Cigar Box - Pascale B Scrap - Mixed Media

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a box.

I glued all the elements to build the box. When done, I primed it with two layers of white gesso. I added a design with the Ledger stencil and light modeling paste to the top and the sides.

I selected different gears in size and shape and used a 3D gel to glue them to the box. When the gel was dry, I primed all the gears and the Rose leaves from the Alice collection with white gesso. 

When the gesso was completely dry, I added brown paint with a lot of water to keep it neutral. Then I added a few flowers which I also painted.

To finish the composition, I just added metallic waxes.

Dusty Attic Products:

• Cigar Box – small – Dusty Attic
• Ledger Stencil – Dusty Attic
• Industrial Jumbo Gears – Dusty Attic
• Gears #1 – by Nuneka – Dusty Attic
• Mini Cogs #3 – Dusty Attic
• Alice Elements #15 – rose leaves – Dusty Attic

Other products:

• Flowers - 49 and Market (Wildflowers);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Bronze Age, Vintage Gold, ld Silver);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic- Finnabair Prima (Burnt Sienna);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, right Modeling Paste, 3D Matte Gel).

MDF Caddy - Pascale B Scrap

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a caddy. Have you seen all the new MDF available?

Before assembling the Caddy, I primed it with white gesso and covered all the pieces with tissue paper. When done, I added a design with the Postcard stencil and a gold paste.

I selected different gears that I primed with black gesso. I primed also some Small Tea Leaves and Rose Leaves. I colored the leaves with bronze, gold, and silver waxes.

I created four clusters with the gears and cogs: one on each side of the caddy. When happy with the composition, I covered all the elements with rust paste. Next, I added the metallic flowers and the leaves.

To finish, I added some glitter.

Dusty Attic products:

• MDF Caddy
• Postcard Stencil
• Jumbo Cogs #2
• Gears #1
• Mini Cogs #2
• Mini Cogs #3
• Cogs #3
• Tea Leaves Small
• Alice Elements #15 – Rose Leaves

Other products:

• Tissue Paper - Finnabair Prima (Science Lover);
• Mechanicals - Finnabair Prima (Metal Blooms);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Luminous Glitter set);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Aged Bronze, White Gold, Old Silver);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Vintage Gold Icing Paste, Brown Rust Paste, Orange Rust Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, Black Heavy Gesso, 3D Gloss Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Celebrate - Ankarika Craft

 

Hi there!

A male project is a challanging experience! I haven't yet had a situation where I immediately know what I'm going to come up with when such an order comes in. I have a trick for this, which so far has worked out great. I ask my lovely customers about the likes and hobbies of the gentleman receiving the card. Someone would say I'm complicating things for myself, but for me it really is making it easier. It takes me a while to figure out how to use the information I've gathered, but then the work just rolls on by itself. So, as you can guess, this time it was a gentleman with a love of motorbikes. Come on, I'll tell you more!

As a base I used the papers from the "Breeze of Dreams" collection from Margaret Paper Design. I cut out small elements from the cover of the collection: a woman with suitcases, kittens on chains and a motorbike. I glued these small elements with cardboard underneath for a 3D effect. The edges of the base are stitched on the machine with a rather chaotic stitch, and are ragged and distressed.

I was asked to put a speed meter with an arrow pointing at 40, and I managed to incorporate that into the gears and the other elements. I think it came out quite nicely.

All the chipboards apart from the motor is treated with black gesso and then finished with silver wax in varying intensity. The motorbike, on the other hand, I darkened the edges with brown ink and also finished with silver wax. All the elements are layered, additionally glued from underneath and overlapping each other, creating an extremely precise 3D composition. Can you see this cool spider! 

I'm very curious to know how you like the work made almost entirely from cardboard shapes. I know one thing: I probably wouldn't be able to do the project anymore without these wonderful additions from Dusty Attic!

Dusty Attic's products:

Industrial Border #1 DA1949

Spiders #2  DA0114

Motorbike DA0126

Screw Heads DA2879

Gear Edge Border DA2866

Gears #1 by Nuneka DA2734

Mini Moustaches DA1220

Mini Card Sentiments DA3297

Wordplay #1 Black DA1785

Thanks and see you soon!

Ankarika Craft (Fb)        Ankarika Craft (IG)

Scrapbooking is cheaper than Therapy - Storage Boxes - Heather Woodall

 Good morning

Today I've done these storage boxes for you. Yep there is two, but I decided to attach and decorate as one piece. It is a great size to store your Dusty stencils on one side and some Dusty chipboard on the other. Or you could have feminine chipboard on one side and masculine on the other. It is also a great size to have on your desk, it's not too bulky to take up too much space, and it a great way to bring a pop of colour and art to your working area.

I started with the cute file style storage boxes that Jennifer created (these will be available on the website soon) and covered with the Sir Vagabond and Lady Vagabond papers. I decided to do a feminine side and a more masculine side.

I then used Winged Script Stencil (DA3593) with some heavy body gel and gold wax as a really soft texture.

Winged Script Stencil – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

I then added the title "Scrapbooking is cheaper than Therapy" (DA3593). This I painted with a very soft aqua chalk paint.

Scrapbooking is cheaper than Therapy – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

On the feminine side I used Gears #2 by Nuneka (DA2744). They were inked with a chocolate brown chalk paint and a few of them had some gold wax added to them.

Gears #2 – by Nuneka – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

On the masculine side I used a combination of Industrial Cluster #1 (DA3373) and Mini Cogs #3 (DA3364). Again they were painted with chocolate brown chalk paint and then some had some gold wax added to them. 

Industrial Cluster #1 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Mini Cogs #3 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

All of the chipboard and the stencil can be found on the Dusty Attic website - Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business – Dusty Attic is an Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business, which designs and manufactures craft items and embellishments.

I really enjoyed doing this project, I hope you've enjoyed having a look at it.

Thank you. 

Heather

Elegant Clockworks - Judith Tijsen - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello dear Dusty Attic fans,

This time I have a round tray in the shape of a clock. The shape of chipboard circle DA2271 fits exactly over the tray. So this is a nice border for an elegant clock.

The colours I used for this clock come from this month's mood board.

You can find the mood board at the bottom of this post.

In the middle of the tray you see chipboard clockworks DA1750.

For the beautiful 3D effect there is an iron frame on which I have glued various chipboard gears.

At the bottom of the tray I glued the largest gears from chipboard set DA0327.

Used Dusty Attic chipboard:

DA2271 - Ornate Circle #2

DA1750 - Clockworks

DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2

DA3322 - Word Strips #2

DA1726 - Beaded Flourish #3

DA1727 - Beaded Flourish #4

DA2734 - Gears #1-by Nuneka

DA0327 - Cogs Frame Set 

DA0312 - Chains-4pc

You could win $50 AUD credits to the Dusty Attic online store. The only requirement is that you have Dusty Attic chipboard on your creation and enter your project on the Dusty FANattics Page. 

This is the moodboard of the month March.

XXX Judith