Between the Paper Sheets / Scrapbooking: Finnabair Art Basics

Sunday, May 20, 2018

~Paint Pan and Roller Canvas~
May 2018 Dusty Attic DT Project

Hi and Hello dear Blog friends...

My post for this months Dusty Attic DT project is quite a hefty one!!!

Seeing as the Altered Paintbrushes are doing the rounds again, I wanted to be a little different, I chose to take a small plastic Paint pan and Roller set and alter them on a Canvas...Such a fun and rewarding project!

There are some of the newest Dusty Attic Chipboard pieces on here, with Yummylisious Paints and Rust Pastes from Finnabair. I know there are a lot of photos, but I just could not decide which to keep and which to discard! So please sit back and feast your eyes on all the goodness on this canvas....

My first step was to frame the canvas with pieces of the Dusty Attic Notepad Edge frame. I also used the Gradient Stencil and Texture paste to add dimension to the background. A first layer of Gesso was added, after drying I randomly added white Crackle Paste from Finnabair.

After placing all the other Chipboard pieces and embellishments, I covered it all with another layer of white Gesso. I then sprayed it all generously with Steel Shimmer Mist from Lindy's Stampgang.

Next I went in with several colours of Alcohol Inks, spraying and directing it with sprays of water...I will mention all the colours used at the end of the post for you....

Next came the different colours of Rust Pastes on the frame...I then coloured all the Dusty Chipboards with several Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints, going over and over until I was happy with the end result. Once again the Rust Pastes were used. And the final touch was a little rub on of Waxes.

Here then are the close ups showing all the textures and colours...Hope you enjoy!

Have you enjoyed my photos? If you would like to know which products I used...These are available from the Dusty Attic webside....

Notepad Edge Frame/Square

DA 1572

Gradient Stencil

DA 1746

Clear Crackle Varnish

DA 0900

Ranger Alcohol Inks

Caramel, Cloudy Blue, Mermaid

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints/Sparks

Ginger Magic, Mermaid Sparks

Metallique Acrylic Paints

Ancient Coin, Light Patina, Steampunk Copper

Art Extra-Vagance Rust Pastes

Brown, Gold Rust, Green-Grey, Grey, Rusty, Red Rust.

Art Alchemy Waxes

Antique Brilliance: Mystic Turquoise

Metallique Wax: White Gold

The aim of art

is to represent

not the outward appearance of things,

but their inward significance.

~Aristotle~

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

~Say Cheese~
Dusty Attic-November 2016 DT Page

Saying Hello again to all my Blogland friends...Hoping you are all have a wonderful week this far. I am sharing my Design Team page for Dusty Attic with you. This is me and my one daughter's cat, Kiara...and nope, she was not to impressed with this photo session at all...!

I used Doodads #3 as main chippies. They were embossed with Golden Sand Embossing Powder from Stampendeous...Just love the effect of this Embossing powder on the chipboard. So easy to get amazing detail without going to too much trouble! I also did dry Heat Embossing with Aged Rose Embossing powder, also from Stampendeous on the background and in the valleys of the Dusty Attic Corrugated Cardstock.

I used papers from Penelope Dee, Tea Time Range designed by Glenda Viljoen. I used Chamomile Tea, Hydrangea and Rose And Ginger. To match the shabby and distressed look of the papers, I stencilled with Finnabair's white crackle paste. Don't you just love the gold speckles from the Aged Rose embossing powder?

Keeping with the Shabby Chic look I added some Tulle, Builders Tape and coloured gauze to the page, the gauze was coloured with a spray from my Lindy's Starbusrt Mist: Bodacious Blush. Also added Art Stones from Finn and US Artquest Prills: Baby it's Cold Outside and Plum Crazy.

I coloured the Nameplate #5 with Lindy's Bodacious Blush after gesso'ing and inked the edges with Watering Can Archival Ink. The mini Tag was just inked a little with Victorian Velvet Distress ink and Watering Can.