Eat, sleep, cruise and repeat - Deb Stephens - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty FANattics

For the January mood board challenge I decided to use papers, embellishments and chipboard from my stash and look through my containers of un-scrapped photos. (We've all go these, right?)

This is the Mood board 

I started with a pieces of paper called "Follow your path" from the True North range by Uniquely Creative. I applied clear embossing paste through the Dusty Attic fishnet stencil and covered it with some textured embossing powder then heat set it. I randomly shadow stamped a background stamp between the embossing with a grey archival ink, then inked the edges of the page.

I covered all of the chipboard pieces in gesso and then painted the elements with chalk paint. Then some were covered in crackle gloss and left to dry. Once dried I applied blue and brown ink through the cracks to make them stand out more. 

I matted my photo onto a pale blue cardstock and then used foam tape to a Kaisercraft paper from the Coastal Escape collection called Netting on the light brown side. From the leftover piece on the wood patterned side, I cut several strips about 3/4" long then distressed and inked the edges before adhering it to the base sheet.  I then adhered the photo mat centrally on top of this. After arranging and adhering the chipboard around the photo mat, I finished off with sisal fibres, flowers from Prima's French riviera range, some mini seashells, starfish and art stones. The final touches were some gesso wash and splashes of paint to the page.

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Dusty Attic Products used

·         DA1941 - Pirate Icons (ship wheel and anchor only)

·         DA0654 – Fish net panel

·         DA2081 – Mini captions #17

·         DA2148X – life Buoy

·         DA1735 – World Map

·         DA08632 – Mini Number Set

·         DA1731 - Layered Flourish (used as sea grass)

·         Scrapbook cruise and Explorer of the seas– Custom Cut words for cruise by Dusty Attic

-DA1488 stencil - netting

 

Skull Brush - Pascale B

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with an altered paintbrush.

I primed the brush with black gesso after I have glued a piece of lace on the handle.

For once I decided to start the composition from the "bottom" to the top and to paint the elements layer by layer with black gesso. The Dusty Attic chipboards are not too fragile, but you need to be careful nonetheless with elements like the Wildflower #3 or the Branches #4.

So the second layer was the wings, the  Tropical Leaves #9, and the Layered Flourish. To know where I will place them I checked with the biggest elements. In this case the ATC Frame #6.  Again, I primed all the chipboards with the black gesso. Next, I add the frame and the Fancy Accents #2. I finished the composition with the Tropical Leaves #9 and the flowers from the Boho Skull.

When everything was black, I colored all the elements with the Old Silver wax. I used the Electric Violet and Heather Hills waxes to color the flowers from the Wildflowers, the Old Denim for the Fancy Accents #2. For the wings, I used Violet liquid acrylic.

I covered the edges of the ATC frame with silver metallic flakes and the bird skull with gold metallic flakes. I painted the base of the frame and the inside of the eyes of the skull with the Sparkling Onyx Jewel paste. 

To finish the brush, I added a few flowers and glitters.

Material:

Dusty Attic products:

Wildflower #3 DA1143				Tropical Foliage #9 DA2537				Branch #4 small DA1184
ATC Frames #6 DA1524			Fancy Accents #2 DA1624			Layered Flourish DA1731			Boho Skull DA1733

Other products:

Flowers - 49 and Market (Flowers Mini Serie 01 - Violet);

Mould - Finnabair Prima (Wings and Bones, Birds and Bats);

Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Metallic Flakes: Sparkling);

Waxes Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Electric Violet, Heather Hills, Old Denim, Old Silver, White Gold);

Liquid Acrylic Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Violet);

Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Sparkling Onyx Jewel Paste, Gilding Glue);

Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).