Happy Fright Night By Charmane Sharp

 

Welcome to October, the month of Halloween. My second favourite time 

of the year. I love all things spooky and making awesome memories with my 

family. This photo is from a few years ago of my hubby and son.

2Crafty Chipboard used…

Title- Happy Fright Night

Iron Gates

Gravestone set

11’ Halloween Frame

Transforming the Iron Gates to look like they belonged on an abandoned 

house was so much fun. After the usual coat of Gesso I painted them with

Distress Paint in Hickory Smoke and dry brushed over the top with Black

Soot giving an aged look. Then while a little damp I bent them so they

could frame my photo as though they were falling off their hinges.

The title was placed on top of the right one after mixing some Distress Carved

Pumpkin with a dot of Ground Espresso paint and a touch of Barn Door until

I was happy with the Orange shade. Once dry I sanded it for the worn grunge

finish to match the Gates.

The Gravestones added the perfect Halloween vibe at the bottom of my

layout. Dry brushed some Black Soot Distress paint from the outside in

for a faded result to age them. Making the cross darker for contrast and

added some Tim Holtz rubons for the final look.

The Coffin was given the same treatment as the Gravestones with some

Hickory Smoke dry brushed on too for a lighter look to highlight the

Black Soot on the cross.

Last year I used the rest of the Halloween frame on a layout and I had

some Bats left over so they were the perfect finish with one flying off the

Gate for added spookiness. I hope you have enjoyed this layout and the 

Mixed media background which could also be used for an amazing boy

layout too.

Until next time…

Charmane x

'Sunshine & Blue Skies' layout Rachael Funnell

 

Hello everyone!

Rach with you today sharing my first 2 Crafty inspro for this month..

This beachy themed layout & of course featuring some FAB 2 Crafty Chipboard

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

Sunshine & blue skies title

Intertwined swirly hearts

2014

Palm leaves set

Let's start with this super cute swirly heart from Interwined swirly hearts set,

that I have siitting on the left corner of my photo

Where I have just simply inked this with a lovely pale blue...

Next up I have added some of the wonderful Palm Leaves

which I think works perfectly well for this page..

 I have inked these beauties green

 & placed thoughout my flower clusters...

Next up is my title Sunshine & blue skies inking this with a mid blue..

Lastly of course is the date 2014, giving this a thick coat of gesso...

That's it from me,

I hope I have inspired you in some way

Thanks so much  for stopping by!

#CHERISH by Tania Ridgwell

 Hi there!

Tania you today to share the first of my DT projects for October. 
  I have created a layout. 

"#CHERISH"

2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

*Mini # Word Set 1

*Celtic Square Asst Set 1

*Frame Yvette's

I have used the beautiful Paper Rose 'Ink & Ivory' Collection to create the base for my Layout.

I first painted the Celtic Squares and Cherish from the Mini # Word Set chippies with a Posca white paint pen. I left Yvette’s Frame chippie raw for this page, as I thought it tied in beautifully with the colours of the papers.

To construct my page, I added my photo to the right side of my base page and tucked Yvette’s Frame chippie underneath the top section of my photo. I embellished around my photo with lots of beautiful paper blooms, tucking the Celtic Square chippies amongst the blooms to create a pretty layered effect. To finish off my page, I added the Cherish title chippie to the left side of my photo.

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

Until next time thanks so much for stopping by.

Tania xx

My Story by Robin Schelin

 Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by today.

This photo just screams tranquility to me. I love it. So calm and peaceful. I don't do many beach or ocean themed layouts, but I thought I would give it a go. Hope you like it.

My Story 

2Crafty I used:

Fishing Net Bits

Seagulls

My Story

This is another layout where I only used Gesso to alter the chipboard. 

Up top over the photo I placed 2 Seagulls. I played around with using butterflies, as I usually do, but then I found these little gems at the bottom of my chipboard stash. I forgot I even had them. Perfect! I painted them with Black Gesso, easy.

I pretty much surrounded the photo with the Fishing Net Bits. These are really pretty and absolutely lend to the nautical theme of this layout. I simply painted them with Black Gesso. I wanted all the black pieces to have the same flat finish, so Gesso worked.

More of the Fishing Net Bits here at the top corner of the photo.

Then again, more Fishing Net Bits at the bottom under the flowers on the right.

I placed the title My Story between the 2 fishing net pieces. I want to bring down the black and white of the lighthouse on the upper left to try to create some color balance. I painted the title with 2 coats of White Gesso, trying to get it as white as I could. 

And that's it. Very easy just using Gesso to alter the chippies. And what a score finding those Seagulls! Take a trip through your own stash and find all the little treasures hiding there that you totally forgot about!

See you again in a few days

xx

"A Beautiful Moment"Layout By Di Garling

Hello there, Di Garling back with you today.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog.

Today I have another new layout to share with you
& of course I have used some lovely
pieces of our favourite 2Crafty Chipboard.

2Crafty Chipboard Used....
"Delicate Butterflies"
"A Beautiful Moment With You"-Title
(I trimmed the "with you" off of it
Elsie's Border

On this layout I have used the chipboard title,

"A Beautiful Moment With You"

but I trimmed the words "with you" off with my scissors

which is so easy to do & that way you can customise them

 to suit your layout.

I then basecoated it in white acrylic paint before giving it a

"wash" of watered down apricot acrylic paint. I really like the

shabby chic effect this technique gives the chipboard.

The next piece of chipboard I used was one of the

"Elsie's Borders"
which I tucked it in at the side of my flower cluster.
This is such a lovely piece.
I used the same paint effect on this as what I
used on the title.

So all those lovely chipboard pieces teamed with some
lovely layers, a few flowers & a bow & hey presto,

all finished.

If you would like to see more of my work, 

CLICK HERE.

Well thats all from me today.
Until next time.

My Beautiful Girl By Charmane Sharp

Celebrating Maggie’s First Birthday and yes I made her a party hat. Why not?

Everyone deserves to be celebrated. I chose the lovely Flowers of Delight

Collection by Craft O’ Clock.

2Crafty Chipboard used…

Lace Doily Frame x2

Frame Doilies 

10’ Angel Wings

Foliage set 10

The Title was inked with Distress Oxide Wilted Violet for a pop of colour

and spritzed with water for the oxide finish. It stands out by the use of White

items underneath. On the bottom is the right side of the Angel Wings which I

applied Dusty Concord Oxide to and heat dried to then spray Hickory Smoke

Spritz over the top for a glorious shimmer.

For something different due to the special occasion captured I went with a

 double frame idea and I love the end result. Using the Doily Frames to

 highlight my photos I used white embossing powder and cut my photos with

 circle dies. Then laid them on top of 2 Lace Doily Frames which I sprayed

Wilted Violet Spritz over, heat dried and repeated twice more to build up an

aged shimmer look which is hard to see here but is beautiful in real life.

My floral cluster was finished with some pioeces of the Foliage set

matching with the Iced Spruce Oxide. Heat set and then took the

nozzle off the Hickory Smoke Spritz and tapped some over the leaves

for the Oxide effect but with a shimmer.

I did lots of fussy cutting from my papers to build layers and make a

very pretty layout for Maggie celebrating her special first birthday. I 

hope you liked the double frame idea and even though the shimmer is

 hard to show up in photos it really is such a stunning finish.

Until next time...

Charmane x

'Dreamer' with Lisa Amiet

 

Hello all!
It's Lisa here today to share some 2Crafty inspiration with you. 

I created a layout featuring my daughter.

"Dreamer"

 2Crafty products used:

 'Mini Flourish Bits'
'Delicate Lace Border'
'Frame Georgian'
'Mini Branches'

 

 

For this layout, I used one of the 'Frame Georgian',
which I heat embossed white,
and backed with one of my papers.

I tucked it slightly behind my photo
 and layered it with elements from my papers,
 and some flower clusters.  

 

 

I used one of the 'Mini Flourish Bits'
and one of the 'Mini Branches',
both pieces were embossed white.

I then tucked them into my floral layers
 on the right side of my page. 

 

 

I also used one of the 'Delicate Lace Borders',

also embossed in white.

I layered it under a strip of one of my papers, 

with the lace border peeking out from under it.  

 

 

I am really loving this layout. The chipboard and colours just pop off the black background. 
I hope that you like what I have created. 

 Until next time!

Lisa