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

April Bombshell Blog Hop!!!

Finally we've had some decent weather here in England HOORAY! I hope you are enjoying some wonderful weather too- there's nothing like some sunshine to lift the spirits!
Alison has chosen a beautiful colour combo for the Blog Hop this month- it's so perfect for the season, I love these colours!

"This month, we have a color challenge. I'd like like for you to use at least 3 of the colors shown (though more is always better!) and your Bombshell stamps to create a project. Don't worry about being exact...just try to get the colors as close as you can to the palette below."

 

So with the good weather in mind I went for a 50's holiday themed project "Wish you were here!"

Supplies:

Cherry Bomb Bombshell Stamps

Patterned Papers by Kaisercraft, Glitz esigns, October Afternoon, Bo Bunny

Washi Tape

Spectrum Noir Pens

Polaroid Frame Kaisercraft

Now Hop along to the other Blogs and leave some love for a chance to win a Bombshell Stamp set of your choice- or better still play along with us on the Bombshell Blog!

Bombshell Blog

Alison

Kim

Kelli

Jodi

Marnie

Kapree

Monika

Alaine

Glittery Katie YOU ARE HERE!!

Kathi

Happy Crafting everyone!

GlitteryKatie xxx

Inky, Pastey Stencil Tutorial

I love getting inky and when Alison challenged us to use our stencils I knew it was the perfect chance just to 'PLAY!'

First of all I cut a piece of 6x6" card to be my base.
Next I took some pieces of patterned paper and glued them randomly onto my 6x6" base:

I trimmed the edges of the patterned paper and lightly brushed some turquoise paint and cream paint onto the base loosely around the edges...

...and I squirted a bit of pink Glimmer Mist into the centre (it was time for some glitter!)

It was stencil time!
I took some of my Crafter's Workshop Stencils out and squidged some Modelling Paste (in any good art shop!) through them onto my painted base:

I love this effect as it adds texture which is easy to hghlight with Distress Ink pads or paints.

Here I brushed Distress Ink pads over the dried Modelling Paste:

The colour was brighter than I wanted so I applied some white paint to tone the colours down:

I was happy with my 'canvas' so next I started work on the stamped images I wanted to add.
I stamped my Bombshell stamps onto some Kraft paper and some Lined paper:

I used my Spectrum Noir pens to colour in the Roses to compliment the the colours I'd used on the base canvas.

I used my Matte Medium to stick the Stamped Images:

I finished off the canvas by adding some chipboard letters and a paper rose:

Ta-da and that's how I built up my inky, stencilled canvas!
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

Supplies:
Dead Necessities Stamp Set
Cherry Bomb Stamp Set
Homeward Bound Stamp Set
Classic Tattoo Stamp Set
Scraps of patterned paper
Crafter's Workshop Stencils
Galleria Modelling Paste
Acrylic Paints
Matte Medium for glueing
Distress Inks
Chipboard Letters and shapes

Happy crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxxXXxxx

Bombshell Hump Day Hop!!

Hello! It's Hump Day which means it's the Bombshell Blog HOP for March!
The weather has been bad here in the UK with no sign of Spring yet so I've had a great excuse to hide away behind my craft desk and get inky!

Alison has a great challenge for us this month- I hope you want to play along remember to visit the Bombshell Blog for details- there's a Bombshell Stamp set of your choice up for grabs!

"Hello! It's time to announce the March Hump Day Hop Theme! The theme is "Stencil It In!" This month, I'd like like for you to use a stencil and your Bombshell stamps to create a project. Don't have any stencils? Create your own by free-hand cutting, die cutting, or punching an opening in cardstock or acetate and use the negative space as a stencil! Just look around your home...I'm sure you have all sorts of cool items that can be used as a stencil." 

So here's my project:

I used Cherry Bomb , Classic Tattoo , & Dead Necessities Bombshell Stamp Sets.

Various Crafters Workshop Stencils which I used with modelling paste and spray inks.

Grungeboard letters, star and arrow covered in old book pages

Paper rose, Distress Inks and Glimmer Mists.

I hope you enjoy my project- I'll be posting a tutorial for it in a few days on the Bombshell Blog just to show you the stages it went through!

Now hop along to Kathi's Blog!!

Bombshell Blog

Alison

Torrey

Kim

Jodi

Alaine

Susie

Kapree

GlitteryKatie You are HERE!!

Kathi

Happy Crafting!

GlitteryKatie xxx

Cherry Bomb!

I can't believe it's nearly the end of November! This month on the Bombshell Blog we are showcasing the CherryBomb Stamp set. Now this is a new set to me so I thought I'd see what I could do with Big Old Mr Devil and some Kraft cardstock and white embossing powder-I may have mentioned I'm having a bit of a Kraft Cardstock 'thang' at the moment!

Supplies:
Cherry Bomb Bombshell Stamp Set
My Mind's Eye Halloween Paper
Shapeabilities Ribbon Banners
Shapeabilities Foliage
Nestabilities Postage Stamps
Distress Ink
White Embossing Powder

I used my Bombshell Pin I created back in July as an embellishment as it had those cute cherries on it!

I hope you're recovering from all the Turkey and that your festive arrangements are going well- don't forget some time for crafting- the best therapy there is!
Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxxxx