Showing posts with label Graphic 45. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphic 45. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

DT Scrap of Darkness 'Botanique'

Welcome!

a new Layout with papers and elements from our January kit 'Botanique'
 I used the papers from G 45 Nature Sketchbook Collection as background, cut outs and added some embellishments, flowers and the green crystal drops as pearls.

 

some details please




the flowers were originally yellow, I inked them with a red Mister paint,
so they are more fitting to the whole layout 


 butterfly stamp

 crystal drops


cut out from a tag as border

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

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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

Saturday, January 21, 2017

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

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Halloween idea with Graphic 45

Welcome!
Yes, I'm a Halloween fan, I love the mystic romantic dark side.

Today I have made a centerpiece for a table decoration.
I used an old plastic picture frame and Graphic 45 paper 
(Happy Haunting collection + some pieces from Steampunk spells) 
as basic.

 



I cut beautiful motifs and added some suitable details
Bat, pumkin, black gaze, witch broom.


 the signpost was made with 2 wooden skewer, 
black paint and a hot glue gun


Happy Haunting
in advance :-)!

next Halloween mixed media idea will come in October, promised!!!
tomorrow you will see an autumn layout and an art journal spread
with products from Scrap FX
Kerstin

Sunday, July 10, 2016

A special thanks

Hi friends!

the time is right to say   

Thanks so much!

I was so happy, excited and honored about my first prize 
It' a great honour for me and give me back new boost and power 
for the next mixty motions projects! 


I also got a few days before a goodie bag from  Calico Crafts Parts
Yes, I was a happy random winner at 
A vintage journey Challenge: Sew special
soo cool

I'm usually not the biggest Glückspilz under the sun
deshalb ist es für mich auch etwas ganz besonderes!

und weil ich diese neuen filigranen MDF Teilchen auch gleich ausprobieren musste,
zeige ich euch heute mein neues kleines  
Little Beachhouse
inzwischen steht es jedoch als Geschenk bei meiner Großmutter im Regal
schließlich braucht man ja immer ein Urlaubsmitbringsel
und sie wollte unbedingt noch ein Foto von mir, Omg schwierig!, 
lange versprochen und nicht gehalten,

aber so konnte ich zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen
 zusammen mit ein paar Sachen, die ich am Strand gefunden habe,
einschließlich original Ostseesand,
ergänzt mit einem Foto
und voila schon gab es ein individuelles Geschenk,
das man nicht an jeder Ecke kaufen kann
 

Graphic 45 Paper collection By the SEA


der kleine Liegestuhl von Calico crafts sieht doch so richtig urgemütlich aus, oder?
man braucht sie auch nicht unbedingt zu bemalen,
sie sehen aus wie gebranntes Holz
und bilden ein schönen Kontrast,
besonders wenn es sehr natürlich und nicht so knallig bunt aussehen soll


that's our captain of heart ;-) forever and ever
 My anchor


Dachansicht

Happy sunday!
xox Kerstin xox

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Just a little note

Welcome vintage friends!

today a new project for Le Tresors de Luxe
it was an inspiration from our wonderful romantic mood board this month
it's a shabby chic cover for a diary with a mix by scrapbook paper,
 stamps, gauze, lace and old fabric rests





used laces


 more details please

 cut out from a Graphic 45 paper
stitched underground paper

 combi of stamps, fabric and lace


Challenges
Happy crafting


Sunday, August 30, 2015

Rare Oddities

Hi friends,
I had a lot of fun with this new paper- and stamp collection from Graphic 45
that is the result - a mixed media wooden plaque
to show, where it goes to Kerstin's creative Bude :-)

Rare Oddities - Its name reflects its programme



and many detail  pictures



+ Media Fluid Acrylics
Blue green light, Primary Yellow, Carbon black
+ Shimmer Mister white
+ Antiquing Cream Titanium white




If you have any questions, please ask me!
often i forget to make photo's during the process, because then I'm 
in another world, perhaps you understand this?! 
but I am working on, promised!


Challenges:
Mixed Media World - Gorgeous texture
Rhedds creative spirit - August Challenge
Graphic 45 August Challenge (Rare Oddities)
Anything but cute #4 Making magic
my craft room is a magic world for me,
here I'm able to spin and make projects from dreams, thoughts and feelings



I hope this new idea will be an inspiration for you!
LG Kerstin



Friday, May 15, 2015

Bicycle Clock

Welcome friends,

It's time to start a new challenge and this month we want you to incorporate anything that can be connected to "eyes" with your steampunk projects as our theme is 

Goggles, eye charts, dolls eyes, stamped, painted or drawn eyes, monocles....you can create whatever makes you happy - a tag, an art journal page, a card, a mixed media canvas, some piece of altered art or altered art jewelry,....well, and anything else I just couldn't think about right now...lol. 



I needed a special gift for a good old friend and I bought this bicycle clock. 
I have pimp up  it to an eye-catcher fit to their equipment on a shelf in her flat.










 And you don't need to show us the "pure steampunk only" attitude to get eligible for our Top3 or the prize draw - if you are for example new to steampunk or simply just don't want to have your project be too industrial looking, a hint of steampunk will do too. But your entry definitely has to be visibly "steampunk-ish" to make it count. 







                     
   Go to the websites of my very talented teamies 
and let your creative self go wild

Happy crafting
LG Kerstin

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Recycle it

Welcome everyone,

today a new idea for my gifts in May, you know Mother Day, Birthday and , and.........
with my another favourite paper collection of Graphic 45 - A Ladies Diary collection -


 a new glass for storage of sewing supplies (buttons)


 an old honey jar and a glass from bath salts



 Challenges:
Graphic 45 April Earth day - Recycle it

Happy sunday!
LG Kerstin

Sunday, April 12, 2015

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:


Nice Sunday!
LG Kerstin