Confessions!

Hi GlitteryKatie here!
I loved Cassie's Confessions Challenge this week- have you played along yet?
My true confession is a secret dream I have....you known those glorious black and white movies with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers where they are walking down the street and suddenly the music starts and a HUGE song and dance numbers begins...I want to do that!!
And the best bit of the movie is the spectacular musical finale where the heroine gets to strut herself in a gorgeous frock and sweep the audience and hero our their feet!!

So with this in mind I created a stage for my ultra glamorous Bombshell Butterfly Queen to appear and of course she's dressed in her beautiful gown with LOTS of feathers!

I experimented a little by stamping onto Bazzil Kraft cardstock- I liked the effect although it absorbs copic ink more than Neena cardstock, given a second or two the colours came through in subtle shades!
The background is an embossing folder by Darice embossing a piece of Kraft cardstock and wiped over with a pale pink inkpad to highlight the design!
I've used the new Tim Holtz Rock Candy dry glitter liberally for Hollywood glitz and glamour!

Supplies:
Bombshell Butterfly Queen Stamp
7gypsies Printery Paper
Darice Embossing Folder
Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two  
Copic Ciao Markers
VersaMagic ink pads
Hero Arts alphabet stamps
Ranger Rock Candy glitter

I hope you enjoyed the challenge, remember to play along and leave a comment on the blog for a chance to win your own Bombshell stamp set!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Skull Love!

November 1st and 2nd was Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, a Mexican celebration in which families gather to commemorate their loved ones who have passed on.
There are many traditions associated with the Day of the Dead Festival including the creation of sweets from pressed sugar in the shape of a skull, which is decorated with icing flowers. These sugar skulls and Catrinas, carved figurines with a skull head are used as grave decorations or offrendas and during the widely held feasts!
Here at Bombshell Stamps we have several beautiful sets of stamps that are inspired by the Day of the Dead festival see them all HERE!

I created a mini shrine in honour of my relatives- combining beauty with the macabre!

 

Close up of the left side:

Close up of the right side:

Supplies:

A Pirate's Life Bombshell Stamps

Western Gal Bombshell Stamps

Sugar Skulls Bombshell Stamps

Calaveras Fiesta  Bombshell Stamps

Vintage Cabinet Card Die by Tim Holtz

Mini Bat and Skull Tim Holtz Die

Nestabilities Floral Ovals

Moulding Paste

Acrylic Paint

Authentique Patterned Paper

Various Embellishments

Copic Ciao Pens

Hope you had a lovely Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos!

GlitteryKatie xxx

Bombshell HALLOWEEN Blog Hop!!!!

Hello!!
October is one of my fave months as it is the start of autumn, we have a half term for the schools here in England And it's HALLOWEEN!!!
Alison has come up with a cool challenge for us to HOP with:
It's a Halloween challenge but this isn't JUST Halloween, it has a twist. For this Hump Day Hop, I want you to create a "Black and White" Halloween project. "Black & White Halloween" can be very elegant or very creepy. If you wish, you can use one additional color, other than skin or hair tones. ~Alison.

I have stuck to Alison's monochrome scheme (mostly!) with just a little orange added!

The Bombshells have a new home and have moved in just in time for Halloween...

and dancing in the garden of their new house....

...the Skull Family who are delighted with their new pad and are holding a party to celebrate!

 I've created a lamp by joining 4 Rickety House die cuts together-they sit over a square base that holds a tea light (battery operated!)

 I've used the following Tim Holtz Alterations dies to create the house and garden:

Branch Tree die , On the Edge Fence Die , On the Edge Graveyard and Mini Bat and Skull Movers & Shapers

 The Skully Brothers are Bombshell Stamp set Calaveras Fiesta stamped on shrink plastic and shrunk down!

I used decorative moss stuck down with my good old glue gun to create the garden!

Bombshell Blog
Alison
Susie

Alex "Ms. October!"
Torrey

Kelli

Kim

Sparkly Mary
Alaine

Emily
Glittery Katie YOU ARE HERE!!

Jodi
Christine
Stempelientje
Jenn

Rachael

Mari
Kathi

Remember if you take part in any of our challenges you are in with a chance to win Bombshell goodies! Comment on any of the DT members' blogs OR play along via the little InLinkz gadget at the end of the Blog Hop Post on the Bombshell Blog!

I hope you all have a very Happy Halloween!

GlitteryKatie XxxX

Monday Muse!

This month the Bombshell DT have been showcasing the Calaveras Fiesta stamp set!
Each Monday this month you will find a project featuring these stamps on the Bombshell Blog.
Here's my Halloween inspired project:

Supplies:
Tim Holtz Branch Tree Alterations Die, Rickety House Alterations Die, Tim Holtz Graveyard On the Edge Die
My Mind's Eye and Authentique papers
Distress Inks
Jolees Spider Stickers
Inkadinkado Halloween Stamp
Calaveras Fiesta Stamp Set

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Let's Blog Hop those NEW Bombshells!!

As you may know Bombshell Stamps have some BRAND NEW rubba available to pre-order or if you just can't wait you can DOWNLOAD them NOW as a digital Stamp!!!

Here's my first project using the fabulous Indian Princess...

I used sepia tones, with Copic Markers E31, E33, E35, E50, E47 & E49

 Indian Princess

Indian Warrior

To celebrate we've created some great projects so come and HOP around our blogs and share some Bombshell love for these fabulous new stamps!!

Bombshell Blog

Kelli

Kim

Katie

Mary

Alison

Susie

Alaine

Jodi

Torrey

Kathi

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie XxxXxxX

Brand NEW Bombshell stamps!!!!

Oooh I LURVE these new Native American Indian themed stamps from Bombshell Stamps!!
There are TWO sets available:
 Indian Princess

and Indian Warrior

They are fabulous and if you can't wait until the rubber sets are available on NOvember 12th (pre-order available now!) then why not get an instant fix and download DIGITAL versions NOW!!!

Here's my project using Indian Warrior...

See the DT's projects over on the Bombshell Blog
More projects to follow soon!

Happy crafting everyone!
GlitteryKatie xXxxx

Technical Problems

Hi Everyone!
Apologies for the look for my Blog ATM- I think Blogger might be having a few probs as my picies have all vanished :(
Can't find much information online at the moment- so bare with me and I'm hoping that normal service will be resumed soon!!
GlitteryKatie xxx

A little bit spooky!

We had a spooky challenge at Bombshell Stamps this week- to produce a project using purple, orange or green and GLITTER!!
So here is my Flying Siren!

I used the Mermaid Anchor coloured with purples and greens with lashings of purple glitter!
I added some bat wings to create a Flying Siren!
I used my Floral Ovals from Spellbinder I added the small ship from A Pirate's Life set and the Volcano from Vintage Hula Girl to create a shadow background.

I LOVE Halloween!!
Happy crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXxxx

Allowed to change my mind!

Yesterday was World Card Making Day!!!
At Bombshell Stamps we had a big ol' Blog Post to celebrate!
There was a slight problem with my post...I forgot that Saturday was the 6th!!! For some reason I thought the 6th was Monday DOH!!!!....

...so feeling rather silly I rushed a card to go on the blog. And oh boy did I wrestle with that card!
I knew the Bombshell I wanted to use and I had an idea of how I wanted it to look- but I could NOT get things to come together no matter what paper or colours I used.
Have you ever had that- it's SO frustrating!!!

So first of all I came up with...

I wanted a psychedelic look to give the impression Alice was FALLING down the rabbit hole- the rhinestone spirals and the inked background from the first card just didn't work for me, so almost as soon as it was completed I took it apart!

This time I went for a neutral background with a splintered look- all of which worked much better for me!

So there you are....I don't know what you think but I've learnt over the years not to put up with something I'm not happy with 'cos it bugs me!! ;)

I hope you managed to get crafty on World Card Making Day, if not maybe you could get inky today!
Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXxx

Prettyful shinies!!

The other week I FINALLY bought some Glimmer Mist sprays:
They are a coloured spray with a load of beautiful mica that swirls around in the bottle- gorgeous!

I thought that as I'd bought some masks it was time to get some sprays to combine the two! I'm not a fan of really lary coloured sprays so thought these softer glimmery sprays would be the best fit for me!

Here's y first play with the glimmer mists for our Bombshell Paint Splatter challenge!

I stamped the large butterfly from the Butterfly Dreams set onto some Claudine Hellmuth sticky canvas using white embossing powder.
I then squirted the glimmer mists onto the canvas starting with the lightest shades first and adding until I liked the effect! Because the butterfly was embossed white it resisted the spray inks nicely and stayed a lovely bright white!

Next I cut the canvas with a Spellbinder die (Labels 22) making sure I had the butterfly in the centre.
I then mounted this on some black card and matted it onto some Kaisercraft papers (Lush) to complete the card- ta-da!!

Hope you enjoyed my little project- it was fun getting inky and pearly!
Happy crafting!

GlitteryKatie xxXxXxx

September Bombshell Blog Hop!!!

Let's hear it for the Girls!!

Last month, it was all about the boys...well this month, in anticipation of October, the theme is "Let's Hear it for the Girls!" This theme is a little more specific then last month's though. I want you to create a card or project that could be sent to someone during October, which is (here in the States), Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So let's all Think Pink!

You can go with a pink card, Girl Power, use the infamous pink ribbon symbol, etc. But we want to worship those ladies that are fighting (or have fought) for their lives.

-Alison Blog Hop Captain

I want to celebrate those who are fighting against this horrible disease. So for those who are in the midst of the battle, keep fighting!

I used:
Banner Sayings Bombshell Stamp set
Panther Tattoo Bombshell Stamp Set
Distress Inks; Pickled Raspberry and Dusty Concord
Copic Ciao Pens
Seam Binding coloured with Distress Inks
Crafters Workshop Template and molding paste
Hero Arts alphabet stamps

Now hop along to the gorgeous Torrey to see her project!
Remember to play along with us and leave a comment on our blogs for a chance to win Bombshell goodies!!

Bombshell Blog

Alison

Kelli

Alaine

Glittery Katie

Torrey

Emily

Lizzie

Jodi

Stempeliejente

Jenn

Kim

Rachael

Susie

Sparkly Mary

Kathi

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!

Arrrrrr me craftin' beauties today be Talk Like a Pirate Day so to celebrate here's two Piratey creations to get ye in the mood!

Supplies:
A Pirate's Life Bombshell Stamps
Homeward Bound Bombshell Stamps
7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape
Copic Ciao pens
My Minds Eye Halloween papers
Spellbinders Labels 8 & 22

Entered into the Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge

Classic Tattoo Bombshell Stamps
Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares & Banners
Distress Ink
My Minds Eye Halloween Papers
Embossing Powders
Hero Arts alphabet stamps

So tap into your Pirate self and enjoy marauding round yar craft room!!!
GlitteryKatie (Crafting wench!) Xxxx

Seemed rude not to....

it CALLED to me!!!!
Tim Holtz's new On the Edge Sizzix die- can't wait for it to arrive!!

Can't wait for it to arrive after all it's not long until HALLOWEEN!!! Yeah!

After oggling Tattered Angel Mists for yonks I invested in a lovely selection!!
I also bought another couple of Crafter's Workshop Template's to squirt with my lovely Mists as well as using them with moulding paste- which is a fab technique!! You know I'm going to HAVE to buy the Flames template after seeing Kathi's awesome tut on the Bombshell Blog- did you see it...gorgeous?!

Ooh yes and I bought the Tim Holtz Summer limited edition Distress Inks - they are bright but I love them!!

Places I've shopped:
Chocolate Baroque
Joanna Sheen
Artist Trading Post
Charmed Cards and Crafts
Country View Crafts

Oh and I wasn't the only one who loved the Glimmer Mists...a certain Miss Willow took a liking to them too!!!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Acetate Challenge and a bit a steampunk

Merly Impressions are having a card challenge where you have to use an acetate on your card.
I didn't have any shop bought acetates so I had fun stamping various stamps onto some clear plastic sheet with Staz-On ink!

Supplies:
Prima Craftsman Paper
Kraft cardstock
Tim Holtz Oddities Stamp
Kaisercraft Bubblewrap Stamp
Stampotique Big Splat stamp
EK Success Binding Edge punch
Tim Holtz Tickets, mini gears, brads, paperclips and film strip acetate (i DID have some acetate after all!)
Dymo Tape

Also entered in the Happy Daze Steampunkery Challenge!
Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie XxXxx

Bombshells are FIVE Blog Hop!!!

Can you believe it's the end of August already?! It's nearly time for the kids to head back to school(our bank balance is severely depleted after last week's uniform and shoe shop!!) As it's the last Wednesday of the month it's TIME TO BLOG HOP!!!
Here's Alison with our theme for the month:  
"This month's theme is "Let's Hear it for the Boys." You can interpret that as you like, but I can assure you that you will be singing that oh-so-popular 80's song from Deniece Williams for the next week. You're welcome. Did you know that August marks the 5th Anniversary for Bombshell Stamps??? How rad is that?! So, in honor of this very special celebration. We want this hop to be big...REALLY big. So tell everyone you know to join us. We want to shout from the rooftops how much we love Bombshell Stamps! So please, join us!" 
 

 Supplies:
Vintage Motorcycle Bombshell Stamps
Prima Craftsman Paper
Tim Holtz Paper Stack
Distress Ink
Memento Ink
Copic Ciao Pens
Spellbinders Nestabilities Postage Stamps
Sizzix Alterations Gadget Gears
Kaisercraft Collectables

We have SIXTEEN Blog Hoppers ...how fabulous is that...so sit back with a coffee and get ready to see the creativity and "Let's Hear it for the Boys!"

Bombshell Blog
Alison 
Alex
Rachael
Alaine
Kelli
Jodi
Laura
Sparkly Mary
Terra
Kim
Stempelientje
 Nicole
Glittery Katie YOU ARE HERE!!
Kas
Kathi 

 Remember there are prizes at stake here people and they can be won 2 ways: participate in the blog hop and show us YOUR take on this month's theme to receive an entry into the draw OR leave a comment on everyones' blogs and receive an entry into this month's prize package drawing EACH time you comment!

Happy Crafting !
GlitteryKatie xxxXxxx

Mermaids!

I love mermaids and this one by Stampotique is so cool- she has so much attitude! I decided to have a go at the Stampotique Designer Challenge this week- it's for a FLAT card...no layers *gasps* this is hard as I'm a layer girl!! Anyways I stamped the mermaid, masked her embossed so chicken wire with Crafters Workshop template and white embossing powder and then swirled on various Distress Inks to create a sea background! I stamped with Kaisercraft stamps on the edges of the card Numbers Background and Script and I stamped with a lovely HEro Arts swirly stamp too! I couldn't resist adding some STickles glitter! I coloured the mermaid with Copic Ciao pens!

 

So that's it...off to upload to the Stampotique Blog now LOVE their work! Happy Crafting! GlitteryKatie xxx

"Little things....

....please little minds,"  is probably very true for me as I've always loved miniatures; I've always collected miniatures, loved dolls houses and made mini toys. So I thought after my shrink plastic experiments the other week I'd try miniaturising a Bombshell Mermaid!
I used Mermaid Anchor stamp set and Lotus Garden set:

Tutorial details are HERE

Hope you enjoyed my project!
Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXxx

Red, White 'n' Blue

As you may have noticed there's a little sporting event taking place here in London called the 2012 Olympics!!
Well everyone's feeling very patriotic what with the Queen's diamond Jubilee in June so there's lots of Union Jack flags and bunting around.
Emilie over on Merly Impressions blog came up with a patriotic themed card challenge- which I had fun taking part in.
I used some of the Collections from Kaisercraft including Check In and Miss Match. I used papers from Papermania's Portabello Road collection and some Kaisercraft stamps and a Hero Arts stamp.

Here's Emilie's Challenge over on the Merly Impressions blog, go look at Emilie's cool card!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXxx

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

Smudged and Smeared HOT Blog Hop!!

It's that time again! Time for the Smeared and Smudged member blog hop.

The theme is BRING THE HEAT! This is totally up to interpretation....some ideas would be using heat embossing, hot glue or fire. Or even using imagery of fire, heat, or even something SEXY!  Step outside your comfort zones - the HOTTER the better!!!  It can be a canvas, a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item, an art journal page, etc. Use your imaginations.

Here's my project- I wanted to use a flaming unicorn, inspired by the science-fantasy books I love to read!

I used the wonderful Wild Horses Bombshell Stamp stamped and embossed in gold on a Tim Holtz paper and glittered with gold glass glitter. 

I used sentiments from the Girl's Ruin Stamp set.

The flames were stamped and embossed in gold and were from the Tattoo Background set.

Papers are by Tim Holtz and Cosmo Cricket.

Sorry my project was late- had an unwell Beagle yesterday so I'm running a bit behind In the meantime have a hop round to see everyone's projects!!

Blog Roll:

Tori
Black Dragon
Windy
Jane
Shell
Susan S.
Madelein Bouquet
Lady Brayton
Kristy
Glittery Katie
Alison

Lisa

Bombshell Stamps Blog

Wendy

Kathi

Dianne