Tag Archives: embellishments

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

Fragile papers ATC

Posted on January 15, 2015 by lerusho

You know I am practicing with ATCs, somehow I am still not so confident on that tiny surfaces. So I made another run. This time for Paper Artsy’s Fragile Papers challenge: I ended up with six, as I can never … Continue reading →

Posted in ATC, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic ink, archival ink, ATCs, distress inks, embellishments, Fragile papers, gel plate monoprinting, gelli-arts, lovely wings, old book page, old music sheet, Paper Artsy, Stampotique Originals, texture paste, tissue wrap | 32 Comments

Twenty – fifteen

Posted on January 1, 2015 by lerusho

2015 – twenty fifteen – ’15… just practicing to write it down. Every year it takes a month till I get use to writing the right year. So this time I was beginning at the very first moments of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged Alphanumeric die, altered book, art journal, embellishments, gel plate monotype printing, gelli-arts, happy new year, Ingvild Bolme fluid chalk edgers, lace, prima marketing inc, SDC 176, Sizzix, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, stone wall stencil, texture paste, tissue wrap, twenty-fifteen | 16 Comments

The countdown – day 8, 7 and 6

Posted on December 26, 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. Yes, this time it was a three day countdown at once. We could learn how to create a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7dots studio, altered found objects, archival ink, book binding, brads, burlap, canvas fringe, crinkle ribbon, De Craftorij, distress ink, embellishments, gel plate monoprinting, gelli-arts, journal binding, sathè sticks, scrap pieces, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, thread, Winter love story | 22 Comments

Sing a song

Posted on December 24, 2014 by lerusho

I have a song humming in my ears, and it inspired me to make this journal page. One of my favourite singers is Enya, and years back she made a special winter album with beautiful songs, one of them is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged angel hair, canvas fringe, copper texture paste, embellishments, gel pen, gel plate monoprinting, gelli-arts, Layered wings die, letterstickers, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, scrap collage, Sizzix | 16 Comments

Dream, sparkle and shine

Posted on December 15, 2014 by lerusho

December, the magical month, it is full of dreaming, dreaming of great family times, of being together with loved ones; it is full of sparkles, sparkles of candles, sparkles of stars and sparkles of blazing wood; it is full of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic ink, art journal, art journal journey, brads, dream sparkle shine, embellishments, glitters, gold metalic thread, journal 52, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, scrap collage | 22 Comments

My winter heart

Posted on December 9, 2014 by lerusho

As we go on in the magical month of December, I decided to create a cardboard piece called “my winter heart”. I was again just playing around, letting my mojo lead me, using whatever came into my hand and here … Continue reading →

Posted in Canvas, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged black sand texture paste, burlap, canvas fringe, cardboard, coloured beeswax, embellishments, found objects, jute rope, metal cord, mixed media, my winter heart, soft gel, texture paste, thread, wood, wooden button, wooden heart | 40 Comments

Celestial altered light catcher

Posted on December 6, 2014 by lerusho

Celestial – something magical, something shining, something that breaks the darkness, still something fragile. The magical holidays are closing on us, so it is time to bring some warmness into our world. At Anything but a card challenge blog Challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Home deco, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic inks, acrylic paints, anything but a card, Celestial Challenge, celestial light catcher, embellishments, gesso, glitters, metallic lantern pieces, transparent film, vintage bottle | 8 Comments

Box it up

Posted on November 26, 2014 by lerusho

I love boxes, actually I collect boxes, I keep all kind of stuff n boxes. I keep my hoarder craft flowers in boxes, my brads or even some of my dies, or the best my found object. So as you … Continue reading →

Posted in Home deco, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged altered box, box it up, craft hoarders anonymous, distress inks, embellishments, gel mediums, glitters, home deco, hot glue gun, ice frost, paper box, paper flowers, pinecones, ribbon, tree bark, vintage cherub, vintage sleigh, white gesso | 30 Comments

Fall ATCs

Posted on November 21, 2014 by lerusho

I guess this is the week of the ATCs, I felt like having another collection, the collection of fall. So here they come: Yes four, I don’t know why, but four. I was beginning with a technique that I was … Continue reading →