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)

.

Holiday Party Bombshell

I haven't been posting for a few weeks as I went out for carpal tunnel surgery.  I'm still heeling, but still functioning with my right hand while coddling my left hand.   So I made a clean and simple card to keep things easier.   I really like CAS cards and often aspire to make CAS cards, but don't always achieve that aspiration.  Hopefully I did this time.    So here she is.... my Holiday Bombshell.

 

This Bombshell Angel is stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink and colored with Copics.   The dress is cut using my e-cutter with MTC software using the Bombshell Clothing digital die cut file. 

 

The Bombshell's Santa hat is from the Bombshell Stamps Holiday Accessory set.  It's stamped, the red is colored with Copics and the fuzzy white stuff is this great medium called Liquid Applique that puffs up when heated with a heat gun. 

 

The designer printed papers are from My Mind's Eye and Recollections.   The silver layer is Canson and the white cardstock is Neenah with a Hammermill white cardstock card base.   Some dimensional foam tape is used to pop up this gorgeous gal from the card base.   Lastly, the embossing is created using an embossing folder by Darice.   

Merry Scenic Winter Wishes

This card is for this week's Color Throwdown (CTD270) and Paper Players (PP174) challenges.  I actually stamped and colored the main image some time ago.   Since I'm recovering from carpal tunnel surgery, it prompted me to dig through my stash of predone elements and work with those.  This image was a perfect fit for both challenges.   

Here are a couple of angled shots.

and the inside of the card.

Supplies:

Stamps: winter scene (Hero Arts); background (Impression Obsession)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); embossing ink (Versamark)

Coloring: markers (Copic); Gumball Green Marker (Stampin' Up)

Cardstock: Crumb Cake,  Gumball Green (Stampin' Up); silver (Core'dinations); silver (Canson); white (Neenah)

Ribbon: Gumball Green stitched, silver (Stampin' Up)

Tools: oval and scallopped oval punches (Stampin' Up)

Other: silver embossing powder

Banner Dragster

This is for the August Bombshell Sketch challenge.   I turned the sketch side ways and here's what I came up with. 

Here's a close up so you can see some of the dry embossed texture. 

And the inside of the card...  it's clean with a touch of embossing on one side. I roll the embossing folder into my Big Shot for a smidge and roll it back out. Kinda looks like tire tracks. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Bombshell Speedshop (Bombshell Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Coloring: markers (Copic)

Printed Paper: Miss Caroline (My Mind's Eye)

Cardstock: white (Neenah); Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Naturals White (Stampin' Up)

Tools: embossing folders (Letterpress)

Accessories: baker's twine (Stampin' Up); seam binding (Stampin' Up); nail head stickers (JoAnn's); mini stapler (Tim Holtz)

Rev Up Mojo 304

This is for the Mojo Monday 304 sketch challenge.   I've been wanting to use some of these die cuts I've had sitting around at my desk that I cut using a 12 inch Sizzlet die.   They make the perfect chevrons that are so hot right now.  I combined those strips with one of the cars from  Bombshell's Speed Shop stamp set.

A bit of an angle.

Inside of the card.

Mojo Monday sketch (mojo304)

Supplies:

Stamps: Speed Shop (Bombshell Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Coloring: alcohol markers (Copics)

Printed Paper: Amy Tangerine (American Crafts)

Cardstock: white (Neenah); yellow, pink, teal, black, and lavendar (Creative Memories); black card base (Stampin' Up); white bases (Hammermill)

Accessories: ribbon (Stampin' Up)

Patriotic Muscle Car

Bombshell Stamps' Miss July, Michelle Giraud issued a challenge to get patriotic with red white and blue.  I combined that challenge with this week's Mojo Monday sketch (mojo300).   Here's the end result featuring the Vintage Raceway set from Bombshell Stamps.

I used a couple of star punches to add a tone on tone 3D effect on the background layer.   The below angled shot shows this a bit better. 

Love SU dimensionals.  They're so easy to use.  I also love that they are half as thick as some of the pop dots at the big box stores.   Because they're thinner I can add two layers to a card. The circle is mounted with dimensionals and so is the car.   The car has single layer dimensionals on the front which is mounted on top of the raised circle.  The back has two layers of dimensionls to raise the piece to an even level.   

Lastly, the inside of the car.  I just added some strips of paper turned into banners.   Great use for scraps. 

Here's the Mojo Monday sketch for this week - mojo300

Supplies: 

Stamps: Vintage Racing (Bombshell Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Coloring: markers (Copic)

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

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White (Stampin' Up); white (Neenah)

Tools: star punches (Creative Memories and Marvy); border punch (EK Success)

Accessories: Star bling (unknown - purchased at Michael's)

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)

Lovely Poppy

This is the card I sent my mom for Mother's Day.   She lives in Germany and when Stampin' Up released greeting stamps in German in the US, I was thrilled.   I picked up one set thus far.  Gonna have to get a few more if they're still offered.  With this card I also wanted to make myself use some Washi tape.  I may have overdone it though.   

Here's a bit of a close up on the coloring.  The Poppies took some time to color with my Copics.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up (Pleasant Poppies, Verspielte Gruesse)

Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)

Coloring: Copics

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Black, Pear Pizzaz), Neenah (white)

Accessories: Washi Tape (Recollections, K&Company)

Patriotic Showgirl

This beauty is ready to celebrate Memorial Day in all her red white and blue glory.  Just think of her as one of the showgirls traveling the world to entertain our loyal troops. 

Featuring Butterfly Queen

Credit for the sketch goes to Retro Sketches (rs64).  

Stamps: Bombshell Stamps (Butterfly Queen)
Ink: Memento (Rich Cocoa)
Coloring: Copic
Papers: My Minds' Eye and Jillibean Soup
Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Neenah
Ribbon: Misc.
Accessories: misc Bling

Hot Wishes

It's time for Bombshell Stamp's May sketch challenge.   

I ended up turning the bottom half of the sketch into a fancy fold. 

And here's the inside of the card.

BombShell Stamp's may sketch challenge.

using Piston Rebel stamp set

Additional Supplies

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Coloring: markers (Copic)

Printed Paper: (Authentique)

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Naturals White for the inside (Stampin' Up), white for stamping and coloring (Neenah)

Tools: stars embossing folder (Paper Studio)

Accessories: rubon greeting (K&Company)

Bombshell Paper Dress-Up

This tutorial is also posted on the Bombshell Stamps blog.  

_____________________________

Hi there Bombshell fans.   As a Bombshell fan, one of the must have stamp sets, is the Bombshell Angel.   And Bombshell has done a fabulous job making her oh so versatile.   One of the offerings is a cutting file you can purchase to make Bombshell clothing.   That Bombshell Angel makes for one H.O.T. dress-up doll.  If you have an e-cutter that hooks up to your computer such as a KNK Zing, Black Cat, Cameo, Silhouette, etc., then this is just oh so perfect for you.  It's oh so easy for you to dress your Bombshell.   I'll take you through the process step by step.  

This image below gives you an idea of all of the clothing items that are available and it's on sale right now for only $8.99.   You'll get several different file formats to suit your machine including .scut, .gsd, .gif, and .eps.  For more details read here:  "Bombshell Clothing" Die Cut Collection

Now follow me along on how I make use of this awesome file.  I like to use Make the Cut (MTC) software and my KNK Zing.   I love MTC.  It's so easy to use.  I imported the .scut version of the cutting file and was ready to start cutting in no time.   

After purchasing the cutting file from http://www.bombshellstamps.com, you can access the download from the home page.  Click on the link "DIGI PICKUP" toward the top right of the page.   

Log in and you should be able to access your purchased files.  Follow the download instructions at the top of the page.... it's pretty simple. 

Be sure to save your files where you'll remember later. 

Open your software for your e-cutter.  In my case, I'm using Make the Cut (MTC).  MTC easily lets me import non .mtc file formats.   So I'll chose the .scut file and import it into MTC.  The import process takes barely a few seconds...  It's just a few mouse clicks. 

Once imported, I can save the file as a .mtc file and massage the file as desired.  For example, I split the file up and put each clothing item on its own layer.  One thing I was careful not to do is that I did NOT resize any of the items.  The items are perfectly sized to work with the Bombshell Angel stamp set. 

So now to the cutting process.  Load your paper onto your cutting mat.  I chose a blue jean print to cut... well, you guessed it - blue jeans.  :-)   

Load your cutting mat, go back to your software and give the instruction to cut. 

Remove excess paper and weed any small items from your cut item.  See.... I now have little paper blue jeans.   Aren't they cute? 

Do the same for additional articles of clothing.  I chose to cut a red polka dot shirt.

  

I like to add a bit of shading.  It not only gives the Bombshell clothes some dimension, but it also does a great job to disguise any burrs from the cutting process.

Here's her outfit with shading and ready to go.

Now to stamp a Bombshell Angel.   I like to stamp her in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  I think black is just a bit harsh for her skin and Memento ink works well with my Copic markers.

After stamping, I just lay the outfit on my Bombshell image to see where I need to color.   See how low that belt goes.   I'm just going to color dark brown behind the jeans for the belt.

Here she is again after coloring.  I just laid the clothes on her again to make sure I got everything before fussy cutting her out and then adhering the clothes.

And WOW... What a Bombshell ready for a ride.   I'll be featuring her on a card sometime in the future, but in the mean time, she's just a hottie with my son's toy motorcycles. :-)

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!