Forest Friends

 

Forest Friends is an intuitive mixed media project created freely on a wooden frame, without a painted background. The natural wood surface became part of the design and set the organic tone in combination with a touch of steampunk for the entire piece.

 Instead of starting with a detailed plan, I chose to work freely on a wooden frame, allowing the materials themselves to shape the final composition. I used chipboards, outcasts, drying nature elements, feathers, fabric texture and moss. 

 It was both challenging and refreshing. 

 This approach is one of the things I love most about mixed media: it allows mistakes to turn into design features and encourages experimentation.

 

 

 

Chipboards were used to build structure and depth, forming a loose, forest-like composition. Additional texture was added with an outcast from a Green Man Mould, which bring a special detail in form of an old, kind tree face and connect the layers visually.

For the forest animals, I used both embossing powder and acrylic paint.

 

 used chipboards

 

DA3792

Torn Notebook Frame - 2pce

DA4047

Forest Friends - Fox  

DA4034

Forest Friends - Mouse 

DA0767

Deer  

DA2734

Gears #1 - by Nuneka  

DA1542

Industrial Scrolls 

DA3109

Creepy Crawlies #3

 

 

 

Picture Frame - Hello Friend

 

 Hello!

 

Today an upcycling project, it was an old wooden frame, now it's an eyecatcher

 where you can add an special photo or an wise saying. 

I decorated it with a nautilus from a fantasy Steampunk land 

and supplemented the nautilus with a kelp, split in the centre, 

this is how wonderful tentacles were created. Chain was made with the help of a mould,

 on the body I added two cogs, a capnut and a thin metal ornament.

 

  

 

some details

 

  

 

 Creative greetings from Kerstin

Home Decor - Maritime frame with Dusty Attic

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

Today a new inspiration, it's a sea inspired frame.

I used a wooden frame as base and added for the background some fabric leftovers, 

 also remnants of an old favorite jeans 😀

 

 

suitable maritim chipboards were primed with white gesso

and afterwards colored with silver acrylic paint 

 anchor got an texture layer, where I used fine deco sand

some details

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Anchor #2 

 Sand Dollars

Ocean Elements #5

Mini Shells #2 

 

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

 

Kerstin

 

 

Pick your poison - 3D Halloween Frame

 Welcome!

 Yes, Season of the witch has begun for me again 🎃🖤🎃🖤

I love this time full of black humour.

Do you want a special cocktail???

today served on a silver plate by an extraordinary butler .

I used as base a simply wooden picture frame to put up. 

 

used materials:

cutting dies - Thinlits Sizzix 

Tim Holtz 'Fireside'; 'Frightful Things ' ; 'Cobweb'; Bat Crazy; Garden Greens

Idea-Ology Creepy Eyes; 

Stampers Anonymous Etcetera Bat Trim

 

some close up's

 

for the table I used the inner part from cutting die 'Fireside'

 

 

 

Simon says - Grunge it up!

 

Have fun and enjoy!!

I'll be back soon 🖤🧡🖤

Kerstin

DIY Sea Fantasy Frame with MDF Shapes & Mould

Welcome creative friends!

I'm an enthusiastic Mixed Media designer and Steampunk & Sea
is always a very fascinating theme for me.

Some days ago I got a wonderful gift from my friend Claudia 😍

thanks sooo much!!!

I'm totaly in love with this awesome Maxi Mould 'Seaworld' from Stamperia. I used the various casts for some mixed media projects and was very thrilled to find out if you can combine this big seahorse (made with modeling clay) with some filigree MDF wooden shapes from Calico Craft Parts.

 I created a mixed media frame in Altered Art.

more details can you find here

I used some embossing powders and Metallic Wax

for some shiny metallic effects

with a very special embossing powder 'Burnt Copper Leave'

  Do you also love to combine different ideas and materials? then give it a try.

 Thanks for your visit!

Stay safe everyone and take care of yourselves and your loved ones…

Simon says stamp Monday challenge 
E is for Embossing 

 Kerstin

GD Simon says - Bright and Cheerful colours

Welcome, creative friends!

 

and the theme for this week is...

Bright and Cheerful Colours

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

I was inspired to create a gift for a friend 

and used some delicate bright colours on a simple plastic frame.

Tip

Firstly I used some golden filigree self-adhesive stickers for some subtle texture, 

in addition two small homemade mould elements at the lower edge. 

The foot of the frame was covered with some string.

 Afterwards I painted over everything with a chalk finish paint and then highlighted it
with white gesso.

That wonderful 3D texture in the background is amazing, isn't it?

 I love this dimensional effect created 

with the new Tim Holtz Sizzix BOTANICAL 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder

some close up's

All the products I've used on today's project

 that are available from Simon Says Stamp are linked below:

  

Tim Holtz Sizzix BOTANICAL 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Idea-ology DECO FRAMES Adornments

Tim Holtz Sizzix FRIENDSHIP WORDS SCRIPT Thinlits Die 

 Paper Artsy Fresco Finish ANTARCTIC Chalk Acrylic Paint

Prima Marketing WHITE HEAVY GESSO

 Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER DOLLS Paperie

 

 

 

Happy crafting!

Kerstin