Dusty Attic - October - Giant Tag

A wonderful rich mood board. I thought that I would take inspiration from the outdoors earthy aspect of the pictures in the mood board.

I used  Ranger Giant tag and using soft matt gel stuck strips of gauze to create a textured background. I dabbed the Matte Soft Gel on the gauze to stiffen the tag. Once dry, Using a cobblestone stencil and randomly stencilled molding paste over the tag. Using rust effect paste in a variety of colours - brown, green and blue textured patina effect dabbed to add colour and highlight the stencil and gauze. As you dab, spray with water so that the pastes blend into the gauze. You want to be able to see the texture but also blended into the gauze to blur the edges. 

Once dry, start adding the layers of chipboard. I started with the old wooden fence (trim to size by cutting some of the end and trimming to match the top). Use rust paste and a double sided texture brush to make wavy lines representing wood grain. Once dry, use brown paint to dab and add colour and tone so that the it does not look flat. All other chip boards are painted with a range of Duty Attic paints (shown below). 

To add a final rustic look, use Dusty Attic Rusting powder and sprinkle diagonally across the tag and over the butterfly to add a rustic earthy look. (to deepen the rust colour - use vinegar in a spray bottle and once dry, respray if needed - the colour will develop over 24 hours). 

I used  a range of Lindy Stamp Gang sprays to paint flowers that represented the colours in the mood board and the photo. 

To finish off, add the frame, words and photo and splatter with the main colours that were featured in the project over the project (protecting the photo).

I hope you enjoy this earthy rich tag that features a beautiful photo of my granddaughter Amelia. 

  

  

   

 

 

   

  

Dusty Attic October Mood Board - Celebrating You

A wonderful rich mood board. I though that I would create a layout that features the softer tones of the mood board. I have featured a beautiful photo of my grandson - Noah. 

I thought I woudl create a layout using a background that had a rough textured background. I took a patterened page that featured an old design and roughly scraped white gesso from top to bottom. I left some gpas. Once dry, I took white crackle paste and scraped up and down and rough strips. Allow to dry so that the crackle paste develops a fine cracked surface.

To add colour to the page, use a variety of orange and yellow Lindy Stamp Gang sprays to add a wash of colour. Once dry, I randomly stamped on the edges of the page and with a honey comb pattern under the main layout area. 

I painted the chipboard in a variety of colours that represented the moodboard colours. To add texture, I laid some colour lace underneath and laid the various different chipd board on top. Once all of the pieces have been stuck down, layer the orange diamonds underneath the main area. 

Add yellow flowers and dap with a dark blue paint on the edges. Add a dap of dark denim DA paint on the edges of the wings. To finish off randomly stamp with a script stamp on the page and add gold prills in and around the embellishments. Tip with Prills - to add a rich gold texture, use the prills generously.