Ahoy Matey!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this adorable pirate card. The dies are from the new Pirates die release combined with an older die set.  This card was so much fun to put together with its masculine theme!

The Pirate and Ahoy Matey are from the newest die release.  I love the oversized pirate looking for his next treasure.  I also used the Map and Spyglass die set for my card.

The background was created by blending a few different colors of inks.  The top layer was torn around the edges to look like a rustic map.  The torn edges add a lot of texture to the basic background.

To build my card, I first added the Ahoy Matey sentiment and anchored the map and spyglass in the corner above.

Next, the pirate was affixed on my card.  I wanted him to look like a pirate captain standing on a ship's deck

For a finishing touch on my card, I add some punched out dashes, leading from the sentiment to the map.

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

Ahoy!

Hi!

It's Anja here. Summer is coming to an end and I want to hold to it a little bit more. I tried to capture a bit of Summer in today's card.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Compass, Map & Spyglass, Message in a Bottle, Paddles & Rope Ladder, Porthole, Seagull, Crab, Life Preserver, Pierced Wide Circle Frame Set, Circle Set),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (125x12,5 cm) and card stock for background (12,2x12,2 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- gold pigment ink,
- black pen,
- embossing folder (wood),
- double sided adhesive tape,
- adhesive foam pads,
- foil (approx. 5x5 cm),
- paper glue,
- scissors.

First I cut all the pieces and colored it with Distress Inks and gold pigment ink. I cut two circle pieces of the porthole.

Next the paddles and the net.

Then the seagull. I used black pen for the eyes.

Next was life preserver.

And then the map and the spyglass.

I cut two bottles, one from foil to add some glass effect to the bottle.

Then I cut, colored and assembled the compass.

I also did the crab.

And two circles for the inside of the card.

Then I switched to the card base and background. I cut paper for the background from craft card stock and cut a hole to the bottom right side. I did a matching hole to the cad base.

I cut background paper to two pieces to get it through my embossing folder. Then I colored it with Distress Inks to get more dimension.

I adhere foil over the hole in the card base. And then I glued the wooden background over it. And after that I adhere all the small pieces to the front and inside of the card.

In the end I made an Ahoy sign and adhere it on the finished card using adhesive foam pads.

And my card was done.

Hope your Summer lasts a bit longer too. See you again next week.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: