SUMMER BEAUTY - single page layout - (Dusty Attic DT)

August is one of my favorite months in the whole year.

Here in Canada, it's the last full month of the Summer so it's especially important to try to enjoy it as much as we can as the rest of the year can get pretty dreary and super long.  So in my Summery state of mind, I was inspired to create a fun, bold and happy layout with lots of colours for my first monthly DT reveal on The Dusty Attic blog!

As you can see, I choose very bright papers from my very old Bo Bunny stash.

I then picked some fabulous chipboard from my Dusty Attic collection that I thought

would complement well the Summer feel and the kid style I wanted to express.

The first piece that caught my eye was the Mini Me set. I picked one of the cute little girls to represent the cutie in the photo, my friends' daughter. Because I wanted some of the chipboard to really stand out against all the background colours, I decided to cover it with white embossing  powder.  I created my title with a Mini Tag and a word from Word Pack #20. You can also see a glimpse of a newly released Polaroid Frame Set #1 poking out from the bottom of the picture.

Another new release from Dusty Attic is a line of very intricate Swirls. The one below comes from Set #1. I thought it went perfect with the design of this layout.

To mimic the geometric pattern on the background papers, I decided to add the Geometric Border and part of the Geometric Corners on both outer edge of my page.  They are absolutely fabulous. And I just love how cute the little Twine Bow looks on the tag! I colored it with a marker and gel pen.

Even my flowers are chipboard on my layout. I used Flower Layers #5 that I painted with Dusty in Colour Sunburnt Orange paint with a few dabs of the lighter Bisque.  Then finally, I added a few final touches of blue and purple with Decorative Dots and Page Pebbles.

I used a LOT of Dusty Attic chipboard on this project. Here is the complete list.

Chipboard

Geometric Border - DA1029

Geometric Corners - DA1030

Floral Layers #5 Small - DA0889

Mini Me - DA1156

Swirls #1 - DA2354

Twine Bows #3 - DA1828

Polaroid Frame Set #1 - DA2454

Decorative Dots - DA1816

Page Pebbles #11 - DA1116

Page Pebbles #8 - DA1113

Mini Tags #3 - DA1814

Word Pack #20 - DA1276

Dusty in Colour

Sunburnt Orange - DA0906

Bisque - DA0921

Make sure to check out all the wonderful new release chippies right in the online store

 and share with us your project on the Dusty FANattics FB page.

I'll be back later this month with my take on the DA mood board!