Baby - Laura Gilhuly

 I am having so much fun scrapbooking the old photos of my hubby and his family from when he was little.  The 2Crafty chipboard pieces are perfect for all the pages I have planned and have already created including this one!

He was so cute!!!

2Crafty Products used

Ginny's Flourish Set

Baby's Clothesline

Chunky Hearts

I added the painted chunky heart and one of the flourishes to a small cluster in the corner

I used the Ginny's flourish in the clustering around the photo

I had a lot of fun painting the clothesline!

Thanks for stopping by,

How sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Laura Gilhuly

 Hi everyone!

I am back today to share my second layout I created for February - the month of LOVE!
I thought to celebrate the month of love I would create a layout of my wonderful husband and I. 
 Been married almost 25 years (August of this year).

How sweet It Is To Be Loved By You

2Crafty products used

6" Ariel's Spray Border

Photo Adornment - Evan's Swirls

Chunky Hearts

How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You

For the wonderful title I painted it (very carefully) with two shades of pink acrylic paint then heat embossed to add a bit of shine.

I painted the Evan's swirls with white pearl paint and created a clustering with cut out elements and the chunky hearts painted pink.

Ariel's Spray border was the perfect accent to one of my favourite photos of my husband and I.

Thanks so much for stopping by

'Beauty' by Emma Zappone

Hello! Hope you all are doing ok.
Todays share is a colour combo that is a personal fave of mine.
And it features a technique that makes for an easy scrapbook page.

Here are the chipboard pieces featured......

Leafy Shrub Set2
Chunky Hearts
Crazy Circles

The background of this page is using the simple technique of smooshing oxide inks with a piece of acetate on to the white cardstock. 
And because I liked the simplicity of this page I kept the chipboard simple also with the finishes.

I primed all the chipboard pieces with white Gesso to start with. The Leafy Shrub pieces I dabbed a little Oxide Ink straight over the top of the white gesso once it was dry. The colour of the oxide really pops when over the Gesso. I also loved how your could still see the contrast of the white in sections of the chipboard.

The big Crazy Circles panel was also primed with white Gesso and then, with an old tattered brush added white crackle paste. I use an old brush for this because it adds the crackle thickly and thinly to the board without the hassle of purposely doing it. 

Then once the crackle was dry, colour was applied. I used 3 different ink sprays and a liquid acrylic to add depth to the crackle texture. Once happy with the level of colour I added just a hint of wax over some of the heavily cracked areas.
The Chunky heart on the picture has the same technique applied to it.

I hope this page has inspired you a little today.
I look forward to seeing you all again real soon.

Take care, Em xx

'handsome' layout By Rachael Funnell

Hello 2 Crafty fans!

Today I share with you this fabulous boy's layout, 

featuring my son & some great 2 crafty chipboard pieces...

handsome (title)

Clock face disc

6" clock face frames

2019

Funky arrow

Steampunk arrow set

Chunky heart

I started with given all chipboard pieces a coat of gesso!

leaving the large 6"clock face frame white, 

and framing this photo of my boy just perfectly..

 cutting in half of the next size down clock face frame

 leaving half white and inking the other half black.. 

Also inked black the smallest Clock face dics and the funky arrow....

Once the coat of gesso dried on the word handsome, 

I then gave it a coat of gel medium &

 once that dried inking it with a red ink!

Repeating that process to the chucky heart... 

before adding the 2019..

lastly! leaving white steampunk arrows and

adding one to the bottom of my page & cutting the second 

arrow in half  adding to the top left of my page...

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you have been inpsired in someway today..

Until next time! 

'Love this moment'by Rachael Funnell

'Love this moment'

Hello everyone!

Today I have this layout to share, featuring this beautiful photo 

of the Grandparents with the grandkids... 

And have including some FABULOUS 2 Crafty chipboard pieces...

2Crafty chipboard used: 

Large film strip

Love from the ATC - Words

Turkish Lanten

This Moment

ATC - Tiny hearts

Chunky Heart

This moment Title was simply given a double coat of gesso, 

The Chunky Heart & a few of the Tiny hearts from the ATC - Tiny hearts & star pack,

were all inked with either Dusty pink, sky blue or black...

The word Love from the from the ATC - Words and the Large film strip 

also inked with black, I then cut the film Strip into 2 pieces and 

placed a strip either side of photo....

Lastly! with this super cute Turkish Lanten, I cut away the super fine chain 

hanging from the top and inked with sky blue ink...

I REALLY love how this layout has turned out!

I will be back later on in the month...

Thanks for stopping by!

February Shares By Debbi Tehrani

Hi, 2Crafty Fans! I'm here to share three layouts I made using the awesome 2Crafty chipboard.   "#Happy"

  These beautiful girls are my husband's nieces.  I'm making a book for Mehrnaz, and I gave her this page  when she visited a couple of weeks ago.
How awesome is this Bubbly Reed Panel?  Such a cool backdrop for a photo.  I used some circles from the Circles sheet  to sort of extend the panel to the edge of my page. I coated them with white embossing powder  to give them a crisp look against the kraft background paper.

I used red stamp ink to color the Funky Heart and then inked the edges with black ink. 

The title came from the 6 X 6 Summertime sheet and was the perfect size to layer over the photo.

  2Crafty Products used in this project: Bubbly Reed Panel Circles Chunky Hearts Summertime  

"Summer Fun"

I fell in love with these awesome 2Crafty palm trees,

 and this picture my mom, sister, and nephew posing with their parrot hats 

at the Jimmy Buffett concert seemed the perfect opportunity to us them.

I covered the palm fronds with green paper 

and then stamped it to give it texture. 

The trunks were colored with brown stamp ink. 

I painted the "Fun" title from the Summertime sheet and Funky arrow yellow 

and outlined them with a pen to give these elements 

a sort of cartoon-y feel I was going for with this page.

I thought the center of the nested Zig Zag circles looked like a sun, 

so that's what I made it. I painted it yellow and added a Circle Word, 

misted with Heidi Swapp Color Shine, which gave it a fun shimmer.

The Polaroid Frames are handy for tucking into the layers to add a bit of fun. 

I painted mine yellow and saved the other part for a future layout.

2Crafty Products used in this project:

Small Palm Tree Set

Frame Zig-Zag Borders

Word Circles Set 2

Funky Arrows

Polaroid Assortment Frames

Summertime

"Blizzard"

That's my step-dad who passed away last year.  I gave this page, along with several others, to my mom for Christmas.  I made this layout for CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration, using this Case File:  

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How beautiful is this 2Crafty Fine Snowflake?  It's a little big for my 8 x 8 page, but I love it so much,  I wanted to make it a highlight of my page,  and I framed part of it to draw attention to it. I embossed the snowflake with a white embossing powder  that has silver glitter in it to give it a frosty shimmer.  

I used pewter embossing powder on many of the other pieces, 

like the Chevron Bits. I love how those pieces can draw your eye 

to a photo or other element that deserves attention.

The Alpha Set 1 is a perfect size to create your own title. 

I embossed the letters with the same pewter, 

and I used a blue embossing powder for the Folk Heart.

  2Crafty Products used on this layout:

Fine Snowflakes

Polaroid Assortment Frames

Folk Hearts

Chevron Bits

Alpha Set 1

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my pages. 

I hope I gave you some ideas for using the beautiful 2Crafty chipboard. 

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