Driving home

Welcome!

It's a beautiful tradition in our family to hear, play and sing christmas songs.

Do you know the wonderful christmas song 'Driving home for christmas' ?!

it's one of my favourite christmas songs just like this old photo motif 

and so I used this as inspiration for my new christmas layout in vintage style.

used products can you find here

 some details

an amazing picture and I thought it's a cool idea 

to use Joy Mini with a light bulb as front part 

for the car

only 70 ...50 ...30 ...miles more

then I'll be home :-)

More than words Challenge December Family & Numbers

the word FAMILY means for me traditions, one of them is driving home for christmas

you count the miles until you finally get home and 

so I used the handwritten numbers only 70 ...50 ...30 ...miles more on tags

CSI No 244
Evidence: Christmas/ winter, car, lamps, stencil, vintage/retro
Testimony: Document christmas

Christmas greetings!

Kerstin

Holiday card trio

Welcome!

Today I want to share with you some cards, which I have made with

 some wonderful papers from Maja Design.

I was also inspired from the theme at Frilly and Funkie - Most memorable gift -

and so I used my first embossing folder from Sizzix. 

It was a gift from a good friend some years ago.

- Have yourself a merry little christmas -

 

some details

Cozy season is coming

Simon says Christmas/ Winter holidays 
Monday challenge

Christmas greetings from Kerstin !
xxx

I'll be home

Welcome!

 Today a new inspiration for your christmas home decoration.

I was inspired to make this from two little houses 

which I found in the Calico Craft Parts Store, really wonderful and 

together with the paper dolls from Tim Holtz

 a perfect addition for a small christmas/ winter scene.

My basic was a grey wooden heart, two houses and christmas trees and a small lantern. 

I used some products from Decoart - Decoupage glue 'Antique', Snow -Tex and Weathered Wood Crackle Medium, Crackle white paint

and diluted with water 13arts Ayeeda Paint Vivid Vintage

I love it to use old music paper

this crackle medium is always a good idea for an altered look

 

 Simon says Christmas/ Winter holidays Monday challenge
Frilly and Funkie Most memorable gift
this beautiful little houses were a gift from a very good friend
and reminds me on my GD at Calico Craft Parts this year

13arts #61 Christmas favourite song - I'll be home

 

Have a wonderful advent time!

Hugs, Kerstin xx

Enjoy this time for Maja Design

Welcome friends!

Baby, it's could outside ... because it's Winter time :-)

Cozy time is coming! Time for long evenings with candlelight and good food. Time for
warm sweaters and cuddly socks.

  

I'm also a big fan from unique papers without motifs, because you have so many opportunities to create your background with stamps or watercolours and it's always a perfect combination to all the other beautiful delicate papers from Maja Design.

First I primed the background with clear gesso, then I started by working my background with blue and white spray color ink and added some winter feeling stamps, like snowflakes, snowman, old trees.

used Maja Design papers from following collections

some close up's

 I love the color combi blue and brown with accents of white and black

some little silver stars for a bright and shiny effect

together with a leftover from a cuddly knit ribbon

and some cut stripes from the 'Wood' paper

 I know that I'm home ...

 some highlights with chipboards from Dusty Attic and some cutting dies 

with texture and 'Blizzard' paper

I was inspired from this moodboards

Dusty Attic Dec.

I was inspired from this wonderful shades of the colour blue 

CSI No. 243

Evidence:  christmas winter elements, wood, deer head, solid background

Testimony: Inspiration words home, joy, shine

Many thanks for your visit!

Have a wonderful advent  weekend!

 xo Kerstin xo

In der Weihnachtsbäckerei for Scrap FX

Welcome!

It's christmas time that means  illuminations and fir trees, Christmas cookies and traditional crafts. Our kids love to bake cookies, even if there is an absolute chaos in the kitchen, it makes every year a great fun again.

 They loves secretly nibbling at the cookie dough, cutting

out stars and hearts themselves and decorating them with a lot of sugar pearls.

 used Scrap FX products

Moments words

Time together

Chefs

Flourish 21

 Vintage scales

 

and from the new Maja Design paper collection the page 'Make decorations'

some close up's

I was in love with this wonderful vintage scales 

and I used  a golden acrylic paint as basic for a bright a shiny effect,

 also a little bit texture paste on some places

at the end I draw with a black fineliner some notes

undercoated with white gesso and colored with green and gold acrylic

 paint for a festive effect 

 the boss in person ;-)

she looks so fun with a white texture on her hat

 and a red embossing powder on her loop

the cookies have succeeded and all tasted very good

 

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!

See you later :-)

Kerstin

Shadowbox Winter forest

Hello friends!

today a little inspiration for a christmas home decoration.

Winter has begun, Christmas is just around the corner .

Heute ist bei uns der erste Schnee in diesem Winter gefallen. 
Viele von euch werden denken, OmG schon wieder Winter

 und ich muss zugeben, das ich auch eher die Frostbeule bin und froh sein werde, 

wenn es wieder wärmer wird. 

Aber der Winter hat auch schöne Seiten und dazu gehört auf jeden Fall eine Wanderung durch den herrlich verschneiten Winterwald, indem es sehr still und leise ist.

Magische Momente sozusagen und die habe ich versucht mit dieser Shadowbox einzufangen.

I want to share this winter shadow box here
Simon says stamp Monday challenge
Star light star bright

Enjoy the beauty of the season!

xo Kerstin xo

ATC for SASPC

Welcome friends!

December is beginning and I want to share with you a new inspiration for 

SanDees and Amelies Steampunk Challenge

Christmas is knocking on your door, the right time to send some love greetings!

firstly I have used one of my favorite colors from DecoArt 

Americana Decor Chalky Finish 'Vintage' 

next I worked with the stencil 'Pixelated' and white gesso also from DecoArt

to add some texture to the background I used some little chipboards, 

stars and metal embellishments and deco sand

I'm a big fan of all the beautiful distress inks and 'Walnut stain' is my absolutely favorit, 

because it created a weathered look on all your projects, 

so it's always very suitable for an industrial grunge look

Sending you Love and Joy!

xo Kerstin xo