The Dusty Attic Blog: February 2017

Monday, 27 February 2017

Dress my Craft - New Products

I AM SO EXCITED to let you all know that

DRESS MY CRAFT

products are now available to purchase on the

DUSTY ATTIC WEBSITE

So here are just three of the range ...

Sea Breeze Sequins - 25gm

A series of very high quality sequins to jazz up and fill your shaker cards, tags, etc.

These are great to be used as mixed media backgrounds.

For more shimmery and sparkling look for your projects these sequins are a "MUST HAVE".

These Sequins comes in a beautiful, re-usable plastic jar.

Little Hearts - 30gm

A series of very high quality clay hearts

For more LOVING LOOK of your projects these are a MUST HAVE for your projects.

These little hearts comes in a beautiful, re-usable plastic jar.

A perfect match to make any Glass Jewellery, Miniatures, Keyrings, Scrapbooks, Cards etc.

AND NOT TO FORGET ...

Sparking dust powder adds an ultimate shimmer effects to all your projects...its flawless white shimmer color and smooth texture gives a fresh snow effect.

Looks amazing if you combine the same with our new frosted sugar powder.

It can be adhered with any glue easily.

Its amazing if used for flowers, jewellery making, mixed media backgrounds.

Its great for all kinds of cards, scrapbooks too.

One jar contains 30 grams (1.05 oz) net sparkling dust in a beautiful reusable jar

Also remember there is still time to enter the February challenge that ends MID NIGHT tomorrow night for your chance to win a $100 gift voucher to the Website, just add your link to the right hand side of the blog

Give Love away - Tina Ollett

The title for this layout was taken from a beautiful beautiful quote I found in a big box of rub-ons this morning, one I had not heard of before. But it will be one that I use again one day soon.

It goes……

“Love wasn’t put in your heart to stay, love isn’t love until it’s given away”

For my scrapbook layout project here today I kept everything very clean indeed. I did a simple stamped border with embossing powders. Again as always I have added in some fussy cut elements from the Summertime (In the Garden) - Smell the roses patterned paper.

I had the photo printed of twice in two differing sizes and then layered them one on top of the other. I framed one photo with the Summertime (In the Garden) Die Cut frames.

The centre was cut from this and then used behind the back of my chipboard window. So cute!!

I have added in some gorgeous lace that has been cut up and layered sometimes 4 times over itself. Some of the lace was left a little distressed to keep with a shabby feel.

I have used lots of yummy Dusty Attic chipboards for this project. They were simply covered with Crackle Paste and coloured with China Black H2O's, and a little distress crackle and some Star Dust Stickles.

I used a Sizzix Die-Cut for my title "Love". I layered it up a couple of times and dressed similarly to the other chipboards but I left it a little darker so it could stand out on the page. I also added in some handmade accetates to add to the layout another layer.

Materials Used

Maja Designs Summertime - In the garden - Smell the roses

Maja Designs Summertime - In the garden - Greenery bs

Maja Designs Summertime - In the garden - Die Cuts

DUSTY ATTIC

Dusty Attic - French Flourish 2pk DA0273

Dusty Attic - Baroque Corners DA0543

Dusty Attic - Min Arch Windows DA0818

Dusty Attic - French Flourish

49andMarket Gabrielle Pollacco - Gabi's Line Stitch Stamp

49andMarket Basic Flowers White

Length of Lace

Distress Crackle Paint

Wendy Vecchi Crackled Texture Paste

White Embossing Powder

Versa Mark Ink

Transparency Paper

Miscellaneous Stamp

Miscellaneous Flowers - Lily

Well that is all from me today. I hope you have enjoyed your time here.

Until next time, take care and happy scrapping.

Tina xx

Saturday, 25 February 2017

Happy - Valerie Ouellet - February Challenge Inspiration

Hi everyone! Good morning! Here is my layout inspired by February Dusty Attic Moodboard. I was inspired by the tiles as well as the turquoise color.

To enter just add the link to your creation on the right hand side of the blog for your chance to win a $100 gift voucher to the DUSTY ATTIC WEBSITE

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I used the word "Happy" of the kit "Word pack 34". I just painted with black acrylic paint.

I worked a little more the feathers of the kit "Indian Arrow" with acrylic paint and color pens. And I painted feathers on my background.

I added some Dusty Attic flowers and a fabulous Cuts2luv flair.

À bientôt!

See you soon!

Materials used:

-Dusty Attic Indian Arrow
-Dusty Attic Word Pack 34
-Dusty Attic flowers "Cornsilk"
-Dusty Attic Acrylic paints "Mountain Meadow", "Ocenania", "Pesto", "Crushed Olive"
-Les Ateliers de Karine "Été Indien" paper
-Cuts2luv flair
-49andMarket 3d layered die-cut
-Stickers

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Picture Perfect - Sanderijn De Bruin (Challenge inspiration)

Hi everybody!

I am here today to share my layout based on the moodboard for Dusty Attic challenge February

Even though I love the retro pics, and the soft pastel colors, you all know I have a hard time creating with those colors... It took me a while to get the result I wanted. But when I added the 49 And Market flowers, it finally came together, that was just what was missing!

I have used the sketch as a base, and worked from there. So it isn't exactly the sketch, but it comes near...

I painted the chipboard pieces with Dusty in colour paints, and as you can see, I cut the Ornate Frame in half so I could create another kind of composition with it.

I used the gorgeous Flower Power Stencil with light paste and golden mica powder to create my flowered background.

Dusty Attic products used:

Flower Power Stencil

Dusty in Colour paints:

Navajo white

Crushed Olive

Oceania

Mountain Meadow

Cashmere

Chipboard:

Foliage #2

Ornate frame #5

Hashtag sayings #2

Thank you for watching!

Love, Sanderijn

Monday, 20 February 2017

Amazing Moments - Joanne Bain

Hello!

Joanne here with you today to share a page I created using lots of Dusty chippy for my daughters formal album. I have kept it minimalistic with the main cluster focusing on her photo.

'Amazing Moments'

The base of the cluster started with the Love Heart Corners, before layering 2 ATC frames to create added depth. I then added a few snowflakes, they are great for adding interest to the page.

I added some metal screws to the centres of some of the snowflakes as well as the large butterfly.

I then added some cotton thread to add a little texture to the page.

Dusty Attic

Materials List

DA1442 Love Heart Corners

DA1527 ATC Frame #7

DA1387 Mini Captions #6

DA0674 ATC Frame #2

DA0501 Snowflakes

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Sunday, 19 February 2017

Life is Beautiful - Cathy Cafun (Challenge Inspiration)

Hi everyone, Cathy here today sharing my take on the gorgeous Dusty Attic February Mood Board Challenge. There is an amazing prize of a $100 Dusty Attic Gift Voucher for the winner. To enter you simply need to use the Mood Board, Sketch or both for Inspiration, which you can interpret in anyway you like. The only requirement is that Dusty Attic chipboard is used on your creation.

Once completed simply add your link to the right side bar of the Dusty Attic Blog. Make sure to look at all the gorgeous creations from our Design Team while you're there for some inspiration!!

February Mood Board

Life is Beautiful

I was inspired by the pretty pastel colours of the Mood Board as well as the roses from the typewriter pic and the script from the bicycle pic.

To create my background I have used the pretty Dusty Attic Love Circles Stencil with Dusty Attic Texture Paste. Once dry I misted with Lindy's Starburst Mist in Cotton Candy.

How beautiful is the Floral Frame #1 chippie. Instead of throwing away the inner chipboard section of the frame I decided to keep it in place but altered it with a coat of gesso, then embossed with Tinby Melts and the Mandala Stencil to create a lacy effect for my silhouetted photo. I masked the stencil with clear gel medium, then sprinkled with the Tinby Melts and heat set.

I cut the rose like flower from the frame, so that I could reposition it a little more to the side, then inked the frame with Pixie Dust Versamagic.

So as not to waste the pieces of the Spring Blooms #1 chippies that would have been under my layers, I cut them off and added them to amongst my layers.

To keep the layout soft and dreamy I coated most of my chipboard pieces with gesso and highlighted them with Lindy's Cotton Candy mist.