Fly Away - 3D wall art

Who doesn't love butterflies? SERIOUSLY? they are so peaceful and gorgeous.

here are some butterflies I've been making out of aluminum pop cans. I've arranged this set into a wall hanging.



I will be sending a ton of these to the designers over at ReadySetCreate who are featuring UmWowStudio products in an upcoming issue! and keep your eye out on the etsy store for some of your own to purchase!




I've made these gorgeous winged creatures out of pop cans, as mentioned before, and adorned them with wires, beads, gems, faux antenna, pearls, glitter, and even have a couple laying around on my desk made out of fabric with lace accents! The frame is some random one picked up from a friend, it started out as this nice sandy color and I just dry brushed white acrylic over it. The butterflies are stamped from a Stampin' Up Die. I'm going to enter this wall hanging to Simon Says Stamp and Show.. challenge.

We've been featured!

Over at Practical Scrappers they did a rainbow theme today - and my 8x8 using the clouds for sale in my etsy shop was featured!



yay!

SketchMania #35

Welcome back this week!!

Our prize for this month's sketches is an anonymous donation and consists of a $10 Barns n Noble Card and $20 Amazon Gift Cert!! Free for you to use on whatever you like =)

Here is the sketch and a couple of examples from our new gals!!



Jennifer:


Kylie:



We're trying out a new link system... let me know what you think!

Please post a link to your blog post using Mr. Linky :) you have until March 31th for this sketch - any links posted after that will not be considered for the prize :)

New Goodies (butterflies, fabric flowers...)

Here are some new goodies I've been making to go up for sale!! as soon as I have a good collection of both completed and photographed they'll be up!

let's start with the flowers:

A bit of a new style for paper flowers:



I love these fabric flowers and can't wait to have tons of them lying around in all sorts of complimentary sets:




and these butterflies look great in the picture... but they're GORGEOUS in person!!



what do you think?

Give Aways..

Check out Practical Scrappers and Pink Paislee - they've teamed up to give away a prize pack!!

and don't forget to check out the great work they've featured using Pink Paislee projects!

http://www.practicalscrappers.com/2011/03/pink-paislee-feature-giveaway.html

SketchMania #34

Good Morning everyone!!! I would like for you all to welcome 2 new designers to SM; Kylie and Jennifer!! Both have amazing works and gorgeous blogs where you can comment on their own personal work (as well as their SM posts) so be sure to visit them (and the rest of the girls too!)

I was so impressed with the sheer generosity of everyone who applied that I'm inviting a few back to be guest designers in the future, so be sure to check your mail ladies!!

Here is this week's sketch and couple of examples:



DeeDee:


Jennifer:


Kylie:


RachelMay:


Sarah Michelle:



Please post a link to your blog post using our sketch in the comments section below :) you have until March 31th for this sketch - any comments posted after that will not be considered for the prize :)

Ready For Adventure - CC Monthly Sub

Here is the layout I did for this month's
CropChocolate DT submission with the theme (Travel/Vacation}
(I also made it fit for SketchMania #34 so keep your eye out!!)




Gabe's first out of town trip!! Five weeks old.

I made ALL of the flowers and the butterfly(stay tuned for these great additions to the ETSY shop as well as many other fun goodies!!)



CC Products used: EP's Little Boy, EP's Walk In The Park, EP's Merry Christmas, and Fancy Pants random papers set.

Non CC products used: muslin, beads, foil, alcohol inks, distress inks, pearls, buttons, stickles, big shot, tattered florals die, zebra wire, cheese cloth, don juan cricut cartridge and floral beads.