Altered Tissue Box for ***2Crafty Chipboard***!

 Good morning lovely friends.
How wonderful of you all to stop by my blog. For today I want to show you  a altered tissue box made with a bunch of my favorite 2Crafty Chippies. This box is based on my daily job as a optician. Vanessa made me some amazing tabs with all words used in optics and I used three of them on my box. I made this for at my job to show in the lunch area. For this I used a golden oldy collection from 2012.....enjoy my post!

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Tissue Box:

Wonderful 2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Giant Gears 
Foliage Set 12
Cassie Flourish
Frame Flourish 5
Frame Madeline Flourish
Francesca's Journal Frames

I altered most of my chippies with some white gesso then for the frames I used my aqua & alcohol markers in different colours. Normally I love to add a bunch of phrases & words but for this one I used none which was a huge test for me lol...

For the giant gears I altered those with some brown rust paste after I primed them with two layers of white gesso. After that I added two of them on top of each other with some glue and a huge brad to add some demension. The tabs Vanessa made for my I left them in their raw state which look the best on my box.  

Tiny Fingers Tiny Toes Layout for ***2Crafty Chipboard***!

Good evening lovely friends,
How wonderful of you all to stop by the my blog, this is my first layout for the month of July. A while back I posted a layout of sweet little Phoenix {Jaime my cousin} her boy who tragically lost his life way to soon. The moment that happened Jaime was pregnant with a baby boy who was born on April 1st 2025, this was such a happy moment after such tragedy. His name is Bowden Dylan and I made a layout of this cute baby boy who looks so much like his big brother. 
Enjoy my post....

Tiny Fingers Tiny Toes:

Gorgeous 2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Filmstrips - Tiny 
Tiny Fingers Toes Title
 Mini Buttons
2025's
Foliage Set 13
Love You Balloons
Circle Arrow Journal Spots
Fine Word Set - Months
Baby Pram Set
Filigree Arrows
6" Circle Revolution Frames
Circle Heart Frames

I just love all the new chipboard pieces, especially those cute heart balloons with that "Love You" text you can use those on every layout you create it is so versatile. I treated the chippies with some white gesso and some of my aqua/alcohol twin markers. Which is so super easy if you don't want it to dark you use the aqua and if you want it a shade darker you use the alcohol markers. 

It was a long time ago that I created and I missed it so much. I cut the cute tittle here so it would fit my layout and I put the heart in my flower cluster on the bottom of that cute picture. By the way I spray painted the pretty new leaves {love them a lot my new favorite} 

Thank you so much for your visit today. And I sure hope that I have inspired you to take out your lovely 2Crafty Chippies and create and have fun while doing so. Have a wonderful & happy rest of the week! 

My Soulmate Layout for ***2Crafty Chipboard***!

Hello and goodmorning lovely friends,
How wonderful of you all to stop by my blog, this is my first layout for the month february the month of love as we all know. So this year will mark 27 years of being together with "my soulmate" that's why I called my layout this way. The picture I used is on of us both during a wedding of a now ex-colleague of my husband last may. 

My Soulmate

Gorgeous 2 Crafty Chipboards used: 
Frame Chained Hearts
11" Circular Leafy Frame
Frame Chained Circles
Scrabble Tiles
Beaded Hanging Heart Set
Heart Clumps
Crazy About You
Foliage Set 12
Ruby's Swirl
Frame Yvettes

This layout was sitting in a plastic layout holder for like a whole year! I started it but then my inspiration for it got lost along the way, I hope I am not the only one with that problem sometimes. Now I finally had the inspiration & right chippies to finish it. 

I treated the chipboard pieces with one layer of white gesso, then I used both my aqua/alcohol markers to color them in different colors. Behind some of the pieces I added papers from the same collection. I have to say I am in love with the new Foliage Set 12 just as much as I am with my husband hahaha just kidding.

Thank you so much for your visit today. And I sure hope that I have inspired you to take out your lovely 2Crafty Chippies and create and have fun while doing so. Have a wonderful & happy rest of the week! 

"Everything is Hard Before it is Easy" Tag made for the Graphic 45 December 2024 Challenge!

 Hi lovely friends, 
First I would like to wish you a very happy New Year may 2025 be the best year ever! Let it be a creative, healthy and loving year for you and your loved ones. Fot today I would like to show you this tag I created with Graphic 45 papers. I have used the pretty "Life is Abundant" collection which is a bold coloured one although that is a little harder for me to create with since I love soft toned papers so much. But I love how it turned out in the end. 

"Everything is Hard Before it is Easy"

With this project I will be entering the Graphic 45 challenge.

For this tag I used two of the dies in the G45 collection. I always love to use two different sizes in tags. The flowers are handmade and I really love the phrases in the collection so I wanted to make that the centerpiece of my tag I used a frame mould to put it in. 

#G45Tag at the blog here:

 Graphic 45 December Challenge and I will post my tag here: Graphic 45 - Official Community Facebook Page.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog I sure hope you like my work as much as I love making them. 
Stay happy & creative
 much

My Sunshine August 2023 Mixed Media Layout for ***2Crafty Chipboard***!!

Hello to all my lovely friends,

I am so happy you are visiting my blog today for this post I made a layout again. 

For this layout I have used tons of amazing chippies and a picture of Abbey on the beach in Greece August 2023. I really enjoy working with all the pretty chipboard pieces by 2Crafty Chipboard and the amazing new "The Beach is Calling" collection by Graphic 45 wow

 I had so much fun creating this layout that I am going to make another one hahaha enjoy my post...

My Sunshine August 2023:   

2Crafty Chipboard used: 
Intricate Seahorses
Your Smile is Like Sunshine Title
Seaweed Set 1
Seashells Set 2
Reeds
2023's
Photo Adornment Flynn's Flourish
Photo Adornment Larinda's Flourish
Thin Square Stacked Frames
Industrial Spring Set
Achor & Buoy Set
Fine Word Set - Months

You know what's amazing, you can order directly from the
2Crafty website here so you can also play with their amazing chipboard pieces.

All the chipboard pieces are treated with white gesso on the seashells I used some matte acrylic paint and on the edges I added some brown wax to mimic the rocks in the picture. I couldn't help myself while I was creating this layout I kept on adding more and more chippies. I cut out the word "Sunshine" out of the beautiful phrase "Your Smile is Like Sunshine Title" but firstly I wanted to use the whole phrase but it became to cluttered on my work so I left the rest out. 

On the photo adornments & reeds I added some white crackle paste and later I added some spray paint and matte acrylic paints to make them look a little weathered. The word sunshine was coloured in three different colors white, light blue and dark blue to match my layout. 

The seahorse I coloured in three different colors I used some waxes & several acrylic paints. On the backgound of my layout I added some coloured crackle paint which I coloured with magicals powders. I also altered the flowers myself to fit my layout and in the end I added some white spray paint, art stones & some antique jewels. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog I sure hope you like my work as much as I love making them. 
Stay happy & creative
 much

Just Love our Story layout for ***2Crafty Chipboard***!!!

 Goodmorning lovely friends, 

Today is my turn to show you some inspiration on my blog. For this occasion I made a layout with some beautiful 2crafty chippies and the pretty "P.S. I love you papers" by Graphic 45. For this layout I used a wedding picture of ours back in 2012 in front of city hall. 

And you know what's amazing you can order directly from the 2Crafty website here so you can also play with their amazing chipboard pieces. 

Just Love our Story: 

2Crafty Chipboard used: 
12 x 12 Fine Floral Love Frame
Loopy Heart Swirl
Leafy Shrub Set 3
Just Love our Story Title

Most chipboard pieces are layered with black gesso except for the "Leafy Shrub Set 3" that one is treated with white gesso. On that last one I added different colors of green matte acrylic paints to fit the colors of the papers. After that I added some white matte wax and splashes of darker wax. 

After I added the black gesso on the frame I also added some of the papers from the collection behind it I love how that truned out. Then I added some white matte & shiny wax. I think how you alter the chipboard pieces on your work makes them pop extra and sometimes simple treatment makes it perfect for your layout.   

Thank you so much for visiting my blog I sure hope you like my work as much as I love making them. 
Stay happy & creative
 much

"Unusual" In Your Eyes Playing at ***More Than Words*** May 2021 Mini Challenge!!

Goodmorning my lovely friends, 

Today I'd like to show you a tag made for this months mini challenge over at the More Than Words blog! This time you need to use the word "Eyes" which I thought was very applicable since my occupation is working as a optician. I treasure my Graphic 45 "Olde Curiosity Shoppe"papers & I just LOVE this collection so so much. That I just don't want to cut in them so this tag was all made out of scraps 

In Your Eyes:

I really love the song "In Your Eyes" by The Weekend. So this tag was made based on that song. And I was listening to it while creating this tag. 

 

I was inspired by this months mini challenge at the More Than Words blog; More Than Words Blog May 2021 Mini Challenge Eyes.....I just loved this mini challenge. 

 

Thank you so much for your visit today and I wish you a happy & sunny day hugs 

Joy to the World Shaker Card for ***Cheery Lynn Designs***

Goodmorning lovelies, 

As I said before I really enjoy to use the new shaker dies so much, that I can't stop creating with them. So for today I would like to show you the Christmas Tree Shaker on a card. I am not such a Christmas card maker but with these dies it makes it really easy to do so.

Joy to the World: 

In my shaker die I used a couple products such as micro beads, sequins and larger beads plus some white paint spray on the inside too and the shakers Mini Merry Christmas & Mini Snowflake. 

I also added some Finnabair Snowflake Paste on the flower cluster and Tree 

Other products used "A Christmas Carol"collection by Graphic 45 some green satin ribbon and some teal/white striped ribbon, treat and some little Christmas bells   

Cheery Lynn Design NEW dies used:

K101 - Christmas Tree Shaker

K101-5 - Mini Snowflake Shakers

K101-6 - Mini Merry Christmas Shakers

Other dies used:

B481 - Joy to the World Wreath

B324 - Poinsettia Strip

B777 - Floral Bouquet Kit

B265 - Embellishments #3

B388 - Wheat Heads

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

I hope you enjoyed my post and I have inspired you to use your Cheery Lynn Designs dies. If you love the Cheery Lynn Designs dies I used, you could always enter the bi-weekly challenge at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog to win a $20 shopping spree 😊 

This time it's challenge #242 "Autumn Colors Theme" I can't wait to see your work! I always enjoy look at your works have a great weekend everyone.