Jen Burns: July 2022

Monday, July 18, 2022

Escape into Nature - 49 and Market with Dusty Attic

My amazing grand children and daughter in law had a photo shoot at the Yanchep National Park not far from home and this is one of my favourites of my gorgeous grand son Mason.

The NEW Curators MEADOW range was perfect for this photograph.
I started with the 12x12 Paper pack as the base then added two sheets from the 6x8 papers as photo mats in the rust and green colour.

I have then torn the top and bottom sections from the Curators Meadow Flora paper to use the middle section with the mushrooms and tearing pieces, layering the reverse green side with ephemera bits underneath, inking the edges of the torn pieces.

The absolutely amazing laser cuts from the Meadow range are perfect additions to every page, along with Dusty Attic chipboard toadstools and mushrooms in this larger cluster.

I have then made a smaller cluster on the right hand side of the photo with a cute little bird and mushroom laser cuts.

Along the sides of the photo I have added more ephemera and laser cuts and finished off with moths and butterflies which I have shaped with a mouse pad and embossing tool to add height and texture.

Thank you for joining me on the blog today.

xx J xx

49 and Market products used

12x12 Curators Meadow Collections Pack

6x8 Curators Meadow pack

Curators Meadow Flora 12x12 paper

Curators Meadow 6x8 Rub on Transfers

Curators Meadow Laser Cut pieces

Dusty Attic Products used

Toadstools #1

Toadstools #2

Escape Into Nature - Title

Mini Cobblestones

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Joyful - 49 and Market - Double layout

Hello 49 and Market fans, I have a double layout today of my super gorgeous grand son pretending to ride my bicycle plant pot holder, cheeky, loveable little boy he is!

I have started with two pages of the Cotton Candy papers as my base and ripped a piece of the Limeade paper and attached it to the middle of both sheets.

I was punching out the tag shapes at the top of the page and loved the 'waste' part that was left and decided to make an 'arrow' border along the bottom of each sheet which I used papers from the 6x8 Tidal Wave paper collection.

This actually took quite awhile but I love the way it turned out so was well worth it.

I have also used the 6x8 collection papers and the Remnants pack as mats for all of the photographs, then layered pieces of the tag set, ephemera pack and laser cut pieces.

I have chosen all of the teal and lime colours from the chipboard word and chipboard shapes pack to add onto tags and as the title of the double layout.

To finish off my pages I have added the amazing Tidal Wave acetate leaves along with wishing bubbles and baubles plus the Curators Essentials metal index clips.

Thanks for taking the time to come over to the blog and I hope I have inspired you to create.

J xxx

49 and Market products used

Spectrum Sherbet 12x12 Classics pack

Friday, July 1, 2022

1st Birthday - Dusty Attic July Mood Board Inspiration

Hello Dusty FANattics and welcome to July mood board challenge, this is such a beautiful pretty board.

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This layout is of my beautiful little grand daughter on her FIRST Birthday. Her headband and tutu have the colours of the Mood Board in them so was perfect for this challenge.

I wanted to create a magical little scene as she looks like a little fairy herself. So I started with the new large Gnome, butterflie and Songbirds.

I have spray painted all of my chipboard pieces with white matt paint and let dry.

Then I have used watercolour paints to colour all of the pieces, when you have painted over the top you can use a damp brush to then lift paint off, like the white sections on the toadstools, wings on the songbirds and parts of the large gnome.

The 1st Birthday title I have left white and adhered it to the photo and added one of the songbirds at the top. The wings can be adhered straight or on an angle like I have to look like it is in use.

After making a cluster with the toadstools I have added botanical mix pieces, the cute little one that looks like love hearts is a fav of mine together with pink and mint flowers.

I have coloured the large gnome also with watercolours, at first I had used too much and he was quite bright. Just use a baby wipe to take the colour off you don't want then I added some white gesso to his hat to add some texture. The finishing touch was adding words from the word strip #2 pack.

Dusty Attic products used

Songbirds #2

Gnomes Large

*** NEW SIZE - Approx 12cm tall ***