Tiny Mouse Street Art

My art journal page captures happy memories of our time in Puerto de la Cruz (in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) and shows you how a tiny mouse can inspire creativity!

To see how this page came together, please check out this video, which is under a minute long. Here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal, please feel free to Like this video and Subscribe to my channel too.

https://youtube.com/shorts/8KnSe7FW1s8

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to combine mixed media techniques with Stamperia papers, die cuts and a stencil creating this unique and fun art journal page. From the vibrant colors of the mouse house in Tenerife to the whimsical charm of our furry friend, every element comes together to tell a story of imagination and inspiration.

For this mixed media art journal page, I used white gesso, acrylic paint, Stamperia products including Washi Pad, Volume Paste, Stencil, paper pads and Die Cuts along with some Lustre Wax and the ‘Tenerife’ wording from a postcard that I brought back from my travels.

Here’s the house in Tenerife that inspired my page, can you see the mouse yet?

How adorable is this tiny mouse (smile!). The mouse house can be found in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife along the beautiful Calle Mequinez, which has lots of large murals on the sides of buildings and also smaller ones, like this mouse popping out of a mousehole, on the building facades – so very cute!

As T Stands for Tuesday, I’m sharing a café latte, hot chocolate and the cinnamon buns that we enjoyed at the Señorita Canelita café whilst in Puerto de la Cruz – Happy T Day everyone! I think the tiny mouse may like the cinnamon buns too, as they are topped with cream cheese frosting (smile!).

Thanks so much for joining me today. If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Happy and creative wishes! x

Challenges

The lovely Erika from her blog BioArtGal is hosting over at Art Journal Journey this month; she has chosen Home Sweet Home as her theme and so I’m joining her with my mouse house page.

Happy New Year 2025

Wishing you a very Happy New Year (smile); may it be filled with joy, peace and good health!

The stencil I used for the fireworks was very kindly gifted to me, by my sister, for Christmas, along with some other exciting crafting goodies. The house and wording were purchased on our travels to Prague (smile!). To see how it all came together, please check out this short video, which is just over 30 seconds long.

https://youtube.com/shorts/mRvBxNbeJ0M

This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach using Distress Paint, acrylic paint, a Stamperia Stencil and Volume Paste, washi tapes, a chipboard house, printed wording, cardstock, glue tape and Liquitex acrylic ink.

Here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

To welcome in the New Year and as T Stands for Tuesday, I’m sharing my Winter Fizz cocktail (Pear Brandy Liqueur, Green Apple Liqueur and Prosecco) and a pint of beer from Bowland Brewery (served with a salmon “amuse bouche”)  – cheers, here’s to a Happy T Day and a happy, peaceful and healthy 2025!

Thanks so much for joining me today. If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Happy and creative wishes! x

Challenges

Art Journal Journey which is being hosted this month by the lovely Sharon from That Girl Fritchey, who has chosen Snow as her theme so I’m joining with the snowy foreground on my page.

Christmas Snowman

This snowman decoration made me smile, so I upcycled him to create this fun mixed media page – doesn’t he look fab in his new tartan/plaid home!

Don’t forget that you still have another week to join our Traditional Christmas challenge over at Try it on Tuesday; I used traditional colours.

You can see how I upcycled the chipboard Snowman and how this page came together by checking out this short YouTube video which is just under a minute long.

https://youtube.com/shorts/TruyH8rAGeg

This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this 6×6″ chipboard art journal page taking a step-by-step approach to show you how I used tissue paper, a glue stick, Stamperia Volume Paste, a snowman decoration with tag, Crafter’s Companion Glue Tape, white card stock, recycled ribbon, Ranger Glossy Accents, Faber-Castell Dual-Tip markers, white gel pen and snowflake embellishments.

Here’s also the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal, where you can like this video and subscribe to my channel should you wish.

Stay safe and well!

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Happy and creative wishes! x

Challenges

I’m so pleased to join Sharon from That Girl Fritchey with her Snow challenge at Art Journal Journey with my snowman page.

Fairy Wishes

It’s time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday, which for the next two weeks is Make It Magical.

My page was inspired by the wording on this page to send you happy fairy wishes (smile!).

To see how my magical mixed media page came together, please check out my YouTube video which is only a few minutes long; it shows the essentials of how I created this page step-by-step as well as the different mixed media that I used.

I hope you enjoy this video; please feel free to visit my YouTube channel to Subscribe and Like – it would be lovely to see you there!

For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Try it on Tuesday too. I hope you are inspired to join us!

I’m saying a big hello and welcome to the T Gang over at T Stands for Tuesday with this beautiful teapot that we saw on our travels, if you look behind it you’ll see a pink mug with a pretty winter fairy on it too (smile!) – wishing you all a very Happy T Day!

Stay safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Challenges

I’m so pleased to join Alison/Craftytrog with her theme of Autumn Colours and Inspiration over at Art Journal Journey, although I haven’t used autumn colours as part of my design, autumn is known for it’s full moons such as Harvest Moon and Hunter’s moon, which my page reminds me of, and also the last flowers of the year, so I’m hoping with some fairy magic that my page qualifies to join in the fun (smile!).

In a flutter

It’s time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday, which for the next two weeks is Black & White + 1.

It was fun creating this page with the limited colour palette of black and white and my additional colour was the brown background of this chipboard page.

To see how my mixed media page came together, please check out my YouTube video which is only a few minutes long; it shows the essentials of how I created this page step-by-step as well as the different mixed media that I used.

I’m in a flutter as I’m excited to be sharing this YouTube tutorial with you; I hope that you enjoy it (smile!).

For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Try it on Tuesday too. I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!

Talking of black and white, here’s a sign that we saw when we visited a tea shop in Tenerife earlier this year; aren’t those pandas adorable – have a nice day!

As T Stands for Tuesday, I’m also joining the T Gang with the red mug on the top left-hand side of my panda photo, did you spot it? Sending you “have a nice day” wishes – Happy T Day everyone!

Stay safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Challenges

I’m pleased to be joining:

Art Journal Journey and Aimeslee‘s Anything Goes challenge with my page.

MIUCB #73 Anything Goes + optional Smooshing with my smoothed gesso background mixed media page.

Enjoy the ride

It’s the first Friday of the month, so it’s time for our new challenge at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog, which as always is Anything Mixed Media Goes.

I had fun creating this mixed media page with lots of new Stamperia products (smile!).

To see how my mixed media page came together, please check out my short YouTube video which is only a couple of minutes long; it shows the essentials of how I created this page taking a step-by-step approach and showing you the mixed media that I used.

This is my very first attempt to create a YouTube video; I’m here to enjoy the (YouTube) ride and if you would like to join me on YouTube here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal – I hope you’ll enjoy it too (smile!).

For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Creative Artiste too. All you need to do is to use three different mediums on your projects to join our mixed media challenge; I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!

Stay safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Challenges

I’m pleased to be joining Art Journal Journey and Aimeslee‘s Anything Goes challenge with my page.