Altered Journal - Heather McMahon

Hello! It's Heather McMahon back with you today to share a journal that I altered. I've been doing a 12-week fitness challenge at a gym and we have to keep a journal for it. We are split into teams and they told us to decorate our journals in our team colours. As you can imagine, asking a scrapper to decorate a journal was like asking the sun to shine or the wind to blow - it's just what we do naturally!

Here's what I made:

I used Dusty Attic paints on the background through a Dusty Attic stencil. I then splashed some Magicals around. Here's what the first layers looked like.

I added a few more layers of paints and Magicals to get the final effect.

I LOVE this chippie scroll. I simply painted it in silver and let it shine!

It's quite hard to stencil on a surface that has already been stenciled on as the surface becomes uneven and wet mediums seep under the stencils, so I stenciled the butterflies onto a piece of white cardstock, cut them out and glued them onto the cover. It was slow work but I love the white borders around the butterflies as it helps them to stand out from the background.

These are the Dusty Attic products I used:

Decorative Frame #1 DA0207

Circuit Stencil DA 1322

Butterflight Stencil DA1493

Dusty in Colour Paints in Oceania,

Denim, Dusty Pink and Silver

Bookman ABC Set DA0666

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Little Moments - Tina Ollett, April Mood Board Inspiration

Hello and welcome to the wonderful home of The Dusty Attic.

It is Tina O with you today and I have my interpretation of this months moodboard to share with you. And omygoodness the things that when through my mind when I saw it were endless. It would have to be the most beautiful, stunning, breathtaking and absolutely amazing Moodboard I have come across, as you can see for yourself below.

And my interpretation.......

I love to capture my children when they least expect it and this is one of those photos. A little moment of quiet reflection caught on camera after a full day of excitement at Movie World.

My starting point is always my chipboards. I like to gesso them firstly and then lay them out in such a way that it will help to start my layout. The Scroll pieces I have used here have been attached to the top and bottom of the Skeleton Clock. To dress the chipboards I did some stamping with a script stamp in a Steel Silver colour and then coloured the edges with Lindy's Inka Golds to co-ordinate with the moodboard.

  

I have layered my distressed papers under the Dusty Attic Skeleton Clock and then mounted the photo upon the Skeleton Clock giving my page some dimension. 

Dusty Attic products used for this project are:

 

 

Corner Scroll #1 DA0209 

Scroll #2DA0215

and 

Skeleton Clock Faces DA0430

and

Mini Captions #6 DA1385

Vintage Keys DA0392

Some close-ups for you........

Well that is all from me today. I so hope that I have inspired you to give this month's moodboard a go. Just remember to use some Dusty Attic goodies and link it to the blog.

Until next time....happy scrapping.

Teen xo

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Forever - Valia Katzaki - April Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty Attic fans! 

It's Valia Katzaki here on the blog to show you my interpretation of our April moodboard. 

I loved the blue and lilac tones but I decided to use them on a black background. And this is my layout. 

The Large Ornate Frame was covered with Finnabair graphite spaste and then randomly misted with mists made from Finnabair opal lilac and opal blue mica powders. The graphite paste absorbs the micas beautifully! Before the paste was dry, I spinkled some Finnabair glass glitter for extra texture and sparkle. This frame is the absolute domimant element of every layout! 

I cut the lattice small chipboard to fit the inside of the frame and misted it with Lindy's Stamp Gang mist. 

My title was also misted with the same Lindy's mist to match my lattice backgroung and randomly misted with micas as well. The Dusty in Bloom flowers were also misted with micas for extra sparkle and they look glorious! 

Another view of the frame. It shines and shimes! 

Dusty Attic products used

Ornate Frase Set

Lattice Small

Word pack #33

Dusty in Bloom Blue Bonnet

Dusty in Bloom Evening Blush

I'll meet you again near the end of the month with an artsy and sweet canvas. 

Kissez! 

Magic - Helena Johanson - April Mood Board Inspiration

Hi everybody! Dusty Attic has another stunning moodboard this month, and since I love purple this was extra special to create with. 

To create the background on this page, I simply painted with clear gesso and then used mists, white gesso (mixed with some water to make it thinner) and embossing powder (purple) from Colour Blast. 

Here's the moodboard for this month:

And here are the Dusty Attic pieces I used:

Ivy Corners #2

Ornate Frame Set (I used the smaller piece).

I painted all the chippies with white gesso, and then I used embossing powder to get both color and structure. For the frame I used the purple powder from Colour Blast, and also bronze powder. On the Ivy Corners, I used light blue powder on the leaves, and also some bronze powder, just on the edges. 

I also used some purple embossing powder on some of the Dusty Attic flowers (Dusty in Bloom, Evening Blush).

And here are some close-ups for you!

Thank you for stopping by today!

xoxo

Helena