You're the BOMB baby!

Here's another secret sister project i made! But i did a double whammy and participated in the Bombshell challenge going on over at Paper Craft Planet sponsored by Bombshell Stamps

To play along, simply pick something that you think is "the bomb" and make something! That's it!

My latest craze and obsession is creating my own copic colors. Yep, you heard me right! Its so simple and easy to do! You simply buy an empty sketch marker, and refill it with whatever blend of various ink refills you want. Easy Peasy. you can mix drops of the reinkers in a small dish to figure out the ratio you need. I then do it by alternatively doing drops in the empty. So for example, say i wanted an even mix between 2 colors, i'll do 5 drops of color choice 1, then 5 drops of color choice 2, then back to 1, back to 2, yada yada yada. Now granted copic has 344 colors now so i should NEEEEEEED to mix my own colors. But it's just plain fun!

So since i do this this process it "the bomb" and i think my secret sister is "the bomb", this was an easy combination to make! I used my new Hawaiian Girl stamp set (i LOVE this set! There are so many pieces that you can layer to create a scene, or pull apart... so fun!). And i decided my little island girl needed to have some beautiful "chocolate" skin like my girl, Stephanie (my secret sister who can now be named!). Stephanie has asked me before that color i liked to use for "chocolate" skin as she puts it, and i kinda came up empty handed! I would use E33 and E35, but the color was a smidgen to the red side. E25 is a gorgeous color for dark african american skin, but too dark for what she and I would both be looking for. And the next color in the E25 family was E21! Way too light! Then i had an idea! Why not make a color inbetween!!!!!! So i got an empty, and used my E21 and E25 reinkers in equal portions to create an "E23" blend. It's perfect!

Here's is my Hawaiian girl card!


I was pretty stoked with how everything turned out, even though the card layout is fairly simple! I also made a copy of this color for my Secret Sister to go along with her card! :)



Stamps
Hawaiian Girl by Bombshell Stamps


Coloring with Copics
Skin: Custom Color "E23", E25
Hair: W7, W8, W9
Bikini Top: R24, R27, R29
Skirt: G21, G24 with G20 to blend
Ukuele: E31, E55, E30
Lei: misc colors i just grabbed here and there with no rhyme or reason!!!!
Hybiscus: Y000, Y21, YR16

Paper:
Patterned Paper by Tinkering Ink
Cardstock Base: Tangering Tango (Stampin Up), cardstock mats by bazzill (vibrant blue, beeswax, candy apple)

Tools and Accessories:

Hemp string

Misc brown button

flowers from silk flower department at Hobby Lobby

Pearl accents by Martha Stewart

If you play along in the challenge, be sure to tag your photos with "PCPBOMB". The prize includes TWO stamps sets -- Pinstriping and Speed Shop.
Don't forget that today is Monday as well so there is a new challenge over on the PMS blog. See if you can find my card! :)

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I was so excited to do this tutorial. I really wanted to do it 2 ways, 1 using markers, and 1 using some special effects makeups i have. Let me tell you, the reason this didnt go up sooner this month is I have looked high and low for my makeup palette (no cheap palette either, it cost me over 100 bucks) and it is NO WHERE to be found! Now i dont do special effects makeup nearly as often as I used to when i was living in Los Angeles, but man is it frustrating!

So since my reign as the monthly pin up gal is over soon (sob sob), i decided i'd just focus on using markers which is ok because it's not like everyone has the makeup palette anyway!

Ok, so here it goes! First i started with Mermaid Treasure, inked her up in skin safe ink (the tattoo ink on the bombshell site is FABULOUS!)

Now let that ink set for just a minute or 2. This will help to not bleed when you are coloring your image in.

Next grab some "skin safe" markers. I just use Roseart kiddo markers. No, kiddo is not a technical term. It means they are the markers i allow my 3 year old to use.
First i started with a peach tone for her skin...

Next use a very light brown and add to the edges for some shading. You can then blend the 2 together with a VERY slightly mositened q-tip. The photo is just of the shading.

Next i moved on to her tail. Go over the whole tail in your main color. I chose a very light aqua. You can then go around the outside with the same marker again to darken. We'll do a little more shading in a bit.

Next i went to her hair. I chose browns because yellow for blondes isnt a tremendously popular tattoo ink color because it is the most common color to cause skin reactions. It also fades more quickly. I used 2 different brown colors to get some depth.

Next grab a pink or red marker and go over her lips. You may need to do this a few times letting the ink dry a moment to really get those lips to pop.

Now the last step is an important one in my preference. The vibrant ink f the markers tend to wash out your stamp outline and black ink in tattoos does not typically look very grey! So i take a black marker and outline my image. Bonus, you can take your other marker colors and run along the edges of black to pick up a little ink and it will really help you shade in your image!

Last but not least, it's good to set your colored image. This will just help it stay put. When doing fake tattoos for films etc, i also spritz on a makeup sealer. Ben Nye makes a very afforable one that you'd be able to find at most costume and party stores. Then take a powder (preferably a "loose" powder to dab over the top. I use a very large velour sponge, but a brush would work as well. This will help to "dull up" the tattoo giving it a more worn look and less like it was just painted on!

And there you have it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

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Bombshell Tuesday

I've been dying to ink up my bombshell stamps and hadnt had the moment lately! Now if you remember my sassy mc frassy valentine's day card for my hubby (with the scantilly clad pin up girl) that was a bombshell stamp. I love the sassiness of their stamps! BUT i did want to show you the versatility of alot of these sets.

Now here i've used the butterflies from that same set, called Butterfly Queen. The sentiment is one of the small quote sizes from Paper Makeup Stamps.




Ok, here's dome details for this card...
The Butterflies are colored in with copic markers. (colors used: y15, then shaded with y17 and y38). I went along the outside of the butterflies with B00 and also used B00 to highlight the word Hope in the quote.
Paper: Blue is Aqua Mist by PTI run thru the swiss dot folder in the cuddlebug. Orange is Butterfly (ironically, i did not intend that!) by Bazzill. The black is Paper Studio. I typically use a cheaper and thinner cardstock is it's just going to be a simple mat! :)

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Life is ful of TREASURE!

Ok, whenever i hear the word treasure, i think of Wow Wow Wubbzy. My son is absolutely obsessed with that show! I'll probably be singing the Life is full of treasure song all day now. Fantastic. Ok, not really.

But you know what IS fantastic?? Bombshell Stamps! Seriously, if you havent checked out these stamps yet.. please do! They are SO fun! At first glance they are totally sassy and very sexy. I love that! I love that many of them look like they belong on a sailor's arm! haha. But they can be really pretty too! I love stamps with versatility!

On this card i used Mermaid Treasure. I decided to go with the It's Your Lucky Day (afterall, mermaids ARE lucky) sentiment. It makes the card work for a lot of different occasions. But the sentiment i reeeeeally like on this set is "check out the booty". hehehehe. LOVE that! I think maybe i'll make another card for my hubby someday using that sentiment. *grin*

Here's my card...



I used some very "oceanie" colors. They are colors that scream mermaid to me for some reason. hehe. I used my copics to color her in and then used a glue pen on top and sprinkled glitter ALL over her tail. it's super glittery and i tried to take another picture so you could see some of the glitz...




I also used a gold spica pen all over the gold in the treasure chest and a white gel pen to add some gleaming highlights off of the gold.

This was definitely a fun set to use. There are lots of other stamps in the set like a ship steering wheel, some seaweed, and then some little guys like the fish on the card, a hibiscus flower, a lock, key, etc. Lots of fun stuff in this one too! :)

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A bit of my wild side!

Hey there everyone! I get to show off a bit of my wild side today! I was asked to be the February Pin Up Girl (sassy talk for february guest design team member) for Bombshell Stamps. These stamps are seriously fun! There's a lot you can do with them too from sexy cards to some really pretty designs.

If you a Paper Craft Planet person (if you're not... where have you been?! Go there right now! You can join the Bombshell group here.

Onto the card...



This card was created for the Valentine's Bombshell Challenge. I cant wait to give this card to my hubby. I've made him lots of cards, but this one is a sexy card! :) Here's the challenge
february 18th - Bombshell Stamps
1. a Bombshell Stamp somewhere
2. rhinestones or pearl accents
3. a heart or broken heart
4. a ribbon

I cheated a weeeeeeee bit by using a fiber instead of a ribbon. But it was SO perfect for the card, i just had to use it!

But i'm going to do a little give away of my own! :) Including lots of RED embellishments! Bling, ribbon, glitter, lots of red red red! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here telling me a bit of your own wild side. Whether it makes you blush or not... tell me something the average person doesnt know about you! I'll keep this open until February 9th and will post the winner on February 10th!

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