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Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Altered Tin Boxes - Anat Weksler

Hello lovelies!

It's Anat here, with a couple of altered Tin Boxes using fabulous Dusty Attic's chipboards.

Oh how I love to alter different objects, I enjoy it so much!

These couple of Tin Boxes were altered using 2 different rice papers by Craft O'clock, primers, waxes and of course my favorites chippies from Dusty Attic's Industrial and Steampunk collections.

When I say favorites I actually mean great love! We have a strong relationship, me and this lines LOL. Everywhere I use them they seem to line up in a gorgeous cluster. So when ever I mess around and can't decide what I want to create, I turn to my lovely pieces and voila a project is born.

The chippies were colored with impasto pasint and rubed using metalic waxes.

Here are my favorites, used here:

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

Saturday, 22 October 2022

Spooky Shrine - Deb Stephens

Hello Everyone! It's Halloween time and I'm here to share a mini spooky DT project with you.

This DA3127- ATC Shadow Box Mini, was covered in collage paper and then highlighted with Orange paint. Mrs. Amelia Hardy, is the owner of this advert …but it does not state how or what she may be contactable for. Perhaps the props around the box advert will give us some clues...

There is an embossed cobweb from the DA0612 spiders and webs set that has a bone caught in it! One of my favourite things to do is stretch clear glue across an element in silky strands so it gives the impression that the bone piece is wrapped and held onto the shrine by real cobwebs! The little bats are graphite paste that has been applied through DA3060 Bats stencil.

The large DA0623 Corner flourish #3 has been painted and stamped before being glued down and elements added on top of that like the broomstick and large metal spider.

This project was then finished off with a few small props like a jar filled with red chunky beads and red alcohol ink labelled "tongue of dog", along with a resin skull and lots of candle drippings and moss.

Light the candle and call her...anytime day or night...I dare you.

Happy Halloween Dusty Fans!

Dusty Attic Products used:

DA3127- ATC Shadow Box Mini- 2pk

DA0612 - Spiders and Webs Set

DA0623 – Corner Flourish #3

DA3060 – Bats Stencil

Monday, 15 August 2022

In the garden - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

I am sharing my July design team layout with you, loaded with stunning Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

After what has seemed like the coldest winter in Pretoria, change is finally on the horizon as we are experiencing wonderful weather at the moment. I am sure spring is on its way and I have never been more ready.

This is my grandson Janco helping me plant seedlings.

For this layout, I used paper from the 49 and Market Curators Botanical collection.

Here is my layout.

I used bookplates and tabs from the Curators Essential collection to create a booklet and stamped it with a coffee stain stamp.

Chipboard pieces are always painted with Americana Acrylic paint unless otherwise stated.

Both titles were covered with white gesso before being painted with Hauser Light Green and Cool Blue, then dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

Bugs, ants, and spiderwebs are essential to a garden and were painted with black acrylic paint. The spiderweb was dry brushed with silver acrylic paint.

The flower clusters are made up of a variety of pretty blooms and die-cut foliage and flowers. I also used the Foliage Clusters #2, a new addition to the beautiful foliage collection. The foliage was first covered with white gesso and then painted with Hauser Light Green and Cool Blue and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. I snipped the foliage into pieces and tucked them into the flower clusters.

The wood slices were inked with brown and black ink and dry brushed with Plantation Pine for a moss look.

The birdhouses, butterfly, plant label, and seedlings in the wheelbarrow were first covered with white gesso and then painted with Hauser Light Green, Cool Blue, Pineapple, and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I covered the garden tools with black gesso and Burnt Umber and dry brushed them with Mont Marte Metallic acrylic paint in Silver.

For the rust effect on the wheelbarrow and watering can I lightly covered them with white gesso making sure I don't cover the detail. With a sponge brush, I then dabbed the wheelbarrow and the watering can with Grey Storm, Slate Grey, and randomly with Georgia Clay.

The flower pots were randomly covered with coarse texture paste. I then painted the posts with Traditional Burnt Umber and Georgia Clay. For the moss on the pots, I used Plantation Pine and Hauser Light Green. Twine was also glued to the pots.