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 

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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!

Mermaid Dreams - Kerstin Filou

  

Hello everyone!

  I was inspired to create a mixed media collage on an oval canvas. 

I used some awesome seaweed and coral chipboards  and combined this elements with outcasts from moulds.

The beautiful gate served as a frame for a little girl.

Chipboards were created with embossing powder, acrylic paint and textured with micro pearls.

some close up's

 

 used chipboards 

Ocean Elements #1

Coral #1

Anchor #2

Mini Fish #1

Coral Mixed

Seaweed #4 

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Woof Woof - Kerstin Filou

   

Hello everyone!

 

 I was inspired to create a new mixed media layout in weathered wooden sea style. 

A paper from 49 and Market was a perfect background, added some leftovers

 from structure papers in layering technique and chose some suitable ocean elements 

from the rich and beautiful section Beach, Fishing, Nautical 

 

 The blue/brown colour scheme is perfect for vintage motifs, our dog has exactly the right coat colour. 

 

 I have kept all the chipboard in shades from white to brown. And just played with different textures and gloss effects.

For the lettering I used brown embossing powder which creates a slight shine. The seaweed was only painted with brown acrylic paint and is matt, 

other ocean elements were painted with white acrylic paint and micropearls were sprinkled into the still wet paint. 

  

 

some close up's  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used chipboards

 

Woof Woof

Ocean Elements #1 

Ocean Elements #5

 Seaweed #1

Seaweed #3

Mini Compasses

Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

Shells #3 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin

Marine Diorama - Pascale B

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new marine diorama. 

I primed the Porthole with black gesso. I primed the two parts of the porthole with black gesso. I added a piece of acrylic between the two pieces of the porthole. Next, I painted it with Silver Spoon acrylic paint. Next, I used the Rust Effect pastes set to alter the porthole.

I built a box that I covered with white crackle paste. When dry, I colored it with Prussian Blue liquid acrylic paints.

I added a piece of polystyrene at the bottom covered with 3D Gloss gel. While the gel was still wet, I added some sand to mimic the sea bed.

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso and the resin elements with clear gesso. I used liquid acrylic paints to color them and waxes to highlight the details. I covered The Cogs and the Pipe with Rust Effect paste. Next, I added some Brushed Iron wax. I cut the Pipes into pieces which I glued on the side of the box. 

I used a wooden skewer to create an axis between the biggest gear which was glued on the bottom and different sizes of gears. I added the other gears at the front bottom. 

I painted the sea elements with different colors of liquid acrylic paints. I painted the Angler fish with ochre paint, then with diluted silver paint. I glued a piece of toothpick behind all the chipboards to 

I added a few LEDs around the box and I made sure some of the LEDs reach the Industrial Globes I have glued to the ceiling.

Dusty Attic products:

Angler Fish Small DA3357	Jumbo Cogs#2 DA2501	Mini Cogs #2 DA1932	Industrial Globes #3 DA2184
Pipe Small DA0985	Ocean Elements #5 DA2771	Ocean Elements #7 DA2773	Coral Mixed DA1919
Ocean elements #1 DA2767	Seaweed #4 DA1916	Seaweed #3 DA1912	Seaweed #1 DA1910
Porthole 11" DA2578

Other products:

• Moulds - Prima (Large Gears, Mecha Moth);
• Art Alchemy Metallic Paint - Finnabair Prima (Silver Spoon);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Burnt Sienna, Umber, Ochre, Tiger Orange, Carmin);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Brushed Iron);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (White Crackle Paste, Rust Effect Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Heavy gesso: Black, White, 3D Matte gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Steamie - Industrial Marine Light up Book Nook - Kerstin Filou

 

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

Some time ago I presented you my first Garden Book Nook  created with Dusty chipboards, it was a gift for a dear gardening friend and was very well received. 

Building Book Nooks has become a trendy theme and you can see many realistic miniature worlds inspired by great book themes. 

 

I had to build my first blank myself, now Dusty Attic has two matching very sturdy book nooks on offer. 

They are just great and inspired me together with the new marine mechanicals to create a book nook of a very different kind.

 

This time I chose the maritime steampunk world as a theme and positioned my favourite seahorse, 

(lovingly known here as Steamie 😀😍)    in 3d optic in the foreground.

 

 

 

I thought about installing two thread rods so that I could fix the individual parts in place.

I tried it out and it works 😀😎

 

 

DIY Tips and Tricks 

 

 

 

 

 

 some close up's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Blank Book Nook #1

 

Marine Mechanicals – Submarine small 

 Marine Mechanicals – Seahorse small 

 Industrial Cluster #4 

 Port Holes Small

Mini Cogs #3

Broken Chevrons small

Seaweed #3 

 Coral #2

 

 

     

 All lite up 

 

I hope I could inspire you to try your very own Book Nook!

 

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting with 'Steamie' 😎 😍 😎

 

 

 

Kerstin