"Paradise Found" by Amy Voorthuis

Good morning lovely 2Crafty friends,

It's a lovely day to visit the blog, for today I have another layout to share with you. Since I am in the summer mood I made a layout with a picture of my sweet cousin Jaime in some tropical place. On this layout I did a lot of mixed media like using crackle paste, plaster paste, stenciling & spraying I also did that on my beautiful 2Crafty chipboard. 

Paradise Found: 

  2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Fine Word Set 1
Paradise Found
Circle Word Tag Set 1
Intricate Seahorses
Seashells Set 2
Palm Leaves Set
Leafy Shrub Set 3

First I painted all the chipboard pieces with white gesso, then I used some rust paste on the Leafy Shrub Set 3 which I then painted with two different shades of acrylic paint & waxes. The seahorse was treated with some starburst spray and some crackle paste {the translucent kind}. On the "Paradise Found" phrase I added two different embossing powder because I didn't had the color I wanted.

Then I also treated it with same crackle paste as the seahorse after that I added some wax on the word found to make it a different color the word "forever" was placed on the phrase that one was painted with rust paste. In the end I added some spray and art stones.

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

Much love and happy crafting...

"Paradise Found" by Tammy Klingner

Hi there 2Crafty peoples

Tammy here today to share my latest creation using my favourite chippy.

This one's titled:

"Paradise Found"

A page about a recent adventure to Phuket and how the 

colours of this amazing place totally inspired me.

I used the following '2Crafty Chipboard':

"Paradise Title"

"Flower Doilies"

"Crazy Stitched Panel"

"Swaying Branches"

I began by coating the "Flower Doilies" in white gesso.

I then applied a pink/burgundy watercolour.

I love the watercolour effect - the mottled uneven colour.

I also applied white gesso to one of the "Swaying Branches".

I painted a few of the leaves and stems in a green watercolour.

I then added a few dotes and lines to highlight these.

I really wanted to define just some of the leaves, but not all of them.

I placed this branch underneath my photo, but allowed it to sweep over the photo.

I did this to mimic the branch at the top of the photo.

I trimmed off small sections of the "Crazy Stitched Panel" and applied black gesso.

I then placed it randomly on top of the bright coloured background I'd created.

I like how the black grounds all the bright colours and 

acts as a strong contrast to the whitish background.

For the title, I applied white gesso and then once dry applied green watercolour

 to the top half, and once dry, added blue paint to the bottom half.

I just love the Ombre two tone effect and the colours that mimic the gorgeous water.

To continue with the water theme, I added Glossy Accents.

The high gloss/resin finish gives the illusion of being wet.

I love that I was able to mimic so much about beautiful Phuket - the colours, the water, the beauty.

I love that you can achieve so many different finishes on chipboard

 that complement your story, your layout, your photo.

 Paradise found is right!

I wish I was there right now!

That's it from me today, I hope I've inspired you today in some way. 

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