December inspiration by Kavitha

Hello 2crafty fans,

Kavitha here today with my last post for 2crafty.
Its always a sad moment to step down from the team, I have worked a little more than a year

with 2Crafty, and its been one of the best teams ever and I had a great time working with

the gorgeous chippies.

I absolutely love the range and quality of the Chipboards.
Big thanks to everyone for encouraging me throughout the journey.

"Magical" - Winter canvas

For my first project I made a festive winter canvas.

After preparing my canvas with light paste+ snowflake paste for a change

I glued down my chipboard pieces to the base first.
 I cut up Xmas Star Spray into two pieces and used on either side of the canvas
 and also added two pieces of Leafy Rounds to construct the overall composition.
I coated them with thick layer of heavy white gesso, I just dabbed them so that I get
 a nice texture on

the chipboard. 

Now I colored my canvas with teal and grey color bloom sprays.

Once it dried I mixed white gesso+snowflake paste and dry brushed it over

the chipboards partially to highlight it from the base.

Among the layers I added a piece of Decorative disc, Bird House and finished off 

with the Fine Words "Magical".
Everything is painted with white gesso +snowflake paste mix.

I glued down some Tiny stars to the background randomly from the ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars.

I painted them with white gesso and sprinkled some teal glitter while the gesso is still wet.

2Crafty chipboard used:

Decorative Disc Set  1

Leafy Rounds

Corner Xmas Star Spray 

ATC Bird House

Fine Word Set 2

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

"Beauty" - Layout

For my next project I made a layout using Kaisercraft "Wandering ivy" collection.

The "Ivy clusters" chipboard design perfectly goes with this collection.

 All my chipboard pieces are heat embossed with different color embossing powders.

I also used the Flower Doilies and Frankie's Frame behind the photo. 

Two pieces of Ivy Cluster hanging down towards the bottom of the page from the photo.

 I added a couple of Addy's Butterflies and finished off with the Mini word "Beauty".

2Crafty Chipboard Used
Mini Word set 1

Addy's Butterflies

Frankie's Frame

Ivy Clusters 

Thank you for stopping by.

August Layouts by Debbi Tehrani

We've Been Friends Forever

Hi, 2Crafty fans! I"m here to share a couple of layouts with you today. 

My friend Laurie is a little camera shy, so I was so happy to have a recent snapshot with her.
 We've been friends forever--well, since high school anyway! I made this page for her birthday.

To frame the photo, I used the "Chained Circle Frames." First, I coated the chipboard
with gesso. I didn't have any paint or ink in a color to match my papers, so I mixed up a
 bunch of different watercolor paints until I got a matching color and painted the circle.
For some reason, it wasn't wanting to dry, and I was getting impatient, so I sprinkled
some clear embossing powder and heat embossed it. 

For my title, I used words from two different sets, "Friendship Mini Word Pack" and
 "Mini Word Set 2." I used black embossing powder for the "forever" and mixed up
different watercolor paints for the friends, and used clear embossing powder over that."

I wanted the detailing to show up on the "Mini Camera," so I used a silver leafing pen by Krylon.

I echoed the checkered tile floor in my photograph with the 2Crafty  

"Checkerboard Clumps," which I colored with a paintbrush dipped into

 Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine spray, which gave it a little shimmer. 

I used the silver leafing Krylon pen on the "Light Bulb" to preserve the lovely etched detail.

 The little heart, from "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars" was treated the same as the word "Friends." The arrow from the "Asst Arrows" was cut off in the closeup photograph (you can see it in my layout above). I left it white from the gesso coating it.

2Crafty Products used on this layout:

Chained Circle Frames

Friendship Mini Word Pack

Mini Word Set 2

Checkerboard Clumps

Mini Cameras

Light Bulbs

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

Asst Arrows

Hello Sweet Home

My niece and her husband just bought their first home, so I thought I'd make a page
 for them to commemorate this important milestone. I used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches:

I just love the new lovely loopy "Hello" and wanted to make it a focal point of my page. 

It looks enormous on my page because I scrap 8 x 8, but I love how big it looks--

it makes a statement! I coated all my chipboard with gesso, as I almost always do when

 I set out to make a page because I'm never sure how I'm going to treat the chipboard.

 I used two colors of stamp ink to coat the Hello. I also used stamp ink on the word

"sweet," which" was from the "Friendship Mini Word Pack," and then I used a

 tiny polka dot stamp with gray stamp ink to give it a little texture. 

I left the birdhouse with the gesso coating and then colored in the entrance hole with a

 teal marker and used stamp ink and a paintbrush to color the roof. The little bird was 

coated with blue stamp ink, and then added their address on top. The bird and house are

 from the "Birdhouse" set.

The leaves poking out above the flower were snipped from the "Tiny Leaf Stems."

  I also used several shades of stamp ink to color them.

The key, which came from the "Keyholes and Locks" sheet, was coated with silver

embossing powder. The little hearts are from the "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars," and I 

treated them the same as I did the word "sweet" in my title.

To echo the doily I used, I chose a piece from the lovely "Lacy Border Set" at the
 top of my page and left it with just the gesso coating.

2Crafty Products Used on this layout:

Hello

Friendship Mini Word Pack

Birdhouse

Tiny Leaf Stems

Keyholes and Locks

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

Lacy Border Set

A Fond Farewell

I'd like to share an extra layout on which I used the fabulous 2Crafty filmstrip.

I made this page for the current challenge at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration.

I used the "Small Filmstrip," coated with a lovely glittery embossing powder,

 to fulfill the filmstrip clue in the Case File.

Thank you so much for stopping by to look at my pages. I hope I've given you
some ideas for using the awesome 2Crafty chipboard!

May Inspiration Projects by Jaya Raghuvanshi

Hello 2Crafty fans! Today I want to share with you all these two projects I created using the gorgeous 2Crafty chippies.
"Smile"

My first project is a mixed media layout. I used some soft and pastel colors here.

Some close ups-

Cut up pieces of the Bubbly Reed Panel, and some of the very cute ATC
 Tiny Hearts and below the ATC Birdhouse and Bird.

The chipboard is given a coat of white acrylic paint and then I gave some splatters of colors.

 After drying them with heat gun,I used some ink and stamped using script stamp.

The Bubble Reed background chipboard has been cut into parts and used here & there..    2Crafty Chipboards used- Bubbly Reed panel Card circles set 1 ATC Tiny Hearts and stars Birdhouse  

"Altered Box"

My second project is this Altered Trinket box

Some close ups-

I painted my chippies in shades of gold,plum,blue etc and then outlined them using 

white gel pen. I also stamped on them using archival ink.

I have used the following chippies - Frame round Ornate Handdrawn feathers Turkish lattice panel

I hope you were inspired here today!

See you again next month!

June Layouts by Debbi Tehrani

"Dumb and Dumber"

My friend Tracee Provis is visiting me from the U.K. for three weeks. 

We're both scrappers, so we're always on the lookout for fun photo ops. 

My local craft store was happy to oblige!

I found lots of awesome 2Crafty pieces to suit the mood of this layout. 

I used the Circle Stack as a starting framework for my layout 

and inked it with black Archival Stamp Ink. 

I tucked frames the Polaroid Assortment Frames set into my photo clusters. 

I embossed the frames with white embossing powder

 and then used a black pen to outline them. 

Goofy eye brads added a touch of fun. 

The orange arrow, which was dabbed with orange ink 

and also outlined with black pen, is from the Assorted Arrows set. 

Three metal dots added a bit of interest to the arrow.

The Bubble Clumps were a perfect element to add whimsy to this page. 

I used Alpha Set 1 for my title, inking it with black stamp ink 

and then outlining it with a white gel pen. 

A larger Polaroid Frame fit the bill for holding the ampersand in my title.

2Crafty has a bunch of different arrow sets, and I used a whisical Doodled Arrow 

to point to the goofy picture of me. That piece was inked in two different colors 

to match my paper and then embossed 

with clear embossing powder to give it some shine.

 Finally, I used a Tiny Film Strip in the corner to balance out my page.

2Crafty products used on this layout:

Circle Stack

Polaroid Assortment Frames

Assorted Arrows

Bubble Clumps

Alpha Set 1

Doodled Arrows

Film Strips Tiny

"Happy Time"

This is another layout I recently made using 2Crafty chipboard. This was made for CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration, using this Case File:  

  I used a Clock Face Frame embossed with platinum embossing powder.  The adorable Birdhouse, inked in yellow and sanded,  along with the accompanying bird painted in blue, was a perfect accompaniment.  

  For my title, I used a "Happy" from the Birthday Sentiments,  and used navy embossing powder to give it some happy shine. 2Crafty Products used on this page: 6" Clock Face Frames Birdhouse Birthday Sentiments 

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my pages. 

I hope I gave you some ideas for using the beautiful 2Crafty chipboard.