Precious memories - Patricia Basson

Good day friends here at the beginning of Autumn in South Africa. Trees are slowly starting to throw their leaves which are starting to change into my favorite Fall colours of Browns, Orange and Yellows. I just love this time of Year as it tends to enfold me with a sense of calmness and peace....Hence my DT page for Dusty Attic is done in these colours...

I have used papers from 49 & Market's Vintage Artistry in the Leaves collection.

As usual all my chipboards were primed with white Gesso. On the Corner Flourish I applied some Paper Paste to add dimension. I then painted with Buttermilk Acrylic paint from Deco Art as well as Cheddar Gloss spray from Dina Wakley and Peppermint Stick Distress Mica Stain. 

The Winter Corner was painted with Cappuccino Paint from Stamperia with a little darker Brown paint. I used Emerald Isle Infusion Powder mixed with water to paint the Acorn and highlighted the raised areas with some white Gesso. 

The Page Pebbles and Creative Scripts were also painted with the Cheddar Paint and Mica Stain. I also embossed them with two layers of Clear UTEE powder. 

The Quoted Sentiments got some of the Infusion ink on the edges with double UTEE embossing as well.

The Fancy Trim, Word Pack and Mini Words pieces are also painted with the above mentioned Paints but are not Embossed. 

I randomly added Crushed Ice Effect Paste to the page for a little sparkly effect!

All these and many more amazing Chipboards are available in the Dusty Attic on-line shop

Fancy Trim #16

DA 2551

Word Pack  #17

DA 1273

Quoted Sentiments #3

DA 2582

Creative Script 

DA 2201

Mini Words #2

DA 0476

Page Pebbles #9

DA 1114

Winter Corner 

DA 3147

Corner Flourish #3

DA 0623

Thank you, hope you enjoyed my page....

The year is a book, isn't it...? 

Spring's pages are written in Mayflowers and violets,

 summer's in roses, 

autumn's in red maple leaves,

and winter in holly and evergreen. 

~L. M. Montgomery~

Always find time... - Kim Arnold

 Hi everyone! I’m bringing you some mood board inspiration today.

I have created a very Autumn feel layout for the moodboard using lots of lovely Dusty Attic chipboard, including a gorgeous mixed font long title.

Starting with the title (Always find time), I have painted it with a flat army green paint and then, once dry, added a coat of Green Brocade Opal Magic wax, which gives the chipboard a shimmery green gold sheen.

Always find time Title

As I mentioned in my last post, I love words – and I love fonts. In this layout not only have I used the mixed font title, but I also used the Creative Script chipboard piece.

For this piece I used Rich Copper wax directly onto the chipboard. You don’t need to underpaint – the wax covers the chipboard perfectly.

Creative Script 

I then added some Mini Foliage #2 pieces in with the laser cut flowers. I love how tucking the chipboard into the flowers adds dimension and interest to the flowers.

Mini Foliage #2

For the mini foliage, I used a combination of the finishes from the other pieces. I painted the stems with the army green paint and dabbed the copper wax onto the berries.

If you want to see how this layout came together, I have a process video available on my YouTube channel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR2V98XbcUI

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon.

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

Always find time… – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Creative Script – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Mini Foliage #2 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Birthday card set - Patricia Basson

Hello Friends...

I am Happy to share these two cards with you as my Dusty Attic Design Team Project for the month. 

I used plain cream Cardstock, distressed the edges with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and layered them. I used two Dusty Stencils, Butterflight and Threaded Beads with Texture paste for the background. 

I then used Rose Quartz and Fire Opal Color Glow from 13 Arts spritzed with water. I also inked with the Hickory Smoke and splattered with diluted white Gesso. 

I used Chocolate Box Mega Gilding Flakes from Indigo Blue on the Balloons, Creative Script, Dripping of the Candle and the top of the Gingerbread Heart. After Gesso'ing the Candle and base of the Heart, I colored them with the same color glow. 

I inked the two Titles with the Hickory Smoke Ink and embossed them with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Embossing Glaze. 

Thank you for looking at my work this month...

You can find these and many more in the Dusty Attic On-line shop.

Mini Captions #7
DA 1386

Word Pack #7

DA 1165

Balloons 

DA 3177

Candles small

DA 2915

Gingerbread Heart

DA 3164

Creative Script

DA 2201

Butterflight Stencil

DA 1493

Threaded Beads Stencil

DA 1535

Just celebrate the life you had, 

not the life you could've had.

Magic Johnson

Simply AMAZING - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn

 Hello lovelies,

Gosh can you believe it is December already? This year has sure gone by in a blur! I am back on the blog today with my December project:

The photo is compliments Pixel.com - isn't she a wee cutie? I have used paper and fussy cutting elements from a Uniquely Creative paper range. I painted all the chipboard first. The first step I did was to use the Mystic Frame #2 DA1745. This I cut in half at the circle and split them apart before adhering to the page. I added the photo with scrap pieces of chipboard so that it lay level with the Mystic Frame, and adding a tab from DA1802 "Always & Forever"

I also cut the creative script chipboard DA2201 in half and adhered on either side of the photo 

I then layered my flowers and fussy cut elements, adding in the various mini  foliage DA2786 between these as I added the layers.

Lastly I added the title Simply Amazing DA2747 before adding sequins and pearls.

These are the products I have used:

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Till next time,

Michelle