Let’s Explore By Marie Claude Rodier

Hello,

For this layout, I went outside my shabby confort zone and opted for a soft steampunk inspiration.
I dug into my 2 Crafty stash for gears and chained elements.
Final result is halfway my usual style and something new and different. I really like it.

Let’s Explore

Let’s Explore final look is from a multi-layered process of metallic black, silver and teal
acrylic paints and waxes.

 

Chained Circle Frame, Giant Gears and Steampunk Medium Gears were all basecoated
with gesso and embossed with sparkling white powder. Bronze wax was also added here
and there as shading. 

Circle Word Tag Set 2 piece was basecoated with gesso and highlighted with green watercolor.

2Crafty product used…

Chained Circle Frames

Giant Gears

Steampunk Gears Medium

Circle Word Tag Set 2

Let’s Explore

Until next time, be happy and be creative!

Marie Claude

xx

February Inspiration By Rachael Funnell

Hi 2 Crafty fans!

It's Rach with you today, sharing my layouts for February.....

My first page featuring my boy! 😀

"Live your Adventure"

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

Chained Circle Frames

Live your Adventure title

Triangle Clusters

Wing Set 2

Giant gears

Steampunk gears Small

Steampunk gears Medium

For the Title 'Live your Adventure' I wanted it to stand out sitting on the B& W photo....

so I went with giving it a couple of coats of gesso...... Also I added gesso to the to the

 Chain circle frame, then inked with Tim Holtz -Distress Squeezed Lemonade (yellow) ....... 

Did the same to the Giant gear & couple of the Steampunk gears....

While other Steampunk gears have been inked with a Teal & black....

The Triangle Clusters also have been inked black....

  As I didn't want to lose any of that gorgeous delicate details to the wing, 

I ever so lightly rubbed over with gesso, then using a paint brush, painted on a thinker
coat gesso on the edges....

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My 2nd layout featuring my girl.....

 'Let your LIGHT SHINE'

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

Indian Feathers

Twinkling Fairies 

 Let your LIGHTSHINE

# Mini word set 1 - #Beauty 

2017

Leafty Silhouettes

I wanted to create a uniqueness to this fantastic Let your LIGHTSHINE title....

  So I started with a paint brush and I painted on a couple of coats of gesso to the
 'Let your'  and heat embossing the bottom half of LIGHTSHINE with
Nuvo - Glittering gold....

 I was VERY happy with the end result! 😀😀😀

Also! heat emboss with Nuvo - Glittering gold this gorgeous Twinkling Fairy ...

Continuing on with heat embossing..... 

AND with Nuvo - Blue Odyssey these super cute Indian Feathers .

 

Also thoughout my layout I have adding a few beautiful
Leafty Silhouettes which I have added gesso to....

& this 2017...
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I have one more layout to share.....

This month 2 Crafty Chipboard is one of the VERY generous sponsors over @ 

 CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration...  

AND the 2 Crafty Design team have been invited as a Guest Detectives 😀 

Case #247

This is how I solved this case.....

#Funtimes

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

 #Mini Word Set 1

Palm Leaves

ATC- Tiny Butterflies

Hibiscus

Mostly heat embossing the chipboard pieces...

To check out more info of there current challenge please click------> HERE

Thanks for stopping by & checking out my layouts.....

I hope you have been inspired in some way!

Tammy's June Shares

Hi 2 Crafties!!

Tammy here to share my June creations with you.

First up is a layout titled

"Live out Loud"

A bright fun layout celebrating friendships.

I am a big fan of colour!! and as this layout celebrates a fun occasion vibrant colour is perfect.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Flower Doilies'

'Grid Bits'

'Lattice Leaves'

'Live out Loud Title'

 

                                                                                          I began by adding paint to the background.

Onto this I applied a stencil with transparent gloss gel.

This just gives a bit of texture to the background without detracting from the photos.

I added some stamping with black ink to help blend the paint into the cardstock.

I then applied gesso to the 'Grid Bits'.

and also to the 'Flower Doilies'.

I painted the 'Live out Loud' title in black paint

I also painted the 'Lattice Leaves' with the black paint too.

I love how the black pops against the colour and also the white background.

I finished off the layout by layering up behind the photos and adding a cluster of flowers.

Finally to finish I added a few flicks and splashes of black paint, 

and some quotes to help tell the story.

My next creation is totally different.

I've gone grungy and rustic.

It's titled:

"Adventure awaits"

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Chevron Bits"

"Steampunk Medium Gears"

"Steampunk Small Gears"

"Chain lengths"

"Adventure loopy title"

"Chained Circle Frames"

"Assorted Arrows"

I grunged up the background paper by adding some stamping in black ink, 

and also some flicks and blobs of spritz.

I also added some random strips of paper, to which I applied gesso.

As I wanted some of the chipboard to look like rusty metal, I applied Finnabair's Rust Effect Paste.

I was thrilled with how it came out.  So simple.

The rust comes in 3 colours - Red Rust, Brown Rust and Gold Rust.

I just rubbed it over the chipboard quite randomly.

I did this for the 'Steampunk Small Gears' and 'Steampunk Medium Gears'

 

and also for the 'Chained Circle Frames' and the 'Chain Lengths'.

I painted a few 'Assorted Arrows' and 'Chevron Bits' in black, and also added 

black paint to my title 'Adventure loopy font'.

I then added some extra embellishments - quotes, metal bits and flicks of paint.

I really enjoyed doing a grungy layout.

 It's been a long time as I get so distracted by COLOUR!

This layout really reminded me to step out of my comfort zone and try something a little different.

I hope you do too!!

I thought I'd share one more layout that I recently created  for Scrap the Girls.

Of course I used 2Crafty Chipboard on it....

I use 2Crafty Chipboard on every layout!!!

It's titled

"Work in Progress"

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Polaroid Assorted Frames'

'Fine Heart Border'

 

I painted the 'Fine Heart Borders'

I painted the 'Polaroid Assorted Frames' and then stamped randomly on top of this.

Well that's it from me!

You can see more on my BLOG.

Happy creating!!