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Morning how are you? It was time to hit up the old stash and see what I am hoarding and lets face I have a few collections for sure on the shelf, so now its time to kill another kit, so that is the mission over the next couple of days.

What kits are you wanting to kill?

    

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Uniquely Creative papers, die cut, vellum shapes.

Till tomorrow I am off to get creating again.

Rikki G

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Craft on the Run Elements Cyber Crop Challenge 6 - Four Elements Challenge

  Good morning how are you? A huge thank you to all those who played along with the LIVE Bingo call yesterday, it was a lot of fun.

And a big shout out to our talented Design team member  Nicole Wilson for her first Blind Crop for Craft on the Run !!! Thank you to all those who played along.

Now it kick off Sundays challenges !!! Here is Challenge 6

Clear - Light Globe
Wooden - Wood Veneer
Metal - Cog Charms
Wet Medium - Mist

We hope you can join us.... you have till Midnight Friday the 21st May 2022 WST to upload all your entries to the correct albums.

Beautiful Moments

 Good morning how are you?I am here today with my final Dusty Attic post for May..... where has the time gone? I think this time last year we just we in lockdown I remember feeling very disappointed as it was my Birthday and my 40th..... well things happen and if nothing I have learnt from these couple of years is to not get too fixated on plans and learn to roll with things - remembering I cant control everything even though I would like to lol, just ask my kids and hubby.

Today I have a very girly layout for you with plenty of little details that can easily be added to any of your projects. This layout is also based on the lower half of this months moodboard focusing on the dusty pinks and browns, remember you dont have to use the whole moodboard to enter you can pick some of the colours.

I wanted a nice grungy background, I tend to go through stages and you will start to notice these ''tends'' with my work, where I will do a heap of mixed media, then flick to graphic, then to fussy cutting layouts......

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 So inspired with mixed media I start with the background using the  Scales Stencil and my Distress Crayons because I dont want to spend all day drying my media.

Once you have done this step you can make blended patches by wetting your finger and tapping it on the thicker part of the colours and blend them out, by doing this your wont have to long to wait for the background to dry.

Once you have your background its all about building up all your form of your layout, this is where large chipboard peices can really make a difference, for this layout I used Flowering Vine  as the piece to work around, to prep the piece I just used white spray paint and went from there......

Add your photo to the layout then foam mount the Flowering Vine piece over the top of your photo.

First I add all the large fussy cut flowers around the Flowering Vine piece remembering to go over some and under sections continue that technique around your photo also.

Once your happy with the paper additions its about now adding chains from the top and in between your flowers..... these I just spray painted white.... while doing that I also do the Carousel Horse, Beautiful Moment,Mini Feathers,Chains, and Mini Feather.

 

To finish off, its all about different textures, I have used a gold glitter sand, gold microbeads, pearls, clear glass beads and rhinestones.

Flowering Vine

Scales Stencil

Carousel Horse

Beautiful Moment

Chains – 4pc

Mini Feathers

We would love to see your take on our moodboard.  Don’t forget to share your projects on our Facebook page. Why not enter the Mood Board challenge yourself? 

All you need to do is add your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page HERE for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any. 

Good Luck and have fun creating.

Young Wild and Free with Alexandra Renke

Good morning , how are you? I am here today to share with you a layout using the beyond, amazing Alexandra Renke Autumn collection featuring bold colours and this time dragonflies.

And of course fussy cutting!!!

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Magic of Spring with Alexandra Renke

Good morning how are you all? Here today using another amazing pieces from Alexandra Renke and who doesnt love a great cherry blossom paper? Theres is such an elegance and softness to this collection of paper.... so I just wanted to fussy cut the branches and let the paper talk to me.....

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Annas Craft Cupboard March Challenge....

Good morning how are you all? March already, and a public holiday here over in the West and I have to say I am loving it!!! A little mid term day off,  is what everyone is needing in this house, and a day where I can get creative with my girl and have some fun. 

If you are like me, why not give Annas Craft Cupboards new challenge a go..... 

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The challenge runs for the whole month – it is posted the 1st day of the month in Facebook and on the website and you have until Midnight of the last day of the month to get your entry in.

To enter the challenge, you can share your layout/project either in:-

· The Facebook Community gallery here, where there is a dedicated album to post too.

· And/or in the Anna’s Craft Cupboard website gallery here, where there is a dedicated album as well.

The Prize for this is a $50 gift voucher (plus free shipping) to spend in store at Anna’s Craft Cupboard.

The Winner for this challenge will ONLY be announced via Anna’s Craft Cupboard Newsletter which you can subscribe to here, so please subscribe to know who the winner is.

The winner is determined by entries in both forums being combined, and then randomly selected. So the winning entry could be from the Website Gallery or the Community.

Till next time have a creative day

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