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!

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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

Elena's March Projects

Hello everyone, Elena  here with you today, and I cannot wait to share   some of my projects made during this very busy month. The First is a Layout made with lots of fussy cutting...  

  I decided to challenge myself and to try something new for me.  So no paints, just papers and chipboard. But I used paints on my chipboard.  

  I covered a Doily Frame with Gesso, then I mixed Gesso with  mica from Lindy's Stamp Gang, and applied this mixture on the chippie.   Next I sprinkled some mica on the doily while the paint was still wet  and heated it  with my heat tool.  I topped the circle base from the frame with the patterned paper,  and added the doily on the top of it. It helped me to have some dimension and to hide the vines edges. The same technique was used on  French Lace Border.  

   I cut it into two parts.  The first one I painted and sprinkled the mica  and I've just painted  Elise Dress Form  with the mixture of Gesso and mica.  

  After it had dried I applied some Stickles on it.   I left a tiny part of the border unpainted.  

  My second Layout I made for my scrappy friend. She sent me  a photo of herself  with her hubby. 

I have used a

Corner Heart Spray.

Let me see, what I have used there. I prepared it about a month 

ago for another project , but was not pleased with the result,

 so I altered it completely several times.

First I primed it with Gesso, then I applied about 3 different

 colors of acrylic paint. The next step was adding beaded texture paste

 mixed with purple paint. It was so bright that I misted it with Lindy's

 Starburst Two Tones Spray. Next up I added some blue acrylic paint and 

finally inked the edges with chalk ink.

To follow the Love theme I added the swirl from

Adornment Set 1 It reminds me of  wings, doesn't it?  

  I painted it with pale blue paint, and for the wings -  I added some Sorbet and chalked the edges.  

    I cut the Corner Heart Spray and placed the other part under the photo.   This time I was busy with making cards, so here they are...  

I made this Card for the March Love Challenge over at Flourish With a Bling.

 I used the Love Flourish, painted and decorated with microbeads

and FWAB rhinestones.

One more card  made for Manor House Creations  using one of my favorite Frame Tiny Kathlynn's these are so good for cards.  

I have just covered it slightly with White Crackle paint,  as I wanted it to have a shabby look.  

  Thank you for stopping by today.   Elena