GD Minialbum Makers - Denim Friends

Welcome everyone!

 It's a big honour to be invited at Minialbum Makers
  and I'm very happy about this.

  I'm a handicraft enthusiast with passion since my childhood, crafting makes me happy :-)!

It is a wonderful relaxation and balm for the soul, it's the little things in life that makes you happy and I love to share this joy and want to encourage my friends and all the others to try new ideas.

I was inspired to create a mixed media album in denim look, washed out and not as neat, just like a really good pair of jeans. I have used some of my favorite collections for my minialbum, the Denim & Friends and Denim & Girls collection. I am absolutely in love with the delicate blue colours and designs of this papers.

  Basic materials:


Eileen Hull Journal die

Maja Design Paper collection: Denim and Friends, Denim and Girls

denim leftovers from an old jeans trousers


Want to see how they are made the greyboard cover?

Here I have some photos from the making.

1.    I started by applying a coat of white crackle paint

          (DecoArt) on the background


     2.        I used a acrylic paint mixture of blue shades together

            with a Chalkboard Glimmer    

            Mist  (Boogie Board- Tattered Angels)

            spray desired areas with water then drop Glimmer

            Mist onto the wet areas


3. + 4. I applied Dimensional effects, a paintable texture

             paste from DecoArt using two stencils


5.        after drying I highlighted the dimensional effects with

            a metallic finish wax

           (Metallic Lustre 'Chanpagne Ice')


6.       I thought it would be a cool idea and very suitable to

          my theme 'Denim and Friends'

          when I used  origin denim fabric and so

          I created a sailboat with two leftovers from an old 

          jeans, a wooden skewer works as sailing mast.

 Album pages

 

I really hope that I was able to inspire you!  
Add something unique to your project

 that you like and never be afraid to try something new!

 There is so much inspiration shared on this fabulous blog each month and I hope I am able to contribute a little more for you today.

I want to share 
A Vintage Journey - Book it!
Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Use stencils

Thank you very much!! 

Creative hugs from Kerstin xx

Bicycle Tours for Dusty Attic

Welcome everyone!

It's springtime here and just the right time to go on a bicycle tours.

Especially in spring when the fruit trees blossom, 

is driving through our countryside

wonderful. Simply out into the countryside, take a picnic with you, 

lie on the meadow and listen to the birds singing, an absolute relaxation programme. 

 As I saw our May Moodboard I thought on bly sky, blossoming cherry trees

and beautiful green meadows. 

 Suitable to our fresh and bright May Moodboard I choose a paper

 from the Maja Design 'Vintage Springtime Basics' Collection as background.

 

some close up's

 

 the Heraldry Motif was a perfect picture frame for me 

I used the larger part as upper boundary

 and the narrower part as lower boundary of the photo

 chipboards were first primed with white gesso 

and some texture paste and then painted with two blue tones

I love this very romantic and nostalgic Vintage Clock #1 

for an old wheathered look I only use a white Acrylic Paint Dabber on some places

and added some embellishments.

 used chipboards

Vintage Clock #1

Foliage #18

Heraldry Motif
 Wordpl@y #1

 My  teamies at Dusty Attic Design DT have come up with many 

inspiring and different versions

on this May Moodboard theme.

Please have a look and feel you inspired to create your own idea.

We are looking forward to see your new creations! 

Happy crafting!

Kerstin 

Acryl Pouring with Calico Craft Parts

Welcome! 

 Today a new inspiration project for Calico Craft Parts,

it's a wooden tag, where I also used two elements (moon and tree) 

made with silicone moulds and 

Acrylic sealing compound from the DIY store.

 

Now I have finally tried out this trend-setting Acrylic Pouring Technique. 

 I worked with DecoArt Pouring Medium and the Puddle Pour method.

 I used only three colours: white, black and Metallic paint 'Silver' from DecoArt.

 

 

more details can you find here

 I hope you like this new inspiration.

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

 

 

 

FLY with SASPC

Welcome!

  I'm back with a new inspiration for you. 

So let's start with our monthly challenge at SASPC

- it is - as usual - an

Anything Goes - May Steampunk/Industrial

themed challenge and all kinds of projects (except digitally created ones) are welcome! 

So show us your tags, cards, art journal pages, canvases,

 altered objects, drawings, paintings, sketches....

whatever you're up to as long as it fits our challenge themes 

steampunk or industrial.

 Now I have finally tried out this trend-setting Acrylic Pouring Technique. 

today on a canvas, another project with this awesome technique 

can you find here

I worked with DecoArt Pouring Medium and the Puddle Pour method.

 I used only three colours: white, black and Metallic paint 'Silver' from DecoArt.

After a longer drying time 

I also used some amazing wooden parts 'Balloons' from Calico Craft Parts, 

silver Sticker letters and a favourite stencil of mine 'Wildflowers' (DecoArt).

some close up's

  

Wildflower stencil with Heavy Gel medium 

reflex beads were scattered into this medium

finally dry brushed with white Gesso

 silver industrious stickers 'Cirque' (Tim Holtz) complemented 

with some black cardboard gears made with cutting dies

Balloons painted with black Gesso and highlighted with silver Metallic Lustre

...and the result 

'Acrylpouring of a different kind'

 I hope you like this inspiration.

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Make a Wish for Dusty Attic

Welcome creative friends!

I was inspired to create a masculine vintage layout
in grunge style with a touch of steampunk.

Besides the amazing industrial chipboards I also used this great Distress Grid Stencil

as background motif behind the main cluster in the centre of this layout.

 I use this stencil very often because it's always very suitable for masculine scrabooking layouts and mixed media projects too.

more details can you see here

some close up's

 

this amazing Industrial Border #1 

was painted with some Fluid Acrylics (DecoArt Media)

 'Carbon Black' 'Burnt Umber' 'Burnt Sienna'

 

in the still wet colour I sprinkled at some places silver deco sand with a slight mica effect 

for the Industrial Globes #3

and  Industrial dragonfly I used an embossing powder with special effect 'Hammerd Metal'

I always love to use the leftovers as picture frames too 

here remnants from Industrial Border #1

used products

Happy crafting creative friends!

Flowery memories for Dusty Attic

Welcome friends!

As I saw our colourful Moodboard for April I remembered on a wonderful vaccation in Madeira some years ago. It is a beautiful island situated in the north Atlantic Ocean.

We visited the Flower Festival in spring.

There was an enchanting flower parade, where people danced happily through the streets. 

A sea of colours, shapes and scents, simply unforgettably beautiful.

 

I used this amazing frame Decorative Frame #5 for a photo collage

 where I put together several individual pictures to a new image.

 Suitable to our April Moodboard I choose a paper

 from the Maja Design 'Vintage Summer Basics' Collection as background.

more details 

some close up's 

a captured moment a part of  Mini captions #11 

here I only used two Metallic waxes with my fingers

firstly 'Gold Rush' and on the edges 'Black Shimmer' (DecoArt)

  

Decorative Frame #5 was primed with white gesso and then colored with 

diluted acrylic paint in several shades of green

after drying stamped with Archival black ink and a script stamp

and finally also inked around the edges with Metallic Lustre 'Black Shimmer' 

Foliage #15 was painted with a little bit light green and gold

some of the leaves were primed with Heavy Gel Medium

and coated with Mini Art Stones

an awesome flower from 49 and Market painted in matching colours

underneath  Scroll Set #2 and Foliage #12 

painted with some delicate acrylic colours

 used chipboards

 Decorative Frame #5

Foliage #12

Wordpl@y #1 

Mini captions #11

Foliage #15
Scroll Set #2

 My  teamies at Dusty Attic Design DT have come up with many 

inspiring and different versions

on the theme this time.

Please have a look and feel you inspired to create your own idea.

We are looking forward to see your new creations! 

Happy crafting!
Kerstin xx