Hello today - Dusty Attic

Hello and thank you so much for dropping by.  I hope this post finds you well and safe from all the craziness we are experiencing in the world at the moment.

I am taking the time to stay home and craft and connect with the family a little more.

Im sharing with you a layout today using lots of  Dusty Attic goodness.

To start my layout I made my own weathered woodgrain paper using some white cardstock and scoring and swiping some ink along the page.

I then gathered my Dusty Attic chipboard.  The anchor I covered with some graphite paste and then sprayed it to give it a bit of an old look.  Using some waxes I covered the flourishes and the compass.

Here is a closer look

Dusty Attic products used

Anchors #2 DA2543

Compass Rose #2 DA2584

Rope Knot #1 DA1737

Corner Flourish #6 DA2349

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time stay safe

Happy crafting!



Best Day Ever - Mood Board Dusty Attic April

Hello and welcome!

I hope this post finds you well and healthy in these crazy times we are now living in. I'm sure many of you like me have some extra time on your hands as we all try and stay safe.   I hope I can inspire you a little and share with you my take on this months mood board.

So I started my layout by creating a tag

Once I created my tag, I decided to incorporate it into a layout.

I hope I have inspired you a little go to give this months mood board a go.  Here are a couple of close ups of my layout

Dusty Attic Products Used

DA0480 Doily #2

DA1616 Ornate Circle Frames Small

DA1524 ATC Frame #6

DA2524 Fancy Trim #3

DA1833 Mini Caption #10

Until next time, please take care and stay safe and happy crafting!

March Mood Board - Dusty Attic

Hello Dusty Attic fanatics!  Wow can you believe we are now into March?  So that means a new mood board.  Lets take a look at this months moodboard.

Lovely hey?  So I decided to try and incorporate all the colours in my layout.

Not a whole heap of chipboard used in this one.  Just that beautiful Baroque Frame along with some perforated mesh for a bit of texture and the Feather Charms.

I kept my chipboard all the same colour tones for this one.  I didn't prime it at all - just inked gently over the tope with some distress oxide inks in the colours Tumbled Glass and Frayed Burlap.

I then layered my chipboard together and added my photo and pretty flowers.

Here are a few close ups.

Dusty Attic products used:

Baroque Frame Oval Small DA2342

Perforated Mesh DA1681

Feather Charms #1 DA1380

Thanks so much for stopping by

Until next time

Happy crafting!

 



Memories Documented - Dusty Attic

Hello and welcome back to the blog today!

Don't you just love going back through old photos?  I always manage to find a few that I haven't had a chance to scrap and I came across these two sweet pics of my brother and my baby girl.  Not such a baby any more but I knew I had to scrap them!

I started by picking out some pretty paper.  This paper is from Dress My Craft.

Next I set about making a couple of clusters for both sides of my photos.

I knew I wanted to incorporate that beautiful Lacy Pendant Drops chipboard.  Oh my!  How stunning is that piece of chipboard?  So much fine detail.  So I decided to use that a a base to sit my photos on.  I kept it simple by just coating it with gesso.

From there I tucked under 2 of the smaller doilies from the Doily #2 set.  Again I kept this simple and just coated them with gesso.

For a pop of place I added the Distressed Filmstip down the right hand side of my page.  I gave it a quick cover with some black ink in random places.

Here are a couple of close ups for you

I finished off by using one of the sentiments from the Mini Captions #18 as my title.

Dusty Attic products used

Mini Captions #18 DA2114

Distressed Filmstrip DA1784

Doily #2 DA0480

Lacy Pendant Drops DA1372

Thanks so much for stopping by

Until next time

Happy crafting!



Todays Moments - Dusty Attic

Hello and welcome again!

I have a simple yet I think effective layout to share today.  I have to say that I have been in a little bit of a scrapping block at the moment.  Does this happen to you?  How do you find some inspiration?

For me I have started going over my layouts that I created way back when.  Ones that I'm no longer liking.  So I am throwing them out and re scrapping the photo.  I know that lots of people think thats crazy but I get to recreate another page with product that I now love but not only that I get to enjoy the memory that particular photo captured.  This pic is of my middle man and me when he was much younger.

I have gone back to my clean white style that I really love.

To add a bit of sparkle I used the Floral stencil with some glitter paste before adding all my other pretty Dusty Attic pieces.

I covered the French flourish with some Ink Gold in a pink colour and tucked it under my embellishments. 

The Creative Script was gessoed and then snipped into three pieces and placed around the page.

I used some pearl ink on the Doily and tucked that into the photo cluster too.

Here are a couple of close ups.

You can see all that pretty sparkle.  I love to use glitter paste over the tops of an inked stencil.

Here is another close up

I created a little accetate frame here with some glass glitter underneath to make a bit of a shaker frame.

Dusty Attic products used

DA0273 - French Flourish

DA2201 - Creative Script

DA0763 - Doily No. 5

DA2486 - Floral Stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by

Until next time

Happy crafting!

 

Mood Board February - Dusty Attic

Welcome and thank you so much for popping by.

Sharing with you today my take on this months beautiful moodboard.

Lets just have another look at moodboard Jen the Boss designed for us to play with.

Not bad!  Not bad at all!  I love it!

Here is my take.  I chose to play with most of the colours from the palette

To start I covered all my chipboard.  The Ornate Gates I covered in a white pigment pearly ink.  I adhered that to my page.  Using some blue acrylic paint I painted the Doily and the Iron Garnish and then adhered them to my page.

I tucked under some fussy cut flowers and then set about making my paper cluster for my photo to sit on.  The Birds on a Branch was also covered with a light coat of brown pearly pigment ink and I snipped it in half to be able to tuck a piece each side of the photo.

I finished of this side of my layout by adding my flowers and title.

Before I stuck on the Juliette balcony, I covered it with some gesso before rubbing over some white gold prima wax.

This layout ended up being really layered up with chippy but I love the effect.  Definately one to go in a frame and on my wall in the entry way!

Dusty Attic Products used

DA1869 Iron Garnish

DA0594 Birds on a Branch

DA1720 Doily No. 10

DA0188 Ornate Gates

DA2360 Juliette Balcony

DA2088 Precious Moments

Thanks so much for stopping by

Until next time

Happy crafting!



Creative Inspiration Live 2020

With just 2 weeks until our Creative Inspiration Live 2020 Event we have a limited number of seats available so if you have been deciding should I?
 Let us tell you YES YOU SHOULD!!!
You will have 2 days of amazing classes with some of the most creative and fabulous tutors in the papercrafting industry.

Jowilna, Cariena, Lucy, Joanne Kerrie and Adriana all bring with them many years of creative knowledge and really know their stuff and even better they are all the loveliest  ladies who love to share their knowledge with everyone along with having loads of fun.

Creative Inspiration Live 2020 will be all about letting your inner creative soar and exploring Alcohol Inks, Ink Pads and Layering like a pro.
Come along, open your minds and let everything in and just enjoy spending a weekend creating and spending time like minded people.

Here is a reminder of what you will receive,
not only will you receive a goody bag + 7 class kits you will also receive this fabulous pack of our latest products that are yours to use over the weekend and YES they are yours to TAKE HOME!!!
One can never have too many fabulous tools ♥

This year we have capped the event to make the classroom smaller in numbers but  bigger in creating with 7 awesome classes over the weekend
We have some of your favourite store owners from stores across Australia this year so you will get to meet and chat with not only our amazing tutors but our fabulous store owners  who will be there helping out in the classes along with the tutors when they aren't teaching. So you will really get a chance to get to know everyone.
A Place to Create
Alice in Paperland
Bella Paperie
Craft Giraffe
Daisy Chain Scrapbooks
Kingaroy Office Central
Mixed Gypsy Scrapbooking Arts &Crafts
Origami Crafts of Japan
Scrapbook Fantasies
Sensational Crafts
Stampers & Scrapbookers Wonderland
The Crafty Chain
Wrapped in Paper
2 Bluebirds

Are you ready for some sneak peeks at some of what you will be creating over the weekend with Cariena, Jowlina, Joanne and Lucy?
Here they are

 Cariena , lots of techniques using ink pads and some scoring

Jowlina, incorporating Alcohol Inks on your layouts, cards

Joanne the queen of gorgeous layers will show you how you too can layer like a pro

Lucy will be launching her new collection that she has designed at the event, you will be the first in Australia to be getting this collection

plus don't forget the SHOPPING!!!
Our POP UP SHOP will be open all over the weekend with never to be repeated prices that you will only get at the event. These deals will not be available in store at all.

For those of you who have booked please check your emails for what you need to bring
If you are on Facebook join our  Creative Inspiration Live 20202 Event Page where we will share photos and info

We will be sharing lots of photos over the weekend on our Insta Stories so make sure you are following us on Instagram too

We look forward to seeing you at Creative Inspiration Live 2020

Couture Creations Team

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