The Dusty Attic DT - Believe

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

Today I am sharing my rather festive layout for The Dusty Attic inspired by the December Moodboard.

'Believe'

***Please note: My colours look a bit off due to dodgy photography. My apologies. The background paper is more peach than pink in real life.***

Here's a reminder of the stunning moodboard:

I anted to end the year with a Christmas layout and I thought these colours make a lovely non-traditional Christmas palette.

I painted all of my chipboard with my standard three coats of heavy white gesso to seal the chipboard and create a crisp base to accept other colours. I used the Confetti Stencil with the gesso to add more interest to the background.

I added the gorgeous Leafy Frame to my page and then began layering on top of it starting with the photo and patterned paper stack on the right hand side.

I fussy cut some flowers as well as some stamped leaf images and added those to the 'wreath'.

I added some super sweet Mini Foliage to add to the 'wreath' look. I had some cute little jingle bells by Tim Holtz in my stash so added those too for an interactive element. I added some flower clusters too.

I painted some Mini Stars with Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink paint and the title with some ink. I added some enamel dots to represent holly berries.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0907 Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1764 Confetti Stencil

DA1803 Mini Tabs # 6

DA2544 Mini Titles # 1

DA2663 Banners # 5

DA2688 Leafy Frame Set # 3

DA2786 Mini Foliage # 2

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today and for checking out my blog posts throughout the year. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Merry Christmas

  Happy FriYAY Scrapping Clearly fans!!

Today I have a layout created for Scrapping Clearly to share with you inspired by this month's fabulous moodboard and featuring some lovely products from the Scrapping Clearly store.

'Merry Christmas'

Here's a peek at the moodboard.

I started with Cocoa Vanilla Studio More Than Words Precious patterned paper mounted on heavyweight marshmallow cardstock. I added some Liquitex Clear Gesso over the entire surface and let dry. Once dry, I sprayed on some Heidi Swapp Raspberry Colour Shine and spritzed with a bit of water too. I played around with it on the surface and let it drip down the page before drying with a heat gun.

Next I added some stencilling for interest using a Heidi Swapp stencil and some heavy white gesso.

I used some Heidi Swapp Wolf Pack papers to create a layered stack to sit under my photo. I stapled them together in the middle so that I could slip things in the sides later.

I had some sweet black mini doilies in my stash so added those too.

Finally I added my photo and all other embellies. The white stars and the title are by Heidi Swapp. The quote stamps are by Vicki Boutin and the stamped stars are from a Darkroom Door stamp set. I used Archival Ink for my stamping.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - My Garden

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Today I am sharing my latest project for THE DUSTY ATTIC featuring some of the stunning NEW designs from What's New Wednesday.

'My Garden'

I am totally in love with this new garden theme collection of chippies. When you live on a farm and your husband is a horticulturalist there are a lot of opportunities to scrap garden related photos!! These photos were taken quite a few years ago now when my kids started up their own little flower gardens. My husband built the gardens and filled them with soil and the kids planted the seedlings and watered them. So cute!

For this layout, I first painted all of the chipboard with three coats of heavy white gesso. I basically keep applying gesso until it looks crisp white instead of the greyish tinge.

I left the title and the beautiful semi circular vine white to break up all of the colour in the layout. I painted the sweet little leafy stems with Jungle Green Dusty In Colour paint.

The remainder of the chipboard was coloured with various Posca Paint Pens.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are looking forward to creating with these beautiful new chipboard pieces. You can find everything I used over in the WHAT'S NEW WEDNESDAY section of the website.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Smile

  Happy FriYAY Scrapping Clearly fans!

Today I am sharing my latest layout for SCRAPPING CLEARLY featuring some awesome products from the Scrapping Clearly store. I have created a sweet layout showcasing the fabulous Old School collection by Heidi Swapp.

SMILE

Anyone feel like some neapolitan icecream when they look at this patterned paper?!! I do. LOL I used the 'icecream' paper as my background for this layout, mounted on some heavyweight marshmallow cardstock. I added a layer of stamping around the area that my photo and paper layers stack would be. I used Victorian Velvet Distress Ink for a subtle stamping effect as well as some Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps.

Next I cropped the off-cut from the 12 x 12 background paper as well as the specialty paper from the range. I played around with the stack until I was happy with the arrangement and then stapled them all together in the centre. I like to staple it as it leaves the edges free for me to slide in a whole bunch of other stuff as I have done here. I added some of the die-cuts and tags slipping them in between the layers.

I added a wire circle using some old Prima wire that I have had in my stash for ages. It is discontinued sadly but I stocked up before it was unavailable. You could use twine here instead.

I decided my background didn't have enough ink on it so I pressed the ink pad onto an acrylic block, spritzed it with a little water, picked up the colour with a soft wet paintbrush and flicked it over the page.

I added my photo with a die-cut frame next.

I fussy cut some flowers from the patterned paper, slipped in some more die-cuts, stickers, photo corners and a Charm's Creations star. I stamped some leaves and a butterfly and added those too. Finally I added some enamel dots, a random paperclip I had on my desk and the title.

Here's what I used:

HEIDI SWAPP Old School:

- 12x12 Specialty Paper

- 12x12 Weekend Vibes patterned paper

- 12 x 12 Matinee patterned paper

- Cardstock Stickers

- Tag Set

- Ephemera Cardstock Die-cuts

TIM HOLTZ Stampers Anonymous Cling Stamps

- Watercolour

- Slight Alterations

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Victorian Velvet

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to grab your goodies from the Scrapping Clearly store and have a play this weekend.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Adore

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my layout inspired by the November Mood Board featuring some gorgeous Dusty Attic chipboard pieces.

'Adore'

Here's a peek at the stunning inspiration. Such soft, pretty colours:

To start this layout, I added some heavy white gesso swiped across the background patterned paper. Once dry, I applied some Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink acrylic paint over the Starry Night Stencil using a latex make-up wedge. I dried this off with a heat gun and then placed the stencil back over the top to trace around some of the stars with a number 1 Micron Pen.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with heavy white gesso as the base. While I had the Dusty Pink paint out, I painted the title, a mini heart button and the 'you are the best' sentiment.

Next, I painted all of the leaves with the Dusty in Colour Jungle Green paint. Once they were dry, I drew some detail on them using a fine white Posca Paint Pen.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0907 Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink

DA0920 Dusty In Colour Jungle Green

DA1763 Starry Night Stencil

DA1803 Mini Tabs # 6

DA2457 Polaroid Frame Set # 4

DA2544 Mini Titles # 1

DA2655 Creative Layer # 8

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope you find some time to be inspired by the mood board too.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Celebrate

Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

Today I am sharing my latest project for Scrapping Clearly featuring lots of awesome products from the store. Today I have a layout to share with you inspired by the gorgeous November Mood Board.

'Celebrate' 

Here's a reminder of the stunning colours of the mood board:

This was such a fun layout to create starting with an explosion of colour on my background using the awesome Distress Oxides from Tim Holtz. I love the Oxides so much that I try to use them on everything!!

Here I pressed the ink pads onto a piece of plastic as some of the other DT have done (I had to try it for myself!!) I spritzed it with water and then pressed onto the page lightly. I dried the page in between each colour. I also picked up some of the colour from the plastic with a soft wet paintbrush and flicked it over the background.

Next I added a layer of stamping using the same colour Distress Oxides and the stunning Mandala Tapestry stamps by Art By Marlene as well as Vicki Boutin Kaleidoscope Clear Stamps.

I also used the sentiment stamps from the Vicki Boutin set with the Distress Oxides and stamped them around the central area.

Next I added some Heidi Swapp patterned papers that I had die cut using the Kaisercraft Nesting Pennants Dies and some Heidi Swapp Ephemera on top of some messy cotton thread..

Finally I added my photo as well as the title and other embellishments.

Here's what I used:

HEIDI SWAPP:

- Photo Corners

- Favourite Things Paper Pad

- Favourite Things Stickers

KAISERCRAFT Decorative Dies Nesting Pennants

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers

BAZZILL Marshmallow Heavy Weight Cardstock

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide:

- Peacock Feathers

- Picked Raspberry

- Spiced Marmalade

- Twisted Citron

- Wilted Violet

ART BY MARLENE Clear Stamps Mandala Tapestry

VICKI BOUTIN Clear Stamps Kaleidoscope

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to have a play with the mood board too.

Cheers

Belinda