In der Weihnachtsbäckerei for Scrap FX

Welcome!

It's christmas time that means  illuminations and fir trees, Christmas cookies and traditional crafts. Our kids love to bake cookies, even if there is an absolute chaos in the kitchen, it makes every year a great fun again.

 They loves secretly nibbling at the cookie dough, cutting

out stars and hearts themselves and decorating them with a lot of sugar pearls.

 used Scrap FX products

Moments words

Time together

Chefs

Flourish 21

 Vintage scales

 

and from the new Maja Design paper collection the page 'Make decorations'

some close up's

I was in love with this wonderful vintage scales 

and I used  a golden acrylic paint as basic for a bright a shiny effect,

 also a little bit texture paste on some places

at the end I draw with a black fineliner some notes

undercoated with white gesso and colored with green and gold acrylic

 paint for a festive effect 

 the boss in person ;-)

she looks so fun with a white texture on her hat

 and a red embossing powder on her loop

the cookies have succeeded and all tasted very good

 

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look at some of products from Scrap FX. 

If you’d like to see more, have a look through their store HERE

Thanks for your visit!

See you later :-)

Kerstin

Shadowbox Winter forest

Hello friends!

today a little inspiration for a christmas home decoration.

Winter has begun, Christmas is just around the corner .

Heute ist bei uns der erste Schnee in diesem Winter gefallen. 
Viele von euch werden denken, OmG schon wieder Winter

 und ich muss zugeben, das ich auch eher die Frostbeule bin und froh sein werde, 

wenn es wieder wärmer wird. 

Aber der Winter hat auch schöne Seiten und dazu gehört auf jeden Fall eine Wanderung durch den herrlich verschneiten Winterwald, indem es sehr still und leise ist.

Magische Momente sozusagen und die habe ich versucht mit dieser Shadowbox einzufangen.

I want to share this winter shadow box here
Simon says stamp Monday challenge
Star light star bright

Enjoy the beauty of the season!

xo Kerstin xo

ATC for SASPC

Welcome friends!

December is beginning and I want to share with you a new inspiration for 

SanDees and Amelies Steampunk Challenge

Christmas is knocking on your door, the right time to send some love greetings!

firstly I have used one of my favorite colors from DecoArt 

Americana Decor Chalky Finish 'Vintage' 

next I worked with the stencil 'Pixelated' and white gesso also from DecoArt

to add some texture to the background I used some little chipboards, 

stars and metal embellishments and deco sand

I'm a big fan of all the beautiful distress inks and 'Walnut stain' is my absolutely favorit, 

because it created a weathered look on all your projects, 

so it's always very suitable for an industrial grunge look

Sending you Love and Joy!

xo Kerstin xo

Winterwonderland for Maja Designs

Welcome!
Today an 'Out off the page' project in vintage style, it's a triptych with wintry feeling.
As I saw the wonderful new collection papers 'Joyous winterdays' I was inspired to create a new home decor project for christmas as little gift for a good friend. 

used Maja Design papers

other uses materials
modelling clay white, Snow tex (DecoArt), Silikon mould 'Icecycle', Distress ink 'Walnut stain', clear stamp 'Crackle', chipboards (Scrap FX), cutting dies, Resin treasure window

How I made this

 

• I choose background paper 'Frost' and cut out all three MDF pieces
• then I glued the paper with Decoupage Glue (DecoArt) on it
• I connected the three pieces and used the paper distresser tool for the edges, it gives an beautiful altered effect
• then i chose two motives from this new amazing Christmas/ Wintercollection and cut out - the sweet snowmen and little boy

• icecycles were made with white modeling clay and a mould 
• to complete the background, I added Distress Ink 'Walnut stain' with a little bit water for some running effects, it will give you a worned altered look
• I used the 'Blizzard' paper, textured paper (leftovers from a wallpaper) and a craft paper for cutting dies - trees, lantern, winter leaves and snowflakes
• glued all also embellishments with a transparent adhesive medium
• create the snow effect with Snow tex (DecoArt) 

 

 

some close up's

This project was so much fun to create and I love the scene that you can build up, using all the beautiful background papers from Maja Design.

And if you wonder why the little boy is suddenly blue now, even though he is on the original green, it was very cold in the snow ;-) ... ?

yes, you can change the color of these papers later, for example with alcohol markers :-)

 

 If you want more inspirations

 than have a look on our Maja DT Blog 

and you can find a lot of wonderful projects from my teamies :-)

Many thanks for your visit!

Enjoy your weekend!

 xo Kerstin xo

Wanderlust

Welcome!

I'm back with a new inspiration, a mixed media vintage layout

 with some amazing chipboards from Scrap FX. 
more details can you find here 

I was inspired from the November Moodboard at Lindys Stamp Gang,

I love all the stains and splatters in this beautiful colours.

  background paper from Maja Design 'Denim and Friends' - Summer shirt bs

some close up's

I'm also a big fan of mixed media layouts, you can mixed so many various materials such like this wonderful chipboards, spray colours, textured, fabric and old book paper leftovers, stencils, stamps and cutting dies - always a lot of possibilities.

I want to share this layout

Lindys Stamp Gang November Moodboard - I use these Shimmer sprays 

Steampunk Sepia; 

 Green with Envy Green

Grab a gye Gold  

Simon says stamp - Monday challenge Tear it up

 torned stripes from corrugated cardboard, old bookpages and brown textured paper

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin

You rock for Scrap FX

Welcome!

Today a new inspiration layout for Scrap FX.
Children, stars, jeans time and the first love - always a wonderful theme .

 used products

Happy theme pack

Treasured Memories

Retangle collage black 

SHE Phrases transparency

Film strips

Chevron stencil 

and a background paper from the Maja Design Collection 'Denim and Friends' - Sunbleached

some close up's

I use the Chevron stencil as background with with gesso. Have you seen the Transparencies from Scrap FX always very suitable for every layout theme.

You know I also love this wonderful black silhouettes, very filigree and always a good contrast

in your background. 

Usually I cut these silhouettes into several pieces.

I used an embossing powder 'Hammered Metal' for the word Memories, really a cool shiny effect.

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look at some of products from Scrap FX. 

If you’d like to see more, have a look through their store HERE

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting 

Kerstin

Christmas cards

Hello my friends!

 I'm always impressed when I see all the wonderful handmade christmas cards in craftyland, gorgeous!!

In the meantime, I know some people who are looking forward to a self-made card, so I dare to approach the card theme.  Anyone who knows me knows that I always do things a little bit differently. These were the thoughts behind this christmas cards.

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 I used an embossing folder from Sizzix Tim Holtz 'Holiday print', Distress 'Walnut ink' and some cutting dies and christmas embellishments. At first, it's nothing unusual

but I was in love with this Halloween witch and this time is over,
but with witchcraft it's now a fairy godmother :-)   

The broom became a magic wand and with texture paper und stickles it's now a 

winter fairy :-)

  Let your imagination run free !

Happy crafting!

xx Kerstin xx