July Sketch Winner♥

Hello everyone!! Welcome back for our monthly sketch challenge WINNER!

I can't believe the TALENT that enters each month, thank goodness for random.org!

This month's winner is #8 -- Ruth Carnes!

she entered with this beauty:

Ruth - please email me @ deedee@umwowstudio.com and we'll get you a prize! :D

August Sketch!

Welcome back for our MONTHLY Sketch Challenge!!

Check back later for last month's winner♥

This month's sketch has a super dark background with minimal and light embellishing!

Can't wait to see what you all do :)

Tada! - {12x12 by Miae Rowe}

Helllllooooo!! It's Creative Team Wednesday (hah) and Miae has a layout to share!

Miae says :

For this week's layout, I decided to use my UWS chippies to spiff things up! I really wanted to make them sparkle and have some "wow" factor of their own!

I started by covering both the Layered Triangles and Layered Stars with gesso. Next they got a coat of metallic silver paint. Then I covered the shapes with liquid glitter, also in silver. While that glitter was still wet, I sprinkled more glitter in silver and blue (for the Layered Stars) and silver and red (for the Layered Triangles). 

You should see them in the sun, they shine!

Supplies:

UWS Layered Triangles

UWS Layered Stars

Lumiere metallic silver paint

Studio G liquid glitter

Martha Stewart glitter

 

I'm always in awe by Miae's mixed media style, and these layered bits just SHINE on this layout! 

Love This Photo -- {Guest CT Member Tayna Privalova}

Today I'd like you to help me welcome the UmWowStudio July Guest Designer -- Tanya Privalova!

"My name is Tanya. I live in Ukraine (Eastern Europe). In scrapbooking I came 3 years ago. I adore to create mini cards. I love to play with many layers of papers and small details. Not long ago I started to create pages, first 8*8 and now it's full 12 * 12 .. and I'm just in awe of them, in the sense I get great pleasure when I make them. Although for a long time I was terrified of them, from my tiny cards to move to such a huge size .. it was scary .. but it is not difficult! For today I create for Sizzix as a creative blogger, and as a permanent designer for a few European and Australian manufacturers(Scrapmatts, Cre8tive Cre8tions, Studio 75, Papirdesign, Wycinanka). I always was inlove with shabby style..but now..I adore playful and bright american style. Dream to start create something from mixed media, I think it is very interesing style too. Thank you dear Dee for invitation and inspiration! UmWow chipboards are amazing! "

She's brought us a super stunning layout:

Tanya has used our Damaged Punchinella background as a "grounding" piece behind her title. She's inserted pearls and gorgeous beads into the open holes. A super detail!

She's also put this glorious distressing on the Love This Polaroid border. It looks like old weathered paint. The rhinestone and final handwriting journaling is awesome.

This layout is super stunning and I thank you so much for joining us this month Tanya!

Beach Sighting -- {Viva Las VegaStamps! & Genuinely Jane Studio}

Hello everyone! Today we're hopping with Viva Las VegaStamps! and Genuinely Jane Studio!! 

We're combining some superb wooden albums with our gorgeous, deeply etched, high detailed, pink rubber stamps!

You should be here from LORI. If not start over @ the VLVS! blog :).

Today you saw THIS Sneak peek:

The whole piece is a Barn Door Album that I've tied together in a display piece:

I started by scene stamping some different images to create an under water scene. The stamps I used from left to right for the scene stamping on the bottom: Sea Scene - Leaf - Mountains and Cactus (this was PERFECT for the bottom of the ocean!) - Century Plant - Long Shell - Sunken Anchor - Leaf (again) - Helix Shell - Century Plant (again).

I also used the Scuba Diver, the TadPole, and the Jellyfish in the background. I stamped all stamps in black archival ink by Ranger, then colored my wood with glimmer mists. I laid down some tissue tape and my photo, then collaged shells all around the base. The shells were covered with glimmer glaze. I then decked out the collage in glitter, seed beads and e beads.

Other supplies used : UmWowStudio small shipwheel, May Arts Ribbons Twisted Burlap, a starfish, cheesecloth, adhesive. 

I grabbed my Anchor stamp and my Line of Chevrons stamp as a final step to completing this baby!

The Hop:

VLVS! (http://vivalas.blogspot.com/)

Glenda (http://somewhereovertherainbowunicornsdream.blogspot.ca/)

Lori (http://www.lorishappyplace.blogspot.com/)

DeeDee (http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/)

Natasha (http://ur-la-la.blogspot.com/) 

GJS (http://www.genuinelyjanestudios.com/blog/)

Paper Issues SPONSORSHIP {link up for giveaway!!}

Guess what folks!! We're sponsoring the link up over @ Paper Issues for the next two weeks!! 

For those of you unfamiliar with us, we are UmWowStudio! We manufacture chipboard shapes, flair and are moving into masks REALLY SOON! Follow our blog (via the sidebar on the right) and like us on facebook to stay up to date on all things happening UmWowStudio!

YAY -- If you're here via the Paper Issues Design Team you'll know they have a SUPER FAB bunch o' giveaways going on -- if not, let me tell you!!

Each of the 6 members participating in the hop today have a $5 gift certificate to give away -- and Paper Issues has a giant grand prize of $20!

You'll be moving from here to the Paper Issues blog where the link up is ready freddy! Link up anything UmWowStudio OR chipboard related -- but I'll let you in on a little secret.. anyone who links up using UmWowStudio products will go into a separate drawing of my own for ANOTHER $20! 

Be sure to check out all the beautiful projects the girls from Paper Issues have done for us. There is some serious talent on that team!

Head on over to the Paper Issues Blog now!

Door Shrine {Gauche Alchemy | UmWowStudio Swap}

Hello Friends!!! Welcome to the LAST day of our UmWowStudio and Gauche Alchemy swap!

Gauche Alchemy is a mixed media kit company that specialized in the most amazing themed kits of vintage ephemera and mixed media supplies. They also offer mixed media supplies sold separately, like washi tape, specialty papers, punchinella and more!
Gauche Alchemy : Site | Store | Facebook

From Chrissy : I am a huge fan of shrines and altars so I just absolutely love these awesome door shrines. And guess what, UmWowStudio's unique, trendy, and cutting edge chippies are the perfect accents for them!

To give my shrine that aged look happened purely by accident. I used a coarse paint brush and dabbed on modeling paste. I wanted to give it a rusty kind of look so I used some Real Rust embossing powder and noticed that when I set it with the heat tool, the modeling paste scorched a bit. What do ya know! Instant aging!

What's a shrine without something to go inside?

I used an old wine label from Gauche Alchemy's Ephemera Variety pack and applied it to the back wall using Mod Podge and old music pages, also from the Ephemera Variety Pack, for the walls and ceiling. Once again, it wasn't "old" looking enough so once the top seal of Mod Podge dried, I brushed some distress ink onto it and used some star punchinellla as a mask. I also applied the punchinella masking over the outside of the shrine as well.

For my little vase, I used a old glass apothecary bottle from a previous Gauche Alchemy kit. The UWS Star Confetti is just divine. I jazzed them up a bit with some embossing powders and glued them to the bottle. I made the wings using resin and a mold and the little owl is from the Banana Hammock Color Kit. Glue some burlap string, fill with pretty glitter and sprays of whatever and call it done!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies used:
Star Confetti (UmWowStudio)
Ephemera Variety Pack (Gauche Alchemy)
Star Punchinella (Gauche Alchemy)
Banana Hammock Color Kit (Gauche Alchemy)
Gold Gel Enamel, Real Rust, Starry Night Embossing Powders (GlobeCraft)
Modeling Paste (Liquitex)
Ink (Tim Holtz, StazOn)
Burlap String (May Arts)
Floral Sprays (Alpha Stamps)
Door Shrine (Retro Cafe Art)
Glitter (Doodlebug)

Now be sure to visit our friends and check out their goodness!!

>>>While you're visiting us this week -- be sure to leave comments! 

We've got one $20 gift certificate for Gauche Alchemy to give away (and they've got one of ours!) -- and if you can't wait to see if you're the winner of either giveaway : use coupon code UmWowGA2013 for 10% off in EITHER shop!<<<