Gingerbread Man Recipe Book - Sue Smyth

 Gingerbread Man Recipe Book 

By Sue Smyth 

Christmas is my favourite time of the year, and I love to make home decor and practical things for Christmas. This year I have made a decorated book, with a gingerbread feel, to store all my notes or recipes or whatever you like. Of course I have used lots of Dusty chippie to embellish the cover.

First  I started with an ordinary note book A5, you can pick these up easily at Kmarts and large stores. Sometimes they are on sale which makes it even better. To paint the background of the book, I have my first recipe, mix brown paint with a few teaspoons of baking powder, this makes a great gritty paste to paint not only books but also chipboard. Once dry, I have sponged a lighter brown over the top to resemble a Gingerbread texture and feel.

I have used a Dusty Attic, Mini Arched window, which I have painted with a mix I love to use, called Faux Snow. The second recipe is,

1 part gesso and 1 part white glitter,

 (fine or large will change the look of the grit) 

I like to add a few drops of dimensional magic

 too to add to the adhesive properties of the gesso. Then I use it as I would snow, I have stippled it all over the Arched window for a frosty look.

The next way I like to alter Chipboard, especially engraved chipboard, where it is important to keep the coverage light so the engraving can show through. First paint with a light coat of gesso, then dry, repaint with another light coat, dry well, then I have used Colour Blast Shimmer dusts to paint the holly and berries, I have used Fern and Candy here. I like to let the first coat dry and then add accents with a second coat. then to finish, spray with a little hairspray to set, if you are quick, sprinkle with a fine layer of white glitter for an amazing sparkling finish. 

All the other chipboard, snowflakes and corners are simply painted with 2 coats of white gesso, first I like to paint with a thin coat, to cover all the burnt chipboard, then when it is dry, you can repaint so that the look is much whiter. Sort of like doing a crumb coat with icing on a cake and the final coat looks better with no crumbs, lol

I have added dimensional magic to the holly berries for a nice shine and to seal the shimmer dust well. Add a purchased Gingerbread man decoration on the corner too.

Here I have used paper straws, red and white stripe to give a cute Christmas look, to the book, I enjoyed making this book and hope you give it a go, it would make a wonderful gift, especially if you include a few recipes inside ..

Here is the chipboard I have used

Happy Crafting everybody 

Mini Arch Window DA0818

Holly #4 DA3141

Fancy Corners #2 DA3323

Snowflakes #1 DA2677

Illuminated Bottle - Kerstin Filou

Hi creative friends!

 I was inspired to create another
illuminated glass bottle in altered art.

 

 

 

Tutorial

1 choose some chipboards I used a
border and a flourish element 

  glue a piece of cheesecloth and
the chipboards with construction

  adhesive on the glass
bottle

2 create a pillar gate and a
little mermaid with airdrying modeling 

   clay and silicone cake moulds,

2a I love to use some leftovers
from the chipboards (here the

     bottom conclusion) 
     borders are used on

the sides

3  glued the gate and also
added some shells and two pieces of driftwood as entrance steps 
         afterwards the

bottle was completely covered with crackle medium 'Weathered wood'
(DecoArt)

4 after drying covered with a
chalky finish paint for glass 'Relic' (DecoArt)

let it dry for a few hours

5 now two wax cremes 'Lavish
Green' and 'Brilliant Turquoise'

 6   dry brush
technique with white gesso to lighten the dark colour

finally added the little
mermaid  

 some close up's

 

 chipboards can be bent around the
bottle very well 

after a light moistening with
water

here can you see the used leftovers as
sea waves 

on the bottle sides 

Dusty Attic chipboards that I
used

Fancy
Corners + leftovers(negatives)

 

Bali Border
#4

magical effects with a light
chain

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

Amazing- Michelle Van Oudtshoorn - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty Attic fans

It is my turn to feature a project using the beautiful Dusty Attic moodboard for July

Aren't these colours just soooo beautiful?  I just love these gorgeous soft colours. 

It is so easy to enter now, just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section of the 

Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949690068580466

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs. 

Here is my take on the moodboard:

Here I have used lots of different chipboard pieces. The fancy corners (DA2270), the title Amazing (DA2503) and the butterfly (DA2385) have been first painted in white acrylic paint and then adding the Dusty in Colour Dusty Pink (DA0907). The squiggly frame (DA2344 and the wildgrass (DA2542) have been painted in green. The parrot (DA2598) has first been done in green and then brushed over with Dusty Pink paint.

I have placed the fancy corners on the page first and then added foam tape to the photo before adding the photo to the page and on top of the fancy corners.

I have then glued the frame to the photo at an angle, and arranged all the fussy cut flowers around the photos. I have tucked the wild grass under the flowers.

The butterfly is then added to the flowers. I have then added a gorgeous quote "When you stop and look around, this life is pretty Amazing (DA2545).

These are the products I have used:

Thank you for visiting the blog. Happy creating!

Cheers

Michelle