{Happiness blooms from within...}

Hello everyone!

Spring is approaching fast in South Africa. The sun peaks over the horizon a little earlier each morning and warmer temperatures thaw out the cold days of winter.  We have had some wonderful weather in Pretoria this past few days. 

Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful August mood board and lots of amazing chipboard pieces from both the new and old released. If you have not seen the new chippies you are seriously missing out!!! 

This is my daughter- in- law a few years ago. She is always willing to pose for photos.  I am thankful for every opportunity I get to photograph my family.

Here is the mood board.

This is the sketch I used by Allison Davis

and here is my layout.

All the chipboard pieces were first primed with white gesso. These newly released Polaroid frame sets are just stunning!! I used the negative of the frame set as well.  I painted the frames with Americana acrylic paint in Melon and Blue Mist. I then inked the edges of the frames with .....and gold embossing powder.

The Swirls, also a new release along with the Foliage #8 were heat embossed using Ranger white embossing powder. I snipped the Swirls in four pieces and tucked them under the flower clusters.

I cut the Leafy Garland, also a new release in half and along with the Foliage #10 painted it with Americana acrylic paint in Blue Mist.

The little flowers peeking out here, also a new release I heat embossed using with Zing embossing powder in Mustard and Apricot.

I heat embossed the title with Zing embossing powder in Powder.


When everything was glued down I added Art Stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Some more close ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA2178 - Happiness Blooms From Within
DA1805 - mini Tabs #3 Black
DA2438 - Blooms #5
DA2380 - Leafy Garland
DA2454 - Polaroid Frame Set #1
DA2355 - Swirls #2
DA1870 - Foliage #8
DA1872 - Foliage #10

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you find some time to play along with this beautiful mood board.  Make sure you visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing chipboard designs.

Have a blessed day and happy crafting!

{Happy little camper...}

Hello everyone!

How cute is the Travel Buddies collection designed by Lady Pattern Paper.  Also check out her Facebook page for more awesome inspiration This is my little grandson visiting us one weekend while we were camping. We love camping. What’s not to love, fresh air, camping food, connecting with your loved ones.

I used white AC cardstock as the base for my layout. I wanted to create a camping site at the bottom of my layout. I used my Silhouette to cut the trees, mushrooms, tent, sun, clouds and title. I fussy cut two birds from the Road Trip paper. I painted the very cute chipboard caravan with acrylic paint.

The Gypsy paper was cut in half and I trimmed 13cm from the top and used the clouds on the B side of the paper.  From the Return Ticket paper I cut 2 strips of 6 cm from the left side. The right side I will keep for another layout. I also cut strips from the Basic Essentials Candy Stripe – So Buff as well as the Basic Essentials Sheet Music (B Side) – Intense Teal.

Here is my layout.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope I have inspired you.

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