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Saturday, 23 March 2019

Dusty Attic Mood Board Inspiration - March 2019

Hi and welcome to Autumn. This mood board for me inspired feelings of bare nature and wooded lands. A compliment to my barren arctic canvas which is my other inspiration for this month.

I dug around in my generous stash of chipboard and found some pieces that I thought fit the theme I had in mind... I pushed them around on my page until I thought I had a winner.

Here is my thought process while creating... I add and subtract and take 1000 images. My poor phone!!

I used my Dusty Attic Stencil to create some interest in the background. I used my pastes to add coloured texture.

Time to colour my chipboard!

I played around with so many elements. I coloured it with water colour on raw chipboard and compared it to metallic paint.

I added some embossing powders,

Rust paste and wax

and Acrylic paints...

I really got to play with those textures I would have found in the forest...

Here are some close ups of the finished project.

Thanks for looking!!

Have fun creating off our March Mood Board!!

Products Used:

Corrugated Cardstock

Designer Disc's #16 - Dreamcatcher

Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Fierce & Fearless - Colour Blast Australia

Hi Everyone...

Here is a fun image from Tyler's Yr 6 Farewell... We scrapped him with his brothers... Now we get to see him with his father!

I really LOVE the way the colours came together on this one!!

So happy with the results!

So happy to have received some of the fancy new Graffiti Grunge papers by Michelle Grant!! I had a rifle through them and set my heart on using these for a high impact layout...

I also got to use my new Graffiti Grunge - Do It range of stamps!

How sexy are those stamped images?? At this stage I was pretty sure that I was going to make a hot mess of the background... So I protected it with a layer of Clear gesso beforehand.

Woot Woot... New Stencils. this time its Michelle's A4 Chain Links Stencil (Large) I really like to mix my Colour Blast Colour Paste with other colours to get a marbled effect. I love to see the way they interact with each other. I added some Colour Paste in Apple of my Eye and Just Blue. Then when I felt that they had fallen too far into the background I made them pop with some Colour Paste in Leather! The perfect metallic.

Check out the shimmery goodness in this almost Patina like effect.

Now for some Colour Blast Shimmer Dust. I love my mini misters!! Here I chose Colour Shimmer Dust in Duke, Navy and Paris. The best part was when they blended and I created my own custom colour of Teal! Check it out below in the full image of the finished background.

When I create I have a habit of creating the foreground and the background in two independent pieces.. Then if I want to add some extra layers... Too easy! Here is the Matt I created for my photo. I inked some of the edges and added some plasterers tape and some Sisal to break up the layers. I feel as though this adds volume.

Here am working on creating some gorgeous embellishments with my Dust Attic Chipboard and my Colour Blast Gesso (White) and my Colour Embossing Powder in Leather and Stormy Sky.

This is the finished background... See the Teal??

I added some Paint splatters with my Colour Blast Gesso watered down and tapped my brush with my scissors to release the droplets...

Seems too good to cover up...

But my boys are just as good to look at!! Wink Wink!!

Here is a close up of the layers of Stamping, Stencil, Water colour and some paint splatters. #burstingwithlife

Finally the part we all love... Putting the pieces together!!

Close ups of the finished project!!

Thanks for looking... If you have any new creations with the Graffiti Grunge range pop them up on the Colour Blast Creative Corner and I can spread some love back your way!!

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Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Sunkissed Summer Days - Colour Blast

Hi everybody.

I had so much fun with the pink grunge that I tried to do something similar, with a twist. I love this one as it has a real comic book feel to it, check it out! Lots of watery effects and Black & White + One.

Here is the full effect!

To start with I used a large stamp and stamped half the page filling in gaps and using the part of the stamp that appealed to me the most. Those eyes!! I'm in love... Make sure you use Archival ink for this step. If you dont you will have colour runs later.

I had a stamping fail the first time I tried to create the background! As it goes in Mixed Media though... There are no mistakes, only Opportunities! Ephemera, I hear you say.. stay tuned!

Time for some colouring in!! I grabbed a handful of blues and greens. In the end I felt that the Green wasn't the look for this page and in settled on Colour Artist Inks - Calypso and Colour Shimmer Dust in Peacock, Cobalt, Duke and Midnight.

TIP: I made some misters - so much easier for me when working on my Glass craft mat.

Using Colour Blast Heavy Gesso in Black I coloured in some of my favorite Dusty Attic Chipboard!!

TIP: Use a makeup sponge.. Perfect application!

For the final product I used a little bit of Wax to highlight them. I wanted to keep the background neutral so it would give the Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Paste the focus... You will see that coming up.

I used three different shades of Colour Paste. I put Stormy Weather and Steel side by side on my palette to create some colour variation in the bricks. I used Colour Paste Dusty Charcoal for the numbers.

I used a graduated hand when applying through my stencil for variation.

I love the way that the stamping came through in some areas.

Look at how cool this turned out!!

I added some extra stamping in an script and some checkers to bring the brickwork closer to the action.

You can see that in the final image.

And what project is complete without Splatters!! I added some in an earthy tone. We were saturated with Blues and Blacks. I used my Colour Blast Colour Spray in Coffee.

Here is a close up of the final layout with all the elements blended together. I used a pigment pen to highlight some of the features in the ephemera I created and DONE!!

Make sure that you check out the new release collection from Michelle Grant if you are a Grunge Fan!!

Her February release is AMAZING!! Graffiti Grunge.

If i have inspired you pop your project onto Facebook!

Abela Artistry

Monday, 18 February 2019

Dusty Attic Mood Board Inspiration - February 2019

Welcome to February at Dusty Attic!! Here is some inspiration for the mood board to get that creative Mojo into swing...

I loved playing around with the chipboard this time as it created a gorgeous Tiara. I complimented it with some Dusty Attic Stencils and papers from AB Studio from the 'In Wonderland' & 'Dreamland' collection...

Hope you like it!

Here is one of my favourite techniques... I like to prime my chipboard with gesso and then tap it with a flat brush to create peaks and ridges. It gives the colour somewhere to sit and pool creating exciting colour variations. Its best to dry in between layers if you want to use more than one colour.

After priming my page in Clear Gesso I used Dusty Attic stencil in Crosshatch and embossed, then I used some embellishment mousse through the Dusty Attic stencil in Creative Script.

Popped some stamping in the background in organic shapes and textures. I played with using Gesso, yellow & coral colour options before I settled on some walnut spray for colour.

TIP: I use the area that will be covered by my focal point as a little tester. It lets me know how the product will react or if I like the effect.

Here is a close up of all the mixed media elements put together.

Here comes the fun... I fussy cut papers from AB studio and along with flowers from 49 & Market created my collage. I embossed my title in Orange Popsicle from Lindy's. I needed a solid colour with out shimmer to make the page come together.

I LOVE this chipboard!! Its so versatile as a frame or an edge or in this case a TIARA.. I coloured it with some teal shimmer spray used some glossy accents to add dimension.

Dusty Attic Pearls and Micro beads on the pendant after also used some Glossy Accents and a little wax to highlight some areas. I finished off with dry brushing with Gesso and some splatters...