~~~ Today is a blank Page in your Book ~~~Notebook for Dusty Attic November 2020 Moodboard

For this month beautiful Moodboard from Dusty Attic, I chose to decorate a Notebook cover. I loved the soft Peachy and pink colors and chose them as the main color scheme.

 

After two layers of heavy gesso I added stenciling with texture paste and white crackling paste from Prima. While still wet I sprinkled Antiquities Embossing powder from Ranger; California Stucco on top of the stencil pattern. I let it to dry naturally and then heat set the embossing powder.

I placed the gesso'd Ornate Frame #2 on the cover and sprayed it all with Cape Cod Coral and Fussy Navel Peach Sprays from Lindy's Stampgang. Also added Amber Color Glow from 13Arts.

I embossed a twig from the Leafy Frame set #2 and a frame from the ATC Frame set #3 with Orbit Olive Gold Embossing Powder also from Lindy's.

With a few Glass pebbles, Lace and Prima flowers and leaves, I have a perfect handmade gift ready at hand!

For all your Dusty Attic products, please visit the Dusty on-line Store....

Leafy Frame Set #2

DA 1358

ATC Frame Set 3#

DA 0675

Ornate Frame #2

DA 0075 

The act of putting pen to paper

 encourages pause for thought, 

this in turn 

makes us think more deeply about life, 

which helps us regain our equilibrium. 

~Norbet Platt~

~~ Together ~~2020 November Dusty Attic Design Team Project

This crazy, crazy Year is nearing its end...leaving us in anticipation what the new year will hold in store for us all !

But until then we keep to some normality in our daily lives... One of which is sharing my monthly Dusty Attic Design Team project with you all.

This photo of me and Hubby was taken two years ago.

I used papers from AB Studio: Paradise lost.

I gave the background a light wash of thin white Gesso, and then stenciled a motif with texture paste. While wet I sprinkled Ranger Blue Glass embossing powder and Funky Gold Patina Embossing powder from Cosmic Shimmer on the paste. I let the paste dry and then heat embossed the embossing powders.

I gesso'd the different Dusty Attic frames with white gesso. I painted them with a Raw Umber Acrylic paint. The Fancy Frame was embossed with some random Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture embossing Powder. The Polaroid Frame and the small flourishes from the Decorative Frame set where embossed with Speckled Egg Embossing Glaze from Tim Holtz. I am loving the Distressed look all the frames have. 

I used several flowers from Dusty in Bloom as well as some fussy cut leaves and flowers. Shaved Ice from Stampendous and Blue and Green Prills and some dried roots add the finishing touches and added texture to the page.

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

Decorative Frame #2

DA 0208

Fancy Frame #12

DA 2241

Polaroid Frame Set # 5

DA 2458

Dusty in Bloom

Grassy Knoll

Dusty in Bloom

Cornsilk

Wishing all love and Happiness. 

Marriage resembles a pair of shears,  

 so joined that they cannot be separated, 

often moving in opposite directions, 

yet always punishing

 anyone who comes between them. 

~Sydney Smith~

~~~ She whispered it Softly under the Stars ~~~October 2020 Dusty Attic Blogpost

It's a new month! October already and what a Year it has been! How many of us are hoping that come 2021 all will be back to a kind of normal even if it is a new kind of normal....

For this months Dusty Attic Design Team project I made an Altered project again. I was on the way of chucking this broken Headset in the trash but stopped myself just in time knowing that I can give it a new lease on life lol!

 

A lot of gluing, Gesso and placing of different Dusty Attic chipboards and other elements. I started with the Circle Mesh as the base of  the project. I used a Prima Hardware round Frame on top of the Dusty Circle Mesh. The gauss was stiffened with Tokreen and formed to my liking and the form of the Headset.

 

I used the following Paints and Waxes from Prima. Mermaid Sparkle Sparks, Spring Blossom and Soft Satin Metallique Paints and Light Patina Acrylic Paint. I did not like the sparkle too much so I added waxes to dull and give depth to the piece. I used Charcoal Black, Old White and Rusty Brown Matt waxes. The Leafy Garland was painted with the Mermaid Sparkle. One twig was adhered to the Mic arm and the other cut and pieces placed between my flowers.

I also added a few flowers on the back to neaten it all up. Two Prima resin Fairies, flowers and a Resin Moon add to the Magical little set-up.

To find these and many more Chipboard designs, follow the link to the Dusty Attic On-line shop.

Jewelry Drops #3

DA 1515

Elegant flourish Small

DA 0878

Fancy Letterbox #2

DA 0608

Pots & Columns 

DA 0546

Circle Mesh Small

DA 0884

Leafy Garland 

DA 2380

The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds;

They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads;

They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight,

And dance on your pillow to wish you good night!

~Christopher Morley~