Believe - Kristy Abela - Mood Board inspiration

         Hey, Hey! Welcome to another month of challenges! I was so excited to tackle this one, I am a neutral girl through and through and I struggle with 'pop's of colour. So I knew that this one was going to be FUN!

 

I scoured my stash to find some foliage to compliment the mood board. Dusty attic have an epic range of leaves & foliage so I'm sure you will find some to suit you. As always I lay out my elements and try to visualise where the layout will go.

 

 

After applying clear gesso on the background I used a 12 x 12 Stencil of a tree and white crackle paste. I wanted to fade out some of the background and emphasise the tree. 

 

 

After applying some water colour to the background with Sprays I used a wipe to remove the colour from the paste and leave it in the cracks. I added some definition with a water colour pencil and then spritzed it to soften the edges.

 

 

I did have to wait for this one to dry overnight... Wink. Once that was done I tried something a little different... I used washi tape to attach my fabric to the layout. Like with my other project this month I dipped into my old scrapbooking stash and pulled out a few forgotten gems.

Next I covered my Broken Bits with white gesso and my title 'Believe'. I applied some cappuccino paint to the foliage and rubbed a little gold wax on the tips to add a bit of a highlight.

 

 

I stuck down the tags, added some fibres and then positioned my photo and arranged the Broken Bits to frame where it was going to be mounted.

I stuck down my foliage and decided I wanted to highlight it a touch. I added some glitter with glossy accents to the berries on the branch.

 

 

I added some flowers, cabochons and art stones to finish off along with another Scrappers favourite... Enamel dots. It was great to get some extra uses for what I used to just use on a traditional page in my mixed media.

 

 

I used my distress inkpad to add some highlights to my flowers. I am a super messy scrapper and I  lightly rubbed the pad direct to the flower. I like that it is irregular and I never know how it will turn out.

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Abela Artistry

 

 

 

Broken Bits #8 Diamonds

Title - Believe 

Foilage #22

Abela Artistry

It's a boy - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

This is my layout inspired by the September mood board using some stunning Dusty Attic chippies.  I added a few colours to suit my photos. This is a

 photo of my daughter and her husband's 

maternity shoot.

They are expecting their first baby at the beginning of October and it is a boy. With this layout I want to celebrate this miracle. 

There is no bigger miracle than the miracle of life!

This little boy is coming into the world where he is already so loved, and we cannot wait to meet him and welcome him into our hearts.  We wonder what 

he will look like.  What his soft baby head will smell like.  What the colour of his eyes will be.  We are counting the days and soon we will never remember 

life without him. 

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

I painted the foliage with acrylic paint and the toadstools with Versa Magic in 
Wheat and edged with Brilliance Chocolate ink. The Wood Slices were coloured with Brilliance Chocolate ink.

The title was heat embossed with Ranger white embossing powder.

I used the small frame of the Floral Frame Set and heat embossed the frame with Iced Enamels Relique Powder in Turquoise.

some close ups.

I am proud to say that I made this nest myself.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.

 

DA1228 - it's a Boy

DA1294 - Foliage #4

DA2180 - Wood Slices

A2384 - Toadstools #2

DA2338 - Floral Frame Set #2

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you find some time to play along 

with this beautiful mood board. 

Happy crafting.

Handmade Card Set - Anat Weksler - Mood Board Inspiraiton

Hello crafty friends!

Anat here today with a set of Seasonal Mixed Media Card inspired by the beautiful September Moodboard, using gorgeous new chippies.

The subtle Mood board inspired me to make this 2 Mixed Media cards.

Both Card's background was made with Embossing Folder and rubbed with Vintage Gold Metalique Wax.

The amazing chipboards were subtly colored with white gesso mixed with mica powder both by Finnabair.
To create the composition I grabbed different pieces of vintage laces and cotton doily together with vintage papers.

Have a look at the wonderful chipboard I've used here:

DA2684 - Autumn leaves#2-large

DA2612 - Winters forest-mini border

DA2387 - Foliage#21

DA2637 - Foliage#25

DA2441 - Stars#4

Here are more pictures:

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo