Tuesday 28 April 2015

Designer Kits and FREE postage offer

3 DAYS to GO!
FREE SHIPPING 
when you use the code
HAPPYEASTER
(all uppercase - no gaps)
 
Just go to the website
 
Place your order (remember there is a new release just out as well) and use the code at checkout for the free shipping offer
(please note due to our New Release and Free Shipping offer, orders have at least a two week turn around time) 
 
 
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR DESIGNER KITS ???
 
Created especially for Dusty Attic from "the boss" and the Design Team members for you
 
Have a look at the website
(links attached to the kit layout)
 
As you can see there is HEAPS and HEAPS of product in every kit to even have lots of left overs .....
 
 
 


Kits are FULL of enough product to
have left overs as well 




 

 
 
 
 
 



 

 
See you soon ! 
  
 
 
 


Sunday 26 April 2015

Mood Board Inspiration - Jacqueline Moore and Helena Johansson

Hey Dusty Attic!!! It's Jacqueline here today to share with you my creation based on this month's moodboard. Many months ago ago I saw this Spoon Canvas by Finnabair, and I have been wanting to try something similar for a very long time. Oddly enough I never managed to find the right inspiration for it until seeing this month's moodboard here at Dusty Attic. The colors, the sunset, and the gorgeous clouds all played a part in inspiring my canvas.


I must confess though that this canvas is quite different from what I normally create. I have also decide to use my chipboards as a way of adding texture instead of major features.

You still have 5 days to get your entry in to win a $100 voucher from Dusty Attic just add your link to the right hand side bar.

April moodboard:


I have chosen to work with the Violet, Maroon, Red and Peachy/Gold tones of the Moodboard.
 




I have placed one of the corners from the Mini Corners #2.



Here on the right side of  the teaspoon handle I have used one of the larger pieces from the Wrought Iron Design Set.




Tucked in her beneath some lace, small random embellishments, and a piece off one of my Son's broken toys is one of the big Swirls from the Elegant Swirls #3.




Up the top here on the left I have placed a Mini Hinge.



Everything has been completely covered in gesso, then when dry I added color using Twinkling H2O Watercolors. I have added some shadows and painted the edge of the canvas using Dusty Attic Acrylic Paint in Soot.

That's it from me today!!!

Until next time!!!!


Dusty Attic Products Used:


Dusty in Color - Soot



Mini Corners #2



Elegant Scrolls #3



Wrought Iron Design Set



Mini Hinges



AND HELENA JOHANSSON


Here is the Inspiration Board for this month:


Don't you just love the colors and this amazing photo!?

Dusty Attic chipboard and flowers used for this page:

Branch #4 (DA1182) - painted white and then embossed with dark blue embossing powder
Branch #5 (DA1183) - misted with purple mist and then embossed here and there with bronze embossing powder
Stars #3 (DA1153) - painted white
Maiden Hair Fern (DA1167) - painted white
Dusty in Blooms in blue and purple
Dusty Roses in dark purple

Here are some close-ups for you:







Thank you for stopping by today!

xoxo

Helena


CSI Case 162 - Melinda Sweetman

Dusty Attic have been sponsors over at CSI this  month, along with other prizes there is a $100 Gift voucher to the Dusty Attic website.

 This is Case File 162




Design Team member
MELINDA SWEETMAN has "solved" the Case like this.

..........................................

Just popping in today to share another layout I have done for CSI: Color Stories Inspiration while Dusty Attic are sponsoring and we all get to be Guest Detectives!
I had so much fun with this little case file as well and as soon as I saw it I knew I needed to scrap this gorgeous piccy of my my big from his 5th Birthday!


So, obviously, I have gone for the stars (no big surprises there!!) but I have also used a solid background (the yellow cardstock way at the back), lots of paint on all the chippy pieces and I have also incorporated some space elements in the form of stickers from an old Bo Bunny range. I chose the journalling prompt of writing in the format of a Q & A - this challenge has given me the idea of doing this with each family member each year around their birthday - I'm so excited at the idea!! And my journalling is actually behind the star panel and takes up the whole back side of the photo and the other side too!


I am trying to work out how to pop this into a 12x12 page protector so the journalling is easily accessible so if you have any ideas please do share!!

Here are a few close ups





All of the black chippy has had a coat of Dusty Attic's clear varnish over the top of the black paint and I LOVE the way it has turned out!!

The Dusty items I have used for this layout are as follows:

DA1187 - Word Pack #6 - I totally, totally love this pack!!

I really had so much fun playing along as guest detective this month and if you like the looks of these challenges you should head over to check out all the other inspiring pages and play along - especially with such an awesome prize coming from Dusty Attic!! You will find CSI here on Facebook and here is their website.

Melinda 
xx


Friday 24 April 2015

Lest we Forget

 
Good afternoon everyone
 
Tomorrow the 25th April 2015  is the
100th Commemorative Anniversary of ANZAC Day
which is one of Australia’s most important national occasions.
 It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
 
ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs, and the pride they took in that name endures to this day.
 
There is lots of information of the War Memorial Website (link below)
 
 
As Many of us will be attending "Dawn Service" and the Military Marches all around Australia and New Zealand, Jen (the Boss) has designed some special Chipboard pieces to help us Scrapbook the memories of the day.
 
(The armed forces are very close to Jens heart as a lot of her family have or are serving our country) 
 
 

 You can get this and any of the exciting New Release from the website and for the month of April there is FREE SHIPPING using the code
HAPPYEASTER
(all uppercase and no spaces) 
 
LEST WE FORGET
Every Bed of Roses: ANZAC Day - an Ode to the Fallen and a list of ANZAC resources for you
 
 
 


Wednesday 22 April 2015

Canvas Art - Heather Jacob

Hello my scrappy pals 
Heather J. with you today sharing a Canvas I created for Dusty Attic.
Very Rustic and Grungy with loads of texture.
This is only the second canvas I have ever created 
and I am finding them lots of fun .




CREATE 
DUSTY ATTIC - Materials used 
Dusty in color 
Hot Chocolate 0923
Forrest 0919
Clear crackle Varnish 

Jumbo cogs 0232
Mini Branches 1121
String Frame set 1181
Wildflowers 11437
ornate corner #13 1137
Elegant Swirl #3 1123



 
Texture and crackle created with texture paste , inks, crackle paste .



REMEMBER
all chipboard can be purchased direct from the Dusty Attic website and this month is
FREE SHIPPING when you use the code

HAPPYEASTER
(all uppercase and no spaces)

 
www.heatherartandlife.blogspot.com.au

many thanks for dropping by
and happy scrapping to each of you .
big hugz from Heather xoxo

 

 

Monday 20 April 2015

Crazee, Insane Layouts by Rachelle Sigurdson


Hello,today I am going to share with you this LO I did,using Dusty Attic Chipboard.I am also going to show you before & after photo's of the kitchen wall (YES,it is completed!!!!) & other LO's I did for the wall,& this past month using Dusty Attic.
The Dusty Attic used:
Music
music
Page Pebbles #9
page pebbles #9
Marrakesh Trellis small
marrakesh trellis mini
Mini Heart Buttons
mini heat buttons
Fancy Trim #7
fancy trim #7
String Frames small
String Frame set small
Flower Buds
flower buds
Swirly Vine #4 small
swirly vine #4 small
Wildflower #3
Wild Flowers #3
Branch #4 small
Branch small
Decorative Scroll #1
Decorative Scroll#1
Baroque Frame Set square
mini Bird Cage #2
mini bird cage #2
Flutterbies #3
Flutterbies #3
mini Butterflies #2
mini butterflies #2
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterflies
Image 1
teeny tiny ABC
mini Words #3

mini Words #3

The Maja Design Used:
Nyhavn-P
King's square bs
Kings Square-BS
Veteran ships bs
Veteran Ship-BS
Sitting at the dock
Sitting at the dock
I am using these 3 sheets, from the Nyhavn Collection,for this project. Because I mainly want the gray, as the background,I did not be doing, as much paper layering. I got my texture through stencils & the DA chipboard.So this is all new to me. I will also be changing all my photos to black & white.To deepen the color of Veterans Ship-BS,I painted on Tattered Angels Indian corn & rubbed in some pebbles chalk...I inked all the edges of the paper using a mixture of charcoal & grey mist,I used a brush to do this....
Here are some close ups of detail....
For the red used on the chipboard I used my wall paint,plus I applied a coat of clear crackle varnish. I used LuminArt' (Jasper Red)H20 over the crackle on the chipboard. The red was still a bit to bright,so I toned with wintermist gray H20,once the red had dried. I used this on all the chipboard in these LO's....I also inked the edges of the chipboard using a ink pad..I used distressed brushed pewter stain,paint & crackle on the rest of the chipboard.  I also went through all of my flowers,that were to bright for the Maja Collections & dipped them into all the paint colors, that I used in the kitchen (I watered down the paint)
On this LO,I decided to play with a few stamps.....



I also did some stencil work using TCW,Art is...






Here is a photo of our kitchen,showing the color of the kitchen....
A before photo of the kitchen wall,I felt there was way to much going on, on that wall,with all the different colors....All of these LO's are moved to other areas of the house,as I have about 160 shadow boxes trough out our home. I started this about 8 years ago, & goggled the shadow boxes,they are still out there MCS Industries INC shadow boxes. You will notice that I left space on my outside edges,you need to do this so that they fit into the box. 

Photos of the updated kitchen wall,it really does look much better....
Now for some of the LO's I did for the wall, that is of family...
This is a photo of my middle & youngest son...
The Dusty Attic used:
Funky Trees small
Funky Tree small
String Frames small
String Frame Set
Word Pack#4
Word Pack #4
Lace Border #1
Lace Border #1
Scroll Border #1
Scroll Border #1
Filmstrips small
Film Strips small
FilmStrip
Film Strip
Flutterbies #3
Flutterbies #3
mini Butterfly
mini Butterfly
My husband as a young boy...
The Dusty Attic used:
Skeleton Clock Faces
Baroque Frame set-square
Lacing Tash
Decorative Frame #2
Decorative Frame #2
Decorative Scroll #2
Decorative Scroll #2
Birdcage #6
Bird Cage #6
Ferns
Ferns
mini Words #2
mini words#2
Birth-daughter,Sandra
The Dusty Attic used:
Wrought Iron Fence border
Wrought Iron Fence Border
Sweet Pea Border
Sweet Pea Border
Ornate Corner #13
Ornate Corner #13
Brick Wall Panel
Brick Wall Panel
Leafy Scroll
Leafy Scroll
Birdcage #5
Bird Cage #5
mini Dragonflies
mini Dragonflies
Beautiful (just the way you are)
Beautiful(just the way you are)
mini Script ABC set
mini script ABC
mini ABC set lower
mini ABC lower
My middle son,he was in a accident,& has a brain injury. This winter,he discovered ART,& played by painting canvas's...
The Dusty Attic used:
Fancy Trim #7
Fancy Trim #7
mini Chicken Wire
mini chicken wire
mini Words #3
Mini Words # 3
String Frames small
String Frames small
Teeny Tiny ABC set
Teeny Tiny ABC

Oldest son,Sigurdur
The Dusty Attic used:
Skeleton Clock Faces
Chains  4pc
Chains
Chevrons
Chevrons
Cogs 1
Cogs
mini Cogs
Filmstrips small
Filmstrips small
Pipework small
Pipework small
Rulers
Ruler
Tangled Barb Wire small
Tangled Barb Wire
Arrows #3
Arrows # 3
Hashtag Sayings
Hashtag Sayings
Middle son,Erlendur
The Dusty Attic used:
Geometric Corners
Geometric Corners
Heart Attack Border #1
Heart Attack Border #1
Heart Attack Border #2
Heart Attack Border #2
Heart Attack Border #3
Heat Attack Border #3
Key to my Heart
Key to my Heart
Love this, Love that Arrows
Love This,Love That
mini Script ABC set
mini Script ABC
Youngest son Tandri,yes,he loves his golf...
The Dusty Attic used:
Arrows #3
Arrows
Cogs 1
Cogs #1
Cogs #2
mini Cogs
Filmstrips small
Filmstrips
Number Grid Small
mini grid small
View Finders
view finders
Zippers
Zippers
Hashtag Sayings
Hashtag Sayings
Me with husband,Siggi
The Dusty Attic used:
Garden Frame Set
Garden Frame set
Ferns
Ferns
Foliage
Foliage
Leafy Flourish #2
Leafy Flourish
Brick Wall Panel
Brick wall
Dusty Curls ABC set
Dusty Curls ABC
Family
The Dusty Attic used:
Baroque Frame Set Circle
Brick Wall Panel
Brick Wall Panel
Birds on  a Branch #3
Birds on a Branch #3
Chains  4pc
Chains 4pc
Fish Net Panel
Fish Net Panel
Mini Words #1
Mini Words #1
My sisters & I
The Dusty Attic used:
Scalloped Circles
Scalloped Circles
Heart Flourish
Heart Flourish
Leafy Scroll
Leafy Scroll
Fancy trim  #2
Fancy Trim # 2
Lasing Tash
mini Words #2
mini words # 2
Scribble Hearts
Foliage
Foliage
Sisters,older
The Dusty Attic used:
FAncy Trim #5
Fancy Trim #5
French Flourish Border
French Flourish Border
Baroque Frame Set square
Dusty Curls ABC set
Dusty Curls ABC
mini ABC set upper
mini ABC upper
mini NUMBER set
mini Number set
Mom & Dad's wedding photo,with grandparents
The Dusty Attic used:
Vintage Frame
Vintage Frame
Skeleton Clocks
Leafy Scroll
Leafy Scroll
Ivy Corners
Ivy Corners
Music
music
Word Pack #1
Word Pack #1
mini NUMBER set
mini Number set
Calendar months mini
Calender Months mini
Siggis Mom & Dad's wedding photo
The Dusty Attic used:
lacey Heart Frames
Lacey heart frames
Key to my Heart
Key to my Heart
Foliage
Foliage
Elegant Swirl #13
Elegant Flourish
Skeleton Clock
Vintage Clock 2
Vintage Clock #2
" a Lifetime is....."
a Lifetime is...
Ferns
ferns
French Flourish Border
French Flourish Border
My brother & nephews 
The Dusty Attic used:
Barb Wire Frames
Barb Wire Frames
Rustic Charm Frame Set
Spark Plugs
Spark Plugs
Cogs 1
Cogs 1
Cogs 2
Cogs 2
Mini Cogs 15pk
mini cogs
Tangled Barb Wire small
tangled barb wire
Word Pack #3
Word Pack #3
Word Pack #6
Word Pack #6
mini ABC set upper
mini ABC upper
nephew,Quiton
The Dusty Attic used:
Arrow Borders #2
Arrow Borders #2
Arrow Borders #3
Arrow Borders #3
Love this, Love that Arrows
Love This,Love That Arrows
Cogs 1
cogs
mini Chains  10pk
mini chains
Word Disks #1
word disks #1
Pipework small
pipework small
Pipework mini
pipework mini
hot air balloon
nephew,Elliot
The Dusty Attic used:
String Frames small
String Frame Set small
Word Pack #6
Word Pack #6
Bar Codes 5pk
Bar Codes
Cogs 1
Cogs
FilmStrip
Film Strip
Chicken Wire Panel
chicken wire panel
Paris Post Mark 4pk
Paris Post Mark
Nephew,Justin
The Dusty Attic used:
Rulers
rulers
Pipework mini
pipework mini
Cogs 1
cogs
Nuts and Bolts
nuts & bolts
Spark Plugs
spark plugs
Hashtag Sayings
Hashtag Sayings
Brother & Quiton
The Dusty Attic used:
Word Pack #6
Word Pack #6
Paris Post Mark 4pk
Paris Post Mark
Rulers
rulers
Number Grid Small
number grid small
Zippers
zippers
Mini Cogs 15pk
mini cogs
Word Disks #1
word disks #1
Page Pebbles #8
Page Pebbles #8
Erlendur,I did this for CSI #161
The Dusty Attic used:
Barb Wire Frames
Barb Wire Frames
Cogs 1
cogs
Chains  4pc
 chains
Tangled Barb Wire small
Tangled Barb Wire
Spark Plugs
Spark Plugs
Number Grid Small
number grid small
mini Calendar months #2
mini calendar months
Pipework mini
mini pipeworks
Stars #3
Stars#3
Pointer tags
Pointer Tags
Word Pack #3
Word Pack #3
mini ABC set upper
mini ABC set Upper
mini NUMBER set
mini Number set
Teeny Tiny ABC set
Teeny Tiny ABC set
Yes,I will say this project was a CHALLENGE,but well worth it. There are some LO's I am not happy with,but I will do some new ones,next winter. I have a least achieved the look,I wanted to see on that wall,of Family!!!
Here are a couple more LO's I did this month using Dusty Attic..
My oldest Sigurdur,I did this for the Maja Design ***Grunge***Mood Board
The Dusty Attic used:
Barb Wire Frames
Barb Wire Frames
Tangled Barb Wire small
Tangled Barb Wire
Spark Plugs
Spark Plugs
Chains  4pc
Chains
mini Chains  10pk
mini chains
mini Chicken Wire
mini chicken wire
Brick Wall Panel
Brick Wall Panel
Cogs 1
Cogs
Love You Arrows
Love You Arrows
Word Pack #6
word pack #6
Zippers
zippers
Me bathing Sigurdur,33 years ago...
The Dusty Attic used:
Decorative Frame #1
Decorative Frame #1
Leafy Flourish #2
Leafy Flourish #2
scribble Heart
mini Script ABC set
mini Script ABC set
Teeny Tiny ABC set
Teeny Tiny ABC set
Also just a reminder that the NEW RELEASE is now out on the Dusty Attic Website
AND
there is FREE shipping anywhere in the world for the month of April using the code 
HAPPYEASTER
(all uppercase with no spaces)
http://www.dustyattic.com.au/
Plus, you also, still have time to play, with this months Mood Board
I just love the colors in this Mood Board...

Thank you so much for taking the time to look...Rachelle