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Saturday, 30 September 2023

First Day - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today.

My September design team layout features beautiful school chippies from Dusty Attic.

Our lives are filled with new events and experiences, and going to school for the first time is one of those very special events. How can one forget their first day? I still remember my first day of school clearly.

My granddaughter started Grade 1 in January of this year. She was so excited when she put on her school uniform for the first time. It was such a memorable day for the family. She is so sweet, brave, and smart, and already made a lot of friends and beautiful memories.

A week after school started I arranged this photo shoot.

Here is my layout.

I included a folder and booklet with tabs in this layout.

Here is the inside of the folder.

Here is the booklet. I will show photos of the inside as well.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted

with Americana Acrylic paint.

For the Ombre effect on the title and word pack, I used Cool Blue at the top and Quilt Blue Heritage Acrylic Paint at the bottom and dry brushed with white acrylic paint in the middle.

I used a white Posca Pen as well as the Light Green to color the book stack.

I colored the apple with and the bracket as well as the bracket on the folder with Sour Apple.

The broken bits numbers were painted with white acrylic paint and the edges were dry brushed with Cool Blue.

I colored these adorable little pencils with Posca Pens in Orange, Light Green, and Yellow. I left the wood part of the pencil raw.

These Mini Me chippies are my favorite. They are so cute! They were colored in the same colors as the pencils. I glued some of these Mini Me chippies to the title as well.

Some close up of the inside of the booklet.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1984 - Word Pack #42

DA1974 - Pencils

DA1966 - Book Stack #1

DA1154 - Mini Me Small

DA1961 - First Day

DA2499 - Brackets

DA2391 - Broken Bits #1 – Numbers

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Friday, 21 July 2023

Every photo tells a story - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog.

My July design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

This is a photo of my grandson Janco and my granddaughter Mila a few years ago. They know how to play. They know how to fight fight. Most of all they know how to love and protect each other.

Here is my layout.

All the chippies were first covered with a layer of white gesso and then painted

with Americana Acrylic paint.

I love this title and suits the photo just perfectly. I painted the title with Spa Blue and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I painted the Mint Leaves with Lush Foliage and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The polaroid frame was painted Bubblegum Pink.

The Whimsy frame was cut in half and glued between the paper layers.

The ladybugs were painted with Lamp Black and Naphthol Red.

The Plant Label and Heart Candy were painted with Cool Blue and Orchid.

Wordpl@y words are my favorite additions to a layout.

I painted the bracket with Bahama Blue.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1783 - Every Photo Tells A Story

DA3353 - Mini Lady Bugs

DA2499 - Brackets

DA2454 - Polaroid Frame Set #1

DA2899 - Plant Labels #2

DA3247 - Heart Candy

DA2762 - Mint Leaves

DA0750 - Mini Scrolls #2

DA1562 - Whimsy Frames #6

DA1787 - Wordpl@y #3 BLACK

After everything glued down I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Visit the Dusty Attic online shop for more amazing chipboard designs.

Happy crafting!

Saturday, 15 April 2023

Cute as a Bunny - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

Here is my project inspired by the April mood board which features beautiful Dusty Attic Easter chipboard pieces.

I made this waterfall album to celebrate my grandson James' first Easter.

Here is the mood board.

Here is my album.

All the chippies were first covered with a layer of white acrylic paint, and then painted

with Americana Acrylic paint in Tangelo Orange, Peaches 'n Cream, Pineapple, Bahama

Blue, Sour Apple, and Slate Grey.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA3285 - Cute as a Bunny

DA3282 - Wordpl@y #16 – Easter

DA3280 - Bunny Buttons

DA3279 - Carrots

DA3278 - Bunny Headbands

DA3276 - Decorative Eggs

DA3275 - Bunnies

DA2499 - Brackets

DA0510 - Buttons

I hope you find time to play along with this mood board. Share your projects on

our Facebook Page here for your chance to win a $50 (AUD) credit for two lucky winners

to the Dusty Attic online shop so you can choose

your very own chippies you would like to use.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Happy crafting!

Monday, 15 August 2022

In the garden - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

I am sharing my July design team layout with you, loaded with stunning Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

After what has seemed like the coldest winter in Pretoria, change is finally on the horizon as we are experiencing wonderful weather at the moment. I am sure spring is on its way and I have never been more ready.

This is my grandson Janco helping me plant seedlings.

For this layout, I used paper from the 49 and Market Curators Botanical collection.

Here is my layout.

I used bookplates and tabs from the Curators Essential collection to create a booklet and stamped it with a coffee stain stamp.

Chipboard pieces are always painted with Americana Acrylic paint unless otherwise stated.

Both titles were covered with white gesso before being painted with Hauser Light Green and Cool Blue, then dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

Bugs, ants, and spiderwebs are essential to a garden and were painted with black acrylic paint. The spiderweb was dry brushed with silver acrylic paint.

The flower clusters are made up of a variety of pretty blooms and die-cut foliage and flowers. I also used the Foliage Clusters #2, a new addition to the beautiful foliage collection. The foliage was first covered with white gesso and then painted with Hauser Light Green and Cool Blue and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. I snipped the foliage into pieces and tucked them into the flower clusters.

The wood slices were inked with brown and black ink and dry brushed with Plantation Pine for a moss look.

The birdhouses, butterfly, plant label, and seedlings in the wheelbarrow were first covered with white gesso and then painted with Hauser Light Green, Cool Blue, Pineapple, and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I covered the garden tools with black gesso and Burnt Umber and dry brushed them with Mont Marte Metallic acrylic paint in Silver.

For the rust effect on the wheelbarrow and watering can I lightly covered them with white gesso making sure I don't cover the detail. With a sponge brush, I then dabbed the wheelbarrow and the watering can with Grey Storm, Slate Grey, and randomly with Georgia Clay.

The flower pots were randomly covered with coarse texture paste. I then painted the posts with Traditional Burnt Umber and Georgia Clay. For the moss on the pots, I used Plantation Pine and Hauser Light Green. Twine was also glued to the pots.