CSI #8 - Laugh Kookaburra Laugh + *Tutorial-Textured Chicken Wire*

Hi there again, I hope this post finds you all well! Things have been quiet busy around here, and the next few months are going to be even busier! I am getting excited with the things I have in the works! Hopefully all will be revealed very soon!

I had a break in deadlines over the weekend, so I got to have another play with CSI Case File #8.
These are so my colours, so how could I not!

This layout is of one of the Kookaburra's that visit my hubbies parents place in Cooroy QLD. His dad feeds them, he has quite a few dropping in most days!  It is nice to sit there and listen to them laugh and squabble amongst each other. I got sooo many pics of them. It was a great opportunity to get up close and personal with them and play with my new camera.

 

Materials:

Dusty Attic -  Chicken Wire Panel DA0177
Dusty Attic - Fountains 3pk (New Release)

Papers:
7 Dot Studio - Dreamer - Nights Fever, Drive all Night

Embellishments:
Prima - Sugar Plum Roses Carribean, Sculpture Flowers, Decorative Border, Hex Net Stamp
Pink Paislee - Sweetness Metal Badges, Sweetness Glitter Sticker Alphabet

Mediums:
Donna Salazar - Mix'd Media Inx - Peridot
Monte Marte - Impasto
Ranger - Glossy Accents
Kaisercolour paint - Coastal Blue
Alison Ellis Design - Glitter Blue Ice
Stazon - Timber Brown
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Chalkboard - Peacock & Firefly
Neocolour crayon - Golden Ochre

 

Tutorial: Textured Chicken Wire 

This is a quick and easy way to create texture on your background.

 

Materials : Impasto or Texture Paste, Paint (Coastal Blue Kaisercolour), Spatula,

Dusty Attic Chicken Wire. Spray inks / Glimmer mists to finish off

(I have used - Chalkboard - Peacock & Firefly)

Step 1: Mix a little paint in with your texture paste then wipe it over your chicken
wire hit and miss in some places and more solid in others.
If you have an idea where your photo is going you don't need to do the whole background.

Step 2: Lift the chicken wire and move to repeat. The dark lines you can see in the
texture paste is the residue from the cut chipboard. As the texture paste is a wet
medium, turn it around to use a different section of the chicken wire as it will
start absorbing the moisture.

 Step 3: Once you are happy with the placement of your texture paste leave to dry.
You can lift your page and dry with a heatgun from the back or leave to dry
naturally. When it is almost semi dry I place a plastic bag over it and pop it
under my cutting mat to help flatten the page.

 Step 4: To finish off spray glimmer mist over the page to add another
dimension. Then you are done! Easy.

You can get a PDF Printout of this tutorial HERE at Dusty Attic 

 Thanks for dropping by!

I hope you have enjoyed this Tutorial!
Have a great Day!
Hugs
Michelle x

CSI #4 - Sisters

Here is my entry for this weeks CSI case file #4
I have really enjoyed working on these case files!
This photo is of two of my cousins, Leanne & Kylie who are sisters.
We are very lucky to have7 girls from two families of who are all very close.
4 girls in thier family and 3 in mine. 
This was taken at our beach, it truly is absolute pure bliss! Love this photo too!

I have used from the Evidence:
Frame, Tulle, Rhinestones, Something Shiny & Reflective, Wet Medium.
Tetimony: Journal in a frame, Reflections.
(Here are a few close ups for you:)

 
 

 

 

Materials:

Prima Flowers - Gillian Coffee, Sculptures
Prima - Say it in Crystals
Prima - Tiny Alphabet Stickers

Kaisercraft -Bling & Pearls, Merci - Ornamental Frames
Pure Juice - Rub ons Sunshine Day
Fab Scraps - Shabby Chic Collection
It Takes Two - Sticky Sentiments, Basic Grey - Metal Flowers
Paper - 7 Dots Studio - Dreamer -  Daydreaming, Elements 12x12
Black Cardstock, Corrugated Cardboard

Basic Grey - Rub ons, Delish - Rub Ons
Paint - Adirondack - Pitch Black
Jo Sonja - Aqua, Burnished Copper, Silver, jade
Kaiser colour paint - Eggshell, StazOn - Black
Decorative Tape, Collections - Butterfly, MM - Metal Word
Crochet Flowers, Charms, Jewelry. Sewing Snaps, Lace
Ingvild - Prima Distress Tool

Dusty Attic:
Mini Dragonflies  DA0518
Mini Words #1 DA0386
Grass Cluster #1 DA0660
Chicken Wire PAnel DA0177

CSI #3 - Beautiful Young Lady

I love a good colour challenge, if you don't know how to aproach putting different colours
together try using the decorators rule for 60, 40, 10.
60% of the main colour/s, 40% of your feature colour/s and 10% of your accent colour/s.
I have used 60% of the grey colours, 40% of the cream and tea brown and 10% of the pink and purple. It makes it easier to approach when you decide what percentage of the colours you are going to use.  I hope that helps some of those who are scared to play with different colours.

Here is my take on this weeks colour palette!

I was lucky to get this one done, I was on holidays and didn't take any scrap supplies with me at all! But it got the better of me, I had to go and find a scrap shop so I could create this layout. I had a great excuse my beautiful neice Amaya who is in this photo wanted to learn how to Scrap, so who am I to disappoint! We had fun scrapping together! Amaya is definitely creatively talented too!

The leaves the to bottom right of the layout were created by using the inked DA leaves as a stamp to stamp off the excess ink.

Materials:

Zva Creative - Pearl

Petaloo - Flowers Canterbury Rose

Prima Flowers - Sherwood Rose Truffle

Kaisercraft - Bonjpur - Alpha Sticker Sheet

Paper Blooms - Misty

Mini Paper Blooms - Dusty Pink

Hambly Screen Prints - Mini Brocade gold

Foiled Buts 04 - Sooz Made It

Doily, Tags, Ribbon

Dew Drop Brilliance - Chocolate, Beige

Papers - Delish - Dulwich Collection

Ruby Rocket - Avalon

Bazzill Bling

Dusty Attic - Feathers DA0651

Leafy Stem #3 small DA0581

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CSI #2 - Believe in your Dreams

 

 Here is what I did with this weeks colour palette!

 

Another photo of Leonii from our holiday photo shoot.
We had so much fun playing with the flashes.

The criteria used on this layout is

• flowers
• architectural elements (e.g., gates, fence, windows, bricks, etc.)
• sheer elements (Lace)
• swirls/flourishes (Bling)
  
  Journaling:
  Inspiration Words: dream, journey, subconscious

 
Materials:

  Crackle Accents

Adirondack Dabber Paints - Snow Cap, Sailboat Blue

Glimmer Mist - Delphinium, Wheat Beer, Cranberry Zing

Paint - Studio - Classic Teal, Josonja - Colony Blue
Liquid Pearls - Wjite Opal

StazeOn - Teal Blue, Versa Colour ink - Atlantic

Kaisercraft Stamps Bonjour, Bling & Pearls
K&C Stitches stickers to go, Lace

White & Rasberry Cardstock

Mulberry Paper, Adorn it Alphas - Radiant

Prima - Sulpture flowers,Petticoat flowers, Paper Roses, Resin Treasures

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Check out what the other Dusty Girls have done on HERE!
 

Thanks for Dropping By!
Love What you Do!
Hugs
Michelle xxx

CSI #1 - Colour, Stories, Inspiration & Dusty

There's a new colour challenge site in town and it's pretty cool!  It's CSI - Colour, Stories, Inspiration - and the whole idea is fabulous!  There is the "Scene" which is the colour palette... with 5 colours!  Then there is "Evidence" which are a list of items to include on your layout and finally the "Testimony" which is the journaling base/ideas to go with it all!!

This is the Scene for Case Study #1

Now what's better than a new Colour Challenge site... the fact that Dusty Attic is sponsoring them for their first month and there will be a yummy Dusty Prize Pack up for grabs, so go check them out, have a play and join in and you could get Dusty with us!!

JennyB, Mistra & I were this weeks guest designers as well, Here is our interpretation of the colour palette and challenge:

 

 

 

Pop on over to see the rest of the wonderful layouts created by the CSI Team, there is fabulous inspiration to be found!!

Here is a close up of what I created for this challenge:
The first pic of the layout was taken above in natural light, the pic below here was taken in my new light tent! It is awesome, no more waiting for the right light to get the layout photos!!

The required elements I used on this layout were, A Hat Pin , Stamped Numbers on the Background, Repeated stamp on the background, Lacy element and Distressing.
Journaling Hidden: The Dark and Stormy Skies, Looming over Mackay, in its path we wonder if we lie. Rumbling Grumbling sounds all around, the sweet scent of rain can be found!
I created this layout when my friend Debbie K was visiting and we used the same photo with the same Colour palette, it was great to see how different they still turned out! You can see Deb's Layout on this HERE

Materials:

Paints: Adirondack Dabber Paints - Lettuce
Jo Sonya - Yellow Green, Flouro Yellow

Glimmer Mist - Black Magic, Raven, Apple

Glimmer Mist Chalkboard - Sprout

Perfect Pearls Mist - Blue Patina

StazeOn - Black

White, Green & Greenish grey cardstock

Pink Paislee - Lear Cards

Prima - Flocked Rub Ons, Flowers
Alpha's - Jenny Bowlin Reverse red stickers, Adorn it Red Hot
Stamps - Prima Hex Net, Delish Number Crunch Zest Numbers
Butterflies - A touch of Nature, Tags - Tim Holtz,
Hat Pin - "Pretty Little Pins" by Tina Dalton
Beads, Lace, Fibres

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Thanks for dropping By!!!
Hugs
Michelle xx