2Crafty DT Call Out.

Just popping in to share this post from the 2Crafty Blog.

I've been on this team for about six months now and it is seriously the best chipboard company out there. 

Awesome chipboard designs and a seriously fabulous talented group of ladies on the DT with me.

If you like using chipboard then you need to seriously get in an application. You never know unless you give it a go. 

Good Luck.

Leonie

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We are inviting applications from crafters
who are interested in joining the

2Crafty Chipboard Design Team.

If you love using chipboard in your scrapbooking and papercafting,

 then we would love to hear from you.

The term will be for 6 months, beginning in May 2013 and finishing at the end of October 2013.

Successful applicants  will commit to 2 new layouts/projects every 4 per weeks, including tips and techniques as part of your post.  As well you will need to have, and update, an active personal blog and facebook page.

In return for your commitment to the 2Crafty DT, you will receive a GENEROUS amount of 2Crafty chipboard to play with and use.

So if you think you are up for the challenge and would like to be part of our team, we would love to hear from you.

Internationals welcome to apply.

Please send us:

1.                  Three recent layouts/projects that show us your style and 

                                talent and what you have to offer .

                  (preferably using chipboard, but not compulsory)

2.                  All links to personal blogs and galleries.

3.                  Short Bio, telling us a bit about yourself, including any DT  
 past or present and any other experience etc.

Applications close on Feb 8^th and successful applicants will be notified soon after so that you can get started on your projects and be ready for the 1^st of May.

Please send applications to Vanessa at salesat2crafty@optusnet.com.au, marked DT Call.

 ** Make sure your photos are no bigger than 500kb each.
Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you.

Vanessa xx 

       

2Crafty Chipboard - January Post

Hello, Wow we're flying through January aren't we?

We returned from our annual camping trip on Tuesday only to leave again the next day 

on a spur of the moment two night trip down the coast.

I think what's left of January and the school holidays will be spent very close to home

preparing for school and yes Scrapping, I have plenty of that to do.

Unfortunately and not to bore you with the details (which involve some very shoddy salesmanship by a large Telecommunications company in Australia) but I returned home to find that my internet and phone had been disconnected. 

So I'm now in the process of applying for a new account, email etc which I'm told will take up to two weeks! Sigh.

So if you're wondering why things are quiet here that would be the reason.

Anyhow I'd like to share my January post that went up on the 2Crafty blog a week ago.

Here it is.

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Welcome to my first post for 2013. 

I hope everyone has had a joyous Christmas and New Year.

I have some bright fun layouts to share today, perfect for a fresh start to the year.

The Letterbox and the ATC Picket Fence on this page were simply painted with Gesso and lightly inked and I added our house number with some Prima stickers

The cute little birdie on the letterbox is from the birdhouse pack.

Isn't this title lovely. Home is Where Your Heart is.

I coloured it with Faber Castell Gelatos highlighting the heart in the title 

with a black pen.

Although we're still in holiday mode here, it wont be long before I'm in 

back to School mode so I've done a Whimsical layout using a photo

from the first day of school last year.

I used the Alphabet Frame and inked it up with 

grey ink then highlighted my childrens' initials in bright colours.

I used a pack of  Critters and painted them nice bright 

colours adding detail with Ranger stickles and a journalling pen

The 'grass' that the ladybird is walking on is actually cut from the flower scene.

Here's a close-up of the frame and the caterpillar from the critters pack.

The last piece of chipboard I used on this layout was the Flower Scene

it had the perfect touch of whimsy to match the critters in this layout.

I cut the flowers off the mound they were on and used it as grass for the ladybird to be walking thorough. (see above)

This last layout is one I completed for the Kraft It Up challenge blog for their January challenge.

I used one of the Tiny Funky Frames and overlapped two swirls from the Swirls and Frames Sheet to form a love heart.  I painted both lots of chipboard white and added

some opal dust for glitter effects. 

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my chipboard layouts 

today. You can see more on my blog here

and keep up to date with everything on the 2Crafty facebook page.

Cheers, Leonie Neal-Dawson.

2Crafty Sneak

My January post has gone live this morning on the 2Crafty blog.

Some sneaks to tease you with in hope that you'll head over here and leave us some

love. ;) hehehe

Cheers, Leonie. 

KaiserCraft - January Releases

As promised here are the Layouts I did for Kaisercraft last October. 

Seems like so long ago!

This is the Marigold Range.

This one actually made the cover of their Workshop Magazine!

Pretty happy with that.

You can see all of these Layouts and loads more inspiring layouts and 

projects in this copy of their Magazine.

 And the Botanical Odyssey range.

Last one is the Class Act range.

Perfect for back to School.

Hope you're all enjoying Summer Holidays.

Cheers, Leonie.

Too busy Holidaying to be Blogging

Hello Bloggers,
Just popping in to say hi from our annual camping holiday on the Murray River.
Been busy doing lots of this,


And this,


I have some posts scheduled but I know I'll have lots of blogs to catch up on when I get home.
For now though I'll be doing some more of this,



Lol
Cheers, Leonie.


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Picnic Point, Mathoura.

Show Us Your Stuff - January (Websters Pages)

I adore this range of Websters Pages papers. Fabulous designs by Alison Kreft.

I've used them to create my layout for the Show Us Your Stuff January challenge.

A picture prompt this month. Create a layout using this image as your guide incuding a handmade Item on your page. Mine is the spotty button from Catie's Craft Corner.

Lot's of options with this picture. The birds, cake, circles. I went with the chocolate and Aqua colours.

The trims that I got with this range had some aqua lace and chocolate coloured trim which matched perfectly.

Being the start of a new year I'm thinking of what my goals for 2013 will be, so

I've used this as my subject to scrap about.

Love these resin badges. I'm sure there will be plenty of scrapping happening in 2013. ;)

You can link your take on this challenge on the SUYS blog here.

Cheers,

 Leonie. :)

Kraft It Up - January

Happy New Year!

2013 is going to be awesome!

Whose set themselves some goals for this year?

I've got a few in mind. ;)

Kraft it Up have a colour Challenge to start the new year!

Here is my DT sample.

This is the colour swatch we'd like you to create a layout with using Kraft cardstock as a base.

I knew what pictures I had to scrap for this challenge as soon as I saw the colours.

Our Run Geelong shirts were this same shade of red, blue and white. So all I had to do was add some orange into the palette.

This is a 2Crafty mini funky frame which I painted white and added opal dust.

I used three different stencils on my background outlining them with gel pens to highlight

the patterns and lots of Dylusions spray droplets.

More 2Crafty Chippies, some swirls that I overlapped to form a heart.

Sadly this is my last challenge on the Kraft It Up design team. I've had a wonderful term 

and enjoyed all the challenges and will definitely continue to participate.

I hope you've also got some photos you'd like to scrap using these colours.

Link your page up on the KIU blog 

Cheers, Leonie.

Kaisercraft Ranges

Hello bloggers. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

Here are some Layouts I did for KaiserCraft back in October.

I can Share them now that these ranges have been released.

Forget-Me-Not Range

Secret Admirer Range. Such pretty papers.

Tropicana Range. This was my favourite!

I'll share the next lot of layouts I did with Kaisercraft papers in January.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Cheers, Leonie.

Christmas Eve - Waiting

Happy Christmas Eve to all my Blogger Friends.

Is everyone ready for tomorrow?

I love the anticipation of Christmas Eve. 

For me today is all about the waiting involved

to celebrate our Saviours birth. 

Everything is ready to go for tomorrow

and it's nice to enjoy and anticipate the fun times that tomorrow 

will bring.

I thought I would share the post I did for 2Crafty earlier this month.

All about Christmas of course.

Here it is.

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Gosh do I have plenty of projects to share today using

Chipboard. Better yet they are all based around the Christmas Season

which i'm sure you're aware is well and truly in full swing!

My First layout is quite traditional, using Christmas reds, greens and gold.

I cut up the Flourish Ornament Border which is usually about 8" in length.

Using the hanging baubles I layered them on top of each other. They were painted 

first and then I applied some imitation gold leaf on them to give them a distressed, shabby look.

The Sitting On Santa's knee title was painted with Gesso and then stamped with a 

script stamp, before adding more gold leaf and finally outlining with a gold gel pen.

I also used Ana's Vine on this layout which I painted before using some gold leaf on it too, so that all the chipboard 

pieces tie in with each other.

Next are two 8x8" canvas panels depicting some scenes from 

the Christmas Story. 

These canvases were lots of fun to make and also something 

a little different to a layout.

I used the Three Wise Men pack for this one, decorating the Wise Men with

Patterned Papers, rubbons and paints.

This pack also comes with a star which I've painted Yellow and sprinkled with 

glitter and diamond dust.

The second scene depicts the Angels appearing before

the Shepherds. I used the Little Angels chipboard pack.

Patterned Paper and clear crackle paint were used on the dresses

and lots of glitter on the wings.  

Plus some trims as embellishments on each

Angel.

Finally my last project this month is a 

Layout created for the Show Us Your Stuff blog

using non-traditional colours on a Christmas page.

As much as Christmas themed products are lovely and fun to use

it is, still possible to create a fun Christmas page

without any themed products at all.

Why don't you give it a go?

Shirley's Frame and the Retro Stems (which actually have the stem cut off for this page)

Nice simple technique for this one - just ink and a gel pen.

As with the gold leaf in my first layout I used the same technique

on each piece of Chipboard

so everything would tie in together.

Brown ink and a doodled outline with a white gel Pen.

on the Everyday Font 12x12" Chipboard sheet

Well hopefully these projects have got you thinking about

creating your own Christmas pages.

Have you liked our 2Crafty Facebook page so you're always up to date?

You can visit my personal blog here if you wish to view any of my other work.

Cheers,

Leonie Neal-Dawson.

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Merry Christmas to you all.  May the season be filled with much joy, happiness and peace in your life. Cheers, Leonie.