Cherish Beauty Within by Tania Ridgwell

 Hi there!  

Tania joining you today to share the first of my DT projects for May a Layout.

2 Crafty Chipboard Used:

*11" Floral Heart Frame Set

*Frame Jenna

*Fine Word Set 1

*Mini Title Stick 3

Once I had chosen my background papers and layered them I set about designing my page.  I have used Rose Gold Metallic Wax to colour the Floral Heart Frame, Frame Jenna and Cherish from the Fine Word Set 1.

I added my photo and then arranged the chipboard pieces around the photo.  Once happy I embellished my page using a variety of flowers to compliment the chipboard pieces I have used.

To finish my page I added a couple of chipboard titles from the Mini Title Stick Set 3.

That's all from me today, I hope I have inspired you all a little with my Cherish Beauty Within Layout.  

Until next time,

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Tania xx

Pop the Champagne by Sabrina Turpin

Hello 2Crafty friends!

This week is going to be a big one for me as I'm turning 40! Yay!

 But it's really the first time that I find it so hard to be reaching a new number. For the first time, I really realize I'm not a young adult anymore. At thirty, I was deep in parenthood, and between my work and my family, I did not see the years go by! Now that my kids are young teenagers, I'm starting to have time for myself again, but it feels like I've skipped from 30 straight to 40.

Anyways, at 40 I feel better than ever before. I have amazing kids, a great husband and friends that are very dear to my heart. So when my birthday comes, I'm going to celebrate and...

"Pop the Champagne"

On the "Heidi's Vines", I used two coats of pearl shimmering paint, then inked the borders in black.

For the "Frame Jenna", I used two coats of black embossing ink.

For the title, made of "Alpha set 1", I applied two coats of gold embossing powder.

I used the following 2Crafty chipboards in this layout:

Heidi's Vines [m00156]

Frame Jenna [fr0079]

Alpha set 1 [120071]

That's all for me today.

 I hope you enjoyed my layout and that it gave you inspiration for your own creations!

 I'll be back in a few weeks, a little older but still as motivated as before!

 See you soon.

Picture Perfect By Marie Claude Rodier

 Hi girls,

My turn to show you my newest project full of 2Crafty goodies. I love how easy it is to add swirls, frames and foliage to beautifully embellish any project.

My youngest son loves animals, all of them, small, big, scary or friendly. This picture is capturing this magic bond he has with them. Simply adorable! 

Picture Perfect

As always, most of my chipboards were initially basecoated with white gesso. Frame Jenna was covered with dark olive watercolor pencil and highlighted with dry brushed gesso.

Picture perfect stick from Mini Title Stick Set 2 was only shorten, without any special treatment.

Spring flower bunches were highlighted with pink watercolor ink.

Florence Swirl Set was painted with dark green paint and highlighted with white gesso.

2Crafty products used...

Frame Jenna

Spring Flower Bunches

Florence Swirl Set

Mini Title Stick Set 2

Until next time, be happy and be creative!

Marie Claude

xx

Hello beautiful By Marie Claude Rodier

 

Hi everyone,

For my latest October post, I played with CSI case 334, details can be found below my layout.

Hello beautiful

 

I am not a big fan of Halloween, so instead of using traditional costume picture and theme, 

I used one of my favorite black and white photo of my eldest son. And I chose to go 

with a fall inspiration using most of the color scheme and a few clues. 

Hello beautiful was first painted with brown acrylic and embossed with Tim Holtz’s

 Rusty Hinge Ditress Embossing Blaze. It created such a beautiful shiny rusty look!!!

Hessian Patch Panels were painted with teal acrylic and tucked under the central paper cluster.

Frame Jenna was primed with white gesso and embossed with the same Tim Holtz embossing glaze.

The white background gives it a completely different look, It’s lighter and more vibrant. 

2Crafty Product used...

Frame Jenna

Hello beautiful

Hessian Patch Panels

Until next time, be happy and be creative!

Marie Claude

xx

Cherish by Sabrina Turpin

Hello Chipboard Fans!

It is time for me to reveal my layout for June, and I've got a spicy and spiky one for you guys this time around! I found these amazing cactus chipboards which reminded me of hot, sandy dunes and I knew exactly which picture they would fit perfectly with. Thus, I present you my "Cherish" layout, featuring my son and daughter standing hand-in-hand at the beach, feet in the sand, marveling at the infinite ocean in front of them.

For the "Mini Hexagon Clump", I used red pigment ink, applied as a paint. For the "Frame Jenna", I first inked it with a red ink, then applied a gold embossing ink.

I simply painted the "Cherish Loopy Font" title with a black matte paint. 

Finally, for the awesome "Cactus Set", I applied some yellow and lime metallic paste paints and drew some additional details with green, yellow and brown dye ink pencils. Then I inked the border with black ink.

I worked with the following chipboards:

Mini Hexagon Clump MB015

Cactus Set M00733

Frame Jenna FR0079

Cherish Loopy Font W00074

I completed this layout as a guest designer for the case file #256 CSI: Color,Stories, Inspiration because 2Crafty is a sponsor this month.

I hope this layout gave you a few ideas for your own creations! I'll be back soon with more inspirations.

Timeless - Emma's First June share

Hello all you amazing 2Crafty fans, 

Emma here today sharing a layout inspired by a gorgeous image I found on
 Pinterest and of course the amazing inspiration the Chipboard gives me.

I chose pieces that I really wanted to compliment the photo. 

These are those pieces...

My title chippy I coated in ink and then painted it with 
Prima Art Alchemy in unicorn dreams. Ah-ma-zing!! 

How gorgeous is this butterfly!!! 

I decided to emboss this butterfly in black to shimmer but blend in with the page. 

Then my decorative frame I used half around the photo that I painted and the branch 
I embossed this in a antique moss green. 

Thanks so much for joining me today. 

I look forward to seeing you all towards the end of the month with another creation. 

Till then, Em xx

"Life is Wonderful" by Tammy Klingner

Hi 2Crafty ones!

Tammy here today to share my latest 2Crafty creation.
It's titled:..

"Life is Wonderful"

A layout that celebrates a recent weekend away at the beach in an amazing house.
The best thing about it was that we were altogether..... you see we live across the other
side of the world from each other so having 3 generations hanging out in one place
was extra wonderful, and doing some of those everyday things together meant the world.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard on this one:

'Life is Wonderful' title

'Jenna's Frame'

'Beaded Hanging Heart Set'

'Moroccan Bits'

I painted both the 'Jenna's Frame' and the 'Life is Wonderful title' in

 a couple of coats of white gesso, and then some white acrylic paint.

As the background was filled with so much colour, I felt the white was 

grounding as well as being a great contrast against the black background.

I just love the script font for the title.

It's perfect for sitting on top of photos!

Between all the layers, I added in some 'Moroccan Bits'.

I painted them in black paint to go with the background.

I love the texture this gives to the layers.

I then added a teal colour ink to the hanging part of the 'Beaded Hanging Heart Set'.

I removed the heart and turned them on the side and added them in to the layers,
to create extra interest.

I really like how the circular shapes contrast well with the painted straight lines on the background.

Love all the glorious colour combined with the black background!!

Makes my heart happy!

So that's it from me today, I'll be back a bit later in the month to share another
2Crafty Chipboard creation. Until then I hope you make the time to do
something creative that makes your heart happy.

You can see more from me over at my BLOG.