Altered Art Bottle - Mystical Forest Stories by Kerstin

COUNTERFEITING ALERT!  It's been brought to our attention that an unscrupulous manufacturer has ripped off Kerstin's beautiful bottle design by stealing the photographs and making fake copies - these tainted trinkets have popped up in various shops. Please support the original creator/copyright holder (that's Kerstin!) by reporting any rip off copies you see - thank you most kindly.

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Hello, creative friends!

I was so inspired from Claudia's romantic project 'Be still and listen', where she created a little, forgotten garden arbour, that I thought on mystical forest stories with a door to another world.

I created an illuminated mixed media bottle in shabby chic style with some natural structures. 

I love it to use only a few colours and let textures and patterns speak for themselves.

Tips & Tricks

The

 Russian Revival Style Window 

is simply beautiful, but I prefer to look at it as a door with more liveliness.

I used a silicone mould (Katy Sue design) with air hardening modelling clay, but I did only the outer frame from the mould.

That cast was glued to the MDF shape with construction adhesive. 

As some of you may already know, I have a passion for shelves ;)

Here I created a shelf with the

Trefoil Border Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 I simply sawed it apart in the middle and used one part of it as a support and the other as a support surface. With construction adhesive and a little patience it hardens and then holds well onto the glass bottle.

some close up's

 

 

 Calico Craft Parts used: 

Russian Revival Style Window 

Bluebells - MDF Floral Wood Shape Style 48

Ivy Leaf Garland

 Red Oak Leaf & Twig

Fungi & Mushrooms Wood Shapes

Trefoil Border Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

My bottle in illuminated state:

 

If you would like to know how I created the up-cycled glass bottle,

then, please, feel free to ask!

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin