Mystery Forest House

 

 Hello creative friends!

 

I was inspired to transform the Halloween house into a mysterious forest house.

 The house has a stable stand, allowing for easy movement and rearrangement for new decorations.

 I created an old, dilapidated house using the appropriate colour shading and crackle medium.

 The transformation was completed quickly. 

To create a three-dimensional effect, I glued together various 

individual parts such as leaves and mushrooms. The mini windows fit almost perfectly into the recesses, and the mini door has a small canopy.

 It appears as though Grandpa Gnome has just come for a visit.

 

 

 

 some close up's

 used shapes

 

Haunted House with Spire and Stand

 

Gnome with Toadstool - MDF Woodland Folk Shape

Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

Sheet of Mini MDF Door Wood Shapes

Mushrooms - Fungi MDF Wood Shape - Style 9

Maidenhair Fern MDF Wood Shape

Mushrooms - Fungi MDF Wood Shape - Style 12

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

Kerstin

Cobweb House in Winter

 

Hello!

 

....  and suddenly it was winter 😀

The time goes by so fast. A classic Halloween house, which has just been lost in the fog,

 experiences the first snow.

 Felix the tomcat seems to be very comfortable. 

He walks across the roof with ease.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 some details

 

 

 

Cobweb House MDF Wood Kit 

 

I fell in love with this unique house immediately. 

However, I couldn't use it for Halloween.

 I didn't want to wait until next October, so I put it into hibernation.

 I removed a few cobwebs (which I saved for future projects) and added wintry colours to turn this beautiful new kit into a winter home decor object.

It radiates cosiness and warmth while being illuminated by an electric tea light.

  

 

additional shapes

 

Roof Tiles - MDF Add On Sheet

Sheet of Mini MDF Street Lamps

Chilled Out Cat Silhouette 

Ivy Leaf Garland

Winter Fir Trees, Deer & Bird Scene

Snowflake Wreath 

 

 

 🎇🎇 Happy New Year 🎇🎇

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Kerstin

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

 

Springtime Homedecor

 

 Welcome in a new creative year 

with Calico Craft Parts!

 

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Wishing you a peaceful year 

full of enthusiasm

 joy and fun in creative action

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??? Please, can somebody wake up Spring ???

 

😀😀😀 

 

 

After Christmas and New Year's Eve it could be spring for me, 

the older you get the less you like winter and 

our temperatures really have something of early spring at the moment. 

 

Snowdrops are starting to bloom, which gives hope.

 

 

 

I was inspired to create a canvas with a birdhouse, 

Therefore I used a  MDF Block House Kit,

I added also a tree trunk, made with paper straws and mossy birchbark.

 

 

 

 

some details

 

 

 

 

 

used MDF shapes

 

Block Style MDF House Kit - Wide with Wonky Roof

 Leaping Hare

Wildflowers, Grass & Bird

Robin 

Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

Kerstin 

 

Nostalgia Avenue: by Sara Annau

 

I was delighted to be asked by the design team coordinator, Louise, to be a guest designer for Calico Craft Parts and couldn’t wait to get started. 

The first project I want to share with you is this little street scene I’ve created using four small house shapes and some mini doors and windows (some of which I’ve cut down or added to to suit my needs).

The middle house is made out of two individual houses stuck together and I deliberately chose one with a regular roof and one with a wonky roof to add an interesting feature from the back view (as seen in the next image).

Although the little houses all have no features, Calico Craft Parts sell all kinds of accessories and textures to add some authenticity. From cobble stones to bricks and lots of architectural pieces including windows and doors so you can customise your houses to your own taste.

I’ve gone for a very vintage nostalgic look.

As I had a very specific budget for my design team order, I didn’t get everything I could have used so I’ve used some texture from embossing folders to create some of my brick etc.

I’ve also added a dormer window to the middle house and I’ve included some resin cast drainpipes in a couple of places to add a wee touch of authenticity to the look. 

 Adding all the little details to make four very plain house shapes become this nostalgic little street took some time but it was time spent enjoying myself and letting my imagination run free. 

I’m now looking forward to starting my second design team project which involves a lot of  “fussy cutting” so I’d better get on with it. 

Supply list

Block style house kits: 

short with wonky roof, 

 short ,

 tall, 

tall with wonky roof

Sheet of Mini MDF doors

Sheet of mini MDF windows

Additional supplies that may be of interest for a similar project:

Sheet of pipes and drains etc

Selection of fences

Bricks and Cobbles etc

Snowy Christmas House by guest designer Lori Woods

Hello friends! I'm thrilled to be back, guest designing some Christmas crafts for you! 🎄

 I love the house and cabin kits from Calico Craft Parts, there are so many ways to decorate them and make each one unique. Because we're entering the festive period, I decided to create a little snowy Christmas house complete with Christmas decorations!

I started by putting together the Church- Schoolhouse MDF kit. The waste MDF from the windows was the perfect size for creating fake bricks on the sides of the house so I glued these on in small groupings to create a brick wall effect. Then I gave everything a coat of gesso.

I used texture paste on the walls to mimic the look of old crumbling plaster and painted it a dirty cream colour to give that extra shabby finish, and painted the bricks a dark red colour. For the roofs, I put down a layer of heavy body gel and scored through this while it was still wet to create the look of wooden planks. When it was dry, I painted the roof and the windows with a brown acrylic paint. I drybrushed white gesso over the entire house to give it a bit of a frosty look and then added areas of snow paste to finish the snowy effect.

To finished everything off I added some twine and colours bulbs made from moulds to look like Christmas lights and placed two little Christmas trees at the front door.

This little house was lots of fun to decorate and I hope it gives you some inspiration for your own Christmas decorations!

 

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

 

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