August Muse Monday: Vintage Motorcycle- Week 2

Greetings! It's time for Week 2 of the August Bombshell Stamps Muse Monday. This month, we are featuring the perfect-for-guys set, Vintage Motorcycle. Do you have this set? If not, then this is the time to get it because it will be on sale for the entire month!

Take a look at what the design team has created this week.

Stempelientje

August Muse Monday: Vintage Motorcycle- Week 1

Hello! It's the 1st Monday of the month, so that means it's time to introduce this month's Muse Monday! What's Muse Monday? Each month, we will feature a different set from Bombshell Stamps. Our awesome DT will make projects and share them with you every Monday, to give you lots of great ideas.  Plus, the set will be on sale for the entire month! So what's this month set? Vintage Motorcycle!

Here are some great projects using this set.

Stempelientje

Ms. April

Ms. April also used Man's Ruin


Alison

Let's Play Dress Up!

I have a new obsession. I have discovered digital stamps. I have been having lots of fun playing with my Bombshell Angel set and all the fun digital Dress Up stamps that have been created to go with her. I am not a techno savvy type gal when it comes to creating art with my computer. So, for those of you out there who are like me here is how I do it.

 

First, download the digital stamp set(s) into your pictures file on your computer. Next, go to the picture file, find the new digital stamp set (the thing you just downloaded) and click on it. Then find the print key at the top and hit that.

 Biker Bombshell



 

Once you have it open in the new screen, click on the two 4 by 6 option. 

 Next, click on the "Fit picture to frame" box.

 Now, hit the "Print" Key. I use a flat white cardstock to print my digital stamps on. It tends to hold up better when I color them in!

 I usually go ahead and print two sets on one paper (I don't want to waste paper after all! Or at least that is what I tell myself) and cut down the center until I am left with this:

 Stamp your Bombshell Angel on another piece of cardstock and decide which outfit you want to dress her up in. Then color the part of the Bombshell that will be showing and just leave the rest white. I color in my outfit making sure I use the same skin tone on both the outfit and my bombshell.

 Bombshell Angel

 

 

Cut out my outfit and lay it over the bombshell so you know what you need to trim off of her.

 Now, cut out the part of the bombshell you will be using and toss the rest.

 Here is the fun part! Go ahead and piece her together.

 Make sure you use adhesive down the back of her in a couple different spots. We don't want her falling apart in the mail on the card! I always like to coordinate her with another stamp set I have. The digital Biker Bombshell set works great with any of the hot rod sets! I used the Vintage Motorcycle to go with my Biker Babe.

Vintage Motorcycle

Here are a few other cards I have made over the last few days with a few of the different digital stamps sets.

 Rescue Bombshells

 Evening Bombshells

Rescue Bombshells & Piston Rebel Motorcycle

I would love to see what you create with your digital stamps. If you have not played with them yet, I encourage you to do so! They are economical and versatile!

 

Until next time -- HAPPY CRAFTING!

 

 

Ms. April's Blog

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)

Ms. November's Challenge!

Kas Mello, Bombshell's Ms. November, has issued her challenge, "Rough Chicks, Bikes, and Leather". Not all girls are into pink and bows, some are covered in grease and have helmet hair. Motorcycles are always a good girly accessory, and what biker chick doesn't love leather?

Remember, if you want the chance to win the prize, you must use Bombshell Stamps only!

Kas used Vintage Motorcycle, Tattoo Background, A Pirate's Life, Biker Bombshell Digital Stamp & Striped By Me

I have two projects for this month  

  The second are my motorcycle boots.

These used Sugar Skulls

 Now they are quite worn...but that's because I wear them all the time.

Alaine used Harley Bikes, Bombshell Angel and  Biker Bombshell

Monika using Harley Bikes

Stempelientje used: A Pirate's Life, Live to Ride, Vintage motorcycle

GlitteryKatie used Bombshell Angel, Live to Ride, Biker Bombshell

Kathi used A Pirate's Life, Biker Bombshell Digital Stamp, and Harley Bikes sets.

Kim using Vintage Motorcycle

Susie using "Piston Rebel"

Happy Crafting!
The Bombshell DT

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Harley Ornament Card

For those bikers out there, here's a card that speaks to the passion of chrome and two wheels.   I used Bombshell Stamp's Vintage Motorcycle set to create the ornaments on this card. 

Here's an angles shot to show the dimension.   the ornaments are colored using Copic markers.

And the inside of the card.  Add a stamped or computer generated greeting and another motorcycle peeking onto the card to tie it all together. 

Supplies: 
Stamps: Bombshell Stamp's (Vintage Motorcycle), CTMH (greeting)
Paper:K & Company (printed paper), cardstock, vellum
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk)
Coloring: Copic (markers and multiliner)
Tools: Stampin' Up (dies)
Accessories: Misc ribbon.

Hope you like this card.

from Ms. December - Monika Franziska, PaperChrome

December's Sketch Challenge!

Here's December's Sketch that would be perfect for those last minute holiday cards or even a gift, such as a calendar, wall hanging, or the top of a box!

Please feel free to flip it, flop it, and make it your own. Just as long as you use your Bombshell stamps and have fun with it, it's good!

Be sure to use the Inlinkz below to share your creation with us AND have the chance to win the fabulous prize of a $20 gift certificate to the Bombshell Stamps store!

Here's what the Bombshell Girls and Pin-ups did with this sketch!

Kelli using Rise and Shine, Holiday Accessory, and Pin Stripes

Jodi using Sugar Skulls

Alaine Used Butterfly Dreams

Rachael used Vintage Motorcycle and King of the Road sets

Stempelientje used: Piston Rebel

Sparkly Mary using Koi Tattoo and Wild Horses

Torrey using Mermaid Treasure and Tiki Party

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Meet Ms. December

Monika Franziska is Bombshell's Ms. December. Her coloring and design skills, coupled with her love of motorcycles, are evident in all of her work.

Here's her little interview so that you can get to know Ms. December a bit better!

1. Brief info about yourself, including your name, where you live, your family (if you want), etc.
Hi everyone. I'm Monika Franziska (just Monika on the Bombshell board). I currently live outside of Memphis, TN and have lived all over the US. I'm a proud soccer mom of two incredible kids. I have a beautiful eight year old little girl that I promise you has turned into my real live Barbie doll since we discovered Justice. She loves to go shopping at Justice and this mom tends to have "sucker" written all over her forehead. My son is ten and just as smart and handsome as can be. He has a kind heart and makes for an amazing big brother. He's growing up by leaps and bounds. Not sure how much longer I can take this... where did my babies go? And their dad (a.k.a. my husband) is sometimes just another kid in the house. He is a great husband and father, but never lost that kid-at-heart. If we ever get to meet IRL, ask me about how I met my hubby. I'll drop one clue, he was ten and I was eight.

2. How long have you been stamping and/or crafting?
For as long as I can remember, I've had this thing for paper, markers, paints, and whatnot. Even as a little girl in Germany (where I was born), I'd go to my friend's house with a bag full of art supplies. Nothing's changed in the last 30 plus years. I started seriously scrapbooking in 1999. I can't recall when I purchased my first stamp, probably in the 80's, but I got serious about stamping in the last 5 years. Love it....love it... love it.

3. What are your favorite Bombshell sets and why?
Now that's easy... I ride a Harley and the motorcycle stamps are what drew me to Bombshell Stamps in the first place. I've got three sets of Bombshell motorcycle stamps, but I have to say the Vintage Motorcycle set has been my most loved thus far. Then there's the Bombshell Angel set. Add her wardrobe of cutting files and I'm in crafty heaven. So if I'm not dressing my real life Barbie doll, I can still dress up my Bombshell Angel pin up. LOL

4. What kind of projects do you like to do?
My interests are far and wide. I love to make cards, scrapbook, 3D projects, and just about anything else I can conjure up. I enjoy my e-cutters. I started out on a Wishblade and was making cutting files with Inkscape. I've since upgraded to a KNK Zing and use Make The Cut software. Though now and then, I still go into Inkscape for a familiar platform in which to do vector editing. The e-cutter has opened up a completely new world for card making, scrapbooking, and crafting in general. If I get an idea in my head, I can often design something on my PC and cut it rather than having to chase down an obscure product in stores.

5. What are your favorite coloring mediums?
My latest love is Copics. Yum. Those are fabulous. Prisma colored pencils are a classic and I used them for quite some time to get the same kind of blended effect that you can get with Copics... Ok, not the same, but you know what I mean. It's great subtle shading. For watercolor, I really got into watercolor crayons. Not a lot of people get into those, but I really like how they have a bit of opacity to them.

6. Describe your crafting "style".
My style will vary from clean and simple to grungy and distressed. It all just depends on what the project calls for and what I feel like working with that day.

7. Describe your crafting process. Do you start with a stamp set? A sketch? A technique you want to use?
All of the above. I'll get inspiration from a variety of things. I'll let that one item serve as a springboard to create the rest. If I'm in a rut, I'll pull up a sketch and color challenge and make myself pull something together. Does wonders for the creative juices. With scrapbooking, motivation is a bit easier. It's all about the memories and the pictures. Thus I let the pictures or event be the jumping off point for the rest of the page.

8. Do you have any other hobbies?
When I'm not busy being a Mom or working, I like to hit the road. I ride a Harley Davidson Road King. My hubby has an Ultra Classic. We're a riding family and it's not unusual for us to go out for a ride and dinner as a family. We do practice safe riding. I also enjoy sewing, needlework, and scrapbooking. Last but not least, a bit of amateur photography.

9. Free for all including little facts, etc. about you.
Some things I've already alluded to. I'm a first generation immigrant to the US from Germany. My parents decided to move to the states when I was eight. I basically grew up in the US. I wanted to be sure the US is the place for me to spend the rest of my life, so in my 20's I went back to Germany for several months at a time to live, work, and study. It was a hard choice, but I ended up coming back to the country I knew best. In 1999, I took my oath of citizenship in Oklahoma City in the Federal Courthouse right across from the Murrah bombing site.

So by now, I've managed to tell you more about me than you'd probably glean at the standard cocktail party. Hey... we're missing the cocktails! If one of these days I decide to retire and don't have kids to chauffeur, I'd love to load up my motorcycle and pull behind trailer with some crafting supplies (and a few clothes) to tour the US and visit my fellow crafters. Wouldn't that be awesome?

-Yes! Yes it would!

Now that you've learned more about Monika, here are some of her favorite Bombshell cards!

Click HERE to check out Monika's Blog and HERE to check out her Bombshell Gallery!