Sunshine & Blue Skies - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
Laura here to share my next layout!

2Crafty Products Used;

Chevron Bits
Sunshine & Blue Skies
Bubble Clumps
Anchor & Buoy
12x12 Crazy Circles
Circle Stack
6x6 Circle Frame Set

I fell in love with the 12x12 Crazy Circles and knew I wanted to use them in a fun way!  I used them as the base and left it open so the empty spots could be seen!

I wanted the layout to be rustic like the paper I chose.  I painted all the chipboard with white gesso, allowed to dry then added blue or brown paint.  On the items I painted blue I also painted a couple of white layers over top.

I then used 250 and 1000 grit sand paper to removes some of the paint in places and and done to the chipboard in others.

For the title piece I used Tim Holtz uncharted mariner distress ink and clear embossing powder.

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Attitude - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
I am back today to share another masculine mixed media layout

2Crafty Products used:

Banners Flags
Chevron Bits
Word Circle Set 2
Steampunk Element Set 1
Steampunk Arrow Set 2
Scribble Circles
Harlequin Clumps

After prepping the chipboard with white gesso I applied rangers distress mica stain in
 Winter Frost to most of the chipboard.

 

I allowed it to dry naturally then layered Dylusions Black and Ranger Distress Stain in
Lost Shadow and also allowed to dry naturally. 
 When completely dry I applied some Ranger vintage photo distress ink over it and black ink to the edges.

I used the same Vintage Photo ink on the title!

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Double Trouble - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
Laura back today to share another masculine layout I created of our sons!

2Crafty Products used:

Double Trouble
Tickets
View Finder
Moroccan Bits
6" Circle Revolution Frame
Aged Film Strip
Chevron Bits
Page Tab Set

I primed all the chipboard with clear gesso including the center section of the revolution frames.

I then covered the chipboard with a mix of lumberjack plaid, rustic wilderness, and scorched timber distress inks that I sprayed with water then allowed to dry naturally.  I inked the outer edges of each piece with the scorched timber ink also

I wanted to use the highlights of red from the awesome papers because Ty's bike he built was red and I love the highlights it provided and it made the title stand out.

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Boys Will Be Boys - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!
I am back to share another fun masculine layout I created of our youngest!

2Crafty products used:

Steampunk Gears Small
Steampunk Gears Medium
Chevron Bits
Industrial Light Bulbs
12x12 nested Cog Frames
Boys Will Be Boys Title

I wanted to keep with the masculine grungy feel

I covered all the pieces with the exception of the lightbulbs with texture paste and allowed it to air dry

I used Dusty Durango stampin' up ink pad and orange brusho powder on the rust colored pieces including the lightbulbs

I used a combination of uncharted mariner and faded jeans distress oxide inks with turquoise brusho powder

When all the pieces were dry I dry brushed white paint overtop to accent the textures.

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Brothers Make the Best Friends - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!  
Laura here back to share my next layout for my husbands childhood album!

2Crafty Products used;

Brothers Make The Best Friends

Circle Stack

1" Hexagons

Chevron Bits

I wanted to create a bright and fun layout of my husband (dark hair) and his brother (blonde)

I die cut a bunch of hexagons from the paper then layered the circles and hexagons over top

I kept with the bright colors and painted all the pieces to match!

To bring your eye to the photo I used the chevron bits to point to it.

I also wanted to the title to stand out from the other chipboard pieces so I painted it black.

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Handsome - Laura Gilhuly

Hi everyone!

I am back to share another layout I created of my wonderful husband!

2Crafty Products used;

Chevron Bits

Steampunk Collage

Handsome Title

Circle Dot Frames (I used the negative part)

Industrial Spring

Filmstrip medium

Steampunk Gears Medium

I wanted the title to stand out against the busy background so I simply heat embossed it black.

The gears, spring, collage, chevrons and filmstrip I wanted to be grungy and have an industrial feel.  To accomplish this I painted each piece with white gesso and once dry I added some heavy texture paste.  Once the paste was dry I layered colors using oranges, browns, greys and black spray mist then I inked the outside edges.

Love the rustic feel of these pieces which suit my theme perfectly.

Hope you like my page and I've inspired you to get crafty today.

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Kindergarten Class Photo - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi!

While I was going through the old photos of my husband I saw this wonderful class photo of his kindergarten class!  Perfect for the school themed and not school themed wonderful 2Crafty chipboard!

2 Crafty Products used:

Circle Stack

Chevron Bits

Dotty Bits

Mini rulers

BookWorm

Photo Bomb

Mini School Class Titles

I wanted the chipboard to go with the theme of the layout so all the pieces I colored with pencil crayons (colored pencils).

For the title I used the mini class titles and the photo bomb - I just cut off the word bomb for future use!

The bookworm is so cute!

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Tammy's June Shares

Hi 2 Crafties!!

Tammy here to share my June creations with you.

First up is a layout titled

"Live out Loud"

A bright fun layout celebrating friendships.

I am a big fan of colour!! and as this layout celebrates a fun occasion vibrant colour is perfect.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Flower Doilies'

'Grid Bits'

'Lattice Leaves'

'Live out Loud Title'

 

                                                                                          I began by adding paint to the background.

Onto this I applied a stencil with transparent gloss gel.

This just gives a bit of texture to the background without detracting from the photos.

I added some stamping with black ink to help blend the paint into the cardstock.

I then applied gesso to the 'Grid Bits'.

and also to the 'Flower Doilies'.

I painted the 'Live out Loud' title in black paint

I also painted the 'Lattice Leaves' with the black paint too.

I love how the black pops against the colour and also the white background.

I finished off the layout by layering up behind the photos and adding a cluster of flowers.

Finally to finish I added a few flicks and splashes of black paint, 

and some quotes to help tell the story.

My next creation is totally different.

I've gone grungy and rustic.

It's titled:

"Adventure awaits"

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Chevron Bits"

"Steampunk Medium Gears"

"Steampunk Small Gears"

"Chain lengths"

"Adventure loopy title"

"Chained Circle Frames"

"Assorted Arrows"

I grunged up the background paper by adding some stamping in black ink, 

and also some flicks and blobs of spritz.

I also added some random strips of paper, to which I applied gesso.

As I wanted some of the chipboard to look like rusty metal, I applied Finnabair's Rust Effect Paste.

I was thrilled with how it came out.  So simple.

The rust comes in 3 colours - Red Rust, Brown Rust and Gold Rust.

I just rubbed it over the chipboard quite randomly.

I did this for the 'Steampunk Small Gears' and 'Steampunk Medium Gears'

 

and also for the 'Chained Circle Frames' and the 'Chain Lengths'.

I painted a few 'Assorted Arrows' and 'Chevron Bits' in black, and also added 

black paint to my title 'Adventure loopy font'.

I then added some extra embellishments - quotes, metal bits and flicks of paint.

I really enjoyed doing a grungy layout.

 It's been a long time as I get so distracted by COLOUR!

This layout really reminded me to step out of my comfort zone and try something a little different.

I hope you do too!!

I thought I'd share one more layout that I recently created  for Scrap the Girls.

Of course I used 2Crafty Chipboard on it....

I use 2Crafty Chipboard on every layout!!!

It's titled

"Work in Progress"

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Polaroid Assorted Frames'

'Fine Heart Border'

 

I painted the 'Fine Heart Borders'

I painted the 'Polaroid Assorted Frames' and then stamped randomly on top of this.

Well that's it from me!

You can see more on my BLOG.

Happy creating!!