You keep me anchored - Patricia Basson - Mood Board inspiration

Hi dear Bloggie friends...

Today I am bringing you a project using the gorgeous May colours on the Dusty Attic Moodboard. Ranging in different shades of Blue and with a Beachy theme I created this Heart shape wall hanging. 

I covered it with some Decoupage paper from Stamperia. Also stencilled with some  Translucent crackle Paste.  Then painted the background with Liquid Acrylic Paint, Prussian Blue and Magical Pond Sparks.

I started by applying a layer of Gesso to all the pieces. I then painted the Water Tower and the Wooden Fence with Stamperia Allegio Paints, Blue Aviation, Cookie and Earth. I also added touches of Rust effect paste, Brown, Dusty and Cool Grey. 

The Rainbow and Clouds, Jellyfish and Starfish were painted with Cookie and Indian Turquoise paints. The Star Fish and Jellyfish got a little Lava Paste that was heated to pop before the paints. Easy and great added texture. 

I embossed the Fancy Frame and Ocean Waves with Ranger Speckle Embossing Powder, Blueberry and Cosmic Shimmer's Industrial Revolution. Both beautiful multicoloured and textured. On the Gauss I sprinkled some 13Arts White shiny Glitter strips. Also added Art Stones and some small Seashells to finish the Beach theme. The Wood Slices only have the slightest lick of Gesso, leaving them with the gorgeous ring design.

There is still time to enter the Moodboard challenge. 

You could win one of two $50 AUD credits to the Dusty Attic online store. Remember the only requirement is that you have Dusty Attic chipboard on your creation and enter on the Dusty FANattics Page.  Have fun and good luck .

From the Dusty Attic On-line store the following were used. 

Rainbow #4 Small

DA 3037

Starfish #2

DA 2197 

Water Tower

DA 2764

Wood Slices

DA 2180

Mini Jellyfish

DA 2778

Fancy Frame #8

DA 2128

Ocean Wave Small

DA 2562

Old Wooden Fence #3

DA 3081

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, 

the great ocean, 

and the highest peak,

 empty of all thoughts. 

Always keep your body filled with light and heat. 

Fill yourself with the power 

of wisdom and enlightenment. 

~Morihei Ueshiba~

Make a Wish - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

 

Hello everyone!

Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful May mood board. This is my little grandson on his first birthday.  

Jamesie, here is my message to you.

Today was extra special because you turned one and you spend the day with us. Grandpa, mommy, and I made a huge fuss to make sure you knew how precious you are to us.  It seems like just yesterday, that you were tiny and new. But the best thing of all is your life's only just begun. You bring so much joy to everyone's heart.  May every year of your life be filled with joy and happiness.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were first covered with a layer of white gesso.  To colour the chippies I used Americana Acrylic paint in Turquoise Blue, Whispering Turquoise, Baby Blue, Pineapple and Vintage Acrylic paint in Leopold Petrol. These balloon chippies are so cute, I love them. I added a few wordpl@y chippies, my favourite addition to my projects.

The edges of the painted chippies were dry brushed with white acrylic paint.  The polaroid frames are perfect for framing a photo that you want to highlight. Dusty Attic offers a collection of polaroid frames for different occasions. James is pictured here squeezing his cupcake.

As you can see in the photo below, Dusty Attic has a variety of stars.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA0945 - Make a wish

DA1165 - Word Pack #7

DA1889 - Mini Tabs #1 BLACK

DA1792 - Wordpl@y #8 BLACK

DA2457 - Polaroid Frame Set #4

DA3177 -Balloons

DA1068 - Chevron Panel Small

DA1040 - Mini Stars

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA2378 - Get Framed – Star

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Happy crafting!

Live, Love, Laugh - Lynette Jacobs - Mood Board Inspiration

Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I am sharing my take on the May mood board. I used a photo of my daughter-in-law and me.  Love this girl.  I used one of our local South African Brands, Penelope Dee Agatha collection for this page.

The Mood board:

Products used:

Chain rectangles

Christmas Berries #1

Mini Captions #6

Confetti Stencil

Some close ups of the page:

I matted white cardstock onto a patterned paper and stitched around the edge.  I then applied some distress ink through the Confetti Stencil to add texture to the cardstock.

I love this monochromatic colour scheme.  I heat embossed all the chipboard that was used on this page.  The chain rectangle was added as an additional layer behind my photo.

I am truly  blessed beyond measure with this lovely girl in my life.

I layered the heat embossed Christmas berries behind the fussy cut floral.  Love how it adds to the page.

You just can't go wrong with beautiful chipboard on your pages.

Why not enter the Mood Board challenge yourself? 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.

Until next time.  Happy crafting.

You are so beautiful - Rikki G - Mood Board Inspiration

Good morning how are you all? New month and a new Moodboard for Dusty Attic and I have to say its amazing!!!  This is one of my most favourite colour palettes to work with and you can see why.....

So please follow along on how I created the very layered layout, and dont forget to play along with this months moodboard.

So to start off the layout I used the Mandala #1 – by Nuneka and I did a huge amount of foam tape to get a lot of height, there is 4 layers as you can tell I am not afraid to add height, it allows me the freedom to add all my elements under and over and this helps when I do my glitter work.

The it was about the fussy cut mandala, it needed a bit of scalpel work I wanted to show the under layers of the first chipboard and once again its a great place to catch the glitter. It also has foam tape to add another layer.

Next add the photo, yes that also has foam tape in between is mat layers..... Then to add more layers add the Rainbow #4 small  add cloud over and under the rainbow, this is where the height on the mandalas helps.

Now to add some interest, I ran out of feathers but I wanted a dream catcher look for the mandala, so I needed to get thinking the Tropical Foliage #10 kind of looks like feathers and they are a great substitute when you dont have the real thing..... dont forget to layer them up and also group them together to give a better feather effect.

Time to add the chains throughout the layout, dont forget to add them in between the multiple layers!!!

Now comes the decorating of butterflies and resin flowers and tassels....

 

Finish off the layout with a title, bling and of course glitter....

I hope this inspires you to play along with this months moodboard.

Till the next time, have a creative day 

Rikki G 

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Mandala #1 – by Nuneka

Tropical Foliage #10

Rainbow #4 small

Mini Chains

You Are So Beautiful

We would love to see your take on our moodboard.  Don’t forget to share your projects on our Facebook page. Why not enter the Mood Board challenge yourself? 

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.