More Than Words January Challenge

January Challenge 

Word Inspiration - GOALS

Creative Challenge - JOURNALING

What does the word GOALS inspire you to create? You can choose to use the actual word somewhere on your project or simply be inspired by it. Please explain in your blog post how it inspired you if it isn't obvious in your work.

For more information about this challenge and the guidelines, follow the link below:

http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.com

My GOALS are my daily affirmations that I try to remember. In our busy rushed working lives it is good to take the time to be kind to ourselves. I have used an old book that I had found in an Op Shop to use as my JOURNALLING creative space.

To create this journal page, I added a layer of white gesso and once dry, add a layer of white crackle paste. Use Tim Holtz Distress Oxides - Tattered Rose to add a wash of colour to the page. Randomly stamp a honeycomb pattern over the background. Fussy cut flowers and other embellishments from Mintay Dear Diary paper and with strips of patterned paper add to the page. Add Dusty Attic Rusting Paste to add texture. 

Add the tissue words and paint Lindy Stamp Gang Sandra Dee Sepia on the page edges.

I hope you enjoy this journal page and I would love to hear from you in the comments bar below. 

Dusty Attic December project

Hello everyone, this is my last Dusty Attic project for 2018 and as it is Christmas, I have decided to go red red red and white. I love the traditional red and white combination of christmas colours even though here in Australia we have a hot christmas day.

I started with choosing pale patterned paper so that the red and white would pop on the page. Clear gesso the page and while drying, prepare the chip board. The foliage and tree were painted using Nuvo white crystal drops. It gave a luscious shiny 3 dimensional look. While drying, sprinkle 'dress my craft' frosted sugar powder on the foliage to give it a icy look. 

The flowers were sprayed with Lindy Stamp Gang Peony red spray for a soft red colour. The flowers used were a buttermilk colour so for the white ones, I used Lindy Stamp Gang Frozen Jack Frost shaker and dabbed on the flowers to add a white effect. Once the flowers were dry, I added sugar powder to the centres to add more icy frosted texture. 

Using red card stock, cut out a photo mat and adhere with foam tape or spare chip board pieces to add height to the layout.  

Add a painted trail of Lindy Stamp gang spray along the top and bottom of photo mat and turn page up side down back and forth to form trails - Dry. Add all of the foliage and flower embellishments and photos. Using white cotton, add amongst the flowers and leaves snip so that it makes tendrils out from the main layout feature. Add more on the last photo mat which will feature the tree. Once the cotton is added, carefully add drops of Nuvo white crystal drops along the cotton to form some texture. Add some drops to the page where there might be a gap between flowers and leaves. Tip: you will need time form the crystal drops to dry as heat gun drying may ruin the shiny look of the drops. 

To finish off, add the Christmas tree, sprinkle sugar powder amongst the branches and red mirco beads on the main red drips. 

I hope you enjoy and I would love to hear form you in the comments bar of my blog. 

Dusty Attic December Christmas Page

It is that wonderful time of the year and I wanted to do my first Christmas page of the year. I used the Christmas theme of the mood board as my inspiration and a wonderful photo of my beautiful granddaughter Amelia.

Using a gorgeous Simple Stories Vintage Christmas page and painted a layer of clear gesso to seal the paper. Once dry, I randomly applied a layer of clear crackle and white gesso to the main area of the page. Tip - dry a little with a heat gun however allow to dry naturally so that the cracks of the crackle develop. Once dry, dab on Lindy Stamp Gang Olive Ponderosa spray and spritz water to help spread it over the gesso. Once dry, add Rudolph red spray over in the gaps. I didn't apply too much as I wanted a random look. 

Paint the chipboard with various paints including Dusty Attic Pesto for the foliage. Use Prima Finnabair metallique paints to add a little richness to flowers and ornaments. I cut the chipboard into pieces to create the ornaments. You will end up with a spare row for another project. To add a distressed look to the frame, emboss using Tim Holtz black soot distressed embossing powder. 

Cut 3 pieces of spare paper to make a photo mat and attach together with spare chipboard with glue. It gives height between the photo mat layers and allows you to easily slip chipboard in between the pieces. 

Layer the chipboard onto the page and once all glued, flick watered down gesso over the main feature. Add your photo. Finish off with Bo Bunny licorice pearlescents in the centre of the flowers and add the words. 

I hope you enjoy and I would love to hear from you in the comments bar in my blog

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More Than Words Believe and Stamping December Challenge

Our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge.

Word Inspiration - BELIEVE

Creative Challenge - STAMPING

What does the word BELIEVE inspire you to create?

You can choose to use the actual word somewhere on your project 

or simply be inspired by it.  Since words are an integral part of our challenges, we want to know how this month's word stimulated your creative process, so please do explain in your blog post how 
it inspired you if it isn't obvious in your work.

http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/december-2018-main-challenge-believe.html

The creative challenge this month is to use STAMPING on your project. Whether you add stamping on your background, stamp a date or frame your photo with stamped images, we believe your creations will be amazing! So grab your rubber, clear acrylic, foam or roller stamps 

and the ink pad of your choice and stamp away!

My inspiration for the word BELIEVE is my granddaughter Amelia. I hope that as she grows up, she believes in herself, what she can achieve and what her life dreams will be. I have used STAMPS for the background with rusting powder and all the embellishments are stamps that have been sprayed, painted and fussy cut. Happy Holidays to you and your family!

I have added information about the stamps that I used at the end of this post. I used a range of Lindy Stamp Gangs sprays, brown prills and Dusty Attic rusting powder to create the page. 

I have you enjoy and I would love to here form you in the comments below.