Herring about you - GDT Um Wow Studio

A few days ago I shared some tags I made for Um Wow Studio. Then I mentioned that I made a layout too. So here it is! This layout is created as a GDT for Um Wow Studio together with a video. 

One evening while we were in the park and kids were playing, I was trying to be cute and said to my husband that I'm silly about him. He then turned the sentence into a wordplay and the title phrase "I'm herring about you" was born. Maybe you would like to hear the explanation? The word "silly" is pronounced the same way than the Finnish word for herring, silli. Strange humor perhaps, but we share the same kind of sense in that.

I started the page by applying gesso to the background and then added some mists on top. I then used the Um Wow Studio stencil to create a subtle pattern with PanPastels. I used the same stencil to create the 3 D effect here and there and finished the bubbling feeling with different circle chippies. You can see the process from the video I made!

Thank you for watching and visiting my blog today! It really means a lot to me that my posts are getting read! If you'd like me to visit you back, please leave a comment and I'll stop by! Wishing you a great day!

Supplies from Um Wow Studio:

Circle Confetti mask

Button MASH 

Circle Confetti 

Layered Arrows 

Make A Wish flair set 

Materials: Um Wow Studio, 7 Dots Studio, Pan Pastels, Tattered Angels, Prima Marketing, Wow Embossing Powders, American Crafts, Basic Grey, Talens, Ranger

Plant tags - GDT Um Wow Studio

Hello and happy Sunday! I've been waiting so eagerly to share these tags with you since the day I created them! You might remember seeing a sneak of them in my Instagram feed earlier but now that my guest post has gone live I can share them here in my blog, too! These tags along with a layout I shall blog later were created for Um Wow Studio.

I love how real looking the plant chippies from Um Wow Studio are. I colored these chippies first with different embossing powders sprinkling them there where they were needed. Then I added other media like PITT pens, alcohol markers, pencil and Archival Inks on top to get the grungy feeling. There's also more than one coat of embossing powders in the pieces in order to achieve the natural look.

All the tags are assembled the same way, only the colors change in each one. For the daisy I used yellow and made the ribbon into a bow to give it a slightly feminine look and also to balance the composition. The bluebelle on the other hand has quite naturally blue color scheme and the thistle purple. For those I used smaller amount of ribbon and a black thread to get stronger look. The papers used in the tags are from the 7 Dots Studio's "Nature Walk" collection, designed by DeeDee Catron, the owner of Um Wow Studio!

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you all a lovely day!

Supplies from Um Wow Studio:

Daisy

BlueBell 

Thistles 

Circle Confetti mask 

Button MASH

Materials: UmWow Studio, 7 Dots Studio, Tattered Angels, Ranger, Wow Embossing Powders, Kreinik, Talens

Readin' - Um Wow Studio August Sketch

Hello there and happy new week! Yesterday I shared a page I did using some lovely new paints I got from Paperilohikäärme. Here's another one using those Dina Wakley paints and this time did for the Um Wow Studio sketch challenge! I've used the Um Wow Studio chipboard shapes and a flair in the page. 

This time I used the paints together with a Gelliplate. I used the brayer and covered a part of the plate with different blues and then grabbed the print to this page through a stencil. One of the paints is called "Night" and it's this rich, dark blue. The color is like dark denim - warm, inky blue. It's possibly my favorite of the ones I have! Not to waste any colors, I then used the stencil a few times over to get the smudged details to the background. To add more color to the mix, I then used Tattered Angels Plain Jane mists on top.

 I went through a few old photo albums as one of the tasks for "Matka Luovuuteen" event required to look into how you have been photographed. I then grabbed a few photos home, scanned them and made duplicates so I now can use them in my pages. They are great to use in those pages that are inspired by the "My Details" workshop. 

This photo is of me and my dad. We used to read Donald Duck cartoons to each other. Before I could read I made my own stories to the pictures and then later on I really could read the stories.

Thank you for your visit today! Please come back tomorrow as I still have one more page with the paints to share and this time with something extra, too! Wishing you all the best!

  

Materials: Um Wow Studio, 7 Dots Studio, Tattered Angels, Ranger, Prima Marketing, Sizzix, GelliArts, Design Memory Craft

Anything is Possible card - GDT Um WOW Studio

Here's a card I made for Um Wow Studio as their GDT. The background has some stamped arrows to which I used the chippies and that gorgeous big flair is from them, too.

"My usual recipe to make a card is simple - clustered embellishments on top of a mixed media background. In this card I used the lovely big flair by Um Wow as the center of attention. The chippies I used both in as embellishments, but I also stamped with them to the background. I attached the arrow shapes to an acrylic block with non-permanent adhesive and then used the block as a stamp using Archival ink. The chippies don't transfer the image as sharp as a stamp would do, but anything goes in a background. If you would like a cleaner image, try a media that's more wet like paint or mist!"

Have a sunny day!

Tässä on kortti, jonka tein Um Wow Studiolle ollessani heidän vierailevana suunnittelijana. Kortin taustalla on yrityksen chipboard-kuvioilla leimattuja nuolia ja katseenvangitsijana iso flair-nappi. 

"Normaalireseptini korttien tekoon on helppo - kerroksittain koristeita sekatekniikkataustan päällä. Tässä kortissa käytin komeaa Um Wow:n flair-nappia keskeisenä koristeena. Näillä nuoli-chipboardkuvioilla tein sekä taustaa että koristelin korttia. Kiinnitin nuolet non-permanent liimapisteillä akryylipalikkaan, leimasin kuviot Archival Ink -musteella ja irrotin kuviot palikasta. Koristeet eivät toista kuviota yhtä hyvin kuin leimat, mutta taustalla kaikki toimii. Jos haluaisit muotojen olevan selkeämmät, käytä musteen sijasta jotain märempää ainetta leimaamiseen, esim. maalia tai mistiä!"

Aurinkoista päivää!

Materials: Um Wow Studio, Ranger, Tattered Angels, Hema, 7 Dots Studio, My Mind's Eye

Cicada Canvas - GDT UmWOW Studio

Um Wow Studio had a GDT call some time ago. I applied and was chosen to be one of the GDT's! I'm so honored and thankful for the opportunity!

The first thing I did for them was this Cicada canvas. As I wrote to the blog post over at Um Wow Studio: "When I first saw this cicada bug chipboard, I fell in love. The shape is so captivating! So when I started to think what I should create for my guest post, I immediately thought about the bug and wanted to do a canvas using it. In my mind I saw the bug having black, oil-like surface that would shimmer in the colors of the rainbow on a surface of ephemera.

I painted the cicada bug first with black Plain Jane mist and let it dry. On top of the black coat I then misted bright Glimmer Mist colors knowing that only their colorful shimmer would show in the bug because of the black. I also wanted the shape to have a glossy, slightly crackled surface, but was all out of crackle paint. So I embossed the bug twice with embossing powder and while the second coat was still hot, I pressed my crackle stamp on it creating a subtle crackle effect. The surface looks almost like crocodile skin!

For the background I used various ephemera and leftover alphas together with a few arrow shapes form Um Wow Studio. I glued them to a canvas base using regular glue and then spread gesso all over. After the gesso had dried I used Glimmer Mists to color the surface in blues and greens. I also added touches of black and white mist. Lastly I added some splashes of mist and pencil doodling to the background and mounted the cicada using a decorative needle."

Um Wow Studiolla oli GDT-haku tovi sitten. Lähetin hakemuksen ja olin yksi valituista! Olen otettu ja kiitollinen tästä mahdollisuudesta! 

Ensimmäiseksi tein tämän pienen taulun käyttäen "cicada" eli kaskas-kuviota. Kuten kirjoitin Um Wow Studion blogiin: "Kun näin tämän kaskas-kuvion ensikertaa, ihastuin. Kuvion muoto on todella kiehtova! Kun aloin miettiä, mitä tekisin vierailevana suunnittelijana, ajattelin heti tätä muotoa ja halusin tehdä siitä kanvaksen. Näin mielessäni mustan, öljymäisesti sateenkaaren väreissä kimaltelevan ötökän sekalaisesta tavarasta tehdyn taustan päällä. 

Maalasin ensin kaskaksen mustalla Plain Jane -mistillä ja annoin sen kuivua. Mustan kerroksen päälle sumuttelin sitten eri värisiä kirkkaita Glimmer Mist -suihkeita tietäen, että niiden värit hukkuisivat mustaan, mutta värilliset kimalteet jäisivät hohtamaan. Halusin kuviolla vielä kiiltävän, hieman krakeloituneen pinnan, mutta minulla ei ollut krakleerausmaalia. Niinpä levitin kuvion päälle kaksi kohojauhekerrosta ja kun jälkimmäinen kerros oli vielä kuuma, painoin pulveriin halkeamataustaleimalla. Lopputuloksesta tuli lähes krokotiilinnahkamainen! 

Taustaa varten liitin kanvakseen liimalla erilaisia pikkutavaroita ja ylijäämäkirjaimia yhdessä Um Wow Studion nuolikuvioiden kanssa. Tavarakerroksen päälle levitin gessoa ja sen kuivuttua värjäsin taustan Glimmer Mists -suihkeilla sinisen ja vihreän sävyihin. Käytin myös hieman mustaa ja valkoista mistiä. Viimeksi lisäsin kanvakseen mistiroiskeita ja lyijykynä riipustelua ja kiinnitin kaskaksen koristeneulalla."

Materials: Um Wow Studio, Talens, Tattered Angels, American Crafts, My Mind's Eye, Prima Marketing, Wow

You - GDT Um WOW Studio

Um Wow Studio had a GDT call some time ago. I applied and was chosen to be one of the GDT's! I'm so honored and thankful for the opportunity! Here's a layout I made for them. 

"I scrapbook about my supportive, understanding, awesome hubby way too seldom! So this time I thought I'd make him the center of attention and let him shine! 

I created a sunburst pattern to the background by using masking tape and sticky back canvas and added more texture with modeling paste and stencils. I colored the background using mists and created an ombre effect - the colors are a bit lighter in the middle than around the edges. In the middle I added layers of paper, his photo and finished the layout with the Um WOW embellishments. 

The frame is colored with white Distress Stain. I adhered a little piece of paper coated with double sided tape to the back of the frame. To the heart I added gold glitter and to the text I added black embossing powder."

Um Wow Studiolla oli GDT-haku tovi sitten. Lähetin hakemuksen ja olin yksi valituista! Olen otettu ja kiitollinen tästä mahdollisuudesta! Tämän sivun tein heidän vierailevana suunnittelijanaan.  

"Skräppään kannustavasta, ymmärtävästä, mahtavasta aviomiehestäni aivan liian harvoin! Joten tällä kerralla ajattelin tehdä hänestä keskipisteen ja antaa hänen loistaa! 

Loin sivun taustalle sädekuvion maalarinteipillä ja tarrataustaisella kanvaasilla. Päälle lisäsin tekstuuria kohopastalla ja sabluunoilla. Värjäsin taustan misteillä ja pyrin luomaan siihen liukuvärjätyn efektin - reunat ovat keskikohtaa tummemmat. Keskelle kerrostin kuviopapereita, valokuvan ja viimeistelin sivun Um Wow Studion koristeilla.

Kuvan päällä oleva kehys on värjätty valkoisella Distress Stainillä. Liitin kehyksen taakse pienen kaksipuolisella tarrakalvolla päällystetyn paperin palan. Sydämeen lisäsin kultaglitteriä ja tekstin embossasin mustalla kohojauheella."

Materials: Um Wow Studio, Ranger, Tattered Angels, 7 Dots Studio, Color Conspiracy, Prima Markering, Scrapperin, Basic Grey, American Crafts, Wycinanka, Crafter's Workshop, Wow