Time waits for no one!!

TCR #57 & Dusty Attic

Another week has flown by, I don't know where this week has gone!!
I can't believe how cold it has gotten so quickly! I am such a cold frog,
if this is the start of winter I am not looking forward to it!

I can't believe I have managed to get another colour room challenge done this week!! I love the colour palette this week!!

 

This is of my beautiful Grandparents!!! They were married for 64 years before my Grandad passed away 2 years ago! I love their wedding photo, it is very special to me!

 

Materails:
Cardstock, Script PP (brand unkwnown), Fiskers Punch, Prima Flowers, Petaloo Flowers,
Kaiser Craft Flowers, Prima Butterflies, Prima pearl bling, Beads, Lace, String, Brads,
Leaves from our silky oak tree and grasses from the yard, Gold Rub & Buff, Brown embossing powders, Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
Dusty Attic:
Doily #1 - DA0479
Hinges - DA0509
Leaves - DA0508

The Hinge was embossed with a coulpe of different embossing powders, I did these a while ago so I can't remember exactly the ones I used here. The hinges with the red brads were inked with old Paper Distress Ink. The leaves were painted with Gold Rub & Buff.
When adding a lot of different layers a tip to add more depth is to create as many corners as possible, always place your pieces off center from the last piece. Even an extra small square of PP poked in behind the corner of a photo can add so much more depth to a page and helps to frame a photo.
When I work with layers like this I stick from the top down, I will add a bit of tape to the front of the first piece going behind the photo and stick it to the photo!
I then stick each layer to the photo from the top down.
Another tip to adding clusters to your page is to balance them into triangles on your page. See how the 3 red flowers form a triangle, this helps to add visual balance to your page, as well as adding elements in odd numbers, eg in groups of 3 or 5 etc. (again see the 3 red flowers)
Also when you are adding clusters to your layout give them a purpose and connect them to something, like the edge of the page or photo or to balance a shape within your layout etc rather than have them floating in the middle of no where.

I hope these couple of tips have been able to help you, just yell out if you have any questions!

TFL!
Thanks for Stopping By!
Hugs
Michelle x

Dusty Attic Inspired By & TCR#56

Hi Back again!!! I am slowly getting better at this blogging game, it's only taken how many years!!! LOL!!

I have been reassessing my future again lately and what direction I will take, I think I am happy I have finally worked out what I am going to do that will work for me!!! You will be the first to know if and when something eventuates!! I am a bit excited about the possibilities of the future!!!

Anyway back to a another creation...

Jen has just released the New Dusty Attic April Release Products!!! They are absolutely stuning!!!

Maiko is also running her Dusty Attic Give Away at the moment too!! YOu can check it out here: http://maimaipiano.blogspot.com/2011/05/dusty-attic-giveaway.html 

Dusty Attic is also running a new Fortnightly Style Inspiration Challenge over at Dusty Central.
Each fortnight you can take inspiration from one of our featured Design Team Members.
First Up  Emeline is featured.  Here is my take on Emeline's style..... I have also incorporated the colour room into this challenge too! I did find it a challenge to do Em's style, I kept wanting to add more.........
Was so hard to pull up!

 

MAterials:
Papers: White CS, Fancy Pants Little Sprout, Sandylion Turquoise, Basic Grey Doily,
Doily, Ribbon, Matha Stewart Punch, Fiskers Punch, Lace, Prima butterfly,
The Birdcage sticker come from a sample pic from a wall decal.
Adorn It Milk Chocolate Letters
Dusty Attic:
Decorative Gate #1 - DA0289
Mini Words - DA0386 
 
This was an easy layout to put together, the DA pieces where just painted with white paint.
Lots of punching on this layout and fussy cutting.
Tip 1: To Sharpen your punches by punching out some Al Foil.
Tip 2: If you are punching delicate papers like mulberry paper etc place the paper between 2 sheet of plain white copy paper then punch out!  This helps to preventing getting all caught up in the punch all the time!

Thank you for looking!!
Have a Great Day!
Hugs
Michelle x