Saturday, December 17, 2016

Merry Christmas with Mr. Coolman

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen!

The year 2016 is almost over and we are short before christmas.
 There is always a colourful hustle and bustle as well as calmness and reflectiveness.
We use also the time to look back on this year, the right time to say 
a big THANK YOU 
to our hard-working and reliably
Big Boss Claudia,
our two Sponsors,
my talented teamies 
and 
our faithful followers!

Mr. Coolman the one and only ;-) is here 
to wish you a merry and bright Christmas and a Happy NEW Year!


By the way, the English version of Mr. Coolman
you can find here
with kind support of our Claudia :-)




 

Vorher war ich eine einfache Styroporform, dann wurde mir der Hut weggenommen,
 damit er schwarz bemalt werden konnte. Zum Glück wurde er mir wieder aufgeklebt, wie hätte ich sonst ohne Hut ausgesehen?
 

 Nun wurde ich mit den hier gezeigten DecoArt Fluid Acrylics bemalt, eine Krawatte bekam ich auch, sowie zwei Druckknöpfe als Augen, eine Nase von einem alten Uhrwerk 
und einen flotten Schnauzer ( der ursprünglich eine Pinnadel war). 
Bevor ich meine Arme and andere Nettigkeiten verpasst bekam, 
lies es meine Designerin noch mit DecoArt Snow Tex schneien, 
denn schließlich bin ich in meinem wahren Inneren ein Schneemann.



Meine Arme entstanden aus verschiedenen Zahnrädern eines alten Uhrwerks, passend zu meinem coolen Steampunkoutfit mussten sich natürlich auch künstlich berostet werden, 
was mit den Farben von DecoArt immer wunderbar funktioniert.


Ein schöner Rücken kann auch entzücken :-)

 

Und weil mir öfter ein Licht aufgehen soll, bekam ich letztlich auch noch eine Glühbirne aufgesetzt, die von einer alten Weihnachtsbaumlichterkette kam. 
Damit sie auch leuchtet, musste sie natürlich noch verdrahtet werden.


Soviel zu meiner Entstehungsgeschichte,
 möchtet ihr noch mehr von mir wissen ?, 
dann fragt doch einfach nach!

May the spirit of the season
bring you happiness and joy!

Warmest wishes from our whole 
xx Kerstin xx

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Gift wrapping tips

Welcome!

I'm not the biggest friend from note gifts = Notgeschenk ;-)
but sometimes I believe it's better then this crazy gift exchange after christmas.
So I will show you three little ideas for gift envelopes for childs and adults.

I was inspired from this challenge theme 
and the beautiful projects from all the hardworking designers there.

Many thanks for all your very creative and inspiring projects this year!

 

a mix from stencils, DecoArt Metallic paint, white and blue spray mists


 a christmas tree die + music notes stamp



some gear dies and circles + chipboards with glitter paint
+ texture paper


 for Frosty the snowmen


I hope you like my gift wrapping inspiration,
I think so it's more personal
because it's made with a lot of love !

Have a beautiful 3.Advent my friends!
x Kerstin x

Friday, December 9, 2016

Moments

Welcome scrappy friends!


The year 2016 is almost over and we are short before christmas.

There is always a colourful hustle and bustle as well as calmness and reflectiveness.
We use also the time to look back on our most beautiful memories .


I used this beautiful chipboards from Scrap FX


some details please






I wish you shining moments, beautiful memories of the past and joy
for the coming year!
Many thanks for your visit!
 Kerstin

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Three haselnuts for Cinderella

Welcome!

today a new inspiration for a very romantic home decor piece. Do you know the beautiful winter fairytale '' Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel''?

It's a great tradition to see this fairytale on TV to the christmas eve, a wonderful childhood memory for me and passed from generation to generation.
Even as a child I loved the owl 'Rosalie' and thatswhy I used a shadow frame for a 3D winter landscape together with three silver haselnuts and not to forget the glass shoes.


  It's a shadow frame (size 36 x 42 cm) with a winter theme.
A decopage paper as background and highlighted with texture snow and glimmer effects.

 Frame was painted with white acrylic and crackle paint from DecoArt,
a brown crackle stamp and some varios shades of distress brown.

Added some snowflake stamps with embossing powder, beautiful lace pieces, wooden plates and the words - Follow your heart. 


 The wonderful feather owl was a gift from a friend 
and I think in this landscape she has find the right place.





 Challenges

crisp and cold


Home decor - Wintry theme

CCB Christmas where you are
it's a great family tradition here in Germany to see this beautiful romantic christmas fairytale
on christmas eve 24th of December,
 it helps to shorten the time for children till the handing out of presents

CCB December 2016 Challenge
I used a hazelnut branche from nature
and inked it with silver spray

Many thanks for your visit!
I wish you all a beautiful holiday time!

Happy crafting!
xx Kerstin xx

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Dear Santa

Welcome !

December again the last month of the year, where all the time has gone?
Christmas is coming and high time
to write a thick wish list to Santa Claus.




This month we have a wonderful moodboard again at Scrap Africa


some details as inspiration



 

My  teamies at Scrap Africa have come up with many inspiring and different  versions 

May the spirit of the season 
bring you happiness and joy!

Happy crafting!
Kerstin

Saturday, November 26, 2016

The Ice Queen

Welcome!
In an enchanting world of candle light, there 
is a place where young and old can meet for a fairytime 
to simply enjoy a wonderful atmosphere.
A magical winter world with some dancing ballerinas like snowflakes
blue, frosty and cold
The Ice Queen


 Scrap FX products


I used some old bookpages, maybe from an old fairytale book ? 
No you cannot destroy it, old newspaper pages also worked
simply roll up and stick together
as a wonderful 3D frame

- Magic is believing in yourself -


for the words a black embossing powder wiped with silver acryl paint


if you can do that, you can make anything happen

Insiration Challenges

More than words Special
old- leaves die
new - Scrap FX stencil
borrowed - ice flowers
blue color shades
 Mixed Media Place Nov.

Berry bleu 71 + Navy is my neutral

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy weekend!
Kerstin

Friday, November 25, 2016

Enchanting Fantasy for Scrap FX

Welcome!
Now is the best time again for fairytales, with elves, fairies, flowers and butterflies 
they make it possible to create a magic world and transfer 
not only kids but also adults into the land of dreams.


 Scrap FX products


some details


I used the beautiful silhouette butterfly as background (cut in two parts)
very filigree and a good contrast to the mixed media background, 
which was made with some fluid acrylic paints (green, blue, lavender) 
added some stars and butterflies stamps


first I used black magic embossing powder and then for the lower range 
a metalic blue pearl paint


a half golden lace flower as skirt and painted with some acrylic colors

Inspiration
Prima PPP November

Happy crafting!
Kerstin