Ahoy There my Muse

Hey there all y'all. It is Muse Monday over at Bombshell Stamps, and we are celebrating the Ahoy Sailor stamp set.

One of the brilliant things about this stamp set is that it has an anchor in it which is the symbol for our daughters school. Whoop!!!!!

Well she is going from 8th grade to high school, so I made this card for her and I will give it to her on Wednesday when they get out of school.

I took the anchor and colored it in light shades of Cool Grey with a little bit of B37 on the top. The rope was colored with E31, 33 and 37. I colored the two stars with C1, and then went over them with the stardust gel pen.   I sorta followed  sketch 101 from the Deconstructed Sketch... enough so that I will be entering this card over there. But.... I did add a couple more embellishments to the card (the ribbon and the bling on the left). It just seemed a little too bare.

Why don't you look at some of our challenges, and take advantage. Maybe you will win and can buy Ahoy Sailor stamp set!!!

Talk to you soon.

It's Icon-ic

Hey there all. Welcome to my humble abode for my take on the ICON Blog Hop. If you arrived from Jodi's Blog, then you are on the right track... If you just happened along or came directly here - then take a look here and then check out the rest of the blog hop starting from the beginning.

I really love the Steampunk look of things, so I decided to pull out my gears Spellbinders Dies and cut out a few of the gears in different colors of brown.  The Icon image I chose I think goes so well with the gears. The little bitty ships wheel from a couple of the sets (Mermaid Anchor and Ahoy Sailor) and reinds me of the gears. The spokes and all. So I stamped that wheel in the middle of the cutouts that I made of the gears. I also added some ink with sponging to give it more of an antique-y, metal-y look.

I chose the paper from a 7Gypsies set I have. The ATC is made with a clear acrylic base. I pasted all the gears and the extra doo-hickeys to the front of the plastic sheet. Then I stamped "It's Your Lucky Day" from Mermaid Treasure set in Black Versafine. Then I clear embossed it. This I stuck using ATG tape to the back of the clear plastic. I trimmed the paper around the plastic shape. Then I added a bit of extra to it with bendable wire. this I wrapped and twisted in different areas. Where it is coming up through the image... that is through a hole I punched with a metal punch.

I hope you enjoyed this. Just another way to use the Icons in the Bombshell Stamp Sets.

Now - you should head on over to Kim's blog and see what Icon-ic thing she has in store for you. If you get lost along the way, you can always come back here and use the list below to find your way.

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com
Laura: http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/
Torrey: http://left-field-studio.blogspot.com/
Sparkly Engineer Mary: http://sparkly-train.blogspot.com/
Stempelientje: http://stempelientje.blogspot.com
Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com
Kelli: http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com
Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/ <-- X marks the spot
Kim: www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com
See you again soon. :-)

Up the flagpole!

Hey there all. Glad to see you back. This time it is to celebrate Bombshell Stamps Ms. June's pinup challenge. Crafty Pink Anchor (aka Kim) is Ms. June and she has challenged us to "Raise Yer Flag"! There are so many ways you can interpret this, but I decided to use a Bombshell Stamps Freebie (to Nesletter subscribers) and the Ahoy Sailor stamp set.

The blues are B21, 23, 26, 29 and 39. Coloring around all those stars was tricky!!!!! The reds are R22, 24, 27, 29 and 39. The yellows I started out with a base of  Y11, and colored over with Y23, 26, 28. The greens are G21, YG23, 25, G28 and the skin is E000, 00, 11, R20.

I used one of the Grand Nestabilities and cut out the white cardstock and then scored it in half. I did the same with one size larger in the blue. I layerd those up and then placed the flag with the sailor insert inside it. Once done I added a bit o bling with the gold pearlies.

Now I really encourage you all to pop over to the Bombshell blog and check out all the other inspiration the ladies have for you. And you really should try your hand at this challenge. You enter, and you can win free rubber... and this one is so easy, because there are four digital flag stamps just waiting for you if you subscribe to the newsletter. I mean, you use free stamps to make the card and the possibly win free stamps for making a card with free stamps. Where is the bad in that?!!!! F-R-E-E!!!!!

See you back here again soon.

Mermaid Mist and Mystery

I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue
And it's hey to the starboard, heave-ho
Look out, lad, a mermaid be waiting for you
In mysterious fathoms below

Every time I see this lovely lady I think of the Little Mermaid. I just got her in the other day and inked her up and colored her in, and of course she ended up with Ariel ish hair - although this is a little more orangey red. Although she is obdiously on the anchor of the ship or the prow... I still think of Mermaids encompassed in mist and mystery. When I originally chose the ribbon for the bow and the placement, I wasn't thinking about how this gave a little bit of mystery to the mermaid, but I love how it turned out. You can still see her through the sheer ribbon, and yet it shrouds her a little too.

I love my Nesties, but sometimes it is not big enough. I tend to use larger images, and need the largest nestie to cut the image itself out. To solve that sometimes - I tape down the Nestie and trace the outside of it with a pen or pencil on the wrong side of the cardstock I want to use. I then do the fussy cutting and cut it out to allow for layers. So, even though it is not a simple twist and crank, it is still fairly simple.

 

Stamps - Bombshell Stamps

Mermaid Anchor - mermaid
Ahoy Sailor - sentiment

Copics:

skin - E0000, 000, 00, R20

Hair and Flower - YR21, R02, 05, E07

Leaves - G14, 16, 28

Anchor - BV20, 23, C5

Legs / fins - YG11 - all over, BG11, 13, 15, 18 faded in for the blue green

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you stop by again soon!!!

Ahoy Sketch!

It's Bombshell stamps sketchy time! Kathi came up with this gorgeous sketch to design to this month. I decided to use Ahoy Sailor with the DCWV Tradewinds paper for my take on the sketch.  I stamped the image twice. Once on the base paper that I cut out with a Nestie. While still in the Nestie I used B41 and B45 to airbrush. The color was a little bright when done so I went over that with the C3.  I tried to focus the airbrush more on the outer edges and get lighter as I went in.

The second image I colored up with R32, 46 and 59, B91, 93, 95, 97. I added a light touch of B0000 to white of her collar and her hat. Her skin is E000, 00, 11 and a dab of R20 for her cheeks.  Her hair is E23, 27, 29.  Once I assembled the card, I cut out the second image and pasted it on top of the first image on the base. I did it this way, so that her tie could fit over the bottom panel.

Now, I hope that you head on over to the Bombshell stamps blog and check out what all the Bombshells have prepared for you this month. And remember if you  play along with the sketch challenge you have a chance to win a free set of stamps. Where is the bad in that???!!!

See all of you soon!

Gettin' Sketchy

Hey all. It is time for the Bombshell Sketch Challenge for October. I got in the Ahoy Sailor stamps, and decided to ink them up and go with the classic red, white and blue for the scheme, but it needed some flash - - needed to add silver.

The blues are B91, 93, 95, 97, and the Reds are R32, 35, 37, 39.  The skin is E00, 11, 13 and the hair E13, 15. I added some of the stardust pen and added some sparkles to her hat, and to her Outfit. Cuz really - can you imagine me making a card without sparklies? Yeah Right.

I hope you all check out the Bombshell blog and what the lovely ladies have cooked up for your inspiration.  And maybe even try your hand at winning some REALLY cool stamps that are SO Much fun to color. Seriously... You can do so much with them.

OK... See you later this week.