"Got to Love Baby Bunny Kisses" - Audrey Underwood

It’s nearly Easter time and Dusty Attic has a treasure trove or goodies you can use to create the perfect piece.

Hopefully this will inspire you to scrap your Easter shots.

Easter makes me think of soft colours, spring colours. Living in Australia our Easter is in autumn, we still get soft colour tones, as a lot of the vegetation is greening up again after a long hot summer and we also have the beautiful changing colours of deciduas plants.

Did you know that Dusty Attic has a large range of acrylic paints, in beautiful colours. You can find Dusty in Colour HERE

I’m really enjoying the scrapping baby girl photos again, it’s been a while and these are sweet shots from last Easter of my girls in the park.

Dusty Attic Products used -

Birds on a Branch - DA0333 (This piece was altered a little and turned in two pieces for my page, maybe you can consider altering a Dusty shape to suit your creation)

Chicken Wire Panel - DA0177

Dusty in Colour Acrylic Paints - Navajo White DA0903, Alabaster DA0902, Dusty Pink DA0907, Mountain Meadow DA0916, Sunburnt Orange DA0906.

You can find Dusty Attic products HERE

Other Products used –Kaiser Paper and letter stickers, Websters lace, Pressed Petal, Bunny and Frame from Moulds by Mel,you can find them HERE, ribbon, lace and brads.

I hope you can find some creative time for yourself.

Happy Creating

Audrey

"Mixed Media Journal Cover" - Gabrielle Pollacco

Hi Everyone! Gabrielle here with you today!  I thought I would share a project I made this month using the beautiful Dusty Attic Journal and some mixed media techniques.  I started out by using the Dusty Attic Soot paint on the whole outside binding of the journal book.  I love the flat black finish it gives!  I then brushed some gold paint on the edges of front cover. 

Next step was to paint the Dusty Attic Corner Scroll #2 and the Mini Cogs with some gold paint brushed with silver paint.  Then I made up my polymer clay piece.  I shared a mini verson of making a polymer clay design, if you missed it you can view the tutorial below....

I baked off my polymer clay design (adding the chipboard pieces after the piece was baked).  I added some cheesecloth spray painted black and brushed with gold paint onto the front cover, and then glued on my finished polymer clay design on top of it all.  Next step is to glue on the corner chipboard pieces and add dots of bronze 3D paint (Scribbles) to the edges of the book and on the corner scrolls.

Here below you can see a close-up view of the polymer clay piece....

I finished the whole design by adding a variety of ribbons onto the spine of the journal/book.  Below I've shown the products I used from Dusty Attic to make up this project.

Hope you give some of these techniques a try!!  Here is my full list of supplies for this project:

Supplies:

Dusty Attic Journal

Chipboard: Dusty Attic Corner Scrolls #2, Mini Cogs (16 piece)

Dusty Attic Color: Acrylic Paints (Soot, Fine Silver, Vintage Gold)

Polymer Clay: Sculpey or Fimo (Black, Gold, Green)

Mica Powders:  Pearlex (multipac)

Stamps: Prima frames, K&Company

Glass beads, seed beads

Other: Cheesecloth, Ribbon, 3D paint Scribbles

March ATC by - Gabrielle - with a tutuorial

Every month Dusty Attic has a fun little ATC challenge (with a Dusty Attic Prize!) and each month they have a different theme for the challenge.  This month (March) the challenge is 'Industrial'.  I gave the theme a lot of thought and decided I wanted to take a more 'natural' element like a Dusty Attic  Monarch butterfly and making it 'industrial' by adding Dusty Attic chipboard cogs and Nuts and Bolts to dress it up. 

And in keeping with the metalic look of the butterfly, I decided to make my ATC (Artist Trading Card - 2.5"x 3.5" card) using polymer clay instead of using paper this time around.  I thought you all might enjoy watching a Video Tutorial I made up in using Polymer Clay, Mica Powders (Pearlex), and chipboard to make a mixed media ATC.  (I promise, this one is a lot shorter than the last video tutorial I made, but I think you might want to enjoy a cuppa coffee while you watch! :) 

Hope you enjoyed my video!  And I hope you give some of these techniques a try!  I have another mixed media, polymer clay/chipboard project to share with you all on the 11th, so please stop by to have a peek! ~Gabrielle xo 

Supplies:

Polymer clay: Sculpey or Fimo (black, green)

Chipboard: Dusty Attic: Monarch Butterflies, Mini Cogs, Nuts and Bolts

Mica Powder: Pearlex (multi-pac)

Stamps: Prima frame stamps, K& Company

Other: Glass beads, seed beads, wire, gold paint acrylic

"Effortless Beauty" - Karen Shady

Hi everyone,

Welcome. Today, I have a display frame to share with you, featuring lots of Dusty Attic goodies. I made this frame for my daughter, it was inspired by the top left photo of her, which I came accross recently. I thought she looked very elegant and lady like, and I thought these papers, and chippy pieces were the perfect combination to reflect that. She is a farm girl, through and through, and these photos of her all dressed up are hard to come by, as you can see by the other 2 photos I've used. lol.  

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To create the main frame, I first painted it with Dusty in colour 'Gingernut' acrylic paint, then used a crackle paint, then painted the top layer in 'Alabaster'.

I painted all my chippy pieces using Dusty in colour 'Alabaster'. For the Moroccan lamp, I added a touch of metallic copper ink in a few places, then wrapped a die cut vine around it.

Ive used 'Alabaster' acrylic paint again for the Vintage clock 1 , and added a few metal bit and pieces, to give it a more vintage feel .

I love the crackle look to the frame, and the 'Gingernut' paint is perfect base colour.

The Dusty Attic Products used:

Wrought iron trim set

ATC frame

Vintage clock 1

Moroccan lamp

Dusty in colour-Alabaster

Dusty in colour-Gingernut

Thanks so much for calling in. Hope to see you again soon

Karen  x



"Sh,,,, I'm Sleeping" by Audrey Underwood

Shh,,, I'm Sleeping I had such fun doing this project right down to the excess use of bling. I started off making two large tags and the project evolved from there.

I adore this photo of Cadence my granddaughter, she does and says the cutest of things, one word at the moment is 'shh,’ when she see’s someone or one of the animals asleep and the aim of were that finger lands is a bit off and it often ends up right up her nose.

Dusty Attici> Products Used –

Song Birds 6pk - DA0332
Decorative Scroll #1 – DA0213
Fancy Trim #2 - DA0446
Bows - DA0774
Letters from the Bookman ABC set - DA0666

You can find them HERE

Other Products Used - Basic Grey - some very old large luggage tags, lace, ribbon, muslin, Tule, letter stickers and crystals.

Have a great day, I'll be back soon with my other Dusty project.

Happy Creating

Audrey

"March ATC" - Audrey Underwood

I really enjoyed this month’s theme, "Industrial", it was about time 

I got my hands well and truly dirty with creative products.

The first thing I thought of when I seen the theme was, ‘Metal’.

It looks a little Steampunk-ish, but that’s still part of Industrial inspiration, right!

I usually try and stick to the boundaries of an ATC back, but I couldn't resist

 going past the edges in this case because I didn't want to lose too much of my Tin Man

and since creating the ATC I’ve decided,

like one of our DT girls with last month’s ATC, use it for a future piece of art.

The Dusty products used to create this were -

Ornate Gates Mini DA0190

Cogs 2 DA0002

Clear Crackle Varnish DA0900

Acrylic paint - Fine Silver DA0927

Other Products used -

Tim Holtz stamp – Creative Muse

Silver embossing powder, dictionary script and watch parts.

I hope this inspires you to get your hands dirty and do a little creating soon.

Happy Creating

Audrey

"Let your Light Shine" by Michelle Grant & Tutorial

Welcome back, today I have a project to share with you for Dusty Attic using the new release dusty Moroccan Lamps and French Border. This canvas has a lot of dimension on it! And in creating this dimension on the intricate pieces I worked out an easier way of creating varying depths to your pieces. See the tutorial below for this simple and effective technique.

Even though this looks like a shadow box it is just a normal canvas with a chipboard border.

Dusty Attic: French Garden Border - DA0845 Moroccan Lamps - DA0835 Dusty in Colour: Capri - DA0915 Oceania - DA0912 Navajo White - DA0903

Dimensional Lamp Tutorial

For this tutorial I have used the Dusty in Colour Paints, a gold sharpie pen. A sponge for painting. Then to add the dimension you just need some strips of chipboard off cuts and some tiger grip glue or something similar.

To get the painted effect on the lamps I first painted the lamp with the Capri paint. Then using the Gold Sharpie (Love these metallic sharpies I got them in a pack with gold, silver and a bronze.)
fill in the lines on the lamp.

To soften the look I have sponged some of the Oceania paint over the lamps and very lightly over the gold pen lines.

To add even more dimension I have used my finger to add some white paint highlights over the lamps.

Now the secret to getting great dimension of varying heights is to use chipboard strips. you can even used the offcuts from the pieces the chipboard comes in. Just cut them into strips to what ever height you want to raise your pieces. To get this effect before I would add layers of foam tape. But not only are the chipboard strips easier to hide behind intricate pieces you can cut them, to what ever height you like. Add the strips to your chip pieces using a strong glue then glue the chip pieces to your work. So happy with how effective this is!

I painted the chipboard with brown paint before cutting it into strips. You can paint the chipboard to to match the background of your page so that it is less noticeable behind your chip pieces. You can also bend the chipboard into curves if needed too!

I have used narrow chipboard strips to create the border around this canvas. I then added the french border to the top of the chipboard frame to give it more of a box look.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial!!

"March ATC's" by Karen & Michelle

 The Theme for the March ATC Challenge is Industrial!!

We can't wait to see how everyone interprets this theme!.

Here are some 'Industrial' ATC's by DT members Karen & Michelle

"Work Inspire Create" By Karen Shady

 I had a lot of fun creating this little ATC. I altered the chipboard in several ways to achieve the metal, and the rusty metal look I was after. To get the rusty look, I actually found some ‘rusting’ powder at a hardware store. It’s quite cheap, and works fabulously on chipboard, and does actually do what it says, it creates real rust. Ive used a range of coloured inks, metallic rub on, and also some silver Rub n buff on the remainder of the cogs, giving them cool makeover.

Product list:

Mini cogs 15 pk 

  Cogs 1  

Cogs 2






"Top Secret" by Michelle Grant

Here is my Industrial ATC, Don has been doing some construction work some old tractors, so I went out and pinched some metal shavings and welding debris. He kept saying they are no good they will rust! Ummm yeah! That is the whole idea! LOL I also raided the shed for the old fuse bulb and the metal door is a piece from an old floppy disk. The DA Cyclone Wire was perfect for this!!

Dusty Attic:
Cyclone Wire

March 2013 Headlines

Welcome to March at The Dusty Attic!!

Where did February go so fast?

Well the last day of summer has come and gone here in Australia so I hope it is starting to cool down where you are. March brings the beautiful colours of Autumn, a new sketch and atc challenge and (more importantly) Easter comes early this year. Happy news for chocoholics!

Exciting News for Dusty Attic Retailers!
The Dusty Attic have a NEW WHOLESALE WEBSITE!!!
Retailers will need to re-register your Wholesale account on the new Website and will receive a 20% discount of their first order on the new site. www.dustyattic.com.au

FEBRUARY SKETCH WINNER Amarilys Doria

Thank you for taking part in this challenge, this is a beautiful take on the sketch - love the colours you have used.

Congratulations!
Send a PM to Admin with your address to receive your prize pack.

Don't forget you have got to be in it to win it. If you have trouble tagging to the sketch gallery just send a pm to admin.

FEBRUARY ATC CHALLENGE WINNER Chloe Pollacco

Thank you for taking part in this challenge. This is so beautifully detailed and a wonderful take on the challenge.

Congratulations! Send a PM to Admin with your address to receive your prize pack.

Design Team News:

Helena - has joined the Donna Salazar Design Team.

Congratulations Helena!!

Belinda - is guest designer over at Stampotique this month

Design Team Published in:

Gabrielle - has an upcoming Dusty Attic layout in the Scrap365 magazine March/April issue.

Michelle - Has designed the Free Paper Range in the Scrapbooking Memories Magazine

Design Team Teaching At:

Olga - scrapbooking spring tour in Russia with classes - 6 cities March 15-17 - Samara,
March 29-31 - Vologda,
April 12-14 - Sankt-Peterburg,
April 26-28 - Kiev,
May 10-12 - Ekaterinburg

Mistra & Audrey - Teaching at the Hyden Retreat WA in March
March 22, 23,24

Michelle - is holding a Weekend Workshop in Mackay QLD
March 23,24. More Info HERE

Have a great month everyone!
Cheers
The DA Team xx