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Thursday, 21 December 2023

Close together or Far apart ... - Kim Arnold

Hi everyone! I am back with some more inspiration from this month’s beautiful mood board – and with the green and red colours of the board and the fact that it is December, what could I do but scrap Christmas photos.

From the huge range of Dusty Attic chipboard, I chose one of the amazing 12x12 Christmas frames, some Christmas words and a title, which although it is not Christmasy, is perfect for this layout of family and friends who can’t be together at Christmas. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

I started with the beautiful frame. There is so much detail on this frame! I painted it red and then sprayed it with an acrylic paint spray so that the finish had a shine to it. I love how the red pops against the green paper that I chose for the background. The strong contrast allows the details of the frame to really show.

I then worked on the title, painting it with gold mica paint. This gold paint works perfectly directly on the chipboard and gives such a beautiful shine. I attached the title so that it works in with the photos. I love long titles with different fonts and this title was 100% perfect for this layout.

The Christmas labels are already black. The words are engraved onto the black chipboard. I didn’t have to do anything to these as I really liked how the black worked with the layout. I chose to use four of the labels – three in a cluster with the journalling and one with a small cluster of embellishments above the start of the title.

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon – maybe you might get a mood board inspired layout done!

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/christmas-frame-large/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/christmas-labels-black/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/close-together/#&gid=1&pid=1

Sunday, 17 December 2023

Christmas Card Mega Bundel - Ankarika Craft

Hi there!

This year I decided to make my Christmas cards in a rustic style. Some would probably class them as boho or even vintage style. In any case, I opted for soft pastel colours combined with natural brown, jute and white acrylic paint.

I didn't even for a moment doubt what I would use to enhance the composition of my little masterpieces, and I made a solid stock of Christmas cardboard at Dusty Attic.

I cordially invite you to browse through all 16 cards, because each one is different. I know it's quite late for Christmas orders, but maybe I will still inspire someone before the upcoming holidays.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!!

Dusty Attic's products:

Thanks and see you soon!

Ankarika Craft (Fb) Ankarika Craft (IG)

Friday, 15 December 2023

Reindeer Kisses - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

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

This is a photo of my precious son and daughter-in-law I took a few years ago during one of our photoshoots.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white acrylic paint and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

I used the Oh My Heart ABC Set and Teeny Tiny ABC Set to create the title. I love the little laser-cut hearts on the letters. I painted the letters with Hauser Light Green and the one red "E" with Tuscan Red, and then lightly rubbed the letters with Platinum Stickles. To the Reindeer word, I added glossy accents.

I lightly painted the Wordpl@y Festive Green and Hauser Light Green making sure I didn't cover the engraved words. The edges were dry brushed with Tuscan Red and white acrylic paint. How stunning are these Christmas labels? The ho ho ho and Bali border were also painted with Tuscan Red.

I painted the stars with Sour Apple and Tuscan Red, and then lightly rubbed them with Platinum Stickles, and glossy accents.

The berries and mistletoe were painted with Tuscan Red and Hauser Light Green. The berries were covered with glossy accents.

I painted the Christmas Stockings with Tuscan Red and the Mini Scroll with white acrylic paint.

The final touches to this layout included beads, glitter, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA3056 - Oh My Heart ABC Set

DA0983 - Teeny Tiny ABC Set

DA2310 - Ho Ho Ho

DA3187 - Christmas Stockings

DA3159 - Christmas Labels – black

DA3143 - Christmas Berries #1

DA1685 - Wordpl@y #5

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA3196 - Mistletoe #2

DA2569 - Bali Border #3

DA0750 - Mini Scrolls #2

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!

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Easel Card and Tag - Deb Stephens - Mood Board Inspiration

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. The traditional colours always appeal so I decided to make an Easel Card and matching Tag using some classic Dusty Attic Chipboard that matches the Mood Board for this month.

The large wood frame was painted and layered up with Pine sprigs, Christmas Berries and mini Pinecones, Mini Holly, along with the classic Black Christmas Labels.

This was all finished off with some traditional Christmas flowers and some snow texture paste.

The Gift Tag was painted and embossing paste and powder was applied through the Wood Panel Stencil. The Pine sprigs, Berries and Mini Holy was used again along with the Black Labels.