The Dusty Attic Blog: Guest Designer 2013

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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Cherish - Guest Designer - Sue Smyth (with another tutorial)

Cherish the memories Layout
by Sue Smyth

Here is a Dusty layout of my daughter, this is my favourite photo of her, I took it many years ago when she was about five, I love rose in her hat, and have used the colours in the hat for my layout.

I have started with a base of texture paste and added two chippie branches and a stencil, once dry, coat the lot with gesso to form a great base for Glimmer mist sprays

To create the mottled effect on the vine flourish, first paint it with gesso, when dry dab with crushed olive and peeled paint Distress stains. Allow to dry and cover with dimensional magic. The trick is to swirl around the dimensional magic and scrape the distress stain with the tip of the nozzle. So when it dries you have this swirled effect.

Dusty flowers are sprayed with glimmer mist, then a small amount of spray adhesive, sprinkle a little white glitter and you have jazzed up your flowers.

The fern leaves I have just barely swiped with gesso and used them as is, this is a great contrast to the heavily altered chip.

The little bird houses are simply painted with gesso, coloured with Copic makers and covered in Dimensional Magic. The little mushrooms are painted with gesso, red ink is applied to the tops, and I have used a white paint pen to mark out the spots, cover with dimensional magic to seal.

To make the faux opal, fill a trinket finding with black enamel accents, carefully place chips of glitter and mica shards into the enamel accents. Allow to dry, and cover with Dimensional magic. I love this effect and use it all the time with different colours and glitter glues.

Enjoy some close ups

Dusty Attic Products used

Hope you are inspired and Happy Crafting

Sue Smyth

Friday, 6 September 2013

Guest Designer - SUE SMYTH

Welcome to our Guest Designer Sue Smyth

She has done this amazing altered Journal

with a mini tutorial as well

Altered Journal

By Sue Smyth

Today I am sharing an altered journal, made with a Dusty Attic notebook and chipboard. This is one of my favourite projects to do, and with chipboard it is very easy to achieve texture an dimension. I love the colours and gentle curves of peacock feathers. So I just had to create a journal featuring The Dusty Attic peacock chip feathers.

I have used Liquid pearls to colour the feathers as I like the raised surface they give.

There is an illusion of curves to the surface just like the real feathers.

The iridescence is awesome. You could also use lumiere paints and Dimensional Magic.

Around the golden frame I have clustered assorted buttons, resin shapes and metal trinkets.

You can raid your stash to see what you have.

Anything that has a flat backed is suitable to be adhered to the front

with a thick wad of Gel medium, use it like you would icing.

Some nice close ups of the Gold frame, I have embossed the oval frame with Stampendous Aged Gold embossing powder.

To speed up drying time use your heat gun, this will even dry gel medium.

May be not thoroughly, but enough to handle the book while working on the

next step.

When you have painted the peacock feathers flip them over and spray with black Dylusions to cover the whit gesso that shows on the sides.

Take one Dusty Attic Journal

To prepare the journal, I have used Gel medium to adhere assorted paper towels to the cover. Each brand has a different texture and pattern. so I like to mix it up. Adding masking tape to the edges gives it extra strength. I have also added plasterers tape and of course some Dusty attic chipboard.

Once the gel medium is touch dry coat the whole book randomly with gesso.

Dry with heat gun.

Spray randomly with glimmer mists as desired.

Step 1

Coat feather in white gesso and allow to dry. Start with peacock liquid pearls and cover some of the fronds of the feather

Step 2

Add other colours to the feather, majestic purple and royal blue liquid pearls.

Keep the nozzle clean and unclogged, and

add layers of colours until you build up a thick surface. Don't be afraid of

adding more colours over the top of the previous.

Materials

assorted paper hand towel

Gel Medium

brushes

mesh tape

masking tape

white and black gesso

heat gun

fully purple, mallard and olive glimmer mist

Assorted metal trinkets, buttons and resin shapes

Peacock, Majestic purple and Royal Blue Liquid pearls

metallic gold and purple paint

pearl strip

Black dylusions( to spray the back of peacock feathers)

Gunmetal stickles

Stampendous Aged Gold embossing powder

Dusty Attic chipboard

peacock feathers

oval frame

border and corner

lock

chip flowers

wish

THANK YOU SO MUCH SUE

you can see Sue's blog

HERE

for more inspiring work

(Sue has more coming this month)

Monday, 8 April 2013

Guest Design Team Member - Introducing - MEL CONNELL

Hi my name is Mel Connell. I'm from the hometown of Dusty Attic, Perth, and have lived here all my life. I am 36, have been with my partner Lawley for 17 years now, and have two kitties, Olive and Scarlett.

I am so very excited to have been asked to to the Guest DT spot for April at Dusty Attic. I just love this product. It's a staple in my scrapbooking adventures and love using it as much as I can.

I teach and am on the Design Team at Tomorrows Memories here in Perth

(where you can buy your very own Dusty Attic chipboard products).

I also have my own creative business called

Moulds by Mel.

I got a tad excited and made a bunch of layouts and an OTP to show you. I hope you like them. Be sure to stop by the Dusty Attic Ning, there is always plenty of inspiration, challenges, and chatting going on over there!

Project one: Curio Shadow Box