Cherry Blossom Tape Bound Altered Book

 

Hello There

I have a new project to share with you today.

I have always loved bookbinding and decided to make a new junk journal

using and old book for the covers and because I have used interesting mixed pages inside, 

I decided to do an exposed tape bound spine.

There are so many layers on this book cover! I started by adding a layer of primer and some stencilling

with glossy gel paste to add some extra texture to the book cover.

stencilling on front cover and then  painted with primer 

I then painted over these prep layers with acrylic paint in  dark red and brown 

acrylic paint.

Detail on back cover showing how well the hairspray technique worked.

I wanted to try a technique to crackle paint using hairspray, and I really love how well it worked.

I gave my base painted book covers 3 generous coats of hairspray allowing each layer to dry before adding the next. I then painted over this with Ivory acrylic paint.

I painted the Vintage Chipboard frame in the same colours used on my bookcover and added some crackle medium to these, even though the detail is so small that it hardly shows but I liked how it helps

to make everything look old.

When assembling the frames I added a base paper that I stamped with distress oxide on photo paper. This was a technique that Luise Heinzl shared with us on YouTube that was a  great way to get a permanent stamping that is waterproof. 

Her video is worth watching 

Waterproof stamping with Distress Oxides

The Stamped photo paper looks really old and distressed once dry and is waterproof once  dry.

For the vintage frame I have used acrylic paint and patina waxes to distress and colour the assembled frame. I have also coloured the Cherry Blossom chipboard piece with acrylic paint pens,

I then added a layer of embossing powder in vintage beeswax which gives an aged effect.

I have lastly added some paint splatters to finish off the frame assembly.

The vintage patina and the distressed watercolour background give a really nice aged effect to the 

Cherry Blossom centerpiece. 

Supplies Used:

Dusty Attic Chippy: 

Cherry Blossoms DA3311

Vintage Layered Frame DA2340

Stampers Anonymous Baroque Stamp CMS400 Distress Oxide Inks in Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo.

Stamperia mixed media glue, primer, gesso and Glossy Gel,

Stamperia Allegro Acrylic paint Super Gold, Earth, Old Ivory

Paper Artsy Crackle Glaze and acrylic paints in Rose , Gold Rush and Blood Orange.

Seth Apter Vintage Beeswax embossing powder.

Stamperia stencil KTSDQ35 , Stamperia Aqua colour Leather and vintage Antiquing Paste

Art Alchemy patina waxes White Gold, Vintage Gold and Peacock.

Thank you for stopping by 

Until next time 

Mandy xx

Altered Card Holder

Hello it’s my turn today to share a project and I thought that

I would share the Card Holder that I made to store my Altered  tags in.

I used The MDF Card Holder for this project.

To start with,  I used PVA glue to stick the panels of the card holder together, and once totally dry 

I collaged old book paper over the entire outside surfaces of the box.

I have then used rub-on’s from 49 and Market to add the images of birds, leaves and butterflies to 

decorate the panels.

I painted the inside of the Card holder in charcoal chalk paint and when dry i added a broken and patchy layer of Turquoise Chalk paint on top.

After these layers were totally dry I added a thin coat of Paper Artsy crackle medium and let that dry.

I have then painted over the top of all these layers with a light coffee coloured acrylic paint, and once dry all these gorgeous and textured cracks appeared giving the box a really nice old feel.

I have added chippy pieces for extra texture that I have painted with acrylic paint and added a little crackle to and some textured crackle paste in white to random areas on the box.

To finish I have added building wax in gold th some areas and added box feet from the Tim Holtz

 idea-ology range.

I love how my altered tags from my last DT post look in the Card Holder

I might have to make a few more!

Supples used:

Dusty Attic 

MDF Card Holder DA3386

Sweet Pea Frame set DA0573

Corner Flourish #1 DA0628

Mini Scrolls DA0685

49 and Market Meadow Rub-Ons

Stamperia Mixed Media glue

Stamperia Crackle Paste - White

Prima Chalkboard Paint - Charcoal and Sea Breeze

Pantone Acrylic Paint - Cafe Au Lait

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Crackle Glaze

Ranger Idea-ology Box Feet

Old book Papers 

Building wax in Gold 

Thanks for stopping by

See you next time

Mandy x

 

Mixed Media Tags

 

Hello 

Well January has certainly blitzed by!

I am here to share my first project for February for The Dusty Attic.

I have made a set of three mixed media tags using the larger tags from the Tag Medley 

Chipboard set.

To start with I have covered the chippy tags in scrapbooking paper as my base and then I added chippy shapes and crackle paste for extra texture.

Once dry and crackled I have added dye ink and mica sprays to unify the colour palette 

And add colour to bring out the textures.

 

I have painted some chippy leaves and added these to my tag bases

and then I have then  fussy cut leaves and flowers 

along with a few laser cut out butterflies from 49 & Market, 

to complete my tags I have added some ink spots in white and black.

Tag 1

Tag 2

Tag 3

Supplies used:

Dusty Attic Chippy:

Tag Medley

Corner Flourish #1

Damask Panel Large 

Foliage #15

Foliage #19

Papers:

49 & Market Remnants

49 & Market Serenety Laset Cuts

AB Studio Gentle Wind

AB Studio Leafy Paradise 

AB Studio White Butterfly 

Stamperia Mediums:

Mixed Media Glue

Gesso

White Crackle Paste 

Clear Crackle Paste

Glimmer Mist sprays:

Bell Bottom Jeans

Latte

Tattered Leather

Graphite

Thanks for stopping by 

Until next time 

Mandy xx

Marine Mechanical Fish

Hello There

It is my turn to share an arty creation  for Dusty Attic

 and my second for this month.

I love shadow boxes projects and gave this one a vintage steampunk ocean theme Using the Marine Mechanical Chippy! 

I have used a wooden painting panel to collage on, but instead of working on the 

flat front surface I have turned it around and I have used the back,

 this gave me a nice sized shadow box and the wooden panel is nice and firm to work on unlike a stretched canvas.

To start, 

I have covered the base with Stamperia scrapbooking paper cutting strips to cover all sides 

of the frame as well as the base, 

I have used Mixed media glue to stick everything down and also applied two coats of the glue on top to seal the surface before adding crackle medium and colour.

Once dry I have added Clear crackle paste with a palette knife and left it overnight to dry naturally and then coloured using Vintage Antiquing paste also from Stamperia

 as this really helped to age the colours in the paper background

 as well as emphasise the crackle finish.

I have used acrylic paints on the mechanical fish chipboard pieces and the leaf branch. In used various different brands of paints including Sennelier, Dina Wakley and Paper Artsy. 

I used PVA glue to glue the fish and coral to the panel, building under the fish up with chippy scraps so that they are nice and stable.

I have added leafing flakes to the fish and Leafy frond  and Glossy accent to the eyes to finish off.

Supplies Used:

DA3365 Marine Mechanical Fish Large 

DA3356 Marine Mechanical Angler Fish Large 

DA058 Leafy Stem

DA1907 Coral #2

Stamperia Clear Crackle paste 

Stamperia Mechanical Seaworld Paper 

Stamperia Mix Media Glue

Stamperia Antiquing Paste 

Zig 2Way Glue 

Leafing Flake 

Acrylic Paint:

Sennelier Turquoise #341 and Raw Umber #205

Dina Wakley Syrup, Sedona, Ocean , Cheddar

Paper Artsy Baltic Blue ,  Squid Ink

Thanks for stopping by to see my latest project 

Until Next time 

Mandy x

Altered Mannequin for Dusty Attic

 

Hello 2023

I hope that we all have a fantastic year ahead 

filled with the things that give us joy and happiness. 

I am super excited to be creating again and back to doing mixed media again! 

What is even more exciting is to be a part of the Dusty Attic 2023 creative team!

I am looking forward to a creative year ahead filled with so many ideas and projects.

Today I would like to share with you an altered mannequin, This mini dress-form was used  to display 

jewellery and is a great size for an altered project. 

I had this old display mannequin that I have wanted to give a mixed media makeover 

To for ages, I decided that an industrial look would give a great contrast to the form. 

I have started by covering the entire surface with a layer of gesso and  pieces of textured tissue paper, the crackle stencil detail in gold were also done using a stencil, tissue paper and gold crackle paste. I have used the stencil to add gold crackle paste onto the loose tissue paper sheets  so that I

can collage this onto the mannequin, 

as there were no flat surfaces making stencilling really difficult on the curves on dressmakers form.

 

After collaging the tissue papers onto the form I have then added layers of pre painted cogs around the form until I was happy with the effect.

I have then given them a patina and distressed look by adding various colours of gold and a vintage light blue to give them some texture and a worn look,

as well as helping to show up all the layers of texture.

Final touches are done with gold and turquoise patina waxes and some extra gold paint and some red

acrylic for the Industrial Heart for an added colour pop.

The skirt has been made with fabric strips that are stained with a aqua colour spray in dark brown 

and stitched in small bunches around the base of the dressmakers form.

I liked how this added a softer contrast to the cogs and gave an illusion of a skirt around the base.

To finish I have added wings cast from a Prima Imaginarium mould using stamperia extra light soft clay.

I have added some random flowers in gold, red and a soft vintage blue to finish.

Supplies Used:

Dusty Attic Chipboard

Mini Cogs #2 DA1932L

Mini Cogs #3 DA3364U

Cogs and Gears DA1977

Industrial Gears DA2859

Industrial Hearts DA1953

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology collage paper Typeset / composer

Stamperia Crackle Paste Gold

Allegro Acrylic paint-Avorio (cream), titanium white and super gold

Aqua color spray - Leather

Extra Fort Glue

Extra light Soft clay ( wings)

Liquitex Matte Medium

Liquitex Gesso

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paint - Seaglass

Prima

Imaginarium moulds - Amun and bast

art academy wax Old white, patina green, green brocade opal magic, Gold and aged Brass.

Thanks for stopping by 

I will see you for my next project 

Until Next Time 

Mandy x

 

The Dancer card

 

Hello

I am back to share my last card for October for Paper Rose Studio.

I wanted to make a special card as this project is also my last project for Paper Rose

As I am leaving the design team.

I wanted to say thank you to all The crew at Paper Rose and to my fellow design team members, 

It has been a fantastic four years!

I have stamped my image onto pastel  paper, I like the Canson Mi-Teintes.

It has a good tooth on the paper for heavy pencil blending.

I have also stamped on a separate piece my flowers 

that I have fussy cut out once coloured

In wanted a dark background and decided to create a spotlight effect by coloring using a lighter colour 

Around the dancer and moving out to darker shades toward the edges of the card base.

It takes a lot of layers to get this effect and the pastel paper holds up well without the layers 

of pencil getting to waxy.

I have used a sentiment from the Uplifting Type pack and added some distress oxide ink in 

Antique Linen so that it wasn’t so stark white against my background.

The flowers are also coloured in using pencils and fussy cut out,

 I have added dots of white paint pen to the centers for contrast.

Supplies used:

27829 Dancer Clear Stamp

18183 Lovely Florals Blossoms Clear Stamp

19432 Uplifting Type Sentiment Pack

Distress Oxide ink- Antique Linen

Bruttfuner pastel pencils

Prismacolor Pencils

Posca white paint pen

Thanks for stopping by,

I will still be around social media and I hope to be spending 

More time doing mixed media projects and drawing.

Bye for now 

Mandy xx

Big Blooms In Soft Watercolour

 

Hello

Today I would like to share with you my latest project for Paper Rose Studio.

It’s another floral  card in soft pastel watercolour.

I made this card for a wedding as I really love this

Big Bloom Stamp.

My card base is watercolour paper 

I have stamped in versamark ink and heat embossed in white, 

As the watercolour paper has a reasonable grain to it making stamping a little difficult,

I used a stamping platform so that I could stamp multiple times.

This ensures good coverage and no gaps in my embossing! 

Once stamped and embossed I have coloured using Prima watercolour 

in the pastel colour set.

I have added the Large Love Layered word and I have foiled both layers in gold and silver. 

To complete the card I added gold splatters in ink and some gold gems.

I also used sentiments from the All Occasions Sentiment pack.

Supplies Used:

Paper Rose Studio

20707 Big Bloom Stamp

18042 Love Large Layered Word Die

22339 All Occasions Sentiment Paper Pack

20165 So Extra White 1.0 Sentiment Pack

Other:

White Embossing Powder

Watercolour card 

Prima Watercolor Paint set Pastel colours