{Life is good at the beach...}

{Life is good at the beach...} Adri du Preez - January Mood Board and Week 1 Sketch inspiration.

Hello everyone!

I am back with another layout inspired by the beautiful January mood board and week 1 sketch designed by Jennifer Hedger. These are photos of my son and daughter-in-law and sweet little granddaughter during their December 2017 vacation. I love beach layouts and Dusty Attic has the most beautiful beach theme chippies. I used the Set Sail Collection pattern paper from Celebr8. I also used a lot of die cuts and punches.

When I think of vacation, the sea is at the top of my list.  The one thing I love most about the sea is the feeling of tranquillity and inner peace when overlooking the vast ocean and the blue sky.

Here are the mood board and the sketch.

Here is my layout.

For the background, I used a bubble stencil and white crackle texture paste. Once the paste was completely dry I dabbed Distress Oxides on plastic packaging.  Spitz with water, fold in half, opened and randomly dabbed the plastic to the background until I achieved the desired look. I used the following Distress Oxide colours: Peacock Feathers, Broken China, and Faded Jeans.  I then randomly stamped with a background bubble stamp.

Next step was to paint all the chipboard.  Here are some close-ups. 

To colour the shells, sand dollars, tropical foliage, starfish, seahorses, and coral I used the same Distress Oxides as the background and then dabbed white and silver acrylic paint on with a sponge.

The skeleton fish bone was painted grey and then dabbed with white acrylic paint.

The lighthouse was first covered with coarse gesso which gave the walls a lovely weathered look.  Once dried I covered it with white acrylic paint. I then dabbed grey and brown ink on the coarse parts to make it stand out more.

The seagull was painted grey. I dabbed white acrylic paint on the tummy, for a soft feather look. The log was painted the same way as the lighthouse.

The fish was painted navy.

The title was covered with white gesso and then embossed with teal embossing powder. The engraved words were still visible. To make it pop I used a tiny amount of embossing paste and a bit of turquoise magical powder to blend together. With my finger, I filled up the engraved words.  I allowed the paste to dry for a couple of seconds and then cleaned the extra paste with a baby wipe to take off the excess paste. (This was a tutorial by Caroline E from Lindy’s.  Credit to her for sharing this awesome technique).

When everything was glued down I added some art stones and splatters with white gesso and blue and black ink.

Some more close-ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA1851 - Life is good at the beach

DA1175 - Light Houses #2

DA1905 - Mini fish

DA1806 - Mini Tabs #4 black

DA2196 - Sand Dollars

DA1042 - Seagulls

DA2267 - Shells #2

DA2190 - Skeleton Fish Mini

DA2197 - Starfish #2

DA1897 - Tropical Foliage #2

DA1918 - Coral #3

DA0559 - Mini Shells

Thank you for stopping by!

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{Princess...}

Hello Dusty FANattics!

Adri here with you and I am very excited to share with you my monthly project using some of Dusty Attic’s beautiful chipboard pieces.

This is a photo of my granddaughter I took of her on her 2^nd birthday. The birthday message I wrote her is on the back of my layout reads:

It is time to celebrate the birthday of the most beautiful little princess who is celebrating her 2^nd birthday.  Welcome to the world of terrific twos! It will be filled with rainbows, unicorns, and princesses. May you grow up to be all kinds of good, beautiful and wonderful. You give us so much happiness every day and, we all love you to pieces. We wish you a lifetime of love, happiness, and blessings. Happy 2^nd birthday!

Here is my layout

This is how I dressed the chipboard pieces. All the wordplay chipboard pieces, as well as the page pebble, were lightly dry brushed with white gesso. Once dry I did the same with pink, yellow and turquoise acrylic paint. I also inked the edges with brown ink. My flowers are also dry brushed with these colours.

I painted the title with turquoise acrylic paint and then lightly dabbed yellow, pink and gold acrylic paint with a dry round sponge brush. The stem and leaves of the tiny wildflower were painted yellow and the berries pink. Once dry, I covered the berries with glossy accents and sprinkled with fine stardust glitter on top.

This is what the round sponge brush looks like.  My all-time favourite.

When everything was glued down I added some gold microbeads and made splatters with white gesso and black ink.

Here are some more close-ups.

These are the Dusty Attic pieces that I used.

DA0041 - Princess

DA1114 - Page Pebbles #9

DA1645 - Wordplay #2

DA1647 - Wordplay #4

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{A day to remember...}

{A day to Remember…} Adri du Preez – January Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty FANattics!

Adri here with you today. I am sharing my first layout as a Dusty Attic designer and I feel very honoured to be part of this talented and creative team. This beautiful mood board is perfect for vacation photos, however, I decided to use the photos of my little grandson Janco I took on his christening day. I used lots of cogs and one of the great Impact Titles.

Here is the mood board.

My journaling on the back of my layout reads:

Today was a celebration of faith, life and hope for the future, a joyful celebration. Along with lots of love and pride on this very special day we all said a little prayer for this young life so innocent and new, that God will bless this little boy that means the world to us in a very special way, and keep this precious little life forever in the shelter of His care. As his Grandparents, we promise to help him, lead him, encourage him, and love him. 

Here is my layout.

To create the background I dabbed distress oxides on plastic packaging.  Spitz with water, fold in half, opened and randomly dabbed the plastic to the white cardstock background until I achieved the desired look. I used different shades of blues to match the mood board.  I then randomly stamped with a background stamp and word stamps.

Next step was to paint all the chipboard.  Here are some close-ups. 

I painted all the cogs as well as the title with dark blue acrylic paint and let it dry and then dabbed white, turquoise and gold acrylic paint with a sponge.

I coloured the edges of the Quoted Sentiment with a brown ink pad.

I painted all the foliage with turquoise acrylic paint and let it dry and then dabbed white and gold acrylic paint with a sponge.

Some more close-ups.

When everything was glued down I added some beads and made splatters with white gesso and black ink.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA2093 - Impact Titles - A day to remember

DA1568 - Quoted Sentiments #1

DA0002 - Cogs 2

DA0689 - Mini Cogs

DA1872 - Foliage

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you find some time to play along with the mood board.  Please visit the Dusty Attic website for more beautiful chipboard designs!