"Be yourself"by Sabrina Turpin

 Hello 2Crafty friends,

Warm weather is finally here in Canada and we can finally enjoy outside activities again! Last summer, my son Liam discovered himself a taste for skateboarding. He has been longing for the moment where he'd be able to jump back on his board for a few months and this moment has finally arrived.

I took this picture and had an inspiration to create a layout that would capture the almost-but-not-yet-pre-teen attitude of my 10 years old boy.

"Be yourself"

I did a lot of work on the "Frame Star with Stars": I started by inking it with blue ink. Then on the center star, I applied diluted navy paint. On the side stars, I applied a white and blue embossing enamel.

On the "Retro panel", behind the picture, I used silver embossing powder and applied black embossing ink on top of it. Then I traced the border with black ink.

For the "Light bulb word set", I applied red embossing ink and put a silver glaze on top of it.

On the "Star Bubble set", I applied red embossing ink then dabbed white embossing ink on top. Finally, I've applied a silver glaze.

For the title, "Be yourself", I used a silver wax and traced the border with black ink.

On this layout, I used the following 2Crafty chipboards:

 Frame Star with Stars [FR0030]

Light Bulb word set 1 [M00803]

 Retro Panel [660042]

Star Bubble Set [M00666]

Be yourself  [W00055]

That is all for me today! I hope you enjoyed my creation and that it gave you some inspiration! I'll be back in a few weeks with more ideas to share with you. Until then, have fun creating!

April Inspiration - Two Layouts PLUS TWO VIDEO TUTORIALS By Mary Catt

''Be Yourself''

Hello 2Crafty fans!

Mary here with you today and I have two layouts and two video tutorials to share with you.

 The first one is a layout in black, white and teal tones. For this one, I used 7dots papers
from the ''Homegrown'' collection, Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and
 powders and a Cuts2luv flair. All the flowers are Prima Marketing.

I have also made a VIDEO TUTORIAL of the procedure.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

2Crafty chipboards used...

 Corner Annalise
Element Set 1
Be Yourself

I based my page on the More Than Words April challenge.

Some close ups...

I created texture on my background by I applying modeling paste through a stencil.
When dried, I used ''Shabby Turbine Teal'' and ''Merci Beaucoup Mint'' Lindy's Stamp
 Gang sprays to color my page.

I heat embossed the ''Corner Annalise'' and the title chipboards with the ''Black Forest Black'' Lindy's powder. The chipboards from the ''Element Set 1'' were also embossed with the ''Desert Moon Turquoise'' powder.

To finish, I added some black micro beads and platinum glass glitter with gel medium.

 ''Amaze Yourself''

And the second one was made with Prima Marketing papers from the''Rose Quartz'' collection,
Prima Marketing flowers, Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and powders and a flair from Cuts2luv.

You can see the procedure on my VIDEO...

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE HERE

2Crafty Chipboards used...

Squiggle Border
Moroccan Panel
Amaze Yourself

I based my page on the Mixed Media & Art April challenge.

And a closer look at the details...

I gave texture on the background with modeling paste and a stencil.
 Then, I added some color with ''Cotton Candy Pink'' and ''Bells of Ireland Green'
' Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays.

I heat embossed the pieces from the ''Moroccan Panel'' chipboard with ''Oakleaf Olive''
Lindy's powder. The title and the ''Squiggle Border'' were also embossed with the
''Black Forest Black'' powder.

When everything was glued down, I added made some splashes with white acrylic artists ink.

 That's all from me my friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

July Inspiration - Two Layouts PLUS TWO VIDEOS With Anita Bownds

Hi

Anita here with you today  super excited sharing my first layouts

with you and to be part of the 2Crafty team.

Before we start...

Please remember while your here be sure you have

become a blog follower & leave a blog comment to
be eligible to go in our monthly draw for a great chippie prize pack.

"Be Yourself"

With my first layout I did some misting .

See my video for all the details....

To view VIDEO CLICK HERE

Here are some close ups of the chipboard on my layout.

With my title I used pink embossing powder.

For the design elements I used white embossing powder then just added a little ink.

The round ornate frame I just used white embossing powder with pearls.

2 Crafty Chipboard Used

 Be Yourself 

 Design Elements

Frame Round Ornate

"Perfection" 

 For this layout I kept it clean and simple

with a touch of mixed media.

Here is my process video of my layout.

To view VIDEO CLICK HERE

Here are some close ups of my layout,

I used white embossing powder on the element set chipboard.

For the lattice leaves I used the light green embossing powder

I also did the same with my title, just used white embossing powder.

I used pink with the circle heart frame and added pink rhinestones.

2 Crafty Chipboard used...

 Circle Heart Frames 

 Element Set 1 

Perfection

Lattice Leaves

Thanks for popping by, I hope you have enjoyed my layouts & that 

I have given you a little inspiration.

Happy Crafting..xx

April Share with Beck BT

Hi, it's Beck Beattie here. Today I am sharing some fun projects featuring 2Crafty Chipboard of course!   I love how effective they can look in both altered and natural states.  
Today I'm going to share with you the use of both!      But before we start.... Please remember while you are here  to become a blog follower & leave a blog comment to

be eligible to go in our monthly draw for a great chippie prize pack.

  "Be Yourself"

 I was playing along with the Kraft+ challenge for this month which is black and white
on kraft with inspiration images.  2Crafty are a sponsor this month so it is an extra
 awesome month to play along and hopefully win yourself some yummy chipboard!!

For my title I applied a coat of Indigoblu Cottage Paint in Pantry white.
 Given the highly pigmented paints I only needed to apply one coat.

I love the natural kraft colour of the chipboard and thought they worked well to break
 up the colours of the background, so I left both the diamond panel and star frame
pieces which I cut up and adhered in clumps, in their natural state.

For the Harlequin clumps I simply applied some black permanent ink with my
ink pad to colour them and adhere in clumps of three around the page.

   2Crafty Chipboards Used:
Be yourself title Star frame Diamond Panel Harlequin clumps

"Amaze yourself Canvas"

For my canvas I layered some fun 2Crafty pieces for a striking effects onto a  layered mixed media canvas.    

I once again painted the Amaze Yourself chipboard title with

 Indigoblu Cottage paints in 'Pantry White'  

The background piece I applied a coat of black ink by rubbing over it.

For the key I first coloured it with a gold marker and then embossed it through my
die cut machine with a sweet embossing folder, love how it came!

  2Crafty Chipboard Used.. Cassie's Flourishes Amaze Yourself title Circle Lattice Panel Multi-Key set

  

 Thanks for taking the time to head across to the blog today! 

 

I hope you enjoyed my share this month on the 2Crafty blog!
Happy Crafting xxx Beck BT