Escape ****Dusty Attic Mood Board for January****

Hello, today I would like to share with you a LO I did using Dusty Attic's beautiful Mood Board for January....

With a chance of the prize, all you have to do is link your entry to the right hand side of the blog with your name and country for your chance to win one of two $50 vouchers, you can use the mood board to sway your creation, the only "rule" is that there is Dusty Attic Chipboard on your entry.......

The Dusty Attic used: http://www.dustyattic.com.au/

Sand Dollars

Shells 6pk

Anchors

Compass Rose

Nautical Frames

Seagulls

Ship Wheel Large

Mini Ship Wheels

Chain Circles

Chain Rectangles

Lizards

Fish Net Panel

Mini Shells

Tropical Foliage #1

Foliage #5

Mini Tags #2

Word Pack #35

Corrugated Card

The 49 and Market used:http://www.49andmarket.com/

Captured Adventures

Vagary

Captured Adventures Laser Cuts

Botanical Blends

Marina

Botanical Potpourri

Marina

Blossom Blends

Linen

Garden Seeds

Linen

Textures

Burlap Ribbon Roll-Cream

Other Elements used: White Gesso, Clear Gesso, Clear Crackle Paint,Brown Ink Pad, Dreamweaver Pearlescent Paste, Pebbles Pearlescent Chalks-Jewel Tones, Cheese Cloth, Bling, Prills Mini Pearls, Sequins

Here are some close ups.......

I primed the chipboard with white or clear gesso, then applied clear crackle onto some areas. I applied Texture paste behind the Sand Dollars. I let the crackle & paste dry then played with color....

For the color I rubbed on brown using a ink pad. For the blues I painted the pieces with the dreamweaver paste & rubbed on the chalk.....

I used the corrugated paper (that I painted with the white gesso) & the chain frame as the frame for the photo.....

I did layers on the large ship wheel using the circle chain, compass rose, small ship wheel, lizard & a flower cluster.....Here are a few more close ups.....

Thank you so much for taking the time to look & I am looking forward to see what you come up with this months Mood Board Challenge.....Rachelle

Winter Time Beauty ***49 and Market****

Hello, today I would like to share with you a Winter LO I did using the Beautiful Winters Edge Collection........

The 49 and Market used:http://www.49andmarket.com/shop/

Winters Edge

Season's Greetings

Laser Cut Sheet & Bonus Sheet

Floral Mixology

Emerald Isle

Rustic Collection

Rustic Melon and Burlap Blooms

Textures

Burlap Net Ribbon Roll

The Dusty Attic used:http://www.dustyattic.com.au/

Jumbo Cogs

Cog Cluster

Mini Cogs

Barb Wire Frames

Swirly Vine #2

Mystic Flourish

Lavender

Mini Bird Cages #1

Old Wooden Fence

Snowflakes

Wordpl@y #9 Black

Mini Script ABC

Other Elements used:Clear Gesso, Black Gesso, Black & Brown Ink Pad,Clear Crackle & White Crackle Paint, LuminArt-Silk-Black Emerald, Iridescent Gold,Golden Monarch & Jasper Red, Shimmerz Inklings-Chocolate & Diamonds, Dreamweaver Pearlescent Embossing Paste, Prima Glass Glitter-Pearl, Prills-Mini Pearls,A Penny Saved, & Third Place, Sequins & Prima Crystals....

Here are some close ups.........

For the background I used Winters Edge- Season's Greetings. In the cluster on the bottom of the page I used the log (that I cut in half), birds & pine cones from the  Laser Cuts sheet and DA snowflakes, birdcage & cog....

I primed the chipboard with clear or black gesso, then applied a thick coat clear crackle paint on to some pieces and areas of the chipboard, except for the snowflakes, I used white crackle paint on them. For the color I used LuminArt Silk-Black Emerald for the green, LA Silk-Jasper Red for the Red, & LA Silk Golden Monarch & Iridescent Gold for the golds. For the snow effects I used the Dreamweaver Embossing Paste & sprinkled on the glass glitter onto the wet paste.......

I framed the photo with the DA pieces from the old wooden fence, jumbo cogs, glued pieces from the bonus sheet under, then made clusters using the laser cuts, floral mixology & rustic blooms...Here are a few more close ups.....

Thank you so much for taking the time to look........Rachelle