Explore Summer

This month the Design Team at UmWowStudio got to mix it up a bit and combine the UWS goodies with some fancy shmancy stuff from Gauche Alchemy.  Gauche Alchemy is one of the swankiest shops online.  They have about a million types of punchinella (the hole-y strip left over from making sequins), awesome color kits with bits and pieces of ephemera, washi tape galore, and more. 

I got myself the color kits in yellow and blue, some ouchless cardboard, several washi tape rolls, and some punchinella:

I paired the awesomesauce GA swag with a couple of layered arrows, the guy from the potty people set, and the “love this” chipboard from UmWowStudio.

And did you guys see that molding paste on there??  I used it over some large dot punchinella to give a little texture and interest to the kraft background.  Not too shabby for someone scared off all this mixed media business, right!? 

These companies were seriously a perfect pairing!!

Annnnnd ::gasp:: UmWowStudio is sponsoring the newest theme at Paper Issues!  You NEED to check out the other UWS inspiration and link up projects with chipboard.  You can also enter to win a whole TON of gift certificates to get your very own UmWowStudio goodies!  Check out the Paper Issues blog for the deets.

Color Wash and Snow Village

Pink Paislee continues to roll out the new collections this week with Color Wash and Snow Village:
       

Color Wash is so soft and gives you that cool watercolor look without all the hard work.  Snow Village is one of my favorite Christmas releases ever, ever! The gold foil accents are going to blow you away!

I got a chance to play with some Snow Village for the CHA show:

It’s soooooo pretty!  Check out the Pink Paislee blog to see more design team inspiration with these new lines.

Wildflowers

The UmWowStudio chipboard flowers have been calling to me for a while now and this month I decided to do a couple of cards with these little beauties.  I busted out an old favorite: Crate Paper’s Restoration.  I still love this collection and the muted colors coordinated so well with the awesome kraft-iness of the naked chipboard.

I “welded” the bluebell and daisy on this first one. 

And these are the cattails.  Sooo cool! 

These nature focused cards are perfect for the newest theme at Paper Issues! Head on over to the blog to see some fabulous projects with Pretty Little Studios.  You can link up projects using PLS and/or anything with a nature theme.  And check out the gift certificate giveaway for this theme, too!

Have you checked out the NEW, gorgeous, swanky Paper Issues store??  It’s real purty, you guys.  AND you can still get a killer deal with this code:

Say WHAT!?  Get shopping!