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Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Mood Board Inspiration - Maggie Armstrong

Remember the Mood Board challenge doesn't close until mid-night tonight if you have an entry to upload.

THERE IS SOME AWESOME NEWS IN TOMORROW'S JULY POST

Dusty Attic - June Mood Board

Welcome to June! How the months are flying past this year! It's officially winter here in the antipodes, but we have been having chilly mornings and glorious hot sunny days! Long may that last!

This months mood boards at Dusty Attic, as you can see, is reminiscent of the beach life - something that we are very fortunate to have a lot of here in New Zealand! So this was easy for me to find a photo to suit!

I had lots of fun creating coral and weaves using Dusty chipboard, embossing powder, texture paste and Colour Burst spray.

The corrugated cardboard that comes in handy packed 12 x 12 sheets is a staple 'go to' whenever I am doing an outdoors themed layout.

Don't you just love that little sand dollar style chippie?

Thanks for stopping by - and I look forward to seeing your June Dusty Attic Moodboard entry.

Dusty Attic Products Used:

Dusty Alabaster Paint

Dusty Bisque Paint

Dusty Texture Paste

Maggie Armstrong maggieben@hotmail.com

Monday, 4 April 2016

Love - Maggie Armstrong - Mood Board inspiration

Pale lavenders, alabaster whites and en trend teals, these colours represent Aprils mood board. I think I could look at these dreamy pictures all day!!

When my daughter was 3 I took her to visit a lavender farm in the Waikato. It was pure beauty. Row upon row of lavender, buzzing with sleepy drunk bees, interspersed with old gnarly old olive trees, it was a scrapbookers heaven!!! I have used one of the photos in my layout this month as it fit the bill just perfectly!

I used the DA1502 Federation Frame as the basis to work upon. Painted with a coat of DA Alabaster White paint and backed with white muslin.

I also painted up the DA1001 Lavender set, using DA Lavender Blush, DA Pesto, and DA Denim. A smattering of Dusty in Bloom flowers and the word 'Love' trimmed from the MC#6 Live Laugh Love set.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check the Dusty Attic blog for your daily dose of inspiration!

Cheerio - Maggie

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Family Legacy - Maggie Armstrong - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello all! So nice to be back into the swing of things after a short hiatus! I am very excited to be part of the 2016 Dusty Attic Creative Team - if you haven't checked out their range of beautiful chipboard, flowers, paint and other essential mixed media items on the website then click here.

Each month, the team at Dusty Attic put up a moodboard - details as follows:

''Welcome to our Mood Board for 2016, we hope you love it as much as we do! Use the colours and words for Inspiration. Not only can you use Kraft, black or white cardstock but also it can be anything your heart desires to create, layouts, cards or an off the page project. The only "rule" is that you require Dusty Attic chipboard used on your masterpiece. Just add your link, name and country here to win a $100 Gift Voucher to the Dusty Attic website.''

I have been lucky enough to see all the moodboards for the year ahead and they are totally gorgeous!

I created this altered wooden block for January...

February's moodboard entries can be seen here. A display of very beautiful and talented work.

This is was my take on the Feb Moodboard - a layout using lots of lovely chippy and paint.

But on to the delicious moodboard for March - a very shabby and vintage look and feel. Creams, whites and sepias, with fabric textures of lace, burlap and muslin. Hmmm, right up my alley and a perfect canvas to celebrate my Grandparents!

I used a 12x12 sheet of Dusty Attic Corrugated Card DA08309 to create a faux printers tray. Easy to cut out and work with. Painted, inked, distressed and textured, the corrugated card was able to withstand a fair bit of punishment!

A mixture of chipboard is incorporated into the layout, purely for decorative purposes of course! Using a mixture of Alabaster and Sunshine Dusty Attic paint, I painted the chipboard a lovely vintage cream, then clear embossed with UTEE. Really love the result! A few blooms of Dusty Attic Bridal Veil complimented the look.

Some close up shots...