True Beauty - created for 2Crafty Chipboard

Hello 2Crafty friends,

Emma here with you all for my last project of the year but also 2Crafty's last blog post for the year. So I feel very honored to finish 2019 in this way. I have truly enjoyed being a part of the design team this year and can not wait to be a part of it all again in 2020. So lets see how the awesome chipboard inspired me this month.

Here is the amazing chipboard in the raw......

Element Set 1
Mini Word Set 1
6" Funky lines Panel

I often like to keep the chipboard pretty simple so it really becomes the focal feature without getting too lost in all the other paper elements.

So with the chosen chipboard for this page I opted to use a bolder colour to 'pop' from the page and I did this with Rust effect pastes.

This is probably one of my most fave ways of covering my chipboard as I adore the texture. I wanted it to feel earthy to match the tranquility and awe of the image I had chosen.

After the Rust paste had dried I lightly rubbed over them with a Prima wax. This really added highlights and showed up more of that texture that I love.

With the title 'beauty' I only rubbed over it with the wax, no other preparation involved. Again this is why I love 2crafty chipboard as it is so easy to use with various mediums. 

 I must admit one of my other favourite elements on this page is the little watch. My 12yr old Son Asha loves watching me create and likes to help me choose embellishments for me for some of my layouts. He put together all the little prills, hearts and flakes together in the fob and I loved it so much. It made the layout of course!

I wish to thank all you 2crafty supporters and readers for all the love you have shown over the past year and I look forward to sharing with you all in 2020.

Happy creating friends.

Much love to you all.

Emma xx

Tranquil Moments with Emma for 2Crafty

Hi 2Crafty friends, Emma here with you all today.

Today I have a nice quick layout for you.

I used some beautiful chipboard pieces and applied simple techniques to them just to make them shine.

 Here are the chipboard pieces I used....

Tranquil moments

Clock Face Discs
Decorative Dangling Bits

I really did want to keep these as simple as I could, so I painted all but the title with black gesso, and I black glitter embossed the clock faces.

The decorative bits I rubbed a little Nuvo mousse over them just to give them a subtle hint of colour and shine.

I love how soft they look against the background paper.

And the title I painted in a blue acrylic and then went over the top with a white crackle.

Once dry I rubbed a little Prima wax over the top to give it the blue shade to match the theme of my layout.

I really love the simple approach to the chipboard especially when delicate pieces are used as it just lets them sing on their own.

I hope I have given you all a little Saturday inspo and I will catch you all again soon,

Em xx