Pirates World

 

 Hello creative friends!

And here's another pirate project, but this is definitely the last one! 😅
This beautifully engraved pirate should take centre stage, and I have left it in its original state. The result is a Shadowframe in an underwater setting, complete with a treasure chest. This is also very elaborately engraved, and has been highlighted with silver wax to make the details more visible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used MDF shapes

 

Pirate 

Treasure Chest 

Jellyfish MDF Wood Shape Style 3 

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 15

Dotted Peacock Weed - MDF Seaweed Wood Shape Style 3 

Ships Wheel Style 3

 

I hope you enjoyed our summer pirate adventure stories!

Creative greetings

Kerstin

 

Pirates Book Bottle

 

 Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me ... Drink up me hearties, yo ho

Yo HO Ho and a bottle of Rum 

I'm sure many of you will recognise this song from Pirates of the Caribbean. 

 

To conclude our summer pirate adventure, today I present to you a book bottle.

 An empty bottle was wrapped in a cardboard sleeve. 

 My aim was to create a vivid 3D effect and I also wanted to make it look as old as possible.

 By the way, you can also design it so that it works as gift wrapping.

 

 

 

3d effect

 

 

 

used MDF shapes

Pirate Ship - Style 2 

Ships Wheel Style 3

Ships Porthole  

Octopus with Curled Tentacles

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Cogs - Style 11 

 

some details

 

 

 

Ahoy there - and have a good trip!

Kerstin 

 

 

Hello Friend - Picture frame

 

 Hello!

 

Today an upcycling project, it was an old wooden frame, now it's an eyecatcher

 where you can add an special photo or an wise saying. 

I decorated it with a nautilus from a fantasy Steampunk land and 

  supplemented the nautilus with a kelp, split in the centre, 

this is how wonderful tentacles were created.

 Chain was made with the help of a mould,

 on the body I added two cogs, a capnut and a thin metal ornament.

 

  

 

some details

 

  

 

used MDF shapes 

Sheet of Mini Pirates - MDF Add On Sheet

  

Nautilus Seashell 

Jellyfish MDF Wood Shape Style 3

Jellyfish MDF Wood Shape Style 2 

Sheet of Mini MDF Nautical Motifs Style 4

Bull Kelp - MDF Seaweed Wood Shape Style 4 

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Cogs - Style 2

 

 Creative greetings from Kerstin

The return of Black Pearl

  Hello again!

 I saw a green glow on the horizon.
That means a soul from the realm of the dead is returning to the world. 

Here it is: the Black Pearl, as promised in my last post.
I enjoyed upcycling an old book again. 

I combined the MDF shapes with paper cutouts, used moulds (pirate head)

and modelled octopus arms.

  

 

 

used MDF shapes

MDF Wood Corner Style 18 - Ship's Wheel 

Galleon Boat MDF Wood Shape - Style 5 

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 15 

Shrimp 

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Cogs - Style 2 

Spider Web 

Tilted Gravestone Cross

 

 some details 

 

 

Be inspired to realise your own fantasies!

Kerstin 

 

 

Secrets of the Sea

 

 Hello!

 

 The ship was pulled underwater by the octopus. 

Sharks circle and guard this grave. 

Experts think it could be the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship

 that was doomed to wander the oceans.

I created a shadow frame in mixed media style, for this I had to completely destroy 

this new pirate ship, omg. It's broken into pieces on the ocean floor, 

but someone will fix it up soon. 😉

 

 

used MDF shapes

Pirate Ship - Style 1

Anchor & Rope Outline 

Hammerhead Shark MDF Wood Shape - Style 2

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 15

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 12

 

some close up's

 

 See you soon!

Kerstin 

 

He is a pirate

 

Ahoy, landlubbers 😀

The black pearl has taken off again, and the pirate adventures continue, at least for now.

 I made a new shadowbox in grunge style with a touch of steampunk from a kit for a paper lantern.

 I used self-produced rust to make everything look as old and cool as possible. 

Even in the dark, it catches the eye; in the green glow, it appears on the horizon, having returned from the underworld to the world of the living.

 

 

 

used MDF shapes

 

Jellyfish MDF Wood Shape Style 1

MDF and Birch Plywood Cogs - Style 1

Ships Porthole

Galleon Boat MDF Wood Shape - Style 9

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Cogs - Style 2

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 1

Mermaid MDF Wood Shape - Style 1 

Crab MDF Wood Shape - Style 9

 

 

 some details

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin

Summer Home Decor

 

Hello creative friends!

Today a new summer inspired home decoration, for your own home or

 to give a friend a little treat – whatever you need!  

This is a really simple project that you can knock up in no time at all and 

it makes a lovely summer wall decoration. 

I used a simple metal ring from a Euroshop and gave it a bit of a makeover. 

All you need is three shapes, which I made in an old vintage style. 

They were colored with diluted acrylic paints and 

I used crackle lacquer and other textures, like the sprinkling of decosand.

 

first idea - how I started

 

some details

 

used MDF shapes

 

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 15

 Jellyfish MDF Wood Shape Style 3

Sailing Boat Wood Shape - Style 1

 

Have a good time!

Kerstin

Album Summer Memories

Hello everyone!

 

After a short summer break I'm back with a photoalbum 

as memory on beautiful relaxed days.

The sea inspired minialbum  has been equipped with many flaps, pockets 

and other storage possibilities to keep nice mementos. 

 

Some of the selected MDFs have already been laser engraved in such detail

 that they look very beautiful in original.

 

 

Nautical Multi Frame - Lighthouse

  on the cover was primed with white gesso and only the lighthouse 

and wheel were embossed with a special powder (Salted Navy Enamel)

 

Striped Beach Hut with Flag

were created with a crackle medium and 

finished with acrylic  paints for an old

wheathered look

 

dry brush technique with a little bit white gesso

 

Original laser engraved

 used MDF shapes

 

Nautical Multi Frame - Lighthouse

 

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Birds - Seagulls

Word Elements - Summer & Seaside

Compass MDF Wood Shape

 Sailing Boat Wood Shape - Style 2

Row of Palm Trees

Striped Beach Hut with Flag

Wild Grass MDF Wood Shape - Style 2

Sheet of Mini MDF Nautical Motifs Style 4

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin