Breathtaking Views - Kim Arnold

 

Hi everyone! I took some happy snaps when I was out on a walk at our last scrapbooking retreat. It was such a beautiful and warm winters day (a little unusual here in the South Island of New Zealand!) and I just really wanted to capture the beauty and peace of this rural area. I knew that the little mushrooms and foliage from Dusty Attic would work perfectly with the Mintay Woodlands collection.

I have made this layout using a selection of mushrooms, foliage, words and a lovely title. I will walk you through the techniques I applied to each of the elements.

I started by painting up the mushrooms. As the paper collection included mushrooms, I painted the chipboard mushrooms to match in – so some I painted with red caps and white stems, and some in tones of brown.

I then painted up various grass pieces in shades of green to layer on with the mushrooms and die-cut pieces from the paper collection to create little mushroom scenes on each side of the title.

For the title, I painted it dark brown and then rubbed a bronze wax from Prima on the bottom part of each of the words to give it dimension and a variety of tones and shine.

For the foliage, I painted them in various shades of green, picking out the berries with a bright orange red. I then incorporated these pieces into the layout by layering them with die-cut pieces from the paper collection.

The finishing touches for the layout were some words – I painted a word strip in cream and tucked it under the edge of a photo and I painted a # word from the daily 4 word pack with brown paint and included it on the right side of the wreath.

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon.

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/breathtaking-views/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/custom-mixed-chipboard-dacc12-escape-to-nature/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/mini-foliage-4/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-strips-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/daily-4/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/foliage-clusters-3/

Unforgettable moments - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello lovelies!

I can't believe we are in the last month of the year. Believe it or not, I am sitting here with a cardigan on. I think mother nature missed the memo about having summer here in NZ. My blog feature today is a project using the December moodboard. 

Have a go at the Moodboard and stand a chance to win one of two AUD50 worth of gorgeous Dusty Attic chipboard. Add your entry to the Dusty FANattics Facebook page. Here is my layout using the colours:

The layout is created using 49 and Market ARToptions Rouge collection. I first painted the Collage Framework #8 (DA3633) before I added my photos. I love these new collage pieces - Dusty Attic have a few designs to choose from. I added the framed photos to the page with foam tape. From there I began building up flower clusters adding Rose Leaves (DA3560) in the clusters.

All the chipboard was painted using acrylic paint. I used a sponge to lightly dab the acrylic paint onto the leaves and the word strip "beautiful moments" (DA3322) so as not fill the leaf veins or letters with paint.

Once all the flowers and leaves were down, I then added the title "unforgettable moments" (DA1459)

These are the products I have used:

Thank you for visiting the blog today. 

Hugs,

Michelle

You & Me - Kim Arnold

 

Hi everyone! I am back with some more inspiration from this month’s beautiful mood board. There is no doubt that this month’s mood board suits a layout about love, so I chose to scrapbook a recent selfie of my husband and I when we went on a day trip on the Trans-Alpine railway in the South Island of Ne Zealand. It wasn’t the best weather but we had an amazing day anyway.

From the huge range of Dusty Attic chipboard, I chose some textural elements from the Discover custom mixed chipboard, a title, word strips, foliage and a butterfly for this layout. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

I started with the title, going with an ombre effect with a pink red at the top going to a lighter version of this colour on the bottom. I used the same colours on the “love this” word circle (which is from the Discover custom mixed chipboard sheet). The darker colour is in the middle and the lighter colour on the outside circle. I finished both pieces with dimensional magic to really make them pop.

Word Pack #52

I painted the broken circle pieces from the Discover custom mixed chipboard sheet with black paint and then sprayed it with a dark grey mica spray which gave it a beautiful sparkle.

Custom Mixed Chipboard - Discover

The butterfly was painted pink with white paint sponged through the middle and finished with glitter. The word strips were also painted pink and then finished with dimensional magic.

Word Strips #2

Butterflies #3 small

There are a couple of little banner flags which are also from the Discover custom mixed chipboard sheet, tucked under the paper flowers on the left. I used the pink red colour from the title on this and made polka dots with dimensional magic to add extra interest. I love how this turned out and will use this technique in the future. The smaller banner flag is done the same way as the broken circle pieces – paint and mica spray.

The last piece is the foliage. My love affair with foliage and berries continues and for this layout I painted the leaves and stems green and used the dark pink red for the berries. Touches of dimensional magic on the berries makes them come to life. The berries were snipped from a piece in the foliage clusters 3 set, which I had left over from using the leaves on another layout. Chipboard is great because it is easy to cut up and use the different bits.

Mini Foliage #4

Foliage Clusters #3

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon.

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-pack-52/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/custom-mixed-chipboard-dacc06-discover-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/butterflies-3-small/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-strips-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/mini-foliage-4/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/foliage-clusters-3/

 

Just Because - Kim Arnold

 

Hi everyone! Some pretty floral inspiration today from me.

I have created a bright and pretty layout of two lovely friends and I dressed up enjoying a day at the races using a beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard title, mandala, daisies and word disks and strips. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

Starting with the mandala, I painted it with gold mica paint which covers the chipboard perfectly. I then cut it 1/3^rd and 2/3rds so that I could include it on both side of the layout with the photo in between. Cutting the chipboard off centre makes the layout more interesting and dynamic.

Mandala #2 by Nuneka

For the title, I painted it white and then rubbed it with white pearl wax which gives it a pearlescent shine. The word disk and strip are just painted white so they don’t stand out as much as the title. I have layered the title over the larger part of the mandala so it really stands out.

Just Because Title 

Word Disk #3

Word Strips #2

I then coloured the daisies white with a bright yellow paint in the centre. I love the effect of the painted daisies among the dimensional paper flowers. I have also used some small foliage berries which I have painted with green stems and gold berries. These are also nestled amongst the flower cluster.

Daisies #2

Mini Foliage #2

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon.

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/mandala-2-by-nuneka/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/just-because/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/daisies-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-strips-2/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/word-disks-3/

https://dustyattic.com.au/product/mini-foliage-28/

Elegant Clockworks - Judith Tijsen - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello dear Dusty Attic fans,

This time I have a round tray in the shape of a clock. The shape of chipboard circle DA2271 fits exactly over the tray. So this is a nice border for an elegant clock.

The colours I used for this clock come from this month's mood board.

You can find the mood board at the bottom of this post.

In the middle of the tray you see chipboard clockworks DA1750.

For the beautiful 3D effect there is an iron frame on which I have glued various chipboard gears.

At the bottom of the tray I glued the largest gears from chipboard set DA0327.

Used Dusty Attic chipboard:

DA2271 - Ornate Circle #2

DA1750 - Clockworks

DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2

DA3322 - Word Strips #2

DA1726 - Beaded Flourish #3

DA1727 - Beaded Flourish #4

DA2734 - Gears #1-by Nuneka

DA0327 - Cogs Frame Set 

DA0312 - Chains-4pc

You could win $50 AUD credits to the Dusty Attic online store. The only requirement is that you have Dusty Attic chipboard on your creation and enter your project on the Dusty FANattics Page. 

This is the moodboard of the month March.

XXX Judith