Adore and Cherish - Kerstin Filou

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

First snowdrops are blooming in the garden, the best sign that spring will soon be here. 

But ice and snow are still drifting across the country in cold showers.  I have used these impressions of nature  in the following mixed media layout.

 

 

 

 

I worked only with white gesso and added some synthetic snowflakes to the chippies. 

I also used die-cuts, which together with the chipboards bring more

 vividness and fullness to the layout. 

As with my last winter layout, 'Magic frost Flowers', 

I dipped all the berries, deer and icicles chipboards  in liquid white acrylic paint 

 and then sprinkled with artificial snow  to give them a  quick and easy frosty look.

 

some close up's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Mini Icicles 

Snowflakes #2 Small 

Snowflakes #1 Small 

Botanic Runners #4

Christmas Berries #1

Love Cherish Adore 3pk

Deer

 

 

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

 

Happy Northern Lights canvas - Kerstin Filou

 

Welcome everyone!

Welcome into the new year 2023, 

wish you a year full of fun and joy in creative work !

It's wintertime here, cold, snow and ice have us again fully in the grip. 

but it can be also a very special time, in the high north of Europe  you can now discover  Northern Lights, they change the landscape into a magic winterland.

 I  have not seen them myself yet, but they fascinate me.

 

I was inspired to create a mixed media canvas as new wall decoration for a childs room.

 In the dark starry sky they shine especially bright

 and the little penguin marvels at these great wonders of nature.

 

 

 

Nothern Lights were painted with acrylic and metallic paints, love to combine several techniques with the classical scrapbooking style, it's always very exciting.

At Dusty Attic you can find always a lot of inspiring chippies, which can be magnificently combined for all kinds of techniques and ideas,I just love to try out new ideas and surprise others with them.

some details

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Winters Forest #1

 Mini Icicles

 Mini Branches #1

Happy #2

Iron Garnish #4 

 

 

 

  I hope I could inspire you. 

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

Winter Aconites - Kerstin Filou

 

Welcome creative friends!

 

February has come  and I have discovered the first snowdrops and winter aconites in my garden. 

 They are the first harbingers of spring here.

Cold, stormy winds are still whistling around the house and we see the sun far too seldom.

 

 

I was inspired to create a mixed media canvas in natural style.

Combined several nature chipboards, love this beautiful owl and grass cluster with leftovers from laces, cutting dies and stamps.

By the way, the colours also match our monthly mood board 😀

 

some close up's 

 

 

 

I was inspired by a snowy owl and played with some feathers as fluffy ears and wings.

 Deco snow was glued on the body as a feather dress.

 

Beautiful frame was firstly primed with white gesso,

 then embossed with  a Textured Impressions Folder (Sizzix  3D  'Lumber') and finally dry brushed with black gesso so it should look a little like birch bark.

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Frame Medley 

 Notebook Edge Border

Grass Cluster #1

Mini Icicles

Ferns

Owls #3

Toadstools #2

 

  I hope I could inspire you 😀

Thanks for your visit!

Kerstin

Winter Garden - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

 

 Welcome creative friends!

 

 Everything is covered in deep snow, it's freezing cold and you can get some exercise every day by swinging the snow shovel. Winter has us firmly in its grip.

A winter where you look forward to spring all the more. Hopefully it will be soon!

Today I want to share with you a 12 x 12 layout in wintry mood. The colours of our monthly Moodboard inspired me to create a scrapbook page  with some impressions from our garden in winter time.

 

 

some close up's

Dusty Attic chipboards 

 

Mini Bare Tree #2

Grass Clusters #2

 Water Pumps

Mini Icicles

Birds a field

Fancy Trim #23

There is still heaps of time to enter the Mood Board challenge yourself for a chance to win one of two $50 Credits to the Dusty Attic website and  it is super easy to enter, just add your take in the comments section on the Dusty Attic FANattics page here

https://facebook.com/groups/1949690068580466

I hope I could inspire you!

Thanks for your visit!

 

Fresh Snow - Kerstin Filou

 Welcome in the new creative year!

 Today the first fresh snow has fallen this winter, the landscape is transformed into a winter wonderland, simply fabulous and the right inspiration for a new book in Altered Art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

How you can create a book in Altered Art

 

Basic materials

Dusty Attic chipboards;

Stamperia Paper 'Wintertales';

old book

 

 

1 separate the text with the help of a ruler and sharp cutter 

Tip: especially with older books where the paper is already very brittle, it does not have to be a straight cut, you can also simply tear them out by hand, this gives a wonderful old weathered look

2 choose a paper of your choice and stick it on the first and last page of your book

 

3 prime the chipboards with white acrylic paint and 

sprinkle deco snow into the paint while it is still wet 

Tip:  there are various types available commercially

 

4  now you can stick on your two book pages, paint them, decorate them with cutting dies,

 sayings or whatever other decoration you can think of

 Tip: for a 3D effect you can glue the chipboards and cut-out paper motifs between

 the single paper sheets too

5  I have also made a standing surface out of cardboard,  book stands better and you can complement the theme with a landscape

I cut out a matching semicircle and transformed it into a winter landscape with white gesso and Deco snow 

 

Some close up's

 

 used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Deer

 Birds a field

Snowflakes #1 Small

Grass Clusters #2

Icicles

Ferns

 Woodlands small

 

 I hope I could inspire you to try something completely different

 with the awesome chippies from Dusty Attic!

 

Happy crafting!!