FULL Throttle - Deb Stephens

This masculine inspired layout used lots of fantastic Dusty Attic chipboard to record the memories from our trip away and Father and Son Memories on the quad bikes.

2 Industrial frame squares DA3362 were embossed with a combination of gunmetal embossing powder and Distress Foundry wax to give a contract between shiny and dull.

DA2878 Mini tool Set #3 was painted and clear embossed and then Foundry Wax was applied.

Are they not jut the cutest tools?? (Am I allowed to call manly tools cute?) Anyway.. I also had some DA1194 Tyre Tracks small, so I used some super chunky embossing powder on it.

I also used some DA1933 Gauges and chipboard title Word Pack #38 DA1620 and painted and embossed that.

Finished off with a few Screwheads DA2879.

Hoping to inspire you with this masculine layout. Dusty Attic products used are shown below.

Bruce Rock Country Papercraft retreat - Deb Stephens

One of the best Craft Retreats is Country Papercraft at Bruce Rock in the Wheat belt of Western Australia. We always have such an amazing experience when we go there and Marg and Vicki look after everyone so well. I always take a stack of photos when I am there and need to be efficient in how I scrap them, so I use smaller photo sizes which makes it easier to use multiple photos on a single or double layout. Of course, I’m not averse to having a feature page or two in the mix as well but there are just too many photos for me to do that when recording memories for each trip.

This double layout features Vintage Artistry In the leaves- Autumnal and Journal Cards Paper by 49andMarket. I have used a large DA piece called Rustic Farm Fence #1 DA0855 which I cut so that I could make it stretch out across both pages. I extended this feature by joining additional barb wire DA0154 chipboard and adding the smaller barb wire from the Creative Layers #9 DA2805 set as well a small tyre track DA1194.

Gum Trees DA0743 (and from the Creative layers set) were painted and layered up to give depth. I didn’t have any Cart wheels in my stash, so I decided to use Industrial Jumbo Gears DA2860 instead.

I used another Industrial Jumbo gear and the rest of the Creative Layers set to complete the layered cluster on the left hand side layout. The Bruce Rock and Country PaperCraft Retreat chipboard pieces are a custom cut set by Dusty Attic, available from the Retreat itself, which helps finish off my double layout perfectly, along with some words from the barcodes of the paper.

Here are some more pictures of the Layout and the DA products I used. Until next time, Take care!

Country Life - Belinda Spencer - Mood Board Inspiration

 Hey Dusty Attic fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for Dusty Attic inspired by the April Mood Board. Such lovely colours that inspired me to create a more 'rustic' layout about hay carting time on our farm.

'Country Life'

I used some perfectly rustic Kaisercraft papers for this layout starting with the fabulous rusty old tin shed paper in the background. I added a torn piece of the 12 x 12 chicken wire which I painted with a combination of Sunshine, Sunburnt Orange and Cranberry Dusty In Colour Paints. To create the mottled effect, I simply used a latex make-up sponge and picked up each of the colours separately on it. I then dabbed the sponge onto the chipboard taking care not to blend the colours too much.

I layered on some torn Corrugated Card that I left in it's raw state and then some more patterned paper. To represent 'hay' I painted Wildgrass # 2 and Wildgrass # 3 Small with the Sunshine paint and glued the pieces onto the layout.

I used the mottled paint effect on the large Tyre Tracks, this time using Chocolate, Cranberry and Bisque paints. I added this to the bottom of the page and then layered on the Paddock Fence small that I had painted with a black Posca Pen. I added my paper stack and photo next along with other chipboard pieces painted with Dusty In Colour paints. Finally I added the title that I painted with the Sunshine paint.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0905 Dusty in Colour Sunshine

DA0906 Dusty in Colour Sunburnt Orange

DA0910 Dusty in Colour Cranberry

DA0921 Dusty in Colour Bisque

DA0923 Dusty in Colour Hot Chocolate

DA0402 Paddock Fence Small

DA0457 12 x 12 Chicken Wire

DA0830 Corrugated Card

DA1088 Geo Tags

DA1193 Tyre Tracks Large

DA1712 Wildgrass # 2

DA2542 Wildgrass # 3 Small

DA2554 Country Life

DA2663 Banners # 5

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda