Sweet Christmas Treats Star Decoration by Tania Ridgwell

Hello there!

Tania joining you today to share the last of my DT projects for December and final project for 2023.
  I have altered a wooden Star Plaque.

"Merry Christmas Star Decoration"

2 Craft Products Used:

*Holly Flourish

*Star Bright Snowflakes

*Deer Set

*Card - Merry Xmas Words

I have used the gorgeous Paper Rose Studio Sweet Christmas Treats Collection to create this project.  Once I chose the paper for the background of my star plaque I set about decorating.

I fussy cut a large window scene from one of the papers from the collection and adhered it to the star.  I fussy cut lots of beautiful Poinsettias and Holly sprigs from the papers too and added them randomly around the window scene.

I coloured the Holly Flourish and Star Bright Snowflakes with Mont Marte Silver Paint.  Once my chippie pieces were dry I cut the Holly Flourish in half and tucked one of each of the halves into the Poinsettias along the right side of the star.  I added two of the Star Bright Snowflake chippies to the left of the star and the third to the right.

I added a couple of raw Deer chippies also tucking them into the fussy cut elements.  I added a few blooms around the poinsettias and finished off my Star plaque by adding a Merry Christmas chippie title from the Card - Merry Xmas Words pack which I painted with Silver Adirondack Metallics paint along the top. 

Thats' all from me today. 

 I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year with loved ones.

 Until next time thanks so much for stopping by and see you in the new year!!!

Journey-Take the Scenic Route - with Karan Gerber

Hi Friends and welcome to the  2 Crafty Chipboard Blog today.

Its Karan Gerber here to host the blog for you one last time. 
 It has been a wonderful year and I cannot believe how quickly it has passed us by.  

I want to take the opportunity and thank Vanessa and Di for allowing me to join the team this past year, I hope i have served you well, and wish you continued success! 

So onto my Last Project!

I have altered a box. In my scrap room clean up, i came upon some mists collections from Canvas Corp, this one is called Naturally Aged Kit - Aged Mahogany. It is a four part step mist/paint process, some requiring drying time in between, some while the previous layer is still wet. 

I started by prepping my box with gesso and heat setting; and following directions on the package adding layers of color. 

I chose some chipboard pieces to accent this box, I love the light bulbs and chains, and thought the brick detail will be a nice touch

I cut up the brick chipboard and placed some on the top edge of the box and brought some down onto the bottom part of the box

I love gears, they represent moving pieces of my favorite item to alter ( clocks) 

I put a piece of flat chipboard behind the light bulb word for added strength. And below are some further images. 

I love how this turned out, its not normally my go to color combo, but trying to get out of my comfort zone with that and when i came upon this color kit, i thought it would be a great way to do that. 

Here are the pieces of chipboard i used.

Brick Panel; Chain Link; Light Bulb Word Set

Happy Scrapping !!

Altered Bottle by Elena

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm back with a new Mixed Media project.

I was inspired by the sophistication of ancient statues.

 And I wanted to make an object reminiscent of that era.

O confess I never liked decorating bottles, and this time I was pretty skeptical.

However, the result that came out, thanks to the chipboard, exceeded all my expectations!

I got great satisfaction from both the process and the result!

Now I urgently need bottles of all sizes and shapes
 because I just fell in love with this format!

First, I primed the bottle with Premium White Gesso
and then stuck the Checkerboard Panel on.

I wet the chipboard with water so it wouldn't break
 and stuck it to the bottle.

Next I painted it with Bad Girls Couture paints.
I used these shades: Make it rain и Last Sin.

If you look closely you will notice a lot of gears of different sizes
 under the main composition. Since they are painted to match the bottle,
 they are difficult to immediately notice.
However, they add volume and layering to my composition.

I used three sets of gears.:

Steampunk Gears Small
Steampunk Gears Medium
Giant Gears 

One of the main decorations is Crown.

 I painted it with paints:

Caution Tape и Dive Bar

In the same colors I painted the Clock Face Frame and
covered it with Glossy Accents by Ranger. 

Additionally a little tinted alcohol ink.

To add flicker to my work I tinted with wax.

None of my work is complete without toppings.

I glued beads and glitter with Clear Gesso

 

 I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

Crowns 

Checkerboard Panel

Steampunk Gears Small

Steampunk Gears Medium

Giant Gears 

Steampunk Strips

Clock Face Frames

I shall be delighted if you like my work and inspire you to create your own unique bottles.

Don't be afraid to try something new and come back to topics you didn't like before!

Life is full of amazing discoveries, let them fill your life!

Love, Elena!

Don't forget to check out my Blog   and   Instagram

Day at the Beach - With Karan Gerber

Hi Friends and welcome to the 2 Crafty Chipboard Blog today, I am sharing a altered
 canvas with you showcasing some fabulous chippies.
 I really love the titles and enjoy working with them. 

I gessoed the title and heat set, then applied a few coats of various mists to achieve the final color

The journey ATC banner I just kept plain.

 The grid panel I cut into pieces and used on either side of my project and cut off

 pieces to detail throughout. 

Materials Used:

2 Crafty Chipboard: Day at the Beach;  Journey - ATC Word Set; Grid Panel

 

Thanks for stopping by, see you next time.

Steampunk Inspiration with Trudi Harrison

"Steampunk Heart"

Hi Everyone,

Trudi back with you today sharing some more 2Crafty Inspiration.  I have been having lots of fun altering some of the new 2Crafty steampunk elements with Colour Blast mediums.

A combination of the new Medium and Small Chipboard Gears were added to a Prima Artifact and Relic Heart.  The chipboard gears that embellish were altered with Colour Shimmer Sprays; Dusty Charcoal, Leather and Deep Water. 

2Crafty Products:

Steampunk Gears Small
Steampunk Gears Medium

The altered heart was created with idea of framing it as wall art.. but then another idea came to mind -

A 3D Altered Book from a Paper Mache Mini Album.
 With the altered heart used as embellishment for the front cover of the book along with lots of chipboard loveliness.  

"Good Fortunes For You"

Steampunk Corner 3 were attached to either side of the opening.  A Steampunk Heart sits over the top left hand corner of the opening with the previously altered heart attached over the top.  Small and Medium Steampunk Gears have been layered over the the Steampunk Corners along with trimmed pieces of Chain Lengths.

A Chained Circle Frame adds textural detail to the background.
The inside cover was embellished with Vintage Clock Hands and Steampunk Gears.  Dusty Charcoal, Deep Water and Leather Shimmer Sprays were used to alter the chipboard elements.

The inside 3D effect was created by sticking the pages of the book together and then removing the middle section with a craft knife.  

A Chain Circle Frame frames the decorative picture.  The movement of time in the picture reflected with a smaller Clock Face Frame and a combination of Steampunk Gears and Gears.

Shimmer Sprays were once again used to alter the chipboard - Leather with accents of Deep Water.

2Crafty Products:

Corner Steampunk 2

Corner Steampunk 3

Steampunk Heart

Steampunk Gears Medium

Steampunk Gears Small

Gears

Chained Circle Frames

6" Clock Face Frames

Vintage Clock Hands

Chain Lengths

Remember:

Thanks so much for dropping by today,

 

Canvas and Card By Athanasia

'Hello Birds'

Hello 2Crafty friends!

Today I'm sharing a fun and cute canvas with lots of colors and ...birds :)

I had this beautiful set of 2Crafty chippie birds for some time and I was just 

waiting  for a great idea to come up and use them.

The set contains three sizes of birds (two of each size), so I came up with a bird pyramid!!

I decided to use 4 of the 6 birds, not only for the reason to keep my pyramid not too high, but also to use the particular white cardboard I had. I measured a balsa wood at the same size of the cardboard, cut it in 3 and glued it down.  I painted both of them with gesso, blue silks and brown distress stain. 

Ι didn't use any stamps or stencils, as I wanted to keep the background quite and simple and focus on the birds.

To alter the birds I used silks paints, a little bit of gesso, stamps and a black permanent pen...

First I painted them with just a small amount of gesso very carefully, because I didn't want to cover the beautiful engraved pattern of them. Τhe white gesso helps the colors to show bright and right. 

After the gesso dried, I painted them with the silks.  Then I stamped on them here and there and painted some details with a pretty thin paintbrush again with silks. Last thing to do was to draw the legs with the black permanent pen.

For the tittle I used the "Script Font L/C Alphas". I really like this script because of the
calligraphy type - the letters abutting each other so nicely like they are handwritten.

I altered them with white crackle paint and I love how they turned out!

2Crafty Chipboard products used on this project:

Beaky Birds 

Script Font L/C 

  

'Sweet Memories Card'

This small project has many uses: you can use it as a tiny canvas, frame it, or give it to friend
as a card. I used quite a few materials to create it and I love it because it's so small :)

For the background I used the "Circular Panel" 6x6 as a stencil with Dimensional paint.
 It's really a great use of that kind chipboard because it's thicker than a regular stencil and
 you get a very impressive result!

I also used a leaf from the "Leafy Silhouettes" set and an arrow from the 
 "Mini Fast Forward Arrows" set to embellish the project.

2Crafty Chipboard products used on this project:

Circular Panel

Mini Fast Forward Arrows

Leafy Silhouettes

   

Thank you very much for visiting!
Have a lovely crafty day!
Athanasia