Santa's Harley

It's after Christmas.  Santa's made his world wide dash to deliver presents.  Now it's time for his break.   I can't think of a better way to relax than to take a spin on two wheels.  So here's one more holiday card featuring Bombshell Stamps' Vintage Motorcycle

Here's an angled shot to show some of the dimension.   There are two pop up layers.

And the inside of the card.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Bombshell Stamps' Vintage Motorcycle

Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)

Coloring: Copic markers

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Cardstock: Neenah (white), Stampin' Up (Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, and Naturals White)

Accessories: Stamin' Up ribbon

Tools: Martha Steward border punch (used on the inside)

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Delicate Garden Butterfly

Here's that Martha Stewart mold again.  I dusted the mold with some sparkly white glitter before filling it with white clay.   It gave it a nice white shimmer.  Perfect for a wedding, anniversary, or christening card. 

Supplies: 

Tools: mold and clay (Martha Stewart), embossing folders (Quikutz)

Cardstock: Hammermill, Stampin' Up

Accessories: fine white glitter; dimensional adhesive. 

Butterfly Red

I'm really quite late posting this.  At the beginning of the Summer I saw these moulds and white clay from Martha Stewart hit the shelves.  I just had to try it out.  I mixed the clay with some red ink and made this gorgeous butterfly.   I then colored the clay with my Copics and some sparkly markers.   Gorgeous!

And a bit of an angle for a better view.

Supplies: 

Cardstock:  white cover stock (Hammermill); Real Red (Stampin' Up)

Tools: embossing tin (Spellbinders); mold & clay (Martha Stewart)

Coloring: dye ink, markers (Copic), sparkle pen (Sakura)

Accessories: dimensional adhesive. 

Bombshell Glam

This is for the July Bombshell Sketch challenge.   I tried repeating the same scalloped circle, but it just didn't do it for me, so I used an alternate shape for the center image.   

 The rose ribbon trim is dusted with a bit of Ranger Distress ink using an artist sponge. 

Her dress is cut using MTC and my KNK Zing.  I cut one of the dresses from Bombshell Stamp's Bombshell Clothing file. 

When I saw the sketch, I saw it as a perfect opportunity to do a bit of a fancy fold

And here's the inside of the card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bombshell Stamps (Bombshell Angel)

Ink: Memento (Rich Cocoa), Ranger Distress Ink

Coloring: Copic, Spica

Printed Paper: Stampin' Up (Pocketful of Posies)

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Night of Navy), Core'dinations Pearls (Silver Shimmer)

Tools: Spellbinders, Martha Stewart (border punch), Make the Cut software, KNK Zing e-cutter

Accents: Stampin' Up (flower trim), Rhinestones

Shake, Rev, and Roll

This month's Bombshell Stamps Pin-up is Sharon Rogers.  Her challenge this month was to create a card or project using acetate or vellum.   I used acetate to make a shaker box card.   See the gears and little beads floating inside of the card?

Suppliers:

Stamps: King of the Road (Bombshell Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Coloring: markers (Copics)

Printed Paper: On the Bright Side (My Mind's Eye)

Cardstock: Tuexdo Blac (Stampin' Up); white (Neenah), mirror cardstock

Accessories: acetate; micro beads (Martha Stewart); foam tape

Tools: gear dies (Quickutz)

Cool Skate

Is the summer here yet?   Is spring soccer over yet?   Will work ever let up?    At least I managed to squeeze in a bit of an escape with this card.  I think it's perfect for a teen or tween boy.  The skate boarder image is straced using MTC and cut with my KNK Zing.  I then covered it with a coat of Glossy Accents by Ranger. The background has some silver shimmer paper trimmed with a Martha Sttewart border punch.  

A Cherry Ride

Welcome to this month's Bombshell Blog blog hop.   This month, Bombshell Stamps added a color challenge for the blog hop theme and I loved it.   I really enjoy color challenges as it is.  I don't have to think about color choices.  Yay.  Love having some of the picking and choosing done for me.   As a bonus, I used this month's Muse Monday feature stamp set called Harley Bikes. Given that I ride, this is one of my favorite stamp sets from Bombshell Stamps.   So here's my card.

And for inspiration, here's the color challenge for this month's Bombshell Stamps blog hop.

You can see a bit of the texture and dimension in this angled shot. 

Lastly, the inside of the card.   I used my Marth Score board to add a few embossed lines and a stamped off impression of the same bike as on the front of the card. 

Here's the Harley Bikes stamp set I used for my card. 

Additional Supplies:
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), inside of card image stamped with Distress Ink and for subtle shading (Ranger/Tim Holtz)
Coloring: markers (Copic)
Printed Paper: On the Bright Side (My Mind's Eye),
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand, Lucky Limeade, Naturals White (Stampin' Up), white cardstock (Neenah)
Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), score board (Martha Stewart)
Accessories: Hemp twine, photo strip (Tim Hotz), mini staples (Tim Holtz), silver nail head stickers (JoAnn's), Scotch 3D foam adhesive

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave a comment if you like my card and enjoy the rest of the blog hop.   

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Kim: http://www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com
Kelli: http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com
Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/
Marnie: http://www.papertivity.blogspot.com
Kapree: http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/
Monika: http://paperchrome.blogspot.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/
Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com/
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com
Susie: http://whiteribboncards.blogspot.co.uk/

Racing Blues

This is for April's Bombshell Stamps Pin-Up challenge.   This month's pin up, Theresa Abajo, challenged us to make a monochromatic card.  I used Bombshell Stamps Vintage Raceway stamp set, colored it with Copics, and then decided to hunt down a printed paper to match.  One of these days, I'm going to have to pull out the paper before I color.

Supplies: 
Stamps: Bombshell Stamps (Vintage Raceway)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)
Coloring: Copics, Sakura (Stardust Clear Gel)
Paper: Stampin' Up
Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Brilliant Blue, Night of Navy)
Accents: misc ribbon
Tools: Martha Steward (large corner rounder)

Featured Stamp Set: Bombshell Stamps (Vintage Raceway) 

Twinchie - Wall Butterflies

Here's my last Twinchie/Trinchie for JenniferD's swap on Scrapshare.com.   It's almost sad that I'm done with this swap as these little works of art were so much fun to create.    One of the challenges that Jennifer gave us for all of our sets was to use three embellishments.   I took her literally on this one.   I used papers from My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline - Dolled Up 6x6 pack.  One of the prints in that pack is of butterflies all lined up.  I took inspiration from that print.  Each butterfly is dressed up a bit differently - pearls flocking, glitter, microbeads, and rhinestoes.   

I used one of Martha Stewart's butterfly punches.   For the flocking and glitter, I ran the butterflies through my Xyron both face up and face down.   For the microbeads, I punched butterflies out of sheets of Terrifically Tacky tape.  The pearls and the rhinestones were the easy part.    :-)   

Here they are piled up before packaging and mailing.   

Simply Love

I made this card a couple of days ago but am just now getting around to uploading it.  It's for the Retro Sketches Challenge #47 and if I'm going to submit, it's gotta be in before midnight.   Well, It's still before midnight my time. 

And thanks to Lyndal leaving me a comment below, I've also submitted this card for the Keep It Simple #6 challenge.   Thanks Lyndal.

Inside of the card

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up (Papillon Potpourri, & Seasonal Sayings)

Ink: Stampin' Up

Paper: Stampin' Up cardstock

Tools: Stampin' Up butterfly punch,  Stampin' Up Embossing  folder, Martha Stewart Score Board (for the inside of the card)

Accessories: Pearls

Baby Buggy Hello

I made this card for one of my neighbors that was expecting a little girl. And this cad is perfect for this week's House Mouse challenge (HMFMC136) which is "new beginnings"   I can't think of a better new beginning than welcoming a little baby girl into the world.

Supplies:
Stamp: Stampabilities-House Mouse, Stampin Up (greeting)
Ink: Stampin' Up
Coloring: I think I used Stampin' Up Watercolor Wonder crayons and my aqua painter.
Paper: Creative Memories
Tools: Paper piercer, Stampin' Up (Top Notes die), Martha Stewart border punch
Accessories: Misc ribbon.

Happy New Year Diva

Happy New Year or Happy Birthday.  This gorgeous darling does the trick. The card itself is a bit of a trick.  It's a tri-fold card with a clear acrylic layer at the front.

The first layer of the card features the gorgeous diva from Bombshell Stamp's Butterfly Queen set. She's just gorgeous and makes me yearn for the body I used to have in my younger years.  The acrylic layer is adhered to one of the cardstock flaps.  To hide the adhesive, I added a border and then another one on the other side for balance.   

In the shot above you can see the layers folded out.   The second layer is created with a stamp from Bombshell Stamp's Pin Stripes set.  It's colored with Copics in an art deco style. 

On the inside I stamped the same pin stripes image using a stamp off technique.   You can just barely see it behind the Butterfly Queen.

and lastly, a shot with the card laying down.  You can see the neat effect of having her on that clear layer in front of the pinstripe/art deco layer.   

Supplies: 

Stamps: Bombshell Stamps (Butterfly Queen and Pin Stripes)

Paper: SU Cardstock, Acetate

Ink: Memento

Coloring: Copics

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch

Christmas Snow Birds

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Earlier this year, I made this Christmas card and it's certainly worth reposting.  In fact, I made several of these to send out to friends and family this year.   It's a great one for duplication. 

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I stumbled across SplitcoastStampers Featured Stamper challenge this week (FS290).  The challenge is to case one of the featured stamper's cards.  This week Mary (screen name jandjccc) was featured.  She has a lot of beautiful work in her gallery.  I chose to case this card CLICKY.  I did change it up a bit.   I added another mat, used a different embossing folder, used a different stamp and rounded all of the corners.

Here's a close up to show off the texture and dimension.  I just loved the white on white texture look.  it's so clean, simple, and rich at the same time.

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin' Up (Contempo Christmas)
Paper: White Hammermill cardstock, Stampin' Up cardstock (Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade)
Tools: Stampin Up (bird punch and embossing folder), Martha Stewart (sprig punch)
Accessories: Close To My Heart (charcoal colored pearl stickers), Ranger (Liquid Pearls - Ruby Red)

Wicked Collaboration

Halloween is around the corner.   The kids and I just went to the pumpkin patch this afternoon and picked out a pumpkin to carve.   Here's a card my daughter and I made for her teacher last year.  

Supplies: 

Stamps: greeting and cat from Close to My Heart, pumpkin from Basic Grey, 

Ink: Stampin Up

Paper: K& Company, misc purple glitter.

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinder, Ribbon

The World Card Making Day/Mad Hatter Day

The gals over at Bombshell Stamps are participating in The World Card Making Day and combining it with Mad Hatter Day.   The challenge went out to the design team to make a project for the Bombshell Blog.

The helmet is from Vintage Motorcylces in honor of Mad Hatter Day and the bike itself is from Harley Bikes.   Both images are colored with Copics.  The greeting is from the Vintage Motorcycles set, heat embossed.  Shading with Distress inks.  Embossed silver cardstock using a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  Misc. ribbon. 

Angled shot to show some of the dimension.   I actually stamped and colored on the card base which is unusual for me.

Here's the inside of the card. 

Supplies
Stamps:  Bombshell Stamps (Vintage Motorcycle and Harley Bikes)
Ink: Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black - card front), Tim Holtz (Shading and motorcycle on the inside), Stampin Up Craft Ink (Black - for greeting)
Coloring: Copic Markers
Paper: Stampin' Up Cardstock (Crumb Crake, Very Vanilla), Neenah (for helmet), misc silver paper
Tools: Tim Holz embossing folder, Martha Stewart large corner rounder, EK Success small corner rounder
Accents: Ribbon, embossing powder (for greeting)

Witches Trick or Treat

It's October and Hallween is just around the bend.  So it's time to post some Halloween cards.

Supplies

Stamps: Stampabilities (the witches legs), Stampin' Up (Holiday Best), Spider and web inside of card - misc acrylic stamps, perhaps Inkadinkadoo

Ink/Coloring: Stapin' Up Classic Ink, Copic markers, Spica Markers

Papers: Baseic Grey, K & Co.

Tools: EK Success (border punch), Cuttlebug (embossing folder), Stampin' Up (oval and scalloped oval punches, Martha Stewart (bird punch, inside of card)

Accessories: Ribbon (unknown brand)

Green and Booty

This is for this weeks' Dynamic Duos challenge #20.   The color combo was fun and the bonus theme of Halloween was the perfect inspiration.   I just got the Stampin' Up Bootiful Occasions stamp set and this was the perfect challenge to break in that set.

Inside of the card.

Here's the color challenge...

Supply List: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up (Bootiful Occasions)

Ink: SU Classic (Lucky Limeade)

Paper: SU (Summer Smooches DSP), SU cardstock (Black, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade)

Tools: Martha Steward (dripping paint and spider web border punches), Sizzix (spider die)