Dusty Attic Moodboard - October

The moodboard this month is full of wonderful rich tones. I love the feel of the colours and the picture. 

I decided that it needed an outdoor picture to go with it. 

I used a lovely wood grain patterned page and applied clear gesso. Once dry, used a brown texta to draw on a pattern with the stencil - chicken wire. A mixture of white crackle paste, Lindy Stamp Gangs magicals was applied randomly to the page. 

the chipboard was painted with a range of sprays and paints. To add texture, I added embossing powders to the larger leaves and outdoor camping lantern.

To finish off, I layer the chipboard, photos and added beads to the chicken wire chipboard.

I hope you enjoy and would love to see some comments in the section below with your thoughts.

Dusty Attic December Christmas Decorations

This is a beautiful moodboard that has deep rich colours that are festive. Because it is nearly Christmas, I decided to make some Christmas tree decorations. 

Using 3 round discs, I added a thick layer of white crackle paste. Once dry, sprinkled different Lindy Stamp Gang shakers lightly and spray with a light spritz of water. I chose colours that reflected the mood board. 

Chipboard - I painted the chipboard with similar colours to the mood board leaving the Marrakesh pieces in white. 

To assemble, I used white sisal to add depth to the layers. To finish off, added prills - white and gray. To reflect the moodboard water droplets, I added small finnabair melange's. 

I hope you enjoy the decorations.

MTW December Challenge

A wonderful final challenge for 2019.

My take on REJOICE is ‘in the small things in life’. A beautiful picture of my son and granddaughter Amelia building sand castles. My take on ANYTHING GOES is a mixed media beach theme.

My background was created using a stencilled net pattern with a variety of Lindy Stamp Gang sprays. This was overlayed with a Dark Door stamp and Pumice Stone embossing powder. I also embossed the round port holes. Using strips of patterned paper, created a layer to add the embellishments. The Dusty Attic chipboard was painted in wood, sand and aqua colours. I finished off with some spare beach theme cut outs including a rope frame and small and mini art stones. 

I hope you have enjoyed my layout and would love to hear your thoughts in the comments bar below. 

Dusty Attic November Mood Board

Soft and whimsical colours were the feature of this moodboard.It reminded me of a beautiful picture of cherry blossoms.

 I used a travel page added a stencilled paste pattern and to off set the pattern, added sprays in dark brown and rusty lime colours. To add texture, I added some rustic lime green embossing powder. 

Once dray, I added strips of complimenting pattern papers in colours that reflected the mood board colour palette. 

Finally, added chipboard painted in browns and gold texture pastes with matching lime greens. to finish off, I added some small dusty rose flowers to reflect the blossoms on the photo. 

I hope you enjoy my layout and would love to see your thoughts in the comments bar below. 

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MOre Than Words October Challenge - Costume

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

Word Inspiration - COSTUME

Creative Challenge - BLACK BACKGROUND

What does the word COSTUME 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.

We want to see your dark and mysterious side by using 
a BLACK BACKGROUND on your project. Whether your costume 
is a Halloween outfit, a wedding dress or a work uniform, 
the theme is up to you, but your background must be black!

http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/10/october-2019-main-challenge-costume.html

I love the thoughts evoked by the word COSTUME... the drama, colours, textures and layers which is what I tried to create on my page. I wanted to dress up my simple BLACK BACKGROUND like I would dress up in a costume.  I used a black and white photo of a child playing on the beach which I found complemented the dramatic concept of my creation.

I painted the background with clear gesso and stencilled a random black graphite texture paste pattern. Once dry, I stencilled a black gesso pattern over the top of some of the graphite and dried. I  sprinkled sapphire blue and charcoal grey embossing power over the main area to add a very light touch of colour that gave the page a bit of depth. Once dry, randomly spread clear glue over the stencilled area to add ragged drips and layers and sprinkled a wonder aqua and gold embossing powder and dried. Tip: this will take awhile to dry with a heat gun so be patient but it will be worth it. 

I added all of my wonder Dusty Attic Chipboard to the page which I had painted in a variety of aquas, golds, steampunk copper and teals. to add a grungy look to your chipboard. Make sure you add a fine line of white gesso to the edges to that it gives it texture and depth. 

I added sisal sprayed with a golden colour and added my photos. The words were painted in black and edged with white gesso to make them stand out. 

Finally, add mini purls in white in and around the layout making sure that you add drips, along the edges of the chipboard and underneath the photos. it need sot be very random and adds a ragged grungy look.

I hope you enjoy and would love to see your thoughts in the comments bar below.