Saturday, 26 August 2023

WEEKEND - Heather Woodall

Good morning

Today I've done another layout for you, it's a bit busy, but love how the chipboard jumps off the page.

I started with this seaside range from Art Alchemy and fussy cut all the elements I wanted and placed them on my page. I added some white cardstock and corrugated board to some dimension and texture.

Tucked in subtly is the Juliette Balcony #2 - https://dustyattic.com.au/product/juliette-balcony-2/ - it has been inked with white ink, but just 1 layer so that it stayed this greyish colour from the chipboard coming through.

I then used some more of the leaves from Leafy Frame Set #3 - https://dustyattic.com.au/product/leafy-frame-set-3/

For these I've coloured with my Prisma Colour pencils and added some scribble lines around the edges with a brown Crayola Texta.

The "Weekend" title is from DA2083 "Weekend Getaway" - Weekend Getaway – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

To finish it off, and to try and soften it, I added some flowers, gauze, and art stones.

All of the chipboard pieces can be found on the Dusty Attic website - https://dustyattic.com.au/

Heather

Little Things - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello lovelies

I have a layout created using the August moodboard as inspiration. I love teal colours, so this moodboard was right up my alley.

I have used 49 and Market paper and ephemera as part of my layout.

The clockworks DA1750 was originally covered in black gesso for another project, which I didn't end up using - perfect opportunity for another layout. As I didn't want the black, I sponged on white gesso. And it worked really well to cover the black. Once this was dry, I brushed on Feathered Peacock Distress Oxide with a blending brush to the clock and then cut this in half. The photo was layered with ephemera and then I added the half clock pieces before adhering to the page with foam tape.

The foliage no #17 (DA2236) was painted with a teal chalk paint and then I added stickles to each piece. From here, I started layering my flowers and the foliage.

The title "Appreciate the little things (DA3345) was covered with white gesso, and once dry, I brushed over Walnut Stain Distress Oxide using a blending brush. I then outlined the words with brown copic pen.

The title was then added with glue and foam tape to the page, and I finished off using 49 and Market rubons around the photo and embellishments.

These are the products that I have used:

There is still time to use the moodboard as inspiration and create a project using Dusty Attic chipboard. Add your take to the DustyFANattics facebook page for your chance to win one of AU$50 worth of Dusty Attic chippy!

Hugs,

Michelle

Friday, 25 August 2023

Beautiful MOMENT - Rikki G - Mood Board Inspiration

Good morning how are you? I am here today to share with you my latest Dusty Attic creation.

How have you been going?

Have you entered the monthly challenges yet?

The zips are a perfect little touch when you do the roll technique, and they even zip together, how cool is that?

Its all the little details that make a difference.

Beautiful Moment is the perfect Dusty Attic Title to finish off the page.

The Botanical Ringlet is a perfect photo mat for a 4x4 photo.

Botanical Ringlets #2

Zippers

Beautiful Moment

All you need to do is add your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page HERE for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any.

Good Luck and have fun creating.

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

By Your Side - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Our monthly Moodboard inspired me to create a sea mixed media layout.

Love the weathered wooden style it fits perfectly to the feeling of salt water, foamy ocean waves, sunsets on the beach and walks on secluded natural beaches.

I found at Dusty Attic some beautiful suitable chippies, such like drift wood, corals and the right frame.

Chipboards were primed with white gesso and highlighted with distress inks in brown shades.

I also used the negatives from driftwood shapes and highlighted this pieces with a little bit fine sand from the baltic sea beach.

some close up's

used chipboards

Drift Wood #1

Broken Bits #3 – Fishnet

Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section
of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs,
...this year we are reverting back to the prize being a $50 (AUD) credit
to the Dusty Attic website store
so you can choose your very own designs.

Thanks for your visit!

I hope you find inspiration!

Monday, 21 August 2023

Just Because - Kim Arnold - Mood Board Inspiration

Hi everyone! Some mood board inspiration from me today.

With this month’s mood board I felt inspired to create an art journal page using Dusty Attic chipboard and stencil. I love art journaling as it gives me a chance to try different techniques which I can then use in my scrapbooking. For this page I decided to try stamping with chipboard and I will walk you through what I did. I think it worked out really well and will definitely be something I try again.

To start the journal page, I watered down aqua coloured distress ink onto plastic and smooshed into onto the page. I like to use the packaging from my chipboard as the plastic as it is nice and soft. I did many layers, letting each layer dry, so that I ended up with a very textured background with lots of depth. I then use the Keyboard Jumble Stencil, an ink sponge and a darker shade of aqua distress oxide ink to make a random pattern with numbers and symbols. It is important that the distress ink background is completely dry before you do this.

Keyboard Jumble Stencil

I then used aqua acrylic paint and the broken bits chipboard to stamp more designs into the background. I simply painted the chipboard reasonably thickly and while it was went turned it over and stamped it onto the journal page. This gives you a double use of your chipboard as you can then use the painted chipboard on a future layout!

Broken Bits #12

I loved the idea of building on the numbers and symbols in the background by creating a formula with beautiful sayings on the word disks. I decided on Everyday moments + Captured moments = Cherish the little things. I painted the word disks and mini addition pieces in silver paint. I interpreted the grey in the mood board as silver – as I love metalics. I made the equal sign by snipping two of the limbs from one of the crosses in the mini addition set.

Word Disk#3

Mini Addition

I then painted up one of the songbirds using the moodboard colours. I didn’t use the second layer of the wing as I don’t want too much bulk in my art journal. Some final splatters of silver paint and a rub of brown ink around the outside of the page and my moodboard inspired art journal page is done!