Tags and Cards - Patricia Basson

Hi and Hello to all ...

Today I am back celebrating finally moving back into my craftroom again!  I can honestly say that I have so much more respect to everyone working form a small  kitchen table or corner in a room. Having a designated craft area is really such a privilege and I am planning on making the most of it for sure...

I have two Tags and two Cards using gorgeous Dusty Attic pieces to show today. Let's start with the Tags.

I used two giant Tags from Prima. On the background I painted with Raven Black Sparks Acrylic Paint which gave the lovely Silver / Black shimmer. The Broken Bits pieces I covered with Grey Rust effect Paste and a random touch of Antique Gold Mica mist from Nuvo. 

For the Toadstool Border I mixed some vivid Orange paint from 13Arts with a tiny bit of Brown Sugar paint and used it on the top of the Toadstool. For the bottom part I used Green Grey Rust Effect Paste as well as some Vintage Beeswax Embossing Powder. On the Wood slices I used Brown Rust Paste.

 The Seagrass, Wildgrass and Swirl Vine were painted with Brown Sugar Paint from 13Arts and Mission Bells Brown Spray from Lindy's Stampgang.

For decoration I added I'm A-Maized and A Penny Saved Prills.

For the Cards I layered several pieces of Cardstock. I created a background with white Crackle Paste colored with the new 13Arts Color Glows Fire Opal and Golden Calcite.

Whilst sorting and re-organizing my Dusty Attic chipboards I came across these Rose images...I am loving the simplicity of the Designs, so delicate as well.

I used Rose in Bloom and a Rose Stem. They were gesso'd  and painted with Green Goblin and Stormy Ocean Sparks Paint from Finnabair. I cut the Delicate Frame #2 in half and embossed it with Shabby Green embossing powder from Stampendous. The pieces of Mini Foliage are Gesso'd and got a gentle rub of Aged Brass Metallique Wax.

Some Laces and a Shaker box filled with Glitter and Sequences finises the Cards.

All of these Chipboards  are available from the Dusty On-line Shop.

Swirl Vine #4 Large

DA 1100

Woodslices

DA 2180

  

Seagrass #3

DA 1507

Mini Foliage

DA 2440

Rose in Bloom

DA 0662

Rose Stem

DA 0661

Wildgrass #3

DA 2229

Toadstool Border

DA 2383

Delicate Frame #2

DA 2144

Quoted Sentiment #1 Black

DA 1796

Broken Bits #2 Circles

DA 2392

Broken Bits #10 Grid #2

DA 2400

Thank you, till next time.

Two kinds of gratitude,

 The sudden kind we feel for what we take,

 the larger kind we feel for what we give.

 ~Edwin Arlington Robinson~

This is Paradise - Kerstin Filou

Hello creative friends!

Our summer was and is very hot and dry, 

I would just like still  hang out ;-).

Who can, goes to the sea and cools down or relaxes at home in the garden. 

Today I let our Sheltie swing comfortably in the hammock. 

'The bare necessities - Probier's mal mit Gemütlichkeit'

  

 I was inspired to try a new idea. 

I worked with some fabric leftovers and create a sea inspired mixed
media canvas.

here can you see both fabric pieces which I used for the hammock

  

Unfortunately I didn't have a sewing machine yet and so I used a hot glue gun to get everything into shape and glue it together. 

That worked better than I thought.

a photo cut out from our sheltie dog

 for the holding bars of the hammock I used four straws (paper)

some another details

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards 

Mini
Feathers

Shells
#2

 Wordpl@y
#7 BLACK

Luggage
Tags

Grass
Border #1

 

Thanks for your visit!

Happy
crafting!

Adventure - Farrel Tailor

Hello there Dusty Attic Fans!!! I am so glad to be back sharing my projects with you all after having some time off. I recently just got back from teaching on a crafting cruise and we were all asked to join in on a tag swap. The theme was sail the seas so I this is what I created.

To begin I coated my tag with Clear gesso. Once dry, I then created my background using Distress Oxide Inks and sprays. Then stamped a wood grain stamp over the top, I used Tim Holtz Birch and Pine stamp set.

I applied a thin coat of TCW9001 white gesso on all my chipboard pieces. For the Port Hole chipboard, I used Distress Oxide Ink pads to create a rusty patina effect.

I also used the Distress Oxide Ink Pads to the Adventure tab and the mini fish skeleton chipboard.

For the compass chipboard I lightly brushed the coffee and sepia archival ink and then painted TCW9028 Antique Gold Modeling Paste.

I trimmed the Fish Net panel down to the size I wanted and then heat embossed using Stampendous Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel. I then adhered it to the tag and wrapped some twine around the the tag.

I used Graphic 45 By The Sea collection for the ship in the port hole and the backing of the tag. To finish off the tag I added some art stones and glass beads.

Dusty Attic Products Used

Fish Net Panel

Port Holes

Skeleton Fish Bones Mini

Wordpl@y #1

Camping Icons

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and happy creating xx