Secret Garden - Spring Home Decor

 

 Hello everyone!

 

Spring begins today, at least the meteorological kind 😀. 

Time to look forward to the garden again. 

 

Today I created a mixed media piece for the home decor,

 combining MDF shapes with castings from moulds. 

 Flat parts together with the 3d casts (made with air drying modeling clay)

 create a very lively image,

love that.

 

 

 

 

 

 Chose two oval mixed shape as the base

the lower larger form was painted with some texture paste 

and green acrylic paint. 

 Upper one received a crackling varnish in combination

 with beige acrylic paint.

 

 Window was primed with crackle medium and covered with several layers 

of acrylic paint to achieve a weathered look.

 

I put a photo behind the window, it should make you want 

to work in the garden again.

 

some close up's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used MDF shapes

 

Oval Shape - MDF and Birch Plywood Mixed Media Boards

 in two sizes

Stone Mullion Moorish Arch Window

Holly Leaf & Berry Flourish - MDF Lace Cut Wood Shape

 

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin

 

Little forest house

 

 Hello everyone!

 

 When I saw the latest Birdhouse Kits

 I was inspired to create a magical little forest house. 

I think the Guilded  Feather Birdhouse 

would be very suitable for a similar craft idea.

 

I used a simple wooden birdhouse as base, worked with some

 suitable MDF shapes and natural dried materials. 

 

The perfect addition for me was the sunbeam door 

and the little spider web canopy, they take us into an enchanted world 

where elves feel at home.

 

 

 

 

  

used MDF shapes

 

 Sunbeam Glazed Door

Maidenhair Fern MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

Spider Web - MDF Corner Wood Shape

 Winter Tree Scene MDF Wood Shape - Style 3

Toadstools on Toadstools

 Trefoil Border Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

 

 

 

 

back

 

 

side view

 

 

some close up's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin

Dark Forest - Homedecor by Kerstin

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

I found an old home decoration piece on flea market,  

 two mushrooms are made of felt and I liked them.

They inspired me to decorate them with some MDF shapes

 and make them unique.

 

Thought of a moonlight night in the dark forest

 and you can see that I already started with Halloween crafts 😀. 

 

 

 

 

 

 some close up's

 

 

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Haunted House on The Hill - MDF Wood Scene

Sheet of Mini Insects - MDF Wood Shapes Style 3

 Flying Bat Colony

Winter Tree Scene MDF Wood Shape - Style 2

Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

 

I hope you find inspiration!

 

Thanks for stopping by...until next time

 

Kerstin

 

 

 

Sleeping beauty tag: by Louise Crosbie. (Zuzu)

 

Hi there.

For todays project I’ve used a large wooden tag as my base. After gluing on my papers, I covered them in clear gesso to protect them from getting stained and obscuring the images in the later stages.

While it was drying I gave all my chosen embellishments a very light coat of  white gesso before painting them with colours to match the papers. A nice teal and a rose pink. 

I think these arched windows are perfect for fairytale themes and the mini bricks give the hint or suggestion of a castle wall. 

I’ve not necessarily kept all my craft parts in one piece which seems to be a regular theme with me. I like to snip them into convenient pieces depending on the needs of my layout and it gives me the impression that they go further that way too. 

These pretty little rose bushes and vines really suit the papers I’ve used. Especially with the added colour. 

Craft parts used: 

Tag

Rose bramble

Throned rose scroll

Butterfly bramble

Mini brick sheet

Narrow rose window

Hope - Hanging Spring Home Decor Inspiration

 

Welcome in a new creative year!

 

It's wintertime and every day you see nothing but gray in gray. 

 I discovered first snowdrops in my garden, 

which always give hope for spring, 

that inspired me to this pre-spring project.

 

 

 

 

some close up's

 

 

 

used MDF shapes

 

Songbird Trio on Spring Branch MDF Wood Shape

Daffodil Flower MDF Wood Shape

Arched Window

Ancestry MDF Wood Font - Create A Word Hope

Skeleton Tree Duo MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

Sheet of Mini Hares - MDF Wood Animal Shapes

Standard Heart Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Seasons Greetings by Kerstin

 

Welcome everyone!

 

:-) It's beginning to look like christmas :-)

 

Today a DIY christmas gift idea in monochrome style, 

with a lot of structure and texture.

 

Use a

Gothic Arch Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 as base, love this shape it is so universal as you can see here

 with our teamies and guest designers, awesome!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

some close up's 

 

 

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Gothic Arch Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 

Cottage Window with Curtains

Arch ATC Wood Blank with Plain Frame

Poinsettia, Holly & Berry Corner - MDF Lace Cut Wood Shape

Holly & Berry Border Flourish - MDF Lace Cut Wood Shape

Christmas Bell MDF Wood Shape - Style 4

Seasons Greetings - Wood Words in Coventry Garden Font

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

 

Let it snow plaque by Louise

 

Pretty title and much as I love to look at snowy scenes, I don’t much like having to go out in it unless it’s a walk in the woods or up the hills. Shopping and chores are not so great in snow so maybe it could hold off till late  December lol.

I made this plaque inspired by the lovely little sledge shape. I adore winter crafting. Not just christmas (or in my case Yuletide and winter solstice) but I love the snowy scene crafting. Or the cosy fireside images, hot chocolate and woolly socks. Winter birds. 

Ok I’m rambling now. 

Back to the plaque…

I used an ARCH  (large) for the substrate and then by using one of the DOORS, a FENCE, and a TREE along with the SLEDGE and a couple of SNOWFLAKES I created a wintery scene.

I finished it off with the “LET IT SNOW” phrase. 

The Craft Parts used by Louise to create this project are available in a money saving bundle (30% off!) over at the web shop - CLICK HERE to purchase.

I simply used bits of cardboard from the packaging my craft parts came in to cut out bricks to give the impression of bits of a wall. I only added enough to give a hint. I didn’t build the whole house.*

Since Louise originally created this project, we do now have Sheets of Mini Bricks as part of our Architectural Add Ons range.

(I used DecoArt snowtex and glamour dust glitter to creat my twinkling snow ).

Little gothic story plaque. By Zuzu (Louise Crosbie)

 

My last Halloween project of the year (on to twinkly winter and Yule). 

It’s almost Halloween and I’ve got friends coming over. I love this time of year and I love the traditional telling of spooky stories to try and scare your friends (regardless of our adult age lol).

But I don’t see Halloween as only scary. 8 love the traditional Celtic version of “day of the dead” that it represents. Setting an extra space at the table for any visiting ghosts of your loved ones who have died. Although that’s just a metaphors for taking time to remember that love and how we miss them. 

But as it’s a t8me when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is at its thinnest, then obviously there’s room to enjoy the spooky side as who knows what will get through that veil. 

Woooooooooooo (spooky noise lol)

I made this before seeing Kerstin’s fab tag earlier in the season but hopefully they are different enough.

There’s a LOT of glitter involved here so it’s very sparkly. Sadly the camera can’t show glitter as the twinkle is all about motion.  

I have used “parts” of some bits, as I often seem to do. I like to cut them to fit with what I’m making and this also means the shapes go further. 

list of craft parts used

Gothic window: https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/stone-mullion-gothic-arch-window-mdf-wood-shape.html

Grass: https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/wild-grass-mdf-wood-shape-style-4.html

Toadstool: https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/curly-double-toadstool-plain-or-engraved-mdf-wood-shape.html

Red oak leaf twig:  https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/red-oak-leaf-and-twig-mdf-wood-shape.html

Bird on a branch: https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/bird-on-a-branch-mdf-wood-shape-style-1.html

Grave stone/cross: https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/tilted-gravestone-cross-mdf-wood-shape-style-1.html

Flying Bat:  https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/bat-mdf-wood-shape-style-1.html

Birch plywood Plaque: https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/rectangle-birch-ply-wood-plaque.html

Moonlight shadows - Tag by Kerstin

 

Welcome everyone!

 

I was inspired to create a romantic tag with this awesome moorish window.

 I used only a few colours and completed this depiction of a moonlit night

 with a cutting die, a moon sticker and some dried nature materials.

 

 

 some close up's

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Stone Mullion Narrow Moorish Window

 Thorned Rose Scroll - Flora & Fauna Flourish Style 24

 Spider Web - MDF Corner Wood Shape

 MDF Tag Shape - Classic

 

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Lost places by Kerstin

 Welcome creative friends!

 

As a result of our history, you often come across forgotten places on hikes here. 

In the middle of the forest you will find an abandoned clinic

 or a holiday and recreation home.

Mysterious, magical but sometimes eerie and spooky too.

 I always find it very exciting how quickly nature reclaims its field. 

 

I designed today's project with these thoughts in mind, 

a mixture of nature inspirations and the first hints of halloween thoughts.

 

It is now well known, that I love to work in a weathered worn style, or ??? 😀

 If you have specific questions about colour and texture design, 

please feel free to contact me.

some close up's

 I'm afraid windows have not been cleaned for a long time :-)

used Calico Craft Parts

 

Gothic Arch Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 Stone Mullion Double Gothic Arch Window

in two sizes

Maidenhair Fern MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

Ivy Leaf Swag

Curly Double Toadstool - Plain or Engraved

Skeleton Tree Duo MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Happy crafting! 

Kerstin