August Muse Monday- Week 1: Growing Hearts

Hello Bombshell fans! Alison here. Welcome to July's Week 1 of Muse Monday. As you probably know, each month I chose a different Bombshell Stamps set to be featured here on the blog. And each Monday, different members of the Design Team feature projects using the chosen set. By the end of the month, you will have lots of fabulous ideas and inspiration for that set!  Plus, the featured collection will be on sale for the entire month! How fabulous is that?! This month's set is Growing Hearts.

Is this a pretty set? I know you are excited to see some projects made with it, so here you go!

Alison

August Bombshell Hump Day Hop Preview: Cowboys and Indians

Hello! Alison here to announce the August Bombshell Stamps Hump day Hop theme. This month, I chose "Cowboys and Indians." Bombshell has plenty of fantastic images to go along with this theme. And the best part is that you can get many of them in rubber and digi! So let's channel the old West and come up with some fun projects!

Please sign up in THIS thread. The hop will be taking place on Wednesday, August 28th. I hope you will join in on the hop! Have a great day!

Ms. August's Challenge!

Päivi Jänkälä, Bombshell's Ms. August, has issued her challenge, which she's calling "Please Your Man"! Use your Bombshell stamps to create a project for a man in your life! Notice that she said "a" man, not necessarily "the" man, so it can be your father, brother, son, lover, postman, mechanic, etc. :D

Feel free to take Pälvi's challenge and use the Inlinkz below! The only rule is to use Bombshell Stamps in your project!

Take a gander (pun intended) at the fabulous projects created by our talented Bombshell Girls and Pin-Ups!

Päivi using Speed Shop

Kelli using King of the Road

Alison using Harley Bikes and Bombshell Patterns

Kim using Lady Luck

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Fabulous Friday Tutorial - Icon Stamp Flag Embellishments

Hi Everyone!

Kim here with a Fabulous Friday Tutorial! I have been making my own embellishments lately to go with the cardstock I already have. I love the embellishments that are part of new cardstock lines but unfortunately some of them get quite pricey. Recently, I broke out my Melt Art Melting Pot (which has been collecting dust unfortunately) and made these washi tape flags and small "bling" dots to use on my card.

First I took out the Melting Pot and set it to the UTEE setting. Then using a small scoop that came with the Flex, I added a half scoop of UTEE flex, let it melt down a little and then added in 4 scoops of UTEE (which is Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel - for those who don't know). Be careful when using the melting pot because it sure does get hot!

Next, I took a piece of washi tape and wrapped it around a toothpick. (Note: You can remove the sharp ends with strong scissors or a saw, I opted to leave mine as is.) And then using scissors cut out a V for the flag.

Using Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black stamp a small icon stamp onto the flag.



I was getting a little impatient and didn't want to wait for the ink to dry so I carefully used a heat gun to dry the icon stamp. Then I dipped the flag into the UTEE so all of it was coated and let some of the excess UTEE run off. Then I set it down onto the non-stick craft sheet to dry.

After it's completely dry and no longer hot, you can trim off any excess UTEE from the flag if you need to. This is a great way to use those icon stamps to compliment the Bombshell Stamp set you are using.

Since I had a lot of clear UTEE left in the melting pot, I added in some UTEE Brightz Powder in Green Zinnia and mixed it in until I had a green color that I liked.

Then using one end of a tooth pick I dipped it into the UTEE and drizzled it onto the non-stick craft sheet until it formed a circle.

Most of these are big enough so that you can stick a small glue dot on the flat side. I used them on my card in the corners.

Supplies:
-Bombshell Stamps - Ahoy Sailor (Star icon), Homeward Bound (skull & crossbone icon), Muertos Doll (for card)
-Melt Art Melting Pot by Ranger
-UTEE Flex, UTEE Clear, UTEE Green Zinnia by Ranger
-Nonstick Craft Sheet - Ranger
-Melt Art Kool Toolz (non stick heat resistant spatula and tweezer/spoon) by Ranger & Suze Weinberg
-Toothpicks
- Washi Tape
- Archival Ink in Jet Black - Ranger
- Embossing Heat Gun
-also used on card - Twine, paper by Authentique (Thrilling Collection); Spectrum Noir Markers, Tsukineko Memento Ink in Tuxedo; Gel Pen

Have you tried making any embellishments with the Bombshell icon stamps?

Happy Crafting!
- Kim

Meet Ms. August!

Päivi Jänkälä is Bombshell's Ms. August! She's got wonderful coloring and design skills.

Here's a little interview with her so you can get to know her better!

Brief info about yourself, including your name, where you live, your family (if you want), etc.
My name is Päivi and I live in Sweden with my husband and our son.

How long have you been stamping and/or crafting?
For as long as I remember I have been doing my own cards for family and friends on their birthdays but 2009 I found the wonderful world of coloring stamps and I was really hooked on crafting. Now I do mainly cards and layouts.

What are your favorite Bombshell sets and why?
I really do like all the Bombshell sets so it is not that easy to choose a favorite but one that I have and  I really like is the Speed Shop set .

What kind of projects do you like to do?
I love to do cards and one of my favorite kind of cards to create are cards for boys and men.   I  guess that's why I love the Speed Shop set. Since I have a ten-year old son, I love to do layouts with pictures of him.

What are your favorite coloring mediums?
I started out coloring my stamps with watercolors but quite soon I bought my first ProMarkers and was hooked on them. Now I have also bought some Copic markers and like them as much as my Promarkers.

Describe your crafting style
My style is quite simple but I wouldn´t call it Clean and Simple. I like to put the stamp as the focus on my cards so I don´t use that much decoration. When you have cool stamps, all you need i some cool paper to match.

Describe your crafting process. Do you start with a stamp set? A sketch? A technique you want to use?
I usually just choose a stamp to color when I start crafting. When I´m ready with the coloring, I just choose papers to go with the stamp and start building a card. I get lots of inspiration from sketches and different kind of challenges.

Do you have any other hobbies?
My main hobby is crafting nowadays, so I don´t have many more hobbies. If spending time with my family counts as a hobby, I guess that´s my other hobby :) As many crafters, I have tried diffrent kinds of hobbies, such as making my own jewelry, kniting, painting with oilcolors, painting with watercolors, basket painting and so on...

Now that you've learned a bit more about Pälvi, here are two of her projects!

Be sure to check out Päivi's blog to see more of her wonderful artwork!

July Hump Day Hop: Paint the Town!

Happy Hump Day Hop Day! This month's hop theme is called, "Paint the Town." So I wanted everyone to break out some paint! Splatter it, brush it on, drip it...just use paint somewhere on your project. And don't forget about all of those fabulous sprays that many of is have...they count too, so spray away!

There Bombshell forum has been having some glitches, so we needed to have signups over on our Bombshell Babes Facebook page. Thankfully, we still have a great group of gals for you to hop with today! So get ready to be inspired, and grab your paintbrushes....'cause if you haven't painted with Bombshells yet, I am pretty sure after today, you will want to! Here is the full hop list. Enjoy!

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Kim: http://www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com/
Glttery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.co.uk/
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/
Jodi: http://elamdesign33.blogspot.com/
Marnie: http://www.papertivity.blogspot.com/
Kelli: http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com/

Revin' Mojo304

I used the Mojo Monday 304 sketch for inspiration.  I've been wanting to use some of these die cuts I've had sitting around at my desk that I cut using a 12 inch Sizzlet die.   They make the perfect chevrons that are so hot right now.  I combined those strips with one of the cars from  Bombshell's Speed Shop stamp set.

A bit of an angle.

Inside of the card.

Mojo Monday sketch (mojo304)

Supplies:

Stamps: Speed Shop (Bombshell Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Coloring: alcohol markers (Copics)

Printed Paper: Amy Tangerine (American Crafts)

Cardstock: white (Neenah); yellow, pink, teal, black, and lavendar (Creative Memories); black card base (Stampin' Up); white bases (Hammermill)

Accessories: ribbon (Stampin' Up)

July's Blog Hop Update

Hi all!
Bombshell's forum is misbehaving, so sign ups for next Wednesday's Hump Day Hop will be on our Bombshell Babes Facebook Group page.

The theme is "Paint the Town". Use paints and/or sprays with your Bombshell stamps to create a project.

You have all weekend long to create your project!

Deadline for sign up will be Monday, July 29th at midnight PDT and the Blog Hop Roster will be posted on Tuesday, July 30th!

We'd love to have you hop along with us!

First God created man......

A Bombshell  stamps altered project.

For this wall hanger I used stamps of the Bombshell  Angel  set and Man's Ruin set.

Colored with Copic markers

Ink used: Memento

Other materials used:

 wall hanger with text, black liquid pearl, bronze stickles,masking tape.

Wishing you a crafty day!

Kind regards, Stempelientje

Doodling ATCs

Hello everyone, today I have a tutorial for you!  Way back in march when we were moving and I was down with a bad back I did a lot of these little ATCs that just had one bombshell image and lots of doodling on them because that's all I could do at the time.  So I thought I would give a quick little how to for them...

Here's what you need:  

A Bombshell Stamp of choice (i used All My Heart)

Ink

An ATC blank or cardstock cut to 2.5 by 3.5

a doodle pen (i used a sharpie pen and a micron pen)

an imagination

First you need to stamp your image in the center of your ATC.

Now you take your pen and start drawing lines from your image to the outside of your ATC.

Once you have all your lines drawn, and the number you use is up to you, then you start doodling.  Now before I show you the rest please know that doodling is a totally personal thing.  It's what comes from you, you don't need to follow patterns just put the pen in your hand and whatever comes out of it is your doodle!!!

SO start doodling!

and doodle some more

and some more

Until you have filled up each and every space you made when drawing your lines.  You want to try and not use the same pattern on one ATC unless that's what you want!

Have fun and make some wonderful creations!!!