Joy to the World - Adri Du Preez

 Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. 

My November design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic Christmas chipboard pieces.  

This layout features my granddaughter Mila.

I love using Wordpl@y on my layouts.  They are one of my favourite additions to a layout.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white acrylic paint and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

The stars were painted with Tuscan Red, Green Lagoon, and Sour Apple.  Once dry I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled them with Ranger Stickles Fine Glitter in Christmas Red and Star Dust.

The title was painted with Tuscan Red and the mini captions with Green Lagoon then I dry brushed the edges with white acrylic paint.

What a cute Gnome and so much fun to paint!  I painted the hat with Tuscan Red and the shirt with Green Lagoon.  For the dungaree, I used a Posca Pen in Light Green. I painted the little nose with Dusty Rose and the edges of the white beard were dry-brushed with Slate Grey. 

I painted the Christmas trees with Tuscan Red, Sour Apple, and Green Lagoon.  For the dots on the Gnome's hat and the Christmas trees, I used a white Posca Pen. 

I lightly painted the holly with Festive Green and Hauser Light Green making sure I didn't cover the veins of the hollies.  The edges were dry brushed with white acrylic paint. The berries were painted with Tuscan Red. Once dry I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled them with Ranger Stickles Fine Glitter in Christmas Red.

These Christmas Berries and the Holly Wreath were treated in the same manner as the red stars and the hollies.

The final touches to this layout included pearls, glitter, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA3211 - Joy To The World

DA3143 - Christmas Berries #1

DA3141 - Holly #4

DA3137 - Holly Wreath #2

DA3197 - Mini Captions #24

DA1789 - Wordpl@y #5 BLACK

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA2966 - Gnomes

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Happy crafting!

Hugs & Kisses ATC's - Ankarika Craft - Mood Board inspiration

 Hi there! 

Today I'm leaving you an entry about ATC - Artist Trading Card. A quick reminder of what it is: it's a fairly small form of handicraft, which I personally call the artist's personal business card. Following this path, I always do my best to make ATCs that reflect my style, my characteristic artistic preferences and I think that I managed to capture 90% of these features here. The only thing missing is the sewing on the machine.

As every month, I encourage everyone to take part in our challenge. All you have to do is add your art work to the comments section of the Dusty FANattics Facebook group for a chance to win one of two amazing prizes of $50 (AUD) on purchases from their store. I can't wait to see your work on the Dusty FANAttics group.

I recorded the entire creative process and I successively publish it on my IG Stories, I cordially invite you to subscribe to my account to receive up-to-date notifications about what is going on. My ATC are three in the set, they have standard dimensions of 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch. They are kept in the theme of an enchanted garden and a fairy-tale world of gnomes. The dominant color is green in various shades, with the addition of orange-apricot, brown and white.

The background is a scrapbooking paper from the "Breeze of dreams" collection by Margaret Paper Design. I used the leftovers from my previous projects. Paper is embossed with a 3D embossing folder from Sizzix with a leaf motif, highlighted with different shades of Finnabair waxes. The edges of the ATC, as well as the edges of the cardboard in places, are highlighted with brick orange wax and thanks to this, when looking at them from the side, they are beautifully exposed, adding special character to the project. On the prepared base, I applied a stencil pattern with wild flowers. However, it disappeared under the composition as more layers were added. You can only see it partially at the edges here and there. Sometimes it happens... ;)

The main accent are brilliant chipboard gnomes holding cute hearts in front of them. Their beards are shiny white thanks to the flecks that imitate snow. The caps, shoes and hearts are colored with a marker pen, and all contours are highlighted with a black felt-tip pen. At the bottom I put the words "xoxoxoxo" and "hugs & kisses". And.. cute dragonfly flies above.

The composition mainly consists of paper cut-outs  from the "Breeze" collection. There are white doors, three different tags, and a whole bunch of leaves. All these elements are stained with vintage paste. In addition, I added some dried, tiny flowers, green moss, a tiny bow, a few larger, white pebbles and sprinkled green mini-balls. ATC's have white splashes.

How do you like my fairy-tale form of  artist trading card? I'm very curious if you do ATC and under what circumstances you hand it over to someone. Share your answers with me in the comments section.

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Thank you for visiting and feel free to come back to read and see another project - for children.

Ankarika Craft (Fb)        Ankarika Craft (IG)

Field Notes - Deb Stephens - Card Holder

Hello Creative friends and welcome to September! Can you believe we are only 3 months away from Christmas? I am always leaving my card making until the last minute, but this year I am determined to be more organised. Have you seen the new MDF Card Holders DA3386, on the website? They are a great new card storage option to help you to organise your card stash!

I have decorated mine using 49 and Market Meadow paper, Caps CM37148, covering the inside and outside. I have edged the exposed MDF with black paint once it was assembled.

I then decorated it using a selection of Dusty Attic Painted chipboard including: Gnomes mini DA3225, Daisies Small DA33071,

Mini Mushrooms DA2959, Grass Clumps DA3068 and Mini Grass Clusters DA0867.

I finished off with a metal bookplate and some rub-ons for my label. It's now ready for me to start storing my cards! I hope this simple project inspires you to make one for yourself.

MDF Card Holder

Let's stay together forever - Patricia Basson - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello again to another Dusty Attic Moodboard project.

I found the Browns and Natural colors a pleasure to work with! And I had this perfect photo of me and Hubby to use on my page.

I used papers and cut-outs from 49 & Market, Journal Card and Airy from the Vintage Artistry Essentials Collection.

After I gesso'd the Chipboard, I painted all but the Gnome with a mixture of White Crackle Paste, Ivory Acrylic Paint from Stamperia and Sicak Yulaf from Cadence. I did not add a thick layer, only on the Hearts of the Frame set, therefor the crackle effect is very subtle in most places. It does show up nicely on the background where I used it through the Bedazzled Stencil.

I painted the trees with some Soft Suede from Deco Art and the Branches with Cinnamon Brown paint mixed with some Tiger Eye Color Glow from 13 Arts. I also used a paintbrush to flick some diluted gel medium on the trees and used Perissa Embossing Powder from WOW on it. It gives the effect of Sunshine speckles peeping through the leaves ...

On the close-ups you can see the thicker Crackle paste effect. I glued some of the Heart attack Border hearts on the big Hearts and sprayed them with Lindy's Stampgang Moon Shadow mist, Jolly Roger Red.

The cute little Gnome was painted with Soft Suede DecoArt Paint and parts with some of the Lindy's Spray. I also embossed with the WOW embossing Powder and double embossed the Beard with Vintage Beeswax Embossing from Emerald Greek. I'm just loving the rough texture this achieved.

On the Ivy Flourish I added some more highlight with Cinnamon Brown paint on top of the initial paints. Here I also embossed with the Perissa Embossing Powder. 

I added a little piece of Anglaise Lace and a few small papery flowers as in the Moodboard. 

Some Hand stitching, leaves and half Pearls on the punched edges add to the details of this page.

I hope I might have inspired you to try your hand at the Moodboard this month. 

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Bedazzled Stencil

DA 1482

Heart Attack Border #2

DA 1209

Infinity

DA 3248

Wild grass #3 Small

DA 2542 

Gnomes 

DA 2966

Ivy Flourish

DA 1460

String of Hearts Frame Set

DA 1017

Park Trees Small

DA 2701

What is love?...

There is a strong wall about me to protect me:

It is built of the words you have said to me.

There are swords about me to keep me safe:

They are the kisses of your lips.

Before me goes a shield to guard me from harm:

It is the shadow of your arms between me and danger.

~Mary Carolyn Davies~