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Sunday, 30 April 2023

Happy Easter - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today. My April design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic Easter elements. I have now used all my Easter chippies. This layout is filled with carrots and bunny ears peeking out everywhere. They are just so cute.

This is my daughter and her family celebrating Easter.

Here is my layout.

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

I glued pink cardstock behind the ears of the bunny title.

For the rust effect on the spade and watering can I lightly covered them with white gesso making sure I don't cover the detail. With a sponge brush, I then dabbed the spade and the watering can with Grey Storm, Slate Grey, and randomly with Georgia Clay.

I covered the picket fence with white acrylic paint, Grey Sky, and the edges with Grey Storm. This was glued on top of the carrots, plant labels, and bunny ears.

ADRI

Dusty Attic products used.

DA3272 - Happy Easter #1

DA3282 - Wordpl@y #16 – Easter

DA3279 - Carrots

DA3280 - Bunny Buttons

DA3278 - Bunny Headbands

DA2499 - Brackets

DA0510 - Buttons

DA2897 - Seedlings #2

DA2893 - Garden Tools #1

DA2894 - Garden Tools #2

DA0403 - Watering Cans

DA2899 - Plant Labels #2

DA05572 - Picket Fence Small

DA2789 - Mini Tulips

DA3329 - Botanic Runners #1

Thank you for visiting the blog.

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Monday, 15 February 2021

Cute as a Button - Adri Du Preez

Hello everyone!

I am sharing my February design team project with you using some beautiful Dusty Attic chippies. I've had this large wooden button for a while and Jennifer Hedger specially made this cute title for me. This is my sweet granddaughter when she was only two weeks old.

All the chipboard pieces were first covered with white gesso.

For the ombre effect on the title I used a light and dark pink acrylic paint and white to blend the colours. The buttons were also painted with acrylic paint and tucked under the flower clusters.

The stamens were painted with acrylic paint and Glossy Accents.

I painted the Leafy stems with acrylic paint, Glossy Accents and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The leaves were embossed with Ranger white embossing powder.

I just love these beautiful Wordpl@y elements. They are my favourite!

some close ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.

DA0510 - Buttons

DA1794 - Wordpl@y #10 Black

DA1876 - Flower Stamens

DA0566 - Leafy Stems #2

DA1342 - Leaves #2

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing designs.

Happy crafting!

Sunday, 20 December 2020

A Mothers Love - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

How absolutely amazing is this mood board, and the last one for 2020!

This is a photo of my daughter and her little baby boy James.

Watching my daughter become a mother is an amazing gift. I am just so proud of her.

My journaling reads...

Welcome to motherhood, and wow...it looks good on you and you are doing it beautifully! Motherhood is a blessing, a gift, a relationship that never

ends and a love that never dies. Can you believe this is your baby? How miraculous is birth? Motherhood knows joy, even while experiencing the hardest

trials of your life. Motherhood is really something you can never be fully prepared for, but so very rewarding. I am praying that you will be able to savor and enjoy

these early days of getting to know James, and asking God to give you strength and wisdom not only for these days, but for the years to come. My heart is overflowing with joy for you and Juan, and with love for little Jamesie.

Here is the mood board.