The Dusty Attic DT - Home

Hello Dusty Attic peeps!

Today I am sharing a layout  for The Dusty Attic based on the stunning September mood board. I love the beautiful earthy colours so much that it inspired me to create a layout about the patch of earth that is my home.

'Home'

Here's a peek at the mood board:

I started with a gorgeous woodgrain patterned paper background. Next I added some texture paste over the Chicken Wire Stencil to compliment the photo of our family farm. Once dry, I used a white paint pen to highlight the texture.

I layered some matching patterned papers together and added those to the layout.  

Next up I used Pesto and Forest Dusty In Colour paints to alter the Flower Buds # 2, Mini Dots, Mini Heart Button as well as the BRAND NEW Tree Designer Disc # 17.

Here's a closer look at the detail on the Flower Buds chipboard.

I used the Mini Him & Her chipboard to represent the members of my little family and painted them white with a paint pen. I used the same paint pen to colour the title too. To finish I added the 'farm life' title from the Wordpl@y # 12 in black.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA0862 Mini ABC Set Lowercase

DA1048 Mini Dots

DA1064 Mini Him & Her

DA1406 Flower Buds # 2

DA1797 Wordpl@y # 12 Black

DA2218 Designer Discs # 17 Tree

DA0918 Dusty In Colour Pesto

DA0919 Dusty In Colour Forest

DA1825 Chicken Wire Stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!

Cheers

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT - Vibes

Hello Flutterby peeps!

Belinda here today to share a layout featuring the Good Vibes Only collection.

'Vibes'

I have used one of the fabulous 12 x 12 papers in this collection for the base of this layout. I am just loving that gorgeous pink! The good news is these papers are still available in the shop HERE. Be quick and grab them while they last!!

I swiped a little gesso over the background with a palette knife to form the central area where my photo and all of the bits and pieces would sit.

I chopped up some of the Everyday Etc Filler Cards in the range and added those before adding my photo with a little 3D foam. Keeping the foam just in the middle of the photo back allows me to then slip lots of cute die-cuts, page tabs and other elements around the sides.

I love the die-cut leaves and flamingo in this range as well as the cute stickers. I like to add the stickers to white cardstock first to strengthen them so that I can use them as embellishments.

I finished with some Tickets, fussy cut arrows from a filler card, an 'awesome' flair button and a fabulous acrylic word.

Here's what I used:

- 12 x 12 patterned paper 'Happy'

- Everyday Etc Filler Cards

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Stickers

- Frame 50

- Page Tabs 'Kraft Notes 4'

- Everyday Etc Filler Cards Colour Me Krafty *CLEARANCE*

- Tickets 'Bright'

- Flair Button No. 264

The Dusty Attic DT - Perfect / Wonder

Hello Dusty FANattics!

Today I have two layouts to share for The Dusty Attic for September featuring totally fabulous Dusty Attic products.

'Perfect'

I have used papers and die cut elements from the stunning 49 & Market Island Paradise collection for this layout. I loved the soft colours to use for a sweet baby layout featuring a photo of my darling boy on the day he was born.

The gorgeous driftwood paper didn't need much done to it so I simply placed the Knitting Stencil over the paper and dabbed on some Oceania and Storm Cloud Dusty In Colour paint using a latex make-up wedge for a smooth finish.

I added some stamping using a baby themed stamp set from Darkroom Door and Distress Oxide inks. I love the soft chalky look these inks give when you stamp with them.

I kept most of the chipboard pieces in their raw form to compliment the natural look papers as well as the photo of my then brand new little baby.

I created a cluster at the bottom of my photo with Dusty In Bloom Cornsilk flowers, die cut elements and chipboard pieces. For a lovely crisp finish. I painted my title and the mini stars using a white paint pen.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA0862 Mini ABC Lowercase

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1406 Flower Buds # 2

DA2127 Fancy Frame # 7

DA2196 Sand Dollars

DA0912 Dusty In Colour Oceania

DA0924 Dusty In Colour Storm Cloud

DA1486 Knitting Stencil

DA0806 Dusty In Bloom Cornsilk

Next up is a layout I created for the Kraft Plus Challlenges September challenge.

'Wonder'

The challenge for this layout was to use office supplies on the page. The Dusty Attic Clips & Pins and Ruler # 2 chipboard pieces were absolutely perfect to co-ordinate with the actual office supplies I used on my layout.

I kept a fairly neutral colour scheme with a splash of mint so out came my trusty white paint pen to make my chipboard pieces white. I love the crisp white against the kraft background.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA1969 Ruler # 2

DA1972 Clips & Pins

DA1983 Word Pack # 41

Well that is all from me today. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my projects. I hope you will pop back soon to check out what I did with this month's mood board inspiration.

Cheers

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT - Together

Hello Flutterby peeps!!

Welcome to my first post for September!

Today I have another layout to share with you for Flutterby Designs featuring the fabulous Happily Ever After collection.

'Together'

I have used the super pretty Sporadic Romantic 12 x 12 patterned paper for my background and enhanced it with some lovely Flutter Colour Paint in Green Limousine and Tropicana Teal.

I spritzed quite a bit of water onto my layout and then dropped diluted paint onto the surface to allow it to spread. 

Once dry, I used the awesome BRAND NEW Cool as a Cucumber Stencil with some texture paste to add some more interest to the background. I chose some random words to highlight with a white paint pen.

I added a whole bunch of layers under my photo using off cuts of the other patterned papers in the range as well as Everyday Etc Filler Cards.

I love to add some fitting quotes using the Sticky Quick Quotes and the colours in the Tiny Rainbow quotes are perfect to co-ordinate with this range. I stuck the quotes down on white cardstock first for added strength and to give a nice little white border.

A sweet sprinkling of enamel dots never goes astray! They are the perfect little element to add detail to your page.

My layouts are never complete without the addition of page tabs either!

The wodd veneer title and the 'mine' comes from the Happily Ever After Wood Veneer Bits. These wood veneer sheets are so awesome and economical too!! I have used them on 8 layouts so far and still have some left!!

Here's what I used:

HAPPILY EVER AFTER:

- 12 x 12 Sporadic Romantic

- 12 x 12 Drunk on Love

- 12 x 12 Blanket Thief

- Everyday Etc Filler Cards

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Wood Veneer Bits

- 'Cool as a Cucumber' Stencil

- 'Christmas' Enamel Dots

- 'Tiny Rainbow' Sticky Quick Quotes

- 'Mad About You Set 2' Flair Button

- 'Cinnamon' Fussy Cuts

- 'Frame 46' Photo Cut Out

- Flutter Colour Paint Green Limousine

- Flutter Colour Paint Tropicana Teal

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today to check out my layout. 

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Love

Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

Today I am sharing my take on the gorgeous August mood board at The Dusty Attic.

I was totally inspired by the lovely soft blues and cream in the inspiration image as well as some of the fabulous NEW RELEASE chipboard for my layout.

'Love'

I really do love to be inspired by a mood board. For me the best part is the treasure hunt through my stash to find the right coloured papers and embellishments. I set myself the challenge of using the stunning Windows and Shutters chipboard on this layout. I really loved the look of it combined with the Hanging Vines chipboard as a window box. 

I added the cute Skeleton Fish as a whimsical touch especially with the photo of my darling Burmese Noodle. Strangely she doesn't even like fish and refuses to eat it!! Weird cat.

I painted the Windows and Shutters, Hanging Vines and the fabulous Fancy Frame # 10 (underneath my stack of layers) with white gesso followed by Cashmere Dusty In Colour. I added a bit of white gesso on top of the window and shutters too for a shabby chic finish. I always use a latex make-up wedge to apply my paint as it gives a lovely smooth finish free from brushstrokes or loose paintbrush hairs. You can also daub the paint on with it for a more textured look.

I used both the NEW Burlap Stencil as well as the Leaves # 3 Stencil on the background paper with the Cashmere paint. It added nicely to the texture that was already part of the patterned paper.

I painted the title first with white gesso and then with Faded Denim Dusty In Colour paint.

I created lots of layers with my papers and chipboard elements and tucked some of the gorgeous Dusty In Bloom flowers under the edges. I finished with some cute Mini Hearts that I painted white using my trusty Posca Paint Pen and some little paw prints cut from a patterned paper.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0386 Mini Words # 1

DA0990 Mini Hearts # 2

DA2130 Fancy Frame # 10

DA2151 Hanging Vines

DA2190 Skeleton Fish Mini

DA2198 Windows & Shutters # 2

DA1760 Leaves # 3 Stencil

DA2103 Burlap Stencil

DA0904 Dusty In Colour Cashmere

DA0913 Dusty In Colour Faded Denim

DA0806 Dusty In Bloom Cornsilk

DA0807 Dusty In Bloom Blue Bonnet

Well I hope you are feeling inspired to play along with the mood board challenge this month for your chance to win one of two $50 vouchers. You can find the August Challenge Link on the right hand side of the blog HERE. Thank you for stopping by the blog today to check out my project.

Cheers

Belinda