VIDEO Tutorial and Layout - November Inspirations By Sandra Bernard

''Love''

 Hello 2crafty fans...
Today, I have a mixed media steampunk tutorial to show you.
I hope you'll  like all the steps I made in the video. If you need extra tips, just ask me. 

 2crafty chipboard used...

Clock face frames

Giants gears

Circle stack

Mini hot air balloons

Steampunk gears medium

Gears

Vintage clock hands

Vintage keys

Light bulbs

Arrow words set 2

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For this project I used a 12x12 chipboard as background. I glued all my chipboards,
(Clock face frames 12x12, Giants gears, circle stack, mini hot air balloons, 
steampunk gears medium, gears, Vintage clock hands and light bulbs)
with multipurpose medium gel onto my background. 

I covered the whole project with white gesso.

   All the edges of the chipboards were painted with matte blue and pistachio paint. 

 Then, I painted the outlines of my project with red cafeine paint
 and I removed some paint with a baby's wipe.

 Then, I used metallic bronze to make a patina effect. 

 With the aim of achieving better colors together for a better finish,
I sprayed pearl brown mist on the project.

 Some flowers, badge, textures were used to create the arrangement. 

The title: ''love'' from Arrow words set 2 had been color with some paint to fit with the layout.

''Adorable''

For my second layout this month, I wanted to make a full
 textured, romantic, organic layout. 

2Crafty chipboard products used...

Corner elegant set

Chloe's vines

Adorable script front

For this layout, I used only a very small amount of mediums. I only added
 some green mist on the background to give an organic touch.  

I put some different foam organic that we use in botany. 

I placed the two pieces from cornet elegant set to create a dynamic design. 

I used Chloe's vines to matt my picture and giving them a movement.
They seems attached to the corner elegant set.

I left the chipboard natural to fit with my layout. and I added some drops of gesso at the very end...

See you next month 

san xx

Layout and Journal Page by Athanasia

'Enjoy Every Moment'

Hello 2Crafty friends!

Today I'm sharing a fun and colorful layout.

I had this cute photo with my daughter playing and painting at school, 

so I wanted to make a cute and playful page.

I chose from the Word Circles Set 1 the words 'smile', 'happy' and 'today' -
they are so cute for this page and I love how they look in the composition!

I also used a butterfly and a doodle frame.

In order to alter my chipboard pieces, I used watercolor paints 

H2Os and I painted them with a paintbrush.

For the circle words I also spread some embossing powder here and there to make
it look even more interesting. I really love the result!

For the doodle frame I used the same colors I used on the rest of the chipboard pieces.

I cut it in half and placed the two parts in different spots to make the page look more funky. 

2Crafty chipboards on this project:

Word Circles Set 1

Doodled Frames

Marianne's Butterflies

    

'Collect Moments' 

 I love using chipboard pieces on my journal pages 

because they are flat and make the perfect choice for clusters.

For this page I used a flower of the Gigi's set, a corner from the Elegant Set
 (which I cut in two pieces and used one of them) and
some arrows from the Fast and Forward Set.

I painted all the chipboard pieces with H2Os watercolors  with a paintbrush.

Watercolors are very easy to use on chipboard and give a very beautiful look,
A bright color and a little bit of shine.

2Crafty chipboards on this project:

Gigi's Flowers

Mini Fast Forward Arrows

Corner Elegant Set

    

I hope you got some inspiration  and ideas on how to alter your chipboards with watercolors!    Please remember to become a blog follower & leave a blog comment to be eligible to go in our monthly draw for a great chippie prize pack.
Thank you for visiting, have a lovely crafty day! xxx Athanasia