Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Coffee Sign

Welcome creative friends!

I was inspired to create a coffee wooden sign as masculine gift idea and inspiration,

maybe for the coffee kitchen in the office

or as a Thank You gift for a helpful friend.

In monochrome colour scheme, with texture (crackle effects)

origin coffee powder for a good aroma

and I also try out the Rusty Bronze powder with the suitable Rust Reagenz (13@rts),

I must say very exiting!!

I used the paper 'Paint your life' from the 13arts 'Yound and Free' collection

as background.

Together with some faux rust techniques a great suitable

grunge background for my wooden sign.

some close up's

Plain ATC Wood Blank with Steampipe Clock Frame

was painted with silver acrylic paint

3 different sizes of cups glued on top of each other,

colored with white and black acrylic paint,

stamped with crackle texture,

highlighted with silver wax,

saucer of the smallest cup was cut off and glued back on with 3D effect

origin coffee powder used as paint and texture

which Calico Craft Parts

I used

can you find here

I hope I could inspire you!

Have fun realizing your own visions and ideas!

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Coffee & Dogs for Dusty Attic April Moodboard

Hi creative friends!

Now it's my turn to feature a mixed media canvas using the

beautiful Dusty Attic Moodboard for April.

An absolutely gorgeous inspiration,

love all the warm stunning colours.

Photo radiates so much peace and tranquillity.

I was inspired to create a mixed media canvas with one of my favourite themes.

Dogs and Coffee makes the world go round, right?!

I used again a background paper from 13@rts Mr. Handsome collection,

love the great denim look with some steampunk elements,

always perfectly for a lot of masculine project ideas.

some close up's

just love working with this great

Cogs Frame Set

you can use it as a frame and great, all parts can be used, love that

chippies were primed with black gesso and highlighted with silver wax

or a special embossing powder 'Hammered Metal'

with some motifs from the new Artbook 13@rts I created a mix of papers,

chipboards and textures

for a real look I worked with origin coffee powder and beans

this also gives the whole thing a wonderful aroma :-)

Dusty Attic chipboards and stencil

Clockworks #2 Stencil

Cogs Frame Set

Taps

Number Border #1

Industrial Stars #2

We are looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.

Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs,

...this year we are reverting back to the prize being a $50 (AUD) credit

to the Dusty Attic website store so you can choose your very own designs.

I hope I could inspire you!

Thanks for your visit!

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Spring - Altered Book with 13arts

Hello creative friends!

The spring has come late this year and actually it still feels like winter, with temperatures

as low as 6 degrees. But the beautiful cherry blossoms from

the 13@rts Pastel Spring collection seduced me.

I created a book in altered Art and it looks more elaborate

and complicated than it actually is.

It takes some patience to remove the pages from the book with a sharp knife.

I also love to make it not look so neat, it has more charm that way.

some close up's

a background paper and some cut out flowers from 'Pastell and Spring'

I always like to use natural dried maerialia, such as moss, birch bark,

willow catkins or feathers

love the Glass microbeads as flower pollen, here additionally colored with gold

the cut-out swing hangs freely as a 3D element

suitable chipboards were painted with Color Glow 'Rubelite' and white

I also used some motifs from transperent foil, such as clock, butterflies or cherry blossoms

The foil motifs are very easy to cut out and look like accurately stamped motifs.

13arts products that I used

I hope I could inspire you to try it out!

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Friday, April 9, 2021

Time to Inspire for DT Dusty Attic

Hi creative friends!

I was inspired to create a mixed media layout in grunge style

with a touch of steampunk.

As 3D eyecatcher I used an old brush as comfortable seat :-).

The latest 'Mr. Handsome' collection from 13@rts was perfect for my inspiration,

there you can find some very cool background papers,

stencils and Ephemera elements.

some close up's

appropriate for the grunge look I used some

faux rust techniques for the chipboards,

I also try out the Rusty Bronze powder