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Saturday, April 16, 2022

The Dusty Attic DT - Easter Altered Project Life Cards

Hello Dusty Attic fans and Happy Easter!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest project featuring some fabulous Dusty Attic products. This time I am sharing 6 altered project life cards with an Easter theme.

I started by swiping acrylic paint on to my backgrounds. I use a mix of bought project life cards and ones I have created myself from whatever scraps of cardstock/paper/packaging I have laying around.

After I paint the cards, I then add collage and stencilling. This time I used some Ranger Texture Paste along with the Dusty Attic stencils. Once the stencilling was dry, I went over it with a white Posca Paint Pen to make it brighter.

Here are the completed cards.

I layer some messy thread and patterned paper scraps on the cards before adding the chipboard. I have a box full of collage material. Whenever I am creating as project the leftovers go in the box and then I can just shuffle through the box for little bits and pieces when I need to.

I added some white gesso to a scrap of the Corrugated Card and tore it into pieces so I could add a little to each card.

I kept some chipboard pieces in their raw unaltered form.

Some chipboard pieces I painted with a few coats of white gesso. If I feel the gesso is not bright enough then I add white Posca Pen on top as well.

For some pieces I used paint pens on them to add a little colour.

These cards are so fun to make and I can't wait to use them for something. I think these would make lovely card fronts for Easter cards. It is also a great way to use up various chipboard pieces from different sets.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0506 Foliage # 1

DA0706 Mini Birdhouses

DA0727 Mini Birds # 3

DA0830 Corrugated Card

DA0893 Mini Butterflies # 2

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1482 Bedazzled Stencil

DA1561 Whimsy Frames # 5

DA1758 Rose Stencil

DA1760 Leaves # 3 Stencil

DA2198 Window & Shutters # 2

DA2396 Broken Bits # 6 - Grid

DA2399 Broken Bits # 9 - Brick

DA2437 Blooms # 3

DA2445 Frame Medley

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Happy Easter!

Cheers

Belinda

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

The Dusty Attic DT - Altered Project Life Cards

Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my project for The Dusty Attic inspired by the marvellous March Mood Board.

This month I have created six altered Project life cards using some fun Dusty Attic chipboard pieces and stencils. I find these really fun to make and a great way to use up scraps. I will probably make them into junk journals or use them as tip ins in other journals. They would also make great card fronts.

Here's a peek at the mood board.

I began by adding collage to my Project Life cards using torn scraps of patterned papers in the colour scheme as well as some tissue paper.

Once the cards were completely dry, I added some stencilling using various Dusty Attic stencils and texture paste. I then set them aside to let them completely dry again.

Once dry, I found that the stencilling wasn't opaque enough so I added white Posca Pen over the top to brighten the stencilling a bit more.

Here are the completed altered cards.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with about three coats of white gesso first. Then I picked out some of the pieces to paint with Dusty In Colour Storm Cloud paint.

I used a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to add the layers to the cards. I added torn scraps of other project life cards and the leftover negatives from chipboard pieces like the Mini Stars that you can see in the first card below.

For this card, I added a torn piece of the Mini Chicken Wire and then layered on a frame from the Frame Medley set, an owl, some Mini Foliage and the Mini Caption.

For the second card I added some doodling to the cute gecko using a fine white Posca Pen.

For this card I wanted the 'create' to be pouring out of the tap like an endless supply of creativity.

I LOVE the Cow Skulls so much (maybe because I live on a farm with cows!) so I had to use one and give it a little decoration with the fine white Posca Pen again.

I used some tangled thread on this card, to show the absolute mess that an artist can make when working just as a cat does. Well my cat in particular makes a huge mess all the time!! I hear Homer Simpson in my head whenever I see what she has done next "Why you little........."

And for the final card, a simply decorated autumn leaf using the Posca Pen again.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0788 Mini Chicken Wire

DA0924 Dusty in Colour Storm Cloud

DA2683 Autumn Leaves # 1 Large

DA2730 Mini Captions # 22 - Create

DA2786 Mini Foliage # 2

DA3009 Cow Skulls # 2

DA3083 Owls

DA1323 Flower Burst

DA1539 Words of Wisdom

DA1758 Rose

DA1760 Leaves # 3

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are inspired to try some altered Project Life cards using Dusty Attic products for yourself. What would you use yours for?

Cheers

Belinda

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

The Dusty Attic DT - Be Where You Want To Be

Hey Dusty Attic fans!!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout for The Dusty Attic featuring some fun chipboard pieces. I was inspired by the marvellous March Mood Board for this layout because I LOVE the black, white and grey colour combo so much.

'Be Where You Want To Be'

I started this layout by adding some ink spray in black to my white cardstock base. I spritzed it with water to spread the ink over the page and then blotted with paper towel to take the intensity down a notch.

I then used the Leaves # 3 Stencil to add some leafy detail to the background. I simply traced around the stencil with a Micron Pen.

Next I created my patterned paper and photo stack and added that to the page. I slipped in a lovely black paper doily that I cut in half and some stamped leaves and labels. I added some stamping to the background too.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with white gesso first and then added Dusty In Colour Storm Cloud paint on top.

I used a fine white Posca Pen and fine black Posca Pen to add some detail to the chipboard pieces.

I love to use the Tile ABC set to add an initial to my pages. It just adds a cute little personal touch to the page.

I love the mixture of fonts in this title! So cool.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0924 Dusty In Colour Storm Cloud

DA1119 Tile ABC Set

DA1760 Stencil Leaves # 3

DA2516 Be Where You Want To Be

DA2786 Mini Foliage # 2

DA3053 Hearts # 4

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I hope you are inspired to have a go at a monochromatic layout too using some fabulous Dusty Attic products.

Cheers

Belinda

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Darkroom Door DT - Arty Scales

Hello Darkroom Door fans!!

Today I am sharing a couple of cards with you featuring the NEW RELEASE Arty Scales Collage Stamp and Small Stencil by Darkroom Door.

How gorgeous is this stamp?!!

And even better...there is a stencil to match to make colouring the stamped image soooo easy!!

I have created two cards using this delightful duo but you can make so much more.

For this card, I started by applying the Arty Scales Stamp onto smooth white heavyweight cardstock using embossing ink. I then heat set it with white embossing powder.

Next I applied Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to my craft sheet and spritzed with water. I swiped the piece through the ink and let dry slightly before repeating. Once dry I inked around the edges with the Tumbled Glass ink.

Next I placed the Arty Scales Small Stencil over the piece, lining up the pattern carefully, and then secured with washi tape. I applied various Distress Inks with an ink blending tool.

I repeated this process on another piece of cardstock so that I could cut out random scales and add to my card using 3D foam to add more dimension to my card.