Name Your Poison!

Hello Bombshell Fans! Alison here. I am happy to share with you June's Wacky Holiday. This month, it's "Name Your Poison." Here's some info about this unusual holiday as per Holiday Insights.

Name Your Poison Day is a day to make a choice. The term "Name Your Poison" is commonly used to suggest that you select among a number of options.This term has a negative connotation. The origin of this term is unknown. But, at the time, it probably referred to some unhappy choice. It is commonly used when asking someone what type of alcoholic drink they want. But, it is also used to refer to any choice of options, good or bad. For example, "Name Your Poison" may refer to selecting an ice cream flavor, a dessert choice, etc. Celebrate today by making a decision..... Name Your Poison.

See the rest of the DT's fabulous projects on the Bombshell Blog!

It was my birthday this week and I do love a Gin & Tonic and one of my presents was my own bottle of Tanqueray Gin!! So of course I had to name a G&T as my 'poison'!!
I used the fabulous Man's Ruin and coloured her with Distress inks in a water colour style and added lots of Stickles for some 'fizz!'
I hope you're inspired to create something that shows you poison of choice!!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxxx

Skull Appreciation Day!

Now we here at Bombshell Stamps LURVE our skull stamps and we 're not the only ones who celebrate our skulls which is why Bombshell Stamps is joining in with a super cool Blog Hop organised by Smeared and Smudged Stamps:

Do you love creating amazing projects that showcase skully goodness? Wanna get some traffic to your blog and share your obsession? Join us on June 4th for one wild blog hop event! We will be celebrating Skull Appreciation Day 2013 by featuring handmade projects that spotlight the much-loved cranium. 

Here is my project using Sugar Skulls and the Mini Top Hat pattern from Fleece Fun

Thanks to my gorgeous Daughter for doing an excellent modeling job!

I created a mini top hat using black felt, cardstock for strengthening and sparkly braid along with ....

...a stamped Sugar Skull onto cardstock, coloured it in using Spectum Noir pens IG1, IG2, IG3, IG4, IG5 which I glued onto a double layer of black felt, trimmed and stitched around the edges, before attaching to the front of the hat.

Now hop along to the Bombshell Blog to see what the designers have come up and follow the links to all the other DT blogs!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie X

Ms June's Challenge

Sharon Rogers, Bombshell's Ms. June, has issued a "Be Clear" challenge! She challenges us to use acetate or vellum with your Bombshell stamps to create a fabulous project!

Here's what I created:

I used Loutus Garden which I stamped onto acetate with Staz-On ink. I used Stickles glitter glues to colour in the koi on the back of the acetate to create a shimmery semi-transparent look.

I hope you like my card now pop over to the Bombshell Blog to see the lovely projects created by the rest of our wonderful Design Team!

Happy Crafting!

GlitteryKatie XxxxxX

MAY DAY...Bombshell Blog Hop!!

Here in England May has been rather cold and wet but we remain ever hopeful- it's in our nature as our weather is so changeable LOL!!
However one thing that never changes is our monthly Bombshell Hump Day Blog Hop!
YAY!

Alison has chose a cute theme for this month's hop:

"The theme is "Banners" This month, May: Banners- Use the pre-fabbed banners that come with many of the Bombshell Stamp Sets, or create some of your own banners to embellish your creations. You can even make a banner as your project!"

Last month I created a holiday themed Bombshell project with Cherry Bomb and some banners:

My project for today is slightly delayed as I have a horrible chest cold and am coughing like crazy- doesn't make for great colouring in!!

Now hop along to the Bombshell Blog to see what the other DT members have created- I can't wait to see what they've made!

Happy Crafting!!
A slightly grotty GlitteryKatie!
xxx

Tin Type Sailor Girl!

Today is Muse Monday over on the Bombshell Blog where we showcase one Bombshell stamp set every Monday for a month.
This month it's the turn of Ahoy Sailor!

I had a little Altoid tin that was just asking to be altered so I DID!!

 First I covered the tin with some cool vintage paper from Bazzill Basics (Antique Papers)

I filled the tin with stamped images from various sea and sailor themed Bombshell Stamps.

 Pride of place went to the Beautiful Ahoy Sailor Girl herself mounted on a Spellbinders frame!

I coloured her in using my Spectrum Noir pens and cut her out and mounted her on the Spellbinders Floral Oval to go on top of the covered tin.

Pop over to the Bombshell Blog to see what Alison and Stempelientje have also created!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Don't forget your suncream!

We love our Wacky Holidays here at Bombshell Stamps-it's a mine of inspiration!
May 27th is Sunscreen Protection Day just in ahead of the summer and holiday season. It educates and brings awareness to the importance of using sunscreens to protect yourself and your children from harmful UV rays from the sun. So remember to slap to on the suncream!

I used the very cute Mermaid Treasure because even Mermaids need suncream!

I created the under sea back ground by stamping the seaweed stamp  and fish from the Mermaid Treasure stamp set and embossing it with white embossing powder. 
I then swept Blue and Green Distress Stains across the embossed seaweed.
When dry I over stamped the seaweed in dark green and some extra fish in orange.
I cute the background into a square to fit into the Spellbinders fleur de lis frame.

I coloured the Mermaid in using Spectrum Noir Markers.

Body: FS1, FS3, FS5, FS7, FS9

Tail: IB1, IB2, IB3, TB3

LG3, LG4, LG5

CR1, CR4, CR10, CR11

Hair: EB3, EB4, EB8

Now pop over to the Bombshell Blog to see how the Bombshell Design Team have been inspired by Suncream Protection Day!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXxx

Metal Work!

I love working with metal and stamps!

Here is my take on Ms. May's cool challenge which was to use: the colors - Grey & Jade, Gold, Silver, White and the textures - Dry Embossing, Scrolls, Scallops, Satin Ribbons, Metallic, Glitter.

I managed to use: metal, dry embossing, satin ribbons,scrolls, silver, jade and white!

First I covered my tag in foil tape and embossed around the edges and pressed a pencil into to to form rivet holes so it looked like metal plates fixed together.
I painted jade paint all over it, left it for a couple of minutes then wiped it over to remove a lot of the paint.
When the jade paint was dry I added a spritz of white paint to calm the jade down.

For the motorbike I stamped Live to Ride onto a square piece of foil with Staz-on ink then I used an embossing tool to go around the stamped image.
When I had embossed around the image I ran a textured wheel tool around the edges of the foil to give it a machined look.
To give an oiled look I wiped Staz-on around the edges of the foil square and the jade tag!
I added a couple of Tim Holtz Idea-Ology gears and tags to the tag and coloured some satin ribbon with Jade and silver paint and I was done!
Thanks to Marnie for a great challenge!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXXXxx