This is SO me!

This is SO me!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Bombshell Hump Day Hop- Homage to Bettie Page

Welcome to April's Bombshell Stamps Hump Day Hop!! You should have arrived here from Kelli's blog. If you didn't, head on back over the the Bombshell Stamps' Blog to start the hop there! We have a fun hop for you this month so you won't want to miss anything!!!!

Our resident Hump Day Hottie, Alison, gave us this challenge:

"On April 22, 1923, a star was born. A star that we all know. A star that, without her, Bombshell Stamps may not even exist (if I may be so presumptuous). Who is it? None other than Bettie Page. What better month to pay homage to the Pin-Up Queen herself than the month of her birth? So for this hop, I want you to give Ms. Page some love."

Here are a couple of photos of Bettie Page that I used as my inspiration for my project- Jungle Bettie:



To be honest, I hadn't heard of Bettie Page before this. My love of "bombshells" came from my love of World War II nose art. After seeing Bettie's hairstyle in these photos, I knew I had to use my beloved Bombshell Angel, and here is what I came up with...I hope you like it!

To continue on your Bettie Page journey, please head on over to Laura's blog. In case you get lost, here is the complete blog list for the hop:
Mary (Sparkly Engineer): http://sparkly-train.blogspot.com/

Stamps: Bombshell Angel
Papers: Leopard print DSP (Me & My BIG ideas), Garden Green, Basic Black, Creamy Caramel (Stampin' Up), Neenah 80# white
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Copic Markers, Cuttlebug, Woodgrain embossing folder, square scallop Nestabilities, pop dots, 1/8" hole punch, black brads (Recollections from Michael's)

17 comments:

  1. Awesome card! I love the wood grain and the leaves you put behind her.:)

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  2. RAWR!!! Love the animal print. So fierce!

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  3. That goes all really well together Mary! Superjob!

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  4. I love the texture in this card!

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  5. Yeesh. This is beyond fabulous! I love the leopard print with the green/jungly leaves!

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  6. Rawr!!! I love this! Your paper piecing was a great idea, and that texturing is fabulous! So purrfect for Bettie Page!

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  7. love and i love the paper you have used for paper piecing its perfect xx

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  8. The paper pieced swimsuit is perfect as is the background paper. I really like that embossing behind the image as well.

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  9. Wow, love that paper you chose. Great job paper piecing too x

    Jennie

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  10. Beautiful choice of papers, love the texture too! xx

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  11. Rawr! Great use of the animal print with her! Beautiful card!

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  12. Ooooo gorgeous card! I love the textures and animal print you used, those leaves really make this card pop. And I love how you put Bettie in a cheetah print swim suit!

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  13. Great card. Love the animal print theme.

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  14. Oooohhhhh lala! This is so dang cool!!! Love the great outfit and love the background to match- awesome!!!

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