Monday, March 29, 2021

{Natural beauty...}

 
Hello 49 and Market Fans!

Today I am showcasing the beautiful Vintage Artistry Color in Butter. I love this collection.  Yellow is the color of sunshine, smiley faces and sunflowers. I associate yellow with laughter, hope, happiness and positivity.  I used the March sketch for inspiration.

This is my little granddaughter Mila with her beautiful smile, loving heart and spirit that is happy and free. 

For this layout I used the B-side of the Garden Notes and stamped around the edges of the paper with one of the stamps from the Crazy Stitching Stamp Set. 

Here is my layout.


and here is the sketch.


I used the Vintage Artistry Natural Collage Stack pieces to build up the base for my photos.  I used cards, the little frames and cute banners. From the laser cut sheet in the Natural Mini Collections I used a butterfly, border (as seen below), one of the tags and the piece with the binding edge. The pieces were all inked and distressed.  I made extra banners from yellow and craft card stock. Here you can also see how I used the circle stitch stamps and heart from the Gabi's Circle Stitch Stamp Set.  


Next, I added Vintage Artistry Butter / Lilac and Coral / Natural Rub-On Transfers to the background.  From the Coral / Natural Rub-On Transfers I used the words Natural Beauty for the title.


To create the flower clusters, I used Sugar Posies-Butterscotch, Maura's Vineyard-Chardonnay, Pixie Petals-Sunshine and Parchment, Enchanted and Garden Petals-Sunshine. The edges of the flowers were dry brushed with white gesso, acrylic paint and gold rub. I also added a few Dusty Attic leaves, foliage die cuts and resin elements to the clusters.


My final touches to this layout included art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

49 and Market products used.


Dusty Attic chippies used.

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Sunday, March 28, 2021

{Love these moments...}

 Hello 49 and Market Fans.

Here is my layout featuring the beautiful Irrevocable Beauty and Vintage Artistry Color in Lilac Collections. I love that I can mix and match the different collections, they all go so well together.

This is my beautiful daughter. Tender-hearted, pure and so very kind.  What a joy it is to be her mom. She is beautiful, not because she looks a certain way but because she lives a certain way. She is my sunshine in the rain and wisdom in the wilderness. What an honor it is to walk through every season of her life with her.  

For this layout I used the Time Keeper paper and Sonnet paper from the Irrevocable Beauty 12x12 Collection and the bonus sheet and Ingenue paper from the Vintage Artistry Color in Lilac 12x12 Collection, cut in vertical strips, distressed and glued to the cardstock background. I used the bar code strip from the bonus sheet as well as the lilac lace border from the laser cut sheet and thread through a piece of lilac lace from my stash. This was glued to the vertical strips.  I also added border punch strips.

Here is my layout.



Next, I added Vintage Artistry Butter / Lilac and Blush /Sage Rub-On Transfers to the left top corner of the Time Keeper paper, right corner of the Ingenue paper and the green butterfly to the Sonnet Paper.  The doily, script and splash rub-on transfer are just amazing, an adds so much beautiful elements to the background.  


One thing I almost always do is to lightly sand the edges of my photos and double mat them.  I layered my matted photos on pieces of the Vintage Artistry Blush and Sage Nouveau Ephemera stack and Vintage Artistry Lilac Ephemera stack.  All the edges were distressed and inked. For the title I used a beautiful Dusty Attic design and was heat embossed with Zing Embossing Powder in Lavender and Red Metallic.


To create the three flower clusters I used Garden Petals and Enchanted Petals in Twilight, Wild Flowers in Blush, Sugar Petals and Posies in Huckleberry and Sugar Posies in Fluff.  I love these Sugar Posies in Fluff as you can ink or paint them in any color to suit your project. In this case I painted them with yellow acrylic paint.  All the flowers were dry brushed with white gesso and gold rub. 

The two collections I used for this layout has the most beautiful laser-cut sheets and I added flowers, foliage, a butterfly and the cute watering can. A few Dusty Attic foliage, bird houses and foliage die cuts were also added.  I painted the Foliage #17 and Birdhouses with acrylic paint and heat embossed the Foliage #10 with Zing Embossing Powder in Red Metallic then randomly stamped seed pods from the Irrevocable Beauty Wander stamp set.


Here is a close up of the laser cuts I used and some of the pieces popped up with foam tape.


Words to live by, also from the Vintage Artistry Color in Lilac laser cut sheet.


My final touches to this layout included a few flat back beads, art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

49 and Market products used.


and these are the Dusty Attic chippies that I have used.


Thank you for visiting the my blog today.

Happy crafting!






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Monday, March 15, 2021

{100% Boy...}

 Hello everyone!

I am sharing my March design team layout with you featuring my grandson James and stunning Dusty Attic chipboard designs.

I am blessed indeed. I have the privilege of looking after this handsome little boy during the day while his mommy is at work and I feel honored that they trust me with their most precious little boy.  It is amazing to see him grow and reaching his milestones, his first smile, first teeth and how he discovered his feet for the first time. Today he started blowing bubbles, so absolutely cute.  Jamesie makes our world more beautiful, and more amazing. This little boy is so loved!

Here is my layout.



All the chippies except for the cogs and gears were first painted with white gesso, then chalk paint and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.  I inked the page pebble with Versa Magic in Aloe Vera.

I randomly covered the cogs and gears with coarse gesso, and when dried I covered all the parts with black gesso. I then dabbed the cogs and gears with a sponge brush and the same colour chalk paint as the rest of the chippies. Then, I dry brushed all the parts with white acrylic paint.


These polaroid frames and Wordpl@y elements are so amazing!


Here you can see how I used the mini tabs.  And yes, this little boy is one of a kind!


After everything was glued down I added splatters with diluted black and white gesso.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.


Thank you for visiting my blog.  Please visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing designs.

Happy crafting!



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Thursday, March 11, 2021

{Champion...}

 Hello everyone!

I am sharing my project inspired by the March moodboard filled with so many wonderful Dusty Attic chippies, Prima resins and Mitform Casting metal elements.

This is my son-in-law Juan, who loves mountain biking.  The dirt, adrenaline, mental and physical challenge is what makes him tick, and he is always up for a challenge. 

Here is the moodboard.


and here is my project.

This large gear was cut out off  thick cork by my husband, as I could not find one in any of our craft shops. 


All the chipboard pieces, except the mini captions, were randomly covered with coarse gesso, and once dry covered with black gesso. Next, I painted the parts with using a sponge brush and Americana Acrylic paint in Burnt Umber, Georgia Clay, Tangelo Orange and True Ochre. I dry brushed all the parts with white gesso and Art Alchemy Wax in Rich Copper.

Behind the cork gear I glued a piece of corrugated cardboard that has some randomly torn sections. I covered the corrugated cardboard with black gesso and once dry I painted it the same way as I did the cogs and gears without using course gesso as I felt the torn sections had enough texture.


The three mini captions defines Juan's character so well, and were covered with the Georgia Clay acrylic paint and edged with the Burnt Umber.


I love the Geckos. They were both first covered with clear gesso and then Distress Oxide in Black Soot and Walnut Stain, pressed onto a craft mat and spritz with water and slid through the droplets a few times. Then, dry brushed with Tangelo Orange and white acrylic paint. 


The bike chains were painted with Burnt Umber acrylic paint, edged with black ink and dry brushed with Tangelo Orange and white acrylic paint.


Some close ups.

Look at the amazing texture on the cork and corrugated cardboard.




Here you can see the stunning Mitform Casting metal elements.


After everything was glued down I added copper glass glitter and splatters with diluted white gesso.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.





DA1935 - Machine Parts #2
DA0405 - Mini Chains
DA1939 - Gauge Pointers
DA1308 - Mini Captions #5
DA1941 - Bike Chains
DA2184 - Industrial Globes #3
DA1949 - Industrial Border #1
DA1977 - Cogs and Gears
DA0002 - Cogs #2
DA0232 - Jumbo Cogs #1
DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2
DA1938 - Industrial Chains
DA0327 - Cogs Frame Set

Why not enter the moodboard Challenge yourself?  All you need to do is add your take on the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any chippies you like. 

Good luck and happy crafting!










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