1. Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I am sharing my take on the October mood board. When my son, Wynand, sent me these cute photos of Lukas and Eben I just knew that I wanted to use ALL the photos to tell the story.


    The Mood board:


    Dusty Attic product used:

    Blueprint word pack

    Industrial Cluster #1

    Industrial Cluster #3

    Custom Mixed Chipboard -Industrial

    Some close up details:
    I used different acrylic paints to create a rust effect on the industrial chipboard pieces.

    I clustered the various chipboard pieces around the photos.

    The Chipboard titles were heat embossed.



    I just love how fun and rustic this page turned out.

    Why not enter the Mood Board challenge yourself? All you need to do is add your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page HERE for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any. Good Luck and have fun creating.

    Until next time.  Happy crafting.


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  2. Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I have the pleasure of sharing some inspiration for October.  My favourite place is the beach.  This photo documents a long walk on the beach and finding a precious pansy shell.  The shell is very delicate and fragile, so this page will be framed to protect the shell.  I used papers from the Penelope Dee Tidal Florals collection. 


    Products used:

    Baby Word pack #1

    Baby Word pack #2

    Ocean Elements #2

    Sand dollars

    Some close up details:
    I decided that I wanted to let the photos and the pansy shell take center stage, so I kept the embellishing to the minimum.

    I heat embossed the word chipboards.

    The sand dollars and the sea grass was painted with acrylic paint.

    The Pansy Shell takes center stage and to protect it this page will be framed.

    I love the added texture of hand stitching on my pages.

    The final touch was added by splattering some gold twinkling H2O in gold and adding a few enamel dots around the page.

    Until next time.  Happy crafting.















     


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  3. I used the beautiful Penelope DeeTIDAL FLORALS collection to document our hike on Robberg  with our grandson, Lukas.


    So close up details:






    White cardstock was used for the background.  Antique Linen distress ink and Stormy Sky distress ink was applied through a stencil to the backgound.  Blocks were cut from ROCKY SHORE (b-side) and CORAL (b-side).  A strip was cut from ANEMONE and a banner from OCEAN TALES.  Hand stitched circles were added to the top corner of the page.  The Coral and seaweed chipboard was heat embossed with Lindy’s Cleopatra’s Copper embossing powder. A few of the circle chipboard and the title was coloured with Rusty Hinge Oxide Ink.  The page was embellished with elements fussy cut from SALTWATER paper.  Finally Wedgewood Blue Nuvo Crystal drops were added to the clusters. 

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  4. I used the beautiful new Penelope Dee TIDAL FLORALS collection to document our hike on Robberg with our grandson, Lukas.


    Some close up details:






    White cardstock was used for the background.  Antique Linen distress ink and Stormy Sky distress ink was applied through a stencil to the backgound.  ROCKY SHORE (b-side) forms the large block and strips were cut from CORAL and ROCKPOOL (b-side).  One of the strips of ROCKPOOL was border punched and adhered to the ROCKY SHORE paper.  Two large circles were hand stitched after the paper was adhered.  Photos was matted on white and grey cardstock and added to the page.  Little banners were cut from CORAL and OCEAN TALES and added behind some of the photos.  Two tags, tickets and fussy cut elements were added to embellish the page. The JUST BEACHY chipboard was coloured with Ground Expresso Oxide Ink.  Two of the seaweed chipboards were added to the clusters.  Finally a few orange gems and Wedgewood Blue Nuvo Crystal drops were added.

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  5. Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I am sharing my take on the September mood board. I used a photo of my beautiful daughter taken on her wedding day.


    The beautiful Moodboard:

    Dusty Attic products used:

    Lillies

    Mini Caption #28

    Some close up images:
    I first prepared my background by applying distress inks in the complimentary colours along the edges of the white cardstock.  I then matted the cardstock on a patterned paper.

    I painted the lilies with acrylic paint and shaded it.  When I wanted to add it to my page it was just too bright so I diluted white acrylic paint with water and gave the lilies and leaves a white wash to soften the colours.

    I have started to hand stitch on my pages again and I love the texture that it adds.  I added some white 49 and Market lilies and die cut foliage.

    Lastly I added some soft blue pearls and two vellum butterflies.  I love how a mood board can be used to make either a bright layout or a muted one, depending on your photos.

    Why not enter the Mood Board challenge yourself? All you need to do is add your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page HERE for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any. Good Luck and have fun creating.

    Until next time.  Happy crafting.





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  6. Lynette here, welcome to the blog today. I have the pleasure of sharing some inspiration for August.  My favourite place is the beach.  This photo documents our first visit to the beach when restrictions were lifted in February 2021. I used papers from the Penelope Dee Paradise collection.  So good to feel the sand between our toes again.


    Dusty Attic products used:
    Mini Captions #2

    Custom Mixed Chipboard - Beach days

    Seagulls

    Mini Seagulls

    Mini Jelly fish

    Some close up details:
    I used a very simple design for this page and went back to one of my passions...that is stitching on my pages.  The seagulls were painted with white acrylic paint.

    This mini jelly fish are just adorable.  I painted it with white acrylic paint and then just added touches of blue and pink to it.

    The fish net was painted with acrylic brown paint and the sea grass and shells were first painted white and then with touches of pink and blue acrylic paint.  The title was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

    Again the fish net was painted with brown acrylic paint and the shells and seagull with white acrylic paint the shells were touched with blue and pink paint and the seagull was shaded with Oxide ink in Hickory Smoke.

    Thank you for visiting the blog.  Visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing designs.

    Happy crafting

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  7. Hi there,  It is such a delight to work with the new Penelope Dee Gardenia collection.  The colours of this collection is just perfect for our recent sunset photoshoot.

      I used white cardstock as the background.  Antique Linen Distress Ink was added through the stencil to the background.   The photo was matted on GLORIOUS.  

    A large block of GLORIOUS was used and hand stitching was added around the edges.  A strip of DELIGHTFUL and a banner cut from ENCHANTED (B-side) was layered over this. 

      A strip of DELIGHTFUL bordered with a punched border from ENCHANTED (B-side) was added along the top of the page and handstitched.  A tag was cut from of GRACEFUL (b-side) and layered over the doily behind the photo.



    The page was then embellished with a chipboard title and heart and various fussy cut elements and die cut butterflies.  The gold Nuvo glitter drops were the final touch.

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  8. I used the YOU-NIQUE collection to document a photo of my gorgeous grandson.

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    I layered ADORED, STRONG and ENOUGH (b-side) patterned papers behind her photo and added a strip of BLESSED for contrast. I handstitched around the BLESSED (b-side) patterned paper and around the edges of the white cardstock to frame the page. Flags were cut from the FABULOUS journaling blocks and added to top left. Embellishing was then done with chipboard and fussy cut elements with some barcode strips. The page was finished off using Duck Egg NUVO crystal drops.

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  9. I used the Penelope Dee You-Nique collection to document photos of her children in Australia.


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    I used ENOUGH paper (b-side) as the background and applied white gesso through the You-Nique stencil. I layered ADORED, STRONG and ENOUGH papers in layers behind the photos that was matted on white cardstock and popped up with foam tape. I cut three banners from BLESSED, matted it on white cardstock and added it directly below the three photos. A border strip was punched from ENOUGH and added directly below the photos. SI used chipboard pieces and fussy cut elements from the cut apart sheet. Butterflies were die cut from ADORED and BLESSED to complete the embellishing.

     

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  10. I used the Penelope Dee WILD AND FREE collection to document these cute photos of my grandson.

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     White card stock was stitched to NATURAL patterned paper. I cut strips from the SERENE and WILDERNESS papers and used the b-side to frame the three photos.  A circle was cut from the CAREFREE paper to create a home for the title.  Crushed Olive and Antique Linen Distress Oxide was stamped onto the background to frame the photo cluster. Circles, the Wonder definition, a ticket and a few leaves were cut from the fussy cutting sheet to embellish the page.

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