April Inspiration From Marianne Johansson, Norway

"Dream"

Hi all 2Crafty fans!

Today I have two rather different layouts to show you.

The first one is with an old photo of our youngest daughter. I just 

love this "dreamy" look she has here.

My background is filled with different mediums such as gesso, 

crackle paint, molding past,  mist, paint, stencils and stamps

I have used Gesso on all the chippies and also white watercolor. 

(love when it's really really white)

Some "Mini branches"  colored with an ink pad together with the flowers.

Here you see how white the title "Dream" is with the watercolor on top of the Gesso

The "Fencing wire panel" and "French lace Border" under the photo are both

 colored with Gesso, ink pad and mist.

2Crafty products used..

 

 

"The Queen and I!"

Well, I'm visisting royalties in London LOL

Here is a layout with a photo of me and Queen Victoria I, from Madame Tussauds in London.

I wanted to get the velvet feeling (from the curtain in the photo) and only had some black ink on the natural chippies this time. And some Inka Gold, also to get the luxury feeling.

Loved the title on this one, guess I could have used it many times on several layouts.

I cut out the "Dottet baubles" and used the circles as embellishments below, as a "flower". The "strings" I used on top of the photo, as "hanging-strings".

I cut the "Avery vines" in several pieces and used them in combination with the flowers, as leaves.

Aren't we cute together? The Queen and I? LOL

My background is rather simple, with only some stamps, stencils, tape and a few drops of paint.

  2Crafty Chipboard used:

Dottet Baubles

Avery vines

Mini Branches

What you see is what you get - title

   

  

March Inspirations By Jaya Rahuvanshi

Hello Everyone!

This is Jaya here with you all.

Today I have a few projects to share with you.
 A mixed media canvas and a layout.

 

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"Dream"

I had been wanting to make a mixed media canvas something like this for so long. 

When I got these chippies in my DT pack, I knew I could go ahead.

These dream catcher chippies are so gorgeous and intricate. It was fun to create 

this canvas with them.

Some close-ups-

Look at that intricate pattern! Isn't it gorgeous? 

I applied some white acrylic paint to my chipboard pieces and once it was dry I mixed 

some glitter with soft matt gel and randomly applied it to the chipboards. Next was

 adding some DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Gold and champagne ice. They look 

absolutely amazing after this treatment! 

On this particular piece I added some embossing enamel and
micro-beads for added texture.

Love that 'Dream loopy font' chippie. I have loads of navy blue glitter on it 

coupled with highlighting with DecoArt champagne ice metallic lustre paint.

The moon like chipboard that you see here is actually a left over from 

Circular leafy frame chipboard. I love how beautifully it mimics moon. I

 painted it with Gold DecoArt metallic lustre paint.

2Crafty Chipboards used- Dream catchers Circular leafy frame Dream loopy font Circle lace panel  

"Amaze Yourself" For my next project I wanted to make something depicting nature in the raw form.  So I decided to create something that was  highly textured using just  the shades  of greens and greys.
 The wonderful chippies from 2Crafty made this possible. I just love those gorgeous  Anchors and Shrub chippies. Aren't they the most gorgeous and intricate pieces  to add to your beach/sea theme pages?   Have a look at the page-  

Some close-ups-
I wanted to keep raw look of the chippies but at the same time add some colour and shine.  So I coloured my chipboard pieces with some brown watercolour pastels and once it was  dry I added some liquid gold sparkle sparingly to them. Have a look.  

I also did some doodling on my anchor chippie to make the lines stand out after
 colouring. The shrubs and leaves were first embossed with dark green and teal embossing
 powders and later I added a hint of yellow at places. It gave them the perfect natural
 look I was aiming for. 

2Crafty Chipboards used-

Lavendar shrubs

Thistle shrubs

Bubble clumps

Amaze yourself

  That is all from me today. I hope you were inspired with these projects.

See you again soon!

Dream - Melenia's September Layout

Hello everyone! It's Melenia here today with a new mixed-media page, (oh yes, chipboard can be a key-element of mixed media projects and this is what I want to show you today) that features the stunning 2Crafty chipboard Word Circles Groovy Flowers Lavender Shrub Circle Revolution Frames Dream - Loopy Font   "Dream"

First I glued the large Circle Revolution Frame on my background paper and gessoed it.

I misted on a mask, that left its print on the circle and then added some micro-beads
 in different spots, here and there.

  I always love to create clusters of different kinds of embellishments,  so I tucked a small Circle Revolution Frame under my photo and hid a couple of Groovy Flowers (I just can't do without these amazing flowers) under and over my flowers.  

In order to have balance in the design of my page,

I paired the circle-shaped chipboards 

(Groovy Flowers, Word Circle & Circle Revolution Frames)

with the Lavender Shrub!

I glittered parts of my chipboard pieces,

so that they would shine more and draw the attention on them.

  What's a layout without a title? I love the Loopy font and it happened to match perfectly with the style of my page, so I put the Dream - Loopy Font word on the left of my cluster, to serve as a title.  

  So this is my mixed-media page! I hope you like it!     And remember, to find a 2Crafty stockist near you, drop an email to...
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