BEACh life - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

I am sure that you will agree with me that the November mood board is just stunning! Remember you have until the end of this month to participate in the challenge.

I used photos of my grandchildren's school photos which was a beach theme and perfect for the pretty Uniquely Creative collection, Tropical Dreams. I have also used some beautiful beach theme Dusty Attic chippies.

Here is the mood board.

 and here is my layout.

All the chippies were primed with white gesso.

I then painted the edges of the old wooden fence, title, seagull and drift wood with 

Americana Acrylic Paint in Slate Grey and Grey Storm.

The  tropical foliage were painted with Americana Acrylic Paint in Green 

Mist and dry brushed with Banana Cream.

I sprayed the starfish with Distress Oxide Spray in Vintage Photo and Spiced 

Marmalade and lightly rubbed with  Vintage Gold Metallique wax.

The Wordpl@y elements were dry brushed with Americana Acrylic Paint in Peaches 'n 

Cream, Poodleskirt Pink and Mint Julep Green.

Some close ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used. Visit the online shop for these and many more amazing chipboard designs.

DA2563 - Old Wooden Fence #2

DA2082 - Beach Life

DA11687 - Wordpl@y #7

DA1042 - Seagulls

DA2197 - Starfish #2

DA2193 - Drift Wood #2

DA2386 - Tropical Foliage #6

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I do hope I have inspired you to give 

this beautiful mood board a go.

Happy crafting!

Tropical state of Mind - Michelle Carrick

I'm Back with my second project today...

Friends just chilling!!

For this project I Incorporated all gorgeous pastels.

I painted my wood white, adding sand to give texture and sanding the edges.

Wrapped string around the bottom half.

I then painted my little canvas with diluted green and blue paint.

I added real sea sand on the bottom half.

Wrapped string around the top half of the canvas.

Made tags out of a map and also made the palm tree out of normal leaves  just cutting one half of the leaf off. Then wrapped the wire with string holding them together.

I also included cocktail umbrellas.

For the all the chip boards I painted white first,

for the leaves I used green alcohol ink, 

For the sea enemies I used Blue alcohol ink,

for the title Tropical is Blue alcohol ink and state of mind is pink paint.

Lastly, for the bubble chip board I added sand for texture.  

I also included angle hair.

I placed and attached everything down as well as some metal shells and art stones to complete the look.

 Hop on over to Dusty Attic 
 www.dustyattic.com.au 
and you'll find all the latest chip boards and more there! 

Lovies 

Shells

xoxo

Discover - Julia Ost - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello dear friends!

Today I have a new mood board inspiration for you.

This palette with the colours of the sunset have brought about my sea mood and I wanted to sail the boat across the waves of my creativity.

I created a multilayered canvas where I  made the background picture through the stencil from Dusty Attic and added their amazing and perfectly matching chipboard. I painted it with color ink-pads and sprays from Lindy’s.

Small shells, stones, toppings and drops of paint enhanced my layout and made it look complete.

My sailboat is riding the waves of my sweet tropical holiday memories!

Here I used:

Broken Bits #7 - Distressed Grid

Distressed Grid Stencil

Blueprint DISCOVER

Shells #3

Mini Compasses

I hope you enjoy my work!

Cheers,

Julia Ost

Travel, Adventure - Kerstin Filou

Hello everyone!

High summer temperatures  and we are only sweating and moaning, every thought of the sea provides cooling and relaxation. 

I was inspired to create a sea mixed media layout in cool and refreshing colours.

I used a blue neutral background paper and designed the background with a bubble stencil and a white acrylic and blue chalky spray so it looks like a foaming sea.

I discovered this beautiful sailing ship in an old advertisement, and suitable I chose a round cutting die for the photos.

some close up's

I love old lighthouses and so I created a wheathered look with crackle textures and distress inks. 

Used Dusty Attic chipboards

Shells #3

Light Houses #2

Driftwood #1  

 

Foliage #18

 

 

 

Happy crafting!