....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

Bad Ass B!tch - Mixed Media Canvas

Hey guys -- DeeDee here today sharing an INCREDIBLE mixed media canvas that I just happened to receive... as a GIFT this Christmas!

Oh yes.. you read that right.. this little beauty is ALL MINE. Created by a dear local friend > Tina Wacker (Christine.) I don't have many details, but we can all admire it's beautiful textures & layers. I chose this blog to put it on because in all her delightful layers she's included LOADS of UmWowStudio chipboard.

Star Confetti | Cicada | Crown MASH

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 decorating begin...

Hi UmWowStudio Fans....

DECEMBER IS HERE....

let the decorating begin!

I began my wall hanging with
UmWowStudio chippie
Holly and Berries

Now, when I was digging around in my

Christmas UmWowStudio chippies...

I found the above chippie and thought

it looked a like a Poinsettia...

so I transformed it into one!

I mixed Clear Modeling Paste with Roses are Red Glam

(i have a video HERE if you'd like more info)

and applied it to my Holly and Berries Chippie

When it was dry I painted on just a bit more Glam!

I then created a banner background using

two different size Canvas Garland

and 2 jute tassels.

which I altered using Distress Oxide.

(looks sooo much like it's tea stained)

I then chose a branch and

sewed the garland onto the branch.

I found a bit of vintage lace and

sewed it to my canvas banner.

My poinsettia was a bit to shiny

for my likin' so I painted on a bit of Crazing.
Now here is the best part.....
When the Crazing was dry, I flipped the poinsettia
over and spritz the chipboard with water
and let it sink in!
Then formed the chipboard petals.
I just LOVE UmWowStudio chippies
for this reason. They are so malleable.
And as I always say....nature isn't flat!

I painted some paper leaves with Lime Cordial Glam

and when dry I added a bit of Crazing.

I created a few curly q's with some

paper covered wire.

I painted the berries with white paint and 

added a bit of white Prills.

Here is the completed project.

I just love the rustic jingle bells I added!

I did my holiday decorating yesterday and

this beauty is hanging on the front door.

Are you creating any

new Christmas Decorations this season?

Other Products Used:

Canvas Corp

Canvas Garland 2" & 3"

Tattered Angels

Lime Cordial ~ Glimmer Glam

Roses are Red ~ Glimmer Glam

The Crafter's Workshop

Clear Modeling Paste

Ranger Ink

Vintage Photo ~ Distress Oxide

Crazing ~ Distress Medium

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