One with Nature - Kerstin Filou

 

 Hello creative friends!

 

 My friend wanted a new design for her child's room. 

Her son enjoys exploring nature and always brings his discoveries to show his mum. 

She desired a natural scene for a boy without any flowers. 

Thus, I created a wild layout. I continued the central photo in a painterly manner and assembled various photos of beetles, plants and spider webs around it. 

Nature has so much to offer when we keep our eyes open.

 

At Dusty Attic I found a lot of matching chipboards in natural look,

 I especially love these magical mushrooms.

 

 

 used chipboards  

 

One With Nature 

Magic Mushrooms Cluster #1 

Wildgrass #1 

Botanic Buttons #1

 Leafy Frame Set #2

 

 

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Love and Laughter - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. My November design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.  For this layout, I used pattern paper from the ARToptions Alena collection from 49 and Market and Ephemera bits and rub-ons from various other 49 and Market collections. I love the wreath on the Dramatic paper and the colors are vibrant and beautiful.

I love the laughter and happiness in this photo of my daughter, Juan, and Jamesie. This is pure joy and warms my heart. 

All the chippies were first covered with a layer of white gesso.

I painted the title and brackets with Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream, Desert Turquoise, and Bahama Blue and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The flower cluster is made up of a variety of pretty blooms and die-cut foliage and flowers. 

I painted the Foliage #10 in Mint Julep Green and the Botanic Runner in Peaches 'n Cream.

Bahama Blue acrylic paint was used to paint the polaroid frames and white acrylic paint was dry brushed over them.

Peaches 'n Cream and Bahama Blue were painted on the Botanic Buttons, and then dry brushed with white acrylic paint.  White acrylic paint was used on Leaves #2.

To finish off my layout I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2087 - Love and Laughter

DA3331 - Botanic Runners #3

DA1342 - Leaves #2

DA1808 - Mini Tabs #6 BLACK

DA2454 - Polaroid Frame Set #1

DA3315 - Botanic Buttons #1

DA1972 - Foliage #10

DA2442 - Mini Brackets

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Happy crafting!

Infinite Beauty - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn

Hi there, 

And here we are in October - what happened to September? I feel like I literally just blinked my eyes and September disappeared. 

Here is my layout for October:

I painted the honeycomb broken bits DA3318, leaves DA3333, butterfly DA3335, and the botanical buttons DA3316 with a light blue chalk paint and the foliage clusters DA3303 with a cream acrylic paint.

I have added layers of paper and the honeycomb broken bits behind the photo and adhered to the top centre of the page.

I have then added the foliage clusters on either side of the photo before layering up the flowers and the chippy leaves.

I have added leaves and the botanical buttons, and added the butterfly on top of the flower cluster.

I then created the title with two of the leaves and flowers at the bottom of the page. I have finished off adding pearls and some silver thread.

 

These are the products I have used:

Thanks for visiting the blog.

Hugs,

Michelle

Day Dreamer - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Here is my layout inspired by the stunning September mood board, and featuring 

Dusty Attic chipboard pieces. For this layout, I used the Ingenue paper from the 49 and 

Market Vintage Artistry Lilac collection.

This is my daughter during one of our many photo shoots a few years ago.

Here is the beautiful mood board.

and here is my layout.

 To create more detail on the background I randomly stamped with a Music stamp, then I primed the background with clear gesso.  To add more colour to the background, I used Distress Oxide in Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet, and Lindy's Tea Pot Purple. Then 

I glued Tim Holtz tissue paper, butterflies from a serviette, and Vintage Artistry Butter/Lilac and Sky/Navy rub-ons.

All the chippies were first covered in white gesso.

Unless otherwise stated, chipboard pieces are painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

The Music Hashtags words, mini scrolls, and ATC frame were heat embossed with white embossing powder.  For the title, I used the mini tab Day Dreamer. 

 I glue words onto my flower clusters by first gluing them onto acetate, and then applying transparent matte gel to them.

The flower clusters are made up of a variety of pretty blooms and die-cut foliage and flowers. 

I coloured the lavender with Plum and dry brushed it with Wild Orchid and white acrylic paint.

The Wildflower was painted with Whispering Turquoise and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

How beautiful are these new Botanic Buttons?  I just love them!  They were 

coloured with  Whispering Turquoise, and Wild Orchid then dry brushed with white 

acrylic paint.

The Music Flourish and Music Notes were painted with Lamp Black.

Some close-ups.

The final touches to this layout included art beads, sequins, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1805 - mini Tabs #3 BLACK

DA1397 - Music Flourish #2

DA1523 - ATC Frame #5

DA3315 - Botanic Buttons #1

DA1683 - Wildflower #4 small

DA1438 - Lavender #2

DA0750 - Mini Scrolls #2

DA2950 - Music Hashtags

DA2948 - Music Notes

Thank you for visiting the blog today.  I hope you find time to play along with this 

mood board.  Share your projects on our Facebook Page here for your chance to win a 

$50 (AUD) credit for two lucky winners to the Dusty Attic online shop so you can choose 

your very own chippies you would like to use.

Happy crafting!

Treasure this moment - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn - Mood Board Inspiration

 Hello Dusty Attic fans

Such a beautiful moodboard this month with its soft shades of pink

Why not enter the monthly challenge and enter a project using Dusty Attic chipboard and the moodboard as inspiration - enter your project on the DustyFANattics Facebook page and stand a chance to win one of two AUD50 worth of gorgeous Dusty Attic chipboard.

Here is my take on the moodboard

I just loved the softness of the moodboard, and decided that it had to be a soft and gentle type of page and went for a baby layout.

I have painted all the heart clusters (DA3256) and the Botanical mix flourishes (DA3351) with Dusty in Colour Raisin (DA0909), and then dabbed on Dusty in Colour Bisque (DA0921) and Dusty in Colour Pink (DA0907) plus a cream coloured paint to the chipboard.

The Fancy Frame (DA3324) was painted with Dusty in Colour Raisin, and once dry, I sanded the edges and parts of the frame - I have used the medium size frame and the negative piece between the medium frame and the large frame

The Botanical button (DA3315) and word disc "Treasure this moment" was dabbed with a mixture of the paints combined - these discs are just simply gorgeous!

I first added the frame to the top of the photo and the negative of this behind the photo before adding this to the paper with foam tape. I have then arranged the fussy cut flowers with the chipboard around the frames, including the cluster at the top of the page.

I have finished off with glass pebbles and some thread.

These are the products I have used:

Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Hugs,

Michelle