The Dusty Attic Blog: Marrakesh Trellis

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Friday, 27 October 2023

Twin Cards - Ankarika Craft - Mood Board Inspiration

Hi there!

Just see what I turn up with! It's unbelievable! Twin cards again... ;)) Well, what can I do, since I like creating sets so much? I just really hope you don't get bored of the same formats, since I try very hard to make it in a different style, different themes and colours....So what? Can you keep up with me? ;))

I made them with a person in mind who likes hiking in the mountains, contact with nature, the colours of the earth.... That's right! The colour scheme is taken from the ongoing challenge at The Dusty Attic. I've already done my inspiration in these colours this month but this colour palette resonates with me so much that I decided to prove myself again. It was highly enjoyable to work with!

I start my work description with the base. The paper is DCWV, I love the texture, weight and design. I'm slowly running out of The Old World collection but I already know that I will soon be in possession of an absolute firecracker in the scrap paper world. I will tell you more about it in the next post!

The paper is hemmed at the edges four times, with a fairly fine stitch. It is underlined with a graphite border. With black ink, I made a few fine-print stamp prints. At the top, I mounted the hang in brown and colour-matched the screw heads visible on the corners.

I prepared all the other cardboards in the same way, only changing the intensity and colour proportions between the different elements. They were protected with white gesso, but not very thoroughly. Then I spot-applied 5 different shades of structure paste from Finnabair. I achieved some amazing shades by mixing them together, see in the close-up how fantastic it looks! Finally, I very gently added gold wax on the edges - it's on all the elements, thanks to this treatment I kept harmony on the project.

The composition is laid out rather laboriously. There are about 15 overlapping layers. They alternate between industrial chains, a whole bunch of paper trees, a deer, a grass cluster, a Moroccan/chicken wire style circular panel, a field plant, industrial globes, small pebbles in various sizes, a paper mountain motif in a shade to match the frame around the card. On the bottom, you can see the cardboard pieces that I had left over as waste from the zippers kit and also leftover gear border that I didn't use for an earlier project.

The deer and bulb are gently whitewashed. The whole work is splashed with white dots and it is still worth mentioning the wording that completes the composition: "Just for you" and "Thank you". one of the cards is already personalised and I added Bible verses there according to the client's wishes. Please let me know in the comments whether you like this design.

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Thanks and see you soon!

Ankarika Craft (Fb) Ankarika Craft (IG)

Saturday, 27 May 2023

Coral - Pascale B Scrap - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on dusty Attic blog with a canvas inspired by the May color combo.

Here is the beautiful color combo for May:

I primed the canvas with white gesso before adding a design with the Circle Dot stencil and paste. While the paper paste was still wet I sprinkled with embossing powder. I let it dry before heat embossing the powder.

I primed also all the chipboard with white gesso. I used different shades of brown to paint the Foliage #23 and the Leaves #5. I added White Gold wax to both and some Mahogany to the Leaves #5.

I painted the Dandelions with Nude and Carmin to match the color of the flowers. I painted the Marrakesh Treillis with Umber and add Copper wax when dry.

For my background, I want to obtain a color similar to the color of the wall that can be seen in the color combo, but I want to give it a dirtier look. So first, I painted the background with Umber liquid acrylic that I removed partially. When the paint was completely dry, I covered the whole canvas with a mix of antiquing waxes: Soot and Sepia. I added clear wax as well to dilute the color as I want the background to have a light shade of brownish grey. When done, I glued all the elements with 3D gel.

To finish, I added some glitter.

Marrakesh Trellis Small DA0821	Leaves #5 DA3401	Foliage #23 DA2594
Dandelion DA3309	Circle Dot Stencil DA2625

Other products:

Flowers - 49 and Market (Nature's Bounty);
Embossing powder - Lindy's Gang (Angel Wings Gold);
Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Burnt Sienna, Umber, Nude, Carmin);
Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Antiquing Soot, Antiquing Sepia, Mahogany, Copper, White Gold);
Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Paper Paste);
Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Thursday, 2 February 2023

Japanese Style Decorative card - Mariusz Gierszewski

Hello everyone,

Today I have prepared for you a very richly decorated card in Japanese style. A lot of different chipboards have been hidden on it. I first covered all of them with gesso, and then dried them to cover them with pastel pink paint.

I built the wreath on Designer Disc #13 - Marrakesh, and the second smaller circle I added under the flower arrangement.

Mini Marrakesh Trellis

Designer Disc #13 Marrakesh

Mini Foliage #1

After building the composition on the wreath, I added a few twigs with leaves, which I divided into smaller pieces to complement the flowers beautifully.

Finally, I sponged a bit of gesso over the whole work to make it look more shabby and delicate.

I hope you like how I used chipboards from Dusty Attic.

Have a nice day!

Mariusz - Scrap Hobby