Today by Sabrina Turpin

Hello 2Crafty fans!

We're nearing the end of October and it can only mean one thing: it's going to be my birthday
this week! Yay!!
With the lockdown still in effect here there won't be any big celebrations,
but I'm still going to try making the best of it!
My husband has a nice dinner planned for me and the kids and we're going to share it with
family over Facetime. 

I will be starting the last year of my thirties, so I'll really make sure to enjoy every day no matter the hardships it brings. This is the inspiration for the layout I'm revealing today.

"Today"

For the "Bunch of Roses", I applied some ivory enamel powder and rubbed a green wax on top of it. 

On the "Foliage Set 8", I used a clear glaze with sparkles inside.

For the "6" Floral Heart Frame", I used my finger to apply a green-gold shimmering wax

 and I heated it would melt and clearly show the two colors.

For the title "Today", part of "Fine Word Set 3", I applied aged silver embossing enamel.

For this layout, I used the following 2Crafty chipboards:

 Bunch of roses [CAR024]

Foliage Set 8 [M00867]

6" Floral Heart Frame [FR0132]

Fine word set #3 [M00799]

That's all for me today!
I hope you enjoyed this layout and that it gave you some inspiration for your own creations!
I'll be back in a few weeks with more ideas to share with you guys.
Until then, I'll raise a glass and cheer for all of you!

"Happy" by Kareen Dion

Hello everyone!

Today it is a very special day.

It is my last publication as a DT member for 2Crafty.

It has been a very wonderful adventure and I'm really grateful for this amazing opportunity.

So for my very last publication, I made a simple layout, very feminine.

I used the Flower Doilies, Bunch of Roses and the title Happy from the

Friendship Mini Word Set.

"Happy"

I embossed the Flower Doilies with white embossing powder.

The Happy title from the Friendship Mini Word Set

is also embossed with white embossing powder.

The Bunch of Roses are also embossed with white embossing powder.

2Crafty Chipboards used : 

- Bunch of Roses

- Friendship Mini Word Set

- Flower Doilies

Thank you again for everything,

I will miss you!!

Elena's November Mood

November is a very hard month for me to bear. It is too dull, too dark, too rainy, too cold in my part of the world. So I am struggling with this awful mood and here is my bright projects but still under November's influence for you.

The first one is called Mother & Daughter   Yes, you are right , I love to use our photos in my projects  

I decided to maintain the color palette used in Prima's papers and flowers, so I have a delightful pleasure to be warmed with this turquoise blue and peach shadows. But I wanted to add some shabby colors too, so I kept  the white accents on the chipboard. I used the title Mother & Daughter  

 I covered it with white Crackle Paint, then dabbed with acrylic paint in blue, turquoise and guava. I used a sponge to make some random spots.  Then I mounted some flowers on it, just wrapping them over the alphas.

The same technique I used on a  Bunch of roses  

I just added flowers to it, to add  more texture to create a bouquet.   Also I tried to keep a more visible crackle effect on  ATC Georgian Frame and just added the ink on the edges.  

  I used it as a padding for the resin embellishment I kept the blue colors on the Birdcage 1 too.  

  I primed it with Gesso, then misted with Lindy's Staburst mist for some shimmering and then sprayed with Dyllusions ink. and you can see this 2-tone result on the chipboard cage.     

  For my second layout I used autumn colors. 

    I have started randomly gessoing the chipboard. Then I added some acrylic paint with a sponge and a metallic acrylic paint with my brush   Birds on a Wire,

   I cut them and the other part I have already used on the other project   Penny Farthing

 I placed a big flower on it, which was gessoed too   

  I wanted to add some rusty look on Old Fence, so I painted it roughly with a dry brush and  the edges on the Miniature tree were inked with the chalk ink  

I used the same techniques on Grass Clumps     Finally my last Layout. I was thinking which one to share with you,  and decided to finish with some winter colors. Next time I think I will have something  Christmas, so please stay tuned to see my Christmas projects. but this time I want to show one of my favorite that I made for Manor House Creations.  

It is a photo of me with my son. I love the tenderness of baby's skin.  All of you who are mothers know this adorable feeling  of care and the smell of nativity. That is why I choose the title  Timeless Moments to Remember  

I primed this piece with gesso, then applied texture paste and dabbed in blue acrylic paint .  Next I took some Shimmerz and with a thin brush painted some stripes.  

The technique used on the Summer Leaf Stem is very simple.  I primed it with Gesso too and dabbed it with a sponge in light blue acrylic paint.   I hope you have enjoyed my projects and if you want to find more inspiration  using 2Crafty chipboard you are welcome to visit  my blog.   TFW Elena