Black and White Bombshell Fright

Hey all my goblins and ghouls! Glad you made it over here to my home on the web for this Halloween edition of the Bombshell Hump Day Hop! You should have arrived from Mary's Blog, if not, please catch all of our goodies starting on the Bombshell blog.

Ms. Alison, our Hip Hostess for all Hump Day Hopping was especially excited this month as she is a HUGE fan of all things Halloweeny. She charged us to create a Halloween themed card - but with a twist - Black and White only! Immediately I knew I wanted to color something a little doodly / zentangly.

I used Bombshell Angel and Halloween Costume sets to create this lovely lady. But - with a twist!!!! A Zentangly twist. I took the outfit and used Copic multiliners and went to town on her outfit and her hair.  Once I was done, I worried it was too busy, but once I got the whole thing together I was really happy with her. I did use a touch of C3 on her to give her some shading in her skin and on her legs. 

She has been cut out, and then mounted on foam tape. I printed out the saying from Young Frankenstein (LOVE Madeline Kahn) on my laser printer and adde that to the card. Finished it off with the blingy spiders.

Now... Off you go to the next blog on the block, which is EMIILY!! I hope you have a very happy Halloween.

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Susie: http://whiteribboncards.blogspot.co.uk
Alex "Ms. October!": http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/
Torrey: http://left-field-studio.blogspot.com/
Kelli: http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com
Kim: http://www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com
Sparkly Mary: http://sparkly-train.blogspot.com/
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/    YOU ARE HERE
Emily: http://www.bombshellemsartisticexpressions.blogspot.com
Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com
Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/
Christine: http://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com
Stempelientje: http://stempelientje.blogspot.com
Jenn: http://www.stampinangeljenn.blogspot.com/
Rachael: http://rachaelshandmadedesigns.blogspot.com/
Mari: http://mariscreativerazzledazzle.blogspot.de/
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com


I am entering this into the following Challenges:
Designed to Color Challenge - HALLOWEEN

Created with Love - Sassy Studio Designs Style

Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the Created with Love challenge. Their challenge is a Halloween Blog Hop. Well my lady is not so much hopping as she is flying! I chose to use a slightly non-traditional twist on the traditional green and purple colors and one of the new Halloween release images!

For the purple I used V91, 93, 95, 99. I paired that with the BG70, 72, 75, 78 of the green. With those colors I wanted to go darker with the skin tones than I normally do, so I used E53, 55, 57 for her skin. The broom is E31, 35, 37, 39.

I paired that with the lovely paper, and the sentiments. I think she really pops out on the greyish / black paper, and the spider web mimics her hat.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting my little home on the web. I hope to see you back again soon.

Oh - I am entering this into the following Challenge:
Designd to Color Challenge - HALLOWEEN

New Release Hop at Bombshell

The Bombshells are out in force today celebrating the two new stamp sets that have been released. They are Indian Princess and Indian Warrior and are a wonderful addition to the Western and Pin up Sets.  You should have arrived from Susie's blog. If not, you should head over to the Bombshell Blog for the FULL experience.

I decided to use the Indian Warrior set today.

The image is a blast to color and the additional bits and pieces and littler images with the set are all very cute and work well on their own.

I used E11, 13, 15 for her skin, and E25, 27, 29 for her hair. The dress was a soft buckskin color I achieved with E40, 41, 42, 43. I then went over the edges at the bottom with a burgandy multiliner and then added fringe to her top with the same color. The feathers on her headress are BG70. 72, 75 fading into th reds of R43, 56, 59.

The next step on the blog hop is Jodi. But if you get lost along the way you can check out the BombshellBlog for the full list.

 

See you all again soon!

NEW RELEASE OVER AT BOMBSHELL!!!!

If you are looking for the Sassy Studio Designs Post for today, it is here!

Bombshell Stamps has two new stamp sets in the Tattoo & Pin-Up Collection!
The Indian Princess  and Indian Warrior sets are two new gorgeous additions to the Bombshell line. They are available RIGHT NOW as digital sets, and also available as a pre-order in etched rubber!
The Bombshell's have been having a BLAST with these new images. Here is what I have created with Indian Princess. My daughter gave me the best compliment... she said that the lady looks like a real person! Bouncy Bouncy Me!

She was SOOOOOO much fun to color. Her skin is E11, 13, 15 and her hair is the E2x range from light to dark. I used R02, 05, 08, 29 for the reds, and B01, 02, 05, 06 for the turquoise blues. The feathers have C1, C3 and B00 ib them to lend to white feathers with a touch of depth.

Once done I cut her out and then added the silver pearls to her. I love turquoise and silver together. Now... go check out the other creations that the team has made for you. They have SERIOUSLY outdone themselves today. They are all beautiful.

 



Once Upon a Time...

There was a company that loved to sponsor challenge blogs. Now this company on a lovely Thursday in October chose to sponsor a fun challenge blog over at this one site called Aud Sentiments. They chose to challenge their subjects to include a sentiment from their favorite fairytale.

After much pondering and thoughtful interpretation, I could not narrow it down to a single story. Therefore I chose to incorporate the "Once Upon a Time" sentiment into my project because it is the beginning of every happy fairy tale (even some of the more modern ones (STAR WARS ANYONE??).

Steampunk Vivian SCREAMED At me to use her, and I think she fits nicely with this theme. She is out here to take charge of her own life. The inside says it all - - It uses the other sentiment that is tied with this one in my mind and that is "Happily Ever After".

I hope you jump on over to the Sassy Studio Designs blog and check out what the rest of the team has prepared for you.

Bombshell Tutorial Challenge

As a special edition challenge, this one was very fun. We were challenged to select one of the tutorials from Bombshell Stamps Fabulous Friday and incorporate it into one of our cards. I chose to go Toling ala Torrey.

I chose Homeward Bound for this card. I colored up my image with Copics (DUH). The colors used are below. But there are two things different about this card. I partially toled it. Is that a word?

OK... so I did that, and then I also have the image on the inside of the card with a window open to the inside.

I used E6000 to layer up the boat, sails and water. I have the entire boar (minus the ropes) as the 2nd layer of the card. Then I have the top main sails and boat as the third layer. The front sales and the water are the fourth layer.

I cut a Nestie out of black and layered it on top of the image and stuck it down with foam tape. Then I layered that on the right side of my base cardstock. I rand two different creases on the left side of the black cardstock where I wanted the base cardstock to fold over.  I then added tape to the non cutting side of the next size up Nestie I placed it where I wanted it, so it would be centered over the black layer. with the tape facing up. I then closed the card and it stuck to the inside of the green/ blue layer. I cut it out. Now when the card closes the opening fell right on top of the black opening on the inside of the card.  :D

OK so the colors I used are E50, 51, 53 for the sails, Y00, 21, 23 for the sun, BG70, 72, 75 for the water, Y11, 23, 26 for the gold on the boat, and E33, 35, 37 for the wood. The clouds are B60, and the sky is B91.

So, if you arrived here not from Bombshell Stamps blog - then I really hope that you head over and check out the blog today. And maybe join in with us for a chance to win a Bombshell Stamp Set. 

Muse Monday Post - Very Moving Sketleton

Over on Bombshell Stamps blog we are celebrating a different stamp set every month. This month - to go along with the Halloween and Dia De Las Muertas that the Bombshells ADORE is the Calaveras Fiesta stamp set.  Now, every time I see these happy skeletons I think they have to move, so that is what I have done!

 

 

 

I used two stamped images of Mr. Bones. The first I cut out the torso, and the second I cut out the limbs. On the limbs I left a small circle of the torso at the end of each one. Enough that I could punch a brad hole through as well. I punched the torso where I wanted to attach as well as the limbs and used white brads to attach the limbs. Then I added pop up foam behind the torso and attached it to the black paper. This allows the arms and legs to move around. And yes... every time I pass the card, which is sitting on my counter I move the arms and legs around and giggle. :D

 

Here is the set we are celebrating.

 Thanks for checking out my blog today. Hope to see you again soon.