Greetings All!

It's with great pleasure that I announce Bombshell Stamps new design team!!!

The Bombshell Girls
Alaine Medio
Alison Heikkila
Jodi Elam
Glittery Katie Shanahan-Jones
Kelli Green
Kim Gaughan, aka Crafty Pink Anchor
Monika Franziska
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Susie Little, aka LittleMe
Torrey Moseley
Kathi Rerek

Our Monthly Pin-Ups, aka Guest Designers:
Ms. April: Teresa Abajo
Ms. May: Marnie Bushmole
Ms. June: Sharon Rogers


Ms. July: Michelle Giraud
Ms. August: Päivi Jänkälä
Ms. September: Jenn Cochran

Join me as I congratulate the new team!

I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to seeing the inspirational projects and challenges that they have in store for us!

Bombshell March Hump Day Hop: Stencil it In!

Hello and welcome to the Bombshell Stamps Hump Day Hop! Alison here. We have a hop here on the last Wednesday of every month. This month, the theme is "Stencil it In!" Stencils are a huge trend right now in crafting, and if you don't already own some, it's really simple to make them yourself. Below is the full hp list. Please be sure to visit everyone and give them some bloggy love. And, if you'd like to join us next month, then please visit the forum starting on April 1st to join in! Have a great day!

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/

Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/

Torrey: http://left-field-studio.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com

Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/

Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/

Susie: http://whiteribboncards.blogspot.co.uk

Kapree: http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/

Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com/

Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com

Roses aren't always red......

Stampcredits: 

Love & Luck

Rose's portrait

Background stamp: Bo Bunny

Other materials I used for this tag:
StazOn jet black ink

Tim Holz tag die

Distress paint: Seedless Preserves and Broken China

White opaque pen

Perfect Pearl mist - gold

Glue and small piece of blue ribbon

Wishing you a creative and crafty day!

Kind regards, Stempelientje.

Muse Monday: Love & Luck -- Week 4

During March, we're featuring the Love & Luck set!

GlitteryKatie

Stempelientje

Susie

We hope you've enjoyed our projects using 'Love and Luck' next month we'll be showing you lots of different projects using a different Bombshell Stamp set!

LOVE

Here is a card where I have masked two stamps together. I LOVE to mask different stamps together and create new scenes. I also added the word "LOVE" to the banner. I've used the Sea Monster stamp from the Homeward Bound set as well as the Blossom Banner from the Bombshell Angel set.

Painted Metal

Hi All!

It's Jodi here with another Bombshell tutorial. This time I'll be using the new Tim Holtz Distress Paints, Ranger Adhesive Foil Sheets, embossing folders and of course a fab Bombshell Stamp - Vintage Raceway.

Here's what you'll need: Distress Paints, Adhesive Foil Sheets, an embossing folder, a sanding tool and a handy dandy craft sheet.

First, emboss the Adhesive Foil (I used my Cuttlebug, it goes where I go).

Next, take your desired color or colors of Distress Paint and cover the embossed foil. I used Salty Ocean, a little Peeled Paint and Picket Fence. If you're impatient (like me) you can speed the drying along with a heat tool.

After the paint is dried, I lined the foil buck up in the embossing folder and using a sanding tool, I sanded off some of the color on the raised parts. I put it back in the embossing folder to get better contact with the sanding tool. (it will help keep the image raised).

 

Color up your image and your done! I used Vintage Raceway and colored it with Copics. I added a few little details with a silver pen to tie it together some more and stapled it as well for good measure.I thought the metal with the paint sort of reminded me of road signs and went well with the car.

 

I hope you give it a try! It's super easy and fun. Thanks for checking it out!

Until Next Time,

Jodi :-)

Ms. March's Challenge - Bombshells X 3

Hi there! It's time for me, Marie aka Bombshell's Ms. March, to host my challenge for this month!

I like to use several different stamps together to create scenes. Honestly it's hard to use just one of these lovely stamps! My challenge is that you have to use three Bombshell stamps on your project.

Marie Carlsson using Bombshell's Butterfly Queen, Bombshell Angel, and Man's Ruin sets.

Kelli using Butterfly Queen, Butterfly Dreams, and Love and Luck sets

Rachael using Homeward Bound, Ahoy Sailor, Love and Luck; and Madonna Woodcut.

Alaine used A Pirate's Life

Jodi using Indian Princess, Wanted Poster, and Banner Sayings

Kim using Homeward Bound and Koi Tattoo

Susie using "Rose's Portrait" & "Love and Luck"

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Aloha!

For this card I used:

Bombshell Stamps-"Hawaiian Girl"

Sheena Douglass stamps

StazOn jet black ink

Pan Pastels

Pastel pencils

Fixative

Wishing you a crafty day!

Kind regards, Stempelientje.

Muse Monday: Love & Luck -- Week 3

This March we're featuring the Love & Luck set!

Stempelientje

Alaine

 

Fabulous Friday Tutorial - Herb Plant Markers

Hi Everyone!

I used the Tattoo Font and Bone Font Stamp Sets to make herb plant markers for some clay pots I purchased. Since I will be keeping my herbs on the kitchen table by the window, I wanted to decorate the clay pots a little. See below for the how-to!

Supplies:
Bombshell Stamps - Tattoo Font, Bone Font, Speed Shop (Skull Stamp) Sets
Staz-On Ink in Jet Black
Die cutting / embossing machine (ex - eBosser)
Sizzix Oval Framelits Dies (2 7/8" x 4 3/8" oval)
X-acto knife
Scissors
Hole punch
Ric Rac (or ribbon/elastic)
White stiff felt
Martha Stewart Crafts Paint (Scottish Highlands); thin small paint brush
Clay Pots


Using my die cutting machine I cut out an oval from stiff felt with a Sizzix Oval Framelits die (2 7/8" x 4 3/8" oval). 

Then I used a hole punch to punch a small hole at the ends of the oval. Since, I couldn't get the punch all the way through the felt, I finished cutting out the circle with an x-acto knife.

Next I stamped the names of the herbs (and some stars and skulls) with Staz-On Ink onto the felt ovals.

If you'd like you can also paint inside the lettering like I did below with green paint and a small thin paintbrush.

Then I weaved some Ric Rac through the punched holes and tied the ends in a bow behind the clay pot.  Ribbon or elastic would work also.

And all that's left to do is add some herb plants!

 

Hope you all have a fabulous and fun Friday!

 

- Kim

 

 



Butterfly tag

Spring is on its way, so here a butterfly!

Stamp credits:

Bombshell stamps of the set: Butterfly Queen

BoBunny (background)

Materials used: Tim Holz tag Die

piece of blue ribbon

Distress paint Broken China & Seedless Preserves

Stazon jetblack ink

white gel pen

Perfect pearls mist

Wishing you a crafty day!
Kind regards, Stempelientje

March's Sketch Challenge

Here's March's sketch!

Please feel free to flip it, flop it, and make it your own. Just as long as you use your Bombshell stamps and have fun with it, it's good!

Be sure to use the Inlinkz below to share your creation with us AND have the chance to win the fabulous prize of a $20 gift certificate to the Bombshell Stamps store!

 Marie Carlsson , aka Ms. March using the Bombshell Angel set

Kelli using King of the Road

Emily using Love and Luck

Susie using "Mermaid Anchor"

Kim using "Ahoy Sailor", "Holiday Accessory" and "Mermaid Anchor"

 Jodi using Vintage Raceway

Alaine used Rise and Shine and an element from Homeward Bound

Stempelientje used Butterfly Queen and Banner sayings

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Muse Monday: Love & Luck -- Week 2

During March we're featuring the Love & Luck set on Muse Mondays!

Emily

Stempelientje