have been lurking around the Bombshell Stamps website for a few months and finally decided to take the plunge and get a few sets and the prices were great~ I have always loved the designs and couldn’t wait to get my hands on these stamps and play!

I couldn’t believe how fast the 3 sets arrived and what great quality thick red rubber! Awesome customer service (They included a coupon for my next purchase which I will be using!) I think the best part is the easy storage of these sets! They come with a sheet that has images of all the stamps and fits inside a CD case cover and all of the sets FIT IN THE CD! I absolutely love that!  Below is a photo of my sets in CD cases and my first card using the “Mans Ruin” set.

I did some research on Vintage Tattoos and discovered the “Sailor Jerry” designs. I needed a reference for coloring and found the below image on the left to use and mine is on the right. I have been doing my research on Copic markers and I just can’t justify spending that kind of money- after all who needs copics when you can get results like this using the awesome Prismacolor pencils! I have the 120 color set and it was the best purchase I have ever made.

Prismacolor Pencils used: Give or take a few that I may have left out :)   Reds are: Crimson Red, Poppy Red Skin color: Peach Beige, Beige, Cream, Burnt Ochre, Other colors: black, bronze, yellow ochre, powder blue

 For a better close up look of my first creation- (I am very pleased with the outcome)

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 Okay I think I’m addicted- Day Two- 7/27/08

This is what I came up with today using the “Bombshell Angel” set. I found a reference photo for coloring from a Sailor Jerry Tattoo site- under his mermaid designs. I used exactly the same Prismacolor Pencils color scheme as before (listed above) but blended a lot of black for shading with the tortillian paper stump/blender (My favorite drawing tool in the world!)

For a closer look at just the card itself: (I used a patterned paper I found at Michaels that came in a matt stack called “Rock Star” really cute pattern paper in it and this one seemed fitting..

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