Heartful greetings

Welcome!

Our weather is not the best, darkness, cold and wet.  

What can I do against the Winterblues??? 

The right answer for me is always

be creative :-)

today a romantic layout,

because Valentines day is just around the corner

some details

Challenges

Maja designs Mood Board

Simon says stamp Monday challenge Spread your wings

Have a nice day!

Kerstin

DT Scrap of Darkness ' Botanique' II

Welcome!

Today another idea what you can make with our beautiful January kit 'Botanique'.

My idea was to use an old wooden bird house 

as home decor piece for my new springtime decoration.

I painted everything with a coat of DecoArt White Gesso and let it dry.

Then I started my alteration by using some Decoupage glue

 to apply a layer of old music paper. 

Only some areas I coated with Crackle white paste. 

When everything was dry I applied a layer ofDecoArt Media Antiquing cream 'Raw umber' 

 into the cracks and about the whole house and an aged look was ready.

 

I found on the 'Mother Earth' paper from G 45 Nature Sketchbook Collection

 a lot of motifs, which are very suitable for this bird house in nature look.

 So I cut out a yellow flower, fern leaves, butterflies and the funny grasshopper 

and glue it also to edge and as 3D (butterflies).

three small chipboards as roofing tiles

a burlap ribbon as bow and stripe together with two chitchat stickers

- blooming freedom -

 and my house was finished

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

DT Scraps of Darkness Kit 'Botanique'

Welcome friends!

My first Layout as Scrap of Darkness Designer,

thanks sooo much

for this fantastic opportunity

 I was so excited, proud and happy about this good news

and it's starting now :-)

The January Kit 'Botanique' is filled with a lot of paper
from Graphic 45 new collection 'Nature Sketchbook',
 a great set of papers, stamps and embellishments with nature feeling.

What could be more perfect for this theme than a beautiful memory 

with our sheltie dog  'Filou'. It was a wonderful trip into the mountains,

a lucky day

 with a lot of sunshine,

and warm temperatures.

 

You 're my heart!

 

 I used as background paper 'Plant Kingdom' from

 Nature Sketchbook Collection 

and some cutouts from 'Mother Earth' , a beautiful suitable chipboard tag 

from the Main Kit 

and I tried the Prima Rub on foil

 together with adhesive rub ons from the Elements Add on kit. 

great fun with a beautiful result 

decorative chipboard tag from G 45

 another cut out,  a flower and a feather together

 with a chipboard from Blue Fern Studios

 

two 3D hearts with cutting dies and old bookpaper 

You can find our kits to purchase here,

and we have also a very inspiring  Facebook group here,

where we love to see everyone's work with our kits.

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

Best of DT Steampunk

Welcome!

"My 3 Personal 2016 Favourites - Steampunk/Industrial"

is our challenge theme for January at Sandee & Amelies Steampunk Challenge.

 Shining Moments May 2016

 

Human Heart February 2016

 

My Home is ..December 2015

Have a nice day!
Kerstin

DT Scrap FX - Steampunk Time

Welcome!

Our theme this month Steampunk Time - yes, that's me :-) 

I decided to make a home decoration project. 

There were two bookends from sale which I painted with some acrylic paints.

Now they look even older, I love this distressed look.

 

Scrap FX products used:

Steampunk Octopus

Mechanical spike feather

Enjoy the journey

Accessory cogs

this octopus is my favourite from our new chipboard steampunk series,

 he looks so cool and adventurous, or?!

firstly I used Glimmer Mist Verdigris as base ink

then added some embossing powders

black, copper and green,

as eye a little black pearl

and he was ready to glue it on the big letter

Reading a good book is also always a new journey and adventure and so was the wordlet 'Enjoy the journey '

very suitable for my bookends.

here as base ink Glimmer Mist Slate and a mix from black and copper embossing powder

Hopefully you will now feel even more inspired to create your own Steampunk project.

I really enjoyed working on mine!!!

Many thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

GD Mixed Media World Mail Art

Welcome Everyone!

I was so pleased to be asked to join you all as a Guest Creative Guide here 

at Mixed Media World

 The theme was 
Mail Art"

 my first project in this style,
a new experiment, but I really love to try out.

so I decided to make a project in vintage style with a lot of stamps, 

stencils, washi tape, sticker and some spray mists.

 word stamp was embossed with black embossing powder

I hope you like my first experiment in this art.

It has been a joy!

Hopefully you will now feel even more inspired to create your own Mail Art project .

I really enjoyed working on mine, using these vintage colours that I love!!! 

Huge thanks to Ingrid Kristina and the Design Team for inviting me. 

Many thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

DT Scrap Africa

Welcome!

My best wishes for 2017!

A new year, a new month and yes a new sketch challenge at Scrap Africa :-)

It's wintertime here and and nobody recognized it. 

We are waiting for the first snow .

Do what you love and love what you do!

the right saying for our new challenge, or? 

My  teamies at Scrap Africa have come up with many inspiring and different  versions 

on the sketch challenge No. 82 this time.

 

Have fun and Happy crafting!

  Kerstin