Bombshell JULY Blog Hop!!

 Here's Alison with her challenge for us all this month:

The July hop theme is called "Iconic." So you will need to break out those fabulous, teeny weeny stamps that come with all of your sets and use them as your focus. You'll be able to use 1 large image too, but let's keep it as 1 (feel free to use none!). The focus is on all of the little icons. 

 Inspired by Susie's Jewellery challenge earlier in the month I decided to keep with that theme for Alison's Iconic challenge as I liked the idea of creating a little biddy frame for these iddy biddy stamp images!
I had some easy squish bottle caps from a friend and put them through my Cuttlebug to create the bezel for these brooches. I had tried a normal beer cap but it was considerably stronger than these ones and for while was embedded in my A plate: so if you can get the softer tops I'd recommend them!!
I made a template so I knew what size circle fitted in the bottle cap: I then stamped inside this area firstly with the Retro stamps in red ink from the Bombshell Angel stamp set  followed by the cherries from the Love and Luck set. The cherries I used Distress Markers to colour onto the rubber so I had red cherries and green leaves, Tim Holtz demos this technique on his blog if you want to see a video of it! I matted the card circle onto some brown cardstock to form a little outer frame and added some Distress ink in brown around the edges. Once the completed piece was stuck onto the bottle cap I poured some Crackle Glaze onto the surface and left it on a level surface (out of reach of my pokey fingers) to dry and viola it was complete!

For the second brooch I stamped the image using the 'K' for Katie from the Classic Tattoo Font in red ink and used the teeny star icon from the Anchor Mermaid set- it's so small it's just wonderful all round the edges. I used Distress ink round the edges of the cardstock circle and stuck it onto the bottlecap. I added a little red Distress Stickles round the edges and poured some clear crackle glaze all over the bottle cap as before!

Lastly you need to add brooch pin to the back or a clip for a chain and your piece is ready to wear!

So that's my take on Alison's challenge now see what the other's have created this month.
Here's the road map to all the Bombshell goodness by the DT:

Bombshell Blog
Alison
Laura
Torrey
Sparkly Engineer Mary
Stempelientje
Glittery Katie: YOU ARE HERE!!!!
Kelli
Jodi
Alaine
Kim
Kathi

Now it's YOUR turn- play along via the BOMBSHELL BLOG and our cool linkydink for a chance to win gorgeous Bombshell gooodies!!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Bombshell's Miss January Challenge

This month's challenge is from the lovely Laura:

Hi! I'm very excited to be Ms. January and to bring you a challenge this month! My challenge is for you to either create a tag, or, to include a tag somewhere on your project.

I hope you can find the time to play along this month. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Challenge details are HERE and the projects by the rest of the DT can be seen on the BOMBSHELL BLOG here!!!

Here's my tag, I was channeling Tim Holtz for this one!

I clear embossed Mi Amor onto the manilla tag then rubbed various Distress Inks into the paper blending as I went. I spritzed with gold Perfect Pearl Mister for a bit of a glimmer!
I stamped the roses from the Dead Necessities set and inked three and stamped three onto text paper.
I stamped a butterfly from Butterfly Dreams and used a waterbrush and Distress Inks to colour it in.
The top banner is fromone of my most used Bombshell sets Love and Luck.

Now it's your turn!
If you've been inspired and fancy the chance to win some Bombshell goodies then hop over to our Blog to play along!!!

Happy Crafting!
love GlitteryKatie xXxxXx

Time to BLOG HOP!!!

New Bombshell girl Rachael challenged to create something with a wedding theme this month, so inspired by that and the triptych I made at the recent Paperartsy event I made:

 

Supplies:

Copics for colouring (I kept a limited palette so the three scenes would match one another)

Tim Holtz paper stack for the frames

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape for the frames

Grungeboard and crackleglaze for the embellies

Hope you enjoyed my take on Rachael's Wedding theme and now it's time to .......

..................... Hop on over to Sparkly Engineer's Blog

Bombshell Time

Here's a card I made from a Sketch by Anam Stubbington who launched her Sketches 4 Cards App for the iPhone- how cool is THAT idea- Inspiration on the Go?!

I used the multi masking and stamping technique that I used HERE but toned down the effect by using fewer stamps and a lighter colour (Walnut Distress Ink)

Happy Crafting!!

My Inner Bombshell and Multi Masking Tutorial

Mary G has challenged the Bombshell team to come up with a Bombshell project that reveals their inner Bombshell!

As a Gemini I find I have two distinct sides to my personality and my crafting! Sometimes I'm neater and nicer and like to go with pretty, glittery and happy. Other times I'm inky, grungey, showing a dark sense of humour and loving skulls and tattoos!

So my Bombshell project is kinda my Gemini self!

I layered multiple Bombshell images by using masking. 

First I stamped the Bombshell Bride onto my card with Memento ink.

I stamped her again onto some scrap paper and cut her out to make a mask. A little repositionable Hermafix on the back of the mask and placed it over my stamped image:

Next I lined up where I wanted my second stamped image and stamped her over the mask:

Then I had my two main Bombshells 'Lucky Bride and Butterfly Queen' next to each other:

I stamped Butterfly Queen onto scrap paper and cut her out so I could make a mask for my second stamped image, I could then start stamping over the two Bombshells without making a mess of them. Here are both Bombshells, masked with some of the next layer of stamping going on:

As I progressed I added more masks so that I could over stamp more of the card:

Not all the masks were stamped on scrap and cut out- for smaller images, sometimes all I needed to use were strips of paper to protect an image below:

Once all the stamping was done and the masking removed the card looked like:

The final job was to colour the images in and add some extra images with 3d foam to make the pop off the card

I really enjoy this technique as you get a really dense layered look but you can still focus on the main subjects of the card. It's quite involved but i find it quite relaxing and my 'DH' commented on how quiet the colouring in kept me!!

I've used this technique before:

and if you leave the images uncoloured apart from sweeping with Distress inks it forms a cool background:

Happy Crafting!

Love,

Glittery Katie xxxx

HAPPY BLOG HOP DAY BOMBSHELLS!!!!

Fabulous prizes to be won for hopping!!!! See HERE for details!
Kas's challenge this month:
Call it a Mother's Day theme....or Just fun.
This month, we want to see what you are made of....and what you can make.

You can make any sort of project, a card, a layout, an altered object...whatever...you just need to make a handmade embellishment. It can be a flower, button, etc... You just have to make it.

So here's my inky offering!

It's FULL of BOMBSHELLS can you see them??!

Any luck yet??!!
Look closer!

Seen them?

Mwahahahaha!!!!


So leave a comment to be entered in the draw for a chance to win yummy goodies and go HOP!!!


Kas
Kelli
BoHoRose
Katie
Alison
Angie
Kathi
Cheryl
Sy
MaryG


Happy Hop Day!
Love GlitteryKatie
XxxxXXxxxX

Happy Birthday-teenager stylee!!!

Used my fabby Bombshell stamps for a card for a friend of ours who's turned THIRTEEN!!! :)

There's a fabby tutorial for a wax crayon masking technique at Paper Craft Planet by the super talented Kathi- the grungey colours were the inspiration for my card, because I couldn't find a wax crayon I haven't experimented with the technique- YET!!!

Playing Inky!

Thanks to Efemera for the challenge a Tag with the alphabet theme of the letter 'A'

Hero Arts Houndstooth and Tiny Owl Stamps
Stamper's Anonymous Stamps
Bombshell Stamps
Distress Inks
Prima Flowers
Grungeboard

GlitteryKatie xx