Ms. May's Challenge

It is time for Bombshell stamps to usher in our next lovely Pin up. Ms May is the uber talented Marnie! WOO HOO... and as Ms. May she has challenged us to create a project with specific colors and  different textures. She has chosen jade, white, gold and silver white colors as well as tasked us to include lots of texture. Here is my take on this challenge:

I used Koi Tattoo for this card. I colored the koi in shades of Jade. (Hee Hee that rhymed). I used G0000, 000, and 00 for the greens. The greys are C0, 1, 3. I colored each individual scale separately to give it some dimension. Once all of it was colored, I then went over it in certain areas with my stardust pen. You can see more of the sparkle below.

I used several different textures. The bottom layer is textured cardstock with glitter cardstock on top. The white layer is a sparkle cardstock which was embossed with an embossing folder. Then additional glitter paper strips were added and finally BLING.

I hope you all decide to join us this month for the challenge and try your hand at it. If you do, and use a Bombshell stamp, then you could win free stamps. WHOO HOO... BTW - If you sign up for the Bombshell Newsletter, you get access to a free Bombshell image. Those images count too if you are playing in the challenges. :-)

Hip-Hip-Hooray! Three Cheers Blog-Hop

Howdy Howdy Howdy! The Bombshell Hop this month is all about three cheers for Summer. What does that mean? It means we were challenged to make a summer themed project...but there's gotta be either the number 3, or 3 of something on your project. 3 eyelets, 3 patterned papers, etc...

My Koi Tattoo fishies were hot and are cooling down in their little pool.

I chose severl Threes in this card. First I used three colors - The aqua colors (BG10, 53, 57), Black, and Coral (R02, 05, 08).  I used three focal images (4 stamps but I layered two so that is one image ;-)  ). And other than the base, I have three layers before the images. This is all surrounded by little bits of three pearl drops.  The Paper even had three initials (SEI). HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Ok... so you should have arrived from Laura's blog - if not you should head over to the Bombshell Blog and check the blog hop out from the beginning. Otherwise your next stop is CASSIE!!!!! Have a great hop, and a great rest of the week.

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com
Mary G.: http://www.mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com
Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/
Stempelientje: http://stempelientje.blogspot.com
Kim: www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com/
Rachael: http://rachaelshandmadedesigns.blogspot.com/
Laura: http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/ - YOU ARE HERE!
Cassie: http://casbacreations.blogspot.com/
Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com
Susie: http://whiteribboncards.blogspot.co.uk
Torrey: http://left-field-studio.blogspot.com/
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com

Koi - Sketch Style

It is that time again, when thoughts turn to the incredible sketches that Kathi, our fearless Bombshell leader, challenges us to use. This month she chose a simple beautiful sketch, and honestly, this ended up being one of my favorite cards I have EVER made.

This card was made a little bit differently - in that I worked different than I usually do. I first decided which way I wanted the sketch to be. Kathi challenged us to use this sketch, and I decided it needed to be flipped. Then I chose my stamp. I looked through all the Bombshells I had to figure out which ones went best with this layout.

Then I chose my paper. I found this Best Creations paper with a dragon flying up, but the great thing about it was the water at the bottom. And it coordinated with the other sheet of paper (the back paper). THEN I chose my colors to coordinate. I say this was different because I typically color up an image and then try to find paper that matches, then come up with a layout... so this was reversed almost.

I colored the Koi up with YR21 and then started layering from the inside edge of all of the scales with YR23, R22, 24 and 27, then I went back over with YR21. On the fins I layered the same way and added in R39 at the base to make it darker. I then added shading with the R22 along the scales. The "water" I tried to match some of the water splashing on the paper and used the W4, 6, 7, 9 series to try to match it.

 I used crystal stickles over the water colored to add some shimmer to match the paper, and also used crystal effects to make the fish all shiny. The  I used some charms from the jewelry section at JoAnns to anchor the top.

Ok... Now that I have bored you all to death, I really hope you pop on over to the Bombshell Stamps blog and take part in the Sketch Challenge this month. And if you don't have any Bombshell stamps, take a look at the "Anything Goes" special challenge, for a chance to win some of these super fun stamps.

Talk to you soon!!!!