More Than Words - April - BUGS AND BIRDS

Wow wow wow what a wonderful challenge BUGS AND BIRDS. I love butterflies and think that the gorgeous patterns on the butterflies wings and the colour is so magical. I get so excited when I see one flying around in the garden. I used Lindy Stamp Gang spays and Magicals to develop a rich colour on the background with molding paste and stencils to represent the patterns the wings. Finally using layeirng and paints to develop a multi texture background to build wonderful page. I hope you enjoy.

Please take the time to go to the following website to look at the challenge and wonderful entries an design inspirational layouts by the design team. 

http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-main-challenge-everyday-bugs.html

MTW March Challenge - Food and a square photo

Time for our next wonderful challenge and this time is it FOOD!!!! what a fantastic concept as we all have a great food moments. 

Mine is a HIGH TEA. There is nothing more elegant than wonderful sandwiches, champagne and delicious desserts. For this page, I used the gorgeous MINTAY paper range and their beautiful cut outs. 

For more inspiration for this months challenge, go to our blog site or on face book:

https://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-2020-2nd-reveal-of-main-challenge.html

MTW - Highlight & Sunset Colours January 2020

January 2020 Main Challenge - HIGHLIGHT & SUNSET COLOURS

It gives us great pleasure and happiness to be able to ring in this 

new year with the reveal of our January Main Challenge!

Please note the following changes to the rules:

A very important first change is that we will now be allowing ANY ENTRY 
for the Main Challenge, EXCEPT FOR cards, tags, ATCs, and postcards... 

as these can be entered in our Mini Challenges.

The next change is please enter your projects through the InLinkz Tool 

which is now at the BOTTOM of this post instead of over on the sidebar. 

Just scroll down past the sponsors and prizes and you will see it. 

Last, but not least, if you don't have a blog, you may also enter

your projects via your social media links such as Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest as long as you enter them via our InLinkz Took AND include our challenge blog image plus a link to our blog in your entry.

A beautiful SUNSET view over Hanoi which was the inspiration of my sunset colours. It was one of the magical HIGHLIGHTS of our recent holiday. A beautiful country and welcoming people.

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.