A gentle heart

Hello everyone, 

and welcome to today's Creative Team post. 

I have been playing with some more muted colours in the last few days. Maybe because I am sad that summer is over? Who knows. What I do know is that I thoroughly enjoyed my experimenting. 

This art journal spread is an example of this experiment. 

The base of this journal spread is a piece of Pattern paper from the Nature Walk series designed by DeeDee Catron. She is so very talented ! 

Here's how I did it:

I cut the 12 x 12 to size (I actually changed this later as I cut off the white from the left page. Later I decided I wanted the pattern of the splatters to continue... 

Next I used some modelling paste through a piece of punchinelle (sequin waste) and dried it gently with my heat gun.. 

Next I thought it would be fun to use some gilding flakes. I usually avoid using them at all cost as they go everywhere... lol 

I think the result was worth it though. I also inked the edges of the pages.

How fab is that ?

Another look...

Next I used some black embossing glitter to colour and coat the heart. It is not really a glitter, more a glint... 

After did all that, I started stamping the background, of course I forgot to take more photos... All stamps I used are by VivaLasVegaStamps! (What else?) and I used different colours of Archival ink. The sentiment was stamped on the page directly but I messed up so I stamped it again on a piece of the same paper but turned around; I inked the edges and added some brads and then added it on top of the one I messed up. The flowers in the heart were a piece of ribbon that I was given. It was pink and I coloured it with inks to match the rest of the page. 

I glued the pages in my journal and that was that ! I really like how it came out.  

I used only one chipboard today:

Scribble Heart and you'll find it HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Corrie x

The Journey of Sights!

 

Hi there bloggers!

It's Geraldine back again today to share with you something special I made for myself. I wanted to break away from creating layouts and make something smaller and personal so I decided to create an UmWowStudio Tunnel Tag book.
The idea comes from a quote that I heard over 20 years ago and I always think of.....for me it's about taking flight and reaching!

Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
'Eileen Caddy'

The Journey of sights!

UmWowStudio products:

Tunnel Tag Book
 Distressed Harlequ...
Diamond Confetti
Heart Strings
Medium Leaf Confetti
Star Confetti
Elements and Word stickers - 7 Dots Nature Walk Collection

 

 

Thanks for dropping into the blog!

Guest Designer Riikka Kovasin

Today we have the fabulous Riikka Kovasin joining us again! We love her mixed media delicious style.

My name is Riikka Kovasin. I'm a mixed media style crafter from Finland. Scrapbooking layouts are my
biggest passion, but I also love to create canvases, cards and recently I've grown an interest on ATCs. Please visit me on my blog or other social media sites!

[You can find me: blog | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Pinterest]


Hi there! Riikka here to share a few projects with you! I'm so happy to be invited to guest here at UmWowStudio and play with the fantastic goodies! Thank you DeeDee for this opportunity!

For my first project I created a scrapbooking layout. One evening while we were in the park and kids were playing, I was trying to be cute and said to my husband that I'm silly about him. He then turned the

sentence into a wordplay and the title phrase "I'm herring about you" was born. Maybe you would like to

hear the explanation? The word "silly" is pronounced the same way than the Finnish word for herring, silli.

Strange humor perhaps, but we share the same kind of sense in that. I started the page by applying gesso to the background and then added some mists on top.

 

I then used the UmWowStudio stencil to create a subtle pattern with PanPastels. I used the same stencil to create the 3 D effect here and there and finished the bubbling feeling with different circle chippies. You can see the process from the video I made!

Supplies from Um Wow Studio:
Circle Confetti mask, Button MASH, Circle Confetti, Layered Arrows, Make A Wish flair set

I also made a few tags for this post. I love how real looking the plant chippies from UmWowStudio are.
I colored the chippies first with different embossing powders sprinkling them there where they were
needed. Then I added other media like PITT pens, alcohol markers, pencil and Archival Inks on top to get
the grungy feeling. There's also more than one coat of embossing powders in the pieces in order to achieve the natural look.


All the tags are assembled the same way, only the colors change in each one. For the daisy I used yellow
and made the ribbon into a bow to give it a slightly feminine look and also to balance the composition. The bluebelle on the other hand has quite naturally blue color scheme and the thistle purple. For those I used smaller amount of ribbon and a black thread to get stronger look. The papers used in the tags are from the 7 Dots Studio's "Nature Walk" collection, designed by DeeDee!

Supplies from UmWowStudio:

Daisy

BlueBell

Thistles

Circle Confetti mask
Button MASH
 
Thank you for joining me here today! I wish I have inspired you! If you have any questions, please just leave a comment or mail me! Wishing you all a lovely day!

The Big Day with Rhonda

Happy Wednesday to you and welcome to the blog! It's Rhonda here today to share a bit of inspiration from our all new September sketch. Have you seen it yet?

I had the perfect photo for this sketch and had fun putting this page together:

I stayed pretty true to the sketch and just had fun with it!

UmWowStudio Products Used:
Love This Flair
Layered Arrows Chipboard

Other Products Used:
Nature Walk by 7 Dots Studio
Transparent Cards and Date Stamp by Heidi Swapp
Texture Stamps by BoBunny
Journaling Stamp by Pebbles
Mica by Stampendous
Cheery Lynn Designs Dies (Scalloped Rectangle, Vertical Heart Mesh & Doily Border)
Memento Black Ink
Lindy's Stamp Gang Tiffany Lou Blue and Whale Watch Blue Mists

We can't wait to see what you do with the sketch! Visit this post for all the details.

Thanks for stopping on over to the blog today, have a fabulous week.
~ Rhonda

Love This {12x12 by Guest CT member Anna R.}

Hello folks! today we have the talented Anna Rogalska joining our team for a brief stint as a Guest Creative Team Member. She always has the most elaborate stunning layouts, and I'm excited to feature her for a day!

Hi Everyone! I'm Anna Rogalska. I live in Poland. I am a landscape architect, scrapbooker and in my spare time I am a keen runner. I've been scrapbooking for nearly 6 years. My scrapping style is a little bit of everything, romantic, a little shabby and mixed media. I love to try new techniques!
I make layouts, cards, tags and altered items. I am definitely a flower addict! I absolutely love flowers, chipboard, stencils and paints which are usually incorporated in most of my layouts
I am very excited to be here to share with you a project I created with UmWowStudio products. Thank you DeeDee for having me :)
..You can find me here: annar-mojepasje.blogspot.com

Today I am sharing with you a layout about flowers in my garden, because flowers are my biggest love! I am completely addicted to plants and gardening.
I created a layout using my favourite 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk collection and gorgeous UmWowStudio chipboard pieces like: Doilies, Distressed Harlequin Background and Love This Arrow Title.
My background is made mostly with 13arts mediums like purple mists and paints. I love this color!

UmWowStudio Products:
Doilies
Distressed Harlequin Background
Love This Arrow Title

7 Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Winged Vines paper
7 Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Clear Stamps

and from others:
13arts: gesso, modeling paste, mists and paints
Prima stencil

August Sketch Inspiration with Rhonda

Happy Saturday to you! Rhonda here today to share my take on our new fabulous August sketch.

Did you get a chance to check it out yet?  If not here's the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch:

I loved the design and stayed pretty close to it. You'll see a variety of UmWowStudio products on my page. One of my favorites, the Doilies was my starting point, along with the Damask Mask.  I base coated the doily in a pretty cream paint and then touched some Inka Gold for a bit of shimmer.

The sentiment flair was perfect to accent my photo here. On our recent vacation I was able to snap a few sweet candid shots. A love speech bubble was inked with a rainbow ink pad, then rubbed with some more Inka Gold to keep the bit of shimmer.

A few more layers were added with the Soar Tag which I stamped and embossed, then wasn't so happy with the look, so I painted over it. This gave the perfect texture and I left it. A Layered Arrow was coated with a Pearl Pen in Opal.

I had such a wonderful time working with the sketch and our products, I really hope you'll find some time and play along. For all of the details on our August Sketch, check out this post. 

UmWowStudio Products:

Damask Mask

Layered Arrows

Soar Tags

Doilies

Love Speech Bubbles

Love This Flair

Other Products:

Nature Walk Collection by 7 Dots Studio

Inka Gold  Metallic Rub

Viva Decor Pen in Opal

Add a Flourish, Coved Rectangle Horizon Boutique Stacker, French Pastry Tiny Doily, Hummingbird and Lattice 2 Frame dies by Cheery Lynn Designs

Teal Zircon Radiant Rain

Wow Embossing Powder - Pepper

Modeling Paste

 Thanks so much for stopping on over today!

~ Rhonda

Guest Creative Team Member : Nadia Cannizzo

Today we have the super talented Nadia Cannizzo joining us, I'm sure glad we nabbed her up before she got so busy! She's now sitting pretty on Prima Marketing's Design Team as well as the 7 Dots Studio Design Team. Thanks for being a guest, Nadia!! 

A bit about Nadia:

Hi my name is Nadia Cannizzo, I am of Greek origin, a primary school teacher , 35 and together with my husband of 15 years we live in the suburbs of beautiful Sydney Australia raising our 3 young daughters. 

I started creating cards about 7 years ago and moved on to scrapbooking about 5 years ago. I have had my ups and downs through out my creative journey  but have stuck it out and this is the longest hobby I have ever had. Well.. it is more than a hobby I must admit. It is what I call therapy. From the thrill I get when something new arrives at my doorstep, to the incredible people I have met online, I can definitely credit this "hobby" with getting me through some very difficult times. 

It is always a pleasure to discover new manufacturers and UmWowStudio is one of my favourites right now so I am very excited to be here to share with you a project I created with UmWowStudio products. Thank you DeeDee for having me :) 

Please stop by my blog some time : Just My Scrapping World 

And her stunning 12x12:

Nadia has used the following UmWowStudio products:

Film Reel Countdown

Soar Tag chipboard set

Damaged Punchinella chipboard

Circle Confetti stencil

Here's a video How-To, then stay tuned for tons of closeup shots:

Here's a closeup of the Soar Tags

A great closeup of the Punchinella Background and Circle Confetti Mask in use.

Another Soar Tag closeup

And the Film Reel Countdown flair. 

She's also used the following from 7 Dots Studio:

Nature Walk paper: Songbird, Cotton

Nature Walk word stickers 6" x 12"

and from others:

13arts Chalk Yellow Amber mist

Art Anthology Timeless mist

Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing Paste

Clear Gesso

White Gesso

Flowers: Prima , Petaloo

Leave her some love! 

May Winner!

Hello Helloooo!!

We have a winner from our MAY Sketch.

Please congratulation FRAU MULLER:

 

Love her use of our Butterfly Kisses flair!

Congrats Frau!! please email me @ umwowstudio@gmail.com with your shipping address to receive your prize. 

Don't be afraid to stop by and enter this month's sketch.

The Pen Is Mightier by Miae

Hello there!

As most of you know, this month we're using Pan Pastels on our UmWowStudio pages and projects. I really wasn't that familiar with how to use them prior to this page but I must say I'll definitely be using them more now! The colors are beautiful and they were so easily blendable! In fact, except for the black swirly marks, all the color that was added to this page is from Pan Pastels!

To alter these feathers from the Feather Trio collection I first covered them with book paper. Next I lightly gessoed the whole feather. After that I blended two Pan Pastel pinks for color and shading. Finally I stamped with a word stamp.

So I discovered an interesting property with Pan Pastels and clear gesso....the clear gesso (not white) seems to dry with a more gritty, toothy texture so the Pan Pastel adheres to it better. For my background I had used the Circle Confetti Mask and clear gesso all over the background. When I rubbed the Pan Pastels over the background, the pigment really 'stuck' to the gesso and you could see the mask pattern very nicely.

So I covered all the rest of the chippies (from the Soar Tags and Layered Circles) with both white and clear gesso before coloring them with Pan Pastels. Love the effect! 

And I mustn't forget to mention, I used the beautiful papers from 7Dots Studio Nature Walk collection along with the word stickers and Butterfly Kisses Flair. The neutral colors went so well with the hues provided by the pigment!

Supplies:

UWS Soar Tags

UWS Layered Circles

UWS Feather Trio

UWS Circle Confetti Mask

UWS Butterfly Kisses Flair

Pan Pastels

7Dots Studio Nature Walk 

Guest CT : Aneta {A tag and canvas}

Today I have a couple of FABULOUS bits of eye candy to show you from a Guest Creative Team member..

ANETA:

“I am 37 years old, Polish, and I have been living in Iceland for 13 years. I work as an Icelandic teacher.
My scrapbooking fascination started about 4 years ago but I have been deeply preoccupied with that for the last two years.
I love light pastels, vintage and shabby chic, nevertheless I feel comfortable in any pattern. In my case everything is dependent on the kind of paper I can see on my desk, the topic of a card and finally my mood . I can describe myself as a “card-making girl ” but I love to discover new things and I think is changing lately. Working with NATURE WALK and UmWow Studio products was a fantastic adventure. DeeDee thank you so much for making this dream come true! “


!! You are so welcome Aneta :) thank you so much for displaying our products in your GORGEOUS creations. !!

You can find Aneta's blog here.

And today she's sharing a canvas and a tag with us using lots of UmWowStudio and the Nature Walk collection by 7 Dots Studio :

In her canvas she's utilized our Butterfly Confetti and Exotic Florals.

And on her (GORGEOUS) our Butterfly Confetti makes another appearance, but is accompanied by our Chevron Confetti and Love Notes Flair. 

Please leave Aneta some love and let her know how thankful we are she stopped by to share her work with us today! ♥♥♥