"always" Layout and tutorial video by Marie Sabatier

Hello everyone,

It is already time to present you my second inspiration of this month of January.

What better way to create a layout, colors, joy of life and nice chipboards!

"always"

I made a video tutorial that you can watch HERE

 

 

The 2Crafty chipboard used: 

- Fine Word Set 1

- Doily Frames

- Thistle Shrubs

I apply a layer of white gesso on each chipboard.

First I decide my arrangement and then I start with a rub-on transfer.

Then the laser cut that will be around my photo.

I place my photo with pieces of cardboard.

I add white embossing powder on the chipboards "Doily Frame" and on the word "always".

I chose white to highlight the panels and also to frame my photo. 

I hesitated for a long time to place the title but here it sounded good.

I then embellished the particle board "Thistle Shrub" with powder to emboss

 "olive green" and small touches "dark green". 

That I slipped in the middle of the other embellishments.

They are large and stand out well in the cluster of embellishments. 

I love the effect!

I hope you can watch the video that will give you more details. 

Thank you very much for your loyalty. 

See you soon.

Marie

“So Beautiful”By Chris Tingey

 

“So Beautiful”

Hi everyone, I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas, 

I am so excited to show you my very first project for 2Crafty. 

I have created this layout and used one of my favourite photo's of my daughter. 

2Crafty Chipboard Used...

Flourish Adornment Set 6

Sharon Butterflies

Leafy Shrub Set 2

Thistle Shrub

Stitched Lace Border

Ariel Spray

To start with I gave all the gorgeous Chipboards a couple of coats of white paint, it doesn't 

need to be perfect, I quite like it to look a bit textured, so dabbing it on adds to that. 

I stitched along the edge of the Stitched Lace Border Chippie with some lavender coloured thread....

I love the fact that the chippie's are quite flexible, so I layered up the butterflies 

and shaped their wings to give some height....

I also shaped some of the beautiful flourish stems and tucked these 

in and around my fussy cut flowers....

I added the beautiful Ariel Spray Chippie to the left of my photo to frame it -

 with some more of the layered butterflies....

I love the Thistle Shrub.....I divided it up and tucked little bits of it to the right and left of

my photo and also added one of the chippie's from the Leafy Shrub set....

I hope you like my layout and I hope I have inspired you to layer up, 

shape and maybe even stitch on your chipboards. 

April Layouts Created by Rachael Funnell

Hello 2 Crafty fans!

Rach with you sharing some more April Inspiration....

My first layout featuring my gorgeous girl.

'Timeless Beauty'

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

Brick Panel

Thistle shrub

Indian feathers

Tiny feathers

Timeless Beauty title

Inspired by my girls dress, I went with the soft pastel colours, 

I have heat embossed both Timeless Beauty title with a pale pink and Thistle shrub a teal......

I have left the Brick Panel raw & cut it in half and placed half at the top and other
half at the bottom of the photo, just to  bring a little more attention to the photo.....

I have used a couple of the Indian feathers & Tiny feathers.....

 First applying white gesso to the both Indian feathers & Tiny feathers, then
 inking them ever so lightly with purple or pink...

 I scattered them thoughout my page to finish it off nicely... 😊 

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For my second page 

A photo of ME & my young man.....

#Joy

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

2017

Funky Heart swirls

Lacy border

 Leafy Corner

#Mini word set 2

YOU word from Card Set 2

With such strong colours I still wanted the chipboard pieces to stand out, 

so I have added couple of coats of white gesso to #mini word JOY.

I did the same to the  Funky Heart swirls,  Leafy Corner & 2017

The Lacy border strip I have inked with black & the tiny word YOU sitting on
 the photo, has been heat embossed with a Navy Blue....

That's it for me this month....

Thanks for stopping by...... I hope you liked what you see and where inspired in someway....

till next time

April Inspiration and VIDEO tutorial by Tammy

Hello 2Crafties!!

Tammy here today to share this month's projects. 

I have a couple of layouts and a VIDEO tutorial to share with you all.

First up I have a layout titled:

'This Boy'

A layout about my boy and his gift with children. 

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"6 inch Revolution Frames"

"Chevron Bits"

"This Boy Title"

 I applied black gesso to the "6" Revolution Frame" and then embossed it with a

distressed rust emboss powder.  This gave it a grungy metal look.

I applied the same emboss powder to some of the 'Chevron Bits', but achieved a totally different look by simply applying white gesso first, instead of black gesso.

It looks much more rusty and copper in colour than the circle frame.

To the other parts of the 'Chevron Bits' I added various ink colours until I achieved a grungy look I was happy with.

I just love the versatility of  2 Crafty Chipboard!!

For the 'This Boy' title, I applied black gesso and then clear emboss powder to the 'this' part.

To the 'boy' section, I used various ink colours until I achieved the grungy look.

I love the titles with two different fonts, and I love finding different ways to alter them.

I've created a video, so you can see EXACTLY how this page unfolded.

I hope you enjoy it.

I'd love some feedback!

My second creation this month is titled:

'Sightsee'

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Sightsee Title'

'Fir Xmas Tree'

'Thistle Shrub'

'Summer Leaf Stems'

I painted the 'Summer Leaf Stems' with a few coats of white gesso and tucked them in between my photos.

Next I grabbed the two 'Fir Xmas Trees' and trimmed off the star on the top and the pot on the bottom.  

They are the perfect shape for my layout (minus the Xmas feel) as this layout is about taking our USA family to my step-dad's home.  He lives in a forest, surrounded by Pines and Gums so these trees were perfect.

I then applied watercolours in various shades of green to achieve a dappled look.

To the 'Sightsee Title', I added a variety of Inks until I achieved a grungy, earthy colour I was happy with.

I placed this on top of my cluster.

I also added in the 'Thistle Shrub'

I left this raw, as I felt it went well with the earthy natural tones of the layout.

I really love all the natural fibres in this layout, and I enjoyed altering the chipboard to match in with this.

I have an extra share today - a layout I recently created for Scrap the Girls and their current Challenge Challenge- all about 'Me'.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Gigi's Flowers"

"Mini Branches"

"This is Me Title"

I applied Black Gesso to the title 'This is Me'.

I then applied some Finnabair Opal Magic in Aqua/Rose to just the 'Me' section.

I applied black gesso to the 'Mini Branches' and tucked these throughout the layout.

I applied a few coats of white gesso to the 'Gigi Flowers' and scattered these through the layout.

Lots of vibrant colour, lots of journaling. Very ME!!

So that's it from me this month, if you'd like to see more you can head over to my BLOG