~~Dream~~September 2018 - Dusty Attic Moodboard

Good Evening to all my Blog Friends....

The Moodboard at Dusty Attic this month was simply divine and absolutly my favourite of the year because of the earthy Greens and Browns on it...seeing as Fall is my favourite time of the year.

I had this photo of me from quite a few years ago sitting on a carpet of fallen Fall Leaves, perfect for this lay-out.

The papers I used are very old, they date from when I started Srcapbooking! I do not know from which company they are. I did not add any Mixed Media products at all, thought the papers are beautiful as they are and I rather spend time treating the Dusty Chipboards and doing some hand stitching for extra interest....

On the Notepad Edge Frame I used Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance Wax, Lucky Emerald and Red Amber.

On the Ornate Circle Frame the following Rust Effect Pastes, Dark Olive, Green-Grey and Rusty.

The Branches also got a Wax treatment, this time with Bronze Age, Aged Brass and a little Lucky Emerald.

The Bird Nest was painted with different Brown and Raw Sienna  Acrylic paints...I layered all the chipboards and papers to create a lot of depth on this page.

The Ivy Flourish was painted with Greens, Brown and Beige paints. Also sprayed Ethereal Emerald and Treasure Island Turquoise Moon Shadow Mists from Lindy's Stampgang.I then added some glass chips and topped it with clear UTEE. Sprayed some more Mists that pooled in the cravices...

These painted Branches got a coating of clear Crackle Varnish. All the flowers are from Petaloo.

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Products I used...

Ivy Flourish

DA 146 

Bird Nest #2

DA 0721

Branch #4-Small

DA 1184

Branches 6 pk

DA 0376

Ornate Circle Frames-Small

DA 1616

Notepad Edge Frames Circle

DA 1573

Clear Crackle Varnish

DA 0900

When autumn dulls the summer skies,

And paler sunshine softly lies

Upon the brown and fallow lands:—

As fairy artists come in bands

To paint with brushes dipped with frost:—

They pay with gold, for verdure lost...

~V.O. Wallingford ~

"The Cottonwood Trees"

~ September 2018~Dusty Attic Design Team Cards

Hi Dear Blog friends....

Today I share with you two cards I created as my Design Team project for The Dusty Attic....

I used Love story paper from Prima and Little Birdie Flowers together with my dressed up Chipboard pieces.

I embossed this frame - Fancy Frame #1- with  Shabby Pink embossing Enamel from Stampendeous. Both frames were cut and re-positioned to form new shapes.

Fancy Frame #2 was embossed with Turkish Nights Embossing Glitter by WoW...

I also embossed the Wildflower with Perissa embossing powder, also from WoW.

I find it so easy to create a quick and gorgeous little card using Dusty Attic chipboards...As you can see, just some embossing adds quick interest to the chipboards.

From the Dusty Attic on-line shop I used the following....

Wildflower #5

DA 1684

Fancy Frame #1

DA 1978

Fancy Frame #2

DA 1979

Thank you for the visit....

One day, 

someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. 

And he said, 

"Is it half full or half empty?" 

So I drank the water. 

No more problem. 

~Alexander Jodorowsky~

~~A Memory to Hold~~ August 2018 Dusty Attic Moodboard

Hello dear Blogger friends....

This month the Moodboard from Dusty Attic is filled with soft Blues and Creams... I took my inspiration from the Suitcases, the weathered look of the ladder and a little bit of the measuring tape. My husband and I went away for the weekend a few weeks ago, hence the suitcases. I coloured my Chipboard pieces to resemble the look of the ladder and added a little Measuring Tape Washi Tape.

   

I used several pieces of 49 and Market papers. After distressing and layering the papers, I added ink and stamping to the background. I used Tumbled Grass and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks. Also used several stamps with the same inks.

This was followed with Stencil work using the Dusty Attic Creative Script Stencil and white Crackle Paste coloured with Sassy Sapphire Magical from Lindy's Stampgang. I added random Lindy's Embossing Powder, Tilt-a-Wheel Teal on the Crackle Paste as well. I also added some watered down Brown Rust Effect Past by Finnabair.

The Hearts from the Hearts Attack Border #2 were treated with Metallique Waxes, Bronze Age and Vintage Gold.

After Gesso, I painted the Seagrass #2 with Metallique light Patina Acrylic Paint and random embossing with the same Embossing Powder. Texture added by some Gauss and Seas the Day Prills. 

The Iron Garnish #2 and small Decorative Frame #1 were Gesso'd, painted and distressed with the Brown Rust Paste. The Perforated Mesh Border pieces peeping out, got painted with the Light Patina Paint and embossed with Tannenbaum Green Gold Embossing powder.

Have you created a Moodboard inspired project using Dusty Attic products from the Online Shop? Then you will stand a good chance of winning one of two $50 vouchers to spend in the shop...

I used the following pieces...

Creative Script Stencil

DA 1494

Heart Attack Border #2

DA 1209

Sea grass #2

DA 1506

Decorative Frame #1

DA 0207

Iron Garnish #4

DA 1869

Perforated Mesh Border

DA 1680

Today is the greatest

Day I've ever known

Can't live for tomorrow,

Tomorrow's much too long....

~Billy Corgan~

~Always in my Heart~August 2018 Dusty Attic Design Team Project

Hello Blog Friends

Today I am sharing my DT page for Dusty Attic displaying this beautiful photo of my eldest daughter on her Matric Farewell many years ago. I used several sheets of Penelope Dee Papers from the Rosalee collection.

To keep to the rich blue colours of the Phoenix on her dress, I embossed the raw chipboard frames with Lindy's Stampgang Embossing Powder, Cosmic Pink Blue...It is one of the very effective EP that changes colours according to the background. Because I left the chipboard raw, I got this amazing Bluish two-toned effect. I added a few glass beads because Chantelle was in fact looking at Bubbles that we blew over her.

To match the Dress'es feathers, I used Dusty Attic's Mini Feathers. They got a light coating of white Gesso. I then brushed them with Antique Brilliance Wax, Fire Ruby and Opal Maxic Wax, Turquoise Satin. Also a light dry brush and splatters with Sparks Acrylic Paints, Magical Pond and Mermaid Sparkle.

On the background paper I did a little stencilling with Distress Ink using the Dusty Attic Bedazzled Stencil. I also added Texture Paste through the Confetti #2 stencil. I added Cosmic Pink Blue Embossing powder to it and Heat set it...this time I got the Pinker colour tone from the Embossing Powders. Also splattered some of the Sparks Paints.

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Floral Frame #2

DA 1529

ATC Frame #1

DA 0673

Mini Feathers

DA 0650

Bedazzled Sencil

DA 1482

Confetti Stencil #2

DA 1764

Thank you for taking the time to visit...

Happiness radiates like 

the fragrance from a flower 

and draws 

all good things towards you.

 ~~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi~~