"Live your life by a compass ..." Dusty Attic Design Team Creation

Hi there friends. I am back with you today to share my personal creation for The

Dusty Attic.

My project for this month came about solely from one little itty bitty piece of chipboard.  It was the Quoted Sentiments that I found in my Dusty Attic goodies box from the boss. I am sure she has done this one for me. Absolutely heart wrenching quotes, perfect for seaside projects. And it was the quote "Live life by a compass, not a clock", that really pulled on my heart strings. So this was my starting point, and everything come from that one sentiment. Inspiration sometimes comes from the smallest of things. 

So I had the sentiment, and because this is my personal post I wanted to concentrate on everything Dusty Attic. So I pulled all the pieces and some more I thought I would like to use. They are listed at the bottom for you. The quote speaks of compasses and clocks so of course they were my next chipboard pieces. But firstly I started with a bare background of corrugated Dusty Attic card. These come in 12 x 12 sheets and never before I have I used one as my sole base so this was going to be a little challenging. I primed it with clear gesso and once dried I did some freehand dressing of a spackle using a palette knife. I applied it quite heavily and left it to dry overnight. I gave it another coat of clear gesso and then went to work colouring my piece with acrylics and embossing powders.

I left the base to dry and then went to work by priming my chipboards. Some with clear and some with white gesso depending on the outcome I was looking for. Gold embossing powder was my base for the scrolls. The Baroque flourishes were dressed with two differing embossing powders to give a thick textural look. You will see in the photo below the differing blue powders. Once these  were all done I worked on the placement for each piece. I didn't use any matting for my photo, I simply sanded the edges and then swiped some acrylic paint around also. The photo was mounted up on some old chipboard outers from my stash.

I absolutely love the etchings in the Baroque flourishes. So I did my best not to cover these and left the pieces shine as much as I could. Eventually I used the flourishes to frame my photo and the sides and then the base. 

I found a half piece of the largest Skeleton Clockfaces. I then cut through the centre of it cutting out partially the numbers.  Again it was dressed similarly to the other pieces like the scrolls. I made another cluster above the clockface piece at the top right of my project. I added the two compasses that were both dressed in medias differently. I popped a couple of the smaller flourishes from the Baroque Flourish #4 set and a couple of flowers to finish off the cluster. 

I also added in some broken pendant pieces from the Elegant Pearls set that were floating in the draw. I added to the top of these some cute little hearts from the heart attack panel. Lastly I added in my Sentiment amongst the scrolls at the base of the project. I finished off by dry brushing some elements and adding in flower pearl, sequins and art stones.

Well that is all from me today. As I mentioned I have added in the products used for this project below. Just click on the links below the product photos to take you to the shop.

Until next time take care and stay safe. 

Tina x

Dusty Attic Products Used

Quoted Sentiments #2

Dusty Attic Corrugated Card 

Dusty Attic Skeleton Clockfaces 12 x 12  DA0430 

Baroque Flourish #3

Baroque Flourish #4

Scroll Set #1

Anchor #2

Heart Attack Panel Small #2

Mini Compasses

Compass Rose #2

Other Products

Liquitex Clear and White Gesso

Viva Modellier Creme - turquoise

49andMarket Sugar Petals in Raspberry

49andMarket Sugar Posies in Raspberry

49andMarket Sugar Posies in Butterscotch

Stampendous Aged Marine Embossing Enamel

Stampendous Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel

Ranger Embossing Powder Weathered White

Ranger Embossing Powder Gold

Versamark Embossing Ink

Versamarket Watermark Pen

Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot

Dress My Craft Flower Pearls - Golden

Dress My Craft White Sunshine Sequins

Finnabairs Art Stones

Ranger Distress Oxide Walnut Stain

"Happiness" Maja DT / Dusty Attic Project December

Hello once again and welcome. Today I am here to share a project created for both 
Maja Designs and Dusty Attic, I have combined my Design Team work into one making life a little easier for myself this month!
We recently celebrated our youngests 12th birthday, and thinking of what to buy her was a total nightmare. It kept me awake for many nights. But one night I had an epiphany! Chickens!! My husband thought that I had lost my marbles finally, but as it turns out, they were the best birthday present she has ever received. This particular photo was one of many taken only days after she received them. I think this photo captures her true happiness. She is so very devoted to these little guys who, may I add, have grown very quickly over the past 4 weeks. They love to sit on her shoulder and feed from her hands. She even does her violin practice outside with them whilst they are running free under her strict supervision. So with this I created a soft pretty page to help her remember her happiness at receiving these little guys. Oh and by the way the little one in the photo with her has been named "Duck"...so very funny....but as funny as it sounds it really does suit her!! 
This has been titled......"Happiness".

Ok so now onto the layout. Like I said I wanted to create something something soft and pretty, so to do this I have used Maja Design's Vintage Spring Basics collection. I have teamed the 7th of April with the 2nd of April bs. When I started out I really didn't have much of an idea of where I was going with it but as the days rolled on I started to lean towards more of a mixed media layout.

My first piece of Dusty Attic that I used was this gorgeous Floral Frame #2. I have dressed it heavily in Vintage Silver Embossing Enamel. I love the effect it left on the chippie after a few layers.

I also used the same embossing powder to create some texture on the Maja Design 7th of April patterned paper. You can also see here the bottom part of the frame. The other Dusty Attic piece I used was from the ATC Frame Set #2. This was dressed in Liquid Pearls (Buttercup). Over the top of it I added some of the embossing enamel to bring the layout together. 

You can see the frame better in the photo below. 

I have also used a little Viva Inka Gold to colour my background and help these photos pop. And some splashes of gesso and more inka gold.

I have used some gorgeous Prima Marketing Blooms to embellish the page along with Green Tara blossoms and a most gorgeous Lace Motif piece from my go to shop A Place to Create.One of the Prima Blooms I changed up, to co-ordinate with my background colourings. The Green Tara blossoms were also coloured with the liquid pearls and Distress Ink Walnut Stain.

And a new favourite Dusty piece is this Page Pebble from the #9 pack. This is just adorable. It too was dressed with Liquid Pearls and Embossing Enamel.

Well that is all from me today. I really do hope you enjoyed your visit here today. Until next time happy scrapping.

Tina xo

Other Products Used

Versamark Embossing Ink

Stampendous Aged Silver Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Distress Crackle

Viva Inka Gold Turkis Turquoise

Liquid Pearls (Buttercup)

Kaisercraft Clear Stamp – Postmarks

Large Lace Motifs

Green Tara Flower Stems