Steampunk Caddy for Dusty Attic DT

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a caddy. Have you seen all the new MDF available?

Before assembling the Caddy, I primed it with white gesso and covered all the pieces with tissue paper. When done, I added a design with the Postcard stencil and a gold paste.

I selected different gears that I primed with black gesso. I primed also some Small Tea Leaves and Rose Leaves. I colored the leaves with bronze, gold, and silver waxes.

I created four clusters with the gears and cogs: one on each side of the caddy. When happy with the composition, I covered all the elements with rust paste. Next, I added the metallic flowers and the leaves.

To finish, I added some glitter.

Dusty Attic products:

• MDF Caddy
• Postcard Stencil
• Jumbo Cogs #2
• Gears #1
• Mini Cogs #2
• Mini Cogs #3
• Cogs #3
• Tea Leaves Small
• Alice Elements #15 – Rose Leaves

Other products:

• Tissue Paper - Finnabair Prima (Science Lover);
• Mechanicals - Finnabair Prima (Metal Blooms);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Luminous Glitter set);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Aged Bronze, White Gold, Old Silver);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Vintage Gold Icing Paste, Brown Rust Paste, Orange Rust Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, Black Heavy Gesso, 3D Gloss Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Old Town - Finnabair Brand Ambassodor

Hello Sweeties,

What I like about all towns was the fact that all the professions were clearly identified. They have all these beautiful signs in wrought iron above the door. Even if the houses of my little town are not usual it’s what I’ve in mind when I created it. For each house, I chose to represent a profession: the hunter, the witch doctor, the plumber, and the miller.

I primed all the wood houses with black gesso, then I added a design on the back with the Documented stencil and modeling paste.

To do that, I selected different moulds to decorate the houses as well as small roses. When everything was in place and to my liking, I primed everything with black gesso.

I covered the resin elements with Green and Blue Patina waxes, then I highlighted the details with Aged Brass wax. I added blue and turquoise Mica to the background and to make them permanent I sprayed with a mix of water and Liquid Fluid Medium. I mixed a gold mica with the Liquid Fluid Medium to add a gold accent to the roses.

I die cut some leaves in kraft paper and colored them with Aged Brass wax. I mixed the blue Mica with Clear wax to make my own wax to add a blue accent to the leaves.

Finnabair Products:

• Moulds - Finnabair Prima (Rusty Pipeline, Mechanica, Stars and Moons, Wings and Bones, Love Machine, Nocturnal Insects, Piece of Underwood);
• Stencil - Finnabair Prima (Documented);
• Art Ingredients Micas - Finnabair Prima (Gloden Hour Set, Winter Tales Set);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Glass Glitter: Gold Rush, Glitter Set: Summer, Art Pebbles);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Patina Green, Patina Blue, Aged Brass, Clear);
• Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Liquid Acrylic Fluid);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Gilding Glue);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Heavy Gesso, Modeling Paste, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Bird House - Home decor for Lindy's Gang

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Lindy's Gang blog with a Xmas home deco.

I primed an MDF birdhouse with white gesso. Then I added a design with a stencil and Jewel Crushed Crystal paste. 

I colored two pieces of paper. I used Peony Scarlet Red, Sweet Violet Purple Teal, and Jazzy Jivin' Purple for the first. For the second, I used Lucious Lime and Alien Go Green. I die-cut some poinsettias in both papers.

I die-cut some pine branches that I colored with the previous green inks and Green with Envy Green. 

I shape all the poinsettias and leaves. Next, I added white gold wax to the edges of the poinsettias and the pine branches.

When everything was glued, I colored the background with Ponderosa Pines Olive and Lucious Lime.

To finish, I added the bird.

I hope you will enjoy the video

Lindy's Gang products:

• Starburst - Jazzy Jivin' Purple, Sweet Violet Purple Teal, Peony Scarlet Red, Alien Go Green, Ponderosa Pines Olive, Green with Envy Green;
• Flat Fabio - Lucious Lime.

To obtain a 10% discount on all your purchase at Lindy's Gang, use the code PASCALE_B

Other products:

• Stencil - Finnabair Prima (Stars);
• Dies - Tim Holtz Sizzix (Tattered Poinsettia, Tattered Pinecone);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Art Stones, Mini Art Stones);
• Art Alchemy wax - Finnabair Prima (White Gold);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Crushed Crystals Jewel Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Gesso, 3D Matte Gel).

Seasons Greeting - Xmas decor for Dusty Attic DT

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a Xmas home decor. 

I covered the MDF base with 2 layers of white gesso, then I added a design with a stencil and white crackle paste. 

While the paste was drying, I primed all the chipboard with white gesso as well as some resin elements. 

I embossed the Berries #2 with Silver Moon Mistletoe EP: a transparent embossing powder with a greenish undertone. I embossed also the fruits of the Foliage #11 with a golden EP. 

I glued all the chipboards before adding any color. When happy with the composition, I just add one color: Burnt Sienna. When happy with the color, I highlight some details with gold wax. Then I used white wax to soften the transition between the brown ink and the white gesso. 

To finish, I added some glitters.

Dusty Attic products:

Foliage #27 DA2784	Christmas Berries #2 DA3144	Foliage #22 DA2574	Pine Sprig #2 DA3174
Botanic Accents DA3327	* Foliage #1 DA0506	Card Sentiments #1 DA2969-1

Other products:

• MDF - Artistiko (House);
• Flowers - 49 and Market (Nature's Bounty Salt);
• Embossing Powders - Lindy's Gang (Silence is Golden, Silver Moon Mistletoe);
• Stencil - EchoPark ();
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Luminous Glitter Set);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Burnt Sienna);
• Art Alchemy Waxes- Finnabair Prima (Vintage Gold, Old White, Pearl);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (White Crackle Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

The Dragonfly's Secret - Mixed media box for Dusty Attic

Hello Sweeties,

Today, I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new mixed media project: an altered cigar box.

First I primed the box with black gesso. I cut a piece of the "Underground Network", which will be the base of the composition. Next, I added some floral resin elements, I continued with "Jumbo Cogs" and "Cogs #1". I added some "Wildflower #6", "Foliage #13", and "Flowers Posies". I finished the composition with a resin dragonfly. 

When I was happy with my composition, I painted everything with black gesso. I made sure everything was perfectly dry and nothing was moving. I dry-brushed everything with Linen paint and dried it again.

I continued with liquid acrylic paints in crimson, purple, and nude. And I dried again before dry brushing Jade Impasto. I dried everything again. 

I continued with Lime Green and Carmin liquid acrylic paints and dried them again. As the background is black, even with very bright colors, the whole composition is still very dark.    

For the next step, I added some metallic accents with waxes. They will help to reveal all the details not only of the resin elements but of the chipboards as well.

To finish, I added some glitter and Golden Dragon paste. 

Dusty Attic products:

Underground Network Large DA2282	Jumbo Cogs DA2501	Cogs #1 DA0001
Wildflower #6 DA1710	Flower Posie #3 DA2634	Foliage #13 DA2231

Other products:

• Moulds - Prima (Herbology, Mechanical Insectica );
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Purple, Crimson, Nude, Carmin, Lime Green);
• Art Alchemy Impasto - Finnabair Prima (Linen, Jade);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Aged Brass, White Gold, White Pearl);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Golden Dragon Effect Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).