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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Country Life {With Dusty Attic}

 As soon as I saw this cute 'Rustic Farm Fence' chippie from Dusty Attic I knew I had found the perfect centerpiece design to build around this photo of my oldest daughter Chloe and her best friend Peyton with her horse.  There are so many fun country/rustic chipboard designs, from wood birdhouses, wagon wheels, tall grasses, birds nests, and I added a big Leafy Scroll in the top left corner. 
I began by giving all of my chipboard a good coat of Gesso.  I like to do this so that all the paint colors or inks I hit them with will show up nicely.  For the above Leafy Scroll I used some watered down Dusty Attic Paints in Pesto and Mountain Meadow on the leafy area. 
I just love the little Dusty Attic Birdhouses!  Here I just painted it white and rubbed some brown chalk ink (Colorbox, chestnut) on the edges.  I have a Tombow brown ink pen that I used to stroke on some lines to give the birdhouse an aged cracked look. 
For the fence I painted it with Dusty Attic 'Bisque' paint and then dry brushed some DA Hot Chocolate, Storm Cloud and Pesto, to give a weathered wood look to the fence.  Storm Cloud was used for the barb wire, and Hot Chocolate on the cross sections to give a rusted look.  I then added some Bronze Distress Stickles on the barb wire to get a textured rust look.  Below is my supplies list
 
Supplies: 
Dusty in Color:  Bisque, Hot Chocolate, Mountain Meadow, Pesto, Navajo White, Storm Cloud.

Dusty Attic Supplies:
~ Rustic Farm Fence
~ Leafy Scroll
~ Bird Houses
~ Wagon Wheels
~ Grass Cluster #1
~ Bird Nests #1
~ Dusty In Bloom (Leaves)
Other: Patterned Paper- Prima (Sun Kissed), Burlap, Websters Pages Alpha stickers.
 
Hope you enjoyed my project and that you'll give some of the beautiful rustic/country chippies a try! xo 

16 comments:

  1. This is so beautiful and it truly has created an outdoor scene. I love how you always make the chipboard look like real wood or metal pieces. Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

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  2. You managed to give your lay-out the perfect country look. I really love how it turned out!

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  3. This is sooooo pretty!! I love the inspiration I can find here!

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  4. A gorgeous layout and very country-like,the picture fits really perfect,greetings Miranda

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  5. So so beautiful Gabi!! Love how you used the DA chipboard!!

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  6. Love the country look you gave to this layout Gabrielle. Perfect to match the gorgeous photo. That little birdhouse is so cute and I love how you gave it the aged look. Fabulous!!

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  7. Wonderful use of the DA! The perfect scene ...

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  8. So beautiful Gabrielle,the detailing on this is stunning ,such a wonderful photo too.Jacqueline.S

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  9. wow..Your pages are works of art..

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  10. Hvor er det flot, du har virkelig fået en contry stemning frem. knus morkaren.

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  11. This is much more than. Regular LO, this is ART with a very high WOW factor! Love how you create a scene around the chippies :)

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  12. WOW WOW WOW!! as a country girl I LURVE this layout so much.. the fence is perfect, the corner flourish is stunning, I love the daisy's, that photo is amazing.. definitely my new fav.. Lucky girl to have such a gorgeous layout in her album!!

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  13. This is so amazing.. My mother doesn't have anything to do with art or scrapbooking - but I will just HAVE to show her this and she will just be blown away, I know it!!!! Awesome work as always!

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  14. Superb layout. And great use of all the products.

    x0, D

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