The Dusty Attic Blog: Cosmic Swirl

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Sunday, 22 August 2021

Brave - Belinda Spencer - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty Attic fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for The Dusty Attic inspired by the August Mood Board and featuring some fabulous chipboard.

For this layout, I started with some pretty stunning patterned paper by Stamperia that really didn't need much altering. I sprayed some Navy Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in the centre and dried off with a heat gun. I then added some stencilling using both the Confetti # 2 and Starry Night Stencils with Colour Blast Colour Pastes.

I painted all of my chipboard pieces with 3 coats of heavy white gesso before painting some of the pieces with a grey acrylic paint.

I used the Cosmic Swirl chipboard as the base and then layered everything else on top.

I love the way you can layer the sun and clouds together.

I scattered some sweet Stars across the page too. Stars would have to be my favourite element for just about everything.

I love the title and the quote from the patterned paper range I used. So perfect for my brave boy.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA1040 Stars

DA1764 Confetti #2 Stencil

DA1804 Mini Tabs # 7

DA2254 Cosmic Swirl

DA2654 Mini Titles # 3

DA2663 Banners # 5

DA2946 Tabs & Starbursts

DA2991 Clouds # 3

DA1763 Starry Night Stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to play along with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Such a great day to remember - Patricia Basson

How great to scrap a page again of me and my Son for my Dusty Attic Design Team project...

He is coming for a surprise visit and I have arranged for a family photoshoot for the occasion!!! Meaning I will hopefully have some new and exciting photos soon!

I have used two sheets of paper from the Stamperia collection, Voyages Fantastiques. One was trimmed a little and I handstitched them together with some thick yarn.

I used two Dusty Attic stencils, Mandela and Creative Script. Using Ink through the Mandela one and Distress Ink and Speckled Egg Embossing Glaze through the Script one.

All of my Chipboard was gesso'd with white Gesso. On the Cosmic Swirl I used Speckled Egg Distress Paint from Tim Holtz and Country Maple Paint from Deco Art. I heat embossed with Speckled Egg Embossing Glaze.

I gave the Houses and Hanging Sign a nice thick coat of White Crackle from Finnabair. Once dried and crackled I painted them with the following Distress Oxide Sprays, Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo. On a piece of Pergamano paper I used Alcohol Inks, Hazelnut, Rust, Salmon and Statue Alloy. This I used behind the Windows of the Houses and the Lamppost.

I cut the Decorative Frame in half. I painted them with the Speckled Egg and Country Maple Paints. I then embossed it with an Embossing Folder to achieve the Dots. I gave it a good coating with Clear Rock Distress Crackle Paint, scrapping the excess of leaving paint only in the dots.

The Title was painted with 13Arts Tiger Eye Color Glow mixed with some water.

I also dyed a piece of gauss with Frayed Burlap Oxide Spray. And added some Art Stones and various flowers to the page.

I hope you enjoyed my page and will visit the Dusty Attic On-line Store for the many amazing Chipboard Designs for Sale....

Decorative Hanging Sign #4

Creative Script Stencil

DA 1494

There is one man

I love more than any other,

he is my son.

Friday, 15 January 2021

Christmas Memories to Cherish - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

Wishing you all a safe, healthy and prosperous new year and may your dreams come true in 2021!

I am sharing my January design team layout with you using some beautiful old and new chippies from Dusty Attic. This layout features my three grandchildren, Mila, Janco and James and they are my absolute pride and joy.

Here is my layout.

All the chippies were first covered with white gesso.

I used both the large and small Cosmic Swirl. I used the large swirl under the large photo and with the small small swirl I created my own little town similar to the one printed on the background pattern paper on the left side. Both these two stunning pieces as well as the stars were painted with Acrylic Chalk Paint in Greek Haze and Sky Blue and dry brushed with white gesso. Next, I covered the stars as well as the stars and circles on the swirls with glossy accents and while still wet sprinkled with Stickles dry fine glitter.

For the ombre effect on the title I also used Acrylic Chalk Paint in Greek Haze and Sky Blue.

These super cute houses were coloured with Distress Oxide in Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce and Black Soot. I wanted them to look similar to the houses on the pattern paper.

I pressed the three Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz with water creating small droplets. I started with the Iced Spruce for the base colour and slided the houses through the droplets a few times. I repeated the process with all the colours drying in between. I edged the chippies with Brilliance Pigment Ink in Graphite Black.

The mini Christmas trees and the foliage were painted with Americana Acrylic Paint in Lush Foliage.

I coloured the Poinsettias with Metalique Wax in Vintage Gold and Americana Acrylic Paint in Lush Foliage.

and my favourite Wordpl@y elements.

After everything was glued down I added splatters with diluted white gesso.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.

DA1452 - Christmas memories to cherish

DA2736 - House by Nuneka

DA2785 - Foliage #28

DA2255 - Cosmic Swirl Large

DA2246 - Poinsettia Small

DA1789 - Wordpl@y #5 Black

DA0652 - mini Christmas Trees

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA0936 - Star frames

DA2254 - Cosmic Swirl Small

Thank you for visiting my blog. Visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing design.

Happy crafting!

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Christmas Eve and Memories to cherish - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a blessed Festive Season with your loved ones. I wish you all a happy 2020 with beautiful moments, treasured memories, and all the blessings a heart can know.

Today I am sharing two more Christmas layouts. I am sure, like me, you have hundreds of Christmas photos.

On the first layout I used a photo of my daughter that I took about 15 years ago and on the second layout I used a photo of my granddaughter I took 2 years ago in our garden with some Christmas props.

Here is my first layout.
CHRISTMAS EVE

This is one of my favourite frames and perfect for a festive layout. I covered the frame with white gesso and Americana acrylic paint in Desert Turquoise and dry brushed with white gesso. I randomly covered the circles and stars with glossy accents and sprinkled with Stickles Fine Glitter in Platinum.

I heat embossed the Baroque Flourish with white embossing powder.

The Wordpl@y were lightly brushed with white gesso and acrylic paint.

These cute Christmas trees were painted with Americana acrylic paint in Sour Apple and dry brushed with white gesso. The stars were painted with Americana acrylic paint in Desert Turquoise. Once dry I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled with Stickles Fine Glitter in Platinum.

some close ups.

When everything was glued down I added gold micro beads and splatters with diluted white gesso.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA2254 - Cosmic Swirl

DA0652 - mini Christmas Trees - 8pk

DA2367 - Baroque Flourish #4

DA1685 - Wordpl@y #5

DA2378 - Get Framed - Star

Here is my second other layout.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES TO CHERISH

I arranged the flowers and die cuts in the shape of a Christmas tree.

All the chippies were first covered with white gesso. I heat embossed the title and Christmas Postmark with embossing powder.

The stars were painted with Americana acrylic paint in Desert Turquoise. Once dry I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled with Stickles Fine Glitter in Platinum.