Skull & Ghosts - Pirates curse by Kerstin

 

 Welcome everyone!

 

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

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

Over the next few weeks I will introduce you three different variants.

 

New Skull & Ghosts - MDF Halloween Hanger Kit reminded me of dementors (Harry Potter)

 and so I created two different Halloween projects out of this one set.

 A Halloween canvas with flying dementors, where I used the hanging ghosts from this kit

 ( coming soon) and a jewel for setting up. 😀

 

Do you fear death??? Who doesn't know this famous saying from the Pirates of the caribbean?!

That was my inspiration for this extraordinary home decor piece,

 that looks very good in the wall unit or on the shelf, 

with dim lighting it looks even more interesting.

 

 

 Hints & Tricks

 

some close up's

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Skull & Ghosts - MDF Halloween Hanger Kit

 Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Cogs - Style 1

Pocket Compass

 Galleon Boat MDF Wood Shape - Style 2

Hammerhead Shark 

 Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 6

Dotted Peacock Weed - MDF Seaweed Wood Shape Style 3

octopus arms, the anchor chain and the pirate head were made 

with the help of silicon moulds

 

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

 

Winter house II by Kerstin

 Welcome, creative friends!

 

Some of you may remember my little winter house 

which I created two years ago - Little winter cottage - , 

now I have designed another one with joy and great fun.

 

 

 

Individual tips on how to create :

 

Paint the base plate before removing the individual parts!

This is how the individual parts of the two bays are glued together.

On one bay window I removed the tabs, so that it can be glued to a side of the house

where there is no slot (this way you can customise the house kit easily). 

 

According to the plan the two bays have been attached to the front of the house,

 but I preferred to attach one to the side wall of the house instead.

From the left overs from the house kit I made a small window with shutters!

Let it snow, let it snow :-)

The base plate was painted with snow texture paste and white acrylic paint.

Unfortunately there comes no chimney with the house kit... 

...so I'm afraid the people will have to freeze ;-)

 Finally I decorated the free roof area with additional stars and fir branches.

Some close up's

 

Calico Craft Parts used:

Double Bay Window - MDF House Kit

Oval Shape - MDF Mixed Media Board

Picket Fence Panel MDF Wood Shape - Style 1

Sheet of Mini MDF Street Lamps

Vintage Truck with Fir Tree

 Tall Trio of Winter Fir Trees 

 Holly Leaf & Berry Flourish

Fir Boughs - MDF Wood Corner

 Mini Star Wreath

 

I wish you a merry Christmas 

and a happy new year! 

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

Beach houses by Kerstin

Hello, creative friends!

I was inspired to create a canvas in altered art style, which means I used the canvas from the other side as a shadow frame.

Have you yet seen the beautiful beach houses at the Beach and Seasides section??

If not - check them out! You'll love them!

I especially  love the old photographs from our grandparents' times, where you can find these awesome mobile bathing carts. The beach huts so remind me of these nostalgic times.

I wanted to create my project in a grungy weathered wood based style, to have it look very naturally aged and shaped by blowing winds and the salting sea.

Tips & Tricks

I used the

Block Style MDF House Kit - Cube in medium size as a base.

First I glued it together completely and found 
it was too deep for my canvas. So I decided to take the saw and split it into two houses!

You can see on the left picture that the beach houses' front sides are a little bit bigger, but that wasn't a problem for me. 

Beach Hut with Life Buoy size small

fits perfectly on

Block Style MDF House Kit - Short

layout plan

Originally I wanted to use a brown monochrome colour scheme, but that was too gloomy for a summer project, so I decided to use muted chalky paints

some close up's

side view with 3D effect

grunge beach house look with crackle medium, distress paints and jute

a cosy beach chair with white crackle paste and 'Walnut Stain' distress ink

 a cord from an old  paper gift bag,  simply knotted and glued on

I love to work with natural materials, like in this project with driftwood, shells and lichen

Calico Craft Parts used:

Block Style MDF House Kit - Cube Medium

Block Style MDF House Kit - Short

Beach Hut with Life Buoy in two sizes small and medium

Striped Beach Hut with Flag Large

Deck Chair

Wild Grass MDF Wood Shape - Style 4

Word Elements - Summer & Seaside

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Birds - Seagulls

Thanks for your visit!

Happy summer time!

Kerstin