Arrrgh

This card is for the new challenge on Scrappy Frog which is titled "Arrrgh". We decided we would to see what everyone could do using the same digital background from Dustin Pike. A link to the background can be found on the Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog. I made a gate fold card so that I could get the background big enough for my stamped pirates. This is the outside of the card. One side of the polka dot paper lifts up and it opens out flat.

This is a picture of the inside when it is folded out. The background is in the middle with the two pirates (Ian and Anya from The Greeting Farm) and the sides feature a parrot and a treasure chest. This card uses a little bit of everything on it.The background and the barrel the parrot is sitting on are digital images from Dustin Pike printed out on my computer.

The parrot itself is from Cornish Heritage Farms along with the arrgh sentiment. I drew the treasure chest on my cricut using the cricut markers and the treasure chest from the Life Is A Beach cartridge. I then cut it and colored it with my copic markers to match the rest of the project. I then added some adhesive rhinestones to make it look like jewels spilling out of it.

If I am ever caught by pirates, I hope it's cute pirates like these too with a pink and black pirate ship and pink parrots flying around. Although, pirate Tilda didn't look too mean either these two look like they have a better ship.

Ahoy, Tilda!

Being a huge Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fan, I have several items in my possession with skulls and pirate items on them. My daughter also loves skulls and crossbones. She had a pink skull birthday party last year and was a skull fairy for Halloween (picture is on the blog somewhere).So, it was only fitting that I try to turn Tilda into a Buccaneer! I figured spring Tilda would work pretty good because of her overalls and boots. I colored her overalls red, her boots black, and her shirt is white with black polka dots- perfect pirate attire. I cut a treasure chest on my cricut (paper dolls cartridge) for her to sit on, a little pirate flag for her to hold, and of course a pirate hat for her to wear. I used my starving artists beach background and matted it on some skull and crossbones paper. I pop dotted Tilda on the chest and added some jewels spilling out. The sentiment You're a Treasure is from Corninsh Heritage Farms. I plan on adding some more to the inside of the card, but this is as far as I've gotten so far. What do you think? Is she a convincing pirate? Can't you just hear her saying "ARRGH"?