Janice Nicholls 2Crafty May Shares

Hello Everyone!
Well its my turn again to share over on the 2Crafty blog.
This month I only get to share 2 layouts.....2Crafty have something special happening on my 3rd day....be sure to pop in to check out what it is  :)
I love adding this gorgeous chippie to my projects.

This is my Design Team post.
Janice Nicholls - My May Shares

  Hello Everyone!! Welcome to the 2Crafty blog. Today it is my turn to share two  layouts both featuring the Gorgeous 2Crafty Chipboard   My 1st share is all about the most amazing and unforgettable holiday we had last year.    {Unforgettable} 

  

  The 2Crafty chipboard pieces I used on this layout are;

Palm Trees

Small Palm Trees

2013

 Unforgettable-title

 I created a little cluster at the bottom of the palm trees and added the 2013 date to it.

2013 was simply inked with Pinecone ink.

 Unforgettable is the perfect title for my page....again I just coloured it using
 Pinecone ink and stitched it onto my page with thread.

 Each Palm Tree was given a light coat of gesso, then a light smear of Texture paste.

Once it was dry I coloured the stems with Pinecone Ink and rubbed them back using an emery board, to  resemble the bark.

The leaves were coloured using different shades of green inks and the biggest and smallest Palm Tree leaves were outlined with a green marker.  Then I layered them together using pop dots to add some dimension and created a little cluster at the bottom.

My 2nd share today is a layout I created  for a Challenge

 about scrapping that "Imperfect photo".

 {Treasure Forever}

When we scrap we tend to always look for that perfect photo but what about that
 "Imperfect Photo". The one that is slightly blurry, has the wrong light, or is out of focus.

 We all have them and cannot bring ourselves to delete or scrap them.

 The picture does not have to be perfect to have special meaning, it may be the
only one you have.

The challenge was to scrap that "Imperfect Photo" and capture a memory for the future.

This is what I created...a 3 generation photo, slightly blurry, out of focus

but I love it and it has such a special meaning.

 

The 2Crafty Chipboard I have used on this layout are;

Flourish Adornment

Fern

Fanciful Butterflies

Funky Heart

All these pieces were coated with a thick layer of White Distress Crackle paint

 and once dry sprayed with Glimmermist.

Friendship Mini Words- Treasure, Forever

These word were used to create my title and were coloured with silver ink

The Fanciful Butterfly and Flourish Adornment were coated with Distress Crackle Paint

and sprayed with Glimmermist, then added to a flower cluster.

 Fanciful Butterfly

 A Funky Heart

surrounded by lots of beautiful flowers.

  This  Fern  was part of the cluster and helped frame the photo.   Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I will be back  in June with 3 more projects to  share.   Janice xx  

    Thanks for looking and Thank you so much for any comments you may leave here or over on the 2Crafty blog.....I really do appreciate  your  warm, kind words.   Janice xx