Thank You!! {Winners}

Thanks a million times over to all the traffic and help celebrating we had over the last week!!

We have a SLEW of winners to announce so read carefully and if you see your name shoot me an email @ umwowstudio@gmail.com with your shipping address and which prize you won (And any choices if you have them to make!!) CONGRATS!!

From our Facebook Sharing Contest the 18th:
Sara Ferguson


Our Tag a Friend winners for our new Harlequin BG:
Kari Zimmer Cosentino & Sta Stacie Strittmatter

Facebook Pair o' minis:
Janet Lebeau



Facebook Doilies:
Karen Kirkman



Facebook This day hashtag banners:
Caryn Schmidt



The Pocket Chip tag a friend:
Tona Warner Vicky Meier



Our Instagram Winner:
Mekofosho



Day 1:
Christi Conley

Day2:

Heather Thompson

Day3:

Sharon G

Day4:

Bernice P.

Day5:

Amy Jones Tiger Haven

CONGRATS TO ALL AND THAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU♥

#UWSbigbash Day 3!

Man o Man -- we are CHARGING through this celebration week! 

Day 1 was all about introducing our brand new product like POCKET CHiP, TUNNEL BOOKS, Vintage goods and more! We also gave away to one random person their favorite piece from our new collection.

Day 2 we inspired you with some beautiful goods from our Creative Team and gave away an AMAZING package including UmWowStudio, Amazing Crafting Products and May Arts Ribbons.

Today we have 2 more CT members inspiring you and another SUPERB giveaway!

We're starting off with Anai:

Take Flight

I have to say that - I absolutely love our new celebration chipboards :) I made the cute celebration tag using "Nature Walk" collection with a hint of color and a gorgeous glitter stars.

I guess it can be a pretty fridge magnet embellishment or just a nice add on standing on the shelf or hanging somewhere in the house.

Products:

Songbird, Musical blooms, Nature Walk Tags, Word Stickers, Element Stickers, Photo Booth Props, Banner MASH, Star Confetti Mask.

We also have wiosanka joining us:

Make a wish
Pocket Chip : MAKE A WISH, Banner MASH, Songbird, Nature Walk 6x6, Nature Walk Diecut Tags, Nature Walk Diecut Elements, Nature Walk Words Stickers, Nature Walk Elements Stickers.

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And for our DELICIOUS giveaway:

Authentique is offering up a selection of their goods!

And the people from Paper Issues have a $20 GC to their store!

And we here @ UmWowStudio will be sending today's prize winner both of our brand new Masks! Say hell to WOOD GRAIN and BRICK! 

To be entered to win today's deliciuosness just leave our girls here (on this blog post) some love for their fabulous projects and find our friends Paper Issues and Authentique on facebook, let them know we're thankful they're celebrating with us! We'll randomly choose a winner from whoever does all 3 ♥

Hint : Follow us on Facebook, Pinterest and Instragram for some FLASH GIVEAWAYS today, too!

All giveaways will remain open until Friday @ Midnight Pacific time. Saturday will be all about announcing WINNERS!

Christmas 2013 {12x12 by Kylie}

Hi, Kylie here! Have you ordered any of UmWowStudio's amazing Winter and Christmas themed products yet? At the time I did this layout, neither had I. But all is not lost, if you order now, your chip will be arriving just as you're thinking about printing your Holiday pictures!

Can you believe my daughter's daycare took Holiday pictures in October? I hadn't even begun to think of Christmas when I got the photographs, but I just HAD to scrap this one. And I've been waiting to share it for a while.....

I utilized several of the UmWow Studio collections to make this layout and the Authentique Joyous line. I particularly enjoyed cutting the Heartstrings Chipboard down to use as 'icicles' (heartsicles?) on my tree. I spritzed them with a little silver glimmer mist to give them just the right amount of shimmer.

I love including banners on my pages and for this page I use a combination of the Layered Banner and Layered Triangle pieces. I really like the contrasting shapes and think they work well together. Especially with a couple of Santa's and some chipboard confetti thrown in.

Here are a few close ups of from the page:

And a full list of products:

UmWowStudio HeartStrings, Layered Hearts, Heart Confetti, Star Confetti, Layered Banners, Layered Triangles and Flair. Authentique Joyous paper, die cut stickers and letters. Other products: Thickers letters and Twinery twine.

Happy Holidays everyone!
Kylie

Throwback Thursday - Authentique & UmWowStudio

Welcome back to our final installation of THROWBACK THURSDAY!! We're Swappin' n Hoppin' n Inspirin' with the team over @ Authentique. 

We're using oldie but goodie products from both companies in an effort to share some great TBT inspiration with you! We're also inviting you to complete a project of your own using both UmWowStudio and Authentique products (any and all products qualify!) Link up at the bottom of the post and be entered to win a prize pack full of Authentique and UWS goodness! Ends the end of November♥ Need some UmWowStudio to help?? Check out this promotion!

Today we have CHRISSY up first with this amazing mini using the Curiosity collection by Authentique.

Chrissy says "Here's a book I made for my son so that he learns to set goals. The book was super easy to make and Authentique's "Curiousity" 6x6 pad was perfect. Add some Geekery Flair and Star Confetti for the perfect finishing touches and you have a cute little daily reminder to carry in a book bag or purse."

Next up is a 12x12 by Jess Mutty:

Jess Says: I used the two lovely lines from Authentique: Be(you)tiful and Blissful. They coordinate perfectly with each other and happen to be focused on one of my favorite color combos, gray and yellow. They were also the perfect choice to use for this photo of my little fashionista in her gray and yellow market skirt.

Of course the touch of pink adds just the right amount of girly, along with sweet UmWowStudio confetti hearts, love speech bubbles, and the cute polka dot flair from The 2 of Us set. That's a lot of love!

The speech bubbles and heart confetti are a match made in heaven for this little cluster above my photo. I love them!

UWS products:
Symbol Mash Chip
Heart Confetti
The 2 of Us Flair
Love Speech Bubbles

Other products:
Paper, diecuts - Authentique

and finally I bring you a card today:

I used the Tradition Collection by Authentique + the Squirrel chip from UmWowStudio. The Snowflakes at the top are a sneak peek at some new confetti coming soon!! 

Now! Hope over to the Authentique Blog and then get to making your OWN papercraft using Authentique + UmWowStudio to win a prize package full of both!

Authentique and UmWowStudio

Welcome to another installation of Throw Back Thursday with our uber talented friends over @ Authentique! 

We're using oldie but goodie products from both companies in an effort to share some great TBT inspiration with you! We're also inviting you to complete a project of your own using both UmWowStudio and Authentique products (any and all products qualify!) Link up at the bottom of the post and be entered to win a prize pack full of Authentique and UWS goodness! Ends the end of November♥ Need some UmWowStudio to help?? Check out this promotion!

Now see what our super talented Creative Team has put together for inspiration!

First up is Kylie Drake with {wonder}

Products used: Authentique Curiosity 6x6 paper bundle. UWS Chipboard Cemetery Fence, Bat confetti, Layered pumpkins and Layered Banners. UWS Circle Confetti Mask. UWS Sidewalk Chalk Flair and Twinery Twine. 

Kylie says: I loved the Curiosity line from Authentique and almost called this layout "Curiosity", but Halloween was truly a wonder for my little girl this year. She had an absolute blast at Boo at the Zoo and then again Trick or Treating. The Curiosity paper perfectly complemented this photo and the message I was trying to portray in the layout. I loved how I was able to use one of the curiosity die cuts on the banner and the monkey from the Abc patterned paper. My favourite element is the tri-layered pumpkin in the bottom right hand corner.

And next we have Miae Rowe with Street Food:

Miae used the Joyous Collection by Authentique, as well as Heart Confetti and Polaroid Mash from UmWowStudio.

Miae says: "I'm not quite ready for Christmas yet! So I decided to use my Christmas paper for a non-Christmas layout. The polaroid frame turned out to be quite handy for bringing the focus to the title in pattern heavy page :)."

Now! Hope over to the Authentique Blog and then get to making your OWN papercraft using Authentique + UmWowStudio to win a prize package full of both! 

November Challenge!

Hello Friends!! Welcome to our November Challenge!

We're switching it up a little bit this month and instead of issuing a SKETCH Challenge we'll be issuing you a PRODUCT Challenge! 

Rather than follow a sketch to be entered, we'd like to challenge you to use UmWowStudio products in conjunction with Authentique Paper goods! Pair them up in any way you'd like, and enter the link up below to win! Two randomly chosen winners (One from Authentique and one from UWS) will both win a prize pack made of UWS and Authentique! 

Authentique & UmWowStudio

Hello Friends!!

We're excited to bring you some inspiration in a team up of UmWowStudio and Authentique in true THROW BACK THURSDAY fashion! We'll have 3 posts through the next month, always on Thursdays, to inspire you in various ways of using older (but still gooder) UmWowStudio and Authentique goodness!

We're also inviting you to complete a project of your own using both UmWowStudio and Authentique products (any and all products qualify!) Link up at the bottom of the post and be entered to win a prize pack full of Authentique and UWS goodness! Ends the end of November♥

Now... for our inspiration! First up we have the talented Amy Lassiter:

She's used the Be(YOU)Tiful Collection from Authentique.

As well as the Floral Flourish, Chevron Confetti, Circle Confetti Mask, Layered Circles, Gear Mash and The Bee's Knees Flair from UmWowStudio

And secondly I'm sharing my own projects, 2 cards:

Both have been made on the Loyal collection by Authentique. What I love about UmWowStudio is that it can be either just a sweet embellishment, like in the card above, which uses the Star Confetti from UmWowStudio.

Or, UmWowStudio can be a main component and eye piece like the Layered Banner pieces, Layered Triangle pieces and Star Confetti that have been layered on top of each other in this card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see our inspiration! Make sure you stop by the Authentique blog to see what they've been up to, also! And link up below any projects using both UmWowStudio and Authentique to win one of TWO giant prizes! We'll draw one winner here, and Authentique will draw one, too!

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Handmade For The Holidays!

Hello!! Welcome to my cozy little spot on this ginormous wonderful blog hop!

I'm super honored to be a part of it here representing such FABULOUS companies.

Today's blog hop list looks like this:

Clearsnap – http://clearsnap.blogspot.com

Hampton Art - http://blog.hamptonart.com/

Graphic45 – http://g45papers.typepad.com/

Fiskateers - www.fiskateers.com/blog

Donna Salazar Designs – http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/

Tombow USA – http://blog.tombowusa.com/

Authentique Paper http://blog.authentiquepaper.com/

The Twinery - http://www.thetwineryblog.com/

Eileen Hull for Sizzix http://eileenhull.blogspot.com/

Globecraft Memories – http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com

Kristin Wilson – Graphic 45 -  http://www.kristinwilsonhandmade.com/

Jennie Garcia - Tombow -  earthyscrap.blogspot.com

Gini Williams Cagle - Hampton Art - http://ginicagle.blogspot.com/

Sabrina Alery – Clearsnap – http://Sabrinaalery.blogspot.com

DeeDee Catron - Globecraft Memories - http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Michelle Grant – Donna Salazar Designs -  http://michellejbg.blogspot.com (Go here next!)

Emily Lanham – Authentique Paper -http://www.createserendipity.net

Emma Jeffery – Fiskateers - http://hellobeautifulblog.blogspot.com

Natalie Clause – The Twinery -  http://www.southernbellescharm.com/

Alberto L Juarez – Graphic 45 http://vintageodyssey.blogspot.com/

Vivian Keh - Hampton Art - http://contadinak.wordpress.com/tag/vivian-keh/

Jennifer Priest – Clearsnap – http://hydrangeahippo.blogspot.com

Heather Conklin – Authentique Paper - http://goldiecar.blogspot.com/

Are you ready to see my project???? 

 Today I've put together some super fab Christmas themed tags to display on a mantle. I've attached them to a chicken wire backed picture frame. They can easily be removed and attached to gifts, or hung on the tree as ornaments too!

Joy Tag:

1) Cut tag shape from a piece of Authentique's Peaceful collection. Distress edges.

2) Remove Snowman from Globecraft & Piccolo's I'm Snow In Love With You accents. Distress. 

3) Create "Puff ball" for the snowman's hat from The Twinery's Maraschino twine. Glue in place using Tombow adhesives.

4) Cover snowman's scarf in liquid pearls. Glue snowman to tag using Tombow adhesives.

5) Punch tag using Fiskar's Tag punch from Authentique's Festive collection. Distress edges.

6) Punch ornament using Fiskar's ornament punch from kraft paper. Distress edges. Stamp with Hampton Arts stamp. 

7) Layer punched pieces on top of tag and under flower from UmWowStudio.

8) Finish with Joy letters.

Merry Tag:

1) Cut tag using Authentique's Festive collection. Distress edges.

2) Remove the middle section of the Christmas Tree ornament from Globecraft & Piccolo. Distress. Dot the tree with liquid pearls to represent ornaments and glitter the bottom section like snow. Glue to tag using Tombow adhesives.

3)  Tie a knot in a 5 inch section of May Arts ribbon and The Twinery's Maraschino twine. Glue to tag.

4) Finish with Merry letters.

Noel Tag:

1) Cut tag from Authentique's Festive collection. Distress edges.

1) Remove bits from by Globecraft & Piccolo. Distress edges. Glue to tag.

2) Punch two ornaments from Authentique's Peaceful collection using Fiskar's Ornament Punch. Stamp punches with Hampton Art stamp. Distress edges. Glue to tag using Tombow adhesives.

3) Finish tag with wooden letters. 

Hope you enjoyed my little stop :) Don't forget to leave comments everywhere you go for chances at tons o' prizes! Including this:

I'm also giving away a prize of my own :) 

I'm giving away a set of flowers from this month's handmade embellishment kit! Leave a comment on this post, follow the blog, and follow UmWowStudio on facebook to be entered :)

Your next stop is Michelle Grant for Donna Salazar Designs -  http://michellejbg.blogspot.com.

A Vintagy Peppermint Stop on the Christmas Splendor Blog Hop!

(it looks like my post neglected to go live at the correct time, I apologize!)

Good Morning everyone!! Thanks so much for joining me today on my stop of the Christmas Splendor Blog Hop!!!

Today some fabulous crafters are being sponsored by Want2Scrap to share some gorgeous Christmasy creations!

I was given this set of bling designed by Nina Brackett:

And here is my creation! A vintagy inspired Christmas Card:

I used the Christmas Tree bling from the set, a layered 3D embellishment from UmWowStudio found in the Under The Mistletoe Kit, Snowflake stamps and Miracle Tape from Viva Las VegaStamps!, paper from Authentique, Kraft paper, Distress Ink in Walnut Stain by Ranger, a Prima Distressing tool, and Zing embossing powder in white. 

Now get a kick on and visit the rest of the hop!!! :) 

Here is the hop list :

1. Angela Holt (Angela Holt Designs)http://www.angelaholtdesigns.com

2. Connie Mercer-- http://www.craftgoodies.com

3. Lorrie Simons-- http://www.pickledtinkcrafts.blogspot.com/

4. Tabetha Watson--http://www.tabethascreations.blogspot.com

5. Jan Hennings-- http://papercraftpleasures.blogspot.com

6. Michelle Well-- http://histrulybeloved.blogspot.com/

7. Dee Dee Carton--http://www.umwowstudio.com (You are here!)

9. Susan Brown--http://www.sbartist.com

Leave me a comment, become a blog follower, and like the UmWowStudio facebook page for a chance to win a set of the 3D embellishments used to make this card :) 

Handmade for the Holidays Blog hop!

-click here for the Christmas Splendor Blog Hop-

There's a GINORMOUS blog hop coming up with tons of AMAZING COMPANIES that I have the privilege of participating in!

I'll post on the 16th representing Globecraft & Piccolo - so be sure to stop by! There's a great giveaway :)