Memories and Moments looks like this - Kim Arnold - Mood Board Inspiration

 

Hi everyone! I am back with some more inspiration from this month’s beautiful mood board. The colours in this month’s mood board are so rich and vibrant and could work with any theme. I had this photo from the recent train trip I took with my husband and decided it worked perfectly with this 49 and Market collection that matched the mood board perfectly.

From the huge range of Dusty Attic chipboard, I chose one of the lovely, long multi-font titles, film strip, a hashtag word, some chevrons I had left from another project and some more of my absolutely favourite dandelions for this layout. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

Moments and Memories Title DA3429

I started with the title, painting it with gold mica paint. This gold paint works perfectly directly on the chipboard and gives such a beautiful shine. I attached the title over the photo and really like how it sits between us on the photo. Long multi font titles are a real favourite of mine. By using a Dusty Attic title like this you can still have it cohesive by painting it all the same colour, but have the benefits of the different fonts. I also chose to reorder the words, going with Memories and Moments, rather than Moments and Memories.

Dandelions

I used the same colour on dandelions. I often use these dandelions with other flowers, but this time chose to use them by themselves, just tucking the stems behind other elements to hide the ends.

Mini Filmstrips 

Chevron Panel Small 

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Daily #4 

I used a translucent umber (brown) paint for the filmstrips, #thatwasfun from the daily word 4 pack and the chevrons. The chevrons are the pieces you might chose to discard from the chevron panel. I keep all of these bits and then use them as “arrows” on other layouts – a great way to get value from your products. The translucent brown paint really made the chipboard look like wood.

To make the film strips long enough, I cut them in half and covered the gap with the photo and photo mat. This is another way to get more use from my products.

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon – maybe you might get a mood board inspired layout done!

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/moments-memories/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/mini-filmstrips/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/daily-4/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/chevron-panel-small/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/dandelions/

Making Memories - Deb Stephens - Sketch Inspiration

Hi everyone. Here is a scrapbook layout using the September sketch as inspiration. these photos were taken in Malaysia where I got to spend some time with my cousins having a coffee and a catchup, hence the travel theme.

I used a mixture of 49 & Market paper, rub- on's, Stitch frames, film strips and laser cuts along with some Dusty Attic Chippy to complete the layout.

DA3342 Making Memories was used for the main title, along with the Mini Blue Passports DA2965 (Seriously!! How cute is it!) 

I also used numbers from DA2389 Number Jumble for the year. this was followed up with the #Family piece from DA3299 Daily #3 set. 

I love the freedom of being able to create a layout using my stash and the Sketch as my guide. I'm hoping it inspires you to create as well. 

Dusty Attic Product's used are shown below.

 

Happiness is a cup of Coffee - Kim Arnold

 

Hi everyone! Today I am bringing you a layout that I have used last month's mood board and taken inspiration not only from the colours, but also the image. I have taken the opportunity to scrap about my love of coffee!

A quick reminder of the board

I had the perfect Dusty Attic title and coffee cup embellishment for this layout, and with the addition of a few chipboard word embellishments, my layout came together so easily. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

I used shades of dark brown to bring in that colour from the mood board into my layout. Starting with the title, I rubbed it with a bronze Prima wax. My tip is to apply the wax lightly over the engraved words so that you don’t fill the words in. You are better to add several light layers than one heavy layer. I love the effect that the waxes give as they have a beautiful luster.

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/happiness-is-a-cup-of-coffee/

I used the same wax to colour the word disk. Again, adding the wax in thin layers so as to not fill in the engraved words. I popped the word disk onto of the cluster of flowers that I made in colours from the mood board.

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-disks-3/

I used an umber brown acrylic paint to paint the cup of coffee embellishment and I then lightly rubbed some of the bronze wax onto the steam rising above the mug.

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/cup-of-coffee-1/

I then painted the Daily #4 word (#happy place) with an ombre effect using the same umber paint with the wax added to only the bottom part of the words.

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/daily-4/

 

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

Happy scrapping

Kim x

 

Today's memories are tomorrow's treasures - Kim Arnold - Video Tutorial

 

Hi everyone! Some pretty floral inspiration today from me.

I have created a soft pretty layout of my dog Violet when she was a puppy (she is now 9) using a beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard title, swirls and foliage. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

Starting with the long title, I painted it with gold mica paint which covers the chipboard perfectly. I love the combination of different fonts in the title.

I love the different swirls patters in the Scroll set #2 and used them to peek out from under the photo and title. To colour these I painted them with a pale blue acrylic paint, and then added two colours of wax – a mid blue and dark blue – to create an ombre effect with the three different shades of blue.

I used two of the Foliage #26 pieces – cutting one of them into three pieces. I painted the berries gold and the branches beige. I then tucked them into the cluster of laser cut flowers on the right side of the photo to add a different texture to that embellishment cluster.

I then coloured the Daily #4 word (#thishappened) with an ombre effect using the same waxes as for the scrolls, but I did not paint the word first. The waxes work well to cover the chipboard – they do not have to have a paint layer first, so I just went for a mid to dark blue ombre. I love the effect that the waxes give as they have a beautiful luster.

There is a video available on my YouTube channel if you would like to see how I made this layout: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrdl3Dk67aE

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

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

Todays Memories – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Scroll Set #2 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Foliage #26 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Daily #4 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Journey - Lynette Jacobs - Mood Board Inspiration

Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I am sharing my take on the June mood board. I used a photo taken during our summer vacation in Durban.

The mood board:

Dusty Attic products used:

Blueprint Wordpack

Daily #

Mini Cameras

Mini Compasses

Transport

Quoted sentiments

Some close up images of the page:

I loved this mood board.  The colours were perfect for a travel theme.  

I heat embossed the camera.

The title, camera, daily #, geo tag and car icon was all heat embossed.

The compass and quoted sentiment were dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

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.

Until next time.  Happy crafting.