May Layouts by Debbi Tehrani

"Butterfly Kisses"

  This is one of the few pictures I have of my mom and me when I was a kid. I'm beginning a book of childhood photos that I will give to my mom on Mother's Day.  I have a fond memory of Mom and me making "butterfly kisses," where we'd smush our faces together and flutter our eyelashes. 2Crafty has a variety of lovely butterflies that were perfect for my page.  

I coated all my chipboard pieces with gesso and decided to leave most of them that way to give my page a soft, aged shabby feel. I used stamp ink to color my small "Butterflies." The bigger butterfly is from "Marianne's Butterflies." Topping them with some pink pearls gave them a lovely shine.

The "Remember" word came from the "Friendship Mini Word Pack." The I stacked a "Mini Film Strip" on top of a piece of border I had left from another layout. This border is from the "Mixed Border Strips" set. Because I scrap 8 x 8, I often have leftover chipboard pieces to use on other layouts. I coupled a fabric heart brad with a heart from the "Heart Silhouette" set.

  As I said, I scrap 8 x 8, so I always have leftover pieces from borders, and this sweet  little doily shape, which I topped with a brad, is from the "Doily Border."
2Crafty Products used on this layout: Butterflies Doily Border Friendship Mini Word Pack Marianne's Butterflies Tiny Film Strips Mixed Border Strips Heart Silhouettes  

"Love You to the Stars and Back"

These lovely ladies in these fun photos are my best friend's daughter and granddaughter.

 I thought it would be fun to put them together and make a photo-booth style layout.

The 2Crafty "Film Strips - Medium" were a perfect element for the photo-booth arrangement
 of the pictures. These Film Strips are just over 7 inches tall, so they were just the right size
 for my 8 x 8 page. I coated them with white embossing powder. 

I've been waiting for an excuse to use the fun elements in the "Space Set." The Saturn piece came from this set. I coated it with gesso and then painted the planet and ring with yellow and aqua watercolors. I added glitter to the ring to give it some shine. I wanted to echo the background paper for my title, so I used the "Love - Loopy Font" and "You - Loopy Font" pieces. The "You" was coated with white embossing powder, and I painted the "Love" with red acrylic paint.

How fun is this rocket from the "Space Set?" I covered it with patterned paper, leaving 

the engraved windows raw. I added some stars, painted with yellow watercolors, from the

 "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars."

2Crafty Products used on this layout:

Film Strips - Medium

Space Set

Love - Loopy Font

You - Loopy Font

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my pages. I hope I've given you 

some inspiration for using these awesome 2Crafty products!

February Layouts From Debbi Tehrani (with a process video)

"Enjoy Today"   This photo of my husband's niece and her cousins was taken on Lombard Street during their trip to  San Francisco.  Of course I found some perfect 2Crafty chipboard pieces that would be perfect for the modern, urban look I was going for.   But before we start...
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For those who don't know this landmark, Lombard Street is known as one of the crookedest streets in America. It's a block long and has 8 hairpin curves. I thought the curvy arrow in the "Crazy Arrows" set would be perfect for this page. I coated the arrow with black stamp ink. The "Square Collage Panel" reminded me of a city street map, so I used that as a focal point of my page. I left it raw and backed some of the squares with various patterned papers.

  The border dividing the top and bottom halves of my page is from the "Mixed Border Strips." I inked it with several shades to try to match my polka dot paper and then stamped it with a green ink pad using a tiny polka dot Kaiser Craft stamp for added texture. The "Enjoy Today Mini Title" title was colored with black stamp ink. The title may not look so "mini" on my page because I scrap 8 x 8, so it was a perfect size! I love how the circle from the "6-inch Circle Revolution" set can be laid right onto the photo to frame the beautiful faces. I painted this piece with white gesso.   2Crafty Products used on this page: Crazy Arrows Square Collage Panel Mixed Border Strips Enjoy Today Mini Title 6-inch Circle Revolution

"Just Adorable"   Meet Minnie Cupcake, my crazy sweet kitten who I discovered has Mickey Mouse ears on her nose (hence the name Minnie). As you can see, she is just adorable, so the 2Crafty title piece was my beginning point for layout.  

I coated the "Just Adorable" title with two different colors of glitter. I used one of the chunkier pieces from the "Chevron Bits" and cut it in three separate pieces, coating them with white holographic glitter.

The "Polaroid Assortment Frames" are one of my favorite 2Crafty elements, and I decided to add a whole bunch of them on my layout to highlight these three sweet pictures of my kitty. I glued different patterned papers on top of them and filled some of them with papers.

The lovely "Fanciful Butterflies" are such a sweet adornment, and I coated them with more glitter. The "Love" word came from the "ATC Words 1" set. I used letter stickers to complete the sentiment and used a little chipboard heart from "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars," covered with patterned paper, as the O in the word you.

I created a video detailing my process for creating this layout. It's my very first video for 

2Crafty and my first time creating a video with my voice narrating it!

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2Crafty Products used on this layout:

Just Adorable
Polaroid Assortment Frames
ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars
Chevron Bits
Fanciful Butterflies
ATC Words 1

Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope I've given you some ideas 

for using these awesome chipboard pieces!