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

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  "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  

October Shares with Beck Beattie

"Best Birthday"

Hi, it's Beck Beattie here with my October inspiration shares.  I decided this month I would focus on some different products you could use to easily colour  up your chipboard pieces.  Both of these products (one used on each layout) are often my go  to when I want to add a little colour mostly because I have the most amount of different colours.  

For this first layout I decided on using Gloss Enamel paint.  I love how easily it coats the
 chipboard, adds a little gloss and also dries rather quickly for paint.  I used these three
colours on the different chipboard pieces.

Sometimes when I want to achieve a brighter colour on the chipboard I will apply a coat

 of gesso first to give it a white base.  I decided upon doing this with the title and also the red arrows.

I also used Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos and Tinby Designs Metallic Melts 

in my background to contrast the strong colour of the chipboard pieces.

   2Crafty Chipboards Used:

Mini Fast Forward Arrows   Square Collage Pane Birthday Sentiments  

   

  

"Live Laugh Love"

For my second layout, I focused on the use of Copic Markers to colour up my pieces. 

I didn't use any priming such as gesso as a base on any of them and I was quite pleased 

with how the colours came up.  Sometimes in the past I have used Gesso for a brighter

 look with some of the lighter colour markers.

These are the Copic Colours I used:

The "Live Laugh Love" word comes up so nice with the orange marker against the other colours.  

  It was SO easy to colour up the Interlocking Grid panel with the marker. 

 I used the wedge tip end when colouring up each of the pieces. 

I used the black for the circle as I wanted to create some added depth but not take

 away from the title.  Just love how it came!

Layering up the pieces really takes focus to the photo.  

I co-ordinated the coloured chipboard with watercolours and stencilling in my background

 as well as some background stamping.

2Crafty Chipboards Used:

 6 inch Circle Revolution frames Interlocking Grid Frame Live Laugh Love words

  

 

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

October Share With Beck Beattie

"Live Your Adventure"

Hi, it's Beck Beattie here with my October inspiration shares.  I'm away in the US at the moment, but really excited to share with you my latest creations!     I really had fun using the my photo as inspiration for the chipboard I used and how I applied colour.

I enjoyed leaving the pieces a little natural to work in with the background and so
 I didn't alter the circle frame at all.

For the 'Happy Birthday' title I coloured with blue colour spray - this was such a quick 

way to add the colour to the piece of chipboard!

I applied some brown distress ink to the edges of the triangles to give them 

more depth and interest as well as working in better with the background.

   2Crafty Chipboards Used:   Loads of Triangles Happy Birthday Card pack 6inch Circle Revolution frames   

  

"Cherish"

For my second layout, I once again had fun with the chipboard, this time creating layers 

for added depth.  I love how the chipboard pieces create a beautiful feature to this page.

Altering chipboard really helps to create dimension and interest as in this page, 

as they all build on the colours in the photo and the background.

The "cherish" word was simply inked with black ink for a striking contrast.

Applying a coat of the Indigoblu Flitter glue and mega flack really transforms the pieces 

of chipboard for a completely different look.

Tucked in the foliage looks so beautiful and adds more interest to the page.

The 'cherish' word creates a beautiful contrast to the page helping it to stand out.

Layering up the pieces really takes focus to the photo.  

2Crafty Chipboards Used:

 6 inch Crcle Revolution frames Beaded Heart borders 5" Floral frame Leafy Twig branches

 

 

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