~~~Love~~~August 2020 Dusty Attic Blogpost

 Hello Dusty Attic friends

Sharing with you today a page made using a sheet of paper from Colourblast's Graffiti Grunge. The papers in this range are just amazingly

 designed by Michelle Grant. The photo is from Pinterest.

Although the paper is fit to use as is, I love playing with medias and therefor I primed the page with Clear Gesso first. I used Cadence Beton effect Paste through a Brick stencil... There is a big patch behind my photo as well...lol...At least I know it is there and it was fun and satisfying to create it!

I used a mix of 13arts Color Glow Tanzanite and Tiger Eye with water to colour between the Bricks and also around the edges of the page. I also stenciled with Black Gesso and several stencils around the edges. 

The Industrial Corner and Notepad Edge Frame piece were embossed with Iron Age Mixed Media powder from Cosmic Shimmer.

On the Polaroid Frame and Brick Broken Bits I used the Beton Paste randomly. I highlighted with some Green Splash ink from 13arts and some of the Colour Glow ink as well. 

Finnabair Art Ingredients Zinc Glass Beads and Platinum Glass Glitter adds more interest to the page.

All of the chipboards and much more is available at the Dusty Attic on-line shop.

Polaroid Frame Set #1

DA 1952

Industrial Corners

DA 1952

Perforated Mesh Border

DA 1680

Broken Bits # 9 Bricks

DA 2399

Notepad Edge Frame - Square

DA 1572

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I hope you enjoyed my project for this month...

 Every day we should hear at least one little song, 

read one good poem, 

 see one exquisite picture, 

 and,

  if possible, 

speak a few sensible words. 

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~

~~~ Shine Brightly ~~~Dusty Attic February 2020 DT Project

 Hello Blogland friends....

For my February Design Team project for The Dusty Attic Blog, I created a canvas again...I really love playing on a canvas with different elements and media, so much FUN learning and experimenting!

I added some texture with White Sand Texture paste. I began by gluing the Scroll on the canvas, gesso'd and painted the background with different Art Alchemy Paints. The Scroll was painted with Opal Magic: Violet-Green. Depending on the angle it will show either the Green or the Violet shade...

The background was painted with the following, Sparks Fairy Wing and Raven Black, Metallique Rustic Brown, Opal Magic Green-Gold.

The Cogs, Industrial Balloon, Globe and Clock were painted with the Fairy Wings Spark. I then used different waxes on the painted chipboard as well as on the raw Mini Pipeworks and Mitform Casting elements...Firebird, Lucky Emerald, Mystic Turquoise, Old Denim and White Gold.

 I find it very rewarding that, with the right treatment of the chipboard, one can hardly tell the difference between chippies and metal elements!

Hope someone will be encouraged to try their hand at something similar...

Find the chipboard used and many more in the Dusty Attic On-line shop.  

Clockworks Small

DA 1749

Industrial Globes

DA 1831

Scroll # 6

DA 0578

Cogs #1

DA 0001

Pipework - Mini

DA 0986

If you have an apple

 and I have an apple 

and we exchange these apples

 then you and I will still each have one apple. 

But if you have an idea 

and I have an idea 

and we exchange these ideas, 

then each of us will have two ideas.

 ~George Bernard Shaw~

~~~ Amazing ~~~June 2019 Dusty Attic Moodboard

Yes, I am posting my Dusty Attic June project in July!!! I had this page finished - with a little difficulties health-wise - But just never got to doing the blogging and posting last month... I loved creating this page for the Moodboard and am very Happy with the outcome. I am following a stunning Hand-balance Artist on Facebook , Stefanie Millinger, and when she posted this specific photo last month I knew it was a perfect fit for the moodboard. Thankfully I was granted permission to use it by Stefanie! Do yourself a favor and follow the links to her Face book and Instagram pages, she really is amazing. 

I opted to give the page an Industrial look for I think she uses and maintains her body and mind as a well oiled machine and the industrial look suited her personality.

I used papers from 13arts, At Dusk and Postcards from the Blue Magnolia Collection.

On the background I used a Prima stencil with 13arts Modeling paste colored with Orange Rainbow Color and Deco Art Acrylic Pain. I also used Amber Colour Glow with water that settled in the embossed stenciling to give a wonderful glow. Also used Rock Candy Crackle paste and also added Orange Rainbow Color on it. The edges of the papers where distressed with a sanding block and painted with Yellow Amber Ink. 

I painted all the Chipboard pieces with Orange paint and added Mermaid Tail, Vivid Yellow and Red Caffeine Paints to created a weathered look on the chipboard. I also added some Brads that I distressed with my Tim Holtz distressing hammer. 

I embossed the inside of the Nautical Frame with an Embossing folder. Also added the brads and all the different paints. In the corners I concentrated with more Red Caffeine paint and Patina Bronze mist from 13arts. 

I am still a little stingy with my Mitform Casting embellishments but did use a few pieces on this page!

That's it then friends...hope you enjoyed this page and I'll be back soon with more for this month...

From the Dusty Attic online Shop I used the following...

Industrial Border #3

DA 1951

Nautical Frames

DA 2147

Cogs and Gears

DA 1977

When you realize how perfect everything is 

you will tilt your head back 

and laugh at the sky.

 ~Buddha~