Memories - Dusty Attic

Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Jo here with you today to share with you a layout featuring my precious daughter and my beautiful niece.  I only have one niece and she lives way up the north of Western Australia in Kununarra so she doesnt get to visit Perth often.  This was special as she was organising her wedding dress for June so she had to come to Perth.  Unfortunately her wedding like so many others has been postponed because of Covid.  We did make the most of her stay here tho as with border restrictions in place we dont know when we will see her again.

I started my layout by covering the Decorative Scroll #2 chipboard with some pearlised ink and added that to my base page.  This page was perfect for me as I dont really do all that much mixed media and this one had all the messy work done for me!

I then created a paper cluser for my photo to sit on and adhered it to my page.

From there I added and tucked under my embellishments and flowers.  I used the chipboard cogs #3 along with one of the mini ornate frames #2.  I also tucked in the foliage #19 around my flowers.

Here is a closer look at some of the details

I hope you enjoyed my page.  Stay safe and keep creating!

Dusty Attic Products Used

DA2239 - Foliage #19

DA2286 - Mini Ornate Frames #2

DA2370 - Cogs #3

DA0206 - Decorative Scroll #2



May Moodboard - Dusty Attic

Well hello Dusty fans!  Welcome to the blog today.  I hope you're are all safe and well.

I'm here to share with you my interpretation on this months STUNNING moodboard.

Seriously - how pretty is this?  These are just my colours.  I am a pink girl through and through!

Here is my finished layout

I have to say tho, that this was a little different to start with.  It was on a white background with some stenciling behind it.  I even recorded a process video!  But I then changed my mind and ripped the whole lot off and put it on this pretty paper from AB Studios.

I used one of the new borders/trims Fancy Trim #4 which I covered with some ink and then set about laying both the Vine Frames #1 over the top.

I made a paper cluster for my photo to sit on and then tucked in the Ornate Mini Gates which I inked in gold.

Once I had all my other embellishments on I also added a small bird cage.

Heres a couple of closer shots

I hope I have inspired you a little and you give the moodboard a go.  We love to see your wonderful creations!

Dusty Attic Products Used

DA0190 - Ornate Mini Gates

DA1191 - Vine Frames #1

DA2525 - Fancy Trim #4

DA1188 - Mini Bird Cages #2

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time stay safe

Happy crafting!



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!