Once upon a Springtime

Welcome friends,

 Recycle it - once again with my favourite paper collection  
Secret Garden from Graphic 45

An old book had to again believe, honestly, when I first started to work with old books,

 that was not so easy. I was raised even so, to appreciate and cherished the books,

 pages out to tear came not at all in question. 

It has cost me overcome, but now I've can  recognized the old dusty mottled books back to glory.

 Distress spray paint - walnut stain, metal and resin embellishments

stamps cut out

3D effect, stamps on foil, dies, spring flowers in rainbow colours

Challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit Altered Art

Moo Mania Frühlingsgefühle

Frilly and Funkie Spring time Die Cuts

Live & Love Craft's Inspiration # 34 Signs of Spring

Altered Eclectic Altered Art Book - Recycle

Nice Sunday!

LG Kerstin

Spring - Rain & Sunshine

Welcome everyone,

soon is May again the merry month of May ;-) and i need a lot of little gift's for Mother's Day, Birthday's and Pentecost.

The colors are assumed to me ;-) and so I have worked again today with my favorite paper collection  

Secret garden by Graphic 45

funny, by the way, that was already one of my favorite paper collection 

before I had  read the book

it's a wallhanger with a great saying

Only count the sunny hours

Challenges:

Creative embellishments - Spring  (my inspirations Colours, Butterflies, Sunshine)

Moo Mania Frühlingsgefühle

Berry71bleu - Spring fling (flowers and colours)

Try it on Tuesday The who have wings

Eclectic Ellapu Purple Team April showers/ Spring 

I wish a sunny & bright spring weekend!!

LG Kerstin

Tag Flower Power

Welcome everyone,

i love such stamps, where you can see exactly what flower it is

here you can see the one and only -Rudbeckia  'Cappuccino' :-) upps, that's the gardener and botanical friend in me

Challenges:

Tim Holtz Tag April Inspiration 2015

Craft Stamper Take it make it - Colour -

Country view challenge Use a craft card 

Enjoy your weekend!!
LG Kerstin

Under the Sea

Welcome everyone,

a new page with my favorite topic - the sea -  

Inspiration was the book by Jules Verne 20.000 Miles under the Sea

We have done Easter with the children eggs marbled, which is always a huge fun

that gave me the idea to use the leftover paint as  paper background

my interpretation of a friendly white shark

Can you see him?  

He is accidentally created from Marbled paper through tear out, I love those random creations

Captain Nemo or ?? ;-)

for the looking glass (viewing window) I used foil + Distress crackle paint clear rock candy
it's really difficult to show this with my simply camera

Challenges: 

Simon says stamp Monday A is for- ART Journal 

A vintage journey Through the looking glass
my favourite product is Distress crackle paint clear for a mirror or glass crack'd effect
( I don't know

if it's allowed, to use other products except the Tim holtz products ???)

ART Journal Journey  Quotes
(... here I'm Man, here dare it to be Goethe - bezogen auf Kapitän Nemo aus dem o.g. Roman von Jules Verne, der sich ähnlich wie ich ;-) auch nur unter Wasser wirklich frei fühlte)

Scrap around the world - my inspiration: blue colors, seahorses, starfish, shell

will also be linking up with  Brenda on her Visual journey #14
because I cannot exist without Mr. Art Journal  ;-)

seriously, I love this diverse theme and I am still quite the beginning of my travel 

 and much want to learn and try out

Relax & Greets me the sea! :-)

 Kerstin

Make and Use a Masterboard

Hi everyone,

Welcome to our April Challenge.

Our theme for this month is to

 Create and use a Masterboard. 

A masterboard is a large background piece designed to be cut up and used in smaller projects, such as journals, postcards, cards, ATC's etc. It can be created with any combination of collage, paint, inks, sprays, rubber stamps, stencils. 

 

I  used the imitation technology ' Abklatschtechnik' for my masterboard
with wallpaper glue und acrylic paints

silver and black

• stärkeren Zeichenkarton gleichmäßig mit dünnen Leim bestreichen
• in den noch nassen Leim kontrastreiche Farben wie bspw. Schwarz geben, egal in welcher Form - streifenförmig oder als Tropfen oder oder ...
• dann den Zeichenkarton in der Mitte falten, so das die linke und rechte Kleisterseite aufeinander liegen
• mit den Fingerkuppen auf der Außenseite darüber streichen
• und jetzt wieder auseinander ziehen
• voila fertig ist ein mittelsymmetrisches Muster

 

 

ich musste natürlich auch noch was Neues probieren ;-)

so habe ich nach dem Auseinanderziehen noch zusätzliche Strukturen eingebracht

mit dem oben abgebildeten Gerät, man kann aber auch vieles andere nehmen

bspw. Gabeln

oder wie hier zu sehen getrocknete Farnblätter, aber auch Schablonen sind möglich

es entstehen immer neue fantasiereiche Muster

Tipp:

der Trocknungsprozess lässt sich enorm mit dem Heißluftfön beschleunigen!

It was a perfect background for my favourite saying in a simply picture frame.

We are thrilled to be sponsored by 

WOODWARE CRAFT COLLECTION

With a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist, either in store or on line.

 

 

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Challenges:
Try it on Tuesday They who have wings
The male room Use a metallic embossing powder 
The Artistic Stamper Creative Challenge Flora & Fauna
Mixed Media Place Exercice 6 Typographie

Just start, having fun and try out!

LG Kerstin

DIET & Spring roll

Welcome friends,

 a new Art Journaling page to my favourite theme - DIET - OMG, no that's a joke ;-)

I must admit even that one or others tried to have, 

 today I'm doing only the balanced diet of chocolate ;-), which gets to see you soon again

 today I'll let the pictures speak

 

It was created because the phrase on the right side so well liked  

and I use my Art journal book now also to the collect of personal favorite quotes

 Is a Mixed media site from Distress spray paints, stamps, stencils and a cut stencil ( measurement band)

 

Challenges

ART Journal Journey Favourite poems & Quotes

Simon says stamp Monday challenge Pastels (right side)

Altered eclectics Anything goes (use an old book as Art Journal)

Recycle, Re- Purpose & Re- Invent.  (use an old book as Art Journal)

Ladybug Crafts Anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner #13 Humor, Comedy, Funny

Stamps and stencils Anything goes

Have fun !!

Springtime Feelings

Hi everyone,

 Our new theme at Our creative corner in this month hosted by our new very creative Laurie is

- Color your world -

she says: ''Here in the United States we are coming into spring - the season when nature comes forth with new life.

Soft green grasses grow in the fields and the trees bloom in glorious colors with the promise of fruit.

Tulips and daffodils emerge from the soil after a long winters nap.

The colors of spring, the sights and sounds of nature at this time of the year renews my soul.

In the spring time the colors of nature are different around the world.

For my challenge this month I want you to

Color Your World

For this challenge create a project with the colors of spring time where you live.

Show us what colors renew your soul.''

I created a sayings calendar with a surprise in an envelope for a desk.
The titel for this month is springtime feelings, my absolutly favourite time of the year.
I used my favourite colours - pastel in vintage look.

The girls at OCC have come up with some inspiring and different versions on the theme this time.
Please pop on over and have fun!!
  This month one lucky winner will win a prize from our  sponsor

Creative Embellishments

  Creative Embellishments are offering a $25 gift certificate to our randomly drawn winner

Just start, having fun and try out!

Happy Easter!
LG Kerstin