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Sunday, 26 July 2020

Friendship - Rachelle Sigurdson

Hello Dusty Fans, today I would like to share with you a LO I did layering lots of DA's amazing frames.....

The Dusty Attic used: https://www.dustyattic.com.au/

Decorative Frame #1

Living The Dream

Skeleton Clock Faces

Winged Frame Set

Mystic Frame #2

Mini Foliage

Designer Disk-Script

Mini Chains

Friendship

Wordpl@y #2 Black

The 49 and Market used: https://www.49andmarket.com/shop/

Tattered Garden

Tattered Playground

Floral Mixology

Galway Gray

Purple Rain

Other Elements used: Black Gesso, Clear Crackle Paint, Prima Wax-Old Silver,Vintage Silk, Heather Hills, Lucky Emerald, Liquid Pearls, Prills....Here are a few close ups....

I primed the chipboard pieces with black gesso, then applied a thick coat of clear crackle paint onto some of the areas. Once the crackle was completely dry I played with blending the waxes listed above...

I used liquid pearls on Living the Dream....

Thank you so much for taking the time to look.....Rachelle

Saturday, 25 July 2020

Captured Moment - Patricia Basson - Mood Board Inspiration

Warm greetings Blog friends...

For the Dusty Attic July Moodboard challenge I am sharing a photo of me and my two daughters. I used two sheets of the Prima Love Story collection.

After distressing and punching the top sheet, I applied clear gesso to it. I mixed some white Crackle paste with a drop of Avocado Green Liquid Acrylic paint and put that through a stencil on the background paper. Next I sprayed some Cocklebells Coral spray from Lindy's Stampgang. I also stamped and embossed with Lindy's Merry-go-Round Green embossing powder.

After a layer of Gesso, I embossed the Foliage and Ornate Corner pieces with Ranger Antiquities Embossing Powder; California Stucco. The Spring Blooms were painted with Rustic Brown Metallique paint and highlighted with White Gold Metallique Wax both from Finnabair.

I painted the Leaves #2 with Green Splash paint from 13Arts and also the White Gold wax. The title got a sweep of Bundled Sage Distress Ink. On the dots of the Corner piece I painted some of the Cocklebells Coral and then placed a half Glass Bead onto it.

For the final touches I added Rose Color Fragments from Stampendous and White Shiny Glitter strips from 13Arts.

I used the following chipboard pieces from the Dusty Attic online Shop.

Thank you for your visit....

A daughter is the happy memories of the past,

the joyful moments of the present,

and the hope and promise of the future.

~Author unknown~

Favourite Moment - Belinda Spencer - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty FANattics!

Long time no see!

I thought it was time to dust off the cobwebs and share my latest layout for The Dusty Attic inspired by the July Moodboard.

Favourite Moment

I was inspired by the mood board to create a really pretty and girly layout using some Heidi Swapp papers I have had in my stash for aaaages!

Here's a peek at the gorgeous mood board:

So pretty!!

I really love the Impact Titles and used my edited version of 'Favourite Moments' for my title. I simply decided not to use the 's' on the end to make the title fit my photo. I painted it with three coats of heavy white gesso first and then added some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine to the 'Moment'.

I used a torn piece of the 12 x 12 Chicken Wire on my background that I stapled in place. I left it raw to co-ordinate with the rustic feel of my photo of my daughter posing in our hay shed. I then layered the Swirly Flourishes on top. The flourishes were painted with three coats of heavy white gesso and left as is because I love the crispness of bright white embellishments.

I slipped in some pretty Blooms # 4 to match the roses on my daughter's dress. These I gave the gesso treatment before adding some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine.