{Hello winter...}

Hello everyone!

I am back with layout inspired by the beautiful February mood board. I love the soft colours of this mood board. It looks like snow and winter and cold, and that is why I used these photos of my daughter. 

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

For my title "hello Winter" I used a digital brush designed by Kate Pertiet.  

This is how I treated the chippies.

I inked the beautiful Decorative Frame #4 with Versa Magic in Sea Breeze. 

The Scroll Set #2 and Iron Accents #4 were heat embossed with Ranger Embossing Powder in White. I snipped the Scroll Set into pieces and tucked them under the flower clusters.
The Wattle Blossoms were heat embossed with Iced Enamels in Turquoise.
The leaves #2 were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Grey Storm and dabbed with white acrylic paint.

The Wordpl@y elements are my favourite chippies and adds magic to any layout.

Some close ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

 

DA2253 - Decorative Frame #4 Small

DA2242 - Scroll Set #2

DA1342 - Leaves #2

DA1793 - Wordpl@y #9 Black

DA0752 - Wattle Blossom

DA1875 - Iron Accents #1

Thank you for visiting the blog today.  I hope you find some time to play along with this mood board and some gorgeous Dusty Attic chippies.

Happy crafting!

{Down on the farm...}

Hello everyone!

I am sharing my February design team project with you. My layout is filled with so many wonderful elements.  Die cuts, flowers and of course Dusty Attic chippies. My daughter and her husband visited family in Ireland last year April.  They visited a Pet Farm in Dingle where you get to pet and feed sheep and goats. They took the most amazing photos especially for me, I think.

Here is my layout.

This is how I treated the chippies.

The wagon wheels, driftwood and chicken wire were painted with brown and black acrylic paint and dry brushed with white acrylic paint. I snipped the chicken wire into pieces and tucked them under the flowers. The wood slices were dry brushed with brown, white and green acrylic paint.

I painted the Foliage #4 with green, yellow and turquoise acrylic paint and dry brushed with white acrylic paint.

The Foliage #13 and #16 were heat embossed with yellow and green embossing powder.

I kept the title simple and just painted it with brown acrylic paint.

some close ups.

When everything was glued down I added art stones and splatters with diluted white gesso.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA2031 - Down on the farm

DA0697 - Wagon Wheels

DA2180 - Wood Slices

DA2192 - Drift Wood #1

DA1294 - Foliage #4

DA0788 - mini Chicken Wire

DA1463 - Mini Tabs #2

DA2235 - Foliage #16

DA2231 - Foliage #13

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

Happy crafting.

{The night before Christmas...} and {Christmas memories to cherish...}

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a blessed Festive Season with your loved ones. I wish you all a happy 2020 with beautiful moments, treasured memories, and all the blessings a heart can know.

Today I am sharing two more Christmas layouts. I am sure, like me, you have hundreds of Christmas photos.

On the first layout I used a photo of my daughter that I took about 15 years ago and on the second layout I used a photo of my granddaughter I took 2 years ago in our garden with some Christmas props.

Here is my layout.

This is one of my favourite frames and perfect for a festive layout. I covered the frame  with white gesso and Americana acrylic paint in Desert Turquoise and dry brushed with white gesso. I randomly covered the circles and stars with glossy accents and sprinkled with Stickles Fine Glitter in Platinum. 

I heat embossed the Baroque Flourish with white embossing powder.

The Wordpl@y were lightly brushed with white gesso and acrylic paint.

These cute Christmas trees were painted with Americana acrylic paint in Sour Apple and dry brushed with white gesso. The stars were painted with Americana acrylic paint in Desert Turquoise.  Once dry I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled with Stickles Fine Glitter in Platinum.

some close ups.

When everything was glued down I added gold micro beads and splatters with diluted white gesso. 

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA2254 - Cosmic Swirl

DA0652 - mini Christmas Trees - 8pk

DA2367 - Baroque Flourish #4

DA1685 - Wordpl@y #5

DA2378 - Get Framed - Star

Here is my other layout.

I arranged the flowers and die cuts in the shape of a Christmas tree.

All the chippies were first covered with white gesso. I heat embossed the title and Christmas Postmark with embossing powder.

The stars were painted with Americana acrylic paint in Desert Turquoise.  Once dry I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled with Stickles Fine Glitter in Platinum.

some close ups.

When everything was glued down I added gold micro beads and splatters with diluted white gesso and black ink.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA2378 - Get Framed - Star

DA2441 - Stars #4

DA1452 - Christmas Memories to Cherish

DA2243 - Christmas Postmarks

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

Happy crafting!