You & Me - Kim Arnold

 

Hi everyone! I am back with some more inspiration from this month’s beautiful mood board. There is no doubt that this month’s mood board suits a layout about love, so I chose to scrapbook a recent selfie of my husband and I when we went on a day trip on the Trans-Alpine railway in the South Island of Ne Zealand. It wasn’t the best weather but we had an amazing day anyway.

From the huge range of Dusty Attic chipboard, I chose some textural elements from the Discover custom mixed chipboard, a title, word strips, foliage and a butterfly for this layout. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

I started with the title, going with an ombre effect with a pink red at the top going to a lighter version of this colour on the bottom. I used the same colours on the “love this” word circle (which is from the Discover custom mixed chipboard sheet). The darker colour is in the middle and the lighter colour on the outside circle. I finished both pieces with dimensional magic to really make them pop.

Word Pack #52

I painted the broken circle pieces from the Discover custom mixed chipboard sheet with black paint and then sprayed it with a dark grey mica spray which gave it a beautiful sparkle.

Custom Mixed Chipboard - Discover

The butterfly was painted pink with white paint sponged through the middle and finished with glitter. The word strips were also painted pink and then finished with dimensional magic.

Word Strips #2

Butterflies #3 small

There are a couple of little banner flags which are also from the Discover custom mixed chipboard sheet, tucked under the paper flowers on the left. I used the pink red colour from the title on this and made polka dots with dimensional magic to add extra interest. I love how this turned out and will use this technique in the future. The smaller banner flag is done the same way as the broken circle pieces – paint and mica spray.

The last piece is the foliage. My love affair with foliage and berries continues and for this layout I painted the leaves and stems green and used the dark pink red for the berries. Touches of dimensional magic on the berries makes them come to life. The berries were snipped from a piece in the foliage clusters 3 set, which I had left over from using the leaves on another layout. Chipboard is great because it is easy to cut up and use the different bits.

Mini Foliage #4

Foliage Clusters #3

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon.

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-pack-52/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/custom-mixed-chipboard-dacc06-discover-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/butterflies-3-small/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-strips-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/mini-foliage-4/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/foliage-clusters-3/

 

Timeless Beauty - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello lovelies.

I am back on the blog today with a layout inspired off the September moodboard. And it  is such a beautiful moodboard - aligns very well with the spring month here in the Southern Hemisphere!

Here is the layout I have created using the colours

This is a layout created using Uniquely Creative paper ... and a photo of my beautiful daughter (not that I am being biased .....)

I have printed the photo with a border and adhered this to the paper with a foam tape in the centre of the photo. This has allowed me to add the chipboard pieces under the photo.

I have used a dark teal/green acrylic paint for all my chipboard pieces - sponged directly onto all of the pieces. The Scroll Border (DA3433) has been cut up to allow it to be used as several pieces. This a great way to get more use out of single pieces. 

I have added some fussy cut flowers and then created extra dimension with the Mini Heart Buttons (DA3430) and a Butterfly (DA3335).

I then added the title Timeless Beauty (DA2667) and some words (DA1645) to finish off the layout.

You can use the September moodboard for inspiration, and create a project using Dusty Attic chipboard to the Dusty FANattics Facebook page - and you could be in line to win one of 2 AUD50 worth of gorgeous chipboard! Why not give it a go?

Here are the products I have used on my page:

Hugs,

Michelle

PRECIOUS Moments - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. 

My August design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.   This is a photo of my daughter and grandson.  This photo reflects so much love and happiness.

Here is my layout.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted 

with Americana Acrylic paint.

The Squiggly frame was left white and cut in half and glued between the paper layers.

I painted the title with Whispering Turquoise and Turquoise Blue and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The heart banners were painted with Peaches 'n Cream, Green Lagoon and Whispering Turquoise.

I painted Foliage #27 with  Whispering Turquoise and Turquoise Blue.

I also used my favorite Wordpl@y elements.

The butterflies were painted with Peaches 'n Cream and Coral.

After everything glued down I added splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2088 - Precious Moments

DA3335 - Butterflies #3

Banners #5

DA2784 - Foliage #27

DA2643 - Wordpl@y #15 BLACK

DA2347 - Squiggly Frame #5

Thank you for visiting the blog. 

Visit the Dusty Attic online shop for more amazing chipboard designs.

A Lifetime is not long enough ... - Adri Du Preeez

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. My May design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

 I made this layout to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary on the 7th May.

Here is my layout.

The branches, wildflowers, and wild grass were first covered with cleared gesso and then Distress Oxide in Vintage Photo and Iced Spruce. Press the two Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz them with water creating small droplets.  I started with Iced Spruce for the base color and slid the chippies through the droplets a few times and dried them with a heat tool. Repeat with Vintage Photo and dry in between. 

The beautiful and perfect title was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I chalked the two bird's nests with Chocolate Versa Magic Ink and the edges with Americana Acrylic paint in Slate Grey. The eggs were painted with white acrylic paint and Americana Acrylic paint in Slate Grey.

The butterflies and polaroid frame were first covered with white gesso and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Spa Blue.

To color the Wordpl@y words I lightly covered them with white acrylic paint and Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Spa Blue.

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After everything glued down I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA0929 - A Lifetime is…..

DA3334 - Butterflies #3 small

DA0722 - Mini Eggs

DA0721 - Bird Nests #2

DA1647 - Wordpl@y #4

DA2458 - Polaroid Frame Set #5

DA2542 - Wildgrass #3 Small

DA1683 - Wildflower #4 small

DA1184 - Branch #4 small

Thank you for visiting the blog. 

Visit the Dusty Attic online shop for more amazing chipboard designs.

Natural Beauty - Rikki G - Mood Board Inspiration

Good Morning how are you  all? I am here to kick off the latest moodboard for Dusty Attic and I must say its lovely to to get some scrapping in with the silly season kicking off. 

My hope is once school holidays start I can spend the month of January just creating, it might be time to get a creative goal... like a sketch a day = a layout a day. What do you think? Anyone want to join me?

Well here is this months stunning moodboard....

I spent the time focusing on the orange red selection and the leaves got to love some leaves right?

 

Cut up the decorative panel so you can get a couple of layouts out of the peice theres nothing better than getting value out of your chipboard.

Split a large title on either side of the layout.

Dandelions

Decorative Panel #2

Butterflies #3 small

Picture Perfect & Natural Beauty

Word Strips #2

We would love to see your take on our moodboard.  Don’t forget to share your projects on our Facebook page. Why not enter the Mood Board challenge yourself? 

All you need to do is add your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page HERE for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any. 

Good Luck and have fun creating.