~~~ She whispered it Softly under the Stars ~~~October 2020 Dusty Attic Blogpost

It's a new month! October already and what a Year it has been! How many of us are hoping that come 2021 all will be back to a kind of normal even if it is a new kind of normal....

For this months Dusty Attic Design Team project I made an Altered project again. I was on the way of chucking this broken Headset in the trash but stopped myself just in time knowing that I can give it a new lease on life lol!

 

A lot of gluing, Gesso and placing of different Dusty Attic chipboards and other elements. I started with the Circle Mesh as the base of  the project. I used a Prima Hardware round Frame on top of the Dusty Circle Mesh. The gauss was stiffened with Tokreen and formed to my liking and the form of the Headset.

 

I used the following Paints and Waxes from Prima. Mermaid Sparkle Sparks, Spring Blossom and Soft Satin Metallique Paints and Light Patina Acrylic Paint. I did not like the sparkle too much so I added waxes to dull and give depth to the piece. I used Charcoal Black, Old White and Rusty Brown Matt waxes. The Leafy Garland was painted with the Mermaid Sparkle. One twig was adhered to the Mic arm and the other cut and pieces placed between my flowers.

I also added a few flowers on the back to neaten it all up. Two Prima resin Fairies, flowers and a Resin Moon add to the Magical little set-up.

To find these and many more Chipboard designs, follow the link to the Dusty Attic On-line shop.

Jewelry Drops #3

DA 1515

Elegant flourish Small

DA 0878

Fancy Letterbox #2

DA 0608

Pots & Columns 

DA 0546

Circle Mesh Small

DA 0884

Leafy Garland 

DA 2380

The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds;

They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads;

They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight,

And dance on your pillow to wish you good night!

~Christopher Morley~

~~~ A captured Moment ~~~Dusty Attic July 2020 Moodboard

Warm greetings Blog friends...

For the Dusty Attic July Moodboard challenge  I am sharing a photo of me and my two daughters. I used two sheets of  the Prima Love Story collection. 

After distressing and punching the top sheet, I applied clear gesso to it. I mixed some white Crackle paste with a drop of Avocado Green Liquid Acrylic paint and put that through a stencil on the background paper. Next I sprayed some Cocklebells Coral spray from Lindy's Stampgang. I also stamped and embossed with Lindy's Merry-go-Round Green embossing powder.

After a layer of Gesso, I embossed the Foliage and Ornate Corner pieces with Ranger Antiquities Embossing Powder; California Stucco. The Spring Blooms were painted with Rustic Brown Metallique paint and highlighted with White Gold Metallique Wax both from Finnabair.

 I painted the Leaves #2 with Green Splash paint from 13Arts and also the White Gold wax. The title got a sweep of Bundled Sage Distress Ink. On the dots of the Corner piece I painted some of the Cocklebells Coral and then placed a half Glass Bead onto it. 

For the final touches I added Rose Color Fragments from Stampendous and White Shiny Glitter strips from 13Arts.

I used the following chipboard pieces from the Dusty Attic online Shop.

Mini Caption # 11

DA 1834

Foliage #2

DA 1292

Ornate Corner # 13

DA 1137

Leaves #2

DA 1342

Spring Bloom 

DA 1282

Thank you for your visit....

A daughter is the happy memories of the past,

 the joyful moments of the present,

 and the hope and promise of the future. 

~Author unknown~

~Canvas~June 2017 Dusty Attic DT Project

Hello Dear Blogger friends...

I know...have not blogged and shared for ages!!! But today I am back with a very special project, a canvas created as my Dusty Attic monthly project. I used some of the new designs added to the Dusty Shop...I used the Doily # 9 and the Paint Brushes # 2. 

To get some awesome textures on the Burlap canvas, I used Pumice Stone Effect Pastes and Art stones from Prima.  Also used Rust and Patina Pastes... 

I wanted lots of dimension of my Chipboard, therefor my old and trusted technique of wetting and separating the layers was used again. After drying and Gesso'ing the wings, I used Metallique Waxes , Rose Gold and White Gold on them. I used several colours of Distress Oxide's to paint my Paint Brushes and the Doily. I used Broken China, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo.

Using the pastes to get a weathered and used effect on the brushes...

The canvas and chipboard in the planning stages.  

Colouring and embossing on the Doily, also used the inside circle. The embossing is done with Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel from Stampendous.

From the Dusty Attic shop I used...

Doily #9

DA 1270

Paint Brushes #2

DA 1720

Large Wings

DA 0850

Thank you for taking the time to visit....

Every artist

 dips his brush in his own soul,

 and paints

 his own nature into his pictures.

 ~Henry Ward Beecher~