Paradise Found - Tina Ollett

Hi there Dusty fans and welcome back.

Tina O with you today to share my project for this month.

I have combined my project with my Shimmerz DT work as well so I decided to start from scratch and mix it up a little and of course do something beachy which I enjoy immensely.

This is ......"Paradise Found".....

I found these really cute photos of my younges from our last visit to Toogoom last Easter and just couldn't resist using them. Of course when I took them I was a long way up the beach with my zoom lens on but in the actual photo she looked so miniscul that I decided to print off 2 photos and cut them down to sit inside 2 different sized frames.

Ornate Circle Frame Small DA1616

Decorative Frame #1 DA0207

Clear Crackle Varnish DA0900

I have used the Dusty Attic Ornate Cirle Frame Set. I absolutely adore this set. They are just stunning. I decided to highlight the intricate pattern on the inside of the circle so I firstly coated the frame sets with Shimmerz Paste-eez (Salt of the Earth) and heat set it so that it bubbled and set. Then I rubbed over a little more Paste-eez in (Sea U in th eMornin) very randomly and re heated the chipboard again. I then did some inking and covered them completely in a generous amount of Dusty Attic Crackle Varnish. Once my frames dried I adhered the photos on to the back of the frames and added some 49andMarket thick jute to the front of the frames to highlight the photo somewhat more.

49andMarket 5 Ply Juste Cording

My background page is a simple piece of 12 x 12 chipboard primed with gessos and spritzed with some gorgeous Shimmerz Spritz "Chance of Rain". Once it dried I added in some Paste-eez (Salt of the Earth) through the Dusty Attic Fish Net Stencil and dried this off. I also did a little random stamping and inking of my background edges. 

Fish net Stencil #2 DA1496

Mini Clocks DA0717

The Chain as you can see above was coloured using Shimmerz "Chance of Rain" Spritz.

4pc Chains DA0312

Anchors DA0558

Mini Captions #13 DA1836

And above is the Clock face and hands that was coloured with Sea U in the Mornin' Paste-eez, ink and Dusty Attic Clear Varnish Crackle. 

 Clockface and Hands DA0391

And above you can see how well the Mystic Flourishes turned out. They were firstly inked and then  randomly coloured using my finger with Shimmerz Creameez ("Firm Foundation"). Love how the colour turned out but I wanted it to really stand out so I added more Crackle Varnish over the top to really make the colours pop.

Mystic Flourish DA1747

And lastly I have added in some gorgeous 49andMarket flowers.

Blossom Blends - Sea Breeze

Botanical Blends - Snow

Well that is all from me today. I hope you enjoyed my post and project here today.

Until next time happy scrapping. 

Teen xo

Altered Journal Cover - Patricia Basson

And so another year has passed us by...Here we are at the threshold of 2018...What will this year hold in stock for us? Happiness, heartache...whatever it may be, my wish for all my Bloggy friends is that you will embrace what is thrown your way. I myself hope to be much more active with my Art and blog life...Hoping to flood my site with as many creations I can muster up during each month!!! 

As many know from Facebook, I have been invited to the Dusty Attic Design Team for another year!!! I always admire people who stay on one Team for years on end, and here I am such a person myself!!! I can not thank Jennifer Hedger and Jen Burns enough for entrusting me with the amazing Dusty Attic products for another year....Before I show my project for the month, I thought it would be interesting to show my new and past DT Badges to you, isn't the new one just too amazingly gorgeous?

For my first project I decorated the cover of a Journal...

I painted the edges with Burnt Umber and Raw Sienna Acrylic paints. Next I added some torn papers from 49 & Market, Charming and Pumpkin Patch from the Rusty Autumn Range. I then added crackle paste, after drying I misted with Moon Shadow Mists from Lindy's Stampgang, Tawny Turquoise and Treasure Island Turquoise. 

I used several Dusty Attic pieces on here. The largest is the Clockworks. I also used Nuts and Bolts and Industrial Globes. These were painted with Distress Paints, Antiqued Bronze, Broken China and Cracked Pistachio with little highlights with Black Soot. I aged them further with some random patches of Dusty Attic Rusting Powder. Also added a little sprinkling of Clear UTEE.

The Distressed Film Strip and Paintbrush were also painted with the Antiqued Bronze Distress Paint. The tip of the brushes got some Clear Gloss Varnish. The Hearts and centre of globe were coloured with Red Pepper Alcohol Ink. On the Hearts is some Clear Crackle Varnish. To decorate the front, I added several Blooms and Fussy cut flowers from 49 & Market as well as some Prills.

The back of the Journal is also decorated. I am amazed at the gorgeous Industrial texture one can achieve on chipboard with some Paints and Rusting products...

If you would like to give some of my ideas a try, you will find the chipboards in the Dusty Attic shop...

Clockworks

DA 1750

Nuts and Bolts 

DA 0817

Mini Heart Buttons

DA 0682

Distressed Filmstrip

DA 1784

Industrial Globes

DA 1831

Paint Brushes #1

DA 1740

Mini Words #2

DA0476

Word Pack #13

DA 1269

Clear Crackle Varnish

DA 0900

Clear Gloss Varnich

DA 0901

Thank you for your visit...Wishing you well...

Fill your paper 

with the breathings 

of your heart. 

~William Wordsworth~

Treasured Memories - Kavitha - Challenge Inspiration

Hello, Dusty attic fans

Kavitha here today with my first post.

I am super excited to be a part of this amazing team.

My layout is based on this months Mood board,isn't it so stunning?.

I love the elegance of white and gold combo,

the stunning lace patterns and the little dress.

I am not very comfortable using gold as the main color, so i made a white on white layout with lots of

gold accents,like texture paste,glitters,art ingredients etc.

I applied white modelling paste through ABC stencil and gold paste through starry night stencil to create my background

I created my composition with papers,tags, and laces.

I heat embossed Marrakesh trellis chipboard with white and added it between the layers.The title

is also embossed with white embossing powder.

I added some prima flowers and leaves,applied gel medium and sprinkled gold glitter,art stones,glass glitter etc. I added some white pearls randomly 

to finish it off.

Dusty attic products used:

ABC stencil

 Starry night stencil 

Marrakesh trellis small

 These are treasured memories

Dusty attic pearls

Thank you for stopping by.