The Dusty Attic DT - Hello Sweetness

 Hello Dusty Attic Fans!

Today I am sharing my latest layout featuring awesome Dusty Attic chipboard.

Hello Sweetness

For this layout I have used the stunning Bee Arty paper collection 'Forever My Always' designed by the uber talented Fiona Paltridge. I loved the sparkly gold background paper that perfectly matched my darling daughter's hair.

The gold background then inspired me to 'paint' my chipboard pieces gold. When I say paint I mean I used a Pilot Pintor Paint Pen in Gold to basically colour over the chipboard. Why get messy paintbrushes and water jars etc out when you can use a simple pen right?! No cleaning up afterwards!

Oh and how good are those Get Framed Postage Stamp frames?? I LOVE them.

You can have too much gold (said no one EVER!!) so I used my obligatory white Posca Paint Pen to colour the mini tab and the banner and break up all of the in your face colour a bit.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1276 Word Pack # 20

DA1803 Mini Tabs # 6

DA2663 Banners # 5

DA2674 Get Framed - Postage Square

DA2698 Fun Times ABC Set Lower

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to have a play with your Dusty Attic goodies too.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - 2020 Art Tiles

 Happy Fri-YAY Scrapping Clearly fans!!

Today I am sharing my latest project for Scrapping Clearly featuring some awesome product available in store.

If you are like me and you have a stack of project life cards sitting around gathering dust then this little project might be for you. I absolutely love project life but I find it hard to commit to a whole year of documenting in the same way. I can't maintain a journal or diary either!! 

So these little art cards allow me to document how I am feeling about this shocking year without having a schedule to create them.

2020 ART TILES 

So I started with this stack of project life cards that I have had for aaages in my stash. Of course you don't have to use project life cards. You could cut your own cards from sturdy cardstock, watercolour paper, paint swatches, chipboard etc.

I grabbed out all of the awesome products from the Scrapping Clearly store that I thought I might like to use. I tore up some collage papers, book paper, music sheets and sewing patterns. Anything will work. This is a great way to use up leftover scraps. I like to keep a container with different scraps especially for collage.

I added the collage pieces to each card using a matte gel medium and a silicone brush and then left to dry completely. You don't need to be very neat (as you can see from mine).

Once the tiles were dry, I carefully tore away the excess paper from around the edges. You can cut it away with a knife or scissors for a neater look but I like the rough edge for more interest.

Next I used a palette knife to swipe some heavy white gesso over the surface of each tile. You don't want to totally obliterate the patterned papers so a light touch is best.

Then I used the palette knife again to add a whole lot of super bright colour using the amazing Dylusions Paints. I LOVE those colours.

I swiped over a little more white gesso just to calm things down a bit.

Then I added some stencilling using a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil and some heavy black gesso.

To finish, I added detail with stamping, stickers and a little drawing with Posca Pens.

Here's what I used:

DINA WAKLEY MEDIA

- Collage Collective Book

- Collage Paper Faces

- Collage Paper Backgrounds

- Scribble Sticks

- 6x6 Template Mini Boulders

- Funky Faces Clear Stamps

ART BY MARLENE Clear Stamps Mandala Tapestry

HEIDI SWAPP Clear Stamp and Stencil

TIM HOLTZ

- Layering Stencil Bubble

- Idea-ology Chit Chat

RANGER Dylusions Paint:

- Lemon Drop

- Mango Punch

- Sour Appletini

- Tropical Sangria

- Vibrant Turquoise

UNI Posca Pens

gesso, black and white

LIQUITEX Matte Gel

DARKROOM DOOR Stamps

Here's another example of what you can do with project life cards. This set of cards I created to actually try to document October. They are now sitting in the 'things to do later' corner of my desk! I have good intentions of completing them all for October but in reality it's probably not going to happen. LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I wonder what you might create with your project life cards.

Cheers

Belinda

'Brave' Art Journal with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

Today I have my latest art journal spread to share with you created for SCRAPPING CLEARLY using lots of awesome product available in the Scrapping Clearly store.

'BRAVE' Art Journal

To start with I laid down some colour in my DINA WAKLEY MEDIA 6x6 White Journal using PRIMA Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour in Peacock and Truth. I spritzed the pages with a LOT of  water first and then just dropped the colour on. I picked up the journal and played around with the colour letting it swish this way and that.

Next I added some salt crystals and set aside to dry completely.

The salt crystals didn't really work as well as they normally do so I ended up covering most of this up! I think they didn't like such a textured surface. Lesson learnt!!

Next I tore out a face from the DWM Collage Paper Faces Pack and added to the page using a matte gel medium. I use a silicone brush to apply the gel to the surface, lay down the image and then use the silicone brush to smooth some more gel medium over the top. 

I wasn't 100% happy with the salt crystal effect so I tore up some papers from the DWM Collage Collective Book and applied to the pages using the same matte gel medium. Oh and also a strip torn from the DWM Collage Paper Backgrounds Pack. I then set it aside to dry. (To be honest I was too impatient to wait for it to dry so I sped things up with my heat gun taking care not to heat too long or too close in the one spot or the papers will bubble.)

Next I grabbed my DWM Scribble Sticks and coloured in some hair across the pages. I used a large soft wet paintbrush to activate and blend the crayons and set aside to dry. (You can see on the face that I started experimenting with the next step too)

Time to start adding colour to the face! I used the beautiful Soft Neutral PRIMA Watercolour Pencils to add some skin tones to the face just by scribbling on the colour; darker colours in the shadow areas and light where the sun hits the face.

I activated the pencil using the same paintbrush and then set aside to dry. (Or impatiently dried CAREFULLY with the heat gun again).

She needed a bit more colour so I added some more using the Scribble Sticks again and then activated and blended with the paintbrush.

Time for some detail now! My go to pens for adding final details are Posca Paint Pens and also the new Pilot Pintor Paint Pens. I used white and black Poscas as well as the Light Blue Pilot Pintor Pen for the eyes.

Next I added some stencilling using a KAISERCRAFT Mini Stencil with heavy white gesso. I added a quote torn from the DWM Collage Papers using the gel medium. I added some circles using the DWM Mini Boulders 6x6 Template and Scribble Sticks.

I finished by adding some more stencilling and doodling with the black Posca Pen. I added the title too by stamping onto plain tissue paper using the HEIDI SWAPP Old School Alphabet Clear Stamps and RANGER Archival Ink in Aquamarine and Jet Black.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with your Scrapping Clearly goodies too or check out some of the awesome stuff in store now.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Beach

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Today I am sharing my latest layout for The Dusty Attic inspired by the October Mood Board.

'BEACH' Layout

How gorgeous are these colours?!! Definitely my kind of colours and I thought perfect for a beach layout.

I gathered up all of my beach inspired chipboard pieces and painted them all white with my usual three coats of heavy white gesso. After they were completely dry, I also went over the top with a white Posca Pen for extra crispness.

I used a Pilot Pintor Paint Pen in Light Blue to colour part of the title and the geo tags. Then I layered them all on top of my background along with my patterned paper stack, my photo and some flowers.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA1088 Geo Tags

DA1836 Mini Captions # 13

DA1910 Seaweed # 1

DA2197 Starfish # 2

DA2355 Swirls # 2

DA2593 Fishnet Border

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I do hope you are feeling inspired to play along with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Awesome

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Today I am sharing my latest layout for The Dusty Attic featuring awesome Dusty Attic chipboard.

Today I have a super fun boy layout to share with you.

'AWESOME' LAYOUT

For this layout, I began by painting all of the chipboard with heavy white gesso. You can see the gesso I use in the photo below but any gesso will do. I usually need about three coats of this gesso to get the result that I like.

I wanted a pop of yellow on my page to match the yellow Christmas cracker hat that my son is wearing in the photo. So I grabbed a yellow Posca Paint Pen and coloured in parts of some of the chipboard. I ended up with a fairly haphazard result because I didn't separate the pieces. If you want a more precise look then I would highly recommend separating the pieces first before adding the yellow and then sticking back together again. For me though, I live in an old farmhouse and am pretty used to a 'rustic' look for everything!

Oh and did you spy that 'awesome' title? That is a sneaky peek at something new that is coming soon!

I assembled my layout bits and pieces, adding in some stickers too. I finished up by adding in some Mini Dots painted with the gesso and yellow Posca Pen.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA1048 Mini Dots

DA2455 Polaroid Frame Set # 2

Well that is all from me today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with your Dusty Attic chipboard too. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Belinda