC cards with crafters? I love to trade these lovely small cards with my
 crafty friends. I think that they give me so much inspiration. Also when you trade it can
 be a good memory from scrapbooking crops and events.

I have made ATC's with colors and at the same time they have a little touch of vintage.

The ATC Cards are 2.5" x 3.5"

I really love these flower chipboards, " Groovy Flowers"
 and they are my focal point on the ATC cards.

This set with "Tiny Hearts and Stars" are really useful and in the set there are
so many so I can use them on many projects.

  

The chipboard is painted with gesso and also on the top some golden wax.

The "Lacey Border Set" makes a good match to the "Groovy Flowers".

These words for ATC -"ATC Word Set 1" are useful on many projects.

 I have used Rainbow colors from 13 arts.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO

2Crafty chipboard used

Groovy Flowers

ATC Mini word set 1

Tiny Hearts and Stars  Set

Lacey Border Set

"My Happy Son"

In this photo my son looks really happy. And I am happy for him, because he lives a good life.

 Three days ago he had his 25th birthday. Many congratulations to my son.

Around this photo I  have  "Frame Loopy Love Hearts" I like it when its sparkling.

The word happy comes from the set "Arrow Word Set" and its perfect here,
 and with golden embossing powder, I really love it.

I have some "Leafy Twig Branches" that stick out under the photo and the frame.

 This 12 inch border "Wrought Iron Border" makes a contrast to golden chipboards.
 I have embossed it with shiny black embossing powder.

2Crafty chipboard used:

Wrought Iron Border

Leafy Twig Branches

Arrow Word Set

Frame Loopy Love Hearts

"Thank you Card"

I enjoy making cards with vintage pictures. So have some and I also needed a card to give to friend.

Have made the background paper by self with distress ink and some stamps.

Here you can see how the  "Addys Butterflies" has landed on the card.
 

The butterflies have gesso, acrylic paint, glitter and embossing powder on them.

The frame " Lucy´s Flourish", is beautiful, so I didnt want to fill the card with to much decorations.

The text on the card Thank You comes from a useful set "6x6 Mixed Sentiment Card Words".

   

2Crafty chipboard used:

Addy´s Butterflies

6x6 Mixed Sentiment Card Words

Lucy´s Flourish

Thanks for stopping by.

xoxo Katja/Mezzanotte

Tammy's March Shares

Good morning 2Crafties!

It's my turn to share today, and I'm excited about it as I've got two
completely different layouts to show you.

First up is....

"Just the 3 of Us"

This one is a bright, colourful one.  You may have worked out by now that I adore colour!

In this layout I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Just the 3 of us title"

"6" Revolution Frame"

"Assorted Arrows"

I painted some of the "Assorted Arrows" black and also my title "Just the 3 of Us" black too. 

I find this grounds them, and allows them to pop against the bright colours.

I painted the "6 " Revolution Frames" orange.

 I went with orange as it contrasts well with the background.

I used the large one to frame my photo, and the smaller ones I tucked underneath
 my layers, making sure some of them were poking out.

A happy, bright page celebrating myself and my 2 kiddos and how much we love being together.

My second layout is titled:

"Make a Difference"

This one is much softer than my usual style, although I couldn't help adding black to give it contrast.

The theme of this layout is a serious one - it's all about my passion
 for preventing and reducing violence against women.

This inspired the hearts, the title and the soft colour palette.

For this layout I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard pieces:

"Make a Difference title"

"Drawn Heart Frame"

"Heart Clumps"

"Fine Leafy Bush"

"ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars"

I painted the "Drawn Heart Frame" and the "Make a Difference title" black, 

as I wanted these to 'pop' against the soft colours.

I painted the "Fine Leafy Bush" white. 

 I then cut off the little clusters and poked these in around the flowers.

 I embossed the "Heart Clumps" with a gorgeous cream emboss powder,

 which has a hint of pink and gold in it. So pretty!

I then painted some hearts from the "ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars" in a

 soft pink paint.  I scattered these randomly on the layout.

 You will notice this layout moves from the top left corner, down to the bottom right corner. 

This creates movement through the page.

I used the frame and the clusters of embellishments to draw the eye into the photo.

Well that's it from me today.

I hope this inspired you.

You can check out my blog HERE.

Tam

xxx