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May Bombshell Hump Day Hop: Celebrations of May!

Hello! It's the last Wednesday of the month, so that means it's time for the latest Bombshell Stamps Hump Day Hop! This month, the theme I gave was "Celebrations of May." There are a lot of fun, interesting, and sometimes bizarre holidays in the month of May, so we had to pick one, and create a project based on it. So what did I do? It was May 22nd, and I had yet to pick a holiday. I just didn't have one that jumped out at me. Turns out, that May 222nd is World Goth Day. How did I not know about this holiday?!?!?!? I am ashamed to admit it, actually. But anyway, their catch phrase is "Get your goth on." So, of course I took it and ran.

I used Pirate's Life and Sugar Skulls for this card. Both sets are perfect for a goth-y type project. I jazzed up the pirate gal with a few armbands, purple hair and red eyeshadow. Which, since I've colored her, I have really been in the mood to wear. I may need to break it out and smear some on. Yes, I really do have red eyeshadow.

I colored my Bombshell with mostly watercolor markers. I used Copics for her skin.My sentiment was stamped using a Just Rite alpha stamp. And my Sugar Skulls were clear embossed. I wanted to bleach them on to the paper, but for some reason, my black paper wouldn't bleach out! Go figure.

I distressed the edges of the black paper, and of course, I needed to add some staples for hardware. Now it's time for you to hop along! Here is the full list of participants in today's hop.


Enjoy the hop! I will be back later with a new image from SBS! Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!
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Kathi said…
Looks fabulous! I'm not so sure about red eyeshadow on real people though.

Fun card. Very "you".
May 30, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Sparkly Engineer said…
Outstanding and yes red eye shadow is hot!
May 30, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Torrey said…
ROCK ON. Had I but known about "Goth" Day...I would have pulled out my Tripp pants with all the D rings on 'em. Great card, Alison!
May 30, 2012 at 2:43 PM
ElamDesign33 said…
Love it! The Sugar Skulls look sooo cool embossed like that. Yet another reason I'm gonna have to get them. I too dig the red eyeshadow. :-)
May 30, 2012 at 3:05 PM
ElamDesign33 said…
Love it! The Sugar Skulls look sooo cool embossed like that. Yet another reason I'm gonna have to get them. I too dig the red eyeshadow. :-)
May 30, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Unknown said…
Wow, this is awesome.
May 31, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Cassie said…
Great card! I love all the distressing.
May 31, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Kim said…
Awesome card! I love the embossed skulls and distressed edges. Great coloring, I love her purple hair and red eyeshadow!
May 31, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Kelli Green aka Cajunstampingqueen said…
Great! World Goth Day! Who woulda thunk it!!! Love the red!
June 1, 2012 at 2:25 PM
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