....our crazy adventure

HOWDY.....thank you for stopping by the UmWowStudio blog today.

I have a fun little project I created.

I was digging around in my 'tovers pile

and found a strip of paper I had created.

I had adhered a piece of burlap to a piece of Kraft paper

and I had stenciled on the paper with

UmWowStudio ~ Wonky Circle Stencils

Seemed like this was a good place to start!

I love trying new things so I pulled out a few of my

new Baked Textures and embossed it onto my "paper"!

When I was done playing with color on my paper

I cut it up into ATC's.

I then pulled out my bag of UmWowStudio pieces parts.

I decided to use the "leftovers" from the

UmWowStudio ~ Home Grown Mash

To make the chippies even better, 

I pulled out a dollop of Modeling Paste and mixed in a bit of

beach sand to add MORE texture.

I repeated the technique using

UmWowStudio ~ Layered Hexagons

I also smeared a bit of the left over "texture" onto the ATC's.

When my newly textured chippies were dry,

I painted them with a bit of Glam

then I gave them a spritz of water to mix the color up.

I put my ATC's together

and adhered them to a piece of barn board.

Here are a few closeups of my ATC's.

I snuck in an UmWowStudio ~ Leafy Branch

I hope you enjoyed my creative adventure....

I encourage you to try something NEW today!

Other Products Used:
Canvas Corp

Kraft Paper

Natural Burlap

Tattered Angels

Glimmer Glam

Lime Cordial

Rustic

Caspian Sea

Color Wash Paint

Milkshake

Seth Apter/Emerald Creek

Baked Textures

Chunky Rust

Rocky Road

The Crafter's Workshop

Modeling Paste ~ Champagne Gold

Ranger

Emboss It Dabber

Multi Medium Matte

Be brave - Fly

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost today. The year is almost over and I am happy to share one more post for 2017. I have made a tag:

This is what I did to the chipboard:

I love these chipboards because they are really sturdy and you can abuse them all you want ! 

I decided to go easy today and heat emboss it with 4 colours of embossing powders.

Here's what that looks like.

A little sparkle too ! 

The base of this tag is some pattern paper on which I glued some text paper and then inked the edges all around. I also did a little bit of rubber stamping, only around the edges. 

The child is a paper doll by Tim Holtz and I gave him a tiny little bit of colour. I also gave him butterfly wings. These are also from a set by Tim Holtz. Lastly I added some of the glittery Yellow embossing powder along some of the edges and then called the tag done ! 

I hope you got some inspiration from my post ! 

You'll find the 'Fly' chipboard HERE

Thank you for stopping by today and Happy new Year ! 

Let the Christmasing Begin

The turkey has been eaten

the pies have been served....

NOW it's time to let the Christmasing begin!

I whipped up some tags to adorn the 

presents I'll be putting under the tree!

I began my creative journey by coloring the tags with 

Distress Oxides.

I used a different technique on each background

I embossed...with colored embossing powder.

 Then I pulled out some "sticky" embossing powder
and added Glass Glitter.

and mica flakes

 Lastly I used a bit of clear modeling past and some Prills.

I then pulled out a bag of

UmWowStudio Christmas Confetti.

 I determined which pieces I wanted to use.

Then I painted the pieces white.

And proceeded to color the Christmas Confetti pieces...

using Distress Oxide..

....and Glimmer Glam

Here are close ups of my finished tags...

Now to wrap those presents I got Black Friday Shoppin!!

Other Products Used

Ranger~ Distress Oxide

Fired Brick

Iced Spruce

Antique Linen

Multi Medium

Sticky Embossing Powder

Embossing Ink Pad

Impression Obsession/Yvonne Blair

You are the

Swirly Vine

French Script

The Crafter's Workshop

Heavy Body Acrylic Paint ~ Spun Sugar

Clear Modeling Paste

Tattered Angels

Golden Goddess Glimmer Glam

USArtQuest

Prills ~ Ice Queen

Mica Flakes ~ Silver

Stampendous

Shabby Pink Embossing Powder

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