Medieval ATC - Gabrielle

Hi Everyone! It's me, Gabrielle here with you today to share my ATC for the August ATC challenge!  I'm always excited to find out what the next month's challenge will be, and this month it's a fun challenge for sure!  For the 'Medieval' theme I used the outside frame from the ATC Gothic Windows, one of the Shields, and a whole bunch of pieces from the 'Coat of Arms Add On #2' package of chippies (I used one of the castles, a crown, the wing span and one of the lions heads).

Every coat of arms should have a motto and I could only think of one motto that I would like to represent me and that would be the word 'Create'.  I used some texture paste and the Crafters Workshop Script mask on the frame.  I used 3D metal paint on other areas of the chips (castle mortar, and framing the crest). 

Supplies:

Chipboard - Dusty Attic (Shields, Coat of Arms Add On #2, ATC Gothic Windows - Frame)

Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny Vintage Dot (Espresso)

Stencils: Crafters Workshop, Prima

Jewels: Bo Bunny

Stickles Glitter Glue

Metalic 3D paints - Scribbles (Bronze, Blue, Purple)

Donna Salazar Mixed Media Distress Ink (Espresso)

Tim Holtz Word Stickers

 

I hope you enjoyed my ATC post today and I hope to see your

 take on the Medieval theme xox

 

"Just Because" - Audrey Underwood

We meet again. And so soon ;)

My ATC
Forgotten Relics

Dusty products used - ATC gothic windows DA0795, Brick Wall Panel DA0316, Dusty in Colour Navajo White DA0903 & Soot DA0925, Clear Crackle Varnish DA0900, Tiny Alpha (code TBA)

Other products used - German Scrap, Letter stickers, transparency.

Just Because - Art Journal

This is another one of those projects that often becomes a work in progress. It was done over a period of time and not all in one sitting. I've started many journals and a couple of Art Journals and always wanted to do one with a frame cut into the cover. So the front of this one has a little depth.

I love Dusty Attic's Barbed wire fence and their farm type fences and gates.

Dusty products used - Barb Wire fence DA0879, Birds on Barb Wire DA0868, Rustic Farm Fence DA0855, mini ABC set upper DA0861, mini Script ABC set DA0859, Dusty in Colour Clear Gloss Varnish DA0901, Dusty in Colour Gingernut DA0922, Navajo White DA0903, Fine Silver DA0927 & Soot DA0925

Other products used - Paper - Prima, Tim Holtz frame & number, jute, lace, muslin, ribbon, Stamp image Teresa Collins, other unknown, chain, wire, beads, mesh, letter stickers, metal mesh.

Hopefully you can find some time to create real soon.

Until next time.

 

August

Hello and Welcome to a New Month 

AUGUST  already !!!

The lucky winner of the July Sketch was 

Brenda Morgan 

All of our entries where great and it was really 

hard to choose a winner 

AUGUST SKETCH CHALLENGE 

is up on the Ning 'HERE" 

Cant wait to see your take on the 

sketch in the gallery 

Good Luck everyone 

A Sad Farewell

We here at Dusty are sad to say a farewell to three of our Design Team

 members this month.

Michelle Grant who has her very own Michelle Grant Designs project that she has up

 and running and needs to focus her time on her awesome classes and kits

See her blog here

Belinda Spencer who is A-Mazzzing !!!!!! 

Her little ones are continually getting busier and busier and so is Belinda

You can follow Belinda's blog here

and last but never least Natasha 

Poor Natasha has been really really really ill of late and needs to re-coup

You can follow Natasha's blog here  

ALL three of these lovely ladies have not only been amazing Design Team members

 but also part of the Admin Team (at some stage or another) 

- so all the stuff that goes on in the

 background has been done with their help and expertise.

We wish you all the very best with everything you all do and look forward

 to seeing your stunning works of art on your blogs and the ning etc

Jen and the Dustettes 

Better Late than Never!!!!! - Audrey Underwood

Never a dull moment in this house. It feels like only yesterday that we moved and we're at it again

 

I'm sure I was a gypsy in a former life, we've moved that much. It wasn't really a planned move, so what has been my regular blog posting for Dusty Attic at the beginning or the month, had to be changed. To tell you the truth I didn't think I'd even make a July post, but here I am, I just made it.

Here's my take on this months theme for the ATC - Trinkets and Treasures.

Title Granny's Parlour

One of the things I thought of when I sat to create this ATC and what the theme was, was my Nanna's parlour. We'd go to Nanna's every Sunday for tea, she'd bake what seemed at the time to a 8yr old a smorgasbord of delights, her famous apple pies, lemon Meringue pie, swiss rolls and more. All my Aunts, Uncles and cousins on my Dad's side would be there. One room we were not allowed into was the parlour. It was the special room, full of Nanna's special things. Her trinkets and treasures.
This Ganny's Parlour has seen better days, the wood has cracked, the wallpaper's peeling, the paint chipping and her lamp certainly needs replacing. Her knitting sits waiting for some attention on the old lace tablecloth ;)

Dusty Attic products use - Lamp 2pk DA0668, Chandelier sm 2pk DA0080.
Other products used - paper & sticker letters Kaiser, lace, tulle, thread, beads, tooth picks.
It's so much fun having little girly and baby photos to scrap again. Here's Miss Cadence the apple of my eye putting on her best pose for Uncle Liam.

Dusty Attic products use - 'a Lifetime is' quote - DA0929, Mini Birds #3 - DA0727, Leafy Scroll - DA0764, Flowers Layers #2 DA0503, Dusty Rose Leaves - DA0964, Dusty in Colour - Dusty Pink DA0907 & Navajo White DA0903.

Other products used - Paper - BoBunny, lace, ribbon, brads.

This year I made a promise to myself to get on with the job of scrapbooking and the reason I started this process 13 odd years ago. To print my photos scrap them and get the story behind the photos down on paper. Now this doesn't mean I won't be doing elaborate pages, it just means I'll have a eclectic mix to share.
Like this one, using some of Dusty Attics recent releases, the Circle Mesh and one of my favourites Polaroid Frames, I can see myself using these a lot.

What fun a tube of bubbles make.

Dusty Attic products use -Dusty Attic products use - Polaroid Frames DA0932, Circle Mesh lrg DA0883, Circle Mesh sm DA0884, Bookman ABC Set DA0666, Mini ABC Set Lower, Mini ABC Set Upper DA0861, Dusty in Colour - Navajo White DA0903

Other products used - Paper - Maja Designs, brads, thread.

You can find Dusty Attic products HERE

On Facebook HERE

Until next time

Happy Creating

Audrey

For the ATC this month Trinkets and Treasures I decided to use a selection of my

favorite mini's, and mixed it with my favorite colors of pink and white

The Dusty Attic Paint is just the right colour and dries so quickly with a beautiful sheen

 If you haven't tried them yet I really urge you to, you will love them. 

 

 I also added a French window pane to the back for added decoration.

 

Tina x

 

 

 

 

Joy by Robin Shakoor

  

Hello,

Today I am delighted to share this summertime layout featuring the gorgeous Ironwork Banner (DA0890) from The Dusty Attic. 

Using a paint brush, I applied a simple combination of Sunshine (DA0905) and Pesto (DA0918) acrylic paints from The Dusty Attic to create the finish you see on the chipboard.

To finish my page added pearls to throughout the chipboard design and a strand of pearls around my circle embellishment.  My title was created using the Mini Script ABC Set (DA0859) which I painted using Dusty Pink (DA0907) acrylic paint.

Patterned Paper:  Kaisercraft

Chipboard:  The Dusty Attic - Ironwork Banner (DA0890); Mini Script ABC (DA0859)

Individual Pearls:  Zva Creative

Pearl Strand:  Craft Supply

Paints:  The Dusty Attic - Sunshine (DA0905), Pesto (DA0918), Dusty Pink (DA0907)

Photo:  Dreamstime

.

Regards.

Trinkets and Treasures - by Gabrielle Pollacco

Gabrielle here with you today!  I'm always excited to see what the new challenge theme for the Dusty Attic ATC challenge will be for each coming month.  This month (July) has such a fun theme ~ "Trinkets & Treasures".   I wanted to go with losts of gems and glitter for this one.

 I began with the ATC Frame Set #4.  I used a whole bunch of heat embossing metalic powders to create a kind of aged metal patina.  I then used the Morrocan Design chippie as a backing for my cameo piece.  This piece I coated with some 3D metalic paints (Scribbles) and different colors of Stickles glitter glue.  And finally to give the ATC more opulance, I added a variety of adhesive gems.
Here are the Dusty Attic pieces I used for this project....

Trinkets and Treasures ATC - Paloma and Robin

Hello everyone,

Today I'm going to show you my ATC theme Treasure and trinkets..

I used the Dusty Attic chipboard DA0893

Here you can see the steps:

I used copper, gold and black glimmer mist:

I painted it with black glimmer mist

I used some texture to fill some places..

Painted the edges with golden acrilic paint

Added some black lace..

and then the embelishments:

the title..

and finished!

Hope you like it..

  

Hello everyone!

The Dusty Attic's ATC theme this month is Trinkets and Treasures so I thought I would create a treasures of the sea themed ATC. 

I always like to go a bit out of bounds when it comes to ATCs and this one is no different.  You will notice that the ATC base is see through using Dusty Attic's Mini Chicken Wire chipboard (DA0788) for the base instead of a solid surface.  I painted the chipboard using white and blue acrylic paint which was applied using a dabber. 

The gorgeous shapes from the sea are from the Oceanside ATC pack by Creative Imaginations.

Thanks for visiting with us today.  I hope you will give this fun theme a try this month.

Regards,