{a Mother's love...}

 Hello everyone!

How absolutely amazing is this mood board, and the last one for 2020!

This is a photo of my daughter and her little baby boy James.

Watching my daughter become a mother is an amazing gift.  I am just so proud of 

her. 

My journaling reads...

Welcome to motherhood, and wow...it looks good on you and you are

doing it beautifully!  Motherhood is a blessing, a gift, a relationship that never 

ends and a love that never dies.  Can you believe this is your baby?  How 

miraculous is birth? Motherhood knows joy, even while experiencing the hardest 

trials of your life. Motherhood is really something you can never be fully prepared 

for, but so very rewarding. I am praying that you will be able to savor and enjoy 

these early days of getting to know James, and asking God to give you strength 

and wisdom not only for these days, but for the years to come. My heart is overflowing 

with joy for you and Juan, and with love for little Jamesie. 

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were first covered with white gesso.

The Floral Frame and Title were heat embossed with Ranger embossing powder in

White and Light Blue.

 

The stars were all painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Baby Blue and brushed 

with white gesso.  Next, I covered the stars with glossy accents and while still

wet sprinkled with Stickles Dry Glitter.

Both sets of foliage were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Royal Navy and 

Green Mist and dry brushed with white gesso.

And my favourite, wordpl@y and Quoted Sentiments.

and some close ups.

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

DA0799 - a Mother's love

DA2338 - Floral Frame Set #2

DA2236 - Foliage #17

DA1294 - Foliage #4

DA0510 - Buttons

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA0933 - Stars #1

DA1787 - Wordpl@y #3 Black

DA1568 - Quoted Sentiments #1

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you find some time to play

along with this beautiful mood board.

Visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing

chipboard designs.

Happy crafting!

{Dreams do come true...}

 Hello everyone!

What a year, and yet I have so much to be thankful for, a new grandson, 

my husband, children and grandchildren are all healthy, I am healthy...so blessed.

I am sharing my December design team layout with you using some stunning

Dusty Attic chippies.  These are photos of my daughter and son in law's 

maternity shoot.

"Dreams do come true..." holds so much truth that can be life

changing.  There is something about this phrase that captures me, perhaps 

it is because we all have dreams, thousands of dreams and

so many of my dreams have come true, and I am so thankful!

Here is my layout.

I painted the title, heart arrow, tiny polaroid frame, polaroid frame negative and 

brackets with white gesso as the base.

Next, I painted the heart arrow and polaroid frames with Americana acrylic 

paint  in Whispering Turquoise and the bracket in Peaches 'n Cream.

The tiny polaroid frame was perfect to highlight the tiniest baby's sonar photo.

The subtitle is a digital brush designed by Katie Pertiet.

Both sets of foliage were first covered with clear gesso and then Distress Oxide 

in Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Crackling Campfire and Vintage Photo. 

Press the four Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz with 

water creating small droplets.  I started with the Vintage Photo for the base colour 

and slided the chippies through the droplets a few times and dry with a heat tool.  

Repeat the process with all the colours and dry in between.

I randomly covered the cogs, with coarse gesso, and when dried I covered 

all the parts with black gesso.  I then dabbed the cogs with a sponge brush and
 Americana Acrylic Paint in Traditional Burnt Umber, True Ochre, Georgia Clay 
and Whispering Turquoise. I dry brushed all the parts with white gesso and added 

Art Alchemy Wax in Rich Copper.

I have said it before, but my favourite additions to my layouts are these stunning

Wordpl@y elements.  I dry brushed them with white gesso and then Americana Acrylic 

paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Whispering Turquoise.

some close ups.

After everything was glued down I added beads and splatters with diluted 

white gesso.

 

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

DA1077 - Word Pack #4

DA1645 - wordpl@y #2

DA1463 - mini Tabs #2

DA10166 - Heart Arrows #1

DA2442 - Mini Brackets

DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2

DA0001 - Cogs 1

DA1977 - Cogs and Gears

DA2594 - Foliage #23

DA1873 - Foliage #11

DA2509 - Simply Perfect

Wishing everyone a joyful, peaceful and healthy Festive Season and 

New Year!

Thank you for visiting my blog.  Visit the Dusty Attic online store for more

amazing designs.

Happy crafting!