Used Cricut for the Pirate Skeleton Captain. Added cotton to background for an eerie look.
Stamped sentiments.
Used Cricut for the Rum bottle. Added Glossy accents to look like spilled Rum.
Added some doodling of 'XX' with a black marker which I thought separated the sentiments wonderfully.
Supplies List
adhesives: foam, red tape, Scotch ATG
Cricut cartridges: Buccaneer 3" Pirate Skeleton Captain
Pirates & Mermaids 1 1/2" Rum Bottle
Glossy accents: used spilling out of Rum bottle
inks: VersaFine Onyx Blackmachine: Cricut Explore Air
marker: black Sharpie
papers: the Paper Studio Pirate Skulls scrapbook
cardstocks - black ('XX' on Rum Bottle), brown (base of Rum Bottle), white
pen: Wink of Stella clear - on top of Rum Bottle, on Pirate Skeleton Captain
recycle: cotton ball
stamp: K Andrew Designs Pirate Tales & Fish Scales - sentiments
Tim Holtz: paper - Kraft Glassine - outside of Rum bottle
Entering this into the following challenges:
8/16 Craftin Desert Diva Craft it Up & Link It Up Linky Party Ch#61 "Keeping Cool" UE 8/3 Rum bottle
8/16 Die Cuttin Divas Ch228 Nautical 3E(#2) 8/11
8/16 Simon Says Stamp Mon Ch: Homegrown Summer 5E(#4) 8/10 homemade Rum
8/17 {PIN}spirational Ch#146 5E(#3) 8/4 thinking outside the box with Pirate theme
8/18 Simon Says Stamp Wed Ch: Food or Drink 5E(#3) 8/12 Rum bottle
8/20 Come & Get It Ch Round Things 3E(#1) 8/16 Round Things - Wheel
8/20 Sweet Stampin Ch Bottoms Up - Drinks 2E(#2) 8/15 Rum bottle
8/21 Allsorts Ch Wk 324 Share your fav color 3E(#2) 8/15 black white red
8/21 HIMCR#212c Happy Birthday 3E(#1) 8/15
8/21 Little Scrap Pieces Sat Linky Party 1E(#) 8/15
8/23 Stamped Blessings Amusing Ch - Doodling 2E(#1) 8/16
8/26 DL.ART Thankful Thurs Ch#162 Birthday 3E(#2) no stack 8/13
8/27 Dies R Us Ch31 The Great Outdoors 3E(#2) 8/15 Outdoors on a Pirate ship
8/31 Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Aug 2015 Ch UE 8/1
8/31 DL.ART Aug Linky Ch 1Eperday/no stack 8/1
8/31 Paper Sweeties Ch#34 Happy Birthday UE 8/1
Clever idea! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!
ReplyDeleteDarlene (DRU Blog Leader)
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Oh, my goodness, how fabulously creative! How fun to see this in our Dies R Us Great Outdoors challenge!
ReplyDeleteA fabulous fun card Melissa, a super design and fantastic papers..........your gorgeous image is so creative and perfect sentiment and details!!
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Heather xx
Thanks so much for joining us with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Lovely card and perfect for this weeks Challenge over at Sweet Stampin'. Debbie X
ReplyDeletePretty Funny, Melissa what a great card for a nautical party I love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for entering the DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY challenge #162 “BIRTHDAY” for this challenge. Have a blessed day
DIANA L.
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What a fabulous card!!! Love it!! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week!
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Very nice creation Melissa. Thanks for playng along at CAGI this week for our "Round Things" Challenge. Hope to see you again soon. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteLynn, CAGI DT
LOVE your card. Big fan of Pirates of the Caribbean movies. So I am excited to see your card. Creative you! Thanks for playing along Simon Says Stamp Food and/or Drink Challenge!
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Gayatri
Such a fun pirate card. Love the skeleton pirate captain. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra
ReplyDeletethanks for joining PINspirational challenge this week, good luck and hope to see you again! :)
ReplyDeleteKasia, PINspirational DT
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This cracks me up! Party on the poop deck and bottoms up. I love the skeleton, too. Great card. Thank you for joining us at Come And Get It challenge. Bunny DT
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining Allsorts challenge with this great entry, good luck.
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Tracy x
Great card.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at Allsorts 'Favourite colour' challenge and good luck x Susan x
The cotton is such a fun element. I love the pirate images you chose.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW -- what an interesting and creative birthday party card, Melissa! Thanks for sharing your work with us this month at Paper Sweeties :)
ReplyDeleteHA! This is great! Perfect for the Pirates of the Caribbean fan! Thank you for joining us at Paper Sweeties! HUGS! :) Mynn xx
ReplyDeleteWow! That is cool!!! Thanks so much for participating in our {PIN}SPIRATIONAL. challenge!!! Can’t wait to see you participate again in our next challenge!!
ReplyDeleteDeanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper