Moodboard - September

Well hello there and hello September! 

I love this time of the year.  Just a little bit of warmth in the sun before it really starts to heat up.

Today its my turn to inspire you with the moodboard.

Monochromatic was the first thing that springs to mind with just a tint of green from that grass.  I decided to make a tag.

To start I covered the chipboard tag with some paper and then added some stenciling.  First I used the brickwork stencil with some distress oxide ink.  As the ink stays wet for a little while I was able to add some clear embossing powder to give it a little extra texture.

I then added some more stencil work using the creative script stencil and some white gesso.

Gathering my chipboard - I covered the branch no. 3 in some mixed media embossing powder.  This gives the chippy some extra texture too.

Cover the one of the larger doily from the Doily no. 2 set with some silver embossing powder.  The tribal arrow was covered in silver ink.

 

Very quick, very simple.  I hope I have inspired you to give the moodboard a go this month.  We love to see your take on it.  Give it a go! 

Dusty Attic products used

DA1325 - Brickwall stencil

DA1494 - Creative Script stencil

DA2263 - Tribal Arrows #3

DA1094 - Branch #3

DA0480 - Doily #2

Until next time

Happy crafting

Altered Notebook - Dusty Attic

Hello and thanks so much for stopping by and spending a little time with me today.

I hope you are all well and safe wherever you are in this big wide world.

Today I thought I would share with you a notebook which I altered with some of lovely Dusty Attic Chipboard.

This was so much fun to make and I definately got my hands dirty which is something I don't often enjoy!

I created some texture on my cover first with some pastes and also added the Brickwork stencil with some ink for an extra bit of layering and colour.

I then covered my Cog Cluster with some paint and highlighted it with some yellow rust paste.  The texture is a little hard to see but it looks great.  I also added some extra cogs from the Cogs no. 3 as well.

For a bit of extra interest I covered the Broken Bits #1 numbers in black gesso and added some paint and waxes to them.

Here is a couple of close shots so you can see all the texture

Dusty Attic Products used

DA1325 - Brick Wall Stencil

DA2391 - Broken Bits #1 numbers

DA1393 - Cog Cluster

DA2370 - Cogs 3

Until next time

Happy crafting

Moodboard Dusty Attic - August

Welcome Dusty Fanatics!

Wow!  Seriously how pretty is this months new moodboard? 

I really gravitated towards the yellow which is a colour I don't often use.

I made a quick and simple card.

I started by layering up a couple of pretty sheets of paper and then selected my chipboard pieces.

Next I laid down my broken bits #2 circles which I covered with some blue oxide ink.  I love using the oxide ink on my chipboard as it sits on top and I don't have to gesso it.

The layered garland I added on top of my broken bits.  This was painted with some metalic paints for a bit of shimmer.

I added the tribal arrow, again painted with some shimmery paint and lastly my flower which I made from foamiran.

Very quick, very simple.  I hope I have inpsired you to give the moodboard a go this month.  We love to see your take on it.  Give it a go! 

Dusty Attic products used

DA2256 - Layered Garland

DA2392 - Broken Bits #2 circles

DA2263 - Tribal Arrows #1

Until next time

Happy crafting

Cards with Dusty Attic and Industrial Romance

Hello and welcome Dusty FANattics!

It's Jo here with you today to share with you a couple of cards  I have created.

I have been really enjoying making cards lately and have been gravitating to the DL size ones.

I tried something a little different and had a go at "getting my grunge" on.

For my first card I used some rust effects paste to give my Industrial border some texture.

The Marakesh broken bits I heat embossed with an embossing powder that had a little bit of glitter in for a textured look too.

For the medallion in the middle which my butterfly sits on - I also heat embossed this to give i a bit of a glossy look then went over it with some Prima wax to make it look a little like metal.

For my second card I used the industrial pipes and rubbed some black ink in spots of the chipboard.  Again I used the rust effects paste for the cogls and some embossing folder for the fishing net .

The papers are from Scrapboys collection called Industrial Romance.

Dusty Attic Products used:

Card no. 1

Medallion #2 DA2382

Broken Bits #4 - Marrakesh DA2394

Indusrial Border #2 DA1950

Card no. 2

Indjustrial Pipes DA1936

Broken Bits #3 - Fish nets DA2393

Cogs 1 DA0001

Until next time

Happy crafting

July Mood Board - Dusty Attic

Hi and welcome to the blog today.  Thank you for sharing some of your day with us here at Dusty Attic!

Im sharing with you today my take on this months pretty moodboard.

To Enter all you have to do is add your take in the comments section of the Dusty FANattics page on Facebook

Beautiful colours!  Pink and green - one of my favourite colour combinations!

I started my layout by choosing that lovely Ornament trim for down the side of my page.  I covered it with pink paint and then set about layiing some fussy cut flowers on top.  In those flowers I also added the Baroque Floruish which was also covered with pink paint and had a little be of gold wax over the top.

Then I made my paper cluster for my photo to sit on and added the ornate circle frame under my photo.  This was painted gold.  I cut the circle from the Decorate frame and just used the two flourish pieces to the right of my photo, saving the left over for another project.

Here are the links for the Dusty Attic chipboard I used in my layout

Decorative Frame # 2 - DA0208

Ornament Trim # 2 - DA1435

Baroque Flourish # 3 - DA2366

Ornate circle frames - DA1616

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you find some time to play along with this months mood board.

Until next time

Stay well, stay safe



Memories - Dusty Attic

Hello and welcome to the blog today.  I hope this post finds you well and safe.

Today I am sharing with you a layout of my daughter from her school ball earlier this year.

I started my layout by choosing a few chipboard pieces and made a bit of a cluster.

Both of the frames I covered with some blue paint and then added some Prima waxes to give a little more definition.

I tucked under the fancy trim towaard the right hand side of my layout which i embossed with white embossing powder.

I then set about making my flower clusters and also tucking in some the the perforated mesh chipboard.  I love this one for adding just that something extra.

Here is another close up

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed my page.  Stay safe and keep creating!

Dusty Attic Products Used

DA2257 Decorative Frame #5

DA0074 Ornate Frame #1

DA1671 Perforated Mesh

DA2524 Fancy Trim #13



Moodboard Dusty Attic - June

Hello and welcome to a new month and a new moodboard - June.  Wow half way through the year and what a crazy ride it has been so far.  I hope wherever you are that you are safe and well.

Lets take a look at the moodboard for this month

Lovely hey?

So I decided to create a card.

I started by layering up some pretty papers and then collected a few left over chipboard pieces from other projects.  I had some of the Broken Bits - Marrakesh which I covered with some sparkly blue embossing powder.   I then placed the Decortive Frame over the top.  This was also heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The Clockworks piece was just a half that I had left over from a previous project but went perfectly tucked into my flowers.

Here is a closer look.

If you are interested in how I put by card together, you can see my process video here.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NhToGrhBXvg

Stay safe and keep creating!

Dusty Attic Products Used

DA0207 Decorative Frame #1

DA2394 Broken Bits #4 Marrakesh

DA2544 Mini Titles #1

DA2544 Clockworks Small

DA2440 Mini Foliage