Reindeer Kisses - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog. Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful festive December mood board which features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces. 

This is a photo of my precious son and daughter-in-law I took a few years ago during one of our photoshoots.

Here is the mood board. 

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white acrylic paint and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

I used the Oh My Heart ABC Set and Teeny Tiny ABC Set to create the title. I love the little laser-cut hearts on the letters. I painted the letters with Hauser Light Green and the one red "E" with Tuscan Red, and then lightly rubbed the letters with Platinum Stickles.  To the Reindeer word, I added glossy accents.

I lightly painted the Wordpl@y Festive Green and Hauser Light Green making sure I didn't cover the engraved words. The edges were dry brushed with Tuscan Red and white acrylic paint. How stunning are these Christmas labels?  The ho ho ho and Bali border were also painted with Tuscan Red.

I painted the stars with Sour Apple and Tuscan Red, and then lightly rubbed them with Platinum Stickles, and glossy accents.

The berries and mistletoe were painted with Tuscan Red and Hauser Light Green. The berries were covered with glossy accents. 

I painted the Christmas Stockings with Tuscan Red and the Mini Scroll with white acrylic paint.  

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The final touches to this layout included beads, glitter, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA3056 - Oh My Heart ABC Set

DA0983 - Teeny Tiny ABC Set

DA2310 - Ho Ho Ho

DA3187 - Christmas Stockings

DA3159 - Christmas Labels – black

DA3143 - Christmas Berries #1

DA1685 - Wordpl@y #5

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA3196 - Mistletoe #2

DA2569 - Bali Border #3

DA0750 - Mini Scrolls #2

I hope you find time to play along with this mood board.  Share your projects on our Facebook Page here for your chance to win a  $50 (AUD) credit for two lucky winners to the Dusty Attic online shop so you can choose your very own chippies you would like to use.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Happy crafting!

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.

Visit the Dusty Attic online shop for more amazing chipboard designs.

Happy crafting!

 

Today's memories are tomorrow's treasures - Kim Arnold - Video Tutorial

 

Hi everyone! Some pretty floral inspiration today from me.

I have created a soft pretty layout of my dog Violet when she was a puppy (she is now 9) using a beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard title, swirls and foliage. I will take you through what I have used and what techniques I applied.

Starting with the long title, I painted it with gold mica paint which covers the chipboard perfectly. I love the combination of different fonts in the title.

I love the different swirls patters in the Scroll set #2 and used them to peek out from under the photo and title. To colour these I painted them with a pale blue acrylic paint, and then added two colours of wax – a mid blue and dark blue – to create an ombre effect with the three different shades of blue.

I used two of the Foliage #26 pieces – cutting one of them into three pieces. I painted the berries gold and the branches beige. I then tucked them into the cluster of laser cut flowers on the right side of the photo to add a different texture to that embellishment cluster.

I then coloured the Daily #4 word (#thishappened) with an ombre effect using the same waxes as for the scrolls, but I did not paint the word first. The waxes work well to cover the chipboard – they do not have to have a paint layer first, so I just went for a mid to dark blue ombre. I love the effect that the waxes give as they have a beautiful luster.

There is a video available on my YouTube channel if you would like to see how I made this layout: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrdl3Dk67aE

I hope you have a chance to get some creative time in soon.

Happy scrapping

Kim x

Dusty attic products:

Todays Memories – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Scroll Set #2 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Foliage #26 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

Daily #4 – Dusty Attic – Australian owned and operated Laser Cutting business

MDF Card Holder - Amanda Herring

Hello it’s my turn today to share a project and I thought that I would share the Card Holder that I made to store my Altered  tags in.

I used The MDF Card Holder for this project.

To start with,  I used PVA glue to stick the panels of the card holder together, and once totally dry 

I collaged old book paper over the entire outside surfaces of the box.

I have then used rub-on’s from 49 and Market to add the images of birds, leaves and butterflies to 

decorate the panels.

I painted the inside of the Card holder in charcoal chalk paint and when dry i added a broken and patchy layer of Turquoise Chalk paint on top.

After these layers were totally dry I added a thin coat of Paper Artsy crackle medium and let that dry.

I have then painted over the top of all these layers with a light coffee coloured acrylic paint, and once dry all these gorgeous and textured cracks appeared giving the box a really nice old feel.

I have added chippy pieces for extra texture that I have painted with acrylic paint and added a little crackle to and some textured crackle paste in white to random areas on the box.

To finish I have added building wax in gold th some areas and added box feet from the Tim Holtz

 idea-ology range.

I love how my altered tags from my last DT post look in the Card Holder

I might have to make a few more!

Supplies used:

Dusty Attic 

MDF Card Holder DA3386

Sweet Pea Frame set DA0573

Corner Flourish #1 DA0628

Mini Scrolls DA0685

49 and Market Meadow Rub-Ons

Stamperia Mixed Media glue

Stamperia Crackle Paste - White

Prima Chalkboard Paint - Charcoal and Sea Breeze

Pantone Acrylic Paint - Cafe Au Lait

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Crackle Glaze

Ranger Idea-ology Box Feet

Old book Papers 

Building wax in Gold 

Thanks for stopping by

See you next time

Mandy x

 

Today's Memories are tomorrow's treasures - Michelle Van Oudtshoorn

Hello lovelies

Well here we are in March already, can you believe it? Here is my layout for this month: 

I have started with two papers, tearing one down top and bottom before adhering to the page. I then add the photo with foam tape, before adding all the fussy cut pieces under it.

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I have used DA0335 mini scroll as flourishes - there are two in the pack. These were painted with metallique acrylic paint and then tucked under the fussy cut elements. I then dry brushed a tinged of rusty coloured paint over the chipboard pieces.

The Mini Foliage #2 DA2786 comes with a variety of different shaped mini leaves - and I have used the oak leaves and added these under the laser cut elements - painted with the same acrylic paints, lightly sponged on so as not to lose the veins in the leaves.

The title "Today's Memories are Tomorrow's Treasures" was also lightly sponged with paint so as not to fill the letters with paint, and added to the photo with foam tape.

These are the products I have used:

Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Hugs,

Michelle

Day Dreamer - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Here is my layout inspired by the stunning September mood board, and featuring 

Dusty Attic chipboard pieces. For this layout, I used the Ingenue paper from the 49 and 

Market Vintage Artistry Lilac collection.

This is my daughter during one of our many photo shoots a few years ago.

Here is the beautiful mood board.

and here is my layout.

 To create more detail on the background I randomly stamped with a Music stamp, then I primed the background with clear gesso.  To add more colour to the background, I used Distress Oxide in Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet, and Lindy's Tea Pot Purple. Then 

I glued Tim Holtz tissue paper, butterflies from a serviette, and Vintage Artistry Butter/Lilac and Sky/Navy rub-ons.

All the chippies were first covered in white gesso.

Unless otherwise stated, chipboard pieces are painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

The Music Hashtags words, mini scrolls, and ATC frame were heat embossed with white embossing powder.  For the title, I used the mini tab Day Dreamer. 

 I glue words onto my flower clusters by first gluing them onto acetate, and then applying transparent matte gel to them.

The flower clusters are made up of a variety of pretty blooms and die-cut foliage and flowers. 

I coloured the lavender with Plum and dry brushed it with Wild Orchid and white acrylic paint.

The Wildflower was painted with Whispering Turquoise and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

How beautiful are these new Botanic Buttons?  I just love them!  They were 

coloured with  Whispering Turquoise, and Wild Orchid then dry brushed with white 

acrylic paint.

The Music Flourish and Music Notes were painted with Lamp Black.

Some close-ups.

The final touches to this layout included art beads, sequins, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1805 - mini Tabs #3 BLACK

DA1397 - Music Flourish #2

DA1523 - ATC Frame #5

DA3315 - Botanic Buttons #1

DA1683 - Wildflower #4 small

DA1438 - Lavender #2

DA0750 - Mini Scrolls #2

DA2950 - Music Hashtags

DA2948 - Music Notes

Thank you for visiting the blog today.  I hope you find time to play along with this 

mood board.  Share your projects on our Facebook Page here for your chance to win a 

$50 (AUD) credit for two lucky winners to the Dusty Attic online shop so you can choose 

your very own chippies you would like to use.

Happy crafting!