Saturday, September 16, 2017

GD Calico Craft Parts - Nautical Frame

Welcome!
 I'm so excited and happy to be invited to the Calico Craft Parts Blog
 as a guest designer this month.
I was very impressed when I finally saw the amazing pieces from Calico Craft Parts in original.
They immediately reminded me of my time as a "woodworm" ;-)  
yes, I loved working with wood -  mainly scroll saw projects. 
Calico's wooden shapes are so filigree and I could never have done this with a jigsaw! And their natural shades are wonderful too. 


As you may already know I have a soft spot for the sea with all its wonderful and mysterious creatures, and when I saw the wonderful aquatic and marine wood shapes at the Calico Craft Parts shop I was immediately inspired to create a new mixed media home decoration piece.

 Before and After


My base was an old simple plastic frame, but I fell in love with it
because it looks like a store window or a TV, right?!

How I did it:

Calico Craft Parts wood shapes used:

 

 I chose old book pages and black tissue paper in combination with white crackle paint and some brown shades from a Glimmer Mist spray. A very easy technique but I wanted a wonderfully neutral and more subtle background for the beautiful wooden shapes. I only used very few colours -  a patina green, black, white and a little bit neon green for a magical effect, because the Galleon boat reminded me of the 'Black Pearl'
(you know what I mean?)  Yes, I admit it : I'm a big fan of the Pirates of Carribean stories.
 
some close up's




I highlighted the crab and kelp with just some little pearls and used  transparent gel as glue



I used the untreated Ships Wheel as a base and added the Galleon Boat  for a 3D effect.
I love to combine the various sizes of the wood shapes to create layers!


sideview


At the end of the process I decided to make one of my favourite sayings the focal element, but that
may well be exchanged with a photo sometime.


Done!


I am not a person of many words, so I would like to say a heartfelt THANK YOU
for your invitation in the form of a small extra project on which I used
my absolute favourite among the Calico Craft Parts wood shapes:

in combination with the gorgeous


Thanks for your visit! 
I hope this was a bit of inspiration for you!
I will return at the end of the month with a 
new, spooktacular project and I hope you will then stop by again  :-)

Happy crafting!
Kerstin

Friday, September 15, 2017

DT Steampunk Challenge

Welcome!

Today a new project for our September Steampunk Challenge
Anything goes Steampunk/Industrial

I was inspired to change the look from an old home decoration piece,
it's a ceramics hand and I like the beautiful shape.

before and now


some close up's

  
 

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look . 
If you’d like to see more, have a look through our blog.

Thanks for your visit!
Have a nice time!
Kerstin 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Scraps of Darkness - Smile often

Welcome!

Today I want to share with you a new layout for the August


 I was inspired from the amazing marble effects on the background papers from Simple Stories contain in the Main Kit,
very delicate colours, which are also used in this layout together with the filigree Papermania Wild Rose Crochet Trim and the pink feather from the Elements On Kit.



some details


 Simple Stories Beautiful Bits & Pieces Diecuts are very suitable, beautiful colors and shapes


a very soft feather as background and a metal butterfly from my stuff


and have you seen the new washi tapes from Prima Marketing, a wonderful addition
 
I used an another paper from Simply Stories collection to cut out some beautiful flowers as layer
under some paper flowers, it gives an amazing 3D effect!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kerstin 

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Scrap FX - Hello Friend


Welcome!
Kerstin here with a new inspiration for our beautiful new products from
 Scrap FX 
really great for some masculine layouts in grunge style.
I love it to use some stencils for my individual background and you can find a lot of stencils 
which are very suitable for boy layouts too.


  used Scrap FX products
  
 some close up's



a very cool embossing powder 'Hammerd metal'  just right for the tools


a rusty look with some acrylic paints
 it's also great to combine various chipboards as layers
 here a clock hand and Barbwide Border


it's also very easy to cut this pieces
in two corners to frame the photo

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look at some of products from Scrap FX. 
If you’d like to see more, have a look through their store HERE


Thanks for your visit!
Have a nice time!
Kerstin 

Monday, September 4, 2017

DT Scraps of Darkness - Wanderlust

Hello everyone!

Kerstin is back with another vintage inspired layout. 
Have you seen this wonderful resin frame from Prima in our July Wayfarer Elements On Kit,
beautiful or?!


Together with this background paper and the printed chipboards from the Wanderlust collection a perfect opportunity for me to make a travel theme layout.


I colored the frame with a Glimmer Mist Spray, a really simple method to give the frame an altered look, the new paper dolls from my stuff were a wonderful addition


chipboard was highlighted with an marble (black + copper) embossing powder 


some emphera pieces from our Main Kit were very suitable for this 'Travel' theme


I'm always in love with this amazing flowers from 49 and Market, also contain in the Main Kit


Thanks for your visit!
Kerstin

Saturday, September 2, 2017

New Halloween Series - Spinning Factory

Welcome back in my original spider or spinning factory ;-)!


Fall is knocking on your door - so it's time for new ideas for some

 mystical and magical projects, crazy ideas to Halloween.

I had a lot of fun to work with some stuff fell random in my hands.

It was a packaging box for muffins, a threaded rod,

steampunk puffy stickers and various deco elements for Halloween .



How I do this
 

some close up's 


 



.... and good bye
the next Halloween ideas will come!

Thanks for your visit!

Let your fantasy go wild and 
design your own crazy projects!
Have FUN :-)

 xo Kerstin xo

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Scraps of Darkness - Let's get lost

Hello!

A new inspiration for our  

Friday is a nice day, because weekend is comming. Enjoy nature, stroll along the water, walk through the forest with our dog, that's relaxation pure for me.
The new background paper from Blue Fern Studios from the Main Kit was the perfect frame for my nature photo.


I worked with a spiderweb stencil,some fern leaves chipboards, emphera pieces from Prima Marketing, the new layered die-cut ebellishments from 49 and Market, all elements are very suitable for a forest layout with nature feeling.

some close up's 


 a wonderful wooden frame from the printed chipboard shapes - Wanderlust with some die cut embellishments


fern leaves chipboards colored with acrylic paints and highlighted with some little glass beads


 a spiderweb stencil from my stuff as background



Happy crafting!