Dare to fly !!

Dare to fly !!

Posted by Rajni Chawla

Hello all...

Rajni Chawla again on the Dusty Attic Board with another new inspiration for February month. Hope you all are enjoying playing along the challenge each month. February month was pretty hectic month for me and I was totally blank for my second inspiration. I was not able to think what exactly to make. I m not too much into making lauout pieces but always want to make something thats useful and inspirational. I started up making art journal cover but ended up with a decoration piece....this generally happens with me most of the time. Hope able to inspire u again with my new creation. 

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE FEATHERS....YOU MUST DARE TO FLY !!

What a beautifull quote came into my mind when I saw Dusty Attic Indian Arrow chipboard. I was attracted to the beautiful carved feathers. Nature has blessed the human with unimagined power: the will to conquer the universe, the desire to know, and the curiosity of the unknown. The word impossible does not match with human nature. we have enough courage to face even our greatest fear....but only if we 

wish !!

Here is the February mood board. 

I worked with shades of blues n browns and mixed them with tones of greens to create something that can inspire me always and can match the above quote.

Feathers ,Flowers....more Flowers....and Birds !!

The blues depict the shades of sky and deep ocean, Shades of greens depict the green nature and browns depict our mother Earth. 

Here is what I came up with. 

I started a coat of gesso, then textures using DA Texture paste....lots of mixing and building layers with leftover chipboard negatives. Yes....you heard it right. I have built  most of all the layers using my leftover negative pieces of chipboard that I used in my prior projects. 

Look at those small square and oval pieces....Do they look like they were waste pieces??

Actually No!!

Once textured,layered and colored they are no more waste for me. 

I try to take out maximum of what I have in my stash. Little hand fisted person I am.

I took Dusty Attic Indian Arrow charm as my main focal image for the concept. These are painted with Dusty in color, Gingernut, Dusty in Color Oceania, Dusty in color Crushed Olive and when dried painted with Dusty in color Clear Crackle medium. Little highlighting with Dusty in color Navajo White was enough to add more beauty on it. 

I have used Dusty in blooms and few bunches of Prima twigs and few flower metal charms to add  more of spring look. I have also used Dusty Attic Geometric Corners here and there. 

Another view....

Another close-up of Dusty Attic Indian Arrow. 

Few more angles showing different layers and texture. 

Few more shades of Dusty in Color are Dusty in color Cashmere, Dusty in color Raisin, Dusty in color Jungle Green, Dusty in Color Capri and Dusty in color Mountains in Medow. 

Can you see the negative of Dusty Attic Geometric Corners hiding behind Dusty in blooms and metal flowers. 

The chipboard piece on the edge again is the negarive of Dusty Attic Geometric Borders.m

And here is my handwritten message....yes, my son preferred and asked me to put hand written message on my project. I know my writing is not that good but not very bad too. 

 I used Black Archival 0.3 pen to write the message. 

Here is the complete list of all the Dusty Attic products I have used together. I have already linked all the products on the Dusty Attic website. For all my Indian fellow crafters, all the products are available on http://www.krafterscart.in/. For more details of the products you can also personally contact Meetu Aggarwal.

Dusty Attic Indian Arrow chipboard
DA Texture paste
 Dusty in color, Gingernut
 Dusty in Color Oceania
 Dusty in color Crushed Olive
 Dusty in color Clear Crackle medium.
Dusty in color Navajo White 
Dusty in blooms 
Dusty Attic Geometric Corners 
 Dusty in color Cashmere, 
Dusty in color Raisin
Dusty in color Jungle Green
Dusty in Color Capri 
Dusty in color Mountains in Medow. 


If you have liked my work do leave some love and to see more of my work, you can visit my blog Passionately curious

Captured.....Dusty Attic

Captured.....Dusty Attic

Posted by Rajni Chawla

Hello all!!!

Once again, i am here posting for Dusty Attic board to inspire you all. Before I start with the new project I want to thank you all for such a beautiful and warm welcome. I really appreciate the effort of those who specially took time and left their beautiful comments here on the blog and facebook. 

On to my today's project...

My kids love taking "selfies" but I am type of a person that personally hate clicking. But I love love love collecting pictures that they click. Perhaps I can give you a deeper psychological explanation. Our time on this earth only lasts for so long, and a camera allows us to preserve memories far past when they might have slipped our mind. It helps us pass those memories into the hands of future generations. Our photos are little legacies of the life we have led – our travels, experiences, food, family, friends, work relationships and more. Each photo is a window into a moment, and the collections of images we take over the years are a window into who we were and what we valued. Ultimately it comes down to a simple truth....seeing that moment captured makes us genuinely happy.

I generally preserve pictures by creating an art piece....be it in my journal page or a frame. For me my daughter is the only model. Hehehe....Oh I love her.!! Love her innocent face n decent smile. Having daughters is one of the greatest joys we could imagine....Isn't it ??

Here is my take on February's Mood board with her picture only. 

I used Blue Fern Studio papers from Sanctuary and Timeless collection to build up this piece. 

Here are few close-ups...

I got huge collection  of Dusty Attic Chippies in my Dt pack which includes a bunch of dangles and pieces that are just a MUST for any chipboard enthusiast like me. Look at those in the picture.....just GORGEOUS!!

Oh I love that  #Chandallier 2 and Ornate Pendant #4. I first primed them with white gesso and then painted with Dusty in Color Jungle Green, Dusty in Color Oceania and Dusty in Color Alabaster. 

Sprinkle of clear rock candy glitter and blings are adding little more artistic look to the pendants. 

I added have added texture using  Dusty Attic Texture paste with Knitting Stencil on the lower side of the frame.

Word " Captured" is from word pack #34,simply painted with all the three shades. 

Word "Awesome" is taken from word pack #33 and heat embossed using custome made glittered heat embossing powder. 

I have created a bunch of flowers using few Prima twigs, mulberry Lillies and a blue heartfelt creation flower made by me. DA 1399, Seagrass #2 and Laura leaves are adding finishing touch to the whole embellished cluster. 

Here are few more shots of the art piece....

List of Dusty AtticProducts  

Dusty Attic Texture Paste

Dusty in color Alabaster 

Dusty in color Jungle Green 

Dusty in color Oceania 

Dusty Attic Knitting stencil

Chandelier #2 

Ornate Pendant #4

Word Pack #33

Word Pack #34

Sea Grass #2 

Word disk #1 

Laural leaf 

Doodads DA 1399 

While I was making the above piece I was left with custom made glittered heat embossing powder. I just thought of using it on other chipboards and here is the quick card as a bonus inspiration for you all.  I have added lots of colors that don't match our February Mood Board but If its bonus....anything iwe get is just great. Isn't it ??

So here is my bonus inspiration for you all. 

Background is all created using different shades of Dusty in Color 

, lots of stamping and heat embossing here and there and the chippies heat embossed with glittered heat embossing powder. Bird is stamped and simply painted using Steadtler watercolor pencils. Hope you like it. 

Oh....I lam in love with that glittered chippies. I have used the smaller size of Vintage frame #4 and placed it side ways...as that was the demand of my project. 

Look at that gorgeous shades of Dusty in color.....Yummy enough to be used more frequently. 

All flowers are handmade...simply punched and embossed. 

Dusty Attic Products Used

Vintage frame #4 

Scroll set #2 

Dusty in color Alabaster 

Dusty in color jungle green

 Dusty in color Oceania 

Dusty in color Denim 

Thanks for stopping by. I will appreciate if you leave some love. 

( Hugs)

Imagine: An Altered Planner with Dusty Attics

Imagine: An Altered Planner with Dusty Attics

Posted by Rajni Chawla

Hello all!

I am Rajni Chawla here from India. Firstly, I wish all the Dusty Attic members and all the followers, a very Happy Twenty Sixteen. I feel very honoured to be part of Dusty Attic Design Team for the year 2016. I am so excited that I'll be sharing my passion with like-minded crafters, some of whom I've looked up to for inspiration. A very heartfelt thanks to all of you for giving me this chance to work with such a talented design team. I hope all of us can learn and inspire each other with each creation !!

Today, I am here to share my very first project for Dusty Attic. I got a tub full of yummy colours along with so many other surprisingly gorgeous supplies in my Dt package. Lots of gorgeous  DA chippies, texture pastes and mediums, DA stencils and so many of blooms. It was really a big Dt haul I must say.....and loved it too. Thank you so much, Jen for sharing your love and generosity and also, a big thanks to Jennifer Mahoney for such a beautiful designing. 

Now on to today's project. I was so in love with lovely shades of DA acrylic paints that I decided to try them mainly along with DA chipboards. Few days back I got my hands on a newly launched planner by Papericious and reserved it for designing it for myself.  Planners are essential for managing our time and tracking our goals. Isn't  it ??  

I am an artist myself. My planner should be a piece of art which should document all my inspirations and my goals as it is going to track my progress over a year as well as my personality in one book. 

This is what my planner looked like before I started working on it. 

And this is how it looks after alteration. 

I really loved the way it turned out. Hope you all liked it too. 

When I start any project I firstly try to visualise what actually is in my mind and what finish exactly I want. Soft pastels and very shabby....no golds and no glitters that was what I needed for my planner and when I got DA acrylic paints in my hand my mind was blown with ideas. I really loved them all. these work like cream.....just PERFECT....what actually I needed. 

Here are few more close ups for more details. 

I have used DA's Vintage Frame #4, DA's Cog #2 and DA's Blueprint Imagine. I have coloured all my embellishments and my background with various shades of DA Acrylic Paints. I kept adding layer after layer until I was satisfied with the background. All the shades that I have used are listed below in the post.

Here is the full view of the back cover of my album which shows prominent cracks that I got after applying the crackle paint. Also, I have used half of the DA Doily #4 to create my back cover.

And a little more embellishment with charms and ribbons and I am done. 

So that's all with my creation for today. Hope you enjoyed reading about it as much as I enjoyed writing about it. If you want to know more about me and my work, then jus simply follow me on my Facebook page, my blog and my Instagram profile.

Since this is my very first post for Dusty Attic, I have little more to say. Yesterday, after completing my project late in the night, when I entered my bedroom and logged into my FB account, I saw a project very similar to mine made my beloved team member Marta Lapkowaska. The only thing that came to my mind at that time was - OMG! What a beautiful coincidence it was as it was her first project as a DT member too. Surely, like-minded people think alike.


List of the products used:-

DA Vintage Frame #4

DA Doily #8

DA Cog #2

DA Blueprint Imagine

Dusty in Colour Jungle Green

Dusty in Colour Crushed Olive

Dusty in Colour Alabaster

Dusty in Colour Cashmere


Searching for some inspiration? Check out Dusty Attic's this month's beautiful mood board. What's more, you might just get lucky and win a voucher worth $100 from the DA website. Plus, you can also avail a special discount of 20% by using the code - Happy2016 at the checkout!


Feeling proud and honoured to share my beautiful Dusty Attic batch with you all.