"His Smile" Layout By Marie Sabatier

I am very happy to see you again for this August.

I am lucky to be able to present a third layout to you!

Fall colors with this beautiful "Tribal Arrows" chipboard. 

And photos of my grandson from early summer.

"His Smile"

The 2Crafty chipboards used:

- His Smile

- Tribal Arrows Large

-Interlocking Stick Panel

As usual this time, I did not use white gesso!

To embellish the "Tribal Arrows" chipbard I applied Finnabair waxes of different shades, 

"Bronze Age" "Lucky Emerald" and "Red Amber" 

until I got the effect I wanted.

The title was embellished with Lindy's Gang "Sunset Yellow Orange" 

embossing powder and then placed on my arrow I think it stands out very well.

The chipboard being large, I placed it in such a way as to highlight my photos, 

I added cardboard below the arrow to add relief.

I love the details of this arrow.

I have arranged the "Interlocking Stick Panel" chipboards in such a way that 

I can use them as a support and that way they look amazing.

This time it's over for the month of August.

Have a good summer!

Don't forget your creative soul.

August Inspiration PLUS a VIDEO by Kareen Dion

Hello!

It's my turn to show you my two layouts this month. 

So, as it's summer in Canada, I wanted to do a layout that represents Summer.

I took a picture of our Summer vacation in 2014 : the Beach. Love the beach, and we

are going to the beach again for our vacation : yeah! 

As you can see, I used a lot of chipboard, I used the Harlequin Clumps for my background.

I embossed them in a brown shade to contrast with the rest of the layout. I also used the Skeleton leaves to add a little extra to the flowers and the Scroll 3 below my picture to highlight the title.

"Day at the Beach"

Here you can see the title Day at the Beach, embossing with blue powder.

I also used the Frame Georgian to highlight my layout,

I love frames, they are so easy to use.

Another close-up to the Frame Georgian, I used both of them.

I really like the color combo brown/blue for an ocean layout!

I'm not used to those colors, but I really enjoyed it.

2Crafty products used : 

- Harlequin Clumps

- Skeleton leaves

- Scroll 3

- Title Day at the Beach

- Frame Georgian

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For my second layout, I made a video tutorial. 

I took a picture of my daughter which inspired me like she was dreaming.

That's why I chose the title "Dream a Little Dream". 

To add a little punch to my page, I used the Interlocking Stick Panel which was

black embossed. As it's a feminine layout, I add the Whispy Dandelion. And of course, 

I added some Skeleton Leaves.

"Dream a Little Dream"

Here for my title, Dream a Little Dream, I put a layer of white gesso and then I used
 embossing powder. I like to put white gesso first as I found that we have a clean color
 then with the embossing powder.

A little close-up on the Skeleton Leaves used with white embossing powder.

The Whispy Dandelions were stamped with black gesso to create a shadow.

Then I embossed them with light pink.

The Interlocking Stick Panel is black embossed with glitters.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

2Crafty Products : 

- Interlocking Stick Panel

- Skeleton Leaves

- Whispy Dandelions

- Title Dream a Little Dream

Thanks for passing by today!

Have a wonderful month full of inspiration!

See You Next Time!

Kareen xx

Hope Wish Dream with 2CraftyBy Jennifer Snyder

'Hope Wish Dream with  2Crafty'

Jennifer Snyder here today to share my latest piece using 2Crafty chipboard. 

Lately I am into soft and dreamy style layouts.  Perhaps that is because it is summer
 where I live and my "summer brain" must be taking over.  I treated the
2Crafty chipboard in a suitable way - painted creamy french vanilla.  

This was created with a Flying Unicorn kit using LemonCraft papers.
 I decided to cut out the LemonCraft journal tags and let them be ornaments
on my page bobbing in the wind  held by 2Crafty "Chain Lengths" chippie pieces.
 My vision for this page is Kitty looking up to the ornaments encouraging her to
 dream wish and hope.  Kitty loves to bat ornaments and dangly things around
with her paws as toys.   The ornaments are symbolic because Kitty is always 
scooting out the back door to freedom in the yard.  

Here are the 2Crafty chipboard pieces I used:

 "Interlocking Stick Panel"

"Formal Flourish"

"Chain Lengths"

This is the "Interlocking Grid Panel".  

You can see that it can have quite a versatile appeal. 

 This is "Chain Lengths" and also can be very versatile.

This is the "Formal Flourish" that adorns my corner photo of my darling cat.
  

This is a better view of my hanging ornaments. While they are dimensional,

 I feel the "Interlocking Stick Panel" chipboard makes them pop a little more

 by providing texture and depth. 

And yet another view showing dimension.

The "Interlocking Stick Panel" pieces are perfect for tucking here and there as accents. 

My kitty sits atop the "Formal Flourish"  chipboard piece.

"My Inspiration"

This is my second piece I'd like to share.  It's a piece featuring my dad as a young
 20yr old man. This is in his US Navy photo, so full of adventure, excited
 for the future, serving his country and protecting freedom.  

I couldn't think of anything more appropriate than to pair up Maja Life by the Sea
 and some 2Crafty chipboard. I used the "Anchors", Flag Banners" seen a little further down, and the "Hand drawn Stars".

While I have used the "Anchors" before, I just adore them. 
 They are a spectacular, classic and detailed design.  

2Crafty "Anchors"

Hand drawn Stars

You can see the mix and match patterns of the Life By the Sea are so subtle and

 wonderful together - not overstated and not clashing crazy.   You can also see how

 amazingly detailed the 2Crafty chipboard anchor is.  Love this - which is why I 

decided to not cover it with paint, enamel or anything to compromise the gorgeous detail.

 This photo shows the 2crafty Flag Banners  painted white and covered with

 snippets of Life By the Sea as decorations.

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