July Inspiration - "You Make Me Happy" by Elisa Ablett

Hi Crafters,

Elisa here from the design team, sharing my latest layout with you and the first of
 my July inspiration featuring the gorgeous chipboard from 2craftychipboard.

I wanted to tie in a few elements from my chosen photo including my son's
smile and cheeky personality and also the patterns from his shirt as well.

I chose to work with the some awesome chippy pieces plus the new
Cocoa Vanilla  'Boys Rule' range of papers and elements and my gel plate.

"You Make Me Happy"

Here are my chosen chipboard pieces from the great range at 2Crafty:

1. Triangle Clusters

2. Sequin Negative Bits

3. You make me Happy title

4. Family Symbols

5. Circle Nesting Frame

I am always trying to find interesting ways to jazz up

 my chipboard, so lets take a closer look!

For my title - You make me happy, I painted it black and then smoothed a 

metallic wax in silver over the painted chipboard. 

This gives quite the distressed metallic look! 

I will be doing this again for sure.

For the triangle clusters, I embossed them with an old glitter embossing powder 

that had sprinkles of glitter in it with a black base colour. 

It went perfectly with the metallic theme I had started with my layout. 

For the background, I added the sequin border piece that came in the Sequin negative pack.

I coloured this with black ink and then added a layer of clear glitter pen over the top.

Also I embossed my little man piece of chipboard with a lovely blue black embossing powder

to match the blue in his shirt and the rest of the layout. To make him pop out a bit,
I added a star behind the chipboard.

Last but not least the chipboard that just keeps on giving!! Circle Stack, I have
 made quite a few layouts using the stack of circles so far. As you can see in the above photo,
I used a circle to frame my photo, to make the photo stand out more, I used the circle to
mat a piece of paper with a subtle background design. 

This is a great technique to use with all those chipboard frames you have stashed away!!
Try it today and tag me in the post, I would love to see what you create!

Well that's it from me today, I hope you have been inspired to pull out 

some chipboard today from the great 2Crafty range.

Thanks for stopping by the blog 

Elisa xx

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December Inspiration with Kripa & Video Tutorial

'Life is Amazing'

Hello creatives, this month, 2crafty chipboard is sponsoring Kraft Plus Challenge. 

I'm not sure if this a scrapbook layout or an art journal page, but its perfect as the first
 page of my family scrapbook album.
 My project is based on their mood board which you can see here.

Here is a close up of the focal point of the page made using 4 pieces from the  Family Symbols Set & a heart from the ATC hearts & stars set.All the chipboard pieces were first treated with white gesso and then painted over. On the left is a shaker frame made with one of the smaller frames from the Polaroid Assortment Frames set. Here is a tip : To ensure the tiny star sequins don't slip through the shaker frame, seal it around with washi tape.

Ive tucked a Handrawn heart frame behind this to frame the focal point. Now to the 'Life is Amazing' title piece because of which I decided not to use any photos on this layout. I had been saving this for my gratitude journal but the moodboard at Kraft Plus Challenges provided the perfect inspiration to use it on a 12x12 layout.

I hope you enjoy the video of how this page came together.

2Crafty Supplies Used:

• Family Symbols
• Life is Amazing Title
• Frame Handrawn hearts
• ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars
• Polaroid Assortment Frames

 

Altered Paint brush

My second project was literally inspired by the Modern Swirls chipboard. 

For some reason it reminded me of music and a brush stroke. 

To begin, the paintbrush & all the chipboard pieces were coated with white gesso. 

The keyhole piece was treated with a mixture of crackle paste & texture paste. 

I then applied paints on the gessoed paintbrush using a palette knife to create some texture.

For the chipboard pieces though, I dabbed the paint with a make up sponge so that the paint application would be even and smooth. Finally, some micro beads, sequins & glitter.

2crafty chipboard Used:

- Angel Wings 
-Modern Swirls

- Keyholes & Locks

- Pointed Doily Frames

- Steampunk gears small

Thank you for visiting us today.

Happy creating.