July Inspiration "My happy place" by Marie Sabatier

This is my second page for this month of July.

I have created a very soft and gentle theme.

A photo taken in nature that goes well with the choice of chipboard.

To create interest on the bottom of my page I applied a drawing with a stencil and embossing paste that I covered with embossing powder to give more texture and shine.

For the chipboard flower I just covered it with a metallic bright color Mintgreen paint

For the title and the frame I painted and applied a wax

For the cage I applied an embossing powder

Finally, I added embellishments ....

The chips used : 

- Avery Frame

- Pretty Birdcage

- Beaded Hanging Hearts

- Handdrawn Flowers

- My happy place

That's my inspiration for this month of July 

So much fun to create !!!

May Inspiration By Kavitha

Hello everyone,

Kavitha on blog today to share some inspiration for May.

Whimsical watercolor layout...

My inspiration for this layout is the gorgeous pattern paper from 13arts,

I  just wanted to extend the colors and pattern of the paper and
2crafty chipboard helped me to do that beautifully.

I created the watercolor background using Lindys sprays.

The chipboards are coated two times with heavy white gesso and

I used the same background colors for the chipboard pieces,

drying each color in between.

I finished off the layout with some sequins, beads and splashes of white paint.

2Crafty chipboards used:

6" circle revolution frame

Butterfly frames

Corner vine leaves

Frame madeline's flourish

Two Hearts - Canvas

The focal point of this canvas is the delicate Handdrawn hearts.

I mounted them in the center of the canvas,coated with white gesso.

After coloring the background partially,leaving lots of white space,
I arranged the flowers and embellishments. I have used leafy shrub#3
 among my flower cluster which is also just coated with white gesso.

2crafty chipboards used:

Leafy shrub set #3

Hand drawn hearts

My Happy Place - Layout

I also have  another layout to share which I made for another DT,
I love how the 2crafty chipboard pieces heat embossed with color
embossing powders looks gorgeous against black.

2Crafty chipboards used:

Tahnya's 11" border

Frame Ingrid's

My happy place

Thank you for stopping by.

May Inspiration and a Picture Tutorial with Debbie

Hi everyone,
Debbie here with you today with my May projects.
 On my side of the world it is Spring.  We've had some unusually cold weather lately and
 lots of rain.  This week is set though to be a beautiful one with sun and lots of warmer days.

My Happy Place

I love when Spring arrives, as it is that time of the year to start working outside in my flower gardens.  I always get annual plants from my son for Mothers Day.  I find gardening very peaceful and love the end results.  The picture is from my front flower garden a few years ago. Love the geraniums and my ceramic bunnies!  Lots of flowers and 2Crafty Chipboard!!!

I've prepared a step by step picture tutorial for you to view.

Step 1

Emboss 6" Circle Revolution chipboard with antique taupe embossing powder.
 Matt photo and adhere chipboard circle and photo to the layout.

Step 2

Emboss Ivy Clusters and Leafy Rounds with a mixture of verdant and sage
embossing powders.  Adhere to page along with some lace.

Step 3

Place flowers to the left of the photo.

Step 4

Place flowers to the right of the photo.

Step 5

Emboss title "My happy place" with antique taupe embossing powder and glue down.

Step 6

Add art stones to mimic the stones in the picture.

2Crafty Chipboard used:
6" Circle Revolution
Ivy Clusters
Leafy Rounds
My happy Place

For my second layout I chose a picture of my grandparents.

Cherish The Moments

I applied three different mists on the background, brown, teal and tea stain along w
ith some paint splatters.  Lots of flowers and lovely 2Crafty Chipboard!

2Crafty Chipboard Used:
6" CLock Face Frames
Lattice Leaves
Sharon's Butterflies
Cherish the moments
Festive Vine

I embossed the Festive Vine with some brown and turquoise embossing powders.
 I cut it into pieces and used the pieces on various places on my layout.

At the top you see a piece of the Festive Vine.  I also placed one of the Clock Face Frames embossed with brown and antique taupe embossing powders.  The Sharon's Butterfly was
embossed with a mixture of  auburn and brown embossing powders.

At the base of my photo is another piece from the Festive Vine.  Beneath the flower
 to the left I placed Lattice Leaves embossed with verdant embossing powder.

My title was embossed with a mixture of antique taupe and brown embossing powders.
To finish off my layout I added brown and copper microbeads.

I  hope I have inspired you today.
Thanks for stopping !
 .Debbie

Karine's February Shares

Dear crafty friends,

I'm so glad you stopped by today, as it's my turn to share my 
layouts on the 2Crafty blog. Here is my first layout...

"Dream"

I used the Epilogue paper from 7 Dots Studio's Writer's Block collection. 

I covered it with clear gesso and then, used Chalk inks to add color. 

My main chipboard piece is the Wrought Iron. I covered it with a dark blue chalk ink,
 and then, I dabbed lightly some aqua chalk ink to get this effect.

I treated one of the 6'' Circle Revolution Frames and the Dream title piece the same way.

I was going with a soft romantic color scheme to go with the picture of my daughter daydreaming in the field... Here are the chipboard pieces I used on this layout.

2Crafty...

Wrought Iron

6'' Circle Revolution Frames

Dream

My second layout is a bit more monochromatic.

"My Happy Place"

I was dying to use the Dreamcatchers chipboards since I got them. 

So this layout was the perfect occasion. 

I covered the two dreamcatchers with an old product (Dimensionz) which 

is no longer available. The finish is metallic and dimensional. I love it. 

The picture doesn't quite get the shine, here. 

For my Indian Feathers, I had a hard time deciding on how to alter them. 

I started by painting them white. I didn't like it. I then painted them the 

same as the dreamcatchers. It wasn't it. I then embossed dark teal, like the title,

 but it was way too dark! So I ended up painting over it with distress paint and 

a bit of white gesso. Even with all those layers of mediums, you can see the

 grooves in the feathers! I love it.

My title piece, My Happy Place, was embossed with dark teal embossing powder. 

Here are the chipboard pieces used:

2Crafty Chipboard Used...
Dreamcatchers

Indian Feathers

My Happy Place

I hope my layouts inspires you to get crafting!