Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Glam up Your Projects with Trinkets & Dusty Attic Chippies!!

So I've been wanting to scrap some photo's from when my youngest daughter went on a field trip to the African Lion Safari a few years ago.  Then I got the coolest collection (Bo Bunny Zoology) and the coolest Chippies to get this project done!!  As soon as I saw these Dusty Attic Peacock Feather I fell in love!!   ....The focus for this layout was for Bo Bunny Trinkets, they are those pretty little 'jewelled pieces' that Bo Bunny makes now to coordinate with all their collections.

I also finally picked up some Gesso to experiment with!  Let me say....I'm still experimenting.  Unlike a few of my talented friends, you know who you are (Jeni, Finn).....I have a really hard time with glimmer mists!  I tried using some on this page but just did not get the rich results I was looking for.  In the end what I ended up doing was adding my embellishments to the page, giving them a light brushing with Gesso.  Then instead of spritzing with a mist I just used some metalic paint (in this case a blue color) and dry brushed over the blooms and embellishments....(dry brushing is when you put paint on your brush and dab off the excess and then brush on the leftover on your project).  Then I lightly brushed the embellishments with a bit more Gesso.



For the Dusty Attic Chipboard Feather DA#0568, I wanted immitate the look of a real peacock freather.  Here are a few steps to create this look....
1.  First I painted the piece with some Folk Art Metalic Paint in blue/green color and painted part of the head of the peakcock feather with a metalic bronze color.

2.  Then I added some black glitter glue over the green painted finish. I used the Michaels Store brand glitter glue called 'Studio'....I believe Stickles would make a charcoal or black glitter glue too.

3.  For the head of the feather I added some Lime Green Stickles over the blue paint, some Stardust Stickles over the gold paint and some bright blue Stickles in the very center......above is what the finished design will look like.

Other Product used on this page:
Supplies: Patterned Paper ~ Zoology Word, Timepiece Dot, Gabrielle Dot,
Zoology Trinkets (3 designs)
Zoology Trims
Timepiece Buttons.
Zoology Buttons,
Zoology Brads
Gabrielle True Friend Cardstock Stickers
Bo Bunny Flowers (Snowy Serenade)
Gesso, Paint, Chipboard

Guess what???  I've seen a peek of the new Bo Bunny Collections coming out for the CHA and HOLY MOLY!!!  Are they every cute!!!  Wish I could just spill the beans right now, they are amazing!  Hang on just a wee bit longer and I'm sure Bo Bunny will be doing a sneak peek of these yummy collections soon! (Just had to give a little teaser, don't mind me lol!)

22 comments:

Sue said...

Just beautiful love the demo really helpful Gabi thank you sweetie.

Lindy said...

Amazing layout!!!! Thanks for the demo!

Patricia SPI said...

Wouaw wouaww wouaww de toute beauté cette page une fois de plus ! Bravo !

Mona`s Bittelille Scrappekrok said...

Wow!!! Gabrielle, this is absolutely amazing! Love how you did the feathers. They looks fantastic. Your LO is truly beautiful. Fabulous flowers and lace and the distressing is awesome. Great job, sweetie! Hugs...Mona

Steph said...

Lovely layout...the peacock feathers are stunning!

Яя said...

Супер! Супер! Супер!

Romy said...

Wow, just look at those amazing peacock feathers. You turned them into such realistic and gorgeous embellishments...totally love them! And your layout is just amazing. Beautiful work with the Bo Bunny once again!

kissinia said...

What a stunner! Adore this!

Bonnie said...

Awesome! Those peacock feathers are fantastic. I can't wait to see the new BB papers - thanks for the teaser, Bonnie :-)

phamil said...

Gabi, this page is gorgeous and that peacock feather......love that, it's beautiful. Thank you for sharing your technique. I love all your mixed media on this page! Just a beautiful, beautiful page!!! Love this!!!

Scrappiness said...

Wow this is gorgeous! And I love your peacock feathers too!!

EFI said...

It is fantastic!!! Great work Gabrielle! Thank you for the inspiration!

Rachael Funnell said...

WOW! love your Layout & that peacock feathers looks totally Awesome.....

Edilza Teixeira Scrap e Artes said...

Oi Gabrielle!!!

Ficou perfeito esse LO, com esse pavão maravilhoso!!! ADOREI !!!

Beijos

Patty O'Malley said...

Everything you touch turns out fabulous!! Love the techniques used here!

Bellaidea said...

almost like magic:)

Melissa Vettorel said...

Wow Gabi, this page is amazing!! It's so captivating. I love what you did with the peacock feathers, there beautiful!! I can't wait to see Bo Bunny's new releases!! Take care!!

Anonymous said...

Wow...This is really the Fabulous beautiful project!!! In thee, as usual, superbly executed a layout.

CaninosArtisticCafe said...

What a beautiful layout! I LOVE those peacock feathers and how you painted them they are just beautiful!

~VIRGINIA~ said...

I love how you framed the photo with the wonderful embellishments. This is beautiful.

Crafty Loops said...

Absolutely beautiful, I love your painted peacock feather, it looks so real. Lee xx

Kay said...

Such beautiful LOs! I can't decide which I love the most!

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