GLIMPSE of heaven - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. My June design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

This is a photo of my little grandson Janco and my granddaughter Mila when he was only a few days old. This was love at first sight. They are best friends and love each other dearly. 

Here is my layout.

    

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

The beautiful and perfect title, Foliage F10, and the Word Disk, Hello World were heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The Foliage #4 Heart Attack Panel was painted in Boysenberry Pink, and Poodleskirt Pink. I snipped it in five pieces and tucked them under the flower clusters.  

I inked the bird nests with Chocolate Versa Magic Ink and the edges in Slate Grey. The eggs were painted with white acrylic paint and Slate Grey.

These stunning Wordpl@y elements were dry brushed with white gesso, Boysenberry Pink, and Poodleskirt Pink.

I painted the tap in Grey Storm and Grey Sky and dry brushed them with white acrylic paint.  I popped some of the hearts out of the panel and glued them like water drops dripping from of the tap.

I painted the Cogs in Grey Storm and Grey Sky and dry brushed them with white acrylic paint.

Some close-ups.

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

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2824 - Glimpse Of Heaven

DA1195 - Word Discs #1

DA0722 - Mini Eggs

DA0721 - Bird Nests #2

DA2576 - Taps

DA1294 - Foliage #4

DA1872 - Foliage #10

DA2370 - Cogs #3

DA1932 - Mini Cogs #2

DA1646 - Wordpl@y #3

DA1204 - Heart Attack Panel Small #2

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A Lifetime is not long enough ... - Adri Du Preeez

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. My May design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

 I made this layout to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary on the 7th May.

Here is my layout.

The branches, wildflowers, and wild grass were first covered with cleared gesso and then Distress Oxide in Vintage Photo and Iced Spruce. Press the two Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz them with water creating small droplets.  I started with Iced Spruce for the base color and slid the chippies through the droplets a few times and dried them with a heat tool. Repeat with Vintage Photo and dry in between. 

The beautiful and perfect title was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I chalked the two bird's nests with Chocolate Versa Magic Ink and the edges with Americana Acrylic paint in Slate Grey. The eggs were painted with white acrylic paint and Americana Acrylic paint in Slate Grey.

The butterflies and polaroid frame were first covered with white gesso and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Spa Blue.

To color the Wordpl@y words I lightly covered them with white acrylic paint and Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Spa Blue.

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After everything glued down I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA0929 - A Lifetime is…..

DA3334 - Butterflies #3 small

DA0722 - Mini Eggs

DA0721 - Bird Nests #2

DA1647 - Wordpl@y #4

DA2458 - Polaroid Frame Set #5

DA2542 - Wildgrass #3 Small

DA1683 - Wildflower #4 small

DA1184 - Branch #4 small

Thank you for visiting the blog. 

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Trust your heart - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Here is my layout inspired by the stunning August mood board, and featuring Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.  

For this layout, I used the 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Airy pattern paper from the Essential collections and rub-ons and ephemera stack elements from the Vintage Artistry Coral and Natural collection. 

This is the mood board.

 and here is my layout.

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

I covered the Botanical Ringlet with Americana Acrylic paint in Mint Julep Green, Gooseberry Pink, and dry brushed with white acrylic paint, cut it in half, and used the other half under the large butterfly.  I used the mini tab "trust your heart" as my title.

The nest and eggs were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Traditional Brunt Umber, Grey Slate, and, dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The small branch was coloured with Distress Oxides in Mowed Lawn, Iced Spruce

 and Ground Espresso.

The Christmas Berries were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Gooseberry Pink, and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. Foliage #23 was painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Oyster Beige.

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

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1807 - Mini Tabs #5 BLACK

Botanical Ringlets #1

DA0721 - Bird Nests #2

DA0722 - Mini Eggs

DA1184 - Branch #4 small

DA3143 - Christmas Berries #1

DA2594 - Foliage #23

Thank you for visiting the blog today.  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.

Happy crafting!

Country Life - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

 Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a blessed Easter.

Here is my layout inspired by the stunning April mood board, and featuring Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.  

I took this photo of this beautiful horse and her cute foal a few years ago when we visited  the Dunkeld Country and Equestrian Estate in Dullstroom.

This is the mood board.

 

and here is my layout.

I painted the barb wire frame using a sponge brush and Americana Acrylic paint in Burnt Umber, and Georgia Clay.

The title, paddock fence, pumpkins, and gourds were primed with a thin layer of white 

gesso.

  

I painted the edges of the title and paddock fence Americana Acrylic Paint in Slate Grey 

and a brown ink pad.

The pumpkins and gourds were coloured with Versa Magic Chalk Ink in Cloud White, Aloe Vera, and Persimmon.

Next, I covered the grass clusters, branches, hay bales, and gecko with a layer of clear gesso and then Distress Oxide in Black Soot, Walnut Stain, and Iced Spruce and Mowed Lawn.  Press the four Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz 

with water creating small droplets.  I started with Iced Spruce for 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. 

The little nest was inked with a brown ink pad and the eggs were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Grey Slate and dry brushed with white gesso.

To colour the hay bales I used the same method as mentioned above using Distress 

Oxide in Frayed Burlap and Crushed Olive. I inked the edges with a brown ink pad.

The weather vane and spider web were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Lamp 

Black.  Here you can see how I used the quoted sentiment.

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

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2544 - Country Life

DA2546 - Quoted Sentiments #2 BLACK

DA0612 - Spiders and Webs Set

DA0401 - Paddock Fence Set Large

DA2595 - Geckos

DA1151 - Barb Wire Frames

DA0866 - Grass Clusters #2

DA0660 - Grass Cluster #1

DA0721 - Bird Nests #2

DA0744 - Weather Vane

DA3094 - Pumpkins & Gourds

DA1184 - Branch #4 small

DA2795 - Hay Bales

DA0722 - Mini Eggs

Thank you for visiting the blog today.  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.

Happy crafting!