August - Dusty Attic

Beautiful soft tropical colours for this months mood board. 

I thought that it was perfect for some of my photos when I was in Bali in 2016 with a group of scrapbookers on a Bali retreat Scrapbooking trip. And guess who was the guest designer and teacher - yes the wonderful Jen Hedgers from Dusty Attic. 

I prepared the background paper with clear gesso and randomly stencilled the back ground with white modelling paste. Once dry, use a variety of Lindy Stamp Gang Magicals to add colour that represents the colours in the mood board. 

I coloured the chip board with a variety of Tim Holtz Distress Oxides and LSG Magicals. when dry, start layering the pieces starting with the frames. Tip - I used a rular to make sure the frames were straight. 

I fussy cut pieces from the Mintay Paper range - Wanderlust which was the right colour palette for the page and concept - travel. Finish with words that I cut to size.

More Than Words Sketch and Happiness

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

Word Inspiration - HAPPINESS

Creative Challenge - SKETCH

What does the word HAPPINESS 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.

Speaking of happiness, we know what would make you happy this month - this beautiful and unique SKETCH designed by none other than our very own Edith Cloutier. A sketch is a great way to kick start your creativity! You can rotate it or change it up as you like as long as we can clearly see that you modelled your project on it.

My take on HAPPINESS is when my best friend and I went to Bali for a week. She had never been there and it made me so happy to share with her one of my favourite holiday places. I turned the SKETCH sideways and used frames to create the square features of the layout.

I have also used the amazing new Dusty Attic chipboard to create my layout. Perfect to create the sketch.