January Layouts by Debbi Tehrani

"Today is Perfect"

    As soon as I thought of scrapping this photo of my husband's family in front of this  unusual statue, the "Triangle Set" came to mind. These pieces are not only perfect  for pointing toward the subject of a photograph but are also perfect for modern, graphic themes.  

 "Today Is Perfect" title was just the right title piece for this page. My husband's sister 

and brother-in-law had traveled from Iran to spend time with their girls, so all of their 

outings were indeed perfect days. I coated the title with gesso and then used various

 inks to try to match the purple paper. Then I coated it with clear embossing powder. 

I topped the triangles from "Triangle Set" with patterned papers and mounted some onto my page with foam adhesive. The stars from "ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars" were embossed with Zing silver embossing powder.

  I used yellow embossing powder on the date form the "2015's." This is such a handy product  to buy, and you get a dozen of the dates in various fonts on a sheet. The "Assorted Arrows"   are also a great, versatile set to buy--you get 30 arrows in an assortment of styles on a sheet.  They are perfect for adding a little something extra to your layout and for directing the eye  to an important element on the page. I used the same purple inks and embossing powder  on the one arrow as I did on the title and colored the other one black with stamp ink.
2Crafty Products used on this page: Today Is Perfect Triangle Set ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars 2015's Asst Arrows

"First Snow"

  My niece-in-law and her husband (who are pictured in the layout above) posted this  adorable photo of a snowman they made after their first snow in their new home this year.  I used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches for my page composition.  

  I used "Alpha Set 1" to spell out the word Snow and coated it with a sparkly black embossing powder by Wow. The tiny bookplate in from the "Corners and Name Plates" set was perfect  to add the word first. I embossed that with red glitter Zing powder to give it sparkle. An itty-bitty heart from "ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars," also embossed with red glitter was added to the S in the title. I painted the date from the "2015's" set white and then added Icicle Stickles.   

  The chipboard corner was also in the "Corners an Name Plates" set. The snowflakes came  from the "Mini Weather Icons" set and were painted with white acrylic paint and then  coated with Icicle Stickles.     The word delight came from the "Mini Word Set 2" and was treated with the same red glitter embossing powder. I decided to leave the lovely border from "Mixed Border Strips"  raw and add some rhinestones for subtle contrast.   2Crafty Products used on this page: Mini Weather Icons Mini Word Set 2 Corners and Name Plates Mixed Border Strips 2015's Alpha Set 1 ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

"Gadget Guy"

I have one more layout I wanted to share.  I made this page for my DT work at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration.   

This page tells the story of how my husband is enamored with technology and how

 every time  I turn around, he's bringing home another gadget.

The "6-inch Clock Frames" and the cogs and gears from the "Gears" and "Giant Gears" set were begging 

to be used for this Case File. I colored the clock with dark brown stamp ink and coated the cogs and gears

 with platinum and pearl silver embossing powder.

Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope I've given you some ideas 

for using these awesome chipboard pieces!

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September's Layouts Including A Video TutorialWith Rachael Funnell

'Smile'

  Hi there! Rachael with you to share my September projects.... This first layout 'Smile' is of my daughter & the gorgeous 2 Crafty Chipboard  pieces I have used on the page......

With such a bright fun page I still wanted these chipboard piece's to shine  & what better way to do this than to give them all a couple of coats of  gesso or white paint if you don't have any gesso.....  

I have added some different colour Kaisercraft - Pearls to the centre of these VERY 

Groovy chipboard flowers.........   they look great don't you think!

I also gave this Smile title an ever so lightly stamp using a grey ink and

 Kaisercraft - Dictionary stamp.... 

For my second page I have created a step by step video tutorial...    'You'

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO

    2 Crafty Chipboard pieces I have used...  

Please click on the the link to watch how I went about creating this page! :) I do hope you enjoy it and get a couple of great idea's or tips!     That's it from me today! I will be back next month with more... Till then, have a fabulous day!  

August Layouts by Rachael Funnell

"Love my Mum"

  Hi there, Rachael with you to share two layouts I created for August. First up is this layout of  my mother & I... Would you believe I have used  six different pieces of chipboard on this 1st page..... A couple pieces are  from the Mother's Day mini release...

Gave this "Love my Mum" title a coat of gesso, then added some pink glitter.  I added a bit of pink glitter to the other chipboard pieces on this layout to tie it  all together..... I think the end result looks FANTASTIC!  

Did the same with this foliage piece from the Foilage set 2.

 Cut up some of the Heart Clumps then inked it black..

One of my faves is the Chained hearts.... 

Gave this  a coat of modeling paste to give it some added texture,

 then a coat of peach paint..

 I cut up this strip from the Mixed border pack & inked it with some pink ink.

      In this day & age selfies are big.... Even more so with the kids.... 2 Crafty Chipboard has this FANTASTIC "Selfies word pack"!  & I just had to create this next page!  :)   "The Selfie"

   I just love finding these sort of photos on my phone!    2 Crafty Chipboard pieces I have used:

 To start off I gave all pieces I have used on this layout a coat of gesso.

I then gave a coat of gel medium to The Selfie words, &
finished it off by adding some teal ink.

After the gesso dried, on the Interlocking grid Panel, dabbed some  Antiqued bronze Distress paint & cut it into smaller pieces & placed  them randomly onto my page,...  

I have added some aged black embossing enamel to the Chevron bits & the
leaf part of the Leafy shrub from set 1, finished them off by lightly dabbing
 a little gesso just to tone down the black a little more....

  Thank you for stopping by & I hope I inspired you in some way...  :)