The best ThingsDusty Attic Jan 2015 Inspiration Board

Hello dear Blog Friends...

Today I bring you my page using the gorgeous Inspiration Board designed by our own Natasha Naranjo Aguirre...It is a gorgeous image filled with warm, rich colours and inspirational words. It is so easy to take part in our monthly challenge...complete a project using Dusty Attic chipboard pieces and at least three of the colours, link your project to the list on the right side of the Dusty Attic blog, and stand a chance to win a &100 gift voucher to redeem in our shop!!! And for the month of January there is a 20% of discount if you use the promotional code happy2015.

 

I have scrapped this photo that I took a few years ago before...but it suited the challenge perfectly. I knew I wanted to use and layer many chipboard pieces, therefore I kept the paper layers minimal. I did how ever use many different media's on the paper and the chipboard's themselves.

On the background I have stencilled with Finnabair Copper Crackle Texture Paste. I sprayed some Lindy's Frolic in the Forest Black and used some of my very ancient Rub-ons in the corners.

The two Butterflies were Gesso'd and heat embossed with two colours of Lindy's embossing powders, Château Rue and Terra Cotta Plum.

I used Cornflower Blue Archival Ink and applied it in three different manners resulting in three unique effects. Firstly I applied it using a foam blending tool behind the photo. I then applied it through a stencil, still with the blending tool but with some more pressure. Thirdly I stamped, resulting in the darker blue image.

The vine was gesso'd and some glass glitters added at the end of the leaves for texture. I painted the leaves with Lindy's Edelweiss Moss Green Starburst Spray and added some black Art Sugar to it.

The Doilys were painted with Cornflower Blue Archival Ink and randomly embossed with Aged Teal Embossing Enamel. The Flower Buds were painted black and also randomly embossed with Aged Black Embossing Enamel.

In places I added Finnabair Plum Glass Beads, Platinum Glass Glitter, Gold Leaf Mica Flakes and a dusting of light Pink Art Sugar. All of them were adhered with Soft Matte Gel

I used the following pieces on my page

Flutterbies #3

DA0766

Flower Buds

DA0849

Spider Chrysanthemum

DA1043

Vine Border

DA0459

Mini Doily Set

DA0474

Between the Sheets:

http://patriciabasson.blogspot.com/

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Like water which can clearly mirror 

the sky and the trees only so long

 as its surface is undisturbed, 

the mind can only reflect

 the true image of the Self when it is tranquil

 and wholly relaxed.

Indra Devi

Princess

Today just a short post to show another page made during the all-night scrapping night at Fruitful Hands end of November 2014. 

I took inspiration from the November Colour Challenge at Lindy's Stampgang...but never got to entering the page...The colours were so well suited to the dress Chantelle wore for her Matric Farewell Dance.

The colours I used were all Starbursts...

A Bit of Bubbly

Red Hot Poker Orange 

Time Travel Teal

I created texture and layers using several stamps, canvas strips and texture paste through Prima Stencils. I used Wooden Hearts and a Feather flower from Prima.

Dogs laugh, 

but they laugh with their tails.

Apologies for this really short post...I am busy with three projects at the moment and hope to post them soon...

Keep well and keep creating...

A Canvas full of Texture...

 Hi Blog friends...

At the end of November we had our Christmas all-nighter at Fruitful Hands in Benoni,where I created 2 pages and this canvas...and then due to some silliness, {black dog of depression and severe nervous eye twitching} nothing was done during December...I am trying very hard to get my self back into the creating mood,  but in the meantime I can show you what I did during the night and early hours crafting with friends. Amazing how the time flies...all dark until suddenly you blink and a new day has broken...

Now, with this canvas my aim was to do less and have some glorious white space...epic fail...LOL!!! Let's blame it on the awesome products I took with me, just HAD to use them all! I am really going to try to work 'cleaner' this year...don't know how far I will get, but let's give it a try at least...

I did however have fun layering different materials, canvas strips, paper strips, lace and fibres and colouring them with my Lindy's Magicals mixed with water. I took only them with as I tend to work with my mist sprays regularly and neglect my mica's and magicals.

I used the following colours on the canvas.

Pumpkin Mist

Rusty Lantern Lime

Steampunk Sepia

On the frame I used Autumn Plum and Terra Cotta. I also brushed some black Art Sugar into the crevices with some Soft Gel Medium.

                                                                 

From Finnabair's Art Ingredients range I used these products...

Copper Glass Glitters

Gold Leaf Mica Flakes

Black Art Sugar

I used Ranger's Texture Paste which held the colours of the Lindy's Magicals beautifully.

The next three shots are just some close-ups of the sides of the canvas.

Thank you for visiting me...I will have the second LO for you tomorrow...Take care...

Make friends with the angels, 

who though invisible are always with you. 

Often invoke them,

 constantly praise them,

 and make good use of their help and assistance 

in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

Saint Francis de Sales

Dusty Attic-Jan 2015 Design Team Reveal

And just like that we once again stand at the beginning of a brand spanking New Year!!! What will it hold for us? We don't know...but I am hoping that whatever is thrown my way, I will be able to handle it with dignity and a positive attitude...

This is my very first reveal as a Dusty Attic Designer...Still jumping from excitement at this dream of mine come true!!! 

The image was taken from Pinterest, I still want to swap it for a photo of my daughter. I used Maja Design papers, Petaloo and Prima flowers on it.

I used two small corners from the Baroque Corner set...After applying Gesso, I painted some Lindy's Mist on it.

The French Flourish was treated with coarse Texture Paste and also painted with several LSG mists.

The mini Grass Clusters and Swirly Vine were given a coarse Texture layer and painted with several LSG Magicals.

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I used the following Dusty Attic pieces. Please visit the Dusty Attic Store were you can now purchase directly...no more hassles, just open an account and shop to your hearts desire!!! 

Baroque Corner

DA 0543

French Flourish

DA0273

Swirly Vine #4 Small

DA 11101

Mini Grass Clusters # 2

DA 0867

Also visit the Dusty Attic Blog to catch up with all the latest news and inspiration from out Design Team...

A BIG CHANGE

we are bringing to you this year is a

MOOD BOARD designed by Natasha Naranjo Aguirre 

(instead of the monthly sketch)

with a brilliant prize of a

$100 gift voucher

(You will have to register on the Dusty Attic website to redeem your voucher and postage costs is also included in this amount)

You can take inspiration from the stunning pictures supplied along with the prompt words and colours . To enter you just need to add your link to the right hand side bar at the top. Please take note that this board serves as inspiration...the most important rule is that you must use Dusty Attic chipboard pieces on you work...

Happiness often sneaks in

 through a door 

you didn't know you left open.

John Barrymore

~Perfect~ A page for the Nov Tresors de Luxe Challenge.

Hello friends...

I am always up for a challenge and even though it has been slow going lately, I just had to use the gorgeous November mood board offered by Tresors de Luxe Challenge. It is full of Autumn colours and has the most amazing images...I was inspired by the colours {so me}, the leaves and the little Birdie...

I used Dusty Attic Chipboards and Petaloo Flowers.

The Vintage Clock #2 was inked and aged with some crackle paint. 

From the Tresors de Luxe store I used a few pieces of lace and these stunning Rustic Brown and Black Feather Shabby Chic Flowers...

Lucy's laces are soooooo gorgeous, but I just had to distress them a little to add character to the page. I inked them with some  Coral Berry Luminarte Twinklings and a few grains of Bronze UTEE that was heat-set with a heat gun.

I took some inspiration to dress my Corner Flourish #4 chippie from this video and canvas by Gabrielle Pollacco, but where she used some dimensional paint to add details to her pieces...I inked mine in green and then added details with some String-glue, when dried, I inked it with brown ink to highlight the raised areas.

I inked the background with the same Coral Berry inks, which gives a lovely pinkish shine when moved, added some stencilling with Studio 490 White texture Paste and splattered some ink and black ink with a paintbrush.

The cute little hearts are also from Lucy's store, they are Braided Lace with Beaded Hearts...cute, aren't they?

This is the lovely moodboard...and links to the Blog and Etsy Store. 

 Tresores de Luxe Blogpage

  Tresores de Luxe Etsy Store

From  Dusty Attic I used the following...

  Corner Flourish #4: DA 0873

Vintage Clock #2: DA 0262

Thank you for visiting and wishing you a lovely weekend...

In autumn, 

don’t go to jewellers to see gold,

 go to the parks

~Mehmet Murat Ildan~