Destination Unknown - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

I am sharing my October design team layout with you, featuring some beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces and the gorgeous 49 and Market Wedgewood and Anywhere collections.

I took these photos of my daughter the year she started University. Because she started a new journey in her life, I decided to do this photo shoot at a railway crossing which resembles a journey to an unknown destination. She has done so well on her journey, and I am extremely proud of her.

Here is my layout.

The title, Geo Tags and foliage were first covered with white gesso.  I painted Destination with Americana Acrylic paint in Whispering Turquoise and dry brushed the edges with Greek Haze Acrylic Chalk paint.  The word unknown I painted with White Wash.  The Geo Tags were painted with the Greek Haze Acrylic Chalk paint and the edges dry brushed with white gesso. I painted the globe with black gesso.

To colour the Foliage #27 I used Versa Magic Chalk Ink in Sea Breeze and dry brushed the edges with white gesso. The Foliage #12 were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Mint Julep Green and the edges dry brushed with white gesso.

The Hot Air Balloons, Cogs and Mini Chains were randomly covered with coarse gesso, and once dry covered with black gesso. Next, I painted the parts using a sponge brush and Americana Acrylic paint in Burnt Umber, Georgia Clay, Tangelo Orange, Greek Haze Acrylic Chalk paint and True Ochre. I dry brushed all the parts with white gesso and Art Alchemy Wax in Rich Copper.

These stunning Wordpl@y elements were dry brushed with white gesso and then Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Greek Haze Acrylic Chalk paint.

I inked the mini compass with Brilliance Pigment Ink in Chocolate.

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

Dusty Attic chipboard pieces used.

DA2066 - Destination unknown

DA2586 - Quoted Sentiments #4 BLACK

DA1644 - Wordpl@y #1

DA2381 - Mini Compasses

DA2734 - Gears #1 – by Nuneka

DA0001 - Cogs #1

DA1088 - Geo Tags

DA1378 - World Globe #1

DA1055 - Hot Air Balloon

DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2

DA2784 - Foliage #27

DA1874 - Foliage #12

DA0405 - Mini Chains

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Happy crafting!

Tiny Treasure - Tina Ollett - Mood Board inspiration

Hello and welcome back  Dusty friends. It's Tina here with you today with my interpretation of the June Moodboard. Oh it is just gorgeous. And my first thoughts were that I would do something very feminine with the apricots, but like everything the creative process bought me back to the blues and only a hint of the apricot. So this is what I finished up with......

and I have called it "Tiny Treasure".

It is hard for me to believe that in less than 2 months, this cute little baby above will be 21. Time flies so very quickly, but I still remember the day this photo was taken and how smitten I was and still am with him. And funnily enough this is the first baby photo of him I have ever scrapped, so I wanted it to be something very special to frame and adorn my walls at home. 

I found papers from 2 different 49andMarket collections to start forming my background. These papers were gutted and layered and distressed very heavily. I sprayed the papers with water to help with the warping of the paper edges. This was my starting point. The left over paper was used to create layers beneath my photo. I also added in some Post Card ephemera pieces to create more layers also.

Moving along I added Crackle Texture Paste through a Woodgrain stencil and I also added some freehand just using the palette knife. Around the edges of the distressed papers I embossed with some miscellaneous border stamps using a white embossing powder.

 I left the background to dry and then went to work on adding in my chipboards to start building upon. I have used the Branch #4 and the Branch #4 small together to create a starting point beneath the photo. These pieces were inked with Pumice Stone  Distress Ink and whilst still wet I randomly added in a very thick layer of white crackle paste and allowed this to dry overnight. When the pieces dried I popped them up on some foam tapes and then used some Coconut fibre and made a pretty rustic little birds nest. This was painted over with white gesso and Little Birdies "Rainy Day" acrylic paint.  

I have also used these cute Hot Air Balloons from the large and also the mini packs. I firstly covered the Hot Air Balloons with the apricot coloured papers and carefully cut around them. Sanded the edges and then handpainted in the stripes as you can see in the layout. The handpainting is not perfect but I think it is quite cute. I love these little balloons. They really added a lot of interest to the project. 

 When you look carefully above here you will see I have added in some old safety pins that were sitting in my stash. They were painted before I added them to the project. I also found a wooden die with the letter "H" for my son. I added in lots of gorgeous 49andMarket flowers to co-ordinate with my project and also some wishing bubbles. I have used Dusty Attic's Clockworks to sit at the top of the photo. This was painted in white crackle paste and then washed in the "Rainy Day" blue acrylic paint. I made the title using the words from the Baby Words #2 pack. These really are just the cutest. I simply coloured these using the "Rainy Day" acrylic again.

   

My final touches were to add in some dry brushing of white acrylic to my flowers and embellishments and I also made some cute bird acetate embellishments. I carefully cut these out and attached them with a good clear drying glue. I also did some random stamping using Archival ink in Watering Can and 49andMarket's Snapshots of Yesterday's stamp set.

Well that is all from me today. I hope you have enjoyed my project as much as I did creating it. 

Until next time.... take care and stay safe.

Tina xxx

Journey - Farrel Tailor - Mood Board Inspiration

Hi there Dusty Attic Fans, Farrel here to share with you all my take on this month's mood board challenge. Man how are amazing is this mood board? I love those earthy tones!

So for my inspiration I used the colours of the mood board. I also used the picture as well.... when I see this photo I think of how gorgeous the sunset is and what would be magical during a sunset? A hot air balloon ride!!! So here is what I created with all that in mind.

Dusty Attic Products Used

Geometric Panel

Industrial Balloons

Word Pack #3

The Cogs I used are from the new release range will be up on the website very soon.

Remember for your chance to win 1 of 2 $50 AUD vouchers, head on over to the blog and upload your creation using the mood board and Dusty Attic chippy. We always love seeing what you have created xx