The Dusty Attic Blog: ivy flourish

Saturday, 28 October 2023

Trick or Treat Pumpkin Diorama - Deb Stephens

It's that time of year again where we get to indulge ourselves making quirky and kooky Halloween creations!

I used LOTS of Dusty Attic Chippy and other products to alter this Kmart paper mache pumpkin and turn it into a diorama!

The inside background was made with crackle paste and alcohol ink.

DA0178 Bats 8pk were painted black and stuck onto it. I also assembled DA3124Haunted House #1 and DA3125 Haunted House #2, painted and embellished the roof's with black Quickcure clay, and dressed the windows. Glow in the dark paste was also applied.

But the Stars of this show are the DA 3101 - Halloweenies #1! They are just so cute! They stand behind the DA0615 Tombstone borders I used as a fence. I also used Quickcure clay to sculpt the "tree" that edges the cut section of the Pumpkin. I embedded creepy eyes into this too.

Lights were added inside the diorama and DA1865 Web corners were glued together to make the front decking. DA1790 Wordpl@y #6-black gave me my trick or treat signage. The lights are great to highlight the small space inside, but also to charge up the glow in the dark paste that was applied. This photo isn't great, but it gives you the idea.

To dress the outside of the pumpkin, I cut the DA0183 Mini Bare Tree #2 in half and glued it to either side of the opening.

I ran the rest of the Tombstone Border chipboard around the back of the pumpkin.

I also stenciled texture paste through the DA3062 Spooky face stencil, and finished with Waxes.

I dressed the top of the pumpkin with DA1460 Ivy Flourish, Black roses, Skulls, pumpkins and Spooky Tule fabric.

This was a very fun project to make and there is a YouTube tutorial available on my Chanel, linked below, if you are interested in the process.

https://www.youtube.com/@DebsPalette

Below are a few more photos and a list of all the Dusty Attic Products I used.

Until next time, take care!

Monday, 27 June 2022

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.