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 #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




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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!

 

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A Little Dusty in Hyden

The Dusty Girls... well some of us!


 

I love this LO... the way Wave Rock in the background matches the DSD Antiquities paper so perfectly, the new Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom chippy blends perfectly with the printed, the flowers were just right... everything just happened and flowed like it was all meant to be!  Don't you love that new alpha font from Dusty Attic as well, just the right size!

The chippy here was painted white, dabbed with some stains and blended with more white paint, then smooched for a subtle colour on the cherry blossoms, and then some definition drawn in with sepia ink.

The handmade flower was cut using a Spellbinders Die, Grand Peony by Donna Salazar - these dies make flower making far too easy!  Mine still don't have that 'perfect' look, but I guess that's just me...

And I have popped on some Green Tara cherry blossoms, to match with the cherry blossom chippy!

I have used:
Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom
Dusty Attic Typewriter Font
Green Tara Cherry Blossoms
Green Tara Bows
Donna Salazar Designs Antiquities Let's Ride PP by GCD
ZVA Creative Crystal Swirls
Handmade Halo Leaf Charms
Handmade Halo Resin Bird
Prima & Kaiser Flowers
Prima Trim
Handmade Hat Pin by Tina
Carolee's Creations Alpha Stickers

Tools:
Donna Salazar Grand Peony Die by Spellbinders
Ingvild Bolme Distress Tool by Prima
DMC Thread

Mediums:
White Acrylic Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Stains
Glimmermist {Nougat}
Smooches by Clearsnap
Sepia PITT Artist Pen

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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!!

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Little Mis

This is ME when I was a toddler... love this pic of me sitting on dad's little Datsun with our beautiful cat Laius, he was with us right into my very late teens!

 My beautiful friend Natasha will be proud with all that stitching I did... I am loving the look of it!

Loving that new Prima Crystals with Trim, most impressed with this new design from them.

Mmmmm look at that finish on the Dusty Attic - this had so many layers of mediums, was fun to create!

Cute little Ingvild Bolme Resin Treasure Birdhouse for Prima... love these!! I also made a cute boofy flower using flat Green Tara Flowers.

All topped of with beautiful Green Tara Flowers!!

I have used:

Dusty Attic Decorative Frame #1 DA0207

Green Tara Cherry Blossoms, 

Green Tara Roses 

Green Tara Roses

Green Tara 2cm Bow, Brown

Prima Shabby Chic Treasure by Ingvild Bolme

Prima Crystal & Trim Border

Prima Pebble

Pink Paislee Artisan Elements

Melissa Frances Resin Frame

Maya Road & Jenni Bowlin Pins

Flower:

Green Tara

Martha Stewart Cherish Punch

Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx {Peridot} by Clearsnap

Tattered Angels Glimmermists {Mallard & Nougat}

Chipboard:

Jo Sonya Unbleached Titanium Acrylic Paint

Adirondack Paint Dabber, Gold

Lindy's Stamp Gang Two Toned Embossing Powder, Angel Wings Peacock

Ranger Antiquities Embossing Powder, Verdigris

UTEE

Chipboard Techniques:

Paint with the Unbleached Titanium {Buff colour}, dab with some Gold Paint randomly, dry and then emobss with UTEE.   While UTEE is still hot sprinkle on the other embossing powders randomly and emboss again, adding another coat of UTEE once all cool.

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Red Earth's Pink Weekend - 21st>24th October

It's a Pink Weekend coming up 21st>24th October and here's just a teaser of one of the upcoming challenges... but you'll have to wait and see to find out what the challenge is!!   Pop over to Red Earth next weekend to see what's happening or check out their Facebook Page where there will be a live chat!!

The beautiful and timeless Audrey Hepburn... I have had these postcards for ages, and this was the perfect opportunity to scrap one of them!

Here I have used some of the new Authentique Uncommon 6x6 Papers to create some packground matts and a handmade rose {using Donna Salazar's Rose Creations Die by Spellbinders}, they are simply divine! 

Also used:
Dusty Attic Arch Window Set #1
Dusty Attic Nameplate #4

ZVA Creative Rhinestone Swirls & Rhinestone Strip
Pink Paislee Mistable PP
Glitz Beautiful Dreamer PP
Glitz Beautiful Dream Title
Kaiser Sparklets
Green Tara Paper Roses
Prima Roses
Hat Pin by Tina
DMC Embroidery Thread

Donna Salazar Rose Creations Die, by Spellbinders

Martha Stewart Punches

White & Pearl Adirondack Paint Dabbers

Glimmermist & GlimmerGlaze

Stickles - Platinum

Chipboard Technique:

The chipboard was painted with the white and pearl colours, then sprayed with glimmermist {I mixed my own colour this time to get the right shade}, allowing it to pool and dry with a heat gun.  Once dried it was painted with Icicle GlimmerGlaze and then heated until it bubbled... love the bubbles!!

Donna Salazar Rose Creation:

This was my first attempt with this die... love Donna's flower dies!  I cut 3 each of the 1st, 2nd & 3rd sizes and just 2 of the 4th one.  Sprayed them with Pearl Glimmermist until wet through, lightly scrunched them and then layered them, offsetting the petals, holding them together with a brad.  The brad head was covered by glueing down the first petals and then the whole flower was dried with a heat gun and touched with some Stickles once dry!   Next time I won't use so much water to soften the papers... I lost a few petals... oops!!

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Happy

 If I ever need to cheer my hubby up, all we need is afternoon tea at the Chocolate Factory, he's like a kid in a candy store there!!  It always costs a small fortune... but sometimes it's worth it, and seriously, the hot chocolate there is heaven in a mug!!

I have used:
Dusty Attic Cogs 2 DA0002
Dusty Attic Skeleton Clock Faces DA0430
Donna Salazar Antiquities Papers

BoBunny Et Cetera Jounal Sheet

Pink Paislee Mistable Tag

Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon

Handmade Halo Pebbles

Techniques:

The chipboard was stained with Tim Holtz inks, dabbed with warm white acrylic paint and then misted.  The misting with water {or glimmermist etc} helps bring the stains up through from underneath, creating a lovely subtle colouring effect.  The cogs were then coated with a thin coat of crackle accents, this helps intensify the colours.

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