The Dusty Attic DT - Happy

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my last post for 2021! Today I have a layout to share with you inspired by the stunning December Mood Board.

Here's a peek at the mood board:

'Happy'

I started my layout by adding some stencilling to the background patterned paper using the Confetti # 2 Stencil with white gesso. I used a latex make-up wedge to apply the gesso through the stencil. Once the gesso was dry I added a couple of colour sprays over the top.

While I waited for the background to dry, I gave all of my chipboard pieces a few coats of gesso (about 3) and let them dry. I decided that I wanted some of the pieces to be gold so I took them outside and gave them a good coat of gold spray paint.

Next I layered all of my patterned paper pieces together and added my photo to the page.

Then I added all of my chipboard pieces.

I finished with the remaining stickers and fussy cut butterflies.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA3053 Hearts # 4

DA2969 Card Sentiments # 1

DA2454 Polaroid Frame Set # 1

DA2445 Frame Medley

DA1764 Confetti # 2 Stencil

DA1450 Word Pack # 34

DA1436 Star Banner

DA1040 Mini Stars

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time in this silly season to play along with the mood board too.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Belinda

Bee Arty DT - Us

 Hi Arty Bees!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my take on the fabulous December Sketch Challenge featuring the Grateful Heart collection.

Here's a peek at the sketch:

I cropped a sheet of patterned paper and mounted onto the 350gsm white cardstock for extra sturdiness. I then sprinkled some Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust over the central area and activated by spritzing water on it.

I love the variation in colour from the Shimmer Dust!

I turned the sketch on its side like this:

And here is my completed layout:

I fussy cut lots of images from the Grateful Heart collection and had fun layering them together for the little clusters. I fussy cut some leaves from the patterned paper using the Autumn Trio Metal Die.

How cute are the little bird images?!

The transparency butterfly was from my stash.

THAT quote couldn't be more appropriate for our last year!

Here's what I used:

GRATEFUL HEART Collection:

- Blessed patterned paper

- Faith patterned paper

- Family patterned paper

- Heart patterned paper

- Love patterned paper

Autumn Trio Metal Die

Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust

350gsm white cardstock

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I do hope you can play along with the challenge this month.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Good Fun

 Hi Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my layout inspired by the December Mood Board using lots of goodies from the Scrapping Clearly store.

For this layout, I started by mounting a cropped sheet of heavy weight Marshmallow cardstock on black cardstock. I used some Prima Vintage Gold Icing Paste with a Heidi Swapp stencil to add some dots to my background.

Once the paste was dry, I spritzed on a Lindy's Stamp Gang spray. I let the colour drip down the page and also added some splats.

Next I layered some papers together. I used all Heidi Swapp papers as well as tags and a photo frame all by Heidi.

I attached a cute gold Heidi Swapp Photo Corner to my photo and added that too.

I added a Charm's Creations arrow with a bit of gold on it.

I used some Vicki Boutin Thickers quotes, title and little embellishments.

Here's what I used:

HEIDI SWAPP:

- Storyline Chapters 12 x 12 Project Pad

- Believe 12 x 12 Paper Pad

- 6 x 6 Die Cut Papers

-Photo Frames

- Photo Corners

- Magnolia Jane Gold Leaf Tags

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VICKI BOUTIN:

- Storyteller Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts

- Storyteller Thickers Stickers

- Colour Study Thickers

PRIMA Icing Paste Vintage Gold

LINDY'S STAMP GANG Starburst Spray Opal Sea Oats 

Marshmallow cardstock

Black cardstock

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you can play along with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - My Happy Place

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share with you my latest layout for The Dusty Attic inspired by the November Mood Board.

I absolutely love the gorgeous neutrals in the mood board this month. Here's a peek:

For my layout I painted all of my chipboard pieces with a few coats of heavy white gesso for a nice crisp white to stand out against the neutral colours.

I used a torn piece of the fabulous Corrugated Cardboard underneath my photo and paper stack.

I added my title and a bunch of other appropriate words/quotes on the right side of my page to balance the layout.

I LOVE the cute suns and rainbows and it is so fun to create clusters of these chipboard pieces together. I kept the inside solid punch out parts of my clouds intact to make them more solid and hide the bottom of the rainbow.

The Polaroid Frames are perfect to slip in between the layers of a photo/paper stack.

The Geo Tags are such an awesome small chipboard piece to layer on top of other embellishments.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0830 Corrugated Card

DA1088 Geo Tags

DA1822 Word Arrows # 3

DA2454 Polaroid Frame Set # 1

DA2693 My Happy Place # 2

DA2937 Daily #

DA3037 Rainbow # 4 Small

DA3044 Suns

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you get a chance to play along with the November Mood Board too.

Cheers

Belinda

Bee Arty DT - Be Fearless

 Hello Arty Bees!!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout featuring the stunning Fearless, Brave and Free Collection by Fiona Paltridge.

I started my layout by cropping a sheet of the Positive patterned paper and mounting it on a sheet of the fabulous 350gsm White Cardstock. I love to have a border around my page and also I love the sturdiness this double layer gives. 

Next I grabbed the beautiful Indigo Colour Spray and spritzed some of that on the background. I titled my page and let some drip down in the area where I knew my photo was going to be. The background design on the paper was so nice that it didn't need too much added to it. I didn't want to obliterate what was already there just add a little bit more to it.

Once the layout was dry, I then added some stencilling using the Ecliptic A6 Stencil with Snow White Colour Paste. I applied the paste through the stencil using a palette knife. 

I added some stamping too using the Say It Clear Stamp Set with Archival Ink.

I fussy cut some images from the Fearless, Brave and Free Collection patterned papers. I also used the String Wreath and the Create Metal Dies to add more layers behind my photo. I used the Create die with patterned paper as well as with the white cardstock. One of the die cuts I sprayed with the Indigo Colour Spray. I then layered them together behind my photo.

Finally I added my embellishments, title and quote.

Here's what I used:

FEARLESS, BRAVE AND FREE:

- Positive patterned paper

- Strength patterned paper

- Collection patterned paper

- Confidence patterned paper

- Free patterned paper

- Leap patterned paper

COLOUR BLAST Colour Paste Snow White

COLOUR BLAST Colour Spray Indigo

Metal Dies:

- Create

- String Wreath

Clear Stamps: Say It

Stencil: Ecliptic A6 Stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda