It's All About Me - Dusty Attic Design Team

 Good morning 

Today I've gone steampunk again. I've had this round wooden serving tray in my stash for a little while to do something with, and this month was the month. I have also taken my inspiration from this month's mood board challenge.

I started by adding some white crackle paste to the base (which is now the top) and around the sides. I helped it crackle by heating it a little. I then used a combination of Lindys Magicals and Distress Stains to get the colouring I wanted. I wasn't aiming for a tree stump look, but I think that's kind of what I ended up with. Happy accident.

I had this beautiful paper collection from Studio 73 which I cut some elements from and added them to the now top of the tray using a combination of levels of foam tape and clear drying glue. I also added some tulle ruffles to the skirt for extra dimension and softeness.

I also added some 49 and Market Flowers just to soften it a little.

The chipboard title "It's All About Me" - DA33419 - https://dustyattic.com.au/product/its-all-about-me/ - was simply inked with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink and then stuck down.

The remaining chipboard pieces were inked with a combination of rusty orange colour distress oxided inks and speckled egg distress oxide ink.. They were then tucked in amongst the layers of the papers and flowers

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I finished off my project by adding some glossy accents to the title and to the dress and cat.

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Heather

A Colouring Card - Dusty Attic Design Team

 Good morning

Today I've just done 1 card, but there was many hours in this card. As with a lot of my brighter more artsy projects, it has been inspired by techniques that I learnt from the lovely Tracy Scott

I started with some white cardstock and my Dusty Attic Stencil DA1318 Warped Flower Stencil. I laied the stencil on my card front then traced it with a lead pencil

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I then used my Prismacolor Pencils to colour in each segment that I had traced. Each segment has 4 different shades of pencil that was layered 3 times each.

I then used a black gel pen to colour in all the white area that was left. You could also use a fine paintbrush and black paint to do this. I also added some white gel pen accents to each coloured in section.

I get asked a lot about white gel pens. My favourite is the Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen

The flourish chipboard is DA3327 Botanic Accents. I simply used a gold paint pen to colour it in

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The title is from the pack DA1291 Mini Captions #2, and I used a hot pink chalk pen to colour it in

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All of the chipboard and stencil used on this card can be found on the Dusty Attic website, https://dustyattic.com.au/

Well that's it for me again this time. I hope I've inspired you to look at your stencils in a different way.

Heather