Thursday, July 22, 2021

The Dusty Attic DT - 'Under The Sea' ATCs

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my project for The Dusty Attic inspired by the gorgeous July Mood Board. For my project today I decided to create something a little different to my usual layout and make some ocean themed artist trading cards instead.


Here's a peek at the mood board:


I love these colours so much and they are perfectly suited to an ocean/beach theme.

To start my atcs, I played around with acrylic paints in the colours of the mood board. I used a palette knife to spread the paints over the surfaces.


Next I used the Webbing Stencil to add some pattern and a couple of Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays that I drew on using the nozzle removed from the bottle.


I used a selection of fabulous mini ocean themed chipboards to decorate my atcs. I painted them all with a few coats of heavy white gesso to seal them and create a light base to make my acrylic paint colours more vibrant. The gesso seals the chipboard and stops the colours soaking in. Then I painted them using the same acrylic paints as the background.


Here's a closer look at the individual artist trading cards.






The Dusty Attic products used:



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

Cheers
Belinda



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