Wonky Forest House

 Hello everyone!

 

 When I discovered the wonky house, I immediately thought it was not just for Halloween,

 it could also be a wonderful old enchanted wooden cabin in a magical forest. 

So I quickly glued the parts together, which wasn't that easy,

 but I wanted to create an old half-ruined romantic hut.

 

  

 raw construction

used Trefoil border shape as a base board

looked for a few matching pieces in Autumn & Woodland Shapes section. 

 Have you seen the new Skeleton, Dead Trees, Stumps & Branches?

Love them, perfect for an enchanted forest theme

and a lot of other fantasy themes!

You will certainly be able to discover them here more often in the near future. 😀

All parts were painted with acrylic paint, finally I added some suitable

 dried natural materials.

various side views

 

 

used MDF shapes 

Wonky Haunted House - MDF Wood Kit

 

Trefoil Border Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

 

White Oak Leaf & Twig

Curly Single Toadstool - Plain or Engraved

Ivy Leaf Corner Garland

Mushrooms - Fungi MDF Wood Shape - Style 9

Blackberry Bramble 

Maidenhair Fern MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

 

Stacking Stones - MDF Add On Sheet

 

Fallen Tree Branch 

!!! Secret tipp !!!

 The mischievous moon

 coming soon 😍 Now available HERE!

 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

Beware Dementors by Kerstin

Welcome everyone!

 

Have you seen the latest Hanging kits on Calico Craft Parts???

Awesome 🎃👀🎃, such a lot of creative possibilities!!

 Today the third variant

 Some of you may remember on my Pirate curse project, 

for which I also used this Skull & Ghosts Hanging kit.

 

 

These floating ghosts reminded me of dementors known from the Harry Potter movies. 

I was inspired to create a shadow frame with an illuminated 3D effect in mixed media style. For this special effect I used half a transparent acrylic globe 

and thought about the magical shield around Hogwarts.

 

 

Skull & Ghosts - MDF Halloween Hanger Kit

 

 one becomes two 😀

 

Beware Dementors

They have the ability to drain men of their happy memories

 until they have to relive their worst moments over and over again.

! Maximum scary factor !

- only happy memories can help -

 

some close up's

 

 

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Skull & Ghosts - MDF Halloween Hanger Kit

Mushrooms - Fungi MDF Wood Shape - Style 12

 Zombie Arms and Boots - MDF Add On Sheet

 

 

 

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

Witching Hour in Haunted Castle by Kerstin

 Hello, creative friends!

 

I was thrilled when I discovered the "Haunted Castle Shrine" at Calico Craft Parts - just great! 

It looks like an enchanted castle, right?! And it reminds me on some wonderful Disney film stories.At first I was not sure how I wanted to design the interior, then these old grandfather clocks came to my mind and I decided to hang a clock pendulum inside. 

 

 

 Tips & Tricks

First I drilled a hole in the middle of the upper part, then I connected the border to the spider's web with the help of a small metal ring (used for jewellery making), the upper part of the oak vine was pushed through the opening and then fixed with another small wooden part. 

Now the pendulum was free to move! From my own experience I can now report that the oak vine was a bit too delicate for the constant "Tick Tock , Tick Tock" 😏of the clock pendulum. 

But hey - to go by empiricism is wiser than just trusting in wishful thinking, right?! 

For the clock pendulum I used the following parts:

Spider Web Flourish

Oak Leaves and Acorns Border

completed with  

Winged Devil

 Creatures of the Night - Sheet of Halloween Mini Wood Shapes

 

The base - before colouring and designing

 

Some close up's

 

Listen to the pendulum swinging - tick tock, tick tock ;-)

 

 

 

Calico Craft Parts used: 

MDF Shrine Kit - Haunted Castle Size Medium

Witch on Broomstick MDF Wood Shape - Style 3

Grim Reaper Border Scene

 Mushrooms - Fungi MDF Wood Shape - Style 13

Flying Bat Colony

 Spider Web - MDF Corner

  Halloween - MDF Wood Word

 

Happy Halloween!

Kerstin

 

An Autumn Visitor by Jannet

I hope all is well with you. Today we have a  little friend visiting us, a red squirrel sadly they are very rare in the UK now. I invited him in, and he sat him happily on a toadstool. 

My squirrel is enjoying nibbling on an acorn, I painted him with acrylic paints, and used some needle felting wool to give him his all important bushy tail. I also painted a toadstool and some leaves.

After coating the tag with white gesso I inked up a gelli plate, and laid some old lace over it which left a lovely pattern when removed. I pressed the tag onto it so the lace pattern was transferred. I used a stencil to add some tree branches.

On the lower half of the tag I added layers of texture paste keeping it thinner at the top and then adding a little marble dust as I bought it down to the base of the tag. I added art stones nearer the bottom to give  even more texture.I adhered my painted pieces  onto the tag, and added some autumn coloured  moss onto the tree branches. To complete the tag I found a suitable sentiment to stamp out onto a scrap of card and adhered it onto the tag 

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Calico Craft Parts used

• Tag
• Squirrel
• Leaves
• Toadstool

Celebration Garden by Jannet

Hello, I hope all is ok with you. Today I am sharing a special miniature garden which I have created for someones  90th Birthday ! In his younger days the recipient was a Farmer, and is still a keen gardener today. I began by selecting my  items for the special garden, a shed was the obvious first choice, and then I picked sunflowers, blackberries, and other exciting garden goodies to work with. 

To try and make the shed look similar to the recipients own shed I  painted it with blue and yellow stripes. To create a metallic look  I used silver embossing powder on the chimney, and also around the tiny shed sign. I found some lovely gardening tools on a dolls house miniature site. I strung some string across the back of the shed before gluing the sides on which held the string tightly in place. I made a little knot around each tool to hold them securely, we don’t want those little tools falling on anyone!

For the fence I used a coat of gesso followed by white acrylic paint and then Decoart crackle paste. After painting the sunflowers I added some brown fun flock to the centres, which gave them some lovely soft texture. 

I used some air drying clay to make some tiny pots, and various fruits and vegetables. After they were all dry I painted them with acrylic paints. 

I used a circle Mixed Media Board for the base of the garden, and I covered it in green 3D paint which I heated with a heat gun after applying. It gave a lovely texture.I added various dried and pressed flowers to the garden, and also a few chosen dolls house garden bits and bobs. 

I completed the garden with the number 90 painted in gold and planted in the largest of the clay pots and ...

... a sleeping doggie on the other side of the fence.

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Calico Craft Parts Used

• Shed Kit
• Mixed Media Board Circle
• Sunflowers
• Fence
• BlackBerry
• Ivy
• Numbers