The Dusty Attic Blog: Potplants

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Sweet Memories - Lynette Jacobs

Hello Dusty Attic fans!

It’s Lynette here today to share my latest layout featuring some fabulous Dusty Attic chipboard. We were recently on a two week vacation in Kwazulu-Natal. We found some amazing parks and the lush vegetation of the area always takes my breath away.

This specific park has been a little neglected in the past year since Covid-19 hit...and this bench in the park was overtaken by the ferns growing behind it. I decided that the little pots of goodness in the gardening collection would be perfect for this page.

Dusty Attic chipboard used:

Hanging potplants #1

Some close ups:

I painted all my chipboard pieces with acrylic paint...using the Foliage #14 behind the floral cluster. I die cut the fern leaves and then painted it with Lindy's Starburst Squirts in Emerald Eh! with a bit of Banff Blue added it....I love the way it dried all curly just like the leaves in the photos.

I love the quoted sentiments and chose "Treasure the moments that capture your heart". I dry brushed it with white acrylic paint.

I little pots of plants were also painted with acrylic paint. I used a fine tipped brush to add the detail to the plants.

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Happy crafting!

Saturday, 16 January 2021

Green Thumb - Belinda Spencer

Hello Dusty Attic Fans!

It's Belinda here today and I have a layout to share today featuring some fabulous gardening inspired chipboard from a recent 'What's New Wednesday'.

GREEN THUMB

I started this layout by using the gorgeous Flower Burst Stencil on my background patterned paper with some Jungle Green Dusty In Colour paint. I apply the paint using a latex make-up wedge as this gives a lovely smooth finish. I only apply a tiny amount of paint at a time so as to avoid it bleeding under the stencil. Once dry, I added a torn piece of the corrugated card.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with three coats of heavy white gesso. Once the gesso was dry, I painted the pots with Gingernut Dusty In Colour and the leaves with Jungle Green. When this paint was totally dry, I used a fine white Posca Pen (acrylic paint pen) to add some detail to the pots. I painted the title with the Jungle Green paint too. It is such a gorgeous colour!