My second 2Crafty Chipboard share for June

My next creation for 2Crafty Chipboard is totally different to my previous one.

 

I've gone grungy and rustic.

 

It's titled:

 

"Adventure awaits"

 

 

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

 

"Chevron Bits"

"Steampunk Medium Gears"

"Steampunk Small Gears"

"Chain lengths"

"Adventure loopy title"

"Chained Circle Frames"

"Assorted Arrows"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I grunged up the background paper by adding some stamping in black ink, and also some flicks and blobs of spritz.

 

I also added some random strips of paper, to which I applied gesso.

 

 

As I wanted some of the chipboard to look like rusty metal, I applied Finnabair's Rust Effect Paste.

 

I was thrilled with how it came out.  So simple.

 

The rust comes in 3 colours - Red Rust, Brown Rust and Gold Rust.

 

I got these on a recent retail therapy trip to the fabulous shop Scrap Matrix.

 

I just rubbed it over the chipboard quite randomly.

 

 

I did this for the 'Steampunk Small Gears' and 'Steampunk Medium Gears'

 

 

and also for the 'Chained Circle Frames' and the 'Chain Lengths'.

 

 

 

I painted a few 'Assorted Arrows' and 'Chevron Bits' in black, and also added black paint to my title 'Adventure loopy font'.

 

 

I then added some extra embellishments - quotes, metal bits and flicks of paint.

 

 

I really enjoyed doing a grungy layout.

 

 It's been a long time as I get so distracted by COLOUR!

 

This layout really reminded me to step out of my comfort zone and try something a little different.

 

I hope you do too!!

 

Much love

xxx

 

My first April share for 2Crafty Chipboard - Video Tutorial!!

Seriously?!?

It's April?

 

When and how did that happen??

 

So that means its time to share my first layout designed for 2Crafty Chipboard this month.

 

It's titled

"Living the Dream"

 

Yep lots of colour!!!

 

 

 

This photo was taken on our recent family trip to the USA, specifically in Houston. 

Oh how I loved this wall!!

I knew I had to scrap it, but I wasn't sure how to capture the colour and grunginess of it.

So I decided to start with bright paint and go from there......

 

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard on this layout:

 

"Circle Frames"

"Stars"

"ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars"

"Chevron Bits"

"Living the dream title"

 

 

I painted the "Living the Dream" title black. 

 

 

 

 

I also painted some of the "Stars" black too, plus a few of the gorgeous little stars in the

 "ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars".

 

Some of these starts I then applied Glossy Accents to give them a resin like finish.

 

 

 

As I was working with a lot of bright colour, I wanted to add quite a bit of black to my layout.

This gave it a 'grungy' feel rather than a rainbow feel, and also really grounded the page.

 

I painted some of the "Circle Frames" in a lime and vibrant blue.

 

 

 

To grunge these up a little, I added some random stamping with black ink.

 

 

 

I painted some of the "Chevron Bits" in orange, and then added some black ink to keep with the grunge feel.

 

 

 

I've also created a VIDEO TUTORIAL of this page so you can watch how my layout

came together.....

 

 

 

You will see I changed my mind on colours as I went!

 

It really shows that I start with a plan, but it always changes along the way.

 

 I'm still very new to this Video Tutorial business, so I hope you take the time to watch it, and I hope you enjoy it.

 

I'll be back again real soon.

 

Love Tam

xxx