Hello everyone and welcome to my first ever Dusty Attic blogpost!
My name is Valia Katzaki and I am a shabby scrapper from sunny Greece. I love chipboard and flowers, is there any better scrappy combination? Dusty Attic has the most amazing designs and I couldnt be more thankful to Jennifer Hedger and Jen Burns for having me on the team!
This is a dream come true for me!
Let me say that opening my DT package was a thrilling experience. All these beautiful products, the chipboard, the flowers, the acrylics and the stencils inspired me to scrap in a most romantic way.
Here is our January moodboard
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And this is my layout
I treated the backgroung with a script DA stencil and Shimmerz Texturez.
The word “Special” was first primed with gesso and then painted with Twinkling H2Os. I cut the corners from the elegant chain and I tucked them in my clusters. To achieve a different shade of the same color, I used the same paint but I didnt gesso the piece first. I treated the Scrolls the same way.
I painted the Ivy corners with Finnabair Mica Powder mixed with gloss medium. I generously dabbed the leaves with paint to get extra texture. When the leaves were dry, I dilluted Dusty in Color Raisin with lots of water and I washed the leaves in oder to highlight the raised areas. It gave the leaves a kind of succulent look.
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all chipboard can be purchased direct from the Dusty Attic website, and there is free shipping when you order over $75.00 worth world wide.
all chipboard can be purchased direct from the Dusty Attic website, and there is free shipping when you order over $75.00 worth world wide.
Dusty Attic Products used
Dusty in Colour Raisin
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/b/525/e87d5be82eb346f8378db3410b7cb0d2.image.132x250__48904_std.jpg)
Word Pack #33
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/l/692/word_pack_33__58473_std.jpg)
Ivy Corners #2
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/i/036/ivy_corners_2__91394_std.jpg)
Elegant Chain
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/a/233/Elegant_chain__31930_std.jpg)
Scroll Set #1
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/i/645/scroll_set__75555_std.jpg)
Creative Script Stencil
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/s/527/creative_script_stencil__73499_std.jpg)
The Dusty Attic chipboard pieces were so amazing that I couldnt help myself so I made two cards as well. For the first card I used a piece of the Tickets set and the ATC Frame #4
For the second card, I used the inside leftover of the ATC frame as a frame for my sentiment. Even the leftovers are too great not to use!
Dusty Attic Products used
Dusty in Colour Raisin
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/b/525/e87d5be82eb346f8378db3410b7cb0d2.image.132x250__48904_std.jpg)
Dusty in Colour Pesto
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/e/403/02005930_3788015__01492_std.jpg)
ATC Frame #4
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/p/080/376d2e2ebc4bf80b414d82e93a10f3a4.image.69x250__68121_std.jpg)
Tickets
![](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/k/471/tickets__01810_zoom.jpg)
Mini Captions #7
![Image 1](http://www.dustyattic.com.au/product_images/j/058/mini_captions_7__51653_std.jpg)
Thank you so much for dropping by!
Congratulations Valia 🙂 Gorgeous 1st posting with Dusty Attic!
These are stunning Valia! I love how you've treated the chippies!
Gorgeous work Valia, I always admire your pages, they are so beautiful! Congratulations on your DT membership!
Congrats my friend! What a beautiful first page! Thank you for the mini tutorial you gave us! 🙂 I wish you are always so creative! <3
Congratulations Valia!! I love your page and all of your beautifully coloured chipboard pieces…..can't wait to see more of your work.
Congratulations Valia!Love the romance mood 🙂
Beautiful projects….!!
Congratulations and welcome to the team.