Between the Paper Sheets / Scrapbooking

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Days like these make me Smile
Dusty Attic Feb 2016 Mood-board

I know I'm not the only one who is never really Happy with what I create...and then once in awhile there is that one page that just works and looks good in my own opinion. This is one of them...

The February mood-board from Dusty Attic is filled with gorgeous, soft, dreamy looking images. The pastel colour palette has soft Teals, Blue Greys and even a little Purple. There are images of cabinets, chairs, a desk, frames and even a little Teddy-Bear...Enough inspiration to get you going this month!

I immediately fell in love with the frames and knew I want to layer two Decorative Frames on top of each other. I feel this gives a kind of artistic feel as they are covering Michelle's face, but still allows me to see her gorgeous smile...which is also a prompt from the Mood-board.

Papers are from Blue Fern Studio...Un Voyage a Paris from Deja Vu and Ginger's Dream from Ombre Dreams. I had another design in mind but absolutely ruined beyond use the only sheet of paper that I had...but in the end I think I love this one more...lol! With a Prima stencil and Broken China DI I stencilled a little on the background. Also did some stencilling with Prima Snowflake Paste..This gives some texture and a little sparkle...The splats are made with a mix of Dimensional Glue, a few drops of water and a tiny bit of Lindy's Stampgang Magicals, Time Travel Teal...

My flowers are all from Petaloo International...The Tickets are such great elements to tuck between layers. All the word chipboards were just lightly Gesso'd and inked with the Broken China DI.

This is a high photo cluster because of all the fibre trims I have added...resulting in the frame-ends literally hanging in the air.

To colour the bottom Decorative Frame #2 and top Decorative Frame #1 I made a paste of Mountain Meadow Paint and 13 Arts Magic Multi-purpose Powder and plastered it on the chipboard. I also sprayed it with LSG FlatFabio, Merci Beaucaupe Mint.

Can you also see a little snake in that curl...?

Combining a Word Strip and Page Pebble to create my title.

The small frame from the Decorative Frame Set #1 was ideal to be placed at the bottom of my page.

If you would like to purchase these and other products...please find them at the

Dusty Attic On-line shop.

Play along with our monthly Mood-board challenge. Just add your link, name and country to the left-hand link HERE to win a $100 Gift Voucher to the Dusty Attic website. Also take note that there is an additional Gift draw at the end of the year for those who play along each month!!!

Dusty in Colour: Mountain Meadow

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Thank you for your visit..

Every time you smile at someone,

it is an action of love,

a gift to that person,

a beautiful thing.

~Mother Teresa~

Monday, February 8, 2016

~Snapshot~
February 2016 - Dusty Attic DT Page

It's Saturday...I am all alone and think it's the perfect time to try and catch up on all my bloggy time entries!

Last week I had my hair done and actually felt confidant enough to put my camera on a stand, hit the timer button and take a few photos of myself...for me that is such a big step, for I really, really hate myself on a photo!!! After 273 photos there were a few that were saved from being dumped in the trash-can, of which this is one.

I had to honour this momentous occasion by using ..yes...my al time favourite chipboard...Dusty Attic! Working on two sheets of 7 Dots Studio papers from the Thoughts Keeper collection and using no flowers...can hardly believe that...I present to you -Snapshot-

From Dusty Attic I used the following pieces,

Fishnet Panel, Lace Border #4, Ornate Frame Set and Spring Blooms #3. The bark is a thin paper like embellishment that I picked up during one of my visits to the nursery, it is an awesome looking filler!

I did not gesso my pieces before hand, merely painted them with the Dusty in Colour Acrylic Paints. I cut the piece of frame that was hidden behind the bark and used it as an accent in the top corner. I mixed Sugar Plum with a little Soot to paint the frame. Once dry I sprayed it with Lindy's Stampgang Flat Fabio Merci Beaucope Mint. I wrapped Prima Wire Tread around it with some added glass beads.

I love making a paste from the paints by using 13@rts Magic Powder...I made three colour batches using Gingernut, Mountain Meadow and Sugar Plum and used the Creative Script Stencil on the background.

Using just two pieces of the Lace Border #4 as accents. I painted them with Mountain Meadow and pressed some paste on for texture. This shows that one does not need to use the entire border as is...they make excellent filler pieces as well...

The Spring Blooms were painted with Sugar Plum and Dusty Pink paints and misted with Lindy's Cotton Candy Pink. Added a tiny crystal for Bling...

Some 7 Dots Studio Tags and Finnabair Antique Silver Art Sugar.

Visit the Dusty Attic shop and you will find theses and many more...

Creative Script Stencil

Like the sky opens after a rainy day

we must open to ourselves....

Learn to love yourself for who you are

and open so the world can see you shine.

~James Poland~

Hope you have a peaceful weekend...

Much Love

Patricia

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Having fun
Dusty Attic Mood-Board project-January 2016

Hello dear Blogger friends...

No, you are not in a time capsule...I am just late in sharing my take on the January Mood-board from Dusty Attic...But as they say, rather later than never...

I chose to work with papers from 7 Dots Studio's 9th Wave collection for this page.

The image was taken from Pinterest because apart from it being just gorgeous, I thought the Ferris-wheel carriages resembled the Macaroons in the Mood-board.

As you can see in the top photo, I wet and separated the leaves of the Vine Corner. After Gesso I painted the stems with Navajo White Dusty Paint and Clam Bake Beige spray from Lindy's Stampgang.

The leaves were painted with Bells Of Ireland Green and Shabby Turbine Teal. I love to add Crackle Paint to my leaves for when dry it gives the leaves some interesting veins!

The Party Lights got a dab of Finnabair Snowflake Paste and was coloured with Distress Inks.

A new and welcome addition to the Dusty Attic store is the Corrugated Card...It is lightweight and easy to tear resulting in lovely pieces to tuck between layers...

I also used white flowers from Dusty in Bloom that I coloured with Shabby Turbine Teal mist after wetting the blooms with some water.

The Laurel Sprigs were also Gesso'd, painted and embossed with some random Bonjour Butter Embossing Powder.

I used the Crosshatch Stencil with Teal ink on the background and then the Bedazzled Stencil with Texture Paste. The last colour mist is Bodacious Blush.

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These are the products used from the Dusty Attic Retail Store...