Rustic Spring Decor

 

 Hello creative friends!

 

Today, I'm sharing a new project that's all about country style.

 I created a rustic look with a vintage twist.

 I used these beautiful chickens, 

which fit perfectly in a country-style kitchen or even for Easter.

Love the 3D look; it makes the objects come to life. 

 

I used a small Plain MDF House / Shrine Kit 

  and just removed the pointed roof, 

and that's how I created the little chicken coop.

 

 used Calico Craft Part MDF shapes

 

Notched Rectangle - Mixed Media Boards & Plaques 250 x 125 mm

 

Plain MDF House / Shrine Kit - Tall Small

Cockrell Foraging

Hen & Cockrell Beak to Beak

 

 

some details

 

 

 

Have a good time!

Kerstin 

 

 

Easter Decor by Kerstin

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

In these gloomy times it's really not easy to sit down happily and relaxed 

at the hobby table, but at some point you have to switch off.

 

I'm back to share with you my new Easter Home decoration.

I used a simply wooden bunny from an Euro Shop as base.

 

When I start a project like this I have never a plan, 

I like to go with my intuition.

 

 

I choose three spring typical shapes and 

was in love with the daffodils and chickens. 

 For the background I used water diluted chalk paint, 

MDF shapes were painted with acrylics.

Branches on the ears are twigs from a picked tree.

some close up's

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Daffodil Flower

 Songbirds in Spring Branches

 Hen & Cockrell Side by Side 

 Skeleton Tree MDF Wood Shape - Style 3

 

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

Kerstin

 

Shadow frame - Country Live by Kerstin

 

 Welcome creative friends!

 

I was inspired to create a rustic weathered wooden shadow frame in mixed media style.

 Background was made with decoupage technique, stencils, stamps and distress ink. 

I love taking parts apart and putting them back together again.

I divided the house and converted it into a chicken coop.

 The two chickens were also separated, probably because the couple had just had a fight, 

and a spatial separation is always a good idea ;-).

 

 

 

 

some close up's 

used Calico Craft Parts

 

Block Style MDF House Kit - Wide

Picket Fence Panel MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

Hen & Cockrell Beak to Beak

Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

Word Elements - Blank

 

I hope I could inspire you! 

Have fun realizing your own visions and ideas!

 

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

 

The number on the door... By Magda

 

Hello crafters,

I’m still living with tones of boxes waiting to move house. Fortunately, from mid September, I’ll start my creative journey in Oxfordshire. Hopefully I’ll get my studio back! 

Today I want to show you a very special order I’ve made for a special person. I’ve created little plaques with house numbers. They will be hung on a front porch, under a roof. 

 

 

I used:

Rectangle shape with notched corners mixed media board 

Trio of Winter Fir Trees MDF

Sheet of mini Deer and Antlers MDF

Sheet of Mini Alphabet Letters - Copperplate Gothic 

Square MDF beer mat

Have a creative weekend! 

Magda.

Barrow Cart by Kerstin

Hello creative friends!

Especially in these days it's difficult to clear your head and to function.
but being creative helps me to recharge my batteries.

Today I would like to share a new piece of spring home decoration. I created a pushcart in vintage style and put a small nest in there where my new Calico chickens feel very well.

This wheelbarrow is done quickly and you get a weathered old cart, which you can use for all kinds of decoration ideas - suitable for Easter eggs, found objects, dried herbs for a fragrance potpourri or whatever else comes to your mind.

 

The very descriptive assembly instructions for the Wheelbarrow or Cart Kit can be found here.

It is not too complicated, but you have to work very accurately when gluing.

I always use cold wood glue. 

Afterwards I first applied Weathered Wood crackle Medium (DecoArt) and  after the drying process a thicker layer of white acrylic paint, only the car wheels got some additional black acrylic paint.

 I like to use DecoArt media Fluid Acrylics for painting the MDF parts - they are very well mixable with a satin finish. After I had applied the colours, I took a detail brush and finally added some fine white strokes for the feathers.

Some close up's:

Calico Craft Parts used: 

MDF Wheelbarrow or Cart Kit

Hen & Cockrell Beak to Beak

I arranged my vintage chicken cart in a shabby chic bowl 

to match my home spring decoration, but I'm sure it will get redecorated in summer as well, 

I just want to mention the keyword "Provence" :-)

I hope I could inspire you!

Hope you are all safe and well!!

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

Shadow Box Country Life by Kerstin

Hello creative friends!

I was inspired to create a new home decor piece suitable to 

my shabby chic Spring decoration this year.

It's an altered art project - a wooden box with an "inner life".

I love the vintage look and because the parts were given a very unique used touch,

 they didn't look too expressionless and cold.

 With only a few means, some stamps, Distress ink, Art Stones, old book pages, some fabric leftovers, eggs, feathers

 and sisal my little chicken farm was quickly completed. 

I was amazed when I discovered these beautiful chicken shapes and found it almost impossible to decide  in which colours to paint them, because there are so many different kinds of beautiful chicken.

 some close up's

 

I chose only white, black and a silver metallic paint for the feathering and of course not to forget red for the cockscomb.

 I'm always in love with this wonderful filigree ivy wood shape! I've been using it a lot as it's just perfect for a natural romantic look. I have left it in its original condition and only applied some metallic wax from DecoArt (Metallic Lustre 'Champagne Ice').

Calico Craft Parts used:

Ivy Leaf Garland

 Hen & Cockrell Beak to Beak

Cockrell Foraging

 

And this is what the box looks like from the outside.

 I used the same technique as in my last home decor spring project to paint its lid.

Many thanks for your visit!

Kerstin