Pieces of eight

The fun SBS Fan Page images this month were pirate wenches and Canon Pirate Betty was too cute not to colour up.

Now while this follows the challenge requirement to include a skull I’ve actually made this up as a get well card for one of my SBS DT teamie’s mother.  Arr, ye heard me right me hearties, this is a get well card.  Just look inside…

Just hoping Mrs Green has as keen a sense of fun as her daughter Tanja!  Now to make up the card I’ve followed a sketch from my favourite sketch challenge over at Outlawz, it worked perfectly for a pirate theme.  It also allowed me to pile on the layers, I just love layers, the weight of a handmade card is part of the charm for me.  And with all these layers I’m entering this in the current challenge at Sweet Stampin’.

The sketch had a bow but I swapped that out for my pieces of eight gold coin, I secured that down tight with a brad as I didn’t want to offend Mrs Green with the engraving on the back of the coin.  Not sure why it says what it says but I liked the front and this way no one is any the wiser for what’s on the back.  The current challenge at Stempelsonnen requires brands or eyelets so I am linking this up there.

I also thought the Baker’s Twine suited the theme, kinda rope like, and the burlap ribbon also worked in well as an old fashioned sailing ship would have had lots of sacks stowed below deck.  Burlap is also the current theme over at Brown Sugar so I’m also entering this there.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E11, E13, E21, E50, E51 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E23, Y26, 0

LipsR46, R59

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit R22, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, T4, T6, T8, 100

Canon and Canon Balls N4, N6, N8, W3, W5, W7, W10, 100

Embellishments

Bronze Halloween Skull Coin Pendant

Gem Brad from stash

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Rouge

Inks & Paints etc 
Spica ~ Gold & Red
Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Barn Door, Chipped Sapphire, Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Fancy Pants Down by the Shore ~ Anchors Away & Striped Towel

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice & Scarlet

Prima Cartographer ~ Faire Un Voyage

Ribbons & Trims etc

Burlap Ribbon from stash

Baker’s Twine from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Canon Pirate Betty

Challenges

Brown Sugar #90 ~ Use Burlap

Outlawz Sketch

Simply B Stamps Fan Page ~ Use skulls

Stempelsonnen #13 ~ Brands and/or eyelets

Sweet Stampin’ ~ Lots of layers

Thanks for stopping by!