Loving me some Bombshell's!

I got introduced to this incredibly fantastic stamp company (through Twitter, of all places) called Bombshell Stamps. This is a really great stamp company run by a super cool chick, who designs the artwork herself, Shannon Lucier.

Now, these aren't your Mama's stamps!! Noooo....lemme tell you what you've been missing! These are stamps of classy pin-ups from the days gone by, then there are the skulls, the roses, the barbed wire...oh, yeah. Definitely NOT your Mama's stamps. Unless your Mama has a really cool attitude. ;)

Seriously, these are some of the most fun stamps I've seen in a while. As Shannon herself says on her site, "Stamps with an attitude". I'd agree with that 100%.

Here's my first creation with the "Bombshell Angel" set and pieces of the "Man's Ruin" set. I had fun with it:



(sorry the pic is a little dark, I usually take them outside, but it's late...and DARK!)

{Supplies - Paper: all paper except for black & white is Stampin' Up. The Black is Black Lustre by Paper Temptress and the white is also Paper Temptress. All images & sentiments Bombshell Stamps. Glitter -Martha Stewart. Various Copic Markers & Stampin' Up markers. Versamark pen & pad used for embossing. Bombshell girls outfit was paper-pieced (embossed 1st w/ black embossing powder, then cut out).}

Hope you all check out the site and her stamps. They're LOADS of fun!

Have a great weekend.

I Will Miss You, My Friends

Some dear friends of ours, Mike and Jen, have decided that they want to leave the Bay Area and move to the area around Seattle, WA. I'm really going to miss them. Probably more than they know.

Mike is a kindred spirit (I love him like a brother). He is serving in the Army National Guard, so he understands what it feels like to want to serve his country. And Jen has that creative soul and a fierce love of the outdoors. They are such a wonderful couple and it's really going to feel weird knowing that they are not "just down the road" (even though they don't live that close anyway).

I made Mike a military-style card in the theme of my CFH blog-hop card (see post below), but I wanted to make a card for the two of them so that they'd know that no matter where they go they'd always be in our hearts, too.

Here's the card:








and a close-up of the card, so you can see the detail of the beautiful metallic paper by Paper Temptress:



I wish you all the best Mike and Jen...and will miss you both. Please come back and visit us!





PS - {I usually post all my "ingredients" and how I made the card, but I haven't been feeling too well. So, I'll just say that I used Basic Grey Two Scoops DP, the Sentiment is from Gina K Designs, metallic paper (yum!) is from Paper Temptress, heart punch and stamp is from SU!, ribbon is from Michael's.}

Most Beautiful Paper!

So, I finally got off my duff and placed an order with Paper Temptress (links, blinkies, all over my blog). I had a really hard time deciding what I needed, though, right? Well, Patricia is just amazing. I shoot her an e-mail and just a few minutes later she replies and tries her best to help me make an educated decision on what to order.

Now, let me just say say that Paper Temptress is running TONS of specials right now so now is a great time to order all kinds of specialty cardstock, too. Leathers, metallics...just beautiful paper. I knew I had to get in on this!!!

I had my order placed and because she lives so close the order was shipped yesterday and I had it TODAY!!! Woo-hooooooo!! *happy, happy, joy, joy* There are absolutely no words though for how beautiful this paper is in person, however. It is just gorgeous.

I highly, HIGHLY recommend ordering specialty cardstock and text-weight paper from Paper Temptress. It's not ALL "specialty", but I love the metallics, iridescents, "leathers", lustres, etc. There are many other varieties to fall in love with, as well. If you make cards...PLEASE check out her website!! You won't be sorry.

Oh yeah...and for all you Mom's? (Even though I'm not one.) HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

So far behind...

Oh my goodness...I feel like I haven't made a card in forever! And I haven't blogged in a while, too.

I just got back from my trip to see my family and do the Race for the Cure (17,000 attendees!) and now I'm getting ready to go on another camping trip (to Sunset State Beach) and then my mom comes out...ONE day later. Not much rest, but I can't wait for her to spend some time with us.

I really need to get working on some cards, though. The good news is that there are TONS of specials going on all over the place! Yay! Paper Temptress has some good ones (check out the new blinkie down there to the left) and I found a fabulous scrapbook store in Las Vegas while I was home that gave some really wonderful discounts, too, Scrappin' Time. Really beautiful store!! If you're ever in the SE/Henderson area of Las Vegas I highly recommend it.

Oh, yeah...and I've started Twittering! Can you believe it? Not sure what I think of it yet. Seems like a pure waste of time so far, but maybe it'll grow on me. Ha!

Happy Spring!