"Simple Moments" by Amy Voorthuis

 Goodmorning sweet 2Crafty friends, 

Today is my turn to show you some inspiration on this amazing blog. For this post I made another layout with some pretty prima marketing papers & amazing 2Crafty chipboard pieces. For this layout I used another picture of my husband and our daughter just like on my last layout I showed you here. I really love to decorate my pictures with the amazing phrases like I did here.

Simple Moments:  

Corner Annalise

Simple Moments make Great Memories 

Mini Word Set 2

Frame Chained Circles 

12x12 Clock Face Frames

All the chipboard pieces are firstly treated with a layer of white gesso. The swirls I decorated with some acrylic matt paint, some spray & wax. The chaine circle I painted with three different paints and black gesso as I did with the clock face. 

The beautiful phrase I treated with two layers of white embossing powder and for the word "together" I also used some embossing powder. For that last one I thought it was to shiny on my layout so I also added some white wax & gesso on that one.

 Thank you so much for your visit today and if you would like to see more of my work please visit here:

Amy's Pretty Papers

Much love and happy crafting...

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,

 

On Top Of The WorldBy Jennifer Snyder

Howdy everyone.  Jennifer Snyder here today to share some of

 the projects I have been working on during the month

featuring 2Crafty Chippies. 

This month I had some assistance from my darling kitty,

 Escape Kitty. She fancies herself on top of the world "living it up".  

 Humans merely her adoring subjects.  That's at least how I am 

treated at home.  Those of you with pets -

 raise your hand if you can relate. 

This piece was made using the Flying Unicorns Kit for June.  

 They seem to make a great pairing

"Live It Up". 

I used a new release, the "Chain Circles".  These are versatile &  quite intricate.  

I also used "World Globe and Ink Set"   and the title piece, "Live it up". 

 I did paint the "globe" with white to make it pop a bit but left

 the "Chain Circles" plain. 

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Lighthouse Canvas Featuring the "Anchor"

I also made a second piece with the Flying Unicorns kit for July that 

was perfect for the newly released "Anchor" chipboard.  

This piece is so detailed and amazing that I dabbed with a gesso to 

accent the etchings on the Chipboard.  Then I added little patches of

 silver embossing enamel and some micro beads in silver. 

The twinkling stars are from the "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars" and have also 

been painted with gesso and topped with silver embossing enamel. 

Just look at this design!  If this isn't totally amazing...

                      And remember, to find a 2Crafty stocklist near you, drop an email to...     

 salesat2crafty@optusnet.com.au

Perfectly Natural Chipboard By Jennifer Snyder

Hello friends. Jennifer Snyder here today using some of the new releases 

from 2Crafty as well as one of my classic favorites.  

The new releases just get more and more lovely and striking.  

I have always been a fan of using chipboard in it natural glorious gorgeous

 state - right out of the package.  I realize some people are intimidated by

 chipboard...what to do with it and how to treat it...but I like to push all that

 intimidation aside and focus on the pure beauty of the product.  Easy to use

 and because it comes as a neutral tone, it goes with anything in it's natural state. 

Today I am sharing two projects, an altered box, and layout  

with natural chipboard elegance.   

The Altered Box

My first piece to share is a decorative box made with the Flying Unicorns April kit. 

I used the new 2Crafty releases, "Chain Circles"  and  "Mini Flourish Bits" and added them as accents to the top of my box.  

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Products - Gift Box

Flying Unicorn April Your Passion. Your Art kit of the Month

2Crafty Mini Flourish Bits

2Crafty  Chain Circles Design Vintage Spring Basics 

Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics

Prima FlowersPrima Color Blooms Tea Stain

hemp cord

 

 

 The Layout

The second project to share is also a layout for the Flying Unicorns. 
This features my sweet Escape Kitty.  The glorious corner chipboard piece is also a new release called "Corner Doodled".  It's fun and has a bit of carefree whimsy like my cat. 
  I also added the "Chicken Barbed Wire" as texture. 

Here is an image of the "Corner Doodled" chipboard piece:

I have also tucked a fav of mine into the floral cluster,  the "Chicken Barbed Wire". 

 It's perfect for little tucks here and there as filler, texture and interest. Heck, 

it's just plain fun to use. 

Supplies:

Glitz Pretty in Pink Collection

2Crafty Chipboard Corner Doodled

2Crafty Chipboard Chicken Wire m

Prima Clear Stamp

Prima Flowers -

Prima Color Bloom Mists - Deep Teal

String Pearls

And remember, to find a 2Crafty stock list near you, drop an email to...
salesat2crafty@optusnet.com.au