Beach Life - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

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

This is my daughter and grandson having fun on the beach.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were primed with white gesso.

I used DecorArt Americana Acrylic Paint on all the chipboard pieces.

The ship wheel and anchor were painted with Americana Acrylic Paint in Traditional Burnt Umber, True Ochre and I dry brushed with white gesso

I painted the edges of the Old Wooden Fence, title, Wordpl@y, seagulls, lighthouse, mini skeleton fish, and driftwood in Slate Grey and Grey Storm. I inked the edges with Traditional Burnt Amber. 

The Mini Seagulls were painted Slate Grey.  The Seahorses were painted Bahama Blue and Traditional Burnt Amber.

I painted the Starfish and Mini Shells Slate Grey and dry brushed it with white acrylic paint.

The urchin shells were painted Plantation Pine, Sour Apple, True Ochre, and white acrylic paint

I painted the mini jellyfish and crabs in True Ochre, Bahama Blue, and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I painted the Ocean Elements Hauser Light Green and Bahama Blue.

Seaweed #1 was painted True Ochre, Bahama Blue, and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint, and Seaweed #4 was painted Hauser Light Green and Bahama Blue.

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

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2823 - Beach Life #2

DA2778 - Mini Jelly Fish

DA2769 - Ocean Elements #3

DA2563 - Old Wooden Fence #2

DA2193 - Drift Wood #2

DA2196 - Sand Dollars

DA2190 - Mini Skeleton Fish

DA1916 - Seaweed #4

DA1910 - Seaweed #1

DA1674 - Ships Wheels Small

DA0559 - Mini Shells #1

DA1915 - Mini Crabs and Lobsters

DA2543 - Anchor #2

DA1176 - Mini Seagulls #1

DA1042 - Seagulls

DA2288 - Mini Shells #2

DA2393 - Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

DA1104 - Seagrass #1 Small

DA1175 - Lighthouse #2

DA2197 - Starfish #2

DA1687 - Wordpl@y #7

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!

Hello Summer - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

 

 Hello everyone!

 

Our monthly Moodboard inspired me to create a mixed media layout  suitable to beginning of summer, best time for holidays on the sea.

 Beautiful memories of sunsets by the sea, walks on the beach, or playing with the dogs.

 

 

 

 

 some close up's

  

used chipboards

 

Hello Summer

Mini Jelly Fish 

 Lighthouse #1 Small

Ocean Elements #1

Sand Dollars

Ocean Elements #5

Coral #2

Mini Shells #2 

 

  Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section

 of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE 

 

  Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

 

Remember Today - Lynette Jacobs

Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I have the pleasure of sharing some inspiration for August.  My favourite place is the beach.  This photo documents our first visit to the beach when restrictions were lifted in February 2021. I used papers from the Penelope Dee Paradise collection.  So good to feel the sand between our toes again.

Dusty Attic products used:

Mini Captions #2

Custom Mixed Chipboard - Beach days

Seagulls

Mini Seagulls

Mini Jelly fish

Some close up details:

I used a very simple design for this page and went back to one of my passions...that is stitching on my pages.  The seagulls were painted with white acrylic paint.

This mini jelly fish are just adorable.  I painted it with white acrylic paint and then just added touches of blue and pink to it.

The fish net was painted with acrylic brown paint and the sea grass and shells were first painted white and then with touches of pink and blue acrylic paint.  The title was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Again the fish net was painted with brown acrylic paint and the shells and seagull with white acrylic paint the shells were touched with blue and pink paint and the seagull was shaded with Oxide ink in Hickory Smoke.

Thank you for visiting the blog.  Visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing designs.

Happy crafting

Seaside Fun - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

Today a new inspiration for you, it's a sea inspired canvas in mixed media style. based on the wonderful moodboard theme this month, 

 Love the monochrome colours, perfectly for vintage style.

 

 

I created on the backside of a canvas, used a maritime paper from La Blanche, a round piece was torn from the centre of the paper, awesome chipboards frame the old photo.

 

 

some details

 

 

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Sand Dollars 

 Ocean Elements #1

Seagrass #1 Small

Mini Seagulls #1

Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

String Frame Set

Mini Jelly Fish

 

 

 3d effect

 

We are looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.

 Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section

 of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE 

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs, 

...this year we are reverting back to the prize being a $50 (AUD) credit

 to the Dusty Attic website store so you can choose your very own designs.

 

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

 

 

You keep me anchored - Patricia Basson - Mood Board inspiration

Hi dear Bloggie friends...

Today I am bringing you a project using the gorgeous May colours on the Dusty Attic Moodboard. Ranging in different shades of Blue and with a Beachy theme I created this Heart shape wall hanging. 

I covered it with some Decoupage paper from Stamperia. Also stencilled with some  Translucent crackle Paste.  Then painted the background with Liquid Acrylic Paint, Prussian Blue and Magical Pond Sparks.

I started by applying a layer of Gesso to all the pieces. I then painted the Water Tower and the Wooden Fence with Stamperia Allegio Paints, Blue Aviation, Cookie and Earth. I also added touches of Rust effect paste, Brown, Dusty and Cool Grey. 

The Rainbow and Clouds, Jellyfish and Starfish were painted with Cookie and Indian Turquoise paints. The Star Fish and Jellyfish got a little Lava Paste that was heated to pop before the paints. Easy and great added texture. 

I embossed the Fancy Frame and Ocean Waves with Ranger Speckle Embossing Powder, Blueberry and Cosmic Shimmer's Industrial Revolution. Both beautiful multicoloured and textured. On the Gauss I sprinkled some 13Arts White shiny Glitter strips. Also added Art Stones and some small Seashells to finish the Beach theme. The Wood Slices only have the slightest lick of Gesso, leaving them with the gorgeous ring design.

There is still time to enter the Moodboard challenge. 

You could win one of two $50 AUD credits to the Dusty Attic online store. Remember the only requirement is that you have Dusty Attic chipboard on your creation and enter on the Dusty FANattics Page.  Have fun and good luck .

From the Dusty Attic On-line store the following were used. 

Rainbow #4 Small

DA 3037

Starfish #2

DA 2197 

Water Tower

DA 2764

Wood Slices

DA 2180

Mini Jellyfish

DA 2778

Fancy Frame #8

DA 2128

Ocean Wave Small

DA 2562

Old Wooden Fence #3

DA 3081

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, 

the great ocean, 

and the highest peak,

 empty of all thoughts. 

Always keep your body filled with light and heat. 

Fill yourself with the power 

of wisdom and enlightenment. 

~Morihei Ueshiba~