UmWowStudio and Pan Pastels - The Pen is Mightier

Hi everyone,

This month at UmWowStudio we're using Pan Pastels on our projects! Oh the colors are so beautiful, and for a powder, they're almost rich and creamy!

I've got my project up there now with some explanations on how I used Pan Pastels on the page so I'd love it if you'd head over for a quick visit...thank you!

Of course my title is from the line "The pen is mightier than the sword" from the play Richelieu. I think that is a fine quote and though I've used it on an art journal page, I've been wanting to use it on a page for some time. And large, lovely feathers like these by UWS just make me think of quills. Then there's the sweet photo of my youngest "writing" while her sister was doing homework. Put it all together and there you have my page :)

I used paper from the 7Dots Studio Nature Walk collection and the word stickers too. Head over to the UmWowStudio blog to find out how I altered the feathers.

I made this little cluster with flair, and chippies from UWS. The felt (which was originally white) is from my stash and that lovely resin flower is from the sweet Helene Bogren. 

Just showing a close up of the "ink" and circles from the Circle Confetti Mask.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

UWS Circle Confetti Mask

UWS Feather Trio

UWS Soar Tag
UWS Layered Circles
UWS Butterfly Kisses Flair
Pan Pastel Magenta, Permanent Red Tint, Bronze, Bright Yellow Green, Turquoise Shade
7Dot Studio Nature Walk

Happy 2014!!

Hi everyone!

Well Happy New Year to you all! I hope the first few days of 2014 have treated you well :)

I know the days leading up to the end of last year were busy here and there were so many posts I thought of doing that I just didn't get the chance to. But no matter! That just gives me plenty of stuff to post in the new year :D

Today I'll share two pages.....

First up is my take on the fabulous Sketch Challenge #21 of at Scrap Friends.

Here's the sketch. I obviously rotated my page..... and seriously, isn't this sketch inspirational?

I loved all the random, messy lines. I drew some squiggly lines of my own with glitter glue.

Next up I wanted to show you the page I made for UmWowStudio.

No photos here. This was all inspired by the 2014 Pantone color of the year, Radient Orchid, a "...captivating harmony of fuchsia, purple, and pink undertones." What do you think about the color?

I've had this beautiful Cicada Bug chippie for some time, just waiting for the right page to use it. I colored with many different mauve and purple paints and really enjoyed making it the centerpiece. The Hexagon Background chipboard painted with yellow helped to create some contrast on my monochromatic page so that the cicada would stand out. 

I created the background with the UWS Circle Confetti Mask. 

Well I hope you didn't mind my sorta, kinda, long post ;) Thanks as always for stopping by!

Scrap Friends Sketch Challenge - "One Fine Day"

Hi everyone!

For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a joyous one! We have traditionally gotten together with our family and next door neighbors to celebrate and this year was no different....lot's of food, family, and friends! For all that I am very thankful.

So Scrap Friends has their new Sketch Challenge # 20 up. It's the last sketch challenge for 2013...oh my! I hope you all get a chance to join in!

This is such a cool sketch so I stayed pretty close to it...I was also inspired to keep the photos circular as I've never done that before. I hope you like it!

Here's a few close ups....

I thought the UWS chipboard Heart Strings and Wild Flower flair added just the right unique elements to jazz up my page. 

That's all for now....I hope you do join Scrap Friends and play along with this sketch!

Might As Well Jump! - Scrap Friends Color Challenge

Hello everyone!

There's a new color challenge up at Scrap Friends and it's such a pretty one! Of course there's nothing pretty about my interpretation ;) We love to do these jumps wherever we travel. In this case we were in the middle of nowhere Iceland, heading towards a glacier when we decided to get out the car, go exploring, and as the Van Halen lyric says....jump!

Now let me show you those pretty colors before I go on:

Doesn't it truly look yummy??

Hope you get a chance to play along with this month's colors!