Pirate Adventure

Hi!

It's Anja here. My third card using the new dies is this one with a pirate on a treasure hunt. So much fun combining this cute dies.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Pirate, Treasure Chest Island, Camping Phrases),
- Distress Inks,
- white card base (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- silver pigment ink,
- gold pigment ink,
- plastic stencil (clouds),
- pencil,
- brush,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush,
- paper glue.

 First I cut and colored the pirate. I used black and white pen for the eyes.

Next I cut and colored the island. I used Wink of Sella glitter brush for the necklace and the pearl.

I also cut the adventure phrase and colored it.

Then I did the background. I used a pencil to sketch the coloring lines. I did the clouds using a plastic stencil and a brush.

When all the pieces were ready I put the card together. And below is the final result.

Thank you for stopping by. See you again next Sunday.


Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

You Arrrrgh Awesome

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

We have lots going on at the online store with a brand new Beach & Tropical release that has 14 new designs. You can currently save a big 60% off the retail price of these dies and pick up the entire bundle for under $100.  The Design Team will begin featuring these new dies next week. We also have a Christmas in July sale with savings of up to 65% on select dies.

For my card today I am featuring the new Pirate die and created a birthday card for a little boy. I always seem to need kid's birthday cards so I like to have them on hand.  So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps: 

I am showing a fun fold card this week. This one is called a split panel fold. I started off with an olive card base measuring 4 1/4" x 11". I scored it at 5 1/2" for an A2 size card. 

Then I cut the front panel at the 2" mark. From the piece I cut off, I cut another 2" x 4 1/4" panel. 

I picked a bright colored designer paper for my layering panel. Bright colors always seem to resonate with little boys. I cut the designer paper at 1 7/8" x 4 1/8". 

Next, I decided to cut the Pirate image so I would know how large to make the image panel. I used the cardstock colors to match the designer paper. I used a striped designer paper to give him some fancy pants. For his face, hands and hair I cut in white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I attached the pieces with Ranger multi-medium matte.

Skin: E00, E11, E21

Hair: E35, E57, E59

For the image panels I used the 2nd largest Stitched Rectangle  (2 7/8" x 3 7/8")& 2nd largest Rectangle (2 3/4" x 3 3/4") dies. I sponged the panel with a cloud stencil and tumbled glass distress ink then sponged salty ocean distress ink for water. 

Now that all the elements and panels are cut and stenciled I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the Pirate with dimensional adhesive, I decided to have him stand on a sand dune so I cut one from the Treasure Chest Island die. 

Stamped my sentiment "you arrrrgh awesome" on an angle in the right corner in black ink. Used my misty for placement and just in case I needed a second inking. But with this one one inking was perfect. 

For the image panel I just used double sided tape on the top and bottom.

I attached the image panel to the card base.

Well, that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you a fresh idea for using this super cute die with the fun fold design. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

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: