Scrap Studio/Office Photos - My Inner Sanctuary

My Scrap Studio created for the Simply Renee and Dusty Attic Blog Hop.

This is my little abode that I live in! LOL Well practically!!

I have used the new Dusty Attic Lamps , Mini Heart Buttons and Scrolls on this layout.

I have used a mix of spray inks and paints to do the finishes on the dusty Pieces.
I will have a tut soon on how to do the lettering on dusty soon.

I have used white and copper gel pens and a green zig pen and finished with aqua paint to get this effect on the lamp. I just played with blending and overlapping the colours until I was
happy with it.

Now if you would like to follow me I will now take you on a tour of my little studio.....
Keep Up Now.... :) LOL

This is all the desk space I have to work on. I don't think it would matter if I had bigger, I would still manage to fill it up and still have no room. My Scrap Studio/Office is only a 3m x 3m room and she is packed full to the brim. I am building a new spacious studio soon I can't wait!!

 

 This is my office corner for the computer and a little tv (which I can't watch yet until we get an Ariel wired in) The set of draws on the desk are new and are making my life a lot easier. each draw is for a different job or project I have on. Is so much easier than having a pile of paper work pile up in the corner. Don's Dad made this desk for us many years ago, it has definitely stood the test of time! The Canvas in the background was painted by my daughter Leonii.

 Don's Dad also built these draws for me to measure too. the bottom two draws is actually one draw and holds all my patterned papers. I have paper, photo paper and printer inks in the top draws then pencils/ crayons etc. Misc alphabets in a couple of draws and all my masks. The bookcase beside that holds mainly sketch books that I have sketched layout ideas into. Beside that is a white cupboard that has all our bookwork in, it generally hides behind the door.

 

 

Everything is pretty much within reach around my desk. Its nice and compact, but that is out of necessity.

This is my trinket trays, inspired by Soul Sister Mistra after we hit the markets in Perth and seeing Mis's Trinkets all pretty in little saucers and tea cups. My good Friend Bev gave me the two tiered plates for Christmas! There were perfect!

Speaking of Mistra she made this gorgeous Trinket box for me too, It is perfect for my Bling and Pearls! The tin behind the box was a treasure I found at my Grandma's place last year. I now have more trinkets in it too after being inspired by Finnabair's Treasure boxes. I made the little hat pin holder out of a shot glass and stuffing it with a bit of foam that you get from different brad holders. Most of the hat pins here were made by my good friend Tina in WA. Those WA girls are too good to me! :)

This was another Treasure from Grandma's this is a draw from an old sewing machine stand. It is perfect for holding the wood stamps in.

To the left of my desk I have my ink and medium station. I just haven't been able to find the right baskets for these so it is still a work in progress, I am designing trays that will hold these perfectly!!
I can't wait!

I sort my mediums by colour, actually I sort a lot of my stuff by colour.
All my ink's, embossing powders, glimmer mists etc go in these together.

I find I use a lot more of my supplies this way as I don't think to look through each mediums basket. I use sticky dots to add the colour of each medium to and put it on the top lid. This helps to see what the colour will look like at a glance. I also emboss half of the lid of embossing powders too. Just be careful to not melt the soft plastic lids of some of them.

This is my wall of colour, just about everything here is sorted by colour!

 

There is lots in this little section. The blue and green folders up the top now have my Dusty Attic in them. They are sorted into the categories according to the web site. These are great as it doesn't matter if they are in packets or not. I have stamps and alphabets in the other baskets up the top. Next there are a heap of brad and eyelet containers then followed by paints and pens. Under that is different Die Cuts and white flowers and leaves in the plastic containers. On the bottom is my Sewing Machine and Cuttlebug. The plastic Draws to the right have mixed media bits and pieces.

I love having the paints like this it is so easy to find and use from here. I wish I could find more of these containers, are are hard acrylic squares and some cross dividers in them.

Just a view from the other end. Everything in this room is just supporting itself. I have got draws holding up shelves and shelves lying sideways on top. so nothing is built in here. I have basically put all this up myself. I am forever re organising things to make the space more streamlined.

I love my wall of colour. These are my favourite draws. I used to be able to get them from Bunnings but they don't stock them anymore! :(  They are great because the draw just comes out while you are working with it and when you are finished you just throw everything back in the draw and put it back away. They used to come in a set of 3 or 4 draws and you could take the tops and bottoms off and join them together. I have flowers, buttons and beads up the top.

These containers come from Woolies. I have been collecting them for about 6 years Every now and then I would grab a few more with the groceries. They are perfect for the flowers and buttons. I love that you can get your hand in the tops and they are plastic so no chance on them smashing. They are also a lot lighter to sit up on a shelf.

The key to any good organisation is to label everything. I would be forever going around in circles if things weren't labelled. These draws have all my ribbons and bits and pieces of embellishments by colour.
I have a row of Themed Draws with rub on's Words and Stickers etc
1. Holiday/ Beach/ Travel
2. Celebrations/ Christmas
3. Wedding/ Love
4. Sports/ School/ Music/ Pets
5. Friends
6. Boys
7. Girls
8. Baby/ Family
9. Grandparents/ Heritage
10. Sentiments
Then I have a row of Light Colours of each shade
then Bright Colours And Dark Colours.
And on the right is a row of Paper Scraps by colour.
I only put square or rectangle pieces of scraps in these draws, I always trim off any uneven shapes.

And just to show you, my room doesn't always look that tidy, this is after one project!!!
At least it is quick and easy to put everything away.

I got these gorgeous frames around these pics from Designer Digitals

I hope you have enjoyed the tour through my little room! It really is my Happy Place! :)
Thanks for Dropping By!!
Cheers
Michelle xx

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

Thanks for dropping by!!!
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