Another Beautiful Sunset

Here is another Layout for Dusty Attic. This month I have used the new Telegraph Poles from the Dusty Attic May Release. I love these!!!
I captured this sunset last month, it was simply stunning with the colours changing every minute.

 Materials:

Dusty Attic
Old Telegraph Poles - DA0707
Grass Border #1 -  DA0659
Dusty in Bloom - Celestial White

Other

Smooch Spritz - Caramel Latte

7 Dots Studio - Dreamer Collection
Pink Paislee - Mistables
Masking Tape
7 Gypsys Tape
Modelling paste
Water Colour Pencils

Thanks for dropping by!
Have a great day!
Hugs
Michelle x

Dusty DT 2011 *Dusty Attic*

Jen Challenged the 2011 Dusty Attic Design Team to scrap a layout of the 2011 team pics,

This has been an ongoing project as it kept getting interrupted with other deadlines.

I Finally got it finished and now have finally got it uploaded. 

I have been so blessed to be a part of Dusty Attic! They just add that finishing touch to every layout!

This really is an amazing team, the support and inspiration each person brings to the team is outstanding! Thank you girls from the bottom of my heart!

I have showcased the gorgeous Lacing Tash pieces on this double layout.
It has been awhile since I have done a double layout, so it was fun to play with this one!

 

To do the Lacing Tash pieces I first painted them with the cranberry dabber, then sprayed them with the glimmer mists and then finished off with the biscotti perfect pearls mist! (This is fast becoming a favourite! I am onto my second bottle already!) Once this was dry I machine stitched the insides of the dusty pieces with a zig zag stitch.

 

After the stitching was finished I taped the two pieces to a narrow strip of patterned paper then punched the holes through to the back then set the eyelets. These eyelets are that old my grandma gave them to me years ago, I love the distressed look of the paint chipping off them.

The other chip pieces in this layout were just sprayed with the biscotti mist.

First use a scrap of paper or something to cover the body. Then the wings of the diva were lightly painted with the dapper paint and sprayed with the glimmer mists. While the wings were still damp I used a craft knife to gently lift up the tips of the wings. She was then sprayed all over with the Biscotti Mist.




Dusty Attic:
Lacing Tash - DA0631
Divine Divas - DADA0657
Corner Flourish #2 - DA0629Fish Net Panel - DA0654
Mini Wire Dress Form - DA0670
Typewriter ABC Set - DA0143
Fancy Trim #4 - DA0470

Paper:
Pink Paislee - Butterfly Garden Collection
Cardstock


Embellishments:
Prima Flowers - Bretton Vines Purity
Prima Say it in Cyrstals - SIIC Borders sparkling
Maya Road Flowers - Ruffle Blossoms
Kaisercraft - Pearls
Lace, String, Eyelets.
Machine Stitching

Mediums:
Glimmer Mist - Deep Plum
Glimmer Mist Chalkboard - Grape ApePerfect Pearls Mists - Biscotti
Adirondack - Cranberry

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Have a great Day!
Cheers :)
Michelle x

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