Simply Renee and Dusty Attic - Blog Hop

Welcome to the Simply Renee and Dusty Attic Blog Hop!  We have much inspiration to share with you today!  Oh and of course... some fabulous prizes!

Simply Renee manufactures quality products that help you customize your organizational needs.  You may be familiar with their Clip it Up products.  You can view Simply Renee’s complete product line on their website.  They are having an amazing sale right now!  

For this blog hop, Simply Renee has teamed up with The Dusty Attic, an Australian owned and operated laser cutting business that designs and manufactures craft items and embellishments.  You can view some of these wonderful products as well as beautiful projects by fellow crafters on the Dusty Attic Ning site.  As you hop along with us today, you will see inspirational projects made by some of the talented Dusty Girls!  Here is the project I created for you using Dusty Attic chipboard embellishments.

This is my space... snippets of where I create.  It's a work in progress, I am continually adding and changing, moving to different rooms and back again, but I think I have it all just about perfect now {well it will be once my hubby installs my wall mounted Clip It Up's}!

And some closeups of Dusty goodies!

The new Scroll #8 and a snippet of one of the Nameplate #5.

The Scroll #8 was painted with white paint and then inked with Chiffon and Peridot Mix'd Media Ink, sprayed with Smooch Spritz and then Embossed.

The Nameplate was painted white and then coated with Fairy Dusty Glitter using some Allison Ellis Hot Set Glue as the adhesive.

The newest products to Dusty Attic... Dusty in Bloom!  Yep... Dusty are stocking their very own flowers, stunning aren't they!  They'll be available for order for retailers very soon.

And some more snippets:

 

I was inspired to cut up and tuck in the nameplates by one of Belinda Spencer's layouts... such a cute idea!!

so...

What prizes are we giving away today?

Simply Renee is giving away a Clip it Up Base Unit, an Upper Tier and Zip Bags!

(Product Not Included)

The Dusty Attic is also giving away a prize pack filled with gorgeous chipboard elements and a few surprise goodies!  

So what do you need to do for a chance to win?

* Become a follower of the Simply Renee Blog and the Dusty Attic Blog

* Become a fan of the Simply Renee and Dusty Attic Facebook fan page

* Leave a comment on each blog of the hop

A winner will be chosen on March 22, 2012 and will be announced on both the Simply Renee and Dusty Attic blogs.

Wait!  There’s more!  Simply Renee is having another giveaway at this very moment!  

They are giving away one of these...

 (Product not included.  All-In-One accessories awarded may differ from those shown.)

An All-In-One with accessories!  The All-In-One Giveaway ends on March 20, 2012.  To enter, become a follower of their blog, a fan of their Facebook fan page and check their blog each day to find out what you need to do to receive extra entries.  Plus every item purchased on their website during the giveaway gives you an extra entry!

Now head on over to Tomoko’s blog to see what my Dusty Sister has created for you!  

If you get lost along the way, you can return to the Simply Renee Blog for the full list of blogs to visit.

Good Luck!

Thanks for visiting, take care and

Products used: 

Chipboard:

Dusty Attic Scroll #8

Dusty Attic Nameplate #5

Dusty Attic Mini Words #3

Patterned Paper:

GCD Studios - Spring in Bloom - White Roses

GCD Studios - Crafty Chronicle - Younique

BoBunny - Country Garden - Almanac

BoBunny - Country Garden - Morning

BoBunny - Country Garden - Vines

Flowers:

Dusty Attic Dusty in Bloom - Celestial White

Dusty Attic Dusty in Bloom - Leaves

Bling:

Rhinestone Trim

Ink:

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Peridot, Jasmine, Chiffon

Embossing Powder:

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Magic Moon Pearls

Colour:

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - Sea Breeze, River Mossy, Ice Rink

Medium:

Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White

Glitter:

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Sugar Shimmer

Punches:

Martha Stewart

Tools/Machines:

Zutter Bind it All

Other:

Zutter Corrugated Board

American Crafts Cardstock - Dark Kraft

Lace Trim, Crochet Trim

Authentique Diction Stickers

Carolee's Adorn It Alpha Stickers - Burlap Rust

KaiserCraft Resin Flower

Pink Paislee and Prima Buttons

DMC Thread

Adhesives:

Helmar Tiger Grip

2/S Tape

Foam Tape

Allison Ellis Hot Set Powder

Sugar

Yeah I know... the cat again!  But she's so sweet, and is part of our family... and lets me take photos LOL!  

I created my own flowers again, these using my English Rose technique but using the Rose Creations Die... they are so so pretty!  I am loving having my flowers match the papers I use perfectly!  The smaller flowers have used less paper layers, and I have mixed patterned papers and cardstock for these ones.

The Dusty Attic Baroque Frame was just perfect for this, it was painted with a cream coloured paint and then spritz with smooch spritz, glittered here and there and then covered with crackle accents.

A sweet butterfly, some Green Tara flowers and little resin flowers from Handmade Halo finishes it all off just right!

Thanks for visiting, take care and

Products used:

Patterned Paper:

Kaiser - These Days - Reunion

Kaiser - These Days - Family

Kaiser - These Days - Paper Pad

Kaiser - Sweet Nothings - Paper Pad

My Minds Eye - Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing

Amercian Crafts Cardstock - Kraft

Chipboard:

Dusty Attic Baroque Frame Set - Circle

Flowers:

Green Tara - Roses

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms

Prima {Assorted}

Ink:

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Jasmine

Colour:

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - TeaParty

Medium:

Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Unbleached Titanium

Inkssentials Crackle Accents

Glitter:

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Sugar Shimmer

Dies:

Spellbinders - Rose Creations

Tools/Machines:

Spellbinders - Grand Calibur

Distress Tools

Other:

American Crafts Thickers

Carolee's Alpha Stickers - Burlap Rust

Kaiser Sweet Nothings Sticker Sheet

Kays Kreative Butterfly

Handmade Halo Resin Flowers

Websters Sparklers

Pink Paislee Pebbles

Crochet Trim

DMC Thread

Adhesives:

Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Helmar Tiger Grip

2/S Tape

Dustettes

Last year Jen asked if we could make layouts of the 2011 Dusty Attic Design Team all together, just for fun... I'm a bit slow but I finally did mine... it was such fun with the girlie colours!!

 The "Dustettes" word was cut ages ago by Jen for me, we had a photo with the "Perth Girls' but I wanted to save it to use for us all.  The chippy was painted white then dabbed with Tim Holtz Stains {Victorian Velvet, Dusty Concorde and Spun Sugar}, sprayed with water and then dried off, lastly finished with Crackle Accents and some with Fairy Dust Glitter.    How beautiful are these silk flowers from Green Tara, they have Swarovski crystals as the flower centres, mmmm bling!!

 The little coat hangers are so cute! I have used them to hold some of the subtitles. 

The background uses Pink Paislee Mistables, I love resist papers, love that we can change them to suit just what we are working with.  On this one I used a mix of Chiffon and Truffle Mix'd Media Inx refills, it's so easy!  Just place a few drips here and there and then using a baby wipe just blend it in!

Thanks for visiting, take care and










Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Decorative Trim Set
Dusty Attic Wire Dress Form
Dusty Attic Mini Words
Dusty Attic Mini Coat Hangers
Dusty Attic Custom Cut


Flowers:

Green Tara 3cm Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystals
Green Tara 2cm Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystals
Green Tara Silver Stem, 7 Leaves

Papers:
Donna Salazar Designs 8x8 Paper Pad Spring In Bloom for GCD Studios

Pink Paislee Mist.a.bles
Pion Design Fairytales of Spring "Violet"
Pion Design Studio of Memories "Cut Out Sheet"

Other:
Carolee's Tiny Alpha Stickers
Embroidered/Sequined Tulle & Lace Trim {from Fabulous Fabrics, Perth}

Tools:
Martha Stewart Punch "Cherish"
Donna Salazar Creative Page Tabs Die by Spellbinders

Mediums:
Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx Refill by Clearsnap - Chiffon, Truffle

Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White
Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Victorian Velvet, Dusty Concorde, Spun Sugar
Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter by Clearsnap - Mixed Berries

Inkssentials Crackle Accents

Exquisite - Creative Scrappers #192

Today is Australia Day, a day to celebrate being fabulously Australian... due to the 42 C heat, we chose to stay indoors! Kel played on the computer {when he eventually woke up}, Darren and I watched Series 1 of The Walking Dead and then I scrapped!!  

I've been having fun with the CSI challenges and decided to have a go at a sketch challenge, I haven't done one for ages!  My beautiful friend Natasha is on the team at Creative Scrappers, I had seen this sketch come through on her blog feed, so thought I'd play along with it, and then Natasha challenges me to use 'yellow and cream and kraft', thinking she was being smart - turns out it was just right!

So here's the latest CS Sketch, pretty cool don't you think!

And here is my creation...

I used some left over Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom, the Scroll Border #2 and "Exquisite" from Mini Words #3.  

The Scroll Border #2 was very simply touched with ink on the edges to add an iddy bit of contrast.  

The Cherry Blossom and "Exquisite" were first dabbed with white acrylic paint and while still wet sprayed with Smooch Spritz in Candle Glow and Wood Stain, then covered lightly with crackle accents and dusted with Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream.

Lovely Green Tara Roses... and I've also used some crinkled satin edged organza trim popped in under the Dusty Scroll.

The large flowers were handmade using Spellbinders Rose Creation Die by Donna Salazar.  I have used Donna Salazar's Crafty Chronicle and some Green Tara Banana Fibre papers for the flower layers.  

Crafty Chronicle is awesome for flowers, especially my smooshed paper ones as the paper is thinner than usual patterned paper, so it scrunches {aka smooshes} up easily.   And my new favourite 'go to' product, the Banana Fibre paper, cuts easily in the Spellbinders die and creates such gorgeous soft texture, I am LOVING these papers... do you remember having a stash of them years ago, I know I did and ditched them, I'm kicking myself now as they are just so versatile, especially if you are a texture lover like myself!

I've popped in some Websters Pages Sparklers, Postcards and Diecut Sheets, and used some of Kay's beautiful butterflies {check out her Etsy store HERE, soooo nice}, she always has just the right colours, I so love her butterflies.

Thanks for visiting, take care and
 


Products used:

Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom

Dusty Attic Scroll Border #2
Dusty Attic Mini Words #3
Green Tara Banana Fibre Paper

Green Tara 3cm Roses
Green Tara 2cm Roses
Green Tara 1.5cm Roses
Green Tara 38mm Crinkle Satin Edged Organza

BoBunny Et Cetera Patterned Papers
7 Gypsies Patterned Paper
Authentique Word Stickers

Websters Pages Postcards, Diecut Sheets & Sparklers
Glitz Design Diecut Card
Pink Paislee Acrylic Element
Pink Paislee Mist.a.ble Journal Card
K&Co "Clearly Yours" Epoxy
Kay's Kreative Butterflies
Crocheted Trim
DMC Thread


Mediums used:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint {Titanium White}

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz {Candle Glow & Wood Stain}
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar {Pralines and Cream}
Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink {Olive Vine & Dark Bark}



Tools used:
Spellbinders Rose Creations Die by Donna Salazar
Distress Tool

Stay true...

I started this before Christmas... and then Christmas came, and moving my scrap room {still in progress} and then New Years and Kel's 15th b'day, so it sat there looking sad and unloved for over a week.  But last night after a nice long nanna nap in the arvo I stayed up and played and then it was finished!  And it was FUN!

So this is a pic of me taken at Evana's 40th back in October.  Michelle had straightened my hair and did my makeup and made me all beautiful!

The Dusty Attic Corner Flourish was painted with cream acrylic paint, then inked and blended, then sprayed with smooch spritz and finally given a glaze of crackle accents and sprinkled with Fairy Dusty Glitter!

Handmade flower using a Spellbinders Die by Donna Salazar... I used to love making my 'dodgy' flowers, but these dies make it so much easier!!  They were inked with some mix'd media inx and then touched with glue gloss and sprinkled with fairy dust glitter.

Hand stitching... loving this now as well.  

Products used:
Dusty Attic Corner Flourish #1
Authentique PP
Creative Imaginations PP
Kaiser Sweet Nothings PP
Prima Printery PP
Pion Design PP {Butterfly CutOut}
Creative Imaginations Paper Frames
Green Tara Roses
Prima Flowers, Trinkets, Buttons & Trim

Pink Paislee Tickets

Tattered Angels Mistables Canvas Shapes
Tim Holtz Key
Melissa Frances Resin

Mediums used:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium Buff
Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx by Donna Salazar - Peridot & Leather
Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx Refill by Donna Salazar - Peridot & Honey
Ranger Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar - Pralines and Cream
Clearsnap Glue Gloss
Tattered Leather Glimmermist

Tools used:
Spellbinders Die by Donna Salazar - Rose Creations




Thanks for visiting, take care and

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Kel being Kel, still love his smile even when he's trying to pull a goofy one.  They always warm my heart - I imagine being his mum they always will!

Loads of boyish grunge here... blacks and greys with rusty tones.  Kel loves it!

Metallic elements really help build a masculine page, charms coming in handy here!

Dusty Attic Chipboard Cogs... perfect, always!

 

Thanks for visiting, take care and

Friends

A treasured photo Michelle and I when she was here visiting, thank goodness for Whatsapp or I'd be desperately missing this girl right now!!

I adore this layout... it was made for the Tattered Angels call so is covered in  fabulous mists!  I've got some of my fave Dusty pieces in there, some yummy Green Tara, Sprays, Flowers and Lace, Pink Paislee Mistable paper., Timmy Buttons, Websters Pages Sparklers, Prima Trim, Kaiser Blooms & Rhinestones... all my favourite things for a favourite person!!

Thanks for visiting, take care and


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