Tag Archives: gesso

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

Lemon, orange and lime

Posted on February 6, 2015 by lerusho

I hate the flu, it is the most unpleasant sickness, and no matter of medications or no medications at least 10 days. So I’ve got it. I was happy to see the new challenge at Stampotique designers’ challenge blog with … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged acrylic ink, altered book, altered found object, art journal, barcodetext 2, cotton pad, distress ink, gesso, glimmer mists, Large butterfly, lemon orange and lime, SDC 181, splattered mug, Stampotique designers challenge, Stampotique Originals, tattered angels, tissue paper | 34 Comments

Be creative, be unique and be strong

Posted on January 9, 2015 by lerusho

I think I am still in my resolution period. If you ask me what I would like to do in 2015, my answer is: “be creative, be unique and be strong“. I need to remind myself to my aims and … Continue reading →

Posted in Canvas, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7dots studio, be creative be unique be strong, bistre, buttons, canvas, canvas fringe, caspian sea, casting powder, celebrate, crocheted doily, found objects, gel pen, gesso, glass beads, glass glitter, glimmer glam, Glimmer glaze, glimmer mists, harlequin stencil, island spring, lace, luck o' the Irish, marmalade, mixed media, peeled wood, rope, sweet pea, tattered angels, texture paste, word stickers | 26 Comments

Old is New or Out is In

Posted on January 4, 2015 by lerusho

It is time for a new challenge at Anything but a card blog, this time is Old is New. The one who follows my blog could read the last week that I had one word to sum up the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Home deco, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged alpha chips elmentary, altered book shape box, altered embellishments, anything but a card, birdwing copper acrylic ink, bister, canvas fringe, chipboard, copper glass beads, crinkle ribbon, Dare, Design team work, distress ink, gesso, Lindy's stamp gang sprays, old is new, Sizzix, trimming mats, weathered clock die, wooden laser cuts | 40 Comments

The countdown – day 2

Posted on December 30, 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 2, (day 3 was a photo run challenge that we needed to mail, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged 7 gypsies clear stamps, archival ink, clocks, clockwork stencil, day 2, De Craftorij, distress inks, embossing powder, gesso, pan pastels, Sizzix, the countdown, Weathered clock dies | 10 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

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

Words of wisdom

Posted on November 22, 2014 by lerusho

Albert Einstein said: The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. So knowledge or imagination? Could we have knowledge without imagination? Could we reach beyond our limits if we don’t have enough imagination? Doubt it. I was inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Journal, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, art journal, burlap, distress ink, gel pen, gel plate monoprinting, gelli-arts, gesso, Glimmer mist sprays, journal 52, splattered mug, tattered angels, thinking out of the box, words of wisdom | 18 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 →

Posted in ATC, Gelli Arts, Mixed media, Showcase | Tagged archival ink, atc, ATCs, cord, distress ink, embellishments, embossing folder, gel pen, gelli prints, gesso, pan pastels, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, tattered leaf die, texture paste | 18 Comments

…revealing to my charmed sight…

Posted on November 16, 2014 by lerusho

This time I was inspired by a beautiful poem from Anne Brontë: “I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes.” So reading this line … Continue reading →