So I guess I'm hooked....

.....on quilting as I've ordered a second lot of fabric by the hugely talented Tula Pink.
So here's what I have....NEPTUNE!
Isn't it GORGEOUS?!
The 'Boy with the Hair' asked very sweetly if I could make him a quilt as he's a born snuggler and I was more than happy to agree!

 

I think he liked it!!

GlitteryKatie x

Quick Copics Tut...

...here's how I do them!

Bombshell mermaid image stamped with Black Memento ink as it doesn't smudge or run with Copics.
Skin colour- I start with an all over colouring of E00

Now imagining the light is coming from the right of the image (as you looks at it!) I place my shadows on the left and around any 'edges' say of clothing and hair etc.
So add E21in a thin band on the left of the image.



Now take E00 again and go over the colouring in small circles to blend the 2 colours together.

NEXT:
Take E02 and add colour in thinner bangs on the left of your image:

Finally for the skin I use my darkest shadow E11 in the smallest amount in the far left side of the image:

Here's a rough map of what I am doing:

Then once again I blend ALL over the skin with the E00 so the colours meld together!

I then use E21 for the darkest shadows which go FAR left:

 and then blend with small circular motions of E00 again:

I like to use a little R20 on the cheeks for blush and blend in again with E00 and I add a little eyeshadow something pale like BV02.

For a LONGER tutorial see my article on It's A Creative World!

Triptich

I made this using the shrine template from Bombshell Stamps and their Wooden Madonna stamps:

I used Webster's Pages papers
Copic Pens:
G21, G94, G85, YG63
B32, B95, B24
Wi, W3
E00, E21 and Y00
Y11, Y21, Y38, YR16
and Glitter (of course!)
I used Tim Holtz thingies for the handles!

Here are some MORE Bombshells!!!

This is a Mexican alter that I bought from 3dJean ages ago.
I knew I wanted to use my Sugar Skull and Alter Skull Bombshell sets with it!

~First of all I used watered down PVA glue to stick strips of old book text to it:

~I then painted the shrine with Tim Holtz Distress Inks (I used an aquabrush to pick up the colour from the inkpad).
~I stamped the Sugar Skull, Words and the candle stamps with Staz-On onto some white Fimo.
~I cooked the Fimo as directed on the packet then used Lumiere paints on the Sugar Skull (for some glitter!) and colours from my Distress Inkpads on the Candle and Sign.

~I stamped the rose from Love & Luck onto red foil using Staz-On twice.
I cut out the WHOLE rose AND I cut the centre out of the other and mounted this onto top of the whole rose using silicon glue (for depth)
I stamped the leaves out on Green foil and cut them out and then mounted the rose and leaves onto the shrine.

I added a couple of little paper roses and the shrine was done!
Hope you enjoy!!

January's Bombshell Blog Hop!!!

It's time for the Bombshells to GET HOPPING again!!!

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

We all have our own home remedies...a pinch of this, with a dash of that and gargle. *giggle Well, it's time to put your thinkin' caps on, and ALTER an item you have laying around. That's right...don't be content with that over the counter crafting stuff...take something you have and give it a little bit of TLC; a pinch of this glitter and a splash of that alcohol ink. (Hopefully you won't have to gargle....*wink) Let your imaginations run wild as you use your Bombshells to breathe new life into an otherwise boring item.

Now Here's a 7Gypsies bottle I have owned FOREVER (LOVE 7g's goodies!) so rather than it gathering dust on my shelf I dug it out and BOMBSHELLED it!!!

I used Sugar Skull Bombshells and my Copics: E31, E33, E35, E15 and Walnut Distress Ink


LOOK at he goodies you could win!!!
YUM YUM!!!!


So remember to be in the draw for a chance to win these goodies leave comments on the Bombshell girls blogs (the more comments the more entries you get!)

OR you could play along with our January Sketch Competition. See Details HERE!


Now go HOP!!!!!

Lyss

Sy

Kathi

Keely

InkyButton

Kas

Gabby

PinkStar

Kelli

MaryG

Miss Magoo

Lina

Award- thank you!!!

Thanks to Lyzzy for giving me a blog award-*curtsies*
AND thank you Soo glad you too love glittery Berlingos!!

Here are the rules
1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
2. List who gave the award to you and use a link to her blog (or hyperlink).
3. List 10 things that make you happy.
4. Pass the award on to other bloggers and visit their blog to let them know!
5. I am not such a stickler for rules if you are like me: do as you please with it!!!


OK I'd like to give this award to Nicole Maki our own PerkyNihilist as I LOVE her work and she's one brave lady!
To another Bombshell Kas- she's always full of excellent inspiration!
To FrenchieJo as I love her cards!
Debbie for being a crafting stick of dynamite!


OK 10 things that make me happy!
1. Bright blue sky and sun a' shining on a frosty day!
2. Anything covered in glitter!
3. Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice cream!
4. Stripy Socks!
5. Snuggling!
6. Making something crafty!
7. Driving!
8. Walking round the park with the Beagles and hearing the birds singing.
9. Watching those first green buds appear on the trees cos spring is coming.
10. Long summer evenings in the garden.

FINISHED!!!!

If you remember THIS POST
I was pootling along with the patchworky part of my quilt!
If you are interested you can read my Adventures in Quilting over on IACW (part 2 later this week!)
But I've had a blast making my quilt and I even HAND quilted in the ditch (don't look too closely at the stitching though!!) *grins*

I decided to take a few piccies of it yesterday....which proved to be quite a CARRY ON!!!

First of all Rowdy made himself at home....

Then Little Miss Acorn and Miss Willow (Senior House Beagle) got in on the act!!!

SUCCESS....well NEARLY- a picture with ALMOST no daughter and no dogs!!!!

THEN Miss Willow took to guarding the quilt whist Rowdy skulked all furtive- like in the background

.....and sure enough Rowdy hopped back on and they started using it as a beagle wrestling mat!!!

Wednesday Bombshell Blog Hop!!

Here's My Bombshell Valentine *grins*

I used 'Til Death' Bombshell Stamps and the roses from 'Love and Luck'

VALENTINE" CONTEST GUIDELINES: (CONTEST ENDS JAN. 31, 2010)
The creation can be a card, layout or altered item, but must:
1. use a Bombshell Stamp somewhere
2. project must exemplify either a Valentine or Anti-Valentine theme
3. post a photo of your creation in THIS THREAD!

Lookee gorgeous stash to win!!!!

Snow!

Snow is still here and looks set to stay! We love it!

New Year, New Month, New Bombshell!!

It's JANUARY and that means that it's time for a new Miss Bombshell it's LYSS!!!!!

"VALENTINE" CONTEST GUIDELINES: (CONTEST ENDS JAN. 31, 2010)
The creation can be a card, layout or altered item, but must:
1. use a Bombshell Stamp somewhere
2. project must exemplify either a Valentine or Anti-Valentine theme
3. post a photo of your creation in THIS THREAD!



Also Kathi has done another fabulous sketch for us :
This sketch will be a great way to show off your "inchies" (1" square pieces of art) and use some of the fabulous Bombshell icons too.

Feel free to change it any way you want. The only definite rule is to have fun with it and give it some Bombshell flair!

Can't wait to see your take on the sketch! Post your submission in this thread for your chance to win the fabulous prize package shown below! Be sure to share your creations with us in this thread and in the Bombshell Gallery too!



Go play!!!!

Bit of snow!!!!

and excited beagles!!!

Hump Day Hotties Bombshells Blog Hop!!!

Well after Christmas and I had a great time but haven't a CLUE what day it is!!!
This is a project I made in the autumn- I wanted to create something that looked like Pyrography- the image burnt into the wood!



I used an off cut of wood from DH's bathroom DIY and stamped the image with brown Staz-on!
I neatened the back of the piece of wood up by covering it with a page from an old book and I finished the edges with some copper tape which I stuck on then rolled flat!
Tim Holtz ideology bits and piece went well with the metal and wood look so ON THEY WENT!!
So there you have it one LOVE TILE in wood!!

So now I'm off too to see what the other Bombshell's have created, so come hop with me!!!


Mary G.

Ms. December - Erika

Kathi

Nicole

Kas

Gabby

Miss Magoo



And don't forget to leave a comment on the Hottie's Blogs so you could be in with a chance to win gorgeous GOODIES!!!!

Festive Stuff in a box!!

Made a few pressies for my lovely family.
The base was 79p paper mache boxes from HobbyCraft which are about 2"x3"
Christmas Digital set from *iTkUpiLLi*
Stickles of various hues from Scrapshed

Voodoo Doll was given to my eldest niece as a jokey stress reliever!






This was for my other niece who missed the snow, living in Bristol!




This was Christmas in a Box for my Sister!!





Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry and Crafty Christmas!!

Love Katie xXx

Tim's Tags!

I've been playing along with Tim's Tags this year but using my fave stamps!

My Guys!

LOL

Great Festive images

If You love retro/vintage Christmas images then go and see iTkUpiLLi's etsy store- she has a fabulous range!! She also does beautiful free Blog backgrounds (as shown on my own blog!!)


Some Holiday FREEBIES:
Pringle Hill

Lisa Vollrath at Ten Two Studios has a different Freebie through out December.

Great Vintage Christmas Papers here at Miss Cutie Pie

Enjoy!

Moda Fabric yum yums!!

So after MONTHS of thinking about a quilt and a LOT of drooling over Moda's fabric packs I caved!!
This is what I've done so far with my Happy Campers (LOVE IT!) aided by Little Miss Acorn!

Introducing Miss December!!!

It's DECEMBER and we have a new Bombshell Hottie taking over this month!!
Drum Roll please for Erika Taylor!!!! she has already started rocking out December with some fabulous Christmas trees!

This week's challenge is....

Naughty or Nice Challenge

"Santa baby, just slip a sable under the tree, for me
Been an awful good girl
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight"

Ready to be "Awfully Good"? Santa is looking over his list to see who is naughty and who is nice. So lets send him our best project expressing which list we should be on.

The Challenge is to create a project showing which side of the list you belong on. The Naughty List or the Nice. Make those bombshell stamps shine and give Ole St Nick a reason to smile

I think she's definitely on the NORTY list!!!

So hop on off to the other Designers blogs for a look around and start getting FESTIVE!!!!


Angela

Kathi

Ms. November - Mary G.

Miss Magoo

Glittery Katie

Kas

12 Tags must be DECEMBER!!!

Hooray Tim Holtz is sharing his talents with us again!!!
Here's the First of his 12 Tags of Christmas!!