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Sunday, 9 October 2022

Mood Barometer Submarine - Kerstin Filou

Welcome creative friends!

I was looking for a special gift idea and had an inspiration.

Especially in today's difficult times, people are not always in a good mood, there are good and bad days.

When I had this ingenious submarine with the 3D effect lying on the table, I thought to myself, this must definitely be seen and shouldn't disappear in the closet.

So I created a mood barometer for desk with the help

of two metal threaded rods and a few magnets.

Tips and Tricks

bottom part created with embossing folder

single parts colored with acrylic paints

in weathered rusty grunge style

two metal threaded rods attached to the base plate

some close up's

used Dusty Attic chipboards

Marine Mechanicals – Submarine medium
Industrial Jumbo Gears #2
Industrial Cluster #9
Mini Cogs #3

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

Sunday, 21 August 2022

Steamie - Industrial Marine Light up Book Nook - Kerstin Filou

Welcome creative friends!

Some time ago I presented you my first Garden Book Nook created with Dusty chipboards, it was a gift for a dear gardening friend and was very well received.

Building Book Nooks has become a trendy theme and you can see many realistic miniature worlds inspired by great book themes.

I had to build my first blank myself, now Dusty Attic has two matching very sturdy book nooks on offer.

They are just great and inspired me together with the new marine mechanicals to create a book nook of a very different kind.

This time I chose the maritime steampunk world as a theme and positioned my favourite seahorse,

(lovingly known here as Steamie 😀😍) in 3d optic in the foreground.

I thought about installing two thread rods so that I could fix the individual parts in place.

I tried it out and it works 😀😎

DIY Tips and Tricks

some close up's

used Dusty Attic chipboards

Marine Mechanicals – Submarine small

Marine Mechanicals – Seahorse small

Sunday, 7 August 2022

Steampunk Journal - Anat Weksler

Hello friends!

It's Anat here with my new project - a Steampunk Journal.

You will probably see me in a row of Steampunk/Industrial projects, I mean more than my usual LOL. That's because I'm thrilled with Dusty Attic's new Industrial release, each chipboard is more beautiful than the other!

So I grabbed many pieces and combined them to alter the Journal cover, of course I first added lots of texture to background, using crackle paste, sprays and waxes. When the cluster was glued and dry I covered with black gesso and Rust Pastes, to color the Mechanical submarine with impasto pain and rust pastes. To finalize I rubbed metalique wax on all elements.

Here are the chippies used here:

Marine-mechanicals-submarine-small