Dusty Attic DT - Precious Layout

Hi everyone,

Cathy here today, sharing a layout I created with a couple of the gorgeous new release Dusty Attic chipboard designs.  OMG how beautiful are the new Mystic Chipboard Frames... I'm in love!!!  they are a wonderful way to make your precious photos sing.

'Precious'

I decided to use both Frame #1 and #2, by using the larger #1 Frame to draw the eye to my photo and cutting the smaller #2 Frame in half for my side embellishment cluster.

 To alter the Frames, I primed them first with gesso, then coated with Viva Inka Gold in Platium for a soft shimmery effect.  The leaves were painted with Dusty in Colour Crushed Olive, then coated with green glitter glass, which I adhered with Dusty Attic Clear Gloss Varnish.

The 'precious' title word from the Mini Words #2 pack was primed with gesso, then coated with Dusty in Colour Crushed Olive and lightly dabbed over with the Mossy Inx to create a lovely mottled effect.

To create bit of contrast and texture, I stenciled my background with the Distressed Diamonds Stencil first with the Dusty in Colour Crushed Olive.   I then mixed Dusty in Colour Texture Paste with Prima Frank Garcia Artisan Powder in French Sage, then repositioned then stencil over the stenciled areas, moved it over slightly, then stenciled with the paste to create a shadow effect.

Why not pop in to the online store to see all the gorgeous new Chipboard and Stencil Designs!!

Dusty Attic Product Used

Mystic Frame #1 - DA1744

 

Mystic Frame #2 - DA1745

Mini Words #2 - DA0476

Distressed Diamonds Stencil - DA1480

Dusty Attic Texture Paste - DA1218

Dusty in Colour Clear Gloss Varnish - DA0901

Dusty in Colour Crushed Olive - DA-0917

Other Product Used

Blue Fern Studio Sanctuary pp's

Manor House Creations flowers

Stampendous glitter glass

Kaisercraft collectables

Prima Frank Garcia Artisan Powder - French Sage

Metal embellishments

Viva Inka Gold - Rose Quartz, Platinum and Mint

Mixed Media Inx - Mossy

Prima Gesso

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

The Scrapbook Store - Blue Fern Studios Tranquility Masculine Layout

Hi everyone,

This month the lovely Suzanne from The Scrapbook Store sent me the beautiful Blue Fern Studios 'Tranquility' Collection in my parcel of goodies.

Normally I would have gravitated towards a feminine layout with this paper range, but I decided to push myself a little and picked out the  'Jubilation' weather board pp which has a gorgeous grungy feel to it and is perfect for a masculine page.

Extraordinary

To start, I cut strips from the 'Blissful', 'Serenity' and 'Patience' pps, picking out the cream and brown grungy tones and overlayed them vertically and horizontally.  To soften and give a distressed look I applied gesso over the strips with a credit card.

Next I masked over the strips with the Dusty Attic Distressed Grid stencil and Viva Inka Gold in Aquarmarine.

For an overall grungy look, I randomly stamped over the top with the Blue Fern Coarse Fabrics stamp set and various Tim Holtz masculine stamps using archival inks in cobalt, watering can and black.  I also stamped around my the edges of my background with the Kaisercraft Film Edges texture stamp to create a border.

To add a bit more contrast, I mixed a little bit of Copper Inka Gold with water and flicked over my background using a small fan brush.  I also used the Copper Inka Gold to colour my metal embellishments, by applying small amounts with my fingertip and rubbing into the embellishments.

My chipboard frame and wooden title were altered by coating with Viva Inka Gold in Graphite, then flicked over with the watered down Copper Inka Gold.

After adhering my photo and embellishments I applied cobalt micro beads in random spots over the strippy sections to create a bit more texture and grunge.

And there you have it a masculine layout using what you might think is a very feminine range of patterned papers.

TSS Products Used:

Blue Fern Studios - Tranquility 12x12 pp – Jubilation

Blue Fern Studios - Tranquility 12x12 pp – Blissful

Blue Fern Studios - Tranquility 12x12 pp – Serenity

Blue Fern Studios – Tranquility 12x12 pp - Patience

Blue Fern Studios – Chipboard – Notebook Frame

Blue Fern Studios – Stamp Set – Coarse Fabrics

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous – Stamp Set – Warehouse District

Tim Holtz – Clear Stamp Set – French Memories

Tim Holtz – Idea-ology - Buckles

Dusty Attic – Stencil – Distressed Grid

Viva – Inka Gold – Graphite

Viva – Inka Gold – Copper

Viva – Inka Gold – Aquamarine

Kaisercraft – Texture Stamp – Film Edges

Vintage Charms – Arrow Large

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad – Black

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad – Watering Can

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad – Cobalt

Liquitex -  Surface Prep Gesso – 118 ml

Other product: Prima mechanicals, wooden title

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Manor House Creations - Christmas OTP Project

Hi Ladies,

Christmas is almost upon us, and at this time of the year I like to create a few special OTP Christmas projects to decorate my home and give as gifts.   I am always on the lookout for OTP items to alter and recently I purchased this rustic metal heart hanging at a gift store.  Some gorgeous Manor House Creations flowers, a few diecuts, a little paper and a couple of charms were all it took to transform this sweet little ornament into beautiful Christmas decor piece.

I love the mini glitter roses as they are perfect to add some sparkle to your Christmas creations.  To alter my heart I used the wire from the glitter mini roses to attach them by twining around the frame, then wrapped the left over metal stem around a paintbrush to curl.

I decided to use the new large Poinsettias as my main flower embellishment, but I wanted a contrast to the white glitter mini roses, so I pulled out the yellow stamens and misted the flowers with scarlet glimmermist to add a bit more sparkle.  I then replaced the yellow stamens with some green ones to match in with my Christmas colours.

I backed my heart with paper, embellished with some Kaisercraft collectables and a few charms with I altered with Viva Inca Gold paste and finished off with a bow.

MHC Product Used:  large poinsettia, glitter mini rosed - red

Other Product Used:  Metal heart hanging,  Kaisercraft Christmas Carol 6" paper pad, Kaisercraft St Nicholas collectables, stitched ribbon, button, snowflake and butterfly charms, Viva Inca Gold, Scarlet glimmermist, green stamens.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Craft Queen - Viva Inka Gold and Croco Crackling

Hi LadiesI have a LO to share which I created to display at the recent Brisbane Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo using more of the beautiful Prima Lyric range of papers and some yummy Craft Queen products, including some Viva Inka Gold pastes and Viva Croco Crackling.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
The background on this LO was created using some Viva croco crackling in white,  I then lightly rubbed some Viva Inka Gold - lava red on the edges of the croco crackling and used a wet ones to dab the colour outwards to create a watercolour effect, so the lava red softened out to a pinky-red colour.

I used the lava red paste with a Prima mask, and applied it to some acetate, and when dry, which only takes a few minutes, I cut around the design and layered the pieces under my flower cluster.  I also used the inka gold paste to colour the black and silver acrylic butterflies, by applying to my finger and lightly rubbing over the top.  Inka Gold pastes are fabulous for altering non porous embellishments like charms, acrylic, buttons, wood, chipboard etc, anything you can think of and it dries in minutes!!  LOVE this product check out the Craft Queen link HERE to see the colours Nicole has in store.

Craft Queen has silver and black and also some new silver and gold acrylic embellishments in store, which I have used here on my LO.  They come in attached in a piece and you just cut off what you need. 

Craft Queen product:
black and silver medium flower
black and silver small flower
black and silver butterfly
antique silver flower centres
Viva white croco crackling
Viva Inka Gold - lava red
Glimmer mist - afraid of the dark
white mini ribbon rosette
leaves - grass green with stem 2.5cm
leaves - green with brown tip 3.2cm
black and white floral washi tape

Other product used:
Prima Lyric pp's
Prima poppies mask
Manor House Creations flowers
Petaloo velvet flowers
lace flower
October Afternoon mini alpha stickers
Acetate

Thanks so much for stopping by.