Thursday 28 January 2016

Hello everyone and welcome to my first ever Dusty Attic blogpost! 

My name is Valia Katzaki and I am a shabby scrapper from sunny Greece. I love chipboard and flowers, is there any better scrappy combination? Dusty Attic has the most amazing designs and I couldnt be more thankful to Jennifer Hedger and Jen Burns for having me on the team! 
This is a dream come true for me!

Let me say that opening my DT package was a thrilling experience. All these beautiful products, the chipboard, the flowers, the acrylics and the stencils inspired me to scrap in a most romantic way. 
Here is our January moodboard 
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And this is my layout

I treated the backgroung with a script DA stencil and Shimmerz Texturez. 

The word "Special" was first primed with gesso and then painted with Twinkling H2Os. I cut the corners from the elegant chain and I tucked them in my clusters. To achieve a different shade of the same color, I used the same paint but I didnt gesso the piece first. I treated the Scrolls the same way. 


I painted the Ivy corners with Finnabair Mica Powder mixed with gloss medium. I generously dabbed the leaves with paint to get extra texture. When the leaves were dry, I dilluted Dusty in Color Raisin with lots of water and I washed the leaves in oder to highlight the raised areas. It gave the leaves a kind of succulent look. 



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Dusty Attic Products used

Dusty in Colour Raisin
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Word Pack #33
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Ivy Corners #2
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Elegant Chain
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Scroll Set #1
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Creative Script Stencil
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The Dusty Attic chipboard pieces were so amazing that I couldnt help myself so I made two cards as well. For the first card I used a piece of the Tickets set and the ATC Frame #4

For the second card, I used the inside leftover of the ATC frame as a frame for my sentiment. Even the leftovers are too great not to use! 


Dusty Attic Products used

Dusty in Colour Raisin

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Dusty in Colour Pesto
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ATC Frame #4
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Tickets


Mini Captions #7
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Thank you so much for dropping by! 


7 comments:

  1. Congratulations Valia :) Gorgeous 1st posting with Dusty Attic!

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  2. These are stunning Valia! I love how you've treated the chippies!

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  3. Gorgeous work Valia, I always admire your pages, they are so beautiful! Congratulations on your DT membership!

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  4. Congrats my friend! What a beautiful first page! Thank you for the mini tutorial you gave us! :-) I wish you are always so creative! <3

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  5. Congratulations Valia!! I love your page and all of your beautifully coloured chipboard pieces.....can't wait to see more of your work.

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  6. Congratulations Valia!Love the romance mood :)

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  7. Beautiful projects....!!
    Congratulations and welcome to the team.

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