"Love to Pose" by Amy Voorthuis

 Goodmorning 2Crafty friends, 
So glad you are visiting this amazing blog, I really love creating with beautiful chipboard
 pieces like these. For today I have another 12 by 12 layout as those are my favorites to make.
This time I made one with a lovely picture of our Abbey posing and being silly in the grocery store with her own cart. For this layout I have used some 49 and Market papers and lots of pink. 

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Love to Pose: 

2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Foliage Set 11
Aged Film Strip Set
Maggie's Swirls
Love to Pose

On this layout I again stitched around the edges. The maggie swirl & the phrase are treated with some white gesso, some embossing powder and waxes. I just loved making this layout as it was totally inside my comfort zone. 

The film strip & foliage set are also treated with some white gesso, but then I used some matte acrylic paint and waxes to make it look like it was aged. 

 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

"BeeYOUtiful Journey" by Amy Voorthuis

  Good morning lovely 2Crafty friends, 

Today is my turn to show you some inspiration on this wonderful blog. For this occasion I made a layout and again I used some of my favorite colors like purple and green & chipboard pieces by 2Crafty Chipboard. I used a picture of our beautiful children and a colorful paper collection. Not  so long ago I discovered that 2Crafty Chipboard lends itselfs really good to sew on it and so I did here with the pretty Frame Maria's . 

BeeYOUtiful Jouney: 

2Crafty Chipboard used: 

Frame Maria's 

Ginny's Flourish Set

Photo Adornment - Flourish Set 5

Fine Word Set 3

BeeYOUtiful Set

I treated all the chipboard pieces with white gesso and for the swirly pieces & the word journey. I made them green with some matte acrylic paint then I added some wax in a stained wood color. The word "BeeYOUtiful" was treated with three different acrylics in the color purple. 

I just love adding the fine word set words to other phrases or words that gives it more demension don't you think so too? The pretty Frame Maria's was treated with several layers of different colors of embossing powders {white & light purple} Then I machine stitched around the circle & the straight and ik that circle I added a phrase from the paper collection I used here. 

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...

"Spring is Here May 2022" by Amy Voorthuis

   Goodmorning amazing 2Crafty friends, 
Today we celebrate Kingsday in my country so everyone except the people who work in the catering industry have a day off. This day is always a lot of fun and you have family time which is nice too. 
This time I made a layout which has bolder colors then I normally use, for this layout I have used a 2018 collection by Graphic 45 called "Flutter" The pictures are made at the tulip fields near our home last year. For this layout I have used one of the new designs the beautiful feathers. 

Spring is here: 

2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Frame Jenna
Spring is here
Fine Word Set - Months
Feather Outline Set -NEW-
Leafy Sihouettes
2022's

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The phrase "Spring is here" was treated with two colors of acrylic paint & some of the same colors of spray. Behind the pictures I have cut up the pretty "Jenna frame" which is by far one of my favorite 2Crafty frames Vanessa ever designed that one was coated in two layers of white gesso and the I have added one layer of white embossing powder. 

The word may & 2022 where treated the same way only I have used two layers of the white embossing powder. The beautiful new feathers & leafy Sihouettes where firstly treated with white gesso and the I added two layers of black embossing powder and in theend I added some white matte wax to soften it a little. 

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...

"A Moment With You is Magical" by Amy Voorthuis

 Hi there 2Crafty fans. 
I am excited to show you my newest layout, for this one I used the color yellow which I don't
use that often. But when I got my new 2Crafty chippies I knew exactly which ones I wanted 
to use & with what paper collection I was going to use it.

 The picture is a oldie and I wanted 
to use it since we are going to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary next month. 

A moment with you is magical: 

 

2Crafty Chipboards used: 
 Fine Word Set 2
Frame Fine Circle with Butterflies
11"Fine Floral Frame Set
Foliage Set 6
A Moment With You

All the chipboard pieces are treated with gesso and "purely white"embossing powder,

  then I added a layer of wax with two different colors {rusty brown and old white}, on the 

foliage pieces I added some green matt acrylic paint and on the little circles I added gold pearlecents.

I did some machine stitching around my picture, and also used some pretty flowers, rub-ons, wishing bubbles and did a lot of fussy cutting from the "sunflower" collection by ScrapAndMe.

 At the end I added some frozen jack frost & shimmer spray. 

I also added some rub-on words & three beautiful butterflies made by my very talented friend Renea Harrison. Thank you so much for your visit and I hope to see you next time.

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Much love and happy crafting...

Woodland Fun!! - by Chrissy Tingey

Hi everyone,

 I couldn’t wait to play with this set of chipboards - the "12inch “Fine Floral” set - 

wow!!! you get so much in this 

pack….and I still have some pieces left over

for another project. 

I created my base by using two sheets of paper, then matted the central "wood slice" paper on top,  

some stitching around the edges in a coordinating thread colour

just adds a little something extra to the layout. 

I had the perfect colour ink pad that coordinated with the teal paper, so inked all

those wonderful chipboards, inking with a pad was really quick

and easy. 

I fussy cut lots of beautiful floral and foliage elements from various papers and also 

stamped and fussy cut the teal flowers to bring all the 

colours together. 

Chipboard used: 

12 inch Fine Floral Set.

Iron Gates.

I framed my photo by using the gorgeous Iron Gates chipboard, then matted this

to the centre of my layout. I then arranged all my fussy cut elements around

the edges of my photo. I tucked the main section of the

Fine Floral set in and around the bottom left hand cluster of

fussy cut elements. 

Don’t be afraid to cut into your chipboards, any pieces that would

be covered I try and cut them out and use else where on the layout, for example: the little flourish 

pieces. 

I love how these chipboards work perfectly alongside the fussy cut and layered flowers - 

a tiny colour coordinated rhinestone to the centre of the chipboard flower

sets it off beautifully. 

I highly recommend these wonderful floral sets, there is so much in them, they would be great on a 

double page spread as the main feature. 

Thanks for stopping by, you can find lots more close-ups of this layout over on my Instagram page

Hugs & Happy Crafting,

Chrissy 

xXx 

“A Pop of Colour” Layout By Chrissy Tingey

Hi everyone, today I have this project to share with you, I chose to 

use a royalty free image with this layout, the colours were stunning and bright, just 

perfect for the layout and chipboard I had in mind.

2Crafty Chipboard Used?....

Flower Petals

Mini Word Set 1

Heart Frame with flowers

I started off by painting the gorgeous "Frame Heart with Flowers” 

pure white to coordinate with some of my fussy cut embellishments, 

it has some very cute little flowers attached to it, I cut 

these off and repositioned them so they 

are seen poking out from my fussy cut flowers

I  then painted those fabulous large “Flower Petals” chipboard in a vibrant

 red colour - matching the colour of the flowers in my photo. 

I Love the “Mini Word Set” sometimes I just want to add a tiny title, these are 

perfect for doing just that - this is also painted in a coordinating colour. 

I have enjoyed adding a splash of colour by painting my chipboard in 

that bright red to coordinate with my photo, it sure makes a statement!!!!! 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you to add some bright colours

to your chipboard, I'll be back next month with two 

more projects. 

For more close-up's of this layout please feel free to visit my Instagram page

Happy Crafting

Chrissy xXx 

Beautifully Framed

Hi Everyone, Chrissy here with my first creation for March…

I decided to use this gorgeous 11inch frame as the main focus of my layout. So I wanted to keep the rest of my layout quite simple, which can be difficult for me as I tend to not know when to stop adding embellishments. My base features three layers and the centre consists of descending circles, to finish off my base I have added some stitching. 

2Crafty chipboard used...

Flower Petals

Flourish Round Frame

Sammis Swirls x 2

Leaf Set 1

The gorgeous, Large Circle Chipboard Frame stands out on the simple, clean black & white dotted base paper. 

My layers of stamped and fussy cut doodle embellishments are finished off with some gorgeous Flourishes tucked in and around them. 

I have also added the small flower from the “Flower Petals” pack, just tucked this under the centres of the Doodle Clusters. 

More fine and delicate flourish pieces added to the bottom cluster of embellishments.

I think these little Chipboard details look delightful!!

I hope I have inspired you to use these wonderful large Chipboard frames on your creations, I will be back later in the month with another project.

Happy Crafting,

Chrissy Tingey

xXx 

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