The Dusty Attic DT - Cattitude

Hello Dusty FANattics!!

Today I have a layout for The Dusty Attic to share with you inspired by the stunning September mood board.

'Cattitude'

Of course I had to use some of the fabulous new cat inspired chipboard pieces with this super cute photo of my daughter wearing her favourite cat ears.

Hare's a reminder of the beautiful colours in the mood board:

I stamped up my background using a cheetah print background stamp and paw print stamp both by Darkroom Door. Then I layered a whole bunch of patterned papers together to add interest and dimension under my photo. That cute cat banner was fussy cut from some old scrapbook paper I had in my stash.

I added my photo using 3D foam and slipped in some love hearts on either side.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with about 3 coats of heavy white gesso for a lovely crisp white finish. To emphasize the word 'cat' I coloured it using a metallic pink paint pen

I added those cute little paw prints as though they were walking up the page like the stamped ones.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA2421 Paw Prints - Cats

DA2428 Cattitude

DA2431 Meow Meow

I hope you are feeling inspired to play along with the mood board this month.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - A Girl And Her Dog

Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Today I have my September project to share with yoou featuring some of the fabulous new pet inspired chipboard.

'A Girl and Her Dog'

This is probably my favourite photo of myself as a child with my very first dog 'Snoopy'. I love that it shows how I have loved dogs from a very young age. I wanted to give this layout a bit of a retro/vintage feel because let's face it that photo is kind of vintage now!! LOL

To create a vintage vibe I first mixed up some Dusty in Colour Dusty Pink with a touch of Gingernut and a lot of white gesso. I diluted a portion of it with water and used it to create a watercolour wash over my background paper.

Once the paint was dry I added that funky Geo Panel securing it in place with a few hidden staples. I love to use chipboard in its raw state and I like how the subtle colour didn't detract from the main focus which is always the photo.

Next I used some of the non-diluted paint to colour the 'girl' and 'dog' in the title. I left the rest of the title unaltered to match the Geo Panel and to keep the focus on the 'girl' and 'dog'. 

I layered on all of my patterned papers, photo, title and other embellishments. I coloured the paw prints and heart button with a white paint pen.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0907 Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink

DA0922 Dusty In Colour Gingernut

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA2334 Geo Panel # 3 Small

DA2411 A Girl and Her Dog

DA2415 Paw Prints - Dog

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda