GD MTW Childhood and Gold

 Welcome creative friends!

I'm so excited and happy to be invited to the 

More than Words Challenge

 as a guest designer this month!

 

Christmas of childhood reminds me on stressful, but also very funny and happy moments.

It's and has always been a beautiful tradition to give presents to the animals on Christmas Eve, in the past with a visit to the zoo and later also to your own pets.

 Under the christmas tree we also liked to sing, our dog liked that very much too 

and he sang his own song :-).

I was inspired to create a christmas mood layout in vintage style and used some wonderful papers from the latest Maja Design collection 'Traditional christmas' together with some chipboards from Dusty Attic..

I added gold splatters to the layout, gold on chipboards and as star stamps in background.

 

 

 

 

some close up's

 

 

 

 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.

 

Merry christmas and a Happy new year!

Kerstin

Winter house II with Calico Craft Parts

Welcome, creative friends!

 

Some of you may remember my little winter house 

which I created two years ago - Little winter cottage - , 

now I have designed another one with joy and great fun. 

 

 

 

 

Individual tips on how to create :

 

Paint the base plate before removing the individual parts!

This is how the individual parts of the two bays are glued together.

On one bay window I removed the tabs, so that it can be glued to a side of the house

where there is no slot (this way you can customise the house kit easily). 

 

According to the plan the two bays have been attached to the front of the house,

 but I preferred to attach one to the side wall of the house instead.

From the left overs from the house kit I made a small window with shutters!

Let it snow, let it snow :-)

The base plate was painted with snow texture paste and white acrylic paint.

Unfortunately there comes no chimney with the house kit... 

...so I'm afraid the people will have to freeze ;-)

 Finally I decorated the free roof area with additional stars and fir branches.

Some close up's

 

which Calico Craft Parts I used

can you find here

Many thanks!

Kerstin

 

Have a cozy christmas for Dusty Attic December Moodboard

 Welcome creative friends!

 

Now it's my turn to feature a layout using the 

beautiful Dusty Attic Moodboard for December, 

love the little fluffy guy, it's a Dompfaff -

bullfinch, or?!

 In any case a beautiful color combination that inspired me to create 

a dreamy christmas winter layout.

Snowflakes dance softly from the sky and immerse the world in a very special atmosphere. 

During the day it usually doesn't get very bright anymore, the frost pinches your nose, 

so it's the best time to make yourself comfortable in the warm house 

with your loved ones  by candlelight.

I used the red tones of the moodboard for the pointsettia and for writing

 and the blue tones as background.

 

some close up's

love the tiny houses from Main Street , because they have a 3D effect, 

some small windows make the houses look more alive

I used only a crackle medium and white acrylic paint

 Poinsettia  can be glued on top of each other too

together with Foliage #22  a beautiful christmas looking cluster

a divided frame of the indispensable

Frame Medley

an amazing collection,  which you can use for all kinds of ideas, 

 just framed my christmas wishes here

 

Dusty Attic chipboards   

 

 

Poinsettia Small

Main Street

ATC Frame #6

Frame Medley

Foliage #22

Foliage #10

Mini Titles #2 – Perfect

Stars #4

 

We are looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.

 Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE 

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs.

 

I hope I could inspire you!

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

Altered Art Bottle - Winter Magic

 Welcome creative friends!

 

I was inspired to create another glass bottle in Altered Art 

suitable to the magic christmas time.

 

Tips & Tricks

 

 

Firstly I covered the whole bottle with Weathered Wood, a crackle medium from DecoArt,then, after a drying time, I painted that with Chalky Finish 'Serene'. 

The middle section was painted with diluted paint for better visibility of the door windows.

 

 

I love it to decorate the flat MDF shapes with 3d effects using a silicone cake mould 'Gothic window'

with air drying clay, only the outer frame of the mould was used

one of the

Sheet of Mini MDF Street Lamps 

was perfect

for a hanhing lantern over the window

so that it is well fixed, it was pressed into the not yet completely dried clay

 and additionally fixed with construction adhesive this glue fixes all MDF shapes

 very well on glass, but you should note that it has to dry overnight for a stable hold

 

under the window was glued

Rectangle Shape

 in small size as terrace, which gets additional hold by the swirls of the

Winter Trees & Snow Swirls

 

some close up's

 

 

 

Calico Craft Parts used: 

 

Gothic Stone Window - MDF Wood Shape

Winter Trees & Snow Swirls

Sheet of Mini MDF Street Lamps

Picket Fence Panel MDF Wood Shape - Style 3

Fir Boughs - MDF Wood Corner

Mini Star Wreath

Sheet of Mini MDF Acorns & Oakleaves

 Rectangle Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

other materials:

Snow -Tex DecoArt

white acrylic paint

brown jute

 

Wish you a happy advent season!

Kerstin

Believe in the Magic for Dusty Attic

 Hello creative friends!

Where has time gone, today is already the first sunday in advent. In these difficult times one sometimes believes that time stands still, but we have reached almost December, the christmas month.

Christmas is for us also the time to read fairy tales and stories before the shining eyes of children.

If you are lucky, the first snow falls outside and envelops the landscape in a magical light.

 

some close up's

 

I used some of my fav chippies from Dusty Attic, e.g.

Elegant Pearls

they were once splited, treated with white embossing powder and highlighted with pearls

 I supplemented it with two honeycomb ornaments, which were bought as gift tags.

 

 

for the words I used a dark red embossingpowder, 

additionally I used some snow paste for a magical effect

 

Dusty Attic chipboards  and stencils 

Star Frames

Fancy Trim #19

 Elegant Pearls

 Squiggly Frame #4

 Mini Titles #1 – Love

Sunburst Stencil

 

Have a wonderful advent season!!

Kerstin

Autumn feelings - The Tree

 Welcome creative friends!

Today a new canvas in mixed media style. 

I love to combine scrapbooking and mixed media, such a lot of various possibilities. 

Here I have played with cutting dies, chipboards and outcast's from silicone moulds. 

The beautiful photo should literally flow into the rest of the design, that was my personal challenge.

 

so I fitted the photo into the mixed media collage

 

some close up's

I want to share this

MTW Challenge - November

the colour of fall inspired me

 

 

13Arts #96

love the nature feeling on this beautiful Moodboard,

especially the dew covered fern and the owl,

they inspired me to create to use a photo in morning dew 

with fitting autumn colours for the tree

where you can see the change of season

from green over orange, yellow copper, brown

used

Vivid Vintage Espresso

 StazOn Jet Black

 

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Faded Memories for Dusty Attic Moodboard November

 Hello creative friends!

Now it's my turn to feature a layout using the 

beautiful Dusty Attic Moodboard for November, delightful colours and flowers.

 

 November is usually a grey cloudy time here, the last leaves fall from the trees, often it is foggy and unpleasantly cold and wet. A time when you prefer to make yourself comfortable at home, a favorite activity is to take out old photo albums and tell about past times. At the end of the month the dead are remembered, graves are decorated with flowers and wreaths

and completed with candle lights. 

Often there is also a bust or an angel on the grave. 

That were the thoughts behind this classical layout.

 

 

 

 

The light, delicate but also pale colors are very good for me on the theme

 of faded memories of people, who have left us,

suitable for today's Sunday of commemoration of the dead.

 

some close up's

I use the Baroque Flourish 

as angel wings 

firstly covered with Weathered Wood, a crackle medim from DecoArt

and then painted with white acrylic paint

 

Treasured Memories

 lettering was primed with white gesso 

and then painted in ombre technique

that means in bottom part with light green

and then in 2-3 color shades lighter

till upper part

finally highlighted with  small Art Stones

 

for the

Decorative Frame

and the

Fancy Trim #19

I used some light shades of blue and green

 suitable to our Moodboard colors

 

 

Dusty Attic chipboards  and stencils 

 

 

Threaded Beads Stencil

Blooms #5

Bluebells #2

Baroque Flourish #3

Decorative Frame #1

Fancy Trim #19

Treasured Memories

 

We are looking forward to see what you come up with this months challenge.

 Just put your own take of the challenge in the comments section of the Dusty FANattics facebook page HERE 

You could win one of two amazing Dusty Attic prize packs.

 

I hope I could inspire you!

Thanks for your visit!