"Yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me"...you're all familiar with Disney's Pirates of the Carribean...tomorrow (Sunday, May 18th) we have a class to demonstrate cards with a pirate theme...Paper Garden Style! :) We still have some room, so call the store if you're interested!
Who said pirate cards couldn't be cute and girlie-girl...whatever your preference, these samples simply prove the beauty of creating your very own cards allows you to do whatever your heart desires!
This first card is made with stamps by Tim Holtz... and a clear pirate stamp set by printworks. I used some new ribbon we got from france. It's chocolate ribbon with dk chocolate polka dots. It really makes the card colors come out. We have the ribbon in several different colors and all are yummy! The cardstock is stardream opal, I used all colorbox chalk ink pads and they really work well with the stardream line and it dries nicely too! This card reminds me of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp.
This next card is made with stamps by Just Johanna and more clear set stamps by Printworks. I used graphite black stardream paper, pink and white cardstock and layered the images to make a girly girl card.
This next card is made with Azalea and black stardream papers. I stamped a fun skull and flower pattern from Judikins onto white cardstock and punched it out with our heart punches. I then randomly stamped the small skull by the cat's pajama's and groovy flower by rubber soul in staz-on cotton white ink and I stamped the bigger skull from Memory box and cut it out. I gave the skull a pink gemstone to give the eye some bling. so fun. Ribbon is by A Muse art stamps.
This next card is stamped with the skull and cross bones by Tim Holtz, I blinged it up with the new glitters by Martha Stewat. We carry all of the colors and they are so fun to use with the glue pens. The sentiment is by A Muse art stamps and the background stamp is by the Cat's Pajamas.
This next card is my favorite. I ruffed all of the edges using Tim Holtz paper distresser and dipped it in the color box chalk dark brown ink pad. I then stamped the skull and inked in my favorite uniball white pigment ink pen. Have you got yours? I bought like 500 of them so they're always in our store available. I hoarded 10 of these for myself. I know.. I'm weird...but they are really the best pen ever. It comes in gold, silver, red, blue and black and they really show up nicely on dark papers. The white, silver and gold are must have's especially because you don't have to shake the pens to get out the ink.. it's an even flow pigment pen.
This is a look at the card from another view. You can see I stamped a fun map on the side with a trail. I used an anchor stamp by B-line designs and the sentiment inside is by A Muse art stamps.
This last card is with some fun layering techniques and of course glitter. I used the martha stewart garnet glitters on the sides of the card after distressing it. I stamped two pirates by the cat's pajamas using staz on cotton white ink then stamped a pirate ship by memory box and stamped it again and punched just the crossbones out. I then took some red gemstones and placed them over the eyes to give it that yo ho ho matey! enjoy!
Even though it was SWELTERING hot, at least we got "away from it all" while making these oh-so cool PIRATE cards!! The photos are good, but the cards absolutely shine in person (really - with all of that Martha Stewart glitter I'm talking SHINE!!). Such fun...AND I got a little sneak peek at some of Ken's newest creations and let me tell you - his card classes are going to be a blast!!
Posted by: Kathy K. | May 19, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Hello Stephanie,
I found your blog because I was looking desperately for a stamp with an anchor motif. Could you tell me what the name of the stamp or the stamp set is? And by the way, great cards!!
Thank you - Nina
Posted by: Nina | July 13, 2008 at 05:36 AM