I'm A Big Kid Now By Priscilla Lim

Hi everyone, Happy New Year from the sunny side of Singapore! It's another new year; new beginning. May 2016 brings lots of happiness  and most importantly good health to everyone :) For my feature today, I have scrapped one of the favourite photos of my boy taken  back in 2015. He seems to have grown so much in this photo and when scrapping with  2Crafty, you will never find yourself in a situation when you can't find a title to match  your layout.  So here's one that says I'm A Big Kid Now. Exactly my sentiments! :)   Before we get started though.... Don't forget to become a BLOG FOLLOWER & leave a comment or two to go into our monthly "chipboard prize draw" for some free chippies !!!  The more comments you leave, the more chances to win.  

  I had great fun altering all the chipboard. Scroll down on each photo for details.  

Circular frame: I have misted with Tattered Angels - Pots of Gold and doodled
 on the flower buds with Zig Millennium 0.3 pen.

Title: I have primed it with a layer of black gesso, lightly mist the whole title using the
same medium as the circular frame. Then I dabbed on white paint sparingly and randomly.
 Using a Uniball Gel pen in white, I have outlined the word A Kid and added some dots on
the letter A. Lastly, Zig Calligraphy Metallic Gold pen was used to create some lines
 on the top of letter A.

 On these hexagons, I primed with black gesso and gave it some "umph" by going
around the 4 sides with the Uniball white gel pen.

Added little dots with my Zig pen on the tiny stars.
To let them have a little more attention too.

Here are two more close ups:

  These are the 2Crafty chipboards used on my layout:
Mini Hexagon Clumps 5" Floral Frame  I'm A Big Kid Now  Corner Xmas Star Spray    

Hope you like the the project I have shared today.

Patriotic Box by Jennifer Snyder

Hello.
  Jennifer Snyder here today and so happy to be posting
to 2Crafty for the first time! 
 What a privilege and honor. 

The month of July feels like a great time to be patriotic.  With the World Cup
 now behind us,  and so many people cheering on their country,
I  would  place a bet almost everyone who uses a computer had some 
sort of exposure to the fanfare and excitement of the game. 

 Where ever you live, there are times when we all feel patriotic, are proud, 
and have a love for our country.  

I used that patriotic pride as my inspiration for my star box. 
After covering the box in appropriate themed paper, I pulled out an 
interesting choice of 2Crafty Chipboard as my focal piece - 
the 'Corner Christmas Star Spray'.  
 Don't save this beauty for just the Christmas season!  
 It's way too beautiful for that.  

I thought it was perfect as a representation of the stars in the United States flag.
  I stayed simple and painted a base coat of white, then added 
embossing enamel to it.  No need to get all fancy.   Let the wonderful
 chipboard piece make the statement. 

Next I grabbed the small 'ATC Word chipboard set' and chose "Treasure".  

I treated it with the same covering of paint and then embossing enamel. 

 Treasure is used as a double meaning here - treasuring my country 

as well as what is placed in the box. 

Next, in the image below, I decided to use the 'Flower Medallion 'as the

 base of my cluster.   The 'Flower Medallion' is also treated with paint 

and embossing enamel for uniformity.  

Here are the images of the pieces I used.  You can see how detailed 

and wonderful the pieces are.  Once again, here are the names of the

 pieces I am using which can all be found on the website here: 2Crafty Products

 ' Corner Christmas Star Spray'

 'ATC Word chipboard set' and the 'Flower Medallion'

The finishing touches on my box include some gold trim glued around

 the box, some inking on the box for accent, and the small

 American Flag stuck into my cluster as a bow.  I grabbed a flag 

from a recent parade I attended.  I try not to keep all little goodies I

 pick up, but those mini flags are always saved. 

 

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A Couple of Christmas LayoutsPlus My Scrap Around The World Page By Helen Tilbury

Hi there 2 Crafty fans! HELEN here sharing my very first 2 Crafty post with you today :)  

For this page I used 3 pieces of 2 Crafty chipboard.

The largest piece, with the hearts, is the 'Corner Heart Spray.'

The two bottom pieces come from a set of 3 pieces called the

'Leafy Shrub Set 1' - a gorgeous set indeed!!

I have already edited & printed out my Christmas photographs

& am determined to get them all scrapped asap!  

I enhanced the chipboard using a red gelato from Faber Castell,  

applied randomly then spread with a baby wipe.  I then sponged

highlights of gesso on using a small sponge & lastly I added some

sparkle to random areas using some glittery gold varnish.

I love the 3D 'shaded' look the chipboard takes on when given this treatment.

I also added in some other gold accents by means of glittered-up alphas, twine

& 'to die for' gold doilies sent to me from the USA - serious LOVE!!

You will usually see that I treat my chipboard in an uneven manner

rather than painting, embossing, etc all over in a uniform style.

To me this makes the effect look more artistic.

I LOVE the 'Corner Heart Spray' piece!  It is really

substantial & makes for SUCH a dramatic focal point...

I also love how in this instance it reminds me of Christmas ornaments/

decorations draping down from a branch.  Perfect for this layout!!

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I completed this next layout, also along the Christmas theme,

using three  very different pieces of chipboard as I challenged

myself to see how effectively I could get them to work together!

The large piece of chipboard positioned under the photo, coming 

out from the top right, is the 'Corner Christmas Star Spray', which

 I cut into two pieces, placing the smaller piece underneath the photo.

Working around the layout in an anti-clockwise fashion,

from the top right, here in the top left corner I have used

another piece of 2 Crafty chipboard - 'Corner Marisa'.

I gave the Marisa Corner a completely different treatment to the large

 ' Corner Christmas Star Spray'.  On the large Star piece I embossed 

using  Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powders in Midnight Copper

 & Candy Cane Red Gold, both applied randomly then sponged with 

gesso, with some areas deliberately left raw too.

To add more texture & interest to my chipboard I added some white 

threads underneath them, which I first swirled around to encourage 

them to lie in a random pattern.  I also added some staples here & 

there as I love the industrial look this adds.

I used a beautiful swirl on the right of my photograph - 

it is called the 'Elegant Flourish' & is sold in a pack of 2.

I treated the 'Marisa Corner' piece & the 'Elegant Swirl'

both in exactly the same way.  I stamped  randomly over

each using Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger,

 then sponged some small areas in white gesso.

I hope you enjoyed my two Christmas themed pages this month & that they 

have inspired you to use 2 Crafty Chipboard on your layouts - it doesn't

even need to be specifically Christmas themed as I've shown you :)

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Now onto something completely different!

Here is the very beautiful Mood Board from Scrap Around The World,

together with my Design Team interpretation of it, using plenty of pieces

of 2 Crafty Chipboard tucked in here, there & everywhere!

{You can join in the fun too!  Entries close 31st December midnight EST}

I layered up lots of different textures & cut up the 2 Crafty 'chicken-wire'

sheet into 4 different pieces to use on each side of my photo cluster.

Above, you can see I used a leafy branch 'Summer Leaf Stems' that I also

 cut up into three  different pieces to tuck into different areas of my paper cluster, forming

 a visual triangle.  I used about half the pack {it is sold in a set of 3 leafy branches}.

At the top right here you can see I used a chipboard flower, which I embossed

 with Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder in Hydrangea Blue Mauve 

- a truly beautiful colour!  I have one in the opposite corner too...

These flowers are called 'Sakura Flowers' when you buy them from

2 Crafty.  I chunky embossed them by using an embossing dabber 

instead of an embossing pad, as it gives an uneven texture, which

is just what I love!  With some areas left raw too...

I added a glass pebble on top of each 'Sakura Flower' & some pink 

candy cane twine underneath them.  Chipboard is SUCH FUN 

as there are just so many ways you can add detail to it!

I added some doodling around the leafy stems above, just for a bit of fun :-D

Chipboard is often 'the cherry on top' of projects - in other words -

just what the doctor ordered to finish off a piece to perfection!

I hope I have inspired you to order your next (or first!) consignment

of 2 Crafty Chipboard & get experimenting!  As you can see, the 

possibilities really are endless.  Whether you let the raw beauty of

the pieces shine through, by not enhancing the chipboard pieces at 

all - like I have done in the layout above, or whether you dress-it-up

with all sorts of glitzy paints, powders and/or varnishes - chipboard

is a MUST HAVE & 2 Crafty Chipboard has an awesome selection!!

HELEN