DUSTY ATTIC's FIRST EVER RETREAT

EXCITING NEWS 

The Dusty Attic are 

having our very first retreat 

Friday afternoon 28th March 

to 

Sunday 2pm 30th March 

St John of God Retreat Centre

Shoalwater 

 $280 per person

Includes

(are you ready?)

Two Nights accomodation 

with your own room and ensuite.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Morning and Afternoon Tea's
(yep all catered for!)

Function room scrapbooking area

(Carpeted and Air-Con, wet area)

and

A Goody Bag

We will also be holding six classes 

that you can book into as well

Classes will be $30 each and can

be booked separatley 

LIMITED NUMBER OF 25 people only

So Be quick to put your name down

 and join in this AWESOME retreat ! 

  We will also have a Shop there with Scrapbooking supplies and of corse 

Dusty Attic Chipboard 
(some never seen yet items !)

E-Mail us at 

dustyattic.hq@gmail.com

Play - Gabrielle Pollacco

Hi everyone! It's me Gabrielle here with you today to share my latest project using some fun new chippies from Dusty Attic and some Vintage Spring Basics collection mixed in with a little bit of Vintage Summer and Autumn Basics from Maja Design. I began by first using a Martha Stewart edge/corner punch on the edges of a neutral paper from the Vintage Summer Basics collection (1899). I then did a little inking with some Donna Salazar Distress Ink (Denim) and used a Heidi Swapp stencil and homemade texture paste over the inked areas.

The photo is one of my great nieces that my nephew's wife Danielle was kind enough to share with me. I wanted to keep the design light and airy and playful like the photo of Jade and at the same time play up the blues in the photo.

To make the floral design I used some super cute Dusty Attic chipboard (Spider Crysanthemum and Flower Buds), painted white and tinted with some blue and green chalk inks (Versa Magic Inks). I punched tiny blooms using a floral punch (Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch) on some cardstock and the left over strips of paper from the background (tinted blue at the edges, ). The butterfly is from Tattered Angels, Nature Glimmer Glass (I'm trying to use up bits of old stash with each layout I create).

I just love the little strips at the bottoms of the paper collections (not even sure what it says, LOL) but I love the pretty design element they add to a page!   I just adore the new cute l'il heart arrows, they make fun accents for a page.  For the one I used above, I simply painted it with white gesso, inked it with some blue Distress ink (Denim) and brown chalk ink.  I finished the design by adding some Dusty Attic Gloss Medium to the heart to give it a glassy look.

For some reason I really love the way burlap looks with the blues in this collection. In keeping with the neutral accents, I chose a Prima flower in a natural fabric and added some smaller blooms in blue from Petaloo (Darjeeling collection...Love these blooms, I think they are a perfect match for the blues in the Maja collections). And I also used some more clock cut-outs from the Vintage Autumn Basics (I just love this paper for embellishing my layouts, the clocks seem to add a nice touch to any layout whether masculine or feminine).

Dusty Attic Products used for this project:
~ Spider Crysanthemum
~ Flower Buds
~ Heart Arrows #2
~ Hinges
~ Dusty In Color Gloss Varnish
~ Dusty In Bloom (Latte)

Maja Design products used for this project:
Patterned Paper: Vintage Spring Basics (4th of April, 4rth of April-bs, 5th of April), Vintage Summer Basics (1899), Vintage Autumn Basics (XVI)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and checkin' out my project, hope you all get a chance to get your Dusty on this week! xo

Treasure these Memories - Sketch - Heather McMahon

The Dusty Attic Design Team members have made such amazing layouts using

 the String of Hearts chippie that I thought I’d try something different and

see if it would work with a modern, arty layout. I made the background with

 Dusty in Colour paints and used four different chippies on the page.

 For full details see my blog www.heathermcmahon09.blogspot.com.au

or take a look at the tips and tutorials section of the ning site.



Thanks for joining me today

Heather

Merry Go Round - February Sketch - Audrey

Merry go round

 

Here's Audrey’s take on this month’s sketch

Dusty Attic products used - Heart Arrows #2 DA1026, Arrows #2 DA0999, Birds on a Branch #3 DA1003, String of Hearts Frame set DA1017, Dusty in Colour - Dusty Pink DA0907 mixed with Navajo White DA0903 to make a even softer Dusty Pink then I mixed in some Bisque DA0921, Navajo White mixed with Vintage Gold DA0926, to make a nice soft white/cream colour, Clear Crackle Varnish DA0900
Other products used - Paper – prima, clock charm – Prima, threads in white and cream, lace, paper doily, Washi tape, Krafty Lady mould, Stamps by – Fiskars and Collections, Texture paste, Stencil by Kaiser.

Anyone can participate in Dusty's sketch challenge and each month one lucky participant wins a stash of Dusty Attic products.
To enter follow this link to the Ning Site - Sketch Challenge
This month, to spice it up a little, there's a TWIST TO THE CHALLENGE
Since it is February - the month of Love, when you enter the sketch challenge WITH a VALENTINE themed layout you will get some EXTRAS with the normal amazing Pack you can win. So get scrapping :)



December - Helena Johansson

Hi everybody! Today I'm here to share a new layout, using lots of gorgeous Dusty Attic chipboard. The best thing about chipboard is the versitality! You can use so many combinations together and create something completely unique!

 For this layout I have played with Art Deco corners (DA1007) that I painted with Dusty in Colour, Forrest (DA0919), to match the dark green paper I have as a frame of this page. I then arranged flowers and Scrolls #10 (DA0762), painted white. I have also added Snowflakes (DA0501), also painted white, the perfect chippie for Winter pages! The smaller ones I also covered with Clear Gloss Varnish (DA0901) and some glitter. The title December (DA0200) was also painted white and then with Clear Gloss Varnish. 

And now prepare for lots of close-ups!

I love to layer chipboard pieces, and if you paint them in different colors they enhance eachother!

The larger snowflakes are perfect to tuck into flowerclusters (and can be used on pages that doesn't involve snow pictures too!)

Thank you for stopping by today!

xoxo

Helena

Time Out! and Art Journal - Audrey Underwood

Audrey here with my blog post for the month.

I've been playing with colour and texture, the last couple of weeks and had so much fun.

Time Out

Dusty Attic products used - Heart Arrows #2, Arrows #1, Arrows #2, Chevrons DA0992. Mini Banners DA1021, Dusty in Colour - Navajo White DA0903
Other products used - Paper – Kaiser Confetti Collection, Kaiser stencils, Bazzill Card, Color Box ink, conches,Stamps - Lucy's Stamps, other stamp name unknown. Heidi Swapp Color Shine

And a little bit of Art for Art's Sake. I did a couple of pages in my poor neglected Art Journal. Now this was fun :)

Dusty Attic products used - Bicycle DA0880, Mini Bicycle DA1004, Marrakesh Trellis small DA0821, Arrows #2 DA0999 Dusty in Colour - Navajo White DA0903 and Cashmere , Clear Crackle Varnish DA0900.
Other products used - Paper – Kaiser Confetti Collection, Kaiser stencils, Bazzill Card, Color Box ink, conches, Stamps - Lucy's Stamps - Crosses, other stamp name unknown. Heidi Swapp Color Shine, Images from Typo, Washi Tapes, Prima Tapes, Jo Sonja Texture Paste, Scrap patterned paper.
I hope you get some time to create soon.
Until Next time

Happy February - News and Sketch (with a bonus)

WOW - January went really quickly !

Here in Australia some kiddies are back at school and some go back next week.

 Good luck to the little ones starting school for the first time, in-betweens starting High School and the cool kids starting Years 11 and 12 !
BUT

Most of all to all the Mums (and Dads) out there

- well done you survived the LONG school holidays

NOW

Its creating time !!!!

Nadia has done an amazing sketch again this month 

TWIST TO THE CHALLENGE

Since it is February - the month of Love when
you enter the sketch challenge WITH a VALENTINES layout

you will get some EXTRAS with the normal amazing Pack you can win

Mmmmm - maybe some of the awesome Paint - or gloss - or crackle

and....... here it is

FEBRUARY SKETCH

I hope you loved the Design Team's take on the sketch

throughout the month as much as I did

So many different layouts on the same sketch !

To start us off this month is Heather Jacob and Nadia Cannizzo

HEATHER JACOB

 Dusty Attic items used 

Flutterbies #3

Flower Buds Model: DA0849

Fancy Trim #6 :Model: DA0588

Dusty In Bloom Cornsilk

Dusty In Bloom Bridal Veil: Model: DA0805

Dusty Roses White 1.5cm :Model: DA0971

Dusty in Colour Pesto Model: DA0918

Dusty in Colour Navajo White Model: DA0903

Dusty in Colour Bisque :Model: DA0921

NADIA CANNIZZO

Dusty Attic items used

Sting of Hearts  DA 1017

Heart Arrows  DA1016

Dusty In Colour - Olive - DA 0917

Dusty Gloss Varnish - DA 0901

 And for the Winners of the DECEMBER Sketch

(Because I didnt choose one !!! OOpppsss sorry)

Lainie Michel

 WAS So Brilliant to see the January Sketches as well 

And the winner is ........

Dorthe Pabst

 You can enter the February Challenge here 

and dont forget to join us on Face Book as well 

for up-dates

(Pssttt .... there are some new 

releases coming soon AGAIN ! )

January Sketch - Vicky Alberto (plus a re-cap of the other DT's work)



January Sketch 

 

 VICKY ALBERTO

 

 



And a re-cap of the rest of the Design Team ........

 



Paint Caddy - Vicky Alberto

Vicky blogging today to share with you my altered Dusty Attic paint caddy (DA0811). I loved the fact that the wood edges were already stained very dark brown. So, I didn't feel it necessary to paint the inside since my project was going to be black, cream and tan anyways (and it will be filled with all my DA paints too). I do love the simple elegance of the natural tan wood colour against the cream and black papers.

I added some DA French flourish pieces (DA0275 and DA0273) to decorate the top portion and the drawer. I kept the natural wood finish on the French flourish pieces and simply topped them with DA's clear crackle varnish (DA0900) to give them a polished look. This nicely matches the natural finish on the inside of the caddy.

This sturdy MDF caddy is so very easy to assemble and is a really good size to house a lot of paints on top and tools in the drawer. The caddy is 9.5 inches wide, by 10 inches deep, by 5.5 inches high.

Thanks for joining me on the blog today!

Vicky Alberto

http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.ca

Dreamer - Tina Dalton

Hi there, This month I wanted to create a layout using one of my favorite pieces from the latest release, The gorgeous Ivy corners These are really beautiful pieces and my whole layout was based on these. I covered them in Maja papers  ( Vintage Summer Basics ) and placed some muslin underneath them. I painted all of my Dusty Attic products with Navajo white paint and slightly distressed the edges with my craft knife to add some character to the pieces.

I cut the door on the birdcage  and sat a little bird in there, I also distressed the edge of my photo.

Below is a list of all the Dusty Attic products I have used to create this layout.

Flutterbies #3 DA 0766

Chevrons DA 0992

Heart arrows #1 DA 1016

Ivy Corners DA 1034

Bird Cage #4 DA 0085

I hope you have enjoyed this project, and gathered some inspiration as well, Happy Scrapping  :) x

http://tdscrappin.blogspot.com.au/