Me being creative: September 2023

Saturday, September 30, 2023

{Just us...}

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog. Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful October mood board which features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

"Family is not an imported thing. It is everything." - Michael J. Fox

This is a photo of my beautiful family.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies, except for the mushrooms and toadstools, were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted with Americana Acrylic paint.

I painted the title with Georgia Clay and dry brushed with Peaches 'n Cream.

The botanical ringlet was painted with Arbor Green and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. The botanical ringlet was cut in half. The other half I will use for another project.

The wild grass and wheat were painted with Hauser Light Green and True Ochre.

The grass clusters were painted with Arbor Green and Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The wildflowers were painted with Georgia Clay and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

I colored the Foliage #4 with a sponge and all the above colors.

I covered the toadstools and mushrooms with clear gesso, and then Distress Oxide in Black Soot, Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge, and Fired Brick. Press the four Distress Oxide Ink pads onto a craft mat and spritz them with water creating small droplets. I started with Black Soot the base color and slid the chippies through the droplets a few times and dry with a heat tool. Repeat with all the colors and dry in between. I also splattered the chippies with the same colors for a mottled effect. I very lightly dry brushed the chippies with Georgia Clay and True Ochre.

I painted the polaroid frame with Mint Julep Green and the edges with white acrylic paint.

The driftwood, plant label, and ticket were painted with Slate Grey and Grey Storm. I inked the edges with Traditional Burnt Amber. To create the weathered wood effect I used a small sponge brush and dry-brushed the paint from left to right.

I also used my favorite Wordpl@y elements.

Some close-ups.

The final touches to this layout included art stone and splatters with diluted white gesso.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA2495 - Just Us

DA1787 - Wordpl@y #3 BLACK

DA1465 - Tickets

DA2899 - Plant Labels #2

DA2926 - Botanical Ringlets #4

DA1294 - Foliage #4

DA2542 - Wildgrass #3 Small

DA0866 - Grass Clusters #2

DA3222 - Wheat #3 Small

DA2458 - Polaroid Frame Set #5

DA2193 - Drift Wood #2

DA0565 - Toadstools #1

DA0131 - Mushroom

DA1683 - Wildflower #4 small

I hope you find time to play along with this mood board. Share your projects on our Facebook Page here for your chance to win a $50 (AUD) credit for two lucky winners to the Dusty Attic online shop so you can choose your very own chippies you would like to use.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Happy crafting!

Saturday, September 23, 2023

{First day...}

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog today.

My September design team layout features beautiful school chippies from Dusty Attic.

Our lives are filled with new events and experiences, and going to school for the first time is one of those very special events. How can one forget their first day? I still remember my first day of school clearly.

My granddaughter started Grade 1 in January of this year. She was so excited when she put on her school uniform for the first time. It was such a memorable day for the family. She is so sweet, brave, and smart, and already made a lot of friends and beautiful memories.

A week after school started I arranged this photo shoot.

Here is my layout.

I included a folder and booklet with tabs in this layout.

Here is the inside of the folder.

Here is the booklet. I will show photos of the inside as well.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted

with Americana Acrylic paint.

For the Ombre effect on the title and word pack, I used Cool Blue at the top and Quilt Blue Heritage Acrylic Paint at the bottom and dry brushed with white acrylic paint in the middle.

I used a white Posca Pen as well as the Light Green to color the book stack.

I colored the apple with and the bracket as well as the bracket on the folder with Sour Apple.

The broken bits numbers were painted with white acrylic paint and the edges were dry brushed with Cool Blue.

I colored these adorable little pencils with Posca Pens in Orange, Light Green, and Yellow. I left the wood part of the pencil raw.

These Mini Me chippies are my favorite. They are so cute! They were colored in the same colors as the pencils. I glued some of these Mini Me chippies to the title as well.

Some close up of the inside of the booklet.

Dusty Attic products used.

DA1984 - Word Pack #42

DA1974 - Pencils

DA1966 - Book Stack #1

DA1154 - Mini Me Small

DA1961 - First Day

DA2499 - Brackets

DA2391 - Broken Bits #1 – Numbers

Thank you for visiting the blog.

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Saturday, September 9, 2023

{The perfect day...}

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the blog. Here is my layout inspired by the beautiful September mood board which features beautiful Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

The beautiful bride on the photo is my daughter-on-law.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

All the chippies were first primed with a layer of white gesso and then painted

with Americana Acrylic paint.

For the Ombre effect on the title, I used Poodleskirt Pink at the top and Boysenberry Pink at the bottom and dry brushed with white acrylic paint in the middle.

The mini titles were painted with white acrylic paint.

The Word Discs were painted with Poodleskirt Pink and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The Seedlings were painted with Light Lime and the edges with Lush Foliage.

The Flower Posie #4 is just beautiful. I snipped the posie in pieces, colored it with Posca pens in Pink Rose and Light Green, and tucked them in the flower clusters.