"Day at the Beach" Mixed Media Layout With Amy Voorthuis

  Hi lovely creative peeps, 
For today I hope I inspire you to take out your lovely 2Crafty Chipboard and have some fun. I sure did that while making this beach layout with a photo from last June of Abbey & me at the beach. Oh and when I was making this post I was astonished on how much chippies I used didn't even realised it. Enjoy my post...

Day at the Beach

Amazing 2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Fishing Net Bits
2024's
Seaweed Set 3
Seaweed Set 2
Seaweed Set 1
Intricate Seahorses
Fern Leaf Set
Winter Twig Branches
Industrial Spring Set
Flourish 1
Achor & Buoy Set
Seagulls
Fine Word Set - Months
Day at the Beach Title
Circle Tag Set 1
Seashells Set 2

Most of the chippies I gessod first just one layer this time, and some of them I left in their raw state and only used some wax on them. I coloured the seagulls with my posca pens I used grey, black, orange & yellow.

I love to paint my phrases in different colors it gives it a fun effect. I coloured all the seaweeds I used on my layout with different acrylic paint in a matte tone. On the fishing net bits I added some rust paste but only the brown color . This was a really fun layout to create it only took me like more then six hours...

Hope you all enjoyed my post thank you so much for stopping by, I will be back with another project hope to see you back then.... 

Meanwhile if you would like to see more of my work you could visit here: 

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"Spring Tags" with Amy Voorthuis

 Hi lovely creative peeps, 

Hope you are having a warm & sunny day here in my part of the world spring is not breaking through yet! So for this post I made a couple of happy spring feeling tags sometimes it's very therapeutic to just make tags and fussy cut a little in front of the tv. My first tag is with a picture of my husband and I the 20th of this month we had our 12 year wedding anniversary.

Our Forever Jouney: 

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 
2021's
BeeYoutiful Set
Foliage Set 6
Arrow Word Set 2
Spring Flower Bunches
ATC Word Banner Set 2

For this tag I altered the chipboard pieces in a very simple way I just added some spray paint on the Foliage Set 6 & the Spring Flower Bunches and the first one was altered with a thin later of embossing powder and some crystal drops. 

The ATC banner was just altered with some white gesso and some wax. On the word arrow I added three layers of white embossing powder to create a thick layer. 

My second tag was made for a tag challenge {it was to add some bees} I had so much fun making these tags that I just can't stop hihi.

Bee Gorgeous: 

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 
Lattice Leaves
Frame Jenna
Mini # Word Set 1
Frame Viney Circles
ATC Word Banner Set 1
BeeYoutiful Set

I altered my pieces the same way as the first tag above only for the bees I used some posca pens in black & yellow but also some orange watercolour paint and to finish them of I added a piece of paper behind them 

For the leaves and frame I also used some spray paint and waxes. The big frame & word bee are altered with three layers of embossing powder to add a little dimension. 

My third tag is my last for this post and was made with the same collection as the first two that collection make my heart very happy & sunny oh how I long for spring & summer. 

Finding Beauty in Everyday: 

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 
Mini Branches
Phrase Stick Set 2 {6x4}
Leafy Sihouettes

I cut up the Phrase Stick Set 2 {6x4} in two and just added a thin layer of white gesso later I added some rusty brown wax the make a little woodgrain effect. 

Both leaves I used here are altered with some green spray paint both in two layers after that I added some matte white wax & some shinning white wax. 

 Thank you so much for stopping by, I will be back soon with another project hope to see you back...then it's may already wow.

Meanwhile if you would like to see more you could visit here: 

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"Two Tall Christmas Cards" by Amy Voorthuis

  Goodmorning 2Crafty friends, 
I am so happy that you are visiting this amazing blog, I love creating with beautiful chipboard
 pieces. Today I have two Christmas cards made with the new Maja Design collection called "Woodland Christmas" and some amazing 2Crafty Chipboard pieces as shown below. I am not such a card maker but I do love making Christmas cards every once in a while. 

You know what's amazing, you can order directly from the
2Crafty website here so you can also play with their amazing chipboard pieces. 

Two Tall Christmas Cards:

2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Wicker Wreaths
Card - Word  Circle Set - Christmas
Swirly Star Border
11" Holly Frame Set
Lattice Leaves
Spring Flower Bunches 

The cards are 8,25 by 4,25 inch I really love to make them that tall {because then you can put a lot of chippies on them} all the chipboard pieces are first treated with some white gesso then I altered them in different ways. Both little circulair frames are treated with some green acrylic paint and then some matte rusty brown wax and in the end I added some snow. The flowers are handmade love to do that but it's very time consuming. On the "spring flower bunches" I just added several layers of lindy sprays in a green color.  

The lattice leaves are firstly treated with acrylic paint and on the tips of the leaves I added some golden embossing powder! On the card disk sentiments I also used that same embossing powder. the swirly star border I cut in half and used one piece on every card I treated that one with some red acrylic paint and some brown spray paint and inthe end some wax. 

 Thank you so much for your visit today and if you would like
 to see more of my work please visit here & untill next time!

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"Angelic Beauty" 12 by 4 Canvas by Amy Voorthuis

  Goodmorning 2Crafty friends, 
I am so happy that you are visiting this amazing blog, I love creating with beautiful chipboard
 pieces. For today I have a little something else to show you this time I created a little canvas with all selected pieces that I thought would fit it very well. And off course I have used a picture of our Abbey I hope you enjoy this post. 

You know what's amazing, you can order directly from the
2Crafty website here so you can also play with their amazing chipboard pieces. 

Angelic Beauty: 

2Crafty Chipboard used: 

Window Shutter Set 2

Charlotte Page Flourish

BeeYoutiful Set

Roxy's Flourish Vine

Fine Word Set 2

Mini Word Set 3

ATC Word Banner Set 1

Foliage Set 9

As you might know I love adding as many chipboard pieces as possible on my work. For this canvas I added eight. All of the pieces are treated with some white gesso the "Charlotte Page Flourish" was then altered matte acrylic paint after that with some spray paint and in the end with some wax. For the "Window Shutter Set 2" I did randomly paint it with three different kinds of acrylic paint all of them in a mate finish to give it a weathered look. 

The cute little bees from the "BeeYoutiful Set" are also painted with some acrylic paint and then I used some clear embossing powder on them and then to finish them I used some matte wax. On the "Foliage Set 9" I added some paint and on the top of the leaves I added some glitter {sadly you can't see that on the picture} The words are painted with some black paint and then I brushed some matte white wax on them. For the ATC banner that one was altered with embossing powder {clear} and I used a posca pen in black to write the word "Love You"

 Thank you so much for your visit today and if you would like
 to see more of my work please visit here:

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"Precious and Happy Memories" By Amy Voorthuis

 Goodmorning lovely 2Crafty friends, 

Today is my turn to show you some inspiration on this wonderful blog. For this occasion I made a layout with some beautiful 2crafty chippies and this time I made something inside my comfort zone. For this layout I have used another pretty paper collection with pink, green and a little blue and a picture of our Abbey in Greece last August. 

You know what's amazing, you can order directly from the

2Crafty website here so you can also play with their amazing chipboard pieces. 

Precious and Happy Memories

2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Line Words - Good Times
Word Circle Set 1 
Lacey Border Set 1
Reeds
Fine Word Set 2
2023's
Loopy Heart Swirl
Fine Word Set - Months 
Foliage Set 6
Mini Title Stick Set 5

I treated most of my chipboard pieces with black gesso but for the leaves I used white gesso. After that I added some rust paste & some waxes. For the leaves I added some acrylic matte finish and I used some spray paint. 

The word strips I painted black and for the letters I added a white pen which sadly was not working as I had hoped. On the 2023 I added a layer of pink acrylic paint. In the end I sprayed with some white paint to make it blend a little more. 

Thank you so much for your visit today and if you would like
 to see more of my work please visit here:

Amy's Pretty Papers