Showing posts with label Artist Trading Boxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artist Trading Boxes. Show all posts

Saturday, October 7, 2017

ATB Halloween - Magical

Welcome!

The Halloween adventure creative journey continues :-)
 It's an artist trading block with a magic glass ball.
Once in a while one is tempted to look into the crystal ball with the notion that there
might be continued positive signs, or?!
If I take a look I see a lot of new crazy ideas in it
:-) MAGICAL :-)


  
 How I do this


some close up's




I was very inspired from this theme 

The journey will be continues!
See you later my friends
Hugs, Kerstin

Saturday, July 22, 2017

DT Scraps of Darkness - Seaside ATB

Hello!

today a new inspiration for our month  June SOD 'Seaside Kits'.
As mentioned in my last post, I'm a big fan from this amazing
 'Sand and SEA' layered die cut embellishments. 

I'm not only a traditionell scrapbooker, my great passion are also projects for home decoration, always in mixed media style.
 So I decided to make an Artist trade block - ATB, easy and quick and now 
our new eyecatcher in bathroom.

 





I used an old square wooden block as basic. I take a brush and apply a thin layer of white 'Antiquing cream' from DecoArt. Then add some areas with white texture paste, mostly on edges. Let it dry and now you can use a Distress Crayon 'Salty Ocean' for some blue shades over the texture paste. 
Then you can start with decorating your project.



I also used some word stickers from the new Kaisercraft collection




 an amazing little tiny starfish, some Ice Queen Prills, a piece of  Coral Mesh Netting and some small dragonfly metal embellishments, all that materials can you find in our various month kits
which you can find here 
  

The flowers and leaves from 49 and market are really wonderful, I thought it would be a beautiful 
'headdress' for this sea inspired ATB. 
Finally I colored all pieces and sides with a soft blue acrylic paint and added also some shells on the top of the flower. 
Together with a circle chipboard, decosand and some pearls it was very suitable for me.


Happy crafting!

x Kerstin x

Friday, December 18, 2015

Vintage Christmas

Welcome everyone!
It' s an honour again to be invited here at A Vintage Journey
 and I'm very happy about this !

This month challenge theme is Vintage Christmas
this was really perfect for me , because I love the romantic old christmas and winter impressions.
I decided to make a ATB with nostalgic images, crackle and snow effects.

 Joy to you this christmas!


 motifs from Anton Pieck



I used the beautiful crackle distress paint colors in brown and white
I must say I love  this one-step crackle paint, 
it will truly change the way you distress your projects.
really magic effects!


also the wonderful distress colors,  
they are not pushy and too colorful, but they give your project
an amazing altered vintage look


 

Challenges:
a big tradition in our family  is it to visit a christmas market in advent season 
in this year we planned a trip to Austria
I made this ATB in anticipation to this particular travel 

I hope you like my little inspiration for this beautiful month theme!
 Thank you very much
 and 
Happy crafting!!

 

Thursday, August 14, 2014

GD Frilly and Funkie Challenge Hipe to be square

Hi friends,

I'm feeling very honored to be invited as a guest designer here at Frilly and Funkie Challenge
to topic Hip to be square - Create something based on a cube 

meine erste Reaktion war, -upps- keine Idee auf die Schnelle ;-) Ich hatte diese Artist Trading Blocks schon gesehen, aber noch nie versucht, aber genau das liebe ich besonders, etwas Neues auszuprobieren - eine echte Herausforderung eben.
Inspiration war für mich, das letzte Thema bei Frilly and Funkie Vintage travel und natürlich
(wie fast immer hier auf meinem Blog ;-)), mit einem leichten, aber unverkennbaren Steampunktouch!

Inspiration for me was the last topic by Frilly and Funkie Vintage travel and of course
(as almost always here on my blog ;-)), with a slight but unmistakable Steampunktouch!


Tell me your story





um den Kontrast zu verstärken sind die Hauptmotive (Auto, Eisenbahn) mit wasserfestem Stempelkissen auf Folie gestempelt
to increase the contrast, the main motives (car, train) are stamped with waterproof pads on foil


 ich arbeite sehr gern mit Embossing Foldern, hier etwas schwierig zu erkennen (Tim Holtz Alterations Travel signs set) Reifenspuren und Schriftzug
die Würfelkanten entstanden mit schwarzer Krakelierfarbe und meinen heißgeliebten selbst gezogenen ;-)
Rostpigmenten
I very enjoy working with embossing folders, difficult to see anything here (Tim Holtz Alterations Travel signs set) tire marks and lettering

the cube edges created with black crackle paint and my beloved even drawn ;-)
Rust pigments


 immer passend zum Altered Art Style natürlich verschiedene Distressfarben, ich nutze vorwiegend die Reinker Flüssigtinte verdünnt mit Wasser im Mini Mister als Sprühfarbe

always suitable to the altered art style of course various colors of distress, I use the Reinker liquid ink primarily diluted with water in the mini Mister as spray paint



 Minibuch mit Embossing Schriftzug (Embossing folder Sizzix Travel Signs)

ein ganz großes Dankeschön geht an unser ''Wiener Madl '' für die Inspiration zum Ansetzen einer eigenen Rostkultur, ich arbeite jetzt sehr viel mit diesen natürlichen Rostpigmenten - wie man hier beim -explore- Schriftzug erkennen kann, es entsteht der Eindruck von einem uralten rostigen Blechschild

Mini book with embossing lettering (embossing folder Sizzix travel signs)

a big thank you goes to our ''Vienna Madl'' for inspiration to attach an own culture of rust, I'm now very much with these natural pigments of rust - as can be seen here at the-explore-lettering, gives the impression of an ancient rusty metal sign



das Minibuch entstand aus alten Buchseiten, Graupappe als Einband und der Bucheinschlag ist ein Stück Strukturtapete ;-)
 
the mini book arose from old book pages, grey cardboard, cover is an old piece of texture wallpaper ;-)
Der Würfel hat mir viel Spaß gemacht und wird garantiert nicht der letzte seiner Art gewesen sein :-)!!

The cube was a great fun for me and will have been guaranteed not the last of its kind :-)!
Thanks for the invitation from such a very talented team with always great inspirations!!

 I want to enjoined by:
Inspiration Emporium Journal Everything goes
Eclectic Paperie Embossing
Country view challenges Word play
Happy crafting!
Kerstin