Category Archives: Mixed media

Numbers

Posted on March 6, 2015 by lerusho

Jackie’s challenge at Stampotique designers challenge blog is to use numbers in our creation. As I am a an art journal freak, I made for you a spread with numbers: I worked in my altered book for a change. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, burlap, canvas, canvas fringe, found objects, lace, light prussian blue acrylics, splattered mug, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, thread, typewriter alpha, white chalk spray | 24 Comments

Green

Posted on March 1, 2015 by lerusho

It’s time for a new challenge at Anything but a card blog: Green, isn’t that the most beautiful colour of the spring. After the long winter that we could see only white, or grey it is a great pleasure to … Continue reading →

Posted in Home deco, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged anything but a card, archival ink, cambric, cinnamon stick, four leaf clover embellishment, gesso, green, green butterfly, green ecoline, home decor, lace, light green, paper dolly, purple lake, romantic text, texture paste, thread, wooden flower | 20 Comments

Black with some colours

Posted on February 28, 2015 by lerusho

I guess I am in love with black and metallic colours, oh yeah and recycling. I had a 6×6 canvas and a few found objects that I wanted to give a new life, here is the result: Would you like … Continue reading →

Posted in Canvas, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged all the colours of the rainbow, aquamarine, autumn gold and sundown magenta, black background, black gesso, bottle cap, bulb, burlap, canvas, construction materials, creative gym, eight, exercise #5, found objects, galactic blue, inka gold, lace, mint green and yellow gold, mixed media place, nail, pearlescent liquid acrylics, platinum pink, rose quartz, trimming mats, waxed rope, zipper | 18 Comments

Happy Unbirthday!

Posted on February 21, 2015 by lerusho

Sweeties, what’s about an un-birthday? Isn’t that a great idea? I need to admit it, it wasn’t mine, it’s from France Papillon at Stampotique designers challenge. So HAPPY UNBIRTHDAY! I used white card stock and I coloured it with sand … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, bistre, canvas fringe, card, chalk edger, Cup of fun certainty, design cube#1, ecoline, happy unbirthday, memento ink, SDC 183, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, stitches | 23 Comments

Natural Nautical take one

Posted on February 18, 2015 by lerusho

Did you know that Tattered Angels has an inspirational colour palette every week? This week it is Natural Nautical! Here is my home decor piece for that palette. It is a wooden heart, that first I painted white with High Impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Home deco, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged burlap, Canvas Corp brands, grey hemp rope, hemp rope, high impact paints, linen paper, natural nautical, Prima stencil, shells, simply sheer mist, tattered angels, wooden heart | 16 Comments

Painted journal cover

Posted on February 14, 2015 by lerusho

Here we go, my journal cover is dry, finally I could put the rings back, tadaah: I used corrugated cartoon as the covers and first I applied a layer of white gesso, and some texture paste via a stencil. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged art journal, black gesso, burlap, found objects, inka gold, journal cover, lace, liquid acrylic, paint challenge, Paper Artsy, stencil, texture paste, white gesso | 37 Comments

All love and hearts

Posted on February 14, 2015 by lerusho

Happy Valentine Sweeties! To all of you! And today to celebrate you get a special Valentine spread from me with all love and hearts: Hope you forgive me that the journal is still in pieces, but the cover is drying, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged all love and hearts, archival inks, canvas piece, distress ink, embellishments, gel pen, glimmer mists, journal52, lace, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, tattered angels, Valentine | 22 Comments

Create canvas

Posted on February 13, 2015 by lerusho

I created “Create” on a 4×4 canvas for Canvas Corp Brands. The request was to create a sort of a business card, to put your mark on a small canvas, to show who you are as a designer to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canvas, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7 gypsies, canvas, Canvas Corp brands, Canvas Home Basic, corrugated cartoon, glimmer mists, Gypsy moments papers, Harlequin background stamp, lace, paper dolly, Serengeti papers, Sizzix, tattered angels, thread | 22 Comments

Bubble tea

Posted on February 8, 2015 by lerusho

Well I just mentioned in my friday post that I have the flu. It slows me down and I really hate it, actually because it is the type of a sickness that no matter if you go to the doctor or take medications … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged altered book, archival ink, art journal, bubble stencil, bubble tea, canvas piece, ephemeras, Faber-Castell Design Memory Crafts, favourite beverage, home made tea stain, iridescent medium, light sienna pencil, Mou's february challenge, scraps, tea bags, texture stamp | 16 Comments

Art is a window…

Posted on February 7, 2015 by lerusho

Art is a window to man’s soul. Without art he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world, nor could the world see the man within. Love this quote from Claudia Alta Johnson. So I put it straight … Continue reading →