Soak up the Sun

It truly feels good to be back to creating

.....that is not wedding related!

To get me back in the groove,

I needed a bit of help with inspiration so I visited

Our Mixed Media Moods

I LOVE the beach theme and the BEAUTIFUL colors.

As I pondered the mood board, I decided I wanted to create ATC's

so I chose to focus on the colors first.

I pulled out a piece of 7 Dots Studio ~ Palmistry paper

from the Fortune Teller collection.

I mixed up a concoction of

Gesso, High Impact Paint and Glimmer Glam

and splattered it on the paper surface.

Drying each layer as I went.

Next, I pulled out my UmWowStudio ~ Grid Stencil

and applied various texture mediums through the stencil

randomly on the paper.

When the mediums were dry I used a pipette

to drop a bit of Bronze Mist onto my paper.

Now I had completed "paper" which I cut into 3.5" x 2.5" pieces. 

LOOK at all the wonderful ATC bases I have to work with!

Sticking with the beach theme, I pulled out a piece of

UmWowStudio ~ Netting Background

cut it to size and colored it with a bit of Glam, along with a flower.

Do you see the seaweed looking chippie?

It's my UmWowStudio ~ Leafy Branch

which can look a bit like seaweed.

I colored it with a bit of Glam and then cut it into pieces.

Lastly, I mixed a bit of sand with a smidge of Clear Gesso

to accent my ATC.

I applied the mixture to edges and used it to adhere

the tiny shells.

I used the words for the Fortune teller collect to round out my ATC.

.

I hope you enjoyed my little canvas.....

now I'm off to make more ATC's!!

Other Products Used:

Tattered Angels

Glimmer Glam 

Bon Bon

Lime Cordial

Blue Topaz

High Impact Paint

Green

Copper

Glimmer Mist

Bronze

Canvas Corp

Burlap

Jute

MuddPuddles

Myrtle Beach Sand

Shells

The Crafter's WorkshopClear Gesso
Gesso

Shimmery Goodness

Black Modeling Paste

Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste

Playing with Color by Lynne Forsythe

HOWDY UmWowStudio Fans....

Hope you are having a WONDERFUL summer!!

Today, I played along with
Our Mixed Media Moods....
and their one year MOODIVERSARY!
Here is the challenge.

I went my color cupboard and pulled some colors to match....

I pulled out various scrap papers I had laying around and

colored them with the above colors.

I then pulled out a shipping tag and

covered it with the "made" papers

and cut the excess edges off.

I then colored a few flowers with color.

Next I pulled out a

UmWowStudio ~ Pom Pom

I colored the Pom Pom and then added a bit of texture.

Here is my finished project.....

Other Products Used
Tattered Angels

Glimmer MistDragonfly

Tutti Frutti

Key Lime Pie

Glimmer GlamJust Peachy

Golden Goddess

Organic Garden

Canvas Corp

Flute ~ Kraft

Tissue Stock

Impression Obsession/Yvonne Blair DesignsCard Sentiments

USArtquest

Prills ~ Spruce Willis

June's Our Mixed Media Moods Challenge

Hi UmWowStudio Fans.....

Spring has popped....
the birds are singing 

and I am in the full throws of preparing the decorations

for my daughters upcoming wedding. 

Due to all the hubbub.....

I have been very lacking in inspiration of late

so I decided to pop over
to our fearless leader challenge....
Our Mixed Media Moods

everything about this mood board made my heart sing.

SOOOO.....I went to my box of UmWowStudio goodies
and decided to challenge myself to create with the
pieces parts that were floating around in the bottom of my box.

I then covered a piece of artboard
with vintage dictionary paper.

When dry, I spritzed it with water and tore off the

loose edges.

I then arranged the leftover chippies on my artboard.

I randomly applied Modeling Paste to the artboard

and used it as an adhesive to hold the chippies in place.

When dry, I applied a layer of Clear Gesso.

I didn't like the look of the semi painted chippies
so I created a slurry of Modeling Paste and water
and painted the chipboard.

When dry I applied another layer of Clear Gesso
to help facilitate the movement of color and water.

Now came the colors. I chose Desert Sun Glimmer Glaze
because I knew when it was dry it would be permanent.

Once dry, I spritzed the canvas with Sapphire Glimmer Mist.

Then, I used a baby wipe to take off some of the Sapphire
to expose more of the yellow.

I painted on a bit more Desert Sun then ran 

my Vintage Photo ink pad over top of the canvas. 

This made my heart sing....again!

I pulled out my package of
UmWowStudio ~ Home Grown Mash

and painted my chosen leaves green.

Here is my finished project.....

Thank you SOOO MUCH for stoppin' by the blog today.

I hoped you enjoyed my creative process....
POP over to Our Mixed Media Moods and play along!!

Products Used:

UmWowStudio 

Hexagon Background

Gear Mash

Doodle Mash
Button Mash

Tattered AngelsSapphire ~ Glimmer Mist

Sun Sisters ~ Glimmer Mist

Desert Sun ~ Glimmer Glaze

Organic Garden ~ Glimmer Glam

Yvonne Blair Designs/Impression ObsessionHistory of Ever stamp

The Crafter's Workshop

Modeling Paste
Clear Gesso

RangerMulti Medium Matte
Vintage Photo ~ Distress Ink

Our Mixed Media Moods March Challenge

Hi UmWowStudio Fans....

It's me...Lynne!

For my post I decided I would play along
with our Fearless Leader's challenge.....
Our Mixed Media Moods

And just in time for this challenge was the arrival

of a package of goodies from UmWowStudio
and guess what it was wrapped in
mustard yellow tissue paper......confirmation!

So, I pulled out an art board and adhered the tissue paper
and vintage farm weather paper to the board.

From there the layering began....

Do you see the UmWowStudio
Doodle Mash
embedded in the Polishing Plaster??

now to tell on myself....
I WAS REALLLLY STRUGGLING
with the mustard yellow color!

Because of that....I did more layering...

then I applied
and overall spritz of Glimmer Mist.

Still not totally happy I layered on a bit of
Crackle Paint and more Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Mist.
Finally I was HAPPY!

I had used some of the tissue paper to dab
the products I had added to my canvas,

so I cut out a few flowers.

Do you see the UmWowStudio
Vintage Ladder?

I painted it with the Black Gesso and
spritzed with a bit of Glimmer Mist.

I used a few twigs wrapped with wire.

I finished it off with a FABULOUS QUOTE!

HOPE you enjoyed my creations....

if you are interested in playing along with
Our Mixed Media Moods

CHECK it out HERE.

OTHER PRODUCT USEDTattered Angels 

Kraft ~ Glimmer Mist
Carrot ~ Glimmer Glam

The Crafter's Workshop
Black Gesso

Perfect Paints
Sunwashed Clay ~ Polishing Plaster

USArtquest
Third Place ~ Prills

DecoArts

Crackle Paint

Ranger
Multi Medium Matte
Potting Soil ~ Archival Ink

Yvonne Blair Designs/IOStamps
Will you Forever be