LoveDusty Attic DT / Feb 2015

Hello friends...

Today I am sharing an altered project made for Dusty Attic. I transformed a plain LOVE photo-frame into a little garden filled with flowers and foliage and even a little Bird!

To prepare the background I covered it with some tissue paper and painted a watered down layer of Dusty Attic Cashmere paint...All the paints I used are Dusty in Colour. 

I then added a layer of Bisque mixed with some glaze and wiped some of it off with a wet wipe. I also used the Bisque to do a little stencilling. Denim was used to colour the edges.

The Elegant Swirl #3 was painted with Storm Cloud and dry brushed with a little Denim...I cut it into pieces and placed it in various places on the frame. My flowers are Dusty in Bloom, Grassy Knoll and Cornsilk.

The Maiden Hair Fern and Vine Frame #1 was Gesso'd and texture added with some texture paste. It was painted with Jungle Green , Pesto and Forrest. I used some gesso to highlight.

The small branch # 4 was painted with Gingernut and dry brushed with Forrest.

I wanted the leaves to have some added textures, therefore I wet them with water before painting, I separated and curled them a little and dried them with my Heat-gun. Dusty Attic chipboard are ideal for this technique for it separates into at least three layers that can be curled. 

The Birdcage is two Mini Birdcage #2 cages layered...I cut the top one in two and made small card-board hinges in order for it to open up a little...it was painted with Fine Silver.

All these products are available from the Dusty Attic Shop...

  Dusty In Bloom 

  Dusty In Colour

   Branch Small #4

   Elegant Swirl #3

Mini Birdcage #2

    Maiden Hair Fern

    

  Vine Frames #1

In the garden I tend to drop my thoughts here and there.

 To the flowers I whisper the secrets I keep 

and the hopes I breathe. 

I know they are there to eavesdrop

 for the angels. 

~Dodinsky~

Wishing you all best wishes and Happy Scrappings...till next time

Patricia

Between the Sheets

BelieveFebruary 2015 Scraps of Elegance Kit

Good Evening friends...

One of the items in our Creativity Add-on in our February kit, 'Lisa's Love Letters' is this unique round canvas. I have never seen one before...and enjoyed creating on it. Please take the time and see how Lisa herself used this canvas...it's a treat to watch her video and follow her creative steps...

I regret not taking a photo after placing all my elements and before covering it all with Gesso and paint...I have several items from the kit on here...but also some bits and pieces from my nick-knack box.

Incidentally, this is me in the photo, I was 16 at the time and sometimes wish I could go back to that time to change certain things and mainly to tell myself to be stronger and Believe in myself and have more confidence...I battle with a low...very low self esteem that sometimes keeps me from being truly happy with myself...

 I started by adhering several laces, some from last months kit and some of my own. Then I added both clear and white Gesso to it. I also added random thick layers of DecoArt Dimensional Texture Paste from the Main kit mixed with some glass beads. I also used the The Crafters Stencil, also from the Creativity Add-on to stencil the hearts... I left it to dry completely overnight.

Some of the items from the kit can be seen here. From the Flower and Elements Add-on's I used the flowers and the fan. The small black frame from the Main kit I broke in half and used it on two places.

The heart turned out this yummy grungy because I tried to give it some texture by pressing a piece of paper onto the wet paste, when lifting the paper a piece of paste came of as well...This is a good example of a mishap being much loved. I used Lindy's Stampgang Starburst Spray 'Glory of the Seas Gold' from the Color Add-on as well as several others from my own stash. To give depth I used some of the Chocolate Double Scoop Gelato mixed with a drop of water and painted on.

The small key from the Reneabouquets Butterfly's and the half frame. The Alpha Beads from Darice and Stampendous Mica Fragments from the Elements kit.

To highlight the textures I brushed some Gesso onto the beads and elements.

Just a quick anecdote...People who know me might know that I am a real pain when it comes to straightness...I literally spend time with a ruler making sure everything is straight and in line! Can you see how crooked these letters are? See this is what happened...I was painstakingly gluing them down when Hubby...dear Hubby calmly announced downstairs that he has nearly cut his finger of (again) whilst pruning a tree!!! Leaving everything as is, we dashed of to the doctor to have three stitches done...and that dear friends is why my FREE is all skew and crooked.

Thank you for taking the time to visit...please visit the Scraps of Elegance Blog for more inspiration from my fellow Team mates, and the Scraps of Elegance Shop to subscribe to kits and buy items used on my projects.

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People are like stained-glass windows. 

They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

 but when the darkness sets in

 their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. 

~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross~

February 2015 ~ Lisa's Love Letters KitEducator 2015 Call

Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance Kit Clubs are looking for one or more Educators to join our Design Teams!

Do you enjoy working with the newest "quality" scrapbook products on the market, making your own embellishments and flowers, altered items, and/or exploring mixed media - and sharing your knowledge? If so, you don’t want to miss out on this call!

As an Educator at Scraps of Darkness or Scraps of Elegance, you will be working with our Main kit, as well as two of our kit add ons each month.  We want to offer our club members a wide variety of tutorials, perhaps a new style of flower you've created, or some fun techniques with mixed media, how you created your latest layout or off the page item, etc.

Read more about the requirements HERE and please enter this call as it is so worth it being a Designer for this fabulouse Kit Club...

Have a look at what is to offer for the month of February...

Main Kit

This month marks the 3rd Anniversary of Scraps of Elegance Kit club, (our first Scraps of Elegance kit debuted on February 1, 2012). As we mentioned last month, each of our designers will have a kit named after them this year, and this month, we're honouring our Design Team Coordinator, Lisa Novogrodski! A few of Lisa's favourite things: the color red, Blue Fern Studios paper and chipboard, and anything mixed media - so we've got them all in this month's kit and add ons! Our February kit features Blue Fern's BRAND NEW Love Story collection, Marion Smith Designs' Romance Novel 2 collection, and Prima's Epiphany collection, plus so much more, all perfect for creating those romantic Valentine's Day projects!

Patterned Paper

                                                                 Coordinating Paper

Floral Add On

Elements (previously called Embellishments) 

Creativity Add On (it includes one 12" round canvas, and that's a Crafter's Workshop 6x6 template on the bottom.

Color Add On

Scraps of Darkness / Scraps of Elegance Blogspot...

http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/

Scraps of Darkness / Scraps of Elegance Store...

http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/

You are my HappinessJanuary Prima Product Pick

This is my take on the product pick challenge for January...It is filled with beautiful soft Greens and Blue/Turquoise colours. As promised, I am using the sketch again, this time keeping to it as it was ment to be. From the Epiphany Collection I used 'At this Moment' paper...I wanted the beautiful Lamp image to co-inside with my frame, but those who know the design of the paper will know that the image is on the right hand side of the paper...therefore I used two sheets, cutting and mending them to suit my design.

I used Opaque Matte Modeling Paste to stencil some words and coated them with Light Pink Art Sugar.

I also used Clistening Waves, Peony and Vintage Coal Color Bloom Spray Mist on my background.

Some Prima flowers and two Crochet Icons are tucked between my arrangements as well.

I again coloured the frames with the Color Bloom Sprays.

From the inspiration boards I added a little glass bottle...

Not easy to see...but there is added texture from Crystal Glass Beads and Pearl Glass Glitter...all adhered with Soft Matte Gel. Also a good dusting of Antique Silver Art Sugar.

Thank you for once again visiting me and my Art...

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For happiness one needs security, 

but joy can spring like a flower 

even from the cliffs of despair.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I am my own kind of PerfectPrima January 2015 BAP

I love using sketches and usually challenge myself  to stay as true to the sketch as possible. I might flip or rotate it and always try to incorporate elements as shown in the sketch....

But when I saw this sketch by Jennifer Snyder my mind just saw one thing and I had to use the Artistic license to cut the main image in thirds. Therefore apology's to Jennifer...it is still your sketch...just changed a little...

I am also doing a page for the Prima PP and used the same sketch, as it was meant to be...lol!

Seeing as Finnabair has a Sparkle and Shine Blog Hop Challenge going on...I am entering this page over there....

You can still see the sketch...right???

I used two sheets of Prima paper, Love Affair from Time Traveler Collection and Roses are Red from Stationary Desk Collection.

After lightly gesso'ing parts of the background, I used a Prima Stencil and Clear Crackle Paste to create  the leaf pattern. 

I sprayed and splattered using Color Bloom Tea Stain and Vintage Coal Mists.

The horizontal Dotted lines are also stencilled using Pastel Brown Edge Chalk.

The crackles show up beautifully from the Vintage Coal mist that seeped into them .

The frame was cut and I coloured it with the same two sprays as the background.

Being inspired by Louise Nelson's awesome work with sequins made me dig mine out and use them as well...love the effect and think I will be using them more in future as well!

Around the edges of the frame I applied Charcoal Art Sugar, Henna Mica Flakes and Sterling Glass Glitter...all from the Finnabair line of Art Ingredients. They were all very easily adhered using Soft Matte Gel.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog...Always so much appreciated.

Have a wonderful and restful weekend....

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Never be in a hurry,

 do everything quietly and in a calm spirit.

 Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever,

 even if your whole world seems upset.

Saint Francis de Sales