such a Great Day to remember - Belinda Spencer

Hello Dusty FANattics!!

It's Belinda here today with my first post for the new year! I have created a super girly layout featuring one of the stunning chipboard dream catchers as well as some fabulous mini designs.

'Great Day'

I used the beautiful Mandala Stencil on my background paper to add some interest to the left hand side of the main area on my layout. I used heavy white gesso with the stencil and applied using a latex make-up wedge in a light dabbing motion for a lovely smooth application.

I used the same gesso (It's my go to product!!) to colour the dream catcher, mini butterflies, caption and mini foliage.

I used a feather stamp with some pink Archival Ink to add some detail to the feathers on the dream catcher.

Did you spy that sweet little mini banner in there? I covered that with an off cut of the patterned paper I used. I added double-sided tape to the back of the paper, removed the backing tape and then pressed the banner onto it before cutting out with a craft knife.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0745 Dream Catcher # 1

DA0893 Mini Butterflies # 2

DA1021 Mini Banners

DA1633 Mandala Stencil

DA1834 Mini Captions # 11

DA2440 Mini Foliage

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling refreshed and inspired for the new year to grab your Dusty Attic supplies and have a play.

Cheers

Belinda 

Girls just want to have fun - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!


Here is my layout inspired by the pretty fun filled January mood board.

This is my daughter and her best friend. I had so much fun doing this photo shoot with them.  I packed a suitcase full of hats and clothes and off we went. I am so thankful that my family are always willing to pose for me.  Sometimes under duress but at least I get the job done.


For this layout I used one of Jennifer Hedger's magic sketches.  This is the mood board and sketch.

and this is my layout.

The chipboard pieces were simply covered with white gesso and painted with acrylic paint. The viewfinders were dry brushed with white gesso. The edges of the chevrons were sanded.

When everything was glued down I added splatters with diluted white gesso and black ink.

These are the  Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

  

 DA1626 - Girls just want to have fun

DA1066 - Chevron Panel Large

DA1890 - mini Tabs #2 Black

DA1080 - mini View Finders

DA1820 - Decorative Dots Black

DA1038 - mini Cameras

DA1081 - View Finders

DA1560 - Whimsy Frames #4

DA1559 - Whimsy Frames #3

DA2440 - mini Foliage

Thank you for visiting my blog.  Please join us in creating a project with this mood board and stand a chance to win one of two Dusty Attic online $50 credits to spend.


You can visit the Dusty Attic website and view the amazing new release of chippies.  They are absolutely stunning!!


Happy crafting!

Some Kind of wonderful - Patricia Basson

And we are off to another year of Creative Magic here at Dusty Attic with a brand new Design Team with old returning, and new Team members for the Year!!! As usual I am very privileged and honored to stay another Year!!!

For this first project of the year I altered a big Wooden Spoon {18', 47 cm}. Let's just say it was made to pay homage to all the wooden spoons ever broken on some unlucky Bum or Hands!!!

First it was primed with white Gesso. Randomly applied white crackle paste and Strata Paste by Cosmic Shimmer. Once dry I painted using Dusty in Color Sunburned Orange and Sunshine Paints. I layered the two bigger elements of the Wrought Iron Design Set and the Luxury Scroll. Both were painted with the same paints as well as Dusty Pink on the Scroll.

The title was Gesso'd and painted with Art Alchemy Paints, Spring Blossom and Stormy Ocean. I added highlights with Peacock wax on the spoon and the Chipboard pieces.

For decorations I used a Prima floral Heart and a Resin Bird as well as flowers from my stash and some from 49 and Market.

I tucked some Mini Vines, painted with Stormy Ocean, between my flowers.

Please visit the well stocked Online Store with the all new 2020 January releases added already!

I used the following products...

Mini Vine 

DA 0370

Mini Captions #10

DA 1833

Wrought Iron Design Set

DA 0574

Luxury Scroll

DA 1353

Dusty Pink

DA 0907

Sunburned Orange

DA 0906

Sunshine

DA 0905

Thank you for reading and hopefully enjoying my project...

I am always ready to learn 

although 

I do not always like being taught.

 ~Winston Churchill~

Happy New Year 2020

We would like to start the New Year off by saying a massive thank you to our exiting 2019 DT members, 
Cindy Wille, Farrel Tailor, Jenny Jacques, Joanne Bain, Kasia Salmanowicz, Michelle Carrick and Rosalie Duke-Stanley. These ladies have contributed to the Dusty family with gorgeous creations throughout the years and we will see them on the "Dusty FANattics" face book page I'm sure.

Introducing our amazing 2020 Team 

Jen "the Boss" Hedger 
Owner and Designer

Followed By

Lots of our remaining Family members and some new ones who include 
Karan Gerber
Kareen Dion
Mariusz Gierszewski
and Nuneka

Plus our Brand Ambassadors 
Antonis and Nadya 

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 Something else to get EXCITED about is that Jennifer has Brand NEW 2020 PRODUCTS  that will be released in the next few days and it is again nothing sort of amazing ! 

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Our winners of the two $50AUD credits to the December Challenge will be announced tomorrow however let me dazzle you with the January Challenge that has massive amounts of inspiration from 

RACHELLE SIGURDSON 

Hello & Happy New Year Dusty Attic Fans....today I would like to share with you a LO I did totally inspired by all the colors & balloons in January's Mood Board Challenge, so of course I used lots of color & chipboard pieces.....

With a chance of the prize, all you have to do is link your entry to the right hand side of the blog with your name and country for your chance to win one of two $50 vouchers, you can use the mood board to sway your creation, the only "rule" is that there is Dusty Attic Chipboard on your entry...….

The Dusty attic used: https://dustyattic.com.au/

Brick Window

Skeleton Clock Face

Elegant Chain

Designer Disk-Chicken Wire

Antique Frame

Mystic Frame #2

Vine Frames

Hanging Sign #3

Decorative Scroll #1

Cog Cluster

Cogs #2

Metal Plates

Stars #4

Mini Blossoms

Mini Blossoms #2

Succulents #4

Word Disks

Mini ABC Upper

Mini ABC Lower

Mini Number Set

Dusty in Color-Cranberry

Dusty in Color-Sunshine

The 49 and Market used: Tattered Garden

Other Elements used: Clear Gesso, Clear Crackle Paint, Prima Wax, Old Denim, Indian Pink,Prima Paint-Mermaid Teal, Mermaid Sparkle & , Beads, Micro Beads....Here a few close ups of detail....

I dipped the flowers in water, then bent them with my fingers, let them dry then glued 2 pieces together, then painted them using the colors listed above and glued on beads or micro beads as the flower centers. I primed all of the chipboard with clear gesso, then applied clear crackle on tho some of the pieces, once the crackle dried I played with the colors listed above. My final step was to glue the pieces down creating chipboard layers....here are a few more close ups.....

Thank you so much for taking the time to look & I am looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.......Rachelle