Treasure the little moments - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog. Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful November mood board which features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces. 

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies, except for the bird nest, branch, wordplay, and barb wire frame, were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

I only used a piece of the large barbed wire.  For the rust effect, I painted it with Burnt Umber, Georgia Clay, True Ochre, and Lamp Black.

The small branch and bird nest were painted with Burnt Umber and Arbor Green.

The Wordpl@y was inked with Tsukneko Pearlescent Chocolate ink.

I painted the foliage, wildflowers, and berries as follows :

Foliage #23 with Dusty Rose

Foliage #17 with Arbor Green and True Ochre

Wildflower #5 with Georgia Clay and True Ochre

Christmas Berries #1 with George Clay, True Ochre, Burnt Umber, and dapped with white acrylic paint.

I then cut all of them into pieces, and tucked them into the flower clusters.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1606 - Treasure the little moments

DA2594 - Foliage #23

DA2236 - Foliage #17

DA1684 - Wildflower #5

DA3143 - Christmas Berries #1

DA0720 - Bird Nests #1

DA1184 - Branch #4 small

DA1645 - Wordpl@y #2

DA1151 - Barb Wire Frames

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!

Happy Easter - Deb Stephens

Hello Fellow Dusty Fanatics and welcome to my first April DT project.

To start this project I traced around a clear acrylic egg shaped dome ,onto a piece of chipboard and then cut it out. I applied Texture paste through DA Stencil DA1487- Sunburst and then covered it all with black gesso when it dried. I then added some paint in blue and yellow and sprayed it with water and moved it around the base and dried it. Then I rubbed some of Tim Holtz's new foundry wax and heat set. Gluing down some artificial moss and the painted Tree branch and egg from the Mini Nest and Bird Set (DA0982) came next.

Painting, arranging and adhering the Mini Royal Frame set small DA1527, Wordpl@y #16 - Easter DA3282 sentiment and the rest of the Mini Nest and Bird set came next.

Once this was layered up on the base, I added some loose gold mica flakes in various sizes for some sparkle before gluing down the egg dome to the base.

Here are some close ups before the dome was glued down.

It was hard to get a good photo once the dome was on as it reflected light a lot. Wishing you all a safe and Happy Easter and I hope you enjoyed reading about this project.

No one is you ... - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

I was inspired to create a mixed media layout in

grunge style with a touch of Steampunk and Nature feelings.

Love this theme combination and saw it in our monthly moodboard. 

Nature and rust, usually reminds me of lost places,

 like overgrown gardens that have been reclaimed by nature.

 

 

 

 

 

I used an awesome background paper from the new 

'Industrial Zone' collection at 13arts, a great collection 

that inspires me again and again.

Found at Dusty Attic a lot of suitable chipboards,

 always love especially the beautiful near nature designs,

like grasses, branches, birds ....

astonishing and extraordinary  !!

 

some close up's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards 

 

Cog Border #3 

 Industrial Stars #2

Grass Clusters #2

Grass Cluster #1

Birds on Barb Wire

Water Pumps

Branch #4 small

Cogs Frame Set

 

 

We are looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.

 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.

 

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

 

 

 Kerstin

 

Skull Brush - Pascale B

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with an altered paintbrush.

I primed the brush with black gesso after I have glued a piece of lace on the handle.

For once I decided to start the composition from the "bottom" to the top and to paint the elements layer by layer with black gesso. The Dusty Attic chipboards are not too fragile, but you need to be careful nonetheless with elements like the Wildflower #3 or the Branches #4.

So the second layer was the wings, the  Tropical Leaves #9, and the Layered Flourish. To know where I will place them I checked with the biggest elements. In this case the ATC Frame #6.  Again, I primed all the chipboards with the black gesso. Next, I add the frame and the Fancy Accents #2. I finished the composition with the Tropical Leaves #9 and the flowers from the Boho Skull.

When everything was black, I colored all the elements with the Old Silver wax. I used the Electric Violet and Heather Hills waxes to color the flowers from the Wildflowers, the Old Denim for the Fancy Accents #2. For the wings, I used Violet liquid acrylic.

I covered the edges of the ATC frame with silver metallic flakes and the bird skull with gold metallic flakes. I painted the base of the frame and the inside of the eyes of the skull with the Sparkling Onyx Jewel paste. 

To finish the brush, I added a few flowers and glitters.

Material:

Dusty Attic products:

Wildflower #3 DA1143				Tropical Foliage #9 DA2537				Branch #4 small DA1184
ATC Frames #6 DA1524			Fancy Accents #2 DA1624			Layered Flourish DA1731			Boho Skull DA1733

Other products:

Flowers - 49 and Market (Flowers Mini Serie 01 - Violet);

Mould - Finnabair Prima (Wings and Bones, Birds and Bats);

Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Metallic Flakes: Sparkling);

Waxes Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Electric Violet, Heather Hills, Old Denim, Old Silver, White Gold);

Liquid Acrylic Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Violet);

Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Sparkling Onyx Jewel Paste, Gilding Glue);

Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

One Winged Angel - Pascale B

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new mixed media panel. I work with another photo of Christina Fisher call the "One Winged Angel".

After priming the HDF panel with white gesso, I glued a piece of tissue paper on the lower half. On the upper half, I added a design with the flourish stencil and modeling paste. When dry, I cover the upper half with brown paint mixed with black gesso. 

I painted all the chipboards and the resin elements with the same brown paint mixed with black gesso. I embossed the ATC Frame #4 with Silence is Golden EP. 

Before starting to glue anything, I waxed lightly the upper half of the background with Bronze Age wax to highlight the details of the design which have disappeared under the dark brown paint. Then, I started my composition. First, I glued some natural branches, then the frame. From there, I continued with the chipboards: the Spring Blooms #1, the Foliage #23, the small branches #4, the Leafy Corners, and the mini feathers.

When all the elements were glued, I colored them with different waxes starting with the darkest to the lighter. I used Bronze Age, Aged Brass, Vintage Gold, and finally White Gold. 

I decided to add more natural elements like lichen painted with copper metallic paint and dry hydrangea flowers.  

I finished the composition with gold pearls, mica flakes, and glitters.

Dusty Attic products:

Leafy Corners DA2689			Foliage #23 DA2594			Spring Blooms #1 DA1282			ATC Frame #4 DA0876
Mini Feathers DA0650				Branch #4 small DA1184				Flourish Stencil DA2662

Other products:

Flowers - 49 and Market (Cotton Blooms: Ginger);

Embossing Powders - Lindy's Gang (Silence is Golden);

Moulds - Prima (Vincennes Hardware, Escucheons);

Tissue paper - Finnabair Prima (Carte Postale); 

Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Gold Leaf);

Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Bronze Age, Aged Brass, Vintage Gold, White Gold);

Art Alchemy Metallique Paint - Finnabair Prima (Steampunk Copper);

Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, Black Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Matte Gel, Modeling Paste).