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Sunday, 15 October 2023

Just Us - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

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

"Family is not an imported thing. It is everything." - Michael J. Fox

This is a photo of my beautiful family.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies, except for the mushrooms and toadstools, were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

I painted the title with Georgia Clay and dry brushed with Peaches 'n Cream.

The botanical ringlet was painted with Arbor Green and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. The botanical ringlet was cut in half. The other half I will use for another project.

The wild grass and wheat were painted with Hauser Light Green and True Ochre.

The grass clusters were painted with Arbor Green and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The wildflowers were painted with Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I colored the Foliage #4 with a sponge and all the above colors.

I covered the toadstools and mushrooms with clear gesso, and then Distress Oxide in Black Soot, Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge, and Fired Brick. Press the four Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz them with water creating small droplets. I started with Black Soot the base color and slid the chippies through the droplets a few times and dry with a heat tool. Repeat with all the colors and dry in between. I also splattered the chippies with the same colors for a mottled effect. I very lightly dry brushed the chippies with Georgia Clay and True Ochre.

I painted the polaroid frame with Mint Julep Green and the edges with white acrylic paint.

The driftwood, plant label, and ticket were painted with Slate Grey and Grey Storm. I inked the edges with Traditional Burnt Amber. To create the weathered wood effect I used a small sponge brush and dry-brushed the paint from left to right.

I also used my favorite Wordpl@y elements.

Some close-ups.

The final touches to this layout included art stone and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2495 - Just Us

DA1787 - Wordpl@y #3 BLACK

DA1465 - Tickets

DA2899 - Plant Labels #2

DA2926 - Botanical Ringlets #4

DA1294 - Foliage #4

DA2542 - Wildgrass #3 Small

DA0866 - Grass Clusters #2

DA3222 - Wheat #3 Small

DA2458 - Polaroid Frame Set #5

DA2193 - Drift Wood #2

DA0565 - Toadstools #1

DA0131 - Mushroom

DA1683 - Wildflower #4 small

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!

Saturday, 17 June 2023

Mystical Forest Book Nook - Kerstin Filou

Hello everyone!

I was inspired again to create a new book nook.

Maybe you remember the last one- Fairy Forest House.

Today a secret door in a mystical forest.

Inside view

How to ...tips

use remnants from Gothic Arch as frame
use Dead Tree as roots
moon can be illuminated from behind with a string of wire lights,
attach the moon to the rear book nook wall with spacers

some close up's

used chipboards

Blank Book Nook #2

remnants Gothic Arch

Gothic Fretwork small

Thanks for your visit!

I hope you find inspiration!

Kerstin

Sunday, 14 August 2022

Simply Perfect - Jen Burns - Mood Board inspiration

Hello everyone, today I am sharing my take on the Dusty Attic Mood Board challenge for August, it is super sweet pinks and browns.

This photo of my gorgeous little grand daughter was taken at a park where she kept bobbing her head down and saying "Peek-A-Boo". This is just one of the many things that photographs do, evoke memories attached to them.

I started by spray painting all of my chipboard except the frame and title white. While it was drying I have covered the Distress Frame with the patterned paper and machine stitched around the edges of the pink background.

I have painted an ombre effect onto the Simply Perfect title with browns and pinks, and the pink of the little frames. I have added black card behind the mini hearts to make them "pop" and some of the patterned paper inside.

The Cherry Blossom tree and the cute little Songbird have been painted using the same brown for the branches and pink for the blossoms adding white, dark pink and light brown dots.

The flowers, leaves and bird are fussy cut from the Forest tea party paper. The chippy toadstools layered in between where a must along with the awesome dandelions, you can't see them and not want to make a wish.

The Forrest Friends Llamas are simply just too super gorgeous together with the cute little Forrest Friends Reindeer. I have left them mainly white and just coloured their wool and scarves with fine tipped markers.

Dusty Attic products used

Distressed Frames Large

Forest Friends - Llama #3

Forest Friends- Llama #1

Forest Friends - Reindeers Small

Songbirds #2

Toadstools #1

Cherry Blossom

Butterflies #3

Simply Perfect Impact title
(complete with mini polaroid frames)

Dandelions

Thank you for joining me today.

For your chance to win one of two $50 (AUD) credits to the amazing

DUSTY ATTIC ONLINE STORE

Just put your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics page here.

Paper used P13 Forest Tea Party

XXX J XXX

Friday, 1 July 2022

July 2022

GUESS WHAT IS NEW TO THE DUSTY ATTIC ONLINE STORE ???

A new way to pay for all of your goodies, Antonis Tzanidakis classes as well as chipboard, stencils, kits and the retreat store, just select AFTERPAY at checkout, this makes your total amount spread out over four fortnightly payments.

Antonis Tzanidakis Classes

Venue: Hotel Clipper, 20-30 Patterson Rd, Rockingham WA

VISIT

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Classes will run from 9.30am - 2.30pm

(with a short break for lunch)

then
3.30pm - 8.30pm

(with a short break for dinner)

Bring your own meals or there are plenty of food outlets close to the venue.

Accomodation at Hotel Clipper is also available for those who want to stay, phone 08 5278000 for booking details - use the code "DUSTYATTICAUG" to receive a discounted rate of $145 per night

Sir Vagabond Compass – Class #1

Date: Friday 19th August

Time: 9:30am – 2:00pm

Atelier Mixed Media Layout – Class #2

Date: Friday 19th August

Time: 3:30pm – 8:30pm

Captain Gato Notebook – Class #3

Date: Saturday 20th August

Time: 9:30am – 2:00pm

Antonis Dusty Attic Exclusive – Class #4

Date: Saturday 20th August

Time: 3:30pm – 8:30pm

The Aviator Album – Class #5

Date: Sunday 21st August

Time: 9:30am – 2:00pm

Aviator Notebooks – Class #6

Date: Sunday 21st August

Time: 3:30pm – 8:00pm

Antonis Tzandikas Weekend – All 6 Classes
Bonus $675 (Instead of $750)

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Hello Dusty FANattics and welcome to July mood board challenge, this is such a beautiful pretty board.

You could win one of two AUD $50 credits to the
DUSTY ATTIC ONLINE STORE

Inspiration is bought to us today by

Jen Burns

This layout is of my beautiful little grand daughter on her FIRST Birthday. Her headband and tutu have the colours of the Mood Board in them so was perfect for this challenge.

I wanted to create a magical little scene as she looks like a little fairy herself. So I started with the new large Gnome, butterflie and Songbirds.

I have spray painted all of my chipboard pieces with white matt paint and let dry.

Then I have used watercolour paints to colour all of the pieces, when you have painted over the top you can use a damp brush to then lift paint off, like the white sections on the toadstools, wings on the songbirds and parts of the large gnome.

The 1st Birthday title I have left white and adhered it to the photo and added one of the songbirds at the top. The wings can be adhered straight or on an angle like I have to look like it is in use.

After making a cluster with the toadstools I have added botanical mix pieces, the cute little one that looks like love hearts is a fav of mine together with pink and mint flowers.

I have coloured the large gnome also with watercolours, at first I had used too much and he was quite bright. Just use a baby wipe to take the colour off you don't want then I added some white gesso to his hat to add some texture. The finishing touch was adding words from the word strip #2 pack.

Dusty Attic products used