July Muse Monday: Week 3- Tiki Party

Greetings! Alison here, bringing you Week 3 of July's Muse Monday. This month's set is Tiki Party. Every Monday, some of the DT members will share projects made with this set. By the end of July,  you will have lots of inspiration. What's more, Tiki Party will be on sale for the entire month! Here's what some of the Design Team has created for your viewing pleasure this week.

Alaine was in Disney mode and used the Tiki Room Song as her inspiration and came up with this card:

Kim created a step card with the Tiki Party Set.

Tutorial: Trim it Out of the Square

Ever stamp an image and want it small, but you don't feel like doing a lot of fussy cutting or maybe the image is too detailed to get into the fussy cutting?   I was working on a sketch one day and determined to use one of the Bombshell Stamps motorcycle images.   I needed it small but didn't want to fussy cut such a detailed image.   So I trimmed down the square or box around the image.  And that's how this little technique entered my card making world.

Follow me step by step to see how I made this car come out of the box.  This card uses the mojo300 sketch.

1. Stamp and color your image then trim your piece.  I like to trim in quarter inch increments.  My starting size for this project is 2" x 3 1/4"

Tip:  The reason I like to color first is that it gives me a larger piece of paper to hang onto while coloring.  

2. Decide how large of a square or rectangle you want left.   Figure out how much to trim off.   Trimming a 1/4 of an inch on each side is a great place to start.   Align a clear ruler with a cutting edge along your project.   Use an Exacto knife to trim off the square.   Cut up to the stamped image carefully.  Lift off.  And continue cutting on the other side of the stamped image.   

3.  Turn your image and repeat the same process as in step 2 above. You can continue this for all four sides. 

Variation:  I wanted the front end of this car to really come out of the box.  So instead of trimming only 1/4 of an inch, I trimmed 3/4 of an inch.  

4.  After cutting the square or rectangle with your Exacto knife, use a pair of needle point scissors to trim the pieces outside of the square/rectangle.  

5.  Here's a picture of the car all trimmed.  I went back and colored the background of the rectangle.  My finished size of the square is 1 3/8 " x 2 1/4.   I took a bit more than a 1/4 inch from the top of the car as well. 

6.  Add some matting.   Since you have the finished dimension of the remaining rectangle, you can cut one or more matting layers to make the image pop further.  Adhere and use on your project.  

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.   Here are a couple more samples that use this technique.  It really does work well for the motorcycles as they have so many intricate parts to cut out.  This technique lets me get an interesting effect that's almost 3D without a lot of fussy cutting.   

Here's the finished card again.

And here are some more cards using this same trimming it out of the square technique.   Some of these may look familiar from earlier posts I've done here.   

Check out Friday Alcohol Markers Group at Outlawz!

Bombshell Stamps is happy to be sponsoring challenges for the entire month of July over at Outlawz Friday Alcohol Markers Group!

Go check them out and participate for a chance to win a prize! 

July Muse Monday: Week 2- Tiki Party

Hello again! Alison here, bringing you Week 2 of Bombshell Stamps' July Muse Monday. This month's set is Tiki Party. Remember, this set is on sale for the entire month of July! So if you don't have it yet, this is a great time to pick it up.

Every Monday, some of the DT members will share projects made with this set. By the end of July,  you will have lots of inspiration. Here's what some of the Design Team has cooked up for you this week.

Kathi's card

June Prize Patrol!!!

Hi Bombshells!

Kim here with June's Prize Patrol!   Thank you for playing along with us last month!  Don't forget to enter this month's Pin-Up and Sketch Challenges for your chance to win a $20 gift code to the Bombshell Stamps store.

June's winner is Eva Jansson, as picked by Random.org, with her card using the June sketch and the Ahoy Sailor stamp set.  Awesome card Eva, I love your take on the sketch!

And now for the Roving Prize Patrol!   I searched online for your Bombshell creations and came across this card by Lotta Notstrand, who posted her gorgeous card in the Bombshell Babes Facebook Group using the Bombshell Angel stamp set.  Stunning and beautiful card Lotta!

Congrats Eva and Lotta!  You have won a $20 gift code to the Bombshell Stamps store!
 Please contact me at CraftyPinkAnchor [at] gmail.com if you haven't heard from me already for your discount code.

If you are on Facebook and would like to join the Bombshell Babes Group, click here!

Do you want a chance to win a set by Bombshell Stamps?  Then, play along with us in the July Pin-Up Challenge and July Sketch Challenge.  All you have to do is use your Bombshell Stamps and link up to the blog posts using the inlinkz code at the bottom of the page. 

Also, keep creating and posting your new creations using Bombshell Stamps online because you never know where the Roving Prize Patrol could spot you! 

Happy Bombshell Crafting!
- Kim

July's Sketch Challenge

Here's July's sketch!

Feel free to flip it, flop it, and make it your own. The only rule is to use Bombshell Stamps when creating your project!!!

Susie using Alter Skulls & Sugar Skulls 

Monika using Bombshell Angel and Bombshell Clothing Die Cut Collection

Kelli using Hula Girl

Alaine and Kelli were apparently on the same wavelength this week 

Alaine used Hawaiian Girl

Kim used Butterfly Dreams

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July Hump Day Hop Preview: Paint the Town

Greetings Bombshell fans! It's Alison, and today I am going to share the July Hump Day Hop theme with you. I am super excited about this theme. It's called, "Paint the Town." So let's 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!

This hop will be taking place on July 31st, always the last Wednesday of the month. You can sign up HERE to join in. I hope you hop along with us. It's going to be a great hop! 

Ms. July's Challenge!

Michelle Giraud, aka Flaxychick, has issued a color challenge! Use red, white, and blue with your Bombshell stamps to create a fantastic project!

Feast your eyes on the projects created by our talented Bombshell Girls and Pin-Ups!

Michelle used the "Bucking Bronco" digital set for the wanted card

Michelle used her favorite set Rose's Portrait

GlitteryKatie used Butterfly Queen

Stempelientje used: King of the Road, Tattoo Background, Piston Rebel

Kelli used Retro Cowgirls

Jodi using Bombshell Angel

Alaine used Retro Cowgirls

Alison used Ahoy Sailor

Kim used Ahoy Sailor and Flag Frame Bombshell Digital Stamp (available in the Bombshell forum for newsletter subscribers!)

Monika using Vintage Raceway 

mojo300 sketch

Susie using Bombshell Angel

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Red, White, & Blue Challenge

(Submissions start July 1, 2013, 12:00 am)

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Red, White, & Blue Challenge

(Submissions start July 1, 2013, 12:00 am)

Link tool by inlinkz.com

Red, White, & Blue Challenge

(Submissions start July 1, 2013, 12:00 am)

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Meet Ms. July!

Michelle Giraud, aka Flaxychick, is Bombshell's Ms. July! Michelle is well known for fabulous cards that show a flair for design!

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

1. Brief info about yourself, including your name, where you live, your family (if you want), etc.
I'm Michelle Giraud. I live in upstate New York with my husband and our two daughters. Our oldest, Sierra, is a sophomore at college. Our youngest, Marina, is at home with us and in her junior year of high school. I'm the manager of a large special occasion and prom store, so spring is a busy time for me!

2. How long have you been stamping and/or crafting?
I've always been a crafter, but I've been stamping for about seven years.

3. What are your favorite Bombshell sets and why?
I don't have many sets yet, so I don't have a favorite.

4. What kind of projects do you like to do?
I mostly make cards.

5. What are your favorite coloring mediums?
I tend to use Copic and Spectrum Noir markers for most if my coloring.

6. Describe your crafting "style".
It really varies, sometimes I go toward a shabby look, usually I have lots of layers and embellishments.

7. Describe your crafting process. Do you start with a stamp set? A sketch? A technique you want to use?
I'm a challenge junkie, so I usually start with a challenge of some sort to get me started.

8. Do you have any other hobbies?
Reading, crocheting, jewelry design

July Muse Monday: Week 1- Tiki Party

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 Tiki Party.

Isn't this a fun set? I love the Tiki totems and the flames! How about checking out a couple of projects made with this set?

Alison

Kim