Tammy's March Shares....

Hello 2 Crafty Fans!!

Tammy here to share my March creations with you all.

My first creation is titled..

"#Funtimes"

A layout that documents our last night at our annual holiday at a
beach in Port Elliott, South Australia. 

This place is really special to us and on the last night we all have a lot of fun
hanging out together as the sun goes down.  Definitely something I wan to capture
and remember.

 "2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

"Today is Perfect Title

"Element Set 1"

"Crazy Stitched Panel"

"ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars"

I painted the "Crazy Stitched Panel" in black and trimmed this down.

I love using this to give my background some texture.

I painted the "Today is Perfect title" in yellow paint and then heat embossed i

t with clear embossing powder to give it a sheen/resin like finish.

 I did the same to the "Element Set 1".

I love the effect of this. That yellow is just gorgeous.

I applied some jade green paint to a few of the stars from the "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars"
and again heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I love the pops of colour that the chipboard gives this layout.

My second creation is titled:

"Embrace Today"

This layout celebrates my gorgeous daughter and two of our very special family friends who

 now live a long way away, however we were lucky enough to have some time with them recently.

Definitely a day to scrap and remember forever.

 2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

"Embrace Today Title"

"Mini Branches"

"Handrawn flowers"

"6" Circle Revolution Frames"

"Word Circles - Christmas"

I began by painting all of the Chipboard in a couple of coats of white gesso.

I then added some watercolours to the "Mini Branches".

I used a few different colours.

I also used a black pen to outline a few of the leaves and to add a few dots.

I added white paint to the "6" Revolution Frames" and the two circles 

from the "Christmas Word Circles Set".

This gave them a crisp finish.

I did the same to the "Embrace Today title", and then I added yellow paint to the today part.

I really love doing this to the 2Crafty titles when they have two different fonts.

I then outlined a few of the letters in today, and added some dots with a Sharpie.

I like the whimsical look this creates.

Finally I painted some of the leaves from the "Handrawn Flowers" in black paint. 

I really like the contrast this gives against the other leaves.

I have an extra share for you all today.

I created this one for Scrap the Girls this month and it's called:

"#Fun Times"

 2 Crafty Chipboard Used

"Hashtag Word Set 2"

"Polaroid Frame Set"

"Dotty Bits"

I painted the "Dotty Bits" in blue paint.

 

I painted the "Funtimes" title from the "Hashtag Word Set 2" in red paint.

The frame from the "Polaroid Assorted Frames" was painted in a yellow.

Scrap the Girls have a moodboard colour and theme challenge at the moment, and here it is:

So now you understand my colour choices and photo choice!!

So that's it from me for March.

I will be back next month to inspire you some more, 

until then you can see more at my blog HERE

Have a lovely month full of scrappy goodness!

January Inspiration by Tammy Klingner

Good morning 2 Crafty lovelies!

I'm excited to be back again in 2018, sharing my 2Crafty Chipboard creations with you.

Let's get started......first up I have a creation called..

 "A Day at the Beach"

This is what a New Year's Eve looks like in Australia..... a warm night spent
at the beach with family playing cricket.  Perfect!

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Day at the Beach title"

"6 inch Revolution Frames"

"Circular Panel"

"Hessian Patch Panels"

I cut one of the "Hessian Patch Panels" in half and then applied white gesso.

I popped this behind my photo.

I also applied white gesso to a small circle frame from the "6 inch Revolution Frames".

I added this on top of my photo, to frame the focus of it.

I then added the "Day at the Beach title".

I love the mix of fonts in this....the print mixed with the script.

I applied a few layers of  Distress Inks in various colours  to the title until I achieved the
 colour I was after - I don't have purple so I kept applying teals and pinks until the right
 purple appeared. I love the splodginess (is that a word?) of this. I think this adds to
the beachy water theme.

I added some circular stamping to my background, and cut a few circles from the 
"Circular Panel" to  add to the background, giving some texture and interest.

I like how the circles go with the water/beachy theme too.

 To colour them, I added gesso and then couldn't find my brown ink,
so I created my own using coffee!!

When I create, I don't like to spend a lot of time searching for something, so I get
creative and work with what I have.....so on this occasion, coffee it is!!!

 I love all the layers on my layout......I adore the texture and interest that Chipboard gives.

 A page celebrating summer in January in Australia!

My second creation is titled...

"You Shine"

 A layout celebrating my kids academic achievements last year.....super proud of them.

 I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"You Shine Title"

"ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars"

"Number Panels"

"Pine Needle Wreath"

"Crazy Stitched Panel"

I began by trimming down the "Crazy Stitched Panel" and painting them black.

These formed part of my background.

I painted the "Number Panels" black and then swiped them with some Finnabair Opal Magic Acrylic Paint in Aqua/Rose.  Over black this gives a lovely teal metallic finish.
 I applied it randomly as I wanted it to have a grungy finish to go with my background.

 I painted a "Pine Needle Wreath" in white gesso.  These are a new 2Crafty product,
and they are gorgeous.....not just for Christmas time!  I poked this behind my photo.

I added the "You Shine" title on top of my photo, and coloured it using Distress Inks. 

I love the matt finish and the grungy look it gives the chipboard.

Finally I added some stars from the "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars".

I again used Distress Inks and a few swipes of the Opal Magic paint,
and placed them randomly on the layout.

Well that's it for me for January.....I will be back next month to
share some more of my 2Crafty Chipboard creations.

I hope this has inspired you to get creative.

Tammy's May Shares

Good morning 2 Crafties!!
 

Today I'm sharing a couple of layouts with you.
 

The first one is titled:
 

"Love"

 

This one is about documenting a guest book I created for a very special wedding we attended. 
I was absolutely thrilled to be asked to create it and really wanted to have a memory of this.

 

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Polaroid Assortment Frames"

"Frame Viney Circles"

"Lace Heart Frames"

"Love Loopy Font Title"

"Grid Bits"

"ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars"

"Flower Doilies"

I applied white gesso to the "Grid Bits", a "Viney Circle Frame" and to the 

"Love Loopy Title".  I then added white paint. 

 I decided to keep them plain white as a contrast to the dark background paper.

 

 

 

I tucked a few "Polaroid Assorted Frames" into my clusters - these I heat embossed 

with a gorgeous shabby chic metallic emboss powder.

 

 

 

I also tucked in a few of the gorgeous "Flower Doilies". 

I applied white gesso to these and then added a gold spritz to give them a slight colour/glow.

 

 

 

I added a "Lace Heart Frame" and decided to leave this plain - as the raw colour really complemented the layout and also I had added a lot of white chipboard to that particular area,

 so it contrasted with those pieces nicely.

 

 

Finally to bring out the touch of red in the layout, I painted a few little hearts from the  

"ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars" in a red colour and scattered these around the layout.

 

 

 

 

I did a lot of layering and clustering in this layout, and unlike my usual style of bright, 

full-on colour,  I was very controlled and added just a splash of colour here and there.

 

 

My next share for this month for 2Crafty is titled:

"Adore"

A page about the mutual love and adoration between my son and our pet kitty. (So Cute!)

 

 

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Fine Word Set 1"

"6" Revolution Frame"

"Polaroid Assorted Frames"

"Circle Frames"

"Mini Sampler Set 1"

"Triangle Set"

"Chain Lengths"

This page is more to my usual style - bold colour!

I couldn't stay away from it for too long!

I painted the title 'adore' from the "Fine Word Set 1" black, as I did some of the

 "Circle Frames" and also the smaller circles from the "Mini Sampler Set 1".

 

 

I love how black contrasts with bold colour.

 

 

I applied gesso to the "Chain Lengths" and also the "6" Revolution Frame".

 

I also applied gesso to some of the "Polaroid Assorted Frames" and then I stamped 

onto these using a mini chevron pattern and black ink. 

I wanted these to look a bit artsy - definitely not perfect, so I just stamped randomly

 without thinking about how even it was. 

 

 

I added some pieces of scrap paper to the "Triangle Set".

I love how this adds a bit more colour to the layout.

 

 

 

So that's it from me this month!

I hope you are inspired to get your scrappy on!

You can see more of my work here on my BLOG.