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Wednesday, 23 August 2023

By Your Side - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Our monthly Moodboard inspired me to create a sea mixed media layout.

Love the weathered wooden style it fits perfectly to the feeling of salt water, foamy ocean waves, sunsets on the beach and walks on secluded natural beaches.

I found at Dusty Attic some beautiful suitable chippies, such like drift wood, corals and the right frame.

Chipboards were primed with white gesso and highlighted with distress inks in brown shades.

I also used the negatives from driftwood shapes and highlighted this pieces with a little bit fine sand from the baltic sea beach.

some close up's

used chipboards

Drift Wood #1

Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section
of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs,
...this year we are reverting back to the prize being a $50 (AUD) credit
to the Dusty Attic website store
so you can choose your very own designs.

Thanks for your visit!

I hope you find inspiration!

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Beach Life - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog. Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful August mood board which features beautiful Dusty Attic nautical chipboard pieces.

This is my daughter and grandson having fun on the beach.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were primed with white gesso.

I used DecorArt Americana Acrylic Paint on all the chipboard pieces.

The ship wheel and anchor were painted with Americana Acrylic Paint in Traditional Burnt Umber, True Ochre and I dry brushed with white gesso

I painted the edges of the Old Wooden Fence, title, Wordpl@y, seagulls, lighthouse, mini skeleton fish, and driftwood in Slate Grey and Grey Storm. I inked the edges with Traditional Burnt Amber.

The Mini Seagulls were painted Slate Grey. The Seahorses were painted Bahama Blue and Traditional Burnt Amber.

I painted the Starfish and Mini Shells Slate Grey and dry brushed it with white acrylic paint.

The urchin shells were painted Plantation Pine, Sour Apple, True Ochre, and white acrylic paint

I painted the mini jellyfish and crabs in True Ochre, Bahama Blue, and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I painted the Ocean Elements Hauser Light Green and Bahama Blue.

Seaweed #1 was painted True Ochre, Bahama Blue, and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint, and Seaweed #4 was painted Hauser Light Green and Bahama Blue.

After everything glued down I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2823 - Beach Life #2

DA2778 - Mini Jelly Fish

DA2769 - Ocean Elements #3

DA2563 - Old Wooden Fence #2

DA2193 - Drift Wood #2

DA2196 - Sand Dollars

DA2190 - Mini Skeleton Fish

DA1916 - Seaweed #4

DA1910 - Seaweed #1

DA1674 - Ships Wheels Small

DA0559 - Mini Shells #1

DA1915 - Mini Crabs and Lobsters

DA2543 - Anchor #2

DA1176 - Mini Seagulls #1

DA1042 - Seagulls

DA2288 - Mini Shells #2

DA2393 - Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

DA1104 - Seagrass #1 Small

DA1175 - Lighthouse #2

DA2197 - Starfish #2

DA1687 - Wordpl@y #7

I hope you find time to play along with this mood board. Share your projects on

our Facebook Page here for your chance to win a $50 (AUD) credit for two lucky winners

to the Dusty Attic online shop so you can choose

your very own chippies you would like to use.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Happy crafting!

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Remember Today - Lynette Jacobs

Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I have the pleasure of sharing some inspiration for August. My favourite place is the beach. This photo documents our first visit to the beach when restrictions were lifted in February 2021. I used papers from the Penelope Dee Paradise collection. So good to feel the sand between our toes again.

Dusty Attic products used:

Mini Captions #2

Custom Mixed Chipboard - Beach days

Seagulls

Mini Seagulls

Mini Jelly fish

Some close up details:

I used a very simple design for this page and went back to one of my passions...that is stitching on my pages. The seagulls were painted with white acrylic paint.

This mini jelly fish are just adorable. I painted it with white acrylic paint and then just added touches of blue and pink to it.

The fish net was painted with acrylic brown paint and the sea grass and shells were first painted white and then with touches of pink and blue acrylic paint. The title was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Again the fish net was painted with brown acrylic paint and the shells and seagull with white acrylic paint the shells were touched with blue and pink paint and the seagull was shaded with Oxide ink in Hickory Smoke.

Thank you for visiting the blog. Visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing designs.

Happy crafting

Friday, 17 June 2022

Seaside Fun - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

Welcome creative friends!

Today a new inspiration for you, it's a sea inspired canvas in mixed media style. based on the wonderful moodboard theme this month,

Love the monochrome colours, perfectly for vintage style.

I created on the backside of a canvas, used a maritime paper from La Blanche, a round piece was torn from the centre of the paper, awesome chipboards frame the old photo.

some details

used Dusty Attic chipboards

Sand Dollars

Ocean Elements #1

Seagrass #1 Small

Mini Seagulls #1

Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

String Frame Set

Mini Jelly Fish

3d effect

We are looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.

Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section
of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs,
...this year we are reverting back to the prize being a $50 (AUD) credit
to the Dusty Attic website store so you can choose your very own designs.

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

Saturday, 24 April 2021

Leave Footprints... - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

This is my layout inspired by the beautiful April mood board using a lot of stunning Dusty Attic chippies.

In August 2019 my daughter and I had the incredible opportunity to visit the West Coast region to see the spectacular wild flowers in bloom. It was amazing. Every turn in the road paints an unforgettable picture of daisy-filled valleys, eye-catching succulents and the roaring Atlantic Ocean. Sweet moments I will cherish in my heart forever.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

This is how I treated the chippies.

All the chippies were primed with white gesso.

I painted the edges of the polaroid frames, title, seagulls, mini skeleton fish and drift wood with Americana Acrylic Paint in Slate Grey and Grey Storm. I inked the edges of the drift wood with Black Soot Distress Oxide.

The lighthouse was first covered with coarse gesso which gave the walls a lovely textured look. Once dried I covered it with white acrylic paint. I then dabbed grey and brown ink on the coarse parts to make it stand out more. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.

I painted the mini jelly fish and crabs with Americana Acrylic paint in True Ochre and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The sand dollars were colored with Distress Oxide in Iced Spruce and Black Soot.

I inked the fish with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.

The seagrass and seaweed were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Pansy Lavender, Sour Apple, Arbor Green and Peaches 'n Cream.

The ship wheel and anchor were painted with Americana Acrylic Paint in Traditional Burnt Umber, True Ochre and I dry brushed with white gesso and lightly rubbed with Art
Alchemy Wax in Rich Copper.

The urchin shells were painted with Americana
Acrylic Paint in Plantation Pine, Sour Apple, True Ochre and white acrylic paint and the sea stars with True Ochre and Georgia Clay.

A close ups of the flowers.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.