2 Crafty Chipboard : just the 3 of us

Good morning 2Crafties!

It's my turn to share today, and I'm excited about it as I've got two
completely different layouts to show you.

First up is....

"Just the 3 of Us"

This one is a bright, colourful one. You may have worked out by now that I adore colour!

In this layout I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Just the 3 of us title"

"6" Revolution Frame"

"Assorted Arrows"

I painted some of the "Assorted Arrows" black and also my title "Just the 3 of Us" black too.

I find this grounds them, and allows them to pop against the bright colours.

I painted the "6 " Revolution Frames" orange.

I went with orange as it contrasts well with the background.

I used the large one to frame my photo, and the smaller ones I tucked underneath
my layers, making sure some of them were poking out.

A happy, bright page celebrating myself and my 2 kiddos and how much we love being together.

My second layout is titled:

"Make a Difference"

This one is much softer than my usual style, although I couldn't help adding black to give it contrast.

The theme of this layout is a serious one - it's all about my passion
for preventing and reducing violence against women.

This inspired the hearts, the title and the soft colour palette.

For this layout I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard pieces:

"Make a Difference title"

"Drawn Heart Frame"

"Heart Clumps"

"Fine Leafy Bush"

"ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars"

I painted the "Drawn Heart Frame" and the "Make a Difference title" black,

as I wanted these to 'pop' against the soft colours.

I painted the "Fine Leafy Bush" white.

I then cut off the little clusters and poked these in around the flowers.

I embossed the "Heart Clumps" with a gorgeous cream emboss powder,

which has a hint of pink and gold in it. So pretty!

I then painted some hearts from the "ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars" in a

soft pink paint. I scattered these randomly on the layout.

You will notice this layout moves from the top left corner, down to the bottom right corner.

This creates movement through the page.

I used the frame and the clusters of embellishments to draw the eye into the photo.

Well that's it from me today.

I hope this inspired you.

You can check out my blog HERE.

Tam

xxx

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In this post, I will be sharing 2 layouts of different themes. Here's the first layout based on a photo we took recently on our outing to Universal Studio Singapore.

On this layout, I wanted to have some clean space and also focus on layering the chipboards and flowers which I have fussy cut from a Bo Bunny pattern paper. Here are some close up photos for more details. Note that I have lightly applied a layer of gold metallic paint to all the chipboards.

I have popped up the photo with some 3D glue dots and layered the title

"Happiness is This" on top of the photo to make it really pop :)

In this photo, you get a glimpse of how I have layered the fussy cut flowers as well.

Here is another example of how I raised up the title chipboard with 3D glue dots which

adds to the attraction and definitely looks much better than lying flat on the paper.

It gives the whole layout a dimensional feel too.

In this last photo, I would like to zoom down to the worn look of the border chipboard. This is easily achieved as I have only lightly applied the gold paint and still allow some parts of the original chipboard to come through. To finish off the layout, I have added on some speckles of gold and white paint around the page. Hope you like what have share today and these are the 2Crafty chipboards used: 2Crafty Chipboard Used Festive Music Notes Happiness is This Mini Title Festive Music Notes (unit of 3)

Happiness is this Mini Title (unit of 3)

Just the 3 of Us and Chevron Bits Just the 3 of Us (unit of 3)

For the second layout, I'm turning the spotlight to my boy. Lots of Tim Holtz distress inks and stencils were used on this page.

Scroll on to check out the close up photos and write up on how I have altered the chipboards.

On this title chipboard, I have actually gave it a layer of white gesso, followed by dabbing Tim Holtz distress ink in broken china and ripe persimmon. Topping it up with a last layer of black gesso. On the Harlequin clumps, to get the rusty look, I have dab with distress ink peeled paint, and aged mahagony and added on some white speckles.

On these chipboards, I have dabbed them all with distress ink directly to the raw chipboard.

On the flourishes, they were very lightly dab with distress ink in black soot so that part of the original chipboard still shows.
On the interlocking grid panel and arrows, they were dabbed generously with distress ink in ripe persimmon. I allow the ink to soak into the chipboard. Another reason why I have directly inked on the raw chipboard is to allow the ink to appear in a darker shade.
The circle frame was actually from a left over chipboard that was holding the original piece. I dabbed it with distress ink in broken china, add some white speckles and to complete the look, I gently rub on some black gesso with my finger :)
As for the star chipboards, I have inked them with distress ink in weathered wood, add on some white speckles, and dab on the left over black gesso from my finger.