Dusty Attic Retreat vibes - Deb Stephens

For those of you that have been to a Dusty Attic Retreat, you would know how much fun they are! The last one was in December 2022 and it was a Santa's Workshop Christmas theme with lots of costumes made and paraded. Funny photos were taken and lots of laughs needed to be remembered and what better way to do it then using some Dusty Attic Chipboard 49&Market Holiday Wishes range of papers and embellishments!

The layout comes together with some DA0932 Polaroid Frames and DA2454 Polaroid Frame Set #1 that were painted and then had Christmas Mini Sentiments stamped and embossed on them.

DA0666 Bookman ABC Set (Lowercase) and DA2826 Retreat vibes sentiment was painted and glossed, along with some stars from DA2441 Stars #4 set.

DA3163 Gingerbread houses small were also painted and waxed with white wax so that it filled the lasered areas of the chipboard. These were then embellished with mini peppermint and snowflake embellishments.

DA 3141 Holly #4 was painted and parts waxed and glossed as well. The layout was finished off with coloured mini glass pebbles and drops of glittery stickles.

Below is a snapshot of the Dusty Attic Chipboard used in this project. I hope it inspires you to get out your Christmas Photos and scrap them! Until next time Dusty Fanatics, take care!

Little Daredevil - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

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

For this layout, I used the Vintage Artistry in the Leaves collection from 49 and Market. 

This is my little grandson James and his best friend from Childcare, Monty.  

He just adores Monty and is so gentle with him. 

Here is my layout.

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

All the chippies were first covered with a layer of white gesso.

The words from the Word Pack#6 set and Bookman ABC letters were painted with Slate 

Grey and Burnt Umber.

The Dinosaurs were painted with Arbor Green, True Ochre, Georgia Clay, Hauser 

Light Green, Burn Amber, and Slate Gray.

Here you can see how I used one of the mini tabs.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1187 - Word Pack #6

DA0071 - Mini Dinosaurs 6pk

DA3236 - Mini Tabs #9 Black

DA0666 - Bookman ABC Set

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Happy crafting!

Mischief Managed - Deb Stephens

Hello everyone and welcome to my 2nd March, Dusty Attic DT Project. This one is a giant 12 x 5" Harry Potter Inspired Mixed media Tag, using plenty of beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard, Asuka Studio Spell Bound Scrapbook paper, resin and paper clay embellishments and The Daily Prophet newsprint front page that was printed on my printer at home.

The Small Suitcases (DA2958) ready to be loaded onto the Hogwarts Express, were detail painted with chalk and metallic paint accents. I love how the handles and corners build up to give a 3D effect. I used the painted bricks that popped out from the Brick Wall Panel DA0316 and the Decorative Panel #1 DA3254, to fill in spaces around my tag.

To fill other spaces, I used some textured paper clay in a thin Zuri mould that I painted when it dried. The printed front page of the Daily Prophet newspaper was inked and then cut up and mounted on various sized cardboard pieces so it was the same thickness as the chipboard.

The focal point was some painted Broomsticks (DA3091) with an embossed Owl from the Owl #3 Set (DA3084) clutching a letter in its claw's that was fussy cut from the Spellbound paper. This was mounted on a painted resin castle silhouetted in a crescent moon, that reminded me of Hogwarts Castle.

Other DA chipboard used were the DA0597 Bottles on a Shelf that was painted and labelled with various potion names from the HP series. This was then finished off with the DA0666 Bookman ABC Set, that was used to make the caption "Mischief Managed, " and a fussy cut witches hat, spell book and cauldron from the Spellbound Paper.

Looking forward to seeing your Harry Potter inspired projects!

Suitcases Small DA2958

Brick Wall Panel 

Decorative Panel #1 

Broomsticks

Owls #3

Bottles on a Shelf 

Bookman ABC Set 

Baby Shark - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog.  I am sharing my May blog post featuring my grandson James playing with his bath book, Silly Shark.  These photos remind me of the song, Baby Shark. I think we all know this popular, catchy and easy to memorize song and irresistible song to kids.  Once you hear this song it is stuck in your head for days. 

This was such an easy fun layout to make. I used my Silhouette to cut out the shark, fish, crabs and jellyfish. 

 

Here is my layout.

All the chippies were first covered with white gesso and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint. I also did some hand stitching on my layout.

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

DA2697 - Tall and Lean ABC Set

DA0666 - Bookman ABC Set

DA1890 - Mini Tabs #2 BLACK

DA1068 - Chevron Panel Small

DA2455 - Polaroid Frame Set #2

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Happy crafting!