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

 

 

MDF Boat Kit - Summer Home Decor

 

Hello!

 

I was inspired to create a new home decor piece 

in vintage grunge style.

Used  MDF Boat & Oars Kit

as base, which was easy to assemble and glue together.

Chose the model with shelf, so you could add a few nice assecoires

 to give the whole thing an individual touch.

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

some close up's

 used MDF shapes

MDF Boat & Oars Kit

 

MDF Wood Corner Style 18 - Ship's Wheel

 Dotted Peacock Weed - MDF Seaweed Wood Shape Style 3

Telescope & Binoculars MDF Wood Shape Set

Anchor & Ships Wheel

Jellyfish MDF Wood Shape Style 3

 

 

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin

Hello Summer - Homedecor

 

   Hello everyone!

 

I was inspires to create a wooden writing to beginning of summer. 

Love the weathered wooden style it fits perfectly to the feeling of salt water,

 healthy sea air and the fascinating underwater world.

 

You can find a lot of suitable theme shapes in the section

Aquatic & Marine Shapes at Calico Craft Parts,

 

my favourites are coral and seaweed shapes.

 

 

 

 - chose a coral in big size and divided it into individual pieces

 - shapes were primed with white gesso, sprinkled with micropearls,

 then coloured with brown spray paint

-after drying, finished with dry brush technique

 

some details

 

used MDF shapes

Seahorse MDF Wood Shape Style 6

 Starfish

Coral - MDF Wood Shape Style 8

 

 

 Thanks for your visit!

 

 I hope you find inspiration!

 

Kerstin

Maritim Frame - Summer Home Decor with Kerstin

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

Summertime and vintage feelings

 

I was inspired to create an upcycling project and a maritim picture frame 

was born.

It's a combination of MDF shapes, old fabric leftovers

and nature elements.

 

 

 How I began

 

 

 used  an old wooden circle panel as base

attached 4 pieces of jute ribbon to make it look like a lifebelt

added 4 beach inspired MDF shapes,

 which were partially divided and cut to size

should be an old weathered character

so I only used a dry brush technique with white gesso

 

some details

 

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Wild Grass MDF Wood Shape - Style 4

 To The Beach Signpost

Rustic Beach Fence Panel

Deck Chair

 

 

I hope you find inspiration!

 

Thanks for stopping by...until next time

 

Kerstin

The Summer house: by Louise Crosbie.

 

Hi there. 

Today I’m sharing a project using a little house shape as it’s base. 

I’ve also used wooden leaves: sugar maple, sweet gum, 

Flourishes: Vine flourish, swirl curly flourish.   

A birdcage  

and a round Christmas bauble style frame. (Because it reminded me a little of a pocketwatch)

I lined the house with rice paper and added some texture through a stencil. I added a touch of watered down coral pink transparent paint to the texture so it was only just noticeable.

Then I painted all the craft parts before gluing them into place along with my vintage photo and some paper flowers.

Lots of white paint splatters finished it off. 

Beach Idyll - Homedecor with Kerstin

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

It's summer time, best time for sea, sun and beach.

 

I was inspired to create a new home decor piece in mixed media style and

 combined a beer mat and a big seashell as base

for a small standing deco object.

I  added also a suitable saying and a little photo

for a more personal character. 

 

 

 

 

some details

used MDF shapes from Calico Craft Parts

 

Square MDF Beer Mat 9.6cm

 

Scallop Seashell - MDF Wood Shape Style 1

 

Lighthouse MDF Wood Shape Style 7

 

Wild Grass MDF Wood Shape - Style 4

 

Leaning Palm Tree

 

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Birds - Seagulls

 

I hope you find inspiration!

 

Thanks for stopping by...until next time

with another Sea inspired project

 

Kerstin

 

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.

My Enchanted Place Blog
Calico Craft Parts Used

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