'Absolutely Unique' by Emma Zappone

Hello, hope you are all doing well.
Emma with you today, sharing my first project for April. 
This project uses a blend of awesome chippy and resin castings, plus butterflies,
my absolute fave way of creating. 

And lets check out the awesome chipboard used....

Decorative Doily
Lattice Leaf set

Jeremy's vines

I knew this page needed a dark background to really make the chipboard elements 'pop' off the page more with the colours I wanted to use.

This projects colours were deeply inspired by this amazing Pinterest image.

So the Vines are painted in a wonderful orange acrylic, with a light scattering off vintage emboss powder over the top to add a slight softness to the larger pieces. I flipped one of the pieces over so they could mimic butterfly wings.

The Lattice leaves were simply stamped with a script stamp in a Stazon blue. And then clear embossed which darkened up the chipboard beautifully with a gorgeous shine.

That gorgeous Doily was painted with black acrylic and then 2 different waxes to add a beautiful shine and glam to it.

I do love the dramatic feel this page has with those bold colours on dark.

I hope you found some inspiration from this page and I look forward to seeing you again later in the month.

Stay Crafty, Em xx

YOU MAKE ME HAPPY ... by Stéphanie Papin

   Hello eveyone,  Stéphanie back with you today, and as always  I am so  happy  to  share    my new layout made with some of the new chippies !   Today I  have changed up my style a little with this layout. I  had this beautiful photo   of my  daughter and I  made some changes to the colors with a photo editor.  I 've given it   a vintage appearance.  So from these colors of the photo and from my normal style,  I worked  with vintage colors. 
I  must confess, before starting to work on a layout,  I must be inspired by  my  photo,  if not, I can' t work! It is essential for me!  When I have a picture that I like, I look at all angles   and after a while, I discover details that help me to build my layout.  
Here for example, my daughter twirls  her hair in her hand,  as if to make loops. I see an idea  of movement. I was attracted by this Jeremy's vine chipboard. I used this chipboard  as a central element of my page.   

 

   Then I looked for other elements. These Bubble Clumps chipboard also remind me of movement: Small circles remind me of a movement that turns; so I added this chipboard over the previous one.

    Next I worked on the left side as well. I wanted  to place something here that reminded  me of  a brick wall.  (the wall  that I see behind my  daughter). I just wanted to add something that   reminds me of a texture.  

    Next up I have chosen  a title that suited.  

   There is an amazing choice on the 2Crafty website. This one is very interesting.  It's  long and with a very nice font.  I chose to cut into it in two &  place it on top, and bottom.  I think it looks  harmonious done this way.  

 My chipboards here are all covered with gesso and once dry, I applied some liquid ink.

  This is just sooo easy to do.

 

I hope you enjoy this new layout!  
2Crafty Chipboard Used.....   - Turkish Lattice Panel  - Jeremy'sVines  - You Make me Happy Title  - BubbleClumps    

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