Darkroom Door DT - Star Set Small Stencil

Hello Darkroom Door fans!!

Today I am sharing a project created with the BRAND NEW Star Set Small Stencil from darkroom Door.

'Follow Your Heart' Art Journal Spread

The  small stencil is perfect for cards, layouts, traveller's notebooks and many more projects but I really wanted to use it for a star themed art journal spread.

I first laid down a collage background in my altered book. I added torn strips of paper, paper masking tape, washi tape, sewing patterns etc and glued down with matte gel medium. 

Next I used a water soluble black pencil to sketch out my character and blended with a soft wet paint brush.

I secured the Star Set stencil (just the star) onto the pages and spritzed on some stunning colour using new Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Sprays. The colour of these are so vibrant but because I used matte gel medium the sprays are not able to soak into the paper. Instead they sit on the surface, take absolutely forever to dry and then fade...heaps. Next time I would use them without the matte gel medium. Lesson learnt!

I also used some lovely Jane Davenport acrylic paint to work on the character.

I added some more of the Distress Oxide Sprays letting them drip down the pages. I added some more stencilled stars at this point too and outlined them with the water soluble pencil. I blended out the pencil using the paint brush.

Once dry. I added the other part of the stencil around the stars and then applied a background stamp so that just the star would be stamped. Once the Jet Black Archival Ink was dry, I painted the stars with some white gesso to tone down the stamping.

I added more detail to the face of my character as well as some more stamping with various sized star stamps and quotes.

I flicked over some white paint and gold paint to finish.

Darkroom Door products used:

DDSS031 Small Stencil - Star Set

DDQS019 Follow Your Heart Quote Stamp

DDRS037 Hello Baby Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS090 Discover Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS148 Dream Catchers Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS156 Stars Rubber Stamp Set

DDBS064 Inky Script Background Stamp

Other products used:

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide Spray Mustard Seed

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide Spray Spiced Marmalade

acrylic paint

Posca Pens

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are inspired to have a play with the Small Stencil Star Set too. I wonder what project you will create.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic - October Mood Board

Hey Dusty Attic peeps!!

Today I am sharing my take on the awesome October Mood Board at The Dusty Attic. The colours are so stunning and just happen to match a photo of my German shepherd, Ziva.

'Paw Prints on my Heart'

I started with a beautiful Stamperia patterned paper background. The paper was so lovely that it really didn't need anything added to it but I couldn't resist just a few swipes of the Dusty in Colour Sunburnt Orange paint that I had slightly diluted with water. The colours really just worked magically with my photo of my dog who just happened to be staring intently at a koala that had come to visit on the other side of the fence. Koalas really love the gum tree that is inside my dog compound even though I have two big dogs under that tree! I could hear a horrible noise on this day so I ran out with my camera (of course!) and found a koala screaming at my dogs. I had never heard a koala make such a noise before. It really wanted to get to that tree even though there are hundreds of trees it could choose on our property. Silly koala.

I used lots of layers of patterned papers, a tag or two and a strip of hessian as well as a film strip that I cut in half to lengthen under my photo. I also slipped in some messy thread in the one colour that was missing from my photo. I added some older Dusty Attic flowers that I have had in my stash for aaaages.

I painted my title and the paw prints using Gingernut paint and added a little bit of the Sunburnt Orange on the title.

I painted the cute heart that comes with the title in Forest Green.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0906 Dusty in Colour Sunburnt Orange

DA0919 Dusty in Colour Forest

DA0922 Dusty in Colour Gingernut

DA0935 Filmstrips small

DA2409 Paw Prints on my Heart

DA2415 Paw Prints - Dog

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and checking out my take on the mood board. I do hope you find some time to play along too.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic - October Project

Hey peeps!!

Today I am sharing a layout created for The Dusty Attic featuring some of the brand new chippie designs that I am loving at the moment.

Cattitude

For this layout I chose to scrap a favourite photo of my Burmese cat, Noodle. The photo really suited a circular style so I die cut it to fit inside the fabulous String Frame. I started with a beautiful background paper by Stamperia and added a swirl of diluted black gesso. I also splashed the gesso across the page. Next I added some stamping using Jet Black Archival Ink.

I wanted to keep the colour palette simple so stuck to a combination of black and gold. I painted the Diamonds, title, string frame and Mini Brackets using a gold acrylic paint. I also diluted some of the gold paint and flicked across my background.

I glued the diamonds onto some of the Stamperia paper so that the little faces would peek through and then cut around the edges. I painted the Paw Prints with the black gesso and glued just the large one onto some patterned paper before cutting that out too.

I also painted the flourishes with the black gesso as well as the cute cat. Once the paint was dry I added eyes to the cat using first a gold pen and then a black pen for the pupils.

I painted the title with the same gold paint. Finally I assembled everything on the page adding in some messy black thread and a scattering of gold sequins.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA1185 String Frames Small

DA2351 Diamonds

DA2421 Paw Prints - Cats

DA2423 Cats

DA2428 Cattitude

DA2442 Mini Brackets

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to scrap some beloved pet photos too using some of the awesome new chipboard designs.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Cattitude

Hello Dusty FANattics!!

Today I have a layout for The Dusty Attic to share with you inspired by the stunning September mood board.

'Cattitude'

Of course I had to use some of the fabulous new cat inspired chipboard pieces with this super cute photo of my daughter wearing her favourite cat ears.

Hare's a reminder of the beautiful colours in the mood board:

I stamped up my background using a cheetah print background stamp and paw print stamp both by Darkroom Door. Then I layered a whole bunch of patterned papers together to add interest and dimension under my photo. That cute cat banner was fussy cut from some old scrapbook paper I had in my stash.

I added my photo using 3D foam and slipped in some love hearts on either side.

I painted all of the chipboard pieces with about 3 coats of heavy white gesso for a lovely crisp white finish. To emphasize the word 'cat' I coloured it using a metallic pink paint pen

I added those cute little paw prints as though they were walking up the page like the stamped ones.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA2421 Paw Prints - Cats

DA2428 Cattitude

DA2431 Meow Meow

I hope you are feeling inspired to play along with the mood board this month.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - A Girl And Her Dog

Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Today I have my September project to share with yoou featuring some of the fabulous new pet inspired chipboard.

'A Girl and Her Dog'

This is probably my favourite photo of myself as a child with my very first dog 'Snoopy'. I love that it shows how I have loved dogs from a very young age. I wanted to give this layout a bit of a retro/vintage feel because let's face it that photo is kind of vintage now!! LOL

To create a vintage vibe I first mixed up some Dusty in Colour Dusty Pink with a touch of Gingernut and a lot of white gesso. I diluted a portion of it with water and used it to create a watercolour wash over my background paper.

Once the paint was dry I added that funky Geo Panel securing it in place with a few hidden staples. I love to use chipboard in its raw state and I like how the subtle colour didn't detract from the main focus which is always the photo.

Next I used some of the non-diluted paint to colour the 'girl' and 'dog' in the title. I left the rest of the title unaltered to match the Geo Panel and to keep the focus on the 'girl' and 'dog'. 

I layered on all of my patterned papers, photo, title and other embellishments. I coloured the paw prints and heart button with a white paint pen.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0907 Dusty In Colour Dusty Pink

DA0922 Dusty In Colour Gingernut

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA2334 Geo Panel # 3 Small

DA2411 A Girl and Her Dog

DA2415 Paw Prints - Dog

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Milk Monster

Hi Dusty FANattics!!

Today I am sharing my take on the gorgeous August Mood Board at The Dusty Attic.

'Milk Monster'

I chose to use the dark brown in the mood board for my background allowing the other brighter colours to pop.

Here's a reminder of the mood board:

So pretty right?!

I chose the NEW Distressed Grid Broken Bits for this layout specifically so I could paint the splats with white gesso to look like milk to match the photo of my little man messing about with his milk.

I added lots of layers of matching patterned paper under my photo and tucked in a bunch of tickets, page tabs, flowers and stickers etc.

I used the NEW Alphabet Jumble for the 'Milk' title. I LOVE the random heights and styles of the letters for my titles. I painted the 'milk' with a mix of Capri and Oceania Dusty in Colour paints with some white gesso mixed in.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0912 Dusty in Colour Oceania

DA0915 Dusty in Colour Capri

DA0862 Mini ABC Set Lower

DA1093 Hash Tags

DA2390 Alphabet Jumble

DA2397 Broken Bits # 7 - Distressed Grid

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today. I do hope you find some time to play with the mood board too this month.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Bad Ziva

Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

Today I have a layout to share for The Dusty Attic featuring some of the fabulous NEW chipboard designs.

I am absolutely loving the NEW pet friendly designs as I have a LOT of animals on my farm including my fur babies.

So today's layout features my favourite dog out of my three fur babies even though she drives me insane with her barking!! She is very sweet and smart, lovely to walk and loves being in the car.

'Bad Ziva'

"She believed she could woof so she did. (and she hasn't stopped." Yes!! But how cute is she as a puppy?! German shepherds are adorable when they haven't grown into their big ears yet. 

I have used lots of the NEW chipboard on this layout. I mixed up some Capri and Oceania Dusty In Coloour paints along with a little white gesso to make the pretty soft aqua colour for the stencilling as well as the 'woof' and the Diamonds Broken Bits. How good are the Broken Bits?!!! I LOVE this new chipboard design and I can see that I will be using lots of these. 

I used heavy white gesso on the other words on my layout. I gave them about three coats for an extra bright and crisp white. I intentionally left the 'bad' raw so it wouldn't stand out as much because she really isn't a bad dog...just a little annoying. LOL She is my second German Shepherd and I will always have these awesome dogs in my life. 

In breaking news: I have used flowers on this layout!!! They are not a standard feature on my layouts but how can you go past these super pretty flowers. I have added two clusters of flowers in the soft Evening Blush colour as well as Cornsilk.

Oh and the cute little pawprints were also painted with three coats of heavy white gesso.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0806 Dusty in Bloom Cornsilk

DA0808 Dusty in Bloom Evening Blush

DA0912 Dusty in Colour Oceania

DA0915 Dusty in Colour Capri

DA 1638 Wise Words # 5 Stencil

DA0983 Teeny Tiny ABC Set

DA2390 Alphabet Jumble

DA2398 Broken Bits # 8 - Diamonds

DA2406 Woof Woof

DA2407 Eat Sleep Bark Repeat

DA2415 Paw Prints - Dog

Thank you for stopping by the blog. I hope you are inspired to have a play with some of these awesome NEW designs.

Cheers

Belinda