Bombshell - Fabulous Friday Tutorial - Versa Pan

Good Morning,  I'm over on the Bombshell Stamps Blog with this fun tutorial using Pan Pastels and Versamark Ink.  I love how versatile the Pan Pastels are and how vibrant the color.  For this tutorial I am using the Bombshell Stamp Sets Holiday Accessories and Tattoo Backgrounds.  I adore the Halloween images in both of these.  I also have some papers to match my pastels and a soft brush.

First stamp the spider web from Tattoo Backgrounds onto white with Versamark Ink.

Gently brush the Pastel over the web and it will magically appear.

Isn't it super cool looking?  With a tissue or soft cloth brush the excess chalk off.

Next stamp the spider from the Tattoo Backgrounds on top of the Web and brush the pastels over it.

I love how it pops up!  Don't forget to brush away the excess with a soft cloth or tissue.

For the background stamp the bats from Holiday Accessories onto the background paper.  And brush the pastels over it.  Brush away the excess pastels again.  You can set your pastels with a fixative.  Now cut the pieces and layer onto the card.

Happy Friday Thank you for stopping by to check out the tutorial.

Fab Friday Tutorial - Inchie Background Making with Bombshell Stamps

I'm over on the Bombshell Blog today with a little tutorial on making an inchie backgrounds card with Bombshell Stamps.  It's late but I lost track of days of the week with School Prep!  I feel so bad and am so sorry!  Anyhoo, here are the supplies I started with.  Stamps Mermaid Treasure and Hawiian Girl, I chose a summer theme.  Distress Inks in Bright Colors along with their matching daubers.  A 1" punch and white paper.

I inked up the paper the solid Pink and Blue will be for mats for my inchies.

Then I stamped a ton of small images onto my rainbow sheet of paper with Archival Ink in random patterns,

Now punch 1" squares out of the stamped piece and cut 1 1/8" squares out of the blue and pink.

I was first going to put these on a plain white card however I decided I needed to pick up some more colors so I created the Yellow background with ink and stencils using the same colors.  So here I would like to note, it is easier to line up your completed inchies we build an L on the card.  Then everything gets attached according to those lines.

This is the completed piece.  Now to embellish.

I have added the Mermaid colored with Copic then foam taped and some coordinating Sequins as well as a bit of stickles.  The Mermaid is mounted on a small piece of Orange I colored with the same ink.

Here is a close up of the layers.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today HAVE A GREAT ONE!

Fab Friday Tutorial - Dry Embossing with a Stencil

Good Morning I'm over on the Bombshell Stamps Blog Today to share how to Dry Emboss with your Stencils.

 You will need - All of the plates you would use for an embossing fold in your particular machine and a plastic stencil plus a rubber embossing mat and a metal shim.

 Start building your sandwich with the base plate, in this case with the Big Shot or Big Kick open to tab 1, then the first clear plate.  Now add the rubber embossing mat and then your piece of paper then the stencil on top of that.

 On top of all that add the metal shim.

 And finally top it off with your last clear plate.  The entire sandwich may need to be tweeked for other styles of machines just play around with it.

 Now run your sandwich through the machine.  I usually run it back and forth a couple of times.

 This is how the embossing will look.

 I then rub some Distress ink across the embossing.

 

This will make the embossing POP.

Here is my finished card.  I've used the Bombshell Digital Stamp Set Vintage Raceway.   I colored the car with Copic Markers.   I love that the Vehicle Stamp sets are available in Digital at Bombshell Stamps this Month!  Gotta Love That!

Inktense Coloring with Bombshell Stamps

Good Morning, I'm over at the Bombshell Blog today.  I've been playing more with the Inktense Pencils and I love the affect they give to your coloring.  It's like painting with pencils.   For this project I started with the Speed Shop Stamp Set and my blue and purple pencils along with a few greys as well as a few accent colors.  I stamped the car with Archival ink to begin.

 First I layed down a layer of light colors these will become the high lights.  Here we are using blues for the car exterior and red for the interior.  The chrome and frame areas are grey.

 Next we add darker shadows.  Be gentle with this the color will spread.  And once it's dry we can always add more the color is permanent though after we add water so it cannot be taken away.

 Now with the water brush blend out from the dark to light again be careful not to add too much water so it doesn't bleed. 

 With the purple and lavenders begin building a background.  I used dark greys for under the car.

 this is after a couple of layers of color and blending with the water brush to build up the deep purple.

 With a white pen and a Wink of Stella pen add some sparkles to the chrome areas and the skull emblem as well as a few stars in the background.

 I love how it turned out though the sparkle from the Wink of Stella is hard to see in the photograph.  It's Awesome in person though and not to glittery for a masculine card.

I hope you get a chance to play with the Inktense Pencils they are so much different then the other mediums I've used and a joy to work with.  Thank you so much for stopping by today.

 

Be sure to check out the Bombshell Guest Design Team Call coming up!

Bombshell Stamps Fabulous Friday Tutorial

I'm over at the Bombshell Blog today with a tutorial on creating your own Faux Snakeskin Enjoy!

 

 Start with a Texture Disperse stencil.  Some Distress Inks light brown to black with a ink tool or two.  Perfect Medium Ink and Perfect Pearls in gold and copper.

 

First apply the lightest brown here Pumice Stone to the cardstock base.

Tape the stencil over the cardstock and begin applying ink working with layers of browns in a V shape down the stencil.  Here I used Frayed Burlap and Brushed Corduory.

Continue adding color getting darker here applying Walnut Stain & Black Soot.

Remove the stencil and clean it before moving on to the next step.

Now replace the clean stencil offset over the inked piece and sponge the Perfect Medium over the stencil.  Remove the stencil and clean it once more since we are now done with it.

 Now brush on the gold and copper Perfect Pearls in a V strips down the piece.  Brush away excess.

Your Faux Snakeskin is complete you can cut your piece down and add it to your project.

 For this project I used All My Heart and Banner Sayings colored with Copics to match the background.

Thank You so much for stopping by have a great day!

Fabulous Friday Tutorial - Bombshell

Good Morning.  I'm over at the Bombshell Blog today with a Fabulous Friday Tutorial.   

 Begin with a piece of double sided patterned paper that measures 4" x 12"

 Score first at 2"

 Now Score at 10"

 Fold each flap to the back

 Unfold and find the center point(6") on both the top and the bottom.

 Fold down one side lining it up with your pencil marks.

 Repeat for the other side.  Flip your paper over and do repeat the last 2 steps for the opposite side of the paper.

 These scores create an X through either side of the center square.  Fold in the two unscored sides in to the center to of each side.  Score each of these with a bone folder.

 

 This will create an envelope look on each side of the card.

Notice mine is a little cracked on the edges.   I trimmed off some of the cracked edges at the end and inked them all up so they looked neat.  Some patterned paper will crack and some won't but if you know how to fix it.  It is not a problem for the end product.

And a Pop Up Diamond in the Center.

Now all you have to do is embellish with a Bombshell stamp, some ink and patterned paper.

In this card I have used the Lotus Garden stamp set.  Colored the image with Copic Markers and then added some glitter to the image.  I have inked the edges of the piece that was die cut with Labels 15 from Spellbinders.  Which was also used to cut out a piece to put on the square with coordinating cardstock.  Also used was Labels 5 cut in half and put on either side of the image.  The coordinating cardstock behind each side measure 2" x 4 1/4" this give the card a sturdy base.

This piece will fold and fit into an A2 envelope when you are done.  

Hope you get a chance to try this fun fold for your next project.