Bombshell Montly Challenge

Good Morning my fabulous Bombshell Fans!!  Today we're still in the lovey mood as we create along with our Darling Bombshell Katie's Monthly Challenge!  

Here is the challenge information straight from the Bombshell Forum:

 

"Well it's February, the month of St. Valentine and as we all love Bombshells I figured lets have a Bombshell LURVE theme!! 
What goes through your mind when you think of love, maybe cherubs, chocolates music and whispering sweet nothings to your honeybun or perhaps something a little darker....broken hearts, tears and thoughts of sweet, sweet revenge.
So here's my Valentine challenge to you this month, I want to see what's in your hearts the good AND the bad If you like sweet nothings- great but lets see a little bit of your dark side too!!!
If you like the dark side of love then sweeten it a little !
So go where your imagination takes you and lets see the YING and YANG of lurve!!!"

Here is where I went with this challenge:

 

I used my first Bombshell love - Bombshell Angel.  She always has and always will make me swoon!!  I inked her up with Momento Ink and stamped her onto Copic Xpress blending paper.  I colored her in with my Copics.  I then inked her again, coloring her bodice in red, coating her in red glitter and then laying on a thick layer of Glossy Accents to make her entire outfit pop and shine!  I trimmed it out once it was dry and paper pieced it over the already colored Angel.  I LOVE how it came out!!   As a finishing touch I glittered up her sweet heels as well!  I added a baby brad to the center of her hair flower to pull in the silver from the corners of the card.  

Papers are all from Basic Grey except for the Kraft base which is from JoAnn Fabrics.  I did a lot of red stitching and kept all other embellishments at a minimum.  

I, of course, finished off the interior to keep everything happy and harmonious.  

Simple, sweet and easy peasy!  I hope you'll come play along with us right HERE!

I've already attach this beauty to my darling husband's Valentine's Day gift that I cannot WAIT to give it to him when he gets home!!

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith

Bombshell Monthly Challenge - Hot and Steamy

Morning Gorgeous Bombshells!!  I'm here with you posting with my fabulous teammates over at the Bombshell Forum for this month's amazing theme - Steampunk.  It's eclectic and gear"ry", sassy, a bit sultry, vixen"ey", tough-girl-esque yet still super sexy.  That's what Steampunk design means to me.  I was going for crisp and simple with all of the elements in harmony with it's funky attitude.  

I used my favorite love here at Bombshell - Bombshell Angel.  I colored her with my Copics making her hair a divine shade of Minty Blue.  I used vintage glass glitter on her bodice and let a gold flower bloom in her hair.  

G45 papers used.  In what other line...than Steampunk Debutante.  Exactly.

I added some rhinestones and brads as embellishments and let it alone.  I was happy.

I hope you have enjoyed and been inspired!  I hope you'll come create with us over at the Bombshell forum!!

Holiday Hugs!
Meredith

xoxo

May Bombshell Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday Everyone!! I'm here to bring you another version of the most gorgeous Bombshell (in my opinion) - Bombshell Angel! She has become my all time favorite. She is my go to when I want to create something super hot and sexy.

We are working with a sketch challenge today and here is the sketch that we were given to work with:

As you can see, I flipped it 90 degrees to the right. I changed it only slightly which is a little off for me as I usually try to recreate the sketch 100% but this one just kind of took on a life of it's own.

I started with a 6 x 5 cardstock base in Lake Blue from The Paper Source. I created a border along the bottom to mimic the sketch using my playing card punch. I stopped it at the bottom right hand corner as I wanted to use that space for my sentiment rather than centering it.
I then knew I wanted to keep this dark so I went to black cardstock for my next layer. I used clear beads to adorn the left side - adhering them down with my Diamond Glaze - these were in a pack of goodies from my dear friend Kelli!! (thank you!!!) Using PTI pure white cardstock I stamped my Angel in Tuxedo Black Momento Ink. She is colored with my Copic markers and slightly glittered up with a silver Sakura gel pen. I wanted a slightly vintage/antique look so I used my Tim Holtz Distress Ink in 'Vintage Photo' and ran it around the edges.
I then colored her sexy corseted outfit and hair with my Versamark pen, coated them both with clear embossing powder and heat set them. I LOVE how shiny and glam they came out!! The flower in her hair is also Copic colored and adorned with a tiny rhinestone.
I used my SU! corner punch to create the corner which I also adorned with 3 baby rhinestones.
I used the simple sentiment "Bombshell" in the bottom right corner, stamped onto Kraft cardstock and backed with a cool grey/black grungy style Designer Paper. The sentiment is popped up on 3-D foam adhesive to give it a bit of added dimension.
I had SO much fun working on May's sketch challenge! I can't wait to see what's up for next month!!

Don't forget to hop or come join us for May 26th's Bombshell Blog Hop!!!

XOXO-

March Bombshell Challenge - "Booty Log"

Hello Everyone and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Today, I am showing off an altered composition notebook that I made using this month's Bombshell Stamp Challenge!

The challenge is as follows and is posted in The Casino on their forum as posted by the lovely Ms. March:

"My challenge is for you to create a "Booty Log". In the papercrafting world this translates to an altered book of some kind. It can be a journal, notebook, diary, really any type of book you wish! I finally finished my Copic Marker technique Journal. There is a close up image in the gallery."

This is what I created!!

I started with a standard, old school, Composition Notebook in green. How perfect for the month of March?!

I collected my papers, scraps, etc and simply started layering. I started with minimal planning (which is usually how I start creating) and just let the book take it's shape.

I used the hottie from the "Bombshell Angel" set as my focal point on the cover. I just LOVE her! She's stamped in SU! Basic Black ink and heat embossed with clear powder and colored with my Copics. I used my silver-ish Sakura gel pen to make it look like she has super sparkly stockings on. Her adorable outfit is colored and then gone over with my Versamark pen and heat embossed making it super shiny. Embossing just adds so much dimension to an image sometimes =)
I then stamped RETRO on a snippet of DP and layered it on Kraft, Ivory and then Kraft again and popped it up on 3-D foam adhesive.
The trio of stamps key, heart and star are all from the same "Bombshell Angel" set. I put them together on an acrylic block and created a border of sorts with them.
I added some green Swiss dot ribbon, stitched down and embellished with a bit of tan, linen twine. I've added staples and attacked it with a sanding block to grunge it up a bit.
I created one tab and then covered the interior cover both as function and decorative elements. I'm going to see if my darling friend wants to use this for a guest book at another friend's 50th surprise birthday party!
Thank you for visiting today and definitely check out the entire Bombshell line...it's ridiculously fabulous beyond belief!

Summer Buns - A Great Way To Start a Monday!!

A great card for all the guys out there!!! This template simply makes me giggle! =) It can either be the TOP or the BOTTOM. If you cut out the middle - essentially where I've added the "thong" panty, you can cut that part out and make either a cutie brassiere OR a bikini top!!

It's super easy and such a sexy card for the special someone in your life OR it could be done up for a bachelorette party, lingere bridal shower, etc!!

I've added the template in this post. Simply right click on it and SAVE AS to your computer. You'll need to open it in some kind of editing program in order to resize it.

Many thanks to Jean for the fun template!! The stamps are from the ever fabulous BOMBSHELL stamp company!!!



Thanks for visiting!!

XOXOXOXO-
Meredith

Hubba Hubba Hubby...

My Adventures With Bombshell Stamps!!!

My fantastic, gorgeous, smart, sexy, caring, loving and most amazing Husband just celebrated his birthday. His 21st birthday of course. ;) And you ALL know that no matter how large your stamp and paper collections are you STRUGGLE to make that really cool 'guy' card. Yes you can keep it simple, elegant, crisp and clean.

But if you want to really do it up...it can be difficult. NOT ANYMORE!!! I found Bombshell Stamps on someone's sidebar and it IMMEDIATELY sounded like something I'd be into. So I clicked and felt my jaw drop!!! It's as if these stamps were made FOR ME!! Or for me to USE anyway =)

For those of you who know my husband will know why he LOVED this card that I made him. Because honestly, if he had his druthers...he'd have ME popping out of a cake!!! But I told him that a pop out card is the best I got for him. LOL! He appreciated the sentiment.

Anyway - I wanted to do a long note style card 9 x 3 3/4. I used designer paper as my base, and layered further dp on top of that. You'll see on the inside I added ivory writing space on the top and the bottom of the card. It added a lot of stability as the DP I chose for the card base was not that thick and kept slipping so the ivory cardstock really helped.
I added 2 brads...one that looks like a flat head screw and one that looks like a phillips head. I used the sentiment from the DP "love conquers all" because if you know us...you know that it's the mantra for our life.

The gorgeous hottie peeking out is from the Girls Ruin set over at Bombshell.

I stamped her in basic black ink and proceeded to color her with my Copics. I used dense black sparkles for her brassiere and shoes and my silver sort of opaque Sakura pen for the top of her thigh highs. Her lips are done in red Sakura sparkly gel pen.

And my favorite is the inside...the Lil' Devil is from the Bombshell Angel set...which is equally as fabulous and I JUST ordered 2 more sets!! I'm an addict!!

Happy 21st Birthday my darling!! Many, many, many more wonderful ones to share!!

Thank you for visiting!!!

XOXOXOOXOX-
Meri