Album - Alice in Wonderland By Elena Martynova

Hello! lovely creative friends!

 Today I'd like to share with you my new inspiration -

 a mixed media album with amazing 2Crfaty products!

I've been creating this album for a whole year. 

Now with gusto making several pages at once, then putting it off for several months. 

Originally there were supposed to be five spreads but 

I had a lot of paper left, so I made two more.

I also had to redo the binding, which further increased the album's creation time.

There were no thoughts at all about the cover. I kept sorting through

 the pieces of fabric and suede... but there was nothing suitable. 

I decided to use linen with gray stripes, but it had to be combined with 

something and so successfully came a piece of scarlet linen. 

I wrapped them around the ends of the pages, the spine, and added them to the front cover.

Size 26x26 cm, spine thickness 9 cm

First, I stamped the fabric on the cover and applied crackle paste through a stencil.

Chipboard covered with black embossing powder.

Layered pieces of paper, lace and cutting.

Decorated with flower metal door handle and toppings: with micro beads and glitter.

I invite you to view the album review with all the secrets

 and openers, and then photos of the pages.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

I painted chipboards with metallic colors by the Fabrika Decoru.

On the cover and this spread I used these 

2Crafty Chipboard pieces....

Clock Face Discs

Frame Ingrid's

Formal Flourish 3

Flourish Adornment Set 6

 

I like the second spread very much due to the contrasting 

combination of pink and blue paper. Very beautiful contrast.

Pages were decorated with a Moroccan Bits chippies.

The third spread is in pink and beige colors. 

I added a bit of contrast by coloring the chipboard in blue shades.

On these spread here are the chippies:

Moroccan Bits

Steampunk Collage 

Checkerboard Panel

 

The fourth spread  is also my favorite. 

Mainly due to how well the chipboard fit in here.

This is how the inside of the page is decorated

an Elegant Flourishes chippie and a bit of stamping underneath.

 

The large dial is only half-glued to the page.

This spread is the richest on the chipboards,
 I made a separate collage for it.

Clock Face Discs

6" Clock Face Frames

Key Set Mini's

Elegant Flourishes

 

The fifth spread, which should have been the last.

It looks unusual due to the diamond-openers.

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I'm just in love in this chip frame Lucy's Flourish with curls  :)))

The sixth spread was very rich due to the paper prints.

I don't really like it, but it's here unusual triangular opening pages.

These chips were used in the fifth and sixth spreads

Element Set 3

Frame Lucy's Flourish

Ornate Buckles 

Steampunk Collage

 

And finally the final seventh spread.

 

Here are the chips on this spread

Flourish Adornment Set 6

Tahnya's 6" Border

Flower Medallions

Well, that's probably all I wanted to show you today.

 I would like to inspire you to creative achievements. 

I appreciate your feedback, feedback is always immensely inspiring.

 Thank you for your attention, friends! Create together with 2Crafty, 

create your own fairy stories, it is very interesting and exciting.

Elena xoxo

'Memories' Peachy Keen with Lisa Amiet

Hello all!

It's Lisa here today to share some inspiration with you. 

I have been super busy creating and this is one of my latest layouts.

'Memories' 

I have nicknamed this one 'Peachy Keen', as there is quite a bit of peach colour in this one :)

2Crafty Products used:

I have started with a dark background page for this one.

I have added some mixed media stencilling and splashes of colour to my base page.

I have then used papers and some of the cut apart elements,

 to build up the layers of my photo stack.

I have then started to add some of my chipboard pieces,

tucking them into and in front of my layers, for texture and dimension.

I have used two of the 'Shrub Set 1'.

I have finished my chipboard by painting it with a peach acrylic paint,

 that matched my papers perfectly. 

I have also used one from the 'Element Set 3',

again finished in the peach paint. 

For my title I have used one of the words from the 'Fine Word Set 3',

again finished in peach,

 for that pop of colour on the dark background.

 I hope that you like what I have created using these gorgeous chipboard designs.

I will be back soon with some more to share.

Until then

Lisa 

September Inspiration with Lisa Amiet

Hello all!

It's Lisa here today to share some inspiration with you.

For this layout I have created a multi layered combination of some gorgeous 

2Crafty Chipboard pieces mixed with lots of fussy cut elements.

Here is my layout...

"Adventure"

I have used a few different designs in this layout. 

I have finished my chipboard with white embossing powder.

I have used a couple of the 'Element Set 3', on either side of my photo, in among my layers.

I have also used a couple of the 'Mini Swirls 1', also tucked in among my layers.

Lastly I have used two of the 'Mini Travel Words Set 2'. 

I really love how great the chipboard looks in white, how well it goes with 

the lovely soft pastel colours of the paper collection and flowers.

 The travel words were perfect for this layout! 

2Crafty Products used:

I hope that you like what I have created and that 

it inspires you to get 2Crafty today :)

Lisa xo

My Final Post for 2Crafty - Margaret Mifsud

Hello everyone and welcome to the 2Crafty Blog.  Hope you are all having a wonderful day!   Feeling a bit sad right now.  As the Title suggests this is my last post for 2Crafty as my term on the Resident Guest Design Team has ended.  It has been a wonderful experience for me.  Being on this Team with all these wonderfully talented ladies was a dream come true.   I have so enjoyed working with these amazing chippies.  Thank you so much Vanessa for having me on this incredible  Team and also to you and Di for all the support you have provided along the way.   It has been a fantastic experience!!   So, onto my projects.  This time I have created an altered Gift Bag, a Tag and a card.   'The Altered Gift Bag'

2Crafty Chipboard used

Dreamcatchers
6 x 6 Mixed Sentiments - card words
Bubble Clumps

I used some different colours of acrylic paint to colour the background paper and also
 added some texture with a stencil and texture paste and did a little stamping as well.
The Bubble Clumps were simply painted white with acrylic paint and then layered over
a piece of gauze underneath my flower cluster.

I love these Dreamcatchers!!   I was a bit afraid at first that the center would be very
 delicate and difficult to work with but it is a lot stronger than it looks.  I painted it
with gesso first and then with some blue acrylic paint.  I also used the same paint to
 add the accents on the feathers and swiped the edges with a Versa Color Ink Pad.

These Mixed Sentiment Words are so handy for card makers.  They are the perfect
size for smaller projects and you get ten different greetings in the one pack. 

'The Tag'

2Crafty Chipboard used

Chicken Barb Wire Small

ATC Words

Ava's Butterflies

Foliage Set 2

Once again I added some stamping and texture to the background papers and also
 added some splatters.   All the chippies were painted with gesso first and then I
 used a paint dabber in 'Peeled Paint' to colour the ATC Word.

Isn't this Ava's Butterfly unusual?  So delicate and pretty.  I simply coloured it with a
stamp pad and then sprinkled it with glitter.  It looks really sparkly and pretty in
 real life but, unfortunately, the photo doesn't quite pick that up.

The 'Peeled Paint' dabber was used on the Foliage Set 2 as well but I didn't colour it solidly.
  I like that slightly mottled look, it's just a little more interesting I think.  You can just see that I added a little sparkle here as well.

I had actually painted the other side of the Chicken Barb Wire but didn't like the colour so
 I flipped it and found some of the gesso and paint had leeched around to the other side.
 Thought I would have to cut another piece at first but then decided to swipe it with a
Charcoal stamp pad and liked how it looked so used it anyway.

'The Card'

2Crafty Chipboard used
Element Set 3
Decorative Rod Set 1

How gorgeous is this Decorative Rod Set 1?  When I saw this on the product list I simply
 had to get it.  I normally wouldn't have chosen a piece of this length because my makes
 are on a smaller scale than Scrapbooking but I simply could not resist this one and, I
 thought I could cut it up if necessary.  Well, what a shame that would have been.
 I am so pleased I was able to use it all in one piece.  I simply coloured it with a
Versa Color Stamp Pad and it fitted beautifully onto my card. 
 

  

    Well, talking about cutting up some of these stunning chippies!!  I needed something to  decorate this corner as it was a bit bare but I had no corner pieces left and nothing else  that really suited the design.  While checking through my stash of 2Crafty Chipboard  I found the Element Set 3 and cut one of the pieces in half and 'voila' .. perfect ..  and I still have the other half left for another project.  Love that you can do that with  these fabulous chippies.  They are so easy to adapt to your project no matter the size.  

  A fairly simple card made special by the addition of some stunning chippies!!     So, that is it, my final post done and dusted.  Thank you so much everyone for looking  at my work and for the lovely comments you have left for me.  I have felt  honoured and so privileged to have had the opportunity to work with these  wonderful chippies and to be on a Team with such amazingly talented ladies.   Thank you again to Vanessa and Di for this fantastic opportunity.    

To see more of my work HERE is the link to my blog. Thank you for visiting.  Take care, stay safe and God Bless.