'Hello beautiful' by Tammy Klingner

Hi there chippy fans,

Tam here today, I've popped in to share my latest layout titled:

"Hello beautiful Hahndorf"

For those who follow my work, you know I am all about COLOUR, and usually the brighter the better!  Today I wanted to challenge myself and add some softer tones.

I spent a recent weekend in the Adelaide Hills in a gorgeous town called Hahndorf.  It's quaint and authentic and we were lucky enough to visit as the leaves had begun to turn.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Hello beautiful title'

'Autumn leaves'

'6" revolution frame'

'Amelia flower stems large'

'Amelia flower stems small'

I painted the 'Amelia flower stems large' and the 'Amelia flower stems small' with white gesso and then added white acrylic paint.

I wanted them to be really fresh and white.

I then added them in underneath the cluster of flowers.

To finish them off, I added a touch of doodling to them using a black gel pen.

I repeated this process for the '6" revolution frame' to get it a vivid white.

I didn't add any doodling to this, I just used it as a frame around the photos.

I also completed the above process on the 'Autumn Leaves', however to finish them off, I stamped with a script stamp over the top.

I absolutely love how this looks!

Soft and yet textured and interesting.

I added these leaves to the flower cluster and also placed them on the layout so they looked like they were falling.

I did this to emphasise the Autumn feel.

As this page is soft and contains pastel tones, I wanted my title to be soft and yet still be a focal point of the layout.

I coated it in white gesso and then added some watercolours to the words.

I love how the watercolours have dried with an ombre effect.

I also love that the different fonts are in different colours.

I love that about 2Crafty chippy titles.

There you have it.

I'll pop back again a bit later in the month with more inspiration.

Until then you can see my on my blog.

Lots of creative love

xxx

Flower Power - with Emma

Hi all, Emma with you today on the blog.

Today my inspo is flowers, now flowers are never really a go to for me.
 I will add one or 2 to a layout but never many. I had fun with it this concept and this layout.

In saying that, this layout actually feels very floral for me. ;)

Here are the chippy pieces I used.....

Amelia flower stems small

Decorative Rod set 2

Spring Flower Bunches

I kept the Chipboard nice and simple, I find this really makes them a feature otherwise I think they can get lost a bit.

I painted them with a metallique acrylic paint, then once dry rubbed up to 3 different Art Alchemy wax’s over the top to add slight contrast and shine.

I love how the chipboard just shines.

I hope this layout inspires a little and you get a chance to scrap too. 

I will see you all again soon. 

Em xx

Cherish layout by Marie Claude Rodier

Hello 2Crafty fans!

This month, 2Crafty is guest designing on the CSI Colors Stories Inspiration blog. 

After being part of CSI design team for more than 2 years, I was very happy to solve a brand new case as guest designer. Cases are always so fun to work with!!!

 I chose case #272 for this layout.

 

The whimsical characters of the image immediately caught my attention. 

I dug into my stash of photos looking for a fun photo of my kids that would fit this case.

After finding my picture, I chose the color scheme, leaves and winter theme as my main elements. I also added splatters and of course, 2Crafty chipboard as wood elements.

As I wanted a winter theme, I used a monochromatic color scheme except for a few touches of burgundy, moss green and light denim.

As always, I started by applying white gesso on all my chippies.
This way, the embossing powders colors applied on top are vibrant.

I used an olive embossing powder to cover 4" mandala no.1.
One layer is enough of cover it up nicely.

Amelia Flowers stems were embossed with a light moss green powder.
Their silver reflection compliments the winter accent of my layout.

Finally, the Cherish title, part of Fine Word set 1, was embossed with a sparkling vanilla powder,
one of my all time favorite embossing powder!

2Crafty Product used

Fine Word set 1
4" Mandala no.1
Amelia Flower stems

Until next time, I wish you a very happy scrappy time.

XX

"You Make Me Happy" Canvas by Bec Genet

Hi all. Today I'm here to share a canvas I made, while this canvas may look complicated it was actually very simple to make.
 To make it all I needed was 6 pieces of chipboard, 9 flowers and 1 water colour paint set.

The 2Crafty Chipboard I used was:

You Make me Happy title

6" Circle revolution frames

Amelia Flower Stem Large

Chloe's Vines

Film Strip Medium

I used the Prima watercolour set Woodlands to colour my canvas and chipboard pieces. I just added the watercolour straight onto the raw chipboard. I like how the colour soaks in unevenly to the  give a variation in colour to each piece of chipboard. 

 

The 6" Circle revolution frames (Only half of the medium circle was used) and the Film Strips medium were coloured with the black watercolour from the set. 

 The You Make me Happy title, Amelia Flower Stem Large and Chloe's Vines were coloured in a teal watercolour. I wanted the title to be a little lighter so it would stand out, to do this I added some white gesso to it.

Thanks for dropping by

 

Beautiful Spooktober by Sabrina

Hello 2Crafty friends,

For this month of "Spooktober", I've prepared a layout featuring myself with the
 halloween costume I wore last year to go trick or treating with my kids. I wanted to
 prepare a themed layout that would not overdo the halloween theme so it would
still look good when the time for spiced pumpkin lattes had passed.

In the background, for the "Curly Feathers", I applied orange ink then traced the 

contour with black ink. On the "Grid Panel", visible at the top, I used black matte paint.

I applied orange ink on the "Halloween Frame", then applied black embossing ink,

 and finally put a final coat of orange metallic embossing ink on top. On the title,

 "beautiful", I applied black embossing powder.

For the "Amelia Flower Stems", I used silver embossing powder

 and then applied black embossing ink on top of it.

2Crafty Chipboards used...

Amelia Flower Stems (m00768)

Curly Feathers (m00655)

Grid Panel (m00723)

Halloween Frame (fr0084)

Beautiful Loopy Font (w00047)

That is all for today, I wish you a very happy halloween!

 Enjoy the spooky times and stay creative!

 See you soon with more inspiration ideas.

'Adore' layout by Hetty Hall

Hi there and welcome to the 2Crafty blog,

 Hetty with you today!

'Adore'

Today I would like to share with you this layout using a number of awesome
 2Crafty Chipboard 
 I also included some progress photos, but first some close ups and product information.

2Crafty Chipboard Products:

- Amelia Flower - Small

- Amelia Flower - Large

- Beaded Hanging Hearts

-Mini Word Set 2

- Decorative Rod Set

Papers, flowers and Laser Cuts are from 49 and Market.

As per usual I used lots of layers, I love the dimension it creates.

I used a really fun technique on the 'Amelia Flower' chippie which I will explain below.

Close up of the finished effect on the chipboard.

Below is a photo tutorial of how my page came together.

So I started off with adding some cheese cloth to my background paper and
 gluing it down in random places scrunching it up as I went.

Next I added two coats of heavy white gesso to my chipboard,
 drying it off with the heat gun.

Once dry I added three different opal magic colours in
 random areas using the dry brush technique.

I then dried the paint with my heat gun which made it bubble

 and melt to create this awesome texture.

Next I added both chipboard pieces to my layout on top of some layered photo matts. 

The papers are layered with pieces of cardboard to create dimension.

I used some copper embossing powder on the 'Decorative Rod' and 

white on the sentiment and 'Beaded hanging Heart'

Finishing it off by adding all my other elements like flowers 

and laser cuts, some art stones and prills.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Until next time.....

Hugs

Hetty