Showing posts with label Simply Betty stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simply Betty stamps. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 September 2016

Aaaaarrr Matey!

Tomorrow is apparently "Talk like a Pirate Day"
is asking for 
pirate related projects(with a bit of sass obviously)

 I thought this would make a perfect combi with 

 I dug out some pirate stamps I won in a challenge  years ago...
*can we say "just perfect"*
 Selected a stepper card blank...and butchered it.
Don't be shy with card blanks, it's ok to chop them up a bit.
 I used inks to add dimension and interest,
creating a simple Pirate ship effect...
 and I couldn't resist using my newest stamps to add
a skull to the sail :D
 The legend reads 
"Now this is my kind of a cruise"

Quite pleased with this little adventure...
Enjoy XXX
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Monday, 11 July 2011

Captain Zac!!!

Today I want to share a mini album I have made for my youngest son. The pics are from his 5th birthday, when we had an awesome Pirate theme party :D

From left to right Cookie the ships cook/Me(read panto dame!!), the Tobster(now 6'2!!),Awesome Annie(now a qualified beautician!!!), Captain Nell/my sister(notice the Hook thumb!!), and in front Captain Zac(or chunky monkey as you will know him)

We had great fun......12 5 year olds, playing treasure hunt(courtesty of Captain Nell)...

and Shark Attack, which some people know as Icebergs. Sheets of newspaper represent islands. You "swim" round while music plays, then jump onto island when it stops. Last one on gets eaten by sharks...mwahaha :D You keep tearing bits off the island til only 1 person fits....the winner!!!
But my absolute favourite game(and very probably banned everywhere) is Pass the Bomb!!
It was like pass the parcel, but "piratised". I got some black balloons with skull and crossbones on, added a little flour as I pumped them up(don't blow into them as your breathe has moisture and makes the flour sticky).
Now imagine 12 5 year olds sitting in a circle....the music starts and they pass the balloon around.....music stops... the person holding the balloon has to hold it over their head while everyone else counts down from 5...4...3...2......1........will the bomb go off or not?????

I had a pin in my had, and every so often ......BANG!!!
The flour makes a big smoke cloud...and the kids have hysterics mwahahahahaha.....
Now people may think this sounds cruel, but I ran out of "bombs" before the kids got bored with this one!!
This pic is just a close up of the faux stitching around the front cover :D
The pirate images are from Simply Betty's Funky Pirate collection, and the crossbones image backing paper I made using an O and an X alphabet stamp :D

Challenges I am entering this project for are;

Thursday, 23 June 2011

X marks the spot!

X is for Xtremely girly!! :D
Got my new stamps today from Simply Betty Stamps :D I won them last month, and have been dying for them to arrive... and just as they did ABC challenge set" X marks the spot/Pirates" How cool was that haha...sorry "Arr,arr,arr!"
This is Bonnie, and must be one of the girliest pirates ever, so I had no worries about colouring her in pink and mauve :D

Other challenges I am entering her for are;
Enjoy :D XXX