May Shares for 2Crafty Chipboard - #3

Hello everyone and welcome once again to my blog.  

Hope you are having a lovely day.  Our weather here in Adelaide has been very kind to us the last few days.  Hopefully it will continue for a little while before we head into our winter weather.

This is the third and final installment of my 2Crafty shares for May. 

2Crafty Chipboard is a major sponsor at Off the Rails for the month of May and I was thrilled to be one of the Guest Designers.  The Guest post went live on the 20th and HERE is the link if you'd like to take a look.

This is the mood board..

... and this is the card I created.

The papers are from Kaisercraft's Base Coat Mini Pad.

 2Crafty Chipboard used

 Bubble Clumps

 Numbers Panels

Hessian Patch Panel

 Mini Word Set

The Bubble Clump was painted with a navy Blue acrylic paint and then inserted between the paper layers.

The Hessian Panel was simply swiped with a VersaMagic stamp pad in Midnight Black.  I really adore this chippy.  I love using it as a background for a flower cluster or, in this case, as the base for the Numbers Panel.

The Numbers Panel was first swiped with Versacolor stamp pads in black, red and light blue and then it was coated with Viva Clear Crackle paint.  I'm afraid I got a bit impatient here and decided to dry it with a heat gun.  Got a little too close in a couple of spots and ended up with a few bubbles but, overall, I love the effect.  Very different from how it looks when left to dry naturally.  After it was dry, and cooled off, I swiped it over again with the same stamp pads just to deepen the colour. 

I usually decorate the inside of my cards with some strips of paper and, this time, I also added one of the words from the Mini Word Set.

It was coloured with VersaMagic Midnight Black and coated with Glossy Accents.

Well, I hope you like my card and that you have enjoyed all of my May shares.  Hopefully I will see you next month for my very last 2Crafty post.   It will be sad to leave and I will miss everyone on the Team, they have been a fantastic group to work with.  Pop on over to the blog to see all the wonderful projects they have created.  HERE is the link.  

Thank you so much for visiting and do enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

Cogs and Watches

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  A special welcome to my new followers, I am so pleased you decided to join me.  Thank you!
 I hope you are all enjoying some lovely weather and are having a wonderful day.  It's a bit cold here in Adelaide but I guess that is to be expected as we are heading into winter. 

Well, I really can't believe how long it's been since I posted anything.  Crikey, time is just flying by.  I have been doing a bit of crafting but it's mostly been for Design Teams so I can't share any of that as yet.  Anyway, I happened to find this card which I made ages ago and haven't posted up yet so I thought I would share it now.

The papers are from Kaisercraft's Base Coat Mini Pack.

Added my usual bit of crackle and, when it was dry I coloured it lightly with a stamp pad to help it stand out a bit more.

The chippies are from 2Crafty Chipboard.  The Mini Fob Watch was painted around the edge with acrylic paint and then I simply covered the face with Glossy Accents.   The Barbed Wire and the cogs were coloured using VersaColor stamp pads. 

The inside of the card ...

.. and, of course, I had to swipe a bit of gesso around once everything was assembled!!

So, there it is!!  Just a quick post but I do hope you have enjoyed it.

 Thank you so much for visiting and enjoy the rest of  your day!!
Take care and God Bless.

A bit of Crackle and a bit of Grunge!!

Hello my dear friends, so pleased you've dropped by.
I do hope you've all enjoyed a wonderful and happy Easter.  Mine was spent with family and friends and it was absolutely fabulous!! Am feeling especially Blessed at the moment!!  Life is good!!  Busy, but so good!!

 

I'd like to share another card with you today.  Another masculine card.  Seems I make more of those than I do the feminine sort.  Not because I enjoy them more, although I do enjoy them, but simply because I seem to have more male rellies and friends than female.  Lucky me??!!

When I make male cards, regardless of anything else I may put on them, I always like to add some crackle and lots of distressing and grunge.  I like them to look a bit messed up.  Not everyone will agree I know, but this works for me.

The base is brown cardstock and the papers are from Kaisercraft. 

Added some random spots of crackle to the papers, although it's a little hard to see here.  The chippies are, of course, from 2Crafty Chipboard.  They have some amazing designs and I really love working with them.  Most of the pieces I've used here have been coloured with acrylic paint and then swiped with a gold VersaColor pad.

The Happy Birthday chippie I've left mainly raw.  I just swiped it lightly with the gold VersaColor pad and dabbed it with a bit of gesso.

Here you can see the crackle on the paper and on the chippies.  Can you see why I love it??  Fabulous texture!!  I adore that look!!

The inside with more of the papers, some stamping and some washi tape.  I created a pocket and a tag to write my private message on.

When everything was assembled and dry I dabbed a bit of gesso in random spots ... another look I love!!

Happy to say, this card was well received.  I made it for my Darling Husband's 70th Birthday, and he loved it!!  He was quite pleased that I hadn't actually added the 70  anywhere on the front.  Said he didn't want to be reminded every time he looked at it!!  LOL!!  I did write it on the inside though, as part of my private message.

Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

2Crafty March Projects #2

 Hello everyone and welcome.  So glad you stopped by for a visit.
I'm here to share the second part of my March projects for 2Crafty Chipboard.

  "CONCERTINA CARD"

    This is the card I created for my Grandson's 18th Birthday.  Being such a special Birthday, it had to be a special card and so I created a concertina card with some pieces from 2Crafty Chipboard's latest release.  

  The front of this card looks fairly busy but I just couldn't stop myself from adding all those lovely little chipboard pieces.
2Crafty Chipboard product used

Bubble Clumps

Card Word Circles - Happy Birthday

Dotty Bits

Fast Forward Arrows

Mini Tags

 

The papers used here are from Kaisercraft's 'Hello Today' small Paper Pad.  The small 'Bubble Clump' was coloured with acrylic paints using a dabber.  I love the mottled look you get when using this method.
 

    The 'Dotty Bits' tucked in the paper layers at the side were coloured the same as the Bubble Clump but the 'Mini Tag' was inked with Distress Inks and then lightly edged with gold VersaColor.  The chain is from my stash and the charms are from Megs Garden.  

  The 'Card Word Circle' was also painted with acrylics and the 'Fast Forward Arrow' was simply inked.     

    Love those 'Fast Forward Arrows' and used quite a few of them on the inside of the card.  

  This one was painted with acrylic paint ...
 

  ... as was this one.  It was also lightly inked with gold.

    The outer edge of this arrow was inked with VersaColor gold and the actual arrow itself was coloured with Black Soot Distress Ink.  

 

   Love that crackle!!                This arrow was also inked with Distress Inks and edged with the VersaColor gold.               The inside of the card when fully opened.  As you can see it actually holds 4 tags.  

  The backs of the tags can be used for photos or personal messages.  I won't show the fourth tag as that has my personal message on it.

  

    Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you have found some inspiration here.  I urge you to take a look at the fantastic array of chipboard pieces that 2Crafty Chipboard produces, you are bound to find something that you simply have to have!  LOL!!   HERE is the link. Why not also take a look at the awesome creations made by the rest of the Team.   You can find the 2Crafty Blog HERE.     and remember, to find a 2Crafty Stockist near you simply send an email to salesat2crafty@optusnet.com   Take care and God Bless.