'Magical' By Elisa Ablett

Hi 2Crafty friends,

Elisa here with my last layout for 2Crafty Chipboard, but this doesn't mean you won't
see me around Facebook, Instagram and in groups so please make sure you still say
hi and keep following me with my new endeavours.

I cannot thank Vanessa and Di enough for such a fabulous opportunity to be a part of a
 super talented team and lovely bunch of designers and I will miss them and hopefully
one day I can apply to the team again.

For my last layout I decided to break open my Oxide Inkpads for the background
and also see if I could incorporate them to cover chipboard as well.

The 2Crafty products used in this layout - 

Circle Stack

ATC Mini Hearts and Stars

Wildflower Set

Filmstrip 

Fine Words 2

Let's take a closer look at the chipboard used in this layout -

For the title 'Magical' I heat embossed with a white glitter embossing powder 

and the film strip was inked with black ink to make the title pop out !

I love how the 'Wildflower set' turned out, it was completely a happy accident, I inked the chipboard with an embossing liquid but for some reason it wasn't that tacky and only some of the black embossing powder stuck to the pieces. So I had a thought of adding some of the Oxide Colours from the background to cover the parts of the chipboard that had a small amount or no embossing powder on it. The colours of the Oxides remained so vibrant and bright on raw chipboard and I really liked the colourful distressed look.

I also inked the circle chipboard and heat embossed with black glossy embossing powder
and lastly the Mini ATC Stars, I coloured with a gold glitter watercolour pen just to add
that sparkle. I also added some gold splatters to the background. 

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'Summer Fun' by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone,

I'm back for a couple of guest appearances over the next few months and this is the first for 2019.

 I thought I would do a twist on my normal beachy summery layouts and use a dark background and a whole heap of chippie with metallic waxes and I am really happy with the result.

I accidentally put a big blue waxy thumbprint right in the middle of the black background so I covered all the black cardstock with black gesso - who else thinks gesso fixes everything ? 😂😂😂

2Crafty Chipboard used:

Hexagons

Intricate Seahorses

Sealife frame set 6"

Fishing Net Bits

Bubble clumps

Sea Creatures

Summer Fun Title

 

Let's take a closer look !

   

I started the layout by laying the hexagons in the middle of the page 

along with the Fishing Net Bits  

The next pieces to be glued down were bubble clumps and the Sealife 6" frame.

Once all the pieces were glued down where I wanted them, I painted all of the chipboard with black gesso and let dry. Once the gesso was dry, I added a layer of Prima Metallic Sparks paint in Blue through the middle and on the seahorse. 

Then it was time to start layering the different coloured Prima Metallic Waxes, I used a stencilling brush at first then smoothed over with either my finger or a makeup sponge to get that blended look.

The title 'Summer Fun' is painted with a teal/blue posca paint pen and then a small amount of Prima Opal Magic Wax rubbed over the top. I also painted a resin sea shell with blue metallic paint and then blended wax over the top.

It was a fun layout to create, all the layers worked together really well.

Well that's it from me today, I hope you have enjoyed my twist on the beach layout!

Until next time 

Hugs x

Elisa

'Dream' by Elisa Ablett - November Inspiration

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

I have another mixed media girl layout to share with you today.

The photo is of my great niece, a gorgeous gal with loads of personality and big dreams.

I wanted to create a mixed media layout brimming with pastel colours and soft flowers.

I also love a bit of bohemian style to my layouts and the stencil work combined with the flowers, butterflies and gorgeous turkish lanterns worked together beautifully!

I must say the colour combo of berry, blues and turquoise has got to be a new favourite of mine.

I love a good design swatch and this one comes from Design-Seeds. 

https://www.design-seeds.com/tag/violet/page/2/)

The Chipboard featured in the layout from 2Crafty include the following (links provided): - 

 angies-vines-unit-p-1154

dream-loopy-font-unit-p-1135

lacey-border-unit-p-1644

turkish-lanterns-units-p-1941

rose-unit-p-1901

Lets take a closer look at what techniques I used to alter my chipboard for the layout:

For my title and in keeping with the boho style, 

I painted my title bright white and added an offcut of lace and machine stitching 

using berry coloured thread underneath. 

I also added the stitching to my coloured die cut butterfly embellishment.

The Turkish Lanterns are gorgeous! 

I heat embossed them with Berry coloured embossing powder, 

then I painted the chain and selected bits with a black Posca paint pen. 

The backing paper is an off cut of water colour paper sprayed with the turquoise spray

 and then fussy cut and glued to fit the back of the lanterns.

I selected a lovely Lacey Border piece and inked it with black ink, it serves as a great backing piece and border to separate my stencilled background from the white space below.

The gorgeous Rose Set of chipboard was calling my name for this layout!

To achieve this dreamy pastel look on my chipboard, I lightly gesso'd my pieces of chipboard - 

Rose Set and Angie's Vines and then once dry I used a paint brush 

to paint the 13 Arts Chalk Pastel Sprays in Berry and Turquoise

 onto my pieces of chippie. If you wanted an even lighter shade, 

water the sprays down or add a small amount of gesso.

Well that's it from me today!

I hope you have enjoyed stopping by the blog today, 

please make sure you leave some love in the comments, 

we do like hearing from you.

Hugs 

Elisa Ablett

 

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August Inspiration by Elisa Ablett - 'Smile'

SMILE

Hi Everyone, 

Elisa here from the design team with my latest inspiration for August, a mixed media layout with a quick and easy technique for creating a unique background using your chipboard!

I  have used the Shimmer Dylusions sprays with my layout and various types of coloured embossing powders, I am sure any type of spray and powders with work the same for these techniques.

TIP- don't be afraid to pair different sorts of chipboard together, in my layout I have used Alphas, light bulbs and stars!

2Crafty Chipboard used -

Light Bulbs

Swirly Star Border

Alphabet B/G Font

Stars

I have added a small step by step tutorial for you to show you how I created the 

simple but effective background technique using your chipboard alphas.

Step 1 - Carefully pop the letters you need out of the 12 x 12 sheet, I used the word 'Smile'

Step 2 - Using old plastic packaging and washi tape, mask off your two side areas leaving the

centre of your page clear to start your background. Decide where you would like your title to 

end up and lay it out, centring the letters. 

Step 3 - Spray your first colour over the top of your chipboard, 

then continue up the page with your other colours as per the photo below. 

I used a lovely lime/green and a yellow/gold for the top.

Step 4 - Whilst your page is still wet and runny with spray, gently tease 

the top washi tape off your mat and tilt your page forward, 

towards yourself letting the gold run into the green and so forth. 

Step 5 - Add some orange and gold splatters to your page, dry thoroughly, then once dry using tweezers grab your chipboard off the page and put aside to use on another layout.

Then gently ease the washi tape off and throw rubbish away!

Add extra scribbled edge border as per the main photo.

Embossing - I embossed each of my pieces with different coloured embossing powder

 including white Ranger, Colour Blast and Zing. 

I matched my colours pretty close to match the background.

I also wasn't too concerned with fine embossing, I love the multi coloured 

distressed look, this can get messy so I love to use an embossing 

liquid for this task instead of an inkpad.

Here are some close ups of the finer details!

Outline your chipboard mask title with a fine black marker to give it more definition.

Use a 'ray' stencil and a distress tool and blend metallic ink underneath your lightbulb pieces

to create your 'shine' behind the light.

Add foil accents to the top and bottom of your background using 

a cheap glue stick and a stiff brush.

That's it from me today, thanks for stopping by the blog 

Make sure you leave me some love xx

Elisa