Love You- Michelle Van Oudtshoorn

Hello!

And just like that it is May! I seem to blink and it's a new month again ... Today I have a layout which has my whole heart on one page - albeit the photo was taken about 22 years ago. 

My husband, son and daughter ..... 

When we lived in South Africa, there was house that used have these small train engines that used to pull seats behind it, through other houses in our neighbourhood, and my kids (particularly my son) would love going on these. It was a great family outing. Here my husband is sitting with both kids in front of him and holding them as they were about to leave on their little trip. 

I have used a Mintay range of papers and ephemera to create my page. The Dusty Attic Chipboard used is DA2762 Mint leaves and DA3196 Mistletoe. These are painted with Art Alchemy Prima Metallic paint. 

I first sanded the edges of my photo and adhered this to the page with foam tape, so that I was able to to tuck my flowers and leaves under the photo all around it.

The edges of the Mistletoe pieces were edged off with Glossy Accents to give it a bubble-dimension effect.

Once I completed the layering, I added the letters "love you" using the same paint and the the "Fun Times" Alphabet set DA2698.

These are the products I have used:

Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Take care,

Michelle

Sweet William - Belinda Spencer - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

Belinda here today to share my layout inspired by the gorgeous March Mood Board. I chose the pretty blues as my main colour and created a baby boy layout with just a few touches of the other colours.

Here's a reminder of the inspiration:

'Sweet William' Layout

I used the Knitting Stencil on my background with white gesso for a lovely soft baby background. I then added a bit of stamping on top.

I applied the same heavy white gesso to all of my chipboard pieces giving them about 3 coats for a super crisp finish. I chose white so that the pieces would stand out from all of the colours of the inspiration.

I added the String Frame to my background first. Then I layered on the patterned papers, paper embellishments and photo.

Next I slipped in all of the fabulous chipboard pieces that I prepared earlier.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0862 Mini ABC Set Lower

DA0983 Teeny Tiny ABC Set

DA1185 String Frames Small

DA1486 Knitting Stencil

DA1870 Foliage # 8

DA2370 Cogs # 3

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I do hope you find some time to play along with the March challenge too.

Cheers

Belinda

always take the SCENIC route - Belinda Spencer

Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

Today I am sharing a layout for The Dusty Attic using lots of fabulous Dusty products.

I was inspired by the January challenge at Kraft Plus for this layout so have used a photo of my hubby on his tractor at hay making time and stuck to a simple colour combo of kraft, white, pink and mint.

'Scenic Route'

I started with a wash of lovely mint paint on my background kraft card stock. Once dry I used the Burlap Stencil with some white gesso to add some interest. I also added a little stamping before layering on the patterned papers, photo and embellishments.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with three coats of white gesso to make it super fresh and crisp. This works really well with the kraft background.

To make the title pop, I used Posca Paint Pens to colour certain words.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0002 Cogs 2

DA0143 Typewriter ABC Set

DA1977 Cogs & Gears

DA2063 Always Take The Scenic Route

DA2103 Burlap Stencil

DA2355 Swirls # 2

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope I have inspired you to have a play with your Dusty Attic stash. I will be back soon with another share.

Cheers

Belinda

Happy New Year 2020

We would like to start the New Year off by saying a massive thank you to our exiting 2019 DT members, 
Cindy Wille, Farrel Tailor, Jenny Jacques, Joanne Bain, Kasia Salmanowicz, Michelle Carrick and Rosalie Duke-Stanley. These ladies have contributed to the Dusty family with gorgeous creations throughout the years and we will see them on the "Dusty FANattics" face book page I'm sure.

Introducing our amazing 2020 Team 

Jen "the Boss" Hedger 
Owner and Designer

Followed By

Lots of our remaining Family members and some new ones who include 
Karan Gerber
Kareen Dion
Mariusz Gierszewski
and Nuneka

Plus our Brand Ambassadors 
Antonis and Nadya 

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 Something else to get EXCITED about is that Jennifer has Brand NEW 2020 PRODUCTS  that will be released in the next few days and it is again nothing sort of amazing ! 

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Our winners of the two $50AUD credits to the December Challenge will be announced tomorrow however let me dazzle you with the January Challenge that has massive amounts of inspiration from 

RACHELLE SIGURDSON 

Hello & Happy New Year Dusty Attic Fans....today I would like to share with you a LO I did totally inspired by all the colors & balloons in January's Mood Board Challenge, so of course I used lots of color & chipboard pieces.....

With a chance of the prize, all you have to do is link your entry to the right hand side of the blog with your name and country for your chance to win one of two $50 vouchers, you can use the mood board to sway your creation, the only "rule" is that there is Dusty Attic Chipboard on your entry...….

The Dusty attic used: https://dustyattic.com.au/

Brick Window

Skeleton Clock Face

Elegant Chain

Designer Disk-Chicken Wire

Antique Frame

Mystic Frame #2

Vine Frames

Hanging Sign #3

Decorative Scroll #1

Cog Cluster

Cogs #2

Metal Plates

Stars #4

Mini Blossoms

Mini Blossoms #2

Succulents #4

Word Disks

Mini ABC Upper

Mini ABC Lower

Mini Number Set

Dusty in Color-Cranberry

Dusty in Color-Sunshine

The 49 and Market used: Tattered Garden

Other Elements used: Clear Gesso, Clear Crackle Paint, Prima Wax, Old Denim, Indian Pink,Prima Paint-Mermaid Teal, Mermaid Sparkle & , Beads, Micro Beads....Here a few close ups of detail....

I dipped the flowers in water, then bent them with my fingers, let them dry then glued 2 pieces together, then painted them using the colors listed above and glued on beads or micro beads as the flower centers. I primed all of the chipboard with clear gesso, then applied clear crackle on tho some of the pieces, once the crackle dried I played with the colors listed above. My final step was to glue the pieces down creating chipboard layers....here are a few more close ups.....

Thank you so much for taking the time to look & I am looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.......Rachelle