Family by Sabrina Turpin

Hello 2Crafty friends!

As we're slowly getting out of cold, cold winter here in Quebec, I wanted to create a layout that mixed winter colors and a tinge of warmer spring colors. I had this nice picture of my husband and I that our dog insisted to photo bomb (he's quite jealous and doesn't like to be left out) and it was perfect for what I had in mind.

"Family"

 

On the "4" Mandala No. 2", I applied a coat of black gesso and two coats of shimmering gold-baby-blue paint.

For the "Heart Silouettes", I used both the chipboard and the cutouts. I applied pink embossing ink on the cutouts and blue embossing ink on the chipboards. Then I traced the borders of both with black ink. On the "6x4 Phrase Stick Set 1", I just applied some black ink roughly with a pad.

On the "Flowery Lace Border", I used some ivory-gold embossing enamel. For the title, "Family Loopy Font", I applied some tarnished-copper embossing enamel.

I used the following 2Crafty chipboards in this layout:

Heart Silouettes [m00476]

Flowery Lace Border [db0098]

4" Mandala No. 2 [m00787]

6x4 Phrase Stick Set 1 [mb00870]

Family Loopy Font [w00128]

That's all for me today! I hope you enjoyed this layout and that it gave you some ideas for your own creations! I'll be back in a few weeks with more inspiration to share with you. See you soon!

May Inspiration by Rachael Funnell

Hello There 2 Crafty fans!

Rachael here, today I have two layouts to share.....

'Mother's Day 2016'

 2 Crafty have this really lovely Mother's Day word-title & as we just celebrated
Mother's Day a few days go here in Australia..... I hope all you mothers had a
 WONDERFUL day!  xx

 I decided to create a Mother's Days inspired layout - Mother's Day 2016...

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 

Ava's Frame

Beaded heart borders

Heart Silhouette's

2016

Mothers Day word

Inspired by the colours from my photo!

 I started with a coat of gesso, to both the 2016 & Mothers Day word....

Then Mothers Day is inked with Pale Pink & 2016 inked with a Burgundy...  

The Heart Silhouette's inked with Burgundy & some with black.....

With the Ava's Frame & a piece from Beaded heart borders,
 both have been coated a gesso....

For my second layout a grungy boys page..... of my son!

'Limited Edition'

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

6x6 Retro Panel

Medium steampunk gears 

Chained heart frame

Limited Edition word

Small steampunk gears 

I am really loving the look of adding a couple pieces of raw chipboard, as well as
 treated chipboard throughout my page..  & this page is a perfect example of this!!

I have used the smaller Chained heart frame which I have left raw! 

 Limited Edition word has a couple of coats of gesso....

The Medium & Small Steampunk gears have been inked black....

And with the 6x6 Retro Panel I cut into 4 smaller pieces, left two
 pieces raw & the other two pieces have been heat embossed with a blue... 

I REALLY love the end result.... 

Thanks for stopping by AND 

 HAPPY crafting.... 😀

 

August Inspiration by Rachael Funnell

'SUMMER DAYS'

Hi There! RACHAEL with you today sharing two layouts....

My first page is of my two kids 'SUMMER DAYS' it's nice & bright just like summer!

2 Crafty products used:

Chained Heart Frame

Summer Days Title

Fine Leafy Bush

Flying Birds

Hessian Patch Panel

Fishing Nets Bits

Fine Words Set 1

For all of the chipboard pieces I used on this page, were all coated with a good layer of gesso!

Some pieces I left them as is & others added a bit of color too like....

To title 'Summer days' Lindys Stamp Gang Orange mist & sprayed!

The Flying Birds & Hessian Patch Panel peeking out from the top & bottom of photos!

 The Fishing Net Bits I cut into smaller pieces & once the gesso had dried inked it with some gold!

This smaller Chained Heart Frame heat embossing with some teal...

I REALLY LIKE how the Fine word Treasure just pops against the teal 

on the Chained Heart Frame!

Once the gesso had dried on the Fine Leafy Bush, I cut into smaller pieces & placed
it thoughout my page. I thinks it finishes the layout of nicely!!

'LOVE ALWAYS'

For my second layout working with a darker background but still bursts with color....

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 

Fine Words Set 1

Love Loopy Font Title

ATC - Tiny Hearts & Stars pack

Funky Arrows

Heart Silhouettes

Handdrawn Heart Frame

Love Keys

Wing Set 2

Polaroid Frame

I have given these Handdrawn Heart Frame, Always from Fine Words Set 1 & 
 Love Loopy Font Title a coat of gesso! Then added some blue to the word Always... 

Once the gesso had dried on the Polaroid Frame, I then lightly inked it with Orange...

This hanging Heart From the Funky arrow pack, has been inked with black!

The Wing has been very lightly gessoed!

 All the hearts placed thought out my page are from the Heart Silhouettes,  
 Love Keys & ATC - Tiny Hearts & Stars pack have been coated with gesso,
then some I have left as is, & others inked with purple! 

That's it from me today! 

Thanks for stopping by....

 

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!

'Let Your Light Shine' by Lisa Griffith

Hello 2 Crafty Chipboard fans! Lisa here to share with you two projects, the first one is a layout inspired by my little boy. 'Let Your Light Shine'

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

'Cog Border'

'Heart Silhouettes'

'Let Your Light Shine'

I knew I wanted to use the amazing piece called 'Cog Border' in a boyish super grungy 

layout so I embossed it with black and chunky gold embossing powders really unevenly 

to make it look like rusted metal. Then I cut up the border into smaller pieces and tucked them 

into my layers made of vintage book paper and some pieces of an old pair of my sons jeans.

I treated the title piece 'Let Your Light Shine' and the 

'Silhouette Hearts' the same way, with gold embossing powder 

and I love the way they turned out.

My second project is a layout done on a 8 X10 Prima 'Paintable'.

'A Glimpse Of You'

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

'A Glimpse of You'

'Skeleton Leaves'

'Avery Vines'

For all the chipboards I used on this project I first covered them with white gesso, 

and then colored them with inks in green, cinnamon brown, and orange.

This title piece 'A Glimpse of You' is so perfect for a vintage photo of my Grandma

tucked into some fall coloured flowers.

I hope I have inspired you a little and shown you how to make 2 Crafty Chipboard work well 

in a super grungy layout or make it delicate and pretty, it's all up to you!

Happy Crafting!