Melinda Sweetman

Hello fellow Dusty Attic fans! Melinda here with you today for (sadly!) my last post with Dusty for the year and my term on the team! Firstly, however a massive thank you to the Jen's for the fun and challenges that I have been able to participate in throughout this year! I have loved working on the team and seriously, I have a whole new love for chipboard!! To the rest of the members on the DA team, WOW, your work is truly inspiring and I have been more than honoured to be on the same team as you all!!

So, with that said and done onto my pages for this month.

I had big plans to do cards and 12x12 LO's as well as the week I have managed to PL to share but this time of year is just crazy so today I have our week 43 to share with you all. Week 43 is late October if anyone is interested ;)

I have used the Pink Paislee Colour Wash 6"x6" paper pad for all of the papers and paired that with some Heidi Swapp ephemera from the "Dreamy" collection and of course, a bunch of Dusty Attic chipboard :)

Here is the left hand side of the 2 pages

All of the chippy (except the page pebbles) have been treated the same way - a coat of white gesso and then some spray mists mixed with water and painted on. The colours mostly blended beautifully and randomly - just what I was after!! I used a mix of a yellow and blue mist separate but also made a green using both colours together. Love how they all turned out!! The page pebbles also had the gesso and water colour but I also added a layer of the clear gloss varnish to give them a little something extra :)

And some close ups

The chippy here is from Word Pack #33.

The chippy here is from Word Pack #34.

The chippy here is Page Pebbles #10 and some Mini Stars. 

Onto the other side

And some close ups

This piece is from Mini Captions #9

This is a Love You Arrow

More Mini Stars and also Stars #1, Mini ABC Upper and Mini Numbers.

This one is from Mini Captions #6.

Page Pebble from Page Pebbles #10.

And another page pebble from Page Pebbles #8.

 

Here are some more of Mel's awesome Pocket Page Layouts she has done over the year to remind you to capture the little everyday moments as well ...

 

COOL KID

 

2014 IN REVIEW

 

 

CHARMING

 

WEEK

 

 

 

JACOB @5

 

 

So, that is it for me!! Thank you for all of your support and all of the comments that have been left over my term on the DT. No doubt, you will still see me about, I have a heap of chippy, lots of ideas and I just love the mood boards that the girls come up with every month!!

 

 

Melinda

xx

Pocket Page Scrapping - Lizzy Hill - plus mini Tutorial on reverse stenciling

Hi there! Today I thought I'd switch things around.

DT member, Melinda Sweetman is waaay inspiring with her PL,

so I decided to give it a go, too:)

Basically this is an altruistic post. I recently received my Dusty Attic box of 

AMAZING goodies. Including their new STENCILS & TEXTURE PASTE.

 I decided a really good way of 'playing' was with some PL!

So, here's a bit of a run-down of what I did:

Firstly, I decided on my DUSTY ATTIC PAINT colours, based on the pages I'd already

completed for August:

 Then I got out my new stencils, with some white cardstock & away I went, mixing the fabulously SMOOTH texture paste

with the paint:

Next I whacked it over the stencils. Of course, I had lots of paint, so I then pushed the 'painty' stencil onto some other card stock

for a reverse image:

I was really pleased with how they turned out:

Lovely, LOVELY stencils!!!!

Middle L is CIRCUIT, middle R is  FLOWER BURST

Bottom L is FEATHERS & ARROWS   & bottom R is CONFETTI

So, that was 'stage one'. Then I [lazily] used my Big Shot to cut some of these

into 6x4 PL cards:

The FLOWER BURST STENCIL I fussy cut for my date card:

Here is how it looked finished:

One of the reverse stencil cards was used to

journal over. I figured using vellum on top would work:

These precision pens work really well for writing on vellum. I used a Pitt Artists big pen on all the Dusty Attic chippy that I used, including this

'remember' from the 

MINI WORDS #1 PACK.

I sewed the vellum on, through the chippy. Here's the journaling card finished:

I used the other 'reverse' stencil patterns for backing my photo cards.

Here's a closie:

 

Blessed [ WORD PACK #21] indeed to live close by my son and Grand Boys!

Another card I utilised below middle, has an arrow printed on it; I simply added

some more from the 

Arrow Borders #3 pack:

Loving the CONFETTI stencil beneath it!
 

Top left is the LOVELY CIRCUIT stencil. I added

some black outline for detail.

Above on my Mum's photo I've used a round 'be happy' sentiment from the 

WORD DISKS #1 PACK.

So, there you have it. Lots of fun using the NEW and VERY reasonably priced

Dusty Attic STENCILS and TEXTURE PASTE in some fun ways!

Thanks so much for reading this ~ I hope it gives you some ideas & inspiration.

Lizzy xo

Pocket page Scrapbooking - Melinda Sweetman

Hello there Dusty fans!! Melinda here with you today sharing our week 37 in our 2015 Project Life album.

I picked up my gorgeous pack from boss lady Jen a couple of weeks ago and have finally got around to using some of the beautiful new pieces!! I cannot wait to get some more out and make more pretty things!! As you probably noticed I tend to use lots of the titles in our PL album and this week/month there is no exception :)

So, the 2 pages next to each other :) Apart from all the yummy Dusty products I have used an older (by older I mean 2014!!) Pink Paislee range "Hello Sunshine" which has a few black pops in collection. I have used the 6x6 paper pad and the ephemera pack.

The pops of black totally inspired my decision to colour all of my chippy black. Which was so quick and easy using a make up sponge and the Dusty In Colour Soot (DA0925). LOVE!!

Here is the left side

And the right

And here are the close ups along with product links :)

Our title card using Mini Captions #3, Mini ABC Upper and Mini Number Set.

Another of the mini titles from Mini Captions #3.

One of the arrows from Love This....

This cute little piece I have been wanting to use for AGES and I FINALLY got it used!! From Word Disks #1.

I so love this little title from Mini Captions #7.

More alphas from the Mini ABC Upper and the "fun" is from the Word Pack #28.

I have also used the XOXO in couple of places and also the "adventure" and "awesome" titles from Word Pack #28.

So, with this spread done and dusted I am fairly certain that that concludes album #2 for 2015. But perhaps this will be week 1 in album 3!! So many, many memories and moments captured!

I am planning on some fun scrappy time this afternoon and have got the beautiful, inspiring Dusty Attic moodboard up on my computer screen to hopefully get some scrapping done. I cant win the awesome $100 voucher up for grabs so make sure you have a play and use the below board for some inspiration!

Happy scrapping and Ill see you next month!!

Pocket Page Scrapping - Melinda Sweetman

Hi hi! Melinda here with you today sharing my projects for September!! September, really?! How did that happen?

Anyways, I have 2 projects to share this month - a traditional 12x12 LO and a double page spread with a 12x12 and a PL style page for my littlest guys album.

First up my 12x12 LO! I have had this idea in my head for ages now and am so pleased I finally got it done!! I made a collage of some of my favourite photo's from 2014 for the cover of my 2015 diary and also had the same collage printed as a 6x6 photo for this page. 

I have used the Simple Stories Daily Grind range, which I thought was the perfect fit for this type of page!! I got the collection pack so have all the papers and a couple of sticker sheets.

I applied a messy coat of gesso after I stuck some of the papers down and then applied some mist using some plastic packaging and "stamping". Some stamping with black archival ink, some layers behind my photo, a "flip", some magnets and of course those gorgeous Dusty pieces which I have applied some versamark ink and gold embossing powder to.

As I mentioned, a "flip" mechanism (simply a piece of scrap cardstock scored in half, the ends trimmed into a "v" shape and then adhered to the layers where it can't be seen) which holds my journalling and also includes a photograph of my Pop who passed away in December 2014. I have cut a slit in my page protector so that it is easy enough for people to read the journalling when (heck, IF!) they flip through it. I have also hidden some little, very strong magnets in the paper layers so that it all sits nicely when closed.

A close up of the chippy pieces in the top left corner

And the chippy piece that is peeking out from under the photo layers

The chippy pieces I have used are as follows:

2014 Year In Review - DA1092 

Mini View Finders – DA1080

Mini Captions #1 - DA1279

Mini Captions #2 - DA1291H

So, onto my other project for this month!

These are the pages for Hunter's album for March 2015.

As I have mentioned previously I am (slowly!!) working on my boys albums in a month to month format to capture their personalities, quirks and developments. I aim for 1 traditional LO and 1 PL style LO for the month so 2 12x12 pages all up.

Here are both pages together as they sit in the album

I have used the Heidi Swapp September skies PL kit, ephemera and one of the 12x12 sheets of paper.

The left side

I love, love, love how this turned out!! 

Firstly I did some work on the background of that paper. I applied a light, messy coat of gesso with my finger then applied the mists and gelato colours I knew I was going to use on the chippy piece (which are Heidi Swapp navy and peacock colour shine and a green gelato from my stash) again using the plastic packaging/stamping technique. Then I did some splatters all around and finally some stamps using a couple of roller date stamps and black archival ink. 

I have applied the mists and gelato that I have watered down to use as water colours to that background chippy piece after applying a coat of gesso. A couple of coats of white paint to the title pieces, some ephemera pieces, some of the little squares from the cut apart sheet in the 6x6 paper pad and some enamel dots.

A closer look at the centre of the page where most of the design is

And a close up of the background chippy piece

And the title pieces

I realised after I took the photos that there was no journalling so I have tucked a little shipping tag near the top at the back of the LO which also has some twine so people flipping through can see it's there.

And the right hand PL side

I didn't really take any photo's of the individual pockets but I really LOVE how my title card turned out - simple, yet effective so here you go!!

The chippies pieces I have used are as follows:

Triangle Panel Small - all of the mini triangles have come from this

Mini ABC Upper - DA0861N

Mini ABC Lower - DA0862

Love You Arrows - DA1070O

Mini Captions #5 - DA1308I

Word Pack #6 - DA1187

That's it for me for today but make sure you pull out your chippy and play along with the (yet another!!) gorgeous inspiration board for your chance at a $100 Dusty Attic voucher!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy scrapping!!