Dusty Attic 

Mood Board Inspiration
Altered Crab 

'Paradise Found'

Hello dear Dusty FANattics!

Here is my take on this months mood board.
I LOVE sea/beach themes and this colour
palette is just absolutely STUNNING!

I have altered this cute little crab featuring lots
 of the pretty sea/beach Dusty Attic chipboard
 pieces. I prepped the little guy with white gesso
and added some gauze along the bottom section.
I also painted all the chippies I used with white
 gesso first and then started adding them in layers
 onto the gauze, I adhered all of these with a
heavy body gel and gave them another coat of
gesso. I then painted it with some impasto and
metallique paints, I added water now and again to
tone down the colours a bit. I randomly added
some touches of rust pastes. I then tucked
in some lace flowers and extra gauze behind
the chippies. I also added some seashells and
 a starfish embellishment.The chipboard titles
have been embossed with white embossing powder
(I generally love embossing the chippie titles
with white, simply because it looks pretty and a
lot more visible). I then finished the piece off
with some lovely art stones for extra texture.

Dusty Attic Product List:

DA2256 Layered Garland

DA2267 Shells #2

DA2268 Shells #3

DA2196 Sand Dollars

DA2197 Starfish #2

DA1836 Mini Captions #13

  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Papercrafting!
Tanya