The Dusty Attic Blog

Hi there! Today I'd like to share with you an idea I'm working on throughout the year as a Chrissy present for my Mum, who loves gardening.

I'm making her a stand up monthly calendar, with photos I've taken.

Here's what I did using our current DUSTY ATTIC CHALLENGE MOOD BOARD:

The size of the whole calendar is around 8x11 inches, so the actual 'LO' has to be less than this.

Quite a FUN challenge scrapping this size!

 I've painted up the DUSTY ATTIC POPPIES with DUSTY ATTIC PAINTS.

I kept the detail minimal, because of the page size, keeping with the mood board palette.

Can you see I've popped in just a smidgen of the blues?!!!

And for the 'magic' part of the title, there is a very subtle shading effect.....

I covered that lovely MAGIC chippy in DUSTY ATTIC GLOSS VARNISH, then

sprinkled lightly with the same glitter that is on the bg.

I really liked the sort of 'dew on the ground' effect of adding some DA GLOSSY CRACKLE VARNISH

to the bg stenciling, too. I wanted to keep my page quite 'earthy'...

And I actually looked carefully at our challenge picture & tried to mimic the overall design

with how I placed my elements.

My photo is the cave; the poppies the curved entrance:)

And once more, mounted on the calendar for Mum:

 Thanks for looking & happy scrapping ~ Lizzy