Every photo tells a story - Adri Du Preez

  Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog.

My July design team layout features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

This is a photo of my grandson Janco and my granddaughter Mila a few years ago. They know how to play.  They know how to fight fight.  Most of all they know how to love and protect each other.

Here is my layout.

All the chippies were first covered with a layer of white gesso and then painted 

with Americana Acrylic paint.

I love this title and suits the photo just perfectly.  I painted the title with Spa Blue and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I painted the Mint Leaves with Lush Foliage and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The polaroid frame was painted Bubblegum Pink.

The Whimsy frame was cut in half and glued between the paper layers.

The ladybugs were painted with Lamp Black and Naphthol Red.

The Plant Label and Heart Candy were painted with Cool Blue and Orchid.

Wordpl@y words are my favorite additions to a layout.

I painted the bracket with Bahama Blue.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1783 - Every Photo Tells A Story

DA3353 - Mini Lady Bugs

DA2499 - Brackets

DA2454 - Polaroid Frame Set #1

DA2899 - Plant Labels #2

DA3247 - Heart Candy

DA2762 - Mint Leaves

DA0750 - Mini Scrolls #2

DA1562 - Whimsy Frames #6

DA1787 - Wordpl@y #3 BLACK

After everything glued down I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

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Happy crafting!

 

Happy Easter cards - Belinda Spencer

 Hello Dusty Attic fans and Happy Easter!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest project featuring some fabulous Dusty Attic products. This time I am sharing 6 altered project life cards with an Easter theme.

I started by swiping acrylic paint on to my backgrounds. I use a mix of bought project life cards and ones I have created myself from whatever scraps of cardstock/paper/packaging I have laying around.

After I paint the cards, I then add collage and stencilling. This time I used some Ranger Texture Paste along with the Dusty Attic stencils. Once the stencilling was dry, I went over it with a white Posca Paint Pen to make it brighter.

Here are the completed cards.

I layer some messy thread and patterned paper scraps on the cards before adding the chipboard. I have a box full of collage material. Whenever I am creating as project the leftovers go in the box and then I can just shuffle through the box for little bits and pieces when I need to.

I added some white gesso to a scrap of the Corrugated Card and tore it into pieces so I could add a little to each card.

I kept some chipboard pieces in their raw unaltered form.

Some chipboard pieces I painted with a few coats of white gesso. If I feel the gesso is not bright enough then I add white Posca Pen on top as well.

For some pieces I used paint pens on them to add a little colour.

These cards are so fun to make and I can't wait to use them for something. I think these would make lovely card fronts for Easter cards. It is also a great way to use up various chipboard pieces from different sets.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0506 Foliage # 1

DA0706 Mini Birdhouses

DA0727 Mini Birds # 3

DA0830 Corrugated Card

DA0893 Mini Butterflies # 2

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1482 Bedazzled Stencil

DA1561 Whimsy Frames # 5

DA1758 Rose Stencil

DA1760 Leaves # 3 Stencil

DA2198 Window & Shutters # 2

DA2396 Broken Bits # 6 - Grid

DA2399 Broken Bits # 9 - Brick

DA2437 Blooms # 3

DA2445 Frame Medley

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Happy Easter!

Cheers

Belinda

Love - Belinda Spencer

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for The Dusty Attic featuring some fabulous chipboard pieces.

'Love'

For this layout I began by swiping some Dusty Pink Dusty In Colour acrylic paint over my background cardstock using a palette knife. Once that was dry, I applied Crushed Olive Dusty In Colour paint through the Confetti # 2 Stencil using a latex make-up wedge for a soft, smooth finish.

Next I added a paper doily and a Whimsy Frame before adding my paper stack and photo.

I painted the Flower Stamens with Crushed Olive Dusty In Colour paint and slipped those in and around the photo stack.

I painted the title and tiny banner with the same paint and added those.

I painted the Mini Her with the Dusty Pink paint and added that along with some mini crochet doilies.

I painted a Quoted Sentiment with white gesso, chopped it up and added to the layout.

I finished by adding some Mini Stars and painting white using a white Posca Paint Pen.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0907 Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink

DA0917 Dusty In Colour Crushed Olive

DA1764 Confetti # 2 Stencil

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1064 Mini Him & Her

DA1561 Whimsy Frames # 5

DA1876 Flower Stamens

DA2544 Mini Titles # 1 - Love

DA2585 Quoted Sentiments # 4

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to play with some amazing Dusty Attic products too.

Cheers

Belinda