The Dusty Attic DT - The Good Life

Hello!

Today I have a layout to share for The Dusty Attic inspired by the gorgeous November Mood Board.

'The Good Life'

Here's a little peek at the stunning mood board this month.

I started this layout by squirting some Dusty in Colour Paints in Cranberry, Lavender Blush and Sugar Plum over my background.

Then I used a palette knife to spread the paint mixing it as I went. I diluted some more of the paint in a palette with water and flicked some droplets over the layout too.

I added some stencilling using the Chicken Wire Stencil and the Lavender Blush paint as well as some random stamping.

I painted the chipboard frame, trellis and floral pieces with the same paints. The mini stars and captions were coloured with a white paint pen.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0908 Dusty In Colour Sugar Plum

DA0910 Dusty In Colour Cranberry

DA0911 Dusty In Colour Lavender Blush

DA1032 Trellis Small

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1406 Flower Buds # 2

DA1834 Mini Captions # 11

DA2128 Fancy Frame # 8

DA2233 Foliage # 14

DA1825 Chicken Wire Stencil

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I do hope you find some time to play along with the mood board and some gorgeous Dusty Attic products this month.

Cheers

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT - Love

Hello Flutterby peeps!!

Today I am sharing my first layout featuring the stunning brand new range 'We Are' for Flutterby Designs. 

I have chosen to work with a soft palette from the range including pinks and woodgrain for a pretty combination. There are some amazing brights in the collection too that I am looking forward to playing with for my next layout.

I started this layout by adding some subtle stencilling using the 'All You Need Is Love' Stencil and heavy white gesso to the pretty pink 'Unconditional' patterned paper. Once dry, I diluted some Raspberry Punch Flutter Colour Paint with water and flicked over the background.

Next I added the 'Confetti Circles' and 'Wheels' Wood Veneer pieces to the page. I glued the white outline onto the woodgrain 'Love' title from the 'We Are' Die Cut Title Set and then fussy cut. I attached the die cut title to the brick wall filler card from the 'We Are' Everyday Etc Cards and then layered on some small pieces cut from the Filler Cards. 

Next I added the photo using 3D foam and slipped in a 'We Are' Page Tab as well as the lovely frame from the 'We Are' Die Cut Bits & Bobs.

I added a few fun embellishments on the right hand side of my photo including a 'We Are' Flair Button and a 'Word Speech Bubbles' Wood Veneer. I chopped up a quote from the 'We Are' Everyday Etc Cards and added that along with some words cut from the 'Tropical' Snippet Strips. Finally I added a sweet sprinkling of enamel dots from the Bold Enamel Dots Set.

I feel totally inspired by this gorgeous collection and I can't wait to get stuck into my next layout.

Thank you for stopping by the blog. I hope you are feeling inspired to play with your Flutterby Designs stash too.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Note To Self

Hello!!

Today I am sharing my altered notebook for Notebook November at The Dusty Attic.

Even though I don't create 'off the page' too often I found this to be such a fun project to create. I even used the November Mood Board as inspiration for my notebook.

To start my notebook cover I went on a treasure hunt through my stash of patterned papers until something jumped out at me. I found the cutest paper with a bicycle image that suited the colours perfectly.

I used a matte gel medium to attach the paper to the cover, swiping some over the top of the paper too. Next I grabbed the closest paint palette and swiped some Dusty In Colour Paint in Cranberry, Lavender Blush and Sugar Plum around the edges of the paper.

Once the paint was dry, I used some heavy white gesso to add some stenciling. I wanted a lovely subtle effect with the stenciling. For more impact though you could add an outline to the words using a fine pen.

Next I used the same paint and gesso to colour the various chipboard pieces. I glued these pieces onto the front of the notebook along with some flowers and leaves. To finish I used a white paint pen to flick some white droplets over the cover.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0950 Dusty Journal

DA0370 Mini Vine

DA0727 Mini Birds # 3

DA0862 Mini ABC Lowercase

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1048 Mini Dots

DA1888 Succulents

DA0908 Dusty In Colour Sugar Plum

DA0910 Dusty In Colour Cranberry

DA0911 Dusty In Colour Lavender Blush

DA0808 Dusty In Bloom Evening Blush

DA0964 Dusty Rose Leaves Small Yellow

DA1539 Words Of Wisdom Stencil

DA1891 Ledger Stencil

Flutterby Designs DT - Stay Wild

Hello Flutterby peeps!

Today I am sharing another layout for October for Flutterby Designs featuring a lovely mix of past products.

NOTE: This layout contains sentence enhancers. Look away if you are offended by swear words

'Stay Wild'

I decided to stick to a pink and orange yellow colour combination for this layout so I started by applying some Raspberry Punch and Arctic White Flutter Colour Paint to my background cardstock using a palette knife. Once that was dry I mixed some Orange Goldfish paint with texture paste and applied over the Shake Your Tail Feather Stencil. I diluted a little of the Raspberry Punch and Orange Goldfish paints with water and splattered them over the background too. I left to dry for a while before I got too impatient and finished off with the heat gun.

I mixed and matched filler cards from different collections but mostly from the Wild Bohemian range. This is one of my all-time favourite Flutterby ranges and the good news is you can still find some available in the store AND it is on sale!! The 'wild' kind of suits the photo of my darling daughter when she was much, much younger and the queen of tanties! (She was actually putting it on for the camera in this shot. She wasn't quite that feral for real thank goodness!)

I love tucking in a fresh white fussy cut to break up all of the colour from the various filler cards too.

I added a mix of quotes from a couple of Snippet Strips as well as some Page Tabs which are one of my favourite Flutterby embellishments.

I cut the 'wild' word for the title from a Wild Bohemian Photo Card and added some Thickers from my stash to finish.

Finally I added a sprinkling of Confetti Circles and Enamel Dots as well as a flair button.

I hope you are having a lovely scrappy Sunday using your own Flutterby stash.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Remember Today

Hello!!

Today I am sharing my take on the gorgeous October Mood Board at The Dusty Attic featuring the new divine Dreamcatcher Designer Discs.

'Remember Today'

The paper I used for the background had some lovely splats on it so I enhanced this further by applying Rusty Hinge Distress Ink over the Confetti Stencil using an ink blending tool. I also used an orange and a white paint pen to add a few more splats.

Next I layered some scraps of matching patterned paper together securing with a staple or two. I spread some messy embroidery thread over the layout and then stuck the patterned paper down using a couple of pieces of 3D foam just in the centre. This allowed me to slip in a couple of pieces of torn Corrugated Card that I had inked with the Rusty Hinge ink.

I used the orange paint pen to colour those gorgeous Dreamcatcher Designer Discs and stuck those down along with my photo.

I even tucked in a few Dusty In Bloom flowers which is a rare thing for me as I don't use flowers all that often. I liked the lovely white flowers though to break up all of the colour.

I finished by adding my title, a sweet Mini Heart Button and a Page Pebble that I had painted with the white paint pen as well as some cute enamel dots.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA0805 Dusty In Bloom Bridal Veil

DA0830 Corrugated Card

DA1114 Page Pebbles #9

DA1764 Stencil Confetti

DA1833 Mini Captions #10

DA2217 Designer Discs Dreamcatcher

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Witch & Something Wicked

Hello!

Today I have a couple of spooky layouts to share for The Dusty Attic for October using some wicked Halloween chipboard.

'Witch'

I found some old Halloween paper in my stash to form the base of my layout and added a splash of colour using some purple acrylic paint. 

I layered on some purple glitter cardstock and more Halloween papers before adding the fabulous Web Flourishes. I kept them in their raw form to help them stand out against the busy background.

I covered the Bats with the same patterned paper as the background and added a border with a black journalling pen to define them.

How cool is that chipboard title?!! I coloured it with a purple glitter Posca Pen to co-ordinate with the glitter cardstock.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0178 Bats

DA0758 Web Flourish

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1860 You Say Witch Like It's A Bad Thing

'Something Wicked'

Anybody that knows me knows that I LOVE horror movies, books and ZOMBIES! The scarier the better. The Walking Dead is my absolute favourite tv series. So I LOVE this photo of my daughter standing in front of a zombie board at the Royal Show. I especially love that it gives me a reason to use my zombie stamps

I had this old patterned paper in my stash with cobwebs all over it. Perfect for using with the awesome Spider Web chipboard.

I coloured the title with my trusty white Posca Pen to make it stand out from the dark layout.

I covered the Bats with patterned paper and used a silver paint pen on the Mini Stars.

I heat set the Spider Web with some gorgeous Aged Silver Embossing Powder. I love the chunky look of this embossing powder. It gives a lovely vintage finish that is not to shiny.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0178 Bats

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1857 Something Wicked This Way Comes

DA1864 Spider Web