Merry Christmas Exploding Box - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
I am getting ready for the upcoming Holiday Season and creating a few cards! 
 There are many perfect additions to your Holiday Card making in the 2Crafty Store!

2Crafty Products Used:

Holly Flourish
Fernlike Snowflakes
Crystal Snowflakes
Card Word Circle Set
Christmas Deer Head

For the outside I die cut some circles then after prepping the snowflakes and title with white gesso I inked them then applied some brown glitter on the edges

I layered the handmade poinsettia with the holly flourish with lots of glitter and another snowflake

For the inside I kept with the snowflake theme that I added to the poinsettias.  For the center I trimmed down the Christmas deer head so the box lid would fit on and nestled it amongst more poinsettias.  I inked both sides brown then added the glitter including a bit of blue on the accent pieces of the deer head.

I LOVE the deer head!  Its so elegant and pretty!

Thanks so much for stopping by

Floral Plaid Christmas Cardsby Tania Ridgwell

Hi there!

Tania joining you today to share the first of my DT projects for November. 
 I have created a set of Christmas Cards. 

2 Crafty Products Used:

*Fernlike Snowflakes

*Bush Nut Floral Clusters

*Mixed Fine Border Set

*Foliage Set 7

I created each of my card bases using the beautiful Paper Rose Christmas Plaid Collection.  I used Gold Leaf Paint to colour the Fernlike Snowflakes and Foliage Set 7 chippies pieces and once dry I added some Art Alchemy Red Paint to the Snowflake centres.  I used Art Alchemy Red Paint to colour the Bush Nuts & Mixed Fine Border chippies.  Once the Border & Bush Nut chippies were dry I randomly dabbed on some of the Gold leaf paint over them.  To construct each of the cards I added the Fernlike Snowflakes to each and then embellished them with fussy cut flowers and paper blooms.  I cut up one of the Borders, Bush Nuts & Foliage Set 7 chippies and tucked pieces into the fussy cut elements and blooms on each of the cards. I finished off each card with a Gold Foil Christmas Sentiment,

See each card below.

Thats' all from me today, I hope I have inspired you all with my Christmas Cards. 

 Until next time thanks so much for stopping by.

Tania xx

Cherish Your Yesterdays, Dream Your Tomorrows and Live Your Todays By Sabrina Turpin

Hello 2Crafty fans!

Happy April everyone! I'm back for my first post of the month with a new layout to reveal
. This time around, it features my husband as we were playing in the snow a few weeks ago,
 after the last snowstorm of the winter.

I inked the "Fernlike Snowflakes" with teal ink and then applied white enamel powder 

towards the center. Then, for the "Steam Punk Strips", I've roughly applied blue 

embossing powder to let the natural cardboard colors show through in a few spots.

  

On the "Sybills Name Plates", I applied white diluted paint so it would not be completely opaque.

For the title, "Cherish your yesterdays", I applied 2 coats of teal embossing powder.

For this layout, I used the following 2Crafty chipboards:

[W00419] Cherish your yesterdays title

[M00781] Steampunk strips

[M00611] Fernlike snowflakes

[M00365] Sybill's Name plates

That's all for today, I hope you enjoyed it and it gave you some ideas

 for your own creations! I'll be back soon with more sparkles of inspiration to share.

 Until then, have fun creating!

December Inspiration - A Layout & A Home Decor PLUS TWO VIDEO TUTORIALS By Mary Catt

''Christmas Joy''

Hello 2Crafty fans! 

  Mary here with you today with my last post for 2Crafty Chipboard. It's so hard for me to
step down from a team that I have been a member for more than one year. It has been one
 of the best teams ever and I am so honored I was a part of it. I had a really great time
 creating with these gorgeous chipboards and I really hope to return in the future.

But for now, let's take a look at the projects I made for my December inspiration.  

I created a layout and a Christmas home decor on wooden slides and both are having
 video tutorials.

My first layout was made with lots of flowers, some Christmas embellishments
combined with some beautiful chipboard pieces.

You can watch the VIDEO TUTORIAL with the procedure here. 

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

 I based my page on the 13arts ARTelier December sketch challenge.

2Crafty Chipboards used... 

 Stars
Swirly Star Border
Xmas Mini Word Pack

 Here are some close ups...

 First, I made a mixed media background with modeling paste and a stencil and did some random stamping. Then, I added color with the ''Pastel Cobalt'' and the ''Pastel Lavender'' 13arts mists.

 I painted the ''Stars'' and the ''Swirly Star Border'' chipboards with the ''Gold'' splash ink.

The title words from the ''Xmas Mini Word Pack'' was also painted with the ''Silver'' splash ink.

Finally, I added some ''Natural Mika Flakes'' and made  some splatters with ''White'' splash ink.

''Christmas Wishes''

 

My second project is a Christmas home decor piece created with lots of
chipboards along with some beautiful Christmas flowers and lots of glitter.


You can see the procedure on my VIDEO...

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE 

 I based my page on the Mixed Media Place December challenge.

2Crafty Chipboards used... 

 Holly Twig
Deer Head Set
Mini Reindeers
Stellar Snowflakes
Fernlike Snowflakes

 Here are some close ups...

 I started by applying a coat of white gesso on the wooden slices. Then, I created
 texture with modeling paste mixed with mini art stones.

 While waiting the paste to dry, I heat embossed all the chipboards with the ''Queen Sheba's Silver'' Lindy's Gang embossing powder, then I sprinkled some white glitter on them.

 I used some Lindy's Gang sprays such as ''Salt Water Taffy'', ''Alpine Ice Rose'' and
 ''Autumn Maple Crimson'' to add color on the wooden slices.

As a final touch, I used Snowflake Paste here and there and some made splatters
 with white gesso diluted with water.

 Well, that was all from me today...

 I really hope you enjoyed these projects and all the previous ones I've shared with you.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

December Inspiration Including a VIDEO Tutorial by Rachael Funnell

Hello 2 Crafty fans!
Rachael with you today with my December projects....
Seeing as Tis the season, I couldn't resist creating two Christmas themed layouts....

'My Christmas Angels'

My first page featuring two gorgeous children back in 2006....

2 Crafty Chipboard used:
 ATC tiny stars
My Christmas Angels
Medium film strip
Mini Christmas baubles
Deer head
Fernlike Snowflakes

Lots of heat embossing the 2 Crafty Chipboard pieces with this layout....

I have also created a step by step video tutorial...
Please click onto the arrow/play button & I hope you ENJOY! 😃



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My second layout featuring both of my kids & two of their grandparents....

'#Christmasday'

2 Crafty Chipboard used:
Lattice leaves
#Mini word Xmas set
Pine Wreath frame
Fine word set 1
2016
Mini Bauble tree

The Mini Bauble tree I have used has a couple coats of gesso....
The 2016 has been inked with Black!

Also I inked with black are the gorgeous Lattice leaves...

 Using One of the words from the Fine word set 1 - 'Love' also has a couple of coats of gesso....

The more recent 2 Crafty Chipboard Christmas release included a awesome
#Mini word Xmas set
Here I've used the #Christmasday word also having a couple of coats of gesso....

Lastly the Pine wreath frame I have heat embossed it with a teal colour,
cut it in half & placed a piece at the top & bottom corners of photo....

That's it from me this year... I will be back though!
 Thank you for stopping by
Wishing you & all your families the most WONDERFUL🎄Christmas🎄 ..
AND the VERY BEST in 2018! 💗