Find Peace

There is a lot of truth in the above verbage....
Can I say ~ LIFE can be rough!
But when life becomes difficult I find peace in CREATING!

I have acquired a few new supplies and 

immersed myself in trying them out.

I pulled out several of my UmWowStudio Stencils
Grid
Wonky Circle

Wheelie Mask

Hexagon Confetti 

and my new Gel Press
along with some paint.

I created A LOT of prints
which I chose to tear up and apply

randomly to my artboard.

Then I pulled out a jar of Light & Fluffy

and applied it randonly through

UmWowStudio ~ Wonky Circles.

When it was dry, I dropped a bit of Orange

 onto my canvas with a pipette.

Spritzed it with a bit of water to help the color move.

When it was dry I applied a layer of

Vintage Distress Medium.

I brayered on a bit of Spun Sugar

onto one of the Circle Salad stamps

and applied it randomly onto my canvas.

I then applied a layer of

White Gesso over the entire canvas.

I then mixed a bit Multi Medium Matte

with a few Prills and applied randomly to the canvas.

I repeated the technique of dropping a bit of

Caspian Sea onto the canvas and spritzing with water.

I chose the UmWowStudio chippie

Gears Background

which I cut in half to go under my flower cluster.

I also cut up UmWowStudio chippie

Large Ivy

and added into my flower cluster.

I finished up my canvas with a quote ~ Great Things

which I stamped onto a piece of TissueStock

and applied it to my canvas.

I hope you enjoyed my creative journey....

I know I found a bit of peace in the process.

OTHER PRODUCTS USED

Tattered Angels

Glimmer Glam

Orange

Caspian Sea

Canvas Corp

TissueStock ~ White

Impression Obsession/Yvonne Blair

Great Things

The Crafter's Workshop

Light and Flufy

Spun Sugar

Ranger Ink

Vintage Distress Medium

Multi Medium ~ Matte

Gel Press

8x10 Plate

DecoArt Media 

Primary Yellow

Vermillion

Naphthol Red Light

Phthalo Green-Blue

....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

She made room.....tag

Howdy UmWowStudio Fans.....

I had a snow day
and I created up a storm.
Had to trudge through the snow
the next morning to get to my photo area!

I pulled out a tag and
mixed a bit of paint and modeling paste together
and applied it through 

UmWowStudio's ~ Grid Stencil

When dry, I spritz with mist and then dropped Glam onto my tag
with a pippette. I gently spritzed my tag with water and let it dry.

I applied a bit of Multi Medium Matte to my tag

with a paint brush and then I sprinkled on a bit of Prills.

I then dry brushed on a bit of white gesso.

I painted one of the
UmWowStudio ~ Signature Series ~ Small Ivy

with Modeling Paste.
When dry I dropped Glam on the Small Ivy,
spritzed with a bit of water and dried it.
You can see my technique HERE!

I cut apart my UmWowStudio ~ Small Ivy into 3 pieces.
I cut up a piece of wire mesh and stapled it to my tag.

I pulled out a bunch of Mist and colored a few white flowers!!

Pictures of my Tag

Every tag needs a quote!

Other Products Used

Tattered Angels

Glimmer Mist
Tutti Fruiti
Wedding Pink

Sunflower

Crushed Shells

Precious Metals

Candy Corn

Glimmer Glam
Bon Bon
Caspian Sea
Lime Cordial

Canvas CorpKraft Tag

The Crafter's WorkshopHeavy Body Acrylic Paint ~ Kale Smoothie
Marcasite Silver Modeling Paste

Antique Gold Modeling Paste
White Gesso

Impression Obsession/Yvonne Blair Designs

Everyday Quotes 1

UsArtQuest

Prills ~ Express~O Yourself

MoJo is on Vacation

Hi UmWowStudio fans.....
can I just say....I hate it when my creativity
decides to take a hiatus and I have a deadline!!

What do you do??

As for me...I start scanning challenges and mood boards
once again I landed on
Our Mixed Media Moods

so I just began creating.....

with no plan or any true inspiration.

I did like the transparency ideas

so I decided to begin there.

I pulled out a piece of Tissuestock

and a tub of Modeling Paste

and an UmWowStudio Wheelie Mask

Now, where I went from there is quite the journey.

I cut the Tissuestock into a tag,

painted the back with Glimmer Glam,

adhered another piece of Tissuestock ~ French Script,

then a piece of Kraft Cardstock

I colored things using

Distress Oxides

Glimmer Glam to name a few.

I was kinda getting there but still not really happy...

I thought that if maybe I began working on

the UmWowStudio Butterfly chipboard

Now, the one thing I LOVE about

UmWowStudio Chipboard

is it stands up to most anything you do to it

and still looks FABULOUS.

I painted my Butterfly,

added Glitter Glass,

cut the wings apart.

and spritzed the back with water.

You can actually watch the water

soak into the chipboard,

which allowed me to manipulate the chipboard.

Still not happy, I added more paint.

Now, it was beginning to take shape....

I adhered a piece of branch for the body

....and there it was.

I found a quote, stamped it onto a manila tag

and cut it apart.

It all worked....

though not my finest piece it was a great exploration

of various papers and medium

....and I'm HAPPY.

THANK YOU for stopping by.....

OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Tattered Angels

Glimmer Glam:

Twinkle Toes

Royal Velvet

Canvas Corp

Tissuestock:

White

French Script on Ivory

Kraft Cardstock

Burlap ~ Natural

The Crafter's Workshop

White Pearl Modeling Paste

Heavy Body Acrylic Paint:

Kale Smoothie

Iridescent Gold

Yvonne Blair Designs/Impression Obsession

Believe Stamp

French Script Stamp

Ranger

Distress Oxide

Wilted Violet

Vintage Photo

Multi Medium Matte

it's an Art Journal kind of day

Hi UmWowStudio Fans....

THANK YOU for stoppin' by the blog today!

I decided to pull out my Art Journal
and have some FUN!

In my UmWowStudio stash I have a bag

of pieces parts from various chippies

PUZZLE MASH

STAR CONFETTI

GEARS MASH

I applied the pieces parts to my journal page.

When dry, I applied a layer of medium through

Wonky Circle Stencil

When dry I covered the whole page with

clear gesso.

Then, I let the coloring begin.

I spritzed the entire page with mist.

Then, I used a pipette to drop

color onto the page.

Next, I mixed Prills with

a bit of medium and applied randomly

to the page.

Lastly, I splattered on a bit of white gesso.

I pulled out UmWowStudio

LARGE IVY

 and SMALL IVY

and painted on a bit of gesso.

When dry, I colored the Ivy.

I put it all together to finish my page.

Once again....THANK YOU for stopping by!

 OTHER PRODUCTS USED

7gypsies

Mix and Match Ledger 6 x 9

Tattered Angels

Glimmer Glam

Night Sky

Lime Cordial

Organic Garden

Just Peachy

Yellow

Berrylicious

Glimmer Mist

Precious Metals

The Crafter's Workshop

Light and Fluffy

Clear Gesso

White Gesso

Clear Gel Medium

Yvonne Blair Designs/Impression Obsession
Words of Art

USArtquest
Express O Yourself