Tag Archives: ecoline

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

Body, mind, health

Posted on February 21, 2015 by lerusho

Can we consider physical health the only necessity that a human needs? I doubt it. I think that to be able to function on daily basis, we need emotional health and well being as much as physical conditions. Actually we need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Gelli Arts, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, aromatherapy, art journal, bar sticks, chalk edger, cork sheet, ecoline, gel plate monoprinting, gelli-arts, harmonise body mind and health, journal52, pan pastel, romantic text, whimsical bottles | 28 Comments

What’s up?

Posted on January 18, 2015 by lerusho

What do you need for a good conversation? Let’s see, some coffee or tea, one who has what to say, maybe another who has what to ask, definitely some who want to listen. That’s what came up in my mind visually … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, art journal, bistre, canvas fringe rosette, canvas pieces, charcoal, coffee pads, ecoline, gel pen, journal52, lace, masking tape, red chalk, scrap leftovers, texture paste, texture stamp, vintage image | 28 Comments

Keep calm, smile and create!

Posted on January 7, 2015 by lerusho

New year brings so many resolutions, here is one for Stampotique Designers Challenge: Keep calm, smile and create beautiful things! My spread is made in my altered book. First I collaged some scrap leftovers on my page. Then I shaded … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic ink, altered book, art journal, bistre, card stock, ecoline, fluid chalk edger, iridescent medium, keep calm, lace, light sienna, rope, scrap collage, SDC 177, splattered mug, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, stitched | 48 Comments

Fly through your pathway

Posted on January 5, 2015 by lerusho

Imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere – said Terence McKenna and what better way to give wings to your fantasy to fly through your pathway, to take a journey and to land right at your destination. That’s what came into … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7dots studio, art sugar, bister, butterfly stamp, canvas fringe, creative gym exercise #3, ecoline, espresso truffel ink, found objects, golden mica flakes, journal52, Judy Garland, lace, mixed media place, pathways, rope, scrap collage, soft gel, think wings, Wizard of Oz | 26 Comments

The countdown – day 5

Posted on December 27, 2014 by lerusho

De Craftorij in the Netherlands has a fantastic end year celebration, a countdown of 10 days, when we can play around, get ideas. So today is day 5 and actually we had already 3 pretty different challenges. This time we need … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic ink, alphabities, altered book, archival ink, art journal, circles, Dare, De Craftorij, distress inks, ecoline, Sizzix, soft gel, Stampotique Originals, the countdown, torn notebook die, word of the year | 12 Comments

Light

Posted on December 12, 2014 by lerusho

Our days are still getting shorter. There is more lights needed. I live in the city and I just love looking out the window after sundown, and that is pretty early lately. I love watching all that flickering little lights … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic, acrylic ink, altered book, archival ink, art journal, burlap, candle, canvas fringe, copper crackle texture paste, design cube, distress ink, ecoline, letter stickers, light, self-altered embellishment, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, wooden button | 38 Comments

Got snow, man?

Posted on November 30, 2014 by lerusho

Really, have you got snow already? We not, not yet, but who knows. So I was playing in my altered book to create a snowman. Warning: I used gloss gel medium to get the shining effect of the snow, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, building a snowman, ecoline, gesso, gloss soft gel, journal 52, lace, letter stickers, paper dolly, pearlescent acrylic ink, scrap collage, snowball ribbon, Snowy Fran, Stampotique Originals, thread, wooden button | 14 Comments

In the words of Poe

Posted on November 27, 2014 by lerusho

At Stampotique designers challenge Kay asks us to use a quote from Edgar Allan Poe in our work. I chose a line from one of his poems, a poem that is romantic and melancholic, a poem that concurs Poe’s favourite … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged Annabel Lee, cubed heart, ecoline, edgar allan poe, Hanging hearts, My heart, old book page, Poe, stacked love, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, tissue paper | 41 Comments

Paint the sky

Posted on November 2, 2014 by lerusho

The magical space above, the sky, what do you see when you look up, the sun, the stars, some clouds, is it blue, is it grey or is it red? Every day it is different, and this is the magic … Continue reading →