Altered Bottle - Witching Hour

 

Hello creative friends!

 

 I was inspired to create again a bottle in altered Art. 

Using the layer technique, I have put together a number of different pieces

 to make an old raven witches' clock with a pendulum.

 I love these old bottles in a dark romantic style, 

you can just light them up 

and they create a eerily beautiful atmosphere.

 

 used MDF shapes

 

Witching Hour - Halloween MDF Wood Words

Roman Numeral Clock Face

Steampunk Mechanical Clockworks Motif Style 32

 Mini Mushrooms & Toadstools - MDF Add On Sheet

Steampunk Mechanical Cogs Motif Style 22

Clock Hands - MDF Add On Sheet

Witches Hat MDF Wood Shape - Style 2

Creatures of the Night - Sheet of Halloween Mini Wood Shapes

Raven

some details

 

Have fun!

Kerstin 

 

Altered Art - Xmas Bottle

 

 Hello everyone!

 

Although Halloween is over,  these are the magical times of the year, 

we start with the preparations for christmas and 

long dark evenings invite again to tell stories.

 

I was inspired to create a new christmas gift project, 

it's a bottle in Altered Art.

 

I worked with Decoupage technique and combined this mixed media piece

 with MDF shapes, outcast's from silicone moulds and a lot of snow texture.

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Fleur De Lis Wrought Iron Style Fence Panel

 Sheet of Mini MDF Street Lamps

Holly Leaf & Berry Flourish - MDF Lace Cut Wood Shape

Holly & Berry Border Flourish - MDF Lace Cut Wood Shape

Sheet of Mini MDF Christmas Wood Shapes - Snowflakes 1

 

some details

 

 

I hope you find inspiration!

 Have a good time!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time

 

Kerstin

Sea Adventures - Altered Bottle by Kerstin

 

Welcome everyone!

 

I was inspired to create a glass bottle in altered art. 

  I simply love to work 

with moulds and modelling clay

and an Under the Sea theme is always one of my favourites. 

 

  An upcyling idea, I used a liquor bottle as base

 and modeled with silicone moulds and theme suitable MDF shapes.

 

 

some close up's

 

 

Illustrated step by step guide

 

some outcast's made with silicone moulds and airdrying clay

glued as frame with assembly adhesives

supplemented with MDF shapes

and gauze

 

ship lantern was pressed into the still wet modelling clay with a piece of wire, 

it can move freely,

a perfect rocking element in heavy seas :-)

after the drying process everything was painted over with black gesso,

only for the middle part I used grey chalky paint

 

coloured with green gold metallic wax and white acrylic paint

+ Art stones in various sizes

 

highlighted with golden metallic wax

used Calico Craft Parts

 

Ship's Lantern

 Spider Web

Coin Seaweed - MDF Wood Shape Style 5

Galleon Boat MDF Wood Shape - Style 10

Sheet of Mini MDF Nautical Motifs Style 1

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Altered Bottle Fairy House by Kerstin

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

I was inspired to create another bottle in altered art 

with an illuminated effect. 

It's a little fairy house in an enchanted forest.

 

 

Tips & Tricks - DIY a bark roof

 

which materials I used and a 

How to

 can you find here

 

 

some close up's

 

some stairs created with a worked fence

used Calico Craft Parts

 

Arched Door with Window Panel 

Blackberry Bramble

 Wild Rose Vine - Flora & Fauna Flourish Style 1

Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

 Picket Fence Panel MDF Wood Shape - Style 3

Sheet of Mini MDF Hinges Wood Shapes

Sheet of Mini Insects - MDF Wood Shapes Style 1

I hope I could inspire you! 

Have fun realizing your 

own visions and ideas!

 

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

 

Altered Art Bottle - Winter Magic by Kerstin

 

 Welcome, creative friends!

 

I was inspired to create another glass bottle in Altered Art style

suitable for the magic of 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 to decorate the flat MDF shapes with 3D effects using a silicone cake mould ('Gothic window')

and air drying clay (only the outer frame of the mould was used in this case).

One of the

Sheet of Mini MDF Street Lamps 

was perfect for a hanging lantern above the window!

To have it well fixed, it was pressed into the not yet completely dried clay

 and additionally fixed with construction adhesive - this glue fixes the MDF shapes

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

 

Below the window I glued a

Rectangle Shape

 in small size as a terrace, which gets additional hold through 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

 

Wishing you a happy advent season!

Kerstin

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