'2013' layout by Rachael Funnell

Hello 2 Crafty Fans!

Today I share my newest layout created with some 

beautiful 2 Crafty Chipboard pieces..

2 Crafty Chipboard used:

Small Film Strip

Medium Film Strip

Foliage set 10

6"  Clock Face Frame

Clock Face Disc

2013

Righto so... I'm just going to put it out there in the universe that.....

The Year packs would have to be my ALL TIME 2 Crafty FAVORITE chipboard.. 

Not many layouts of mine these days where I don't add the date, the year 

& the year packs are such a great bang for your buck..

The 2013, my title & the Smaller Film Strip have been given a couple of coats of gesso...

Then the Medium size film strip inked with black..I then have cut both film strips in half & placing 

at top & bottom of my photo...

Using the largest clock face from the  6"  Clock Face Frame pk 

& the smallest two from the  Clock Face Disc pk, inking them all with a beautiful dusty pink...

Lastly the Foliage I have used from  Foliage set 10, Inking these beauties with green, 

cutting them into smaller pieces & placing them throughout the fussy cutting layers

 Finishing off this layout beautifully ..

I hope you are inspired today in some way...

Until next time!

Album - Alice in Wonderland By Elena Martynova

Hello! lovely creative friends!

 Today I'd like to share with you my new inspiration -

 a mixed media album with amazing 2Crfaty products!

I've been creating this album for a whole year. 

Now with gusto making several pages at once, then putting it off for several months. 

Originally there were supposed to be five spreads but 

I had a lot of paper left, so I made two more.

I also had to redo the binding, which further increased the album's creation time.

There were no thoughts at all about the cover. I kept sorting through

 the pieces of fabric and suede... but there was nothing suitable. 

I decided to use linen with gray stripes, but it had to be combined with 

something and so successfully came a piece of scarlet linen. 

I wrapped them around the ends of the pages, the spine, and added them to the front cover.

Size 26x26 cm, spine thickness 9 cm

First, I stamped the fabric on the cover and applied crackle paste through a stencil.

Chipboard covered with black embossing powder.

Layered pieces of paper, lace and cutting.

Decorated with flower metal door handle and toppings: with micro beads and glitter.

I invite you to view the album review with all the secrets

 and openers, and then photos of the pages.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

I painted chipboards with metallic colors by the Fabrika Decoru.

On the cover and this spread I used these 

2Crafty Chipboard pieces....

Clock Face Discs

Frame Ingrid's

Formal Flourish 3

Flourish Adornment Set 6

 

I like the second spread very much due to the contrasting 

combination of pink and blue paper. Very beautiful contrast.

Pages were decorated with a Moroccan Bits chippies.

The third spread is in pink and beige colors. 

I added a bit of contrast by coloring the chipboard in blue shades.

On these spread here are the chippies:

Moroccan Bits

Steampunk Collage 

Checkerboard Panel

 

The fourth spread  is also my favorite. 

Mainly due to how well the chipboard fit in here.

This is how the inside of the page is decorated

an Elegant Flourishes chippie and a bit of stamping underneath.

 

The large dial is only half-glued to the page.

This spread is the richest on the chipboards,
 I made a separate collage for it.

Clock Face Discs

6" Clock Face Frames

Key Set Mini's

Elegant Flourishes

 

The fifth spread, which should have been the last.

It looks unusual due to the diamond-openers.

elen

 

I'm just in love in this chip frame Lucy's Flourish with curls  :)))

The sixth spread was very rich due to the paper prints.

I don't really like it, but it's here unusual triangular opening pages.

These chips were used in the fifth and sixth spreads

Element Set 3

Frame Lucy's Flourish

Ornate Buckles 

Steampunk Collage

 

And finally the final seventh spread.

 

Here are the chips on this spread

Flourish Adornment Set 6

Tahnya's 6" Border

Flower Medallions

Well, that's probably all I wanted to show you today.

 I would like to inspire you to creative achievements. 

I appreciate your feedback, feedback is always immensely inspiring.

 Thank you for your attention, friends! Create together with 2Crafty, 

create your own fairy stories, it is very interesting and exciting.

Elena xoxo

Oval panel "Wild at Heart" by Elena Martynova

Hello 2Crafty fans,

Elena here today to share my March projects.

Have you seen what beautiful panels 2Crafty produces? I got a few of them in my DT box. The unusual shape awakens my imagination and the creative process becomes even more interesting.

Today I will show the project on 10" Decorative Panel - Solid Oval.

First, I covered it with white gesso and dried it. 

I did not find the slightest hint of deformation, 

which indicates the high quality of 2Crafty products.

Then I pasted pieces of paper from an old dictionary, added stamping and color spots.

The main chipboard in this work is part of the dial from the set of 6" Clock Face Frames

I had to work on it a bit, painting it with dark light shades of brown paint.

Between the layers, I added a few gears from the Steampunk Gears Medium

 and Steampunk Gears Small sets.

I created a rust effect on their surface using texture pastes,
acrylic paints, and embossing powder.

Around the flowers, I added openwork leaves from the set of Lattice Leaves. 

They were painted with Lindy's black spray, then I added quite a bit of embosser powder.

In this photo, you can also find the key that was hidden behind a large white flower.

 

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

10" Decorative Panel - Solid Oval

6" Clock Face Frames

Steampunk Gears Medium

Steampunk Gears Small.

Key Set Mini's

Lattice Leaves

See you soon with another creative make and until then, happy crafting!

Love Elena xx

'Belive in Miracles' Layout Inspiration by Elena Martynova

Happy Monday!! A huge welcome to you my 2Crafty friends!

 Spring is a time of miracles! Time of awakening of nature, new discoveries, travel and love!

I love spring, every winter I look forward to its arrival!  

And here it is, like a little girl timidly making their moves, spreads, the first flowers and leaves. 

And though sometimes it snows or cold wind blows, still, spring is very close, around the corner, and it breath is so clearly felt on the frozen face :)))

 I found this cute picture of a girl in Pinterest. Usually girls dress in pink, 

and here such lovely shade of blue, and so it goes to this baby!

The photo palette prompted me to take a piece of paper with wooden boards by Lemoncraft.

 I carved a lot of roses, butterflies feathers and dials. 

Placed them casually, with a slope to create dynamics in the page.

 Chipboard is covered with embossing powder. 

For the dial and the inscription I chose a brown shade with a bronze tint.

 I covered the leaves of the rose chip with white powder, flowers are blue.

Here you can see a few more photos:

  I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

 6" Clock Face Frames 

 Believe in Miracles 

 Rose Set

 Hearts Clumps

Thank you for visiting, have a lovely crafty day!

 Don't forget to check out my BLOG.

 

Treasure: A Layout by Bec Genet

Hi all it's Bec here with my second layout for the month.
 Today I have a shabby vintage layout for you, my favorite type of layout to make. 

2Crafty Chipboard Used:

6" Clock Face Frames

Noah's Frame

Moroccan Bits

Lattice Leaves

Friendship Mini Word Pack

For the chipboard pieces 6" Clock Face Frames, Noah's Frame and Moroccan Bits I used Prima acrylic paint in Steampunk Copper then dry brushed some white gesso over the top. 

I placed the Noah's Frame under the right side of the photo, and I cut the Clock Frame in half to go on the left side of the photo

I chose the word Treasure from the Friendship Mini Word Pack as my title and coloured it with white gesso, I did the same for the Lattice Leaves.