Give it your all - Kim Arnold

 

Hi everyone! Some more boy layout inspiration today from me.

I have created a teenage boy layout documenting my son’s first part time job using lots of industrial Dusty Attic chipboard and I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

Starting with the Industrial boarder #1, I have used a dark grey wax to give it a metallic look.

I love the various Industrial Clusters that are available and for this layout I used all of the bits and pieces that come with set #8, but let the actual cluster piece for another layout.

I finished each of the elements in the cluster with copper and vintage gold waxes, so that when the various pieces were layered over the boarder piece I was not layering the same coloured pieces. I layered up these pieces over the border piece to give it dimension and interest.

I then coloured the industrial globes using the same dark grey wax as the border piece for the top of the globes and the vintage gold wax on the filament. For the edge of the globe I used the sparkly prima paint in copper and then touched bits of gold wax on it once the paint was dry. I added the three globes on various places on the border piece so it looked like the globes were hanging from it.

Don’t be afraid to mix up some chipboard pieces with other embellishments. For this layout I have mixed some of the small chipboard elements in with sticker, diecut and wooden embellishments to create an interesting cluster at the bottom right of the photos.

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

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

Industrial Globes – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Industrial Border #1 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Industrial Cluster #8 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Love this Mixed Media canvas - Judith Tijsen

Hello dear Dusty Attic fans,

Today it's my turn again to inspire you here on the Dusty Attic blog.

This time I made a industrial canvas.

I really enjoyed making it. 

I love the colors and the industrial theme and of course the great Dusty Attic industrial chipboards.

And I used lots of them on this project.

For the background I used two stencils, Distressed Grid and Glass Stains.

Which chipboard I have used can be found at the bottom of this post.

I used the following Dusty Attic products:

DA1538 - Distressed Grid Stencil

DA1498 - Glass Stains Stencil

DA0327 - Cogs Frame Set

DA0405 - Mini Chains

DA1831 - Industrial Globes

DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2

DA1673 - Crazy Stitching Small

DA1393 - Clog Cluster

DA2391 - Broken Bits #1

DA1815 - Mini Tags #3 BLACK

XXX Judith

 

La vie est belle (Life is Beautiful) - Pascale B - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new mixed media panel inspired by the April Moodboard.

Here is the April moodbaord:

 I covered the panel with a thin layer of paper paste. When dry, I added a design with the Ledger stencil and modeling paste. Next, I colored the background with Mica powders mixed and water mixed with Liquid Acrylic fluid. 

I primed all the chipboard with white gesso. I painted the Industrial Globe and the Film Strip with a mix of brown and crimson paints, then I add some wax. For the Tea Leaves and Foliage #6, I mixed brown and white paints with mica powder. 

To paint the Sugar Posies, I mixed crimson paint with Gnome Berry Bordeaux Magical. 

I tore a few strips from the Fragments paper from the Vintage Anywhere collection That I glued on the right side of the panel. I added some Laser Cut Elements from the Curators Essential collection. 

I chose some Ephemera and Remnants that I layered under the photo with the Film Strip. I added the leaves and flowers around the photo. 

To finish, I added some glitter and microbeads.

49 and Market products:

Vintage Artistry Anywhere Fragments	Sugar Posies Fluff	Vintage Artistry Anywhere Rub-Ons
Curators Botanical Ephemera Bits	Curators Essential Laser Cut Elements	Curators Essential Remnants

Dusty Attic products:

Industrial Globes #2 DA2183	Mini Filmstrips DA2511	Tea Leaves Small DA2599	Foliage #6 DA1715
Flower Posie #4 DA2635	French Wordpl@y #1 Black DA2004	Ledger Stencil DA1891

Other products:

• Paper - 49 and Market (Vintage Artistry Anywhere: Fragments);
• Ephemera - 49 and Market (Curators Essential: Remnants, Laser Cut Elements; Curators Botanical: Ephemera Bits);
• Rub-Ons -49 and Market (Vintage Artistry Anywhere);
• Flowers - 49 and Market (Sugar Posies: Fluff);
• Magical - Lindy's Gang (Gnome Berries Bordeaux (Enchanted Forest));
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Mica Powders: Winter Tales, Pearls & Crystals, Golden Hours; Microbeads Set);
• Art Alchemy Wax - Finnabair Prima (Vintage Silk);
• Art Alchemy Paints - Finnabair Prima (Impasto:  Dark Chocolate, Liquid Acrylic: Crimson);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Paper Paste, Liquid Fluid Medium);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Clear Gesso, White Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Todays favourite - Rikki G - Mood Board Inspiration

Good morning how are you? Its starting to get to the hectic part of the year which means less and less time in the studio which I don't mind, I just got to make it count when I get in there right? 

This months Dusty Attic Mood board is all you need to call you into your scrappy space, what's not to love about the soft, earthy tones and the possibilities are endless.... 

Don't you think? 

This time I am going steam punk inspired picking up the tones of green and cream.... and really playing off the shapes, textures and layers. 

When I do this style of layout I like to keep my chipboard a neutral tone and this allows you to see the details of it even though its white.

Make your own title with your alphas and a word.... nothing like mixing it up !!!

Layering your chipboard with your fussy cutting is a great way to use up left over bits and pieces, I have bags of butterflies, steam punk elements from years of scrapping all ready to go and be used so that is what I did, set yourself a challenge and use elements rather that whole sheets of paper.

When spraying your chipboard dont go hard, lightly dusting it will give you a more shabby look and then varying shades....

So why dont you give the mood board a go?

Techno Circles Large

Mini Chains

Chains – 4pc

Cogs #3

Industrial Globes

 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.