Pirate Ship

Mornin' y'all!  Well, I did not get the laundry done yesterday but today is a new day and that laundry is always waiting ; )  What I did get done is a pirate card!

I will be sending this to a friend who's been having a hard time of it lately because sometimes you just need to yell ARRRRR!  I was inspired to talk like a pirate by the Festive Friday challenge:

I used black, white, a ship, and waves, and I'm not sure if the pearl accents count as jewels.  They're not stones, but they are used in jewelry.  My ship is either the Black Pearl from Pirates of the Caribbean or the pirate ship Revenge from The Princess Bride.  One of those.

My card came together super fast thanks to the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

And I'll enter this at Shopping Our Stash, where the challenge is on or in the water.  It was fun to pull out two of my piratical stamp sets for this card : )

Time to go walk with Daphne.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  On the Ocean, Beware Pirates
Ink:  Versamark, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  On the Ocean dies, black EP, Dimensionals, Riverside Irregular Pearls

Another Pirate Ship

Hey y'all!  As expected, I haven't gotten to spend any time in my craft room this week, but I did get to play Avengers Monopoly and several other games with Ryan yesterday.

Remember I said I had another card that I'd made for the Paper Players challenge this week?

Here is my first attempt:

I loved having more of the DSP showing, but I thought it didn't have enough "white space" to really count as CAS, so I made the other one.  Obviously I still liked the concept since the other card is quite similar, just a smaller piece of the patterned paper.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Beware Pirates
Ink:  Versamark, Night of Navy
Paper:  Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy, Basic White, Waves of the Ocean DSP
Accessories:  Clear EP, matte dots, Dimensionals

Come Sail Away with the Paper Players

Happy Sunday and welcome to a new Paper Players challenge!  This week's challenge is brought to you by Laurie:

At first I was planning to bust out The Open Sea for this challenge since it's got the old sailing vessel and other nautical images, but then I remembered that I also have Beware Pirates so pirate ship it is!

I bought the Waves of the Ocean DSP when it was on special and I hadn't cut into it before, but this seemed like the perfect opportunity to start using it!  I inked up the stamp with Versamark and then Night of Navy ink, stamped it directly on the patterned paper, and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Since I popped it up on Dimensionals, I die cut another of the Stylish Shapes from white cardstock to make it a bit more sturdy.  Some matte dots to accent and that's it!

Hope you'll have fun with this challenge too.  Later this week I'll share the first card I made for this challenge; I thought it wasn't quite CAS enough so I made this one.  Ya know what, that happens to be pretty frequently with CAS challenges, it's like I have to do one more complicated card and then I can do something that's more CAS.  Guess that's just how my brain works!  Don't forget to upload your nautical card at the Paper Players challenge blog.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Beware Pirates
Ink:  Versamark, Night of Navy
Paper:  Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy, Waves of the Ocean DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, clear EP, matte dots, Dimensionals

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Cindy Beach

Christy Stanford <-- You are here : )

Jennie Maier

Pirate Party

Mornin' y'all!  I just finished a bit of Monday morning yoga...it was all about relaxation and I was really getting into it and then...Ryan starts yelling that he's ready to get up 30 minutes early.  Thanks, kid!  I did get to finish my yoga practice but Ryan is ready to start his day :p

I was very productive this weekend.  I did about 8 loads of laundry, put it all up, did journaling on eight scrapbook layouts, and took pictures of the giant stack of finished layouts.  And I got to work on my next two, and read a bit, and worked on my stitching, and made dinner on Saturday and Sunday, so yep, pretty productive!  The layout I'm sharing today is one I finished a while back:

After I stamped the title, I was very sad I didn't do "Pirate Parrrrty", but not sad enough to redo it all.  You can see the original pictures here.  I had fun pulling out that skull patterned paper and the pirate stamps.  It's a little hard to tell, but the skull next to the title is embossed in white, and the crossed swords are embossed in Smoky Slate EP.  I loved the colored embossing powders, one little pot will last me a long time.

Today's color palette includes Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Taken with Teal, Riding Hood Red, and Whisper White.  Fun and colorful, right?

Hope your week is off to a good start!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Whimsical Alphabet Upper, Pirate Time, Beware Pirates
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Riding Hood Red, Taken with Teal, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black marker, Versamark, Whisper White craft
Paper:  Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Taken with Teal, Kiwi Kiss, Thick Whisper White, Ghostly Greetings DSP
Accessories:  White EP, Smoky Slate EP