CSI Case Study #8 - You

Yayyy... play time and I headed straight for CSI this morning to check out their new Case Study... sooooo nice!!

And here is what I created:

Look look... NEW Dusty, so new it's yet to be released.  But it won't be long now, so love this compass piece!

 

I have used:

Chipboard
Dusty Attic Compass
Dusty Attic Nameplate

Papers
Basic Grey "Periphery" - Pinot Noir
Kaiser "These Days" - Family
K&Co "Urban" Diecut Mat Pad

Other
Tattered Angels GlimmerGlass - Travel
Basic Grey "Out of Print" Chip Stickers
Basic Grey "Periphery" Die Shapes
Websters Bling
Crate Paper Stickers
Jillibean Soup Corrugated Alphas

Mediums
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Unbleached Titanium
Clearsnap SmoochSpritz by Donna Salazar - River Mossy, Ice Rink & Olive Vine
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Prima Chalk Inks - Old Road & Olive Vine
Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx by Donna Salazar - Jasmine


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CSI - Case Study #4

Week 4 of the CSI Challenges, and the last for us Dusty Girls as sponsors... but it won't be the last for me, I loved playing along and will continue to challenge myself with them!

This weeks palette was ME, love love love these colours!

Here is my layout... our little kitty cat again!  

The lovely Dusty Attic Vine Swirl was just the piece for this LO, long and elegant!  I've painted this one with a creamy toned paint and then sprayed them with Smooch Spritz and dried them off, once dried it was touched with crackle accents.  The crackle seals the colours in, and if spread very thinly dries with the finest little cracks, love it!!

Pretty flowers... I don't have very many Prima ones left anymore {because I have the most wonderful selection of Green Tara ones, so I'm a bit spoiled flower wise}, but I love that I had just the perfect colour in my stash!   

Do you like those Calla Lillies from Green Tara, aren't they sweet!?  It's refreshing to have something a bit different and the shape was just what i needed for this little cluster.

Mmmm I haven't used German Scrap for ages, I found this piece below when I had my big clean out, such a gorgeous shape!

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Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Swirl Vine #2

Flowers:
Green Tara Calla Lillies - Ivory with Brown Stamens
Green Tara Maple Leaves
Assorted Prima Flowers
Kaiser Blooms

Paper:
Core'dinations Cardstock
Prima Printery
BoBunny Enchanted
Fancy Pants Oct 31st

Other:
BoBunny Enchanted Noteworthy
German Scrap
American Crafts Thickers
Kay's Kreative Butterflies
Melissa Frances Vintage Resin
Kaiser Rhinestones
K&Co Brads
Maya Road Pins
Trinkets from Tomorrow's Memories



Tools:
Ingvild Bolme Distress Tool by Prima
Artisan Template
Martha Stewart Punch - Cherish


Mediums:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White
Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - River Mossy {for Donna Salazar} & Ice Rink
Inkssentials Crackle Accents

CSI Case Study #3

Loving these colour challenges... I didn't get mine done in time for the reveal this week, but am enjoying these so much I still wanted to play!!

This weeks colours were soft and delicious... I adored them!

So I scrapped myself and E... isn't she just gorgeous, inside and out.

I used Donna Salazar's Spring in Bloom and Antiquities papers for this palette, they were perfect, but I only have some 8x8 pads left so needed a background.  While trying to find the 'right' background I decided to create one using some resist Bazzill... but I didn't have the right mists to create such a soft colour palette, however I found something that I feel works even better - Mix'd Media Inx Refillers.  It's a pigment ink so dries slow and doesn't sink right in straight away... which means it gives plenty of time to blend and smoosh them all together to get everything just the way you want them.  I LOVE them!

I finally used Dusty's Lacing Tash, how sweet is this piece?  

It was painted white and then I used Mix'd Media Inx again to get that wonderful colour.  It was sealed with a fine coat of Crackle Accents... nice and simple finish.

Another shot of the Lacing Tash... the gingham ribbon was so sweet and I liked the look of it draped down, so left it that way!

Products used:

Dusty Attic Lacing Tash
Dusty Attic Typewriter Font Alphabet Set
Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom 8x8 Paper Pad for GCD Studios
Donna Salazar Antiquities 8x8 Paper Pad for GCD Studios
Bazzill Resist
Paper Doily
7 Gypsies Tags
Prima Flowers, Paper RosesBrass Charms from Lindy's Stamp Gang
Gingham Ribbon
DMC Thread

Mediums used:
Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx Re-Inkers {Denim, Honey, Chiffon} for Clearsnap
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint {Titanium White}


Tools used:
Donna Salazar Shadow Flowers Die for Spellbinders
Martha Stewart Punches



Thanks for visiting, take care and

CSI Case Study #2

Here is our scene from CSI this week... such bright fresh colours!

and my layout... which I have to admit having fun with.  Not my usual colours, but that's the point of the challenge... to push, to grow!   I love the happiness these colours portrayed.

and some yummy details...

a sheer butterfly from Kay's Kreative flittering around the flowers...

Dusty Attic gates and fence... simply treated with white paint, Tim Holtz Stains and Fairy Dust Glitter

Green Tara Flowers, Kaiser Resin, Prima Resin Birdhouse and yummy hand made flowers using Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom PP and Donna Salazar's Rose Creations Die

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 another flittering butterfly... and a yummy hand crocheted doily from Michelle.

Products used:
Dusty Attic Wrought Iron Fence Border
Dusty Attic Ornate Gates, Mini
Green Tara 6.5cm Aster Batik - Sunset FDS029BatSS4
Greet  Tara 4cm Aster Batik - Sunset FDS026BatSS4
Green Tara 2cm Roses - White FDR006Wh
Green Tara 1cm Roses - White FDR001Wh
GCD Studios Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom 8x8 Paper Pad

White Cardstock
Prima Flower
Stencil from Rouge de Garance Diecut PP
Rouge de Garance PP
Bo Bunny Diecuts
AC Thickers
Kaiser Transparent Diecuts
Maya Road Trim
Buttons
Hand Crocheted Doily
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
DMC Thread

Mediums used:

Clearsnap Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter - Mixed Berries
Clearsnap Glue Gloss
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White
Tim Holtz Stains
Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Mallard, Sky Blue

Tools used:
Spellbinders Donna Salazar Rose Creations Die
Martha Stewart Punch - Cherish




Thanks for visiting, take care and

CSI Case Study #1

There's a new colour challenge site in town and it's pretty cool!  It's CSI - Colour, Stories, Inspiration - and the whole idea is fabulous!  There is the "Scene" which is the colour palette... with 5 colours!  Then there is "Evidence" which are a list of items to include on your layout and finally the "Testimony" which is the journaling base/ideas to go with it all!!

This is the Scene for Case Study #1: chartreuse green / dark moss green / goldish-yellow / red / greenish-gray

And here is my layout - I got to play Guest Designer!!
{yeah, in the CSI Frame because I think it's pretty cool}

Now what's better than a new Colour Challenge site... the fact that Dusty Attic is sponsoring them for their first month and there will be a yummy Dusty Prize Pack up for grabs, so go check them out, have a play and join in and you could get Dusty with us!!

So some closeups:

One of my new faves from Dusty, the Corner Flourish #1... here I have trimmed it to fit the flower cluster.  It was painted cream, then dabbed with LSG Starburst Stain {Cajun Carnelian Red}, dried and them embossed randomly with LSG Terracotta Rust, Ranger Liquid Platinum & Tarnished Gold, and then sprinkled with Metal Skin Glitter by Alison Ellis.

A mix of flowers here with some Green Tara Roses finishing them all off perfectly {they always have just the right sizes to make a cluster 'work'}

Some Prima Bling... and also a Resin Flower from Handmade Halo, the grey/green of it was PERFECT for this colour palette!

And lastly a sweet PinkPaislee Butterfly flittering away around some die-cut Shadow Flowers by Donna Salazar for Spellbinders.

Products used:

Dusty Attic Corner Flourish #1

Green Tara Roses, 3cm, 2cm & 1.5cm

KandCo Ancestry Papers

7 Gypsies Gypsy Market, Moe

DCWV Mariposa PP

Basic Grey Designer Cardstock

Handmade Halo Resin Flowers

Prima Flower, Trinkets, Trim, Pebble and Bling

Kaiser Flower, Tag and Card

Maya Road Hat Pin

Tim Holtz Tag

7 Gypsies Label

Vintage Lace

Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden Butterfly

Hemp Thread

Mediums used:

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Stain {Cajun Carnelian Red}

Lindy's Stamp Gang TwoToned Embossing Powder {Terracotta Rust}

Ranger Embossing Powder {Liquid Platinum and Tarnished Gold}

Alison Ellis Glitter {Metal Skin}

Tools used:

Spellbinders Die by Donna Salazar, Shadow Flowers

Martha Stewart Punch, Doily Border

Thanks for visiting, take care and