~~~ Nothing is Impossible~~~April 2023 Dusty Attic Moodboard

Hello again Dusty friends...

Today I am sharing a page created with the beautiful Spring colours of the April Moodboard at Dusty Attic. I used papers from two Bo-Bunny collections, Madeleleine Songbirds and Country Garden Letters. 

After preparing my chipboard with a thin layer of Gesso, I painted the Foliage and Tropical leaves with a Light Green Acrylic paint. then dry brushed some Yellow and Orange paint onto them. 

On the Berries from the Christmas Berries I added some Lava Paste from Cosmic Shimmer that I coloured with a little Orange paint. After heating it to pop, I added a little more Orange paint on the raised edges. 

I did some stenciling with the Yellow and Orange paints as well as using different Rub-ones from 49&Market. Also added Yellow and Green Prills on the background.

The resin Window parts are coloured with Light Green paint and spritzed with Flickering Candle Distress Mica Stains from Tim Holtz. Also added touches of Ochre Matt Wax from Finnabair. 

I used Valencia, Lemonade and Sunshine Lemon Alcohol Inks to colour a piece of acetate for the windows. The flowers are from Blue Fern Studios.

You could win a $50 AUD credit to the Dusty Attic online store.  Have you also seen the NEW Sketch challenge where you can also win a $50 Credit ? Combine the two together and that is two entries for your chance to win.

Remember the only requirement is to have Dusty Attic chipboard on your project.

Please take part and post your entries on our Dusty FANattics Facebook page....

Christmas Berries

3143

Foliage #2

DA 1291

Tropical Foliage #9

DA 2537

Thank you for visiting....Happy Crafting.

If I have a happy tree I’ll give you 1, making you happy.

 If I got 2 happy trees I’ll give you 1 and 1 for me

 making both of us happy.

 If I got 3 happy trees,

 I’ll keep 1 and 2 for you. 

Cause I want you to be happier than me.

~Follow your Heart~Layout for Scraps of Darkness on-line shop

Good Morning on this Monday morning...

Today I am sharing a page I made using several products found in the Scraps of Darkness on-line Shop. The beautiful papers are from the BoBunny Soirée collection from my own stash...

I created layers with the papers and torn strips of Fancy Pants Pink corrugated card stock. The corrugated card-stock adds some detailed interest to the page.

I aged the metal corner and Prima Windows with Stampendous Encrusted Enamel powder found in an earlier Kit. There is still a Gold and Teal set available in the store...

I filled a little bottle with some green embossing powder...it can do as an emergency stash should I need it some day...lol! Similar bottles are also available in store...they really are great to add some interest tucked between elements.

The flowers I used are from Prima, Lil Missy Flowers and Royal Menagerie Victoria Flowers. I painted the Lil Missy flowers, Metal Bird cage, canvas and background using Prima Art Alchemy Opal Magic Paint: Violet Green. This paint is truly magical showing either Green or Violet depending on the background and angle it is held...

I received a packet of Crate Paper Instagram Overlays in my packet from Melinda...What a fun product to use!!! There are 11 overlays of different sizes and styles in the packet. Using them on top of a photo gives a fun effect to your photo as you can see here with the Hearts. I used Soft Matt gel over the entire photo to adhere the overlay. It created some streaks adding an even more vintage effect.

More texture added with the US Artquest Prills: Aqua Net. Also used Rose Colour Fragments from the Stampeous set...A similar effect can be achieved using Ice Resin Enamel Mica Flakes. 

I loved using the BoBunny Foil Transfers...So easy to use and so many designs in each packet...They rub of using ones finger...I used some of the designs to add a layer of interest with the Prills.

I hope I have interested you to visit the Scrap of Darkness on-line shop to purchase some of the products I have used on this page... 

I also invite you to visit our Blog were you will be amassed by the works of my fellow Design Team friends of both the Scraps of Darkness / Elegance Kits...

From the shop I have used the following...

BoBunny Foil Transfers-Filagree Copper

Crate Paper Flea Market Instagram Overlays 

Daris Timeless Minis-Spice Bottles

Fancy Pants Pink Corrugated Sheet

Ice Resin Shattered Mica Bronze 

Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints, Opal Magic Violet-Green 

Prima Lil Missy Flowers

Prima Royal Menagerie Victoria Flowers

Prima Shabby Chic Treasures Windows III

Stampendous Fran-Tage Encrusted Jewel Kit-Gold

Stampendous Fran-Tage Encrusted Jewel Kit-Teal

US Artquest Prills, Aqua Net

Thank you for taking the time to visit...

Wishing you all a Happy week....

Looking back,

 you realize that a very special person

 passed briefly through your life, 

and that person was you.

 It is not too late 

to become that person again.

 ~Robert Brault~

~How does your Garden grow~Oct 2015 Dusty Attic DT Project

Hello dear Blogfriends...

Spring has made it to our front door and it has the promise of being a very warm and dry summer season this year. I have many plants that have either not flowered at all, or flowered at the wrong time...One of them being my Azaleas...They should have flowered early August, but are only starting to flower now. 

I created this page for my Oct Design Team post for Dusty Attic, using the Garden Frame as the main chipboard piece...

I used BoBunny Papers from the Gabrielle Collection.

I painted my chipboard with paints from the Dusty in Colour collection. As you can see, I did some gradual shading using Mountain Meadow and Oceania on the foliage and Dusty Pink and Sugar Plum on the frame. I also embossed using Lindy's Stampgang Embossing Powders Desert Moon Turquoise, Tilt-O-Wheel-Teal, Pop Rock Purple and Raspberry Lemonade. 

The leaves from Foliage #3 tucked in between the flowers were painted with Navajo White and embossed with Deserts Moon Turquoise...

I recently bought some Mega gilding flakes and enjoy using them whenever I can, as you can see here on the stamped images on the paper!

The following photos will show you the paintwork on the frame...

I layered a piece of the Sweet Pea frame set to add a little interest...

These are the items used on the page...all of which are found in the Dusty Attic shop.

Garden Frame Set

DA0606

Sweet Pea Frame Set 

DA 0573

Foliage #3

DA1293

~~~~~

The glory of gardening,

 hands in the dirt,

 head in the sun,

 heart with nature.

 To nurture a garden

 is to feed not just on the body,

 but the soul.

Alfred Austin

Thank you for your visit...wishing bright and glorious days to you all...

MemoriesJuly 2015 Scraps of Elegance Kit

Good Day my Scrappy friends.

What a wonderful feeling to have one of the Scraps of Elegance kits bearing my name...It is called "Patricia's Memoirs" and is filled with amazing papers from the BoBunny Juliet Collection, Prima's Debutante Collection, and the usual array of beautiful flowers, stamps, a Prima Stencil and various interesting Mixed Media mediums...

Seeing as the paper is so beautiful on it's own, I did not add too much to the background. I did some simple layering under my photo and used the gorgeous Esperanza Querida flower spray from Prima that is part of the Floral Add-on.

I used the Marion Smith Designs Color Lap pigments with some Matt Gel to add a little shine and colour to the Flowers and Butterfly. And are the Iced Enamels German Glitter Glass from Ice Resin not just so sparkly and elegant? These are all part of the Creativity Add-on.

I added a touch of lace to the banners that I cut from the Juliet Nostalgia sheet. The Rose looking embellishments are Prima Debutante Say it in Crystals from the Elements Add-on.

On the chipboard window I used ink and California Stucco Antiquities Embossing Powder from Ranger. I stamped with the different stamps from the kit using the Faber Castell Double Scoop Gelatos Guava and Red Cherry.

Just see how clever Melinda is in co-ordinating colours for her Kits...The big splats on the top and right are part of the paper...as for the rest I used the Gelatos, Embossing Powder and the Lindy's Stampgang Orange Creamsickle Flat Fabio mist to create matching colour and texture to the page...

Melinda's Kits are best sellers, therefore I would suggest subscribing to the Kit Club in order to receive a wonderful Kit each month...

Here is a link to the Scraps of Elegance/Darkness Shop.

And for more inspiration visit our Blog to see my fellow Design Team members work...

A smile

 is the light in your window

 that tells others

 that there is a caring, 

sharing person inside.

~Denis Waitley~

Thank you for taking the time to visit...