October Inspiration with Lisa Amiet

Hello 2Crafty Peeps!

It's Lisa here today to share some more inspiration with you.

Isn't the year flying past?!

Today I have a layout that I created featuring my son,

one of my permanent models ;)

Can I say I LOVE how this turned out, I hope you do too!

I am a huge fan of black backgrounds, and I love this one! It's not all black ;)

There are some splashes of my favourite colour!

The feature piece of this layout has to be the 'Fiddlesticks Panel',

 that I have finished the same colour as my splatters and papers :)

I have also used one of the Geo tags from the 'Assorted Mini Camera Set',

that I have embossed it white. 

I have also used a couple of the 'Triangle Clusters', also embossed in white.

I have then added some word stickers to them.

Oh that panel is one of my favourites! 

A pic of the dimension to the page.

I hope you like what I have created!

Some inspiration for you to take some crafty time out today.

2Crafty Products Used:

Until next time!

Take care

Lisa

August Inspiration & VIDEO with Kripa Koushik

Hello friends,

In anticipation of spring, here are two projects with lots of pink, teal & mint. 

Hope you enjoy the projects & video.

'Love you'

For this 12X12 layout I've used a gel plate to make the background over
 a collage of pretty Maggie Holmes pattern papers.
 

After cutting off the border, the entire 6x6 Fiddlesticks panel is layered up behind the photograph.

I've also added a few of Chevron Bits around the page, as you can see above.

 All the chipboard pieces were coated with white gesso and painted over with Colourarte
 paints in mint, pink & deep pink. For the title using paints I've given an Ombre effect.

2crafty chipboard used:
- Chevron Bits
- Title - Love you
- Fiddlesticks 6x6 panel

'Today is Perfect '

Art Journal

My next project share this month is an art journal page in an old book purchased at the library.

There are many tutorials online on how to prepare a book for painting on, but I'm happy to
 share the long and short of the process if you cant find any that you like.

As always, the first step was to cover all the 2crafty chipboard pieces with white gesso. 

Dry well, before painting them. The Chevron bits chipboard got only one layer of
 Colourarte acrylic silks.

The kite had been painted blue & orange for another project and never got used. So, I covered
 it with white gesso and gave it a few layers of twinkling H2Os. Happy to say the Kite
 chipboard not just survived the layers of paint, but soared up in its splendid colours really well!

Last but not the least, the title also received a couple of layers of paint before I finally decided
on the colour scheme Teal, pink & white. Layering Teal on top of green gave it a beautiful
 shine & depth. The white is from a Uniball white marker. 

Here is the complete video tutorial, I hope you enjoy it.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE...

 

2Crafty chipboard Used:

 Kites

Chevron Bits

Title - Today is perfect

Thank you for coming by today.

Happy crafting,

Cheers,

Kripa

February Share Plus VIDEO TUTORIAL by Tammy Klingner

Hi 2Crafty people!

Today I'm starting with a layout entitled...

 'Happiness is This'

This layout was inspired by February - the month of love.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Happiness is this Title"

"6" Revolution Frame"

"Tiny Hearts and Stars"

"Circular Panel"

Here's a close up of my work:

I cut up the "Circular Panel", and painted it black.

I also painted some "Tiny Hearts" and the "Happiness is This" title black.

I added Glossy Accents to the "Happiness is This" title to give it a high gloss/resin finish.

 I painted some of the "Tiny Hearts" red.

I embossed the "6" Revolution Frame" with White Emboss Powder.

I have also made a process video of my layout, so you can see how I created the background.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE...

 "Happiness"

My second layout is a fun, happy one celebrating my beautiful daughter.

For this layout I have used the following...

 "2Crafty Chipboard":

"Line Words"

"Triangle Set"

"Fiddlesticks Panel"

I cut down the "Fiddlesticks Panel" and painted it white.

 I really wanted to bring out the colours in the photos, so I painted some of the

 "triangles" in a grass green and a rich blue.

You may have worked out by now that I ADORE colour!

As I had worked down the page, from top to bottom, I added the "title" in the

 same way, to give cohesion to the layout.

I did the same with the journaling.

I hope you've enjoyed my post and I hope you have found some inspiration here today.

You can visit my blog HERE

See you again soon.

Love Tam

xx

February Inspiraton By Marianne Johansson, Norway

"Magical Memories"

Hi all 2Crafty fans!

Thanks for stopping by the blog to check out my February inspiration.

But before we get started...  Please remember to become a blog follower & leave a comment to
be eligible to go in our monthly draw for a great chippie prize pack. The more comments you leave, the more chances to win.

Another photo of our oldest daughter in London, this time riding the
London Eye (her sister is the photographer).

The trip and the ride on the London Eye was for sure a magic moment for the
two girls and I knew I had the perfect title for the layout.

Once again I have layered some of the chippies, here the Circle Lace Panel and Mini Branches.

The background is made with light modelling paste and different stamps and colors.

The title is almost neutral, just a bit gesso in random places.

One of my favorite chippies is the Square Collage Panel and here I have cut it into
 several pieces and used both on top and bottom of the photo.

Made a little "frame" of the above panel , glued some notepaper inside.

2Crafty chippies used:

Circle lace Panel

Magical Moments title

Mini Branches

Square Collage Panel

  

                                 

"Favorite"

Everyone who knows me knows how obsessed I am regarding Johnny Depp !!!
I really believe he's one of the best actors out there
(and it doesn't hurt that he's so good looking LOL )

So enjoy my layout with lots of Johnny Depp.

Here I used the Fiddlestick Panel in several places. Love cutting up these panels!

I cut out the  circles chippies  and placed letters inside them.

The Barbed Wire matched my page as a bit rough and tough.

And of course I needed to show my love for Johnny Depp with the "Elegant Heart"

 on top of the photos.

The background is made with Gesso, mist, watercolors and stamps.

All the chippies have a layer of gesso and a bit of purple mist here and there.

I did some simple drawing on the page as well, hearts, circles  and lines.

 2Crafty Chipboards used:

Elegant Hearts

Fiddlestick panel

Favorite title

Barbed wire

Circular Panel

  

  

Until next time.