Hopping with the Bombshells: Ring in the NEW!

Hey, all!  Glad to see you back!  I actually have two posts for you today.  I know...don't faint...LOL!  The first post is all about the Bombshells!  We're blog hopping today and we're hoping you'll join in by visiting all of the Bombshell's, Pin-up's, and guest hopper's blogs to check out each and every one of their fabulous projects.  The theme this month as selected by our Hop Diggity Diva, Alison, is Ring in the New!  Here's what Alison has to say about her challenge:

Greeting and Happy 2012!  It's time to find out what the January Hump Day Hop will be!  And, since it's a new year, I figured, what better challenge than to actually "Try Something New?"  Make anything you want, as long as there is something "new" for you in it.  Never made jewelry before?  Give it a go!  Never attempted a try-fold card?  Now is the perfect time!  Perhaps you've never used pink with your Bombshells...why not experiment?  Wow us with your experimentation!  

You heard the woman...dust off those packages of unopened tools and put those babies to work.  For my technique I tried something with Copics that I hadn't played around with before and that was monochromatic coloring.  I used shades of cool gray (C7, 5, 3, 1, 00) and felt almost guilty that I only used 5 markers to color this entire image.  This card looks much better in person and the contrast in the grays is more apparent.  I used my absolute favorite BSS image, 'Till Death.  You should pop into the shop and take a look at the amazing tattoo and retro inspired images there.  They are crazy cool and unlike ANY images you will find elsewhere.  AND, you can enter our monthly challenges to throw your name in the hat to be randomly selected to win some of these cool designs, FREE!  

Ok, this IS a hop, so you best get to hopping!  You should have arrived from Meredith's amazing blog, in fact, I'm surprised you were able to tear yourself away from her incredible artwork to hop my way! Your next blog stop belongs to Hey Hey Paula and you best grab your socks or they will get blown off!  Here's the full list incase you get turned around along the way.   Come back later and I'll be back with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps card ;D

Bombshell Blog

Alison

Laura 

Alaine

Sparkly Mary

Meredith

Cheryl <---Hola!

Paula

Kelli

Stempelientje

Glittery Katie

Kathi

 

Bombshell Blog Hop: Put Me in the Movies!

Hola!  I'm finally back with a card.  It seems like it's been sooooooooo long!  The Bombshells are hopping today and Blog Hop Enchantress Extraordinaire, Alison, set the theme as Put Me in the Movies.  When I first spied this theme, 100 ideas ran through my head, yet when I sat down to make my card (which was earlier today...lol!) I couldn't recall nary a one.  I like to fancy myself as something of a film buff.  I can name directors, actors, some screenwriters, and I'm pretty good at that Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game...hahaha!  So, for me to sit down and draw a blank...well, I was pretty embarrassed.

When I finally dug my heels in and gave it some thought, there were a couple of ways to go with this.  I considered downloading the digi clothing set containing the race car clothing and coloring it up in the same tones that Uma Thurman wore in Kill Bill 1 & 2.  I also revisited (mentally) an homage to The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.  There were a few more, but alas, I ended up taking the easy route.  I opted for a Western and used one of the Retro Cowgirls as my image.  It doesn't really have much to do with my movie at all, except it's part of the Western genre.  I know, sooooo lazy!

I was never a fan of Western flicks until I started dating my husband almost 20 years ago.  He turned me onto the early works of Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone.  Leone's films are dark, mysterious, and packed with more symbolism the most.  I always scoffed at the concept of the spaghetti Western not realizing how damn good they are.  Plus, Leone's films are usually accompanied by a creepy musical score composed by Ennio Morricone.  The music becomes a character in the film and envokes feelings of loneliness, regret, and revenge.  My all time favorite Western is Once Upon a Time in the West starring Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, and Henry Fonda.  Clint must have been sick during casting, so this time Bronson gets to play the outsider with a chip on his shoulder (for good reason).  Plus there's that crazy music again...super clinky and spooky this time.  I love it.  And there's a girl...there's always a girl.  I guess that's where my card comes in.

Want to join this challenge or any of the others going on this month?  Visit the blog and find out how.  If you are randomly selected as the winner, you'll be able to select your choice of a Bombshell Stamps Set.  That's a heck of a prize!  Now, this is a blog hop, after all, so get on over to the next blog on the list and check out what fabulous celluloid inspired creations await you!

Bombshell Blog
Alison
Laura
Alaine
Meredith
Kelli
Mary G
Alex
Sparkly Engineer
Celina Anthony
Glittery Katie
Kapree
Cheryl<---Hola!
Dianne