Tag Archives: autumn maple crimson

Butterfly kisses or nature’s beautiful living beings

Posted on September 8, 2014 by lerusho

I think nature’s most beautiful living creatures are butterflies, of course it’s according to me only. I just love them, as a little girl I loved to think that butterflies are flying fairies, sort of a magical beings. So at Art … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7 dots studio ephemera, archival ink, art journal journey, autumn maple crimson, bachelor button blue, bells of Ireland green, butterfly kisses, butterfly stamp, charcoal, distress ink, Finnabair elementals butterfly stencil, gelli printed paper, gesso, glitter, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, living being, onion net, scrap collage, soft gel, stitches, Tim Holtz layered butterfly die, Time traveller paperstash, wild honeysuckle coral, yellow rose of Texas | 24 Comments

Be courageous, be true to yourself

Posted on September 7, 2014 by lerusho

Be courageous, be true to yourself is all about texture. Be true to yourself – I shouldn’t forget that I love textures and be courageous – is not to forget to experiment, in the worst case another layer of thick … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7 dots studio, archival ink, art journal, autumn maple crimson, bachelor button blue, bonjour butter, cafè au lait, gel pen, gesso, journal 52, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, net, scrap collage, soft gel, texture, texture stamps | 10 Comments

All the pretty flowers

Posted on September 6, 2014 by lerusho

Do you like using flowers in your projects? Me well! But sometimes when I am using “ready-made” florals I have the feeling like I was stealing it from the neighbor’s garden. I’d rather make my own, you know like a real … Continue reading →

Posted in Home deco, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged autumn maple crimson, bells of Ireland green, button, c'est la vie cerise, canvas, challenge #15, craft hoarders anonymous, distress ink, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, paper roll, pop rock purple, ribbon, Sizzix tattered floral die, Tim Holtz stamp set CMS 123, wild honeysuckle coral, wood pattern stencil, yellow rose of Texas | 22 Comments

Alphabetical

Posted on August 28, 2014 by lerusho

Alphabetical is an art journal spread on a piece scrap laying for a while on my table, so it’s sort of an recycle page. The journaling: you need letters to form words, and you need words to form sentences, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Showcase | Tagged aged mahogany, alphabetical, art journal, autumn maple crimson, bells of Ireland green, burnt sienna shade, charcoal, distress ink, Finnabair elementals, gel pen, hexagonal stencil, journal 52, lace stencil, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, mustard seeds, pan pastel, red chalk, Splattered mug stamp, stitches, Tim Holtz block letter die, tissue paper | 6 Comments

Button it up, Frida!

Posted on August 24, 2014 by lerusho

I loved so much the inspiration challenge on Art journal journey this month (it was Frida Kahlo) that I decided to go a step further an make a canvas piece out of it. I love playing around and I love … Continue reading →

Posted in Canvas, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged aged mahogany, autumn maple crimson, bachelor button blue, bells of Ireland green, button embellishments, Button it up, cadmium yellow hue deep, canvas, caribbean blue, Craft Hoarders Anonymous #14, Finnabair elementals, France Papillon, French journal page, Frida Kahlo, hibiscus rose, lace, Lindy's stamp gang, luscious lime, mango mania, mixed media, red iron oxide, rice paper, vaseline | 52 Comments

The process of existence

Posted on August 19, 2014 by lerusho

At Art Journal Journey this month inspiration is Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter, who’s full name actually sounds like a beautiful Spanish song, but who’s real life turned out to painful, even though she referred to it as “I am not … Continue reading →