Lady Pirate

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #178

Theme ' Anything Goes - with a twist'

The twist is ... We are asking that you only use StitchyBear Digi Images (So that includes all the creators at StitchyBear Digi Outlet ).  The sponsor for this challenge is .... Stitchys Angels. ( That's us .. the DT) We are so excited to share with you that our prizes include a large selection of ribbons, 2 scrapbooks, a selection of flowers to name but a few.

A great chance to grab those StitchyBear items with a 40% discount :)  Wonderful digital items for every occasion and every style :)

StitchyBear Digital Outlet

It was my teamie Tammylee's turn to chose a digi for us to work with and she chose this fab image called Lady Pirate by our awesome creator Ike.  Not my usual image to work with but perfect for the 'out of the box' thoughts.  I have a pet hate for guns of any description and it was the pistol in the digi which jumped out at me.  All I could think of was bullet holes <g>.  Following that thought I designed a background paper with lots of bullet holes all over it.  The grey colour scheme I think happened accidentally - obviously I was in a grey area with the pistol made worse by the bullet ridden DP lol. The DP was then embossed with an Die'sire embossing folder.  l I coloured the digi with ProMarkers and fussy cut her, attaching her to the card with foam tape on the rocks section. The ship image is from Iclipart which I cut out and placed so it appeared to be coming from behind the rocks.  Just to impress my sister I have added a real feather to the pirate ladies hat - it is a really lovely white fluffy one (sorry could not resist):)

With not having made an easel card for a while I thought I would make this card one.  On the inside/base of the card I added a Happy Birthday greeting and placed it around yet another bullet hole - this is certainly a bang bang card!!!!

Ingredients:-

• Card  - White Linen from Craft Creations
• Digi - Lady Pirate  by Ikes Art  and available at the StitchyBear Digital Outlet
• DP by me
• Des'ire Regency Damask embossing folder 
• Promarkers - Ice Grey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Burgandy, Crimson, Berry Red, Lipstick Red, Blush, Dusky Pink, Almond and Blender
• Foam tape, Liquid Pearls, Flower Soft from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Gem of a Challenge - Anything with a B - (bullet holes <g>) (Aug 31)
• Hiding in My Craftroom - #112 Masculine (Sept 3)
• Crafting with Dragonflies - # 9 : Card for a Guy/ or Father's Day (Sept 4)
• Inky Impressions - Masculine (Aug 28)
• Anything Goes - By the Sea (Aug 31)
• Cuttin and Stamping - Monochromatic (Aug 26)
• Scrap Creations - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Aug 27)

Muse in Blue

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #171

Theme ' More than One Fold' (cards or papers)

The sponsor for this weeks challenge is Creative Craftworld with 3 x Promarkers To win our main prize you MUST use an image that's available in StitchyBear Digi Outlet by any of our creators.. Remember to put a # after your name so we can find you easily. Occasionally we catch ones from our store but just incase please add # after your name. you can still enter with a none StitchyBear Digi Outlet image but will be entered into a separate draw to win $3 to spend in our store.

This week I had to choose a digi from Ike's Art called Muse 1 which is available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  This was rather a daunting project but once I had got my head around how to do what I envisioned I must admit I had great fun.  The fold sections of the card were cut to form the concertina and the panels which would show were covered in navy angel hair and dark blue embossed vinyl which has a velvet feel to it.  The digi is stunning but did not quite work for my card so to get around the problem of the top of the head being flat I drew a hat which I then covered in blue lace.  With nowhere except the back of the card for a sentiment I created a tag which I attached with a string of pearls, the front of the tag has the birthday sentiment and the back a place to write your own words.  The tag then tucks inside the card.  The digi was coloured with Promarkers but while writing this I am several thousand miles from my bit of paper which I recorded the ones I used :)  I think I used Pastel Blue, Chine Blue and Midnight Blue.  The colouring was done using the Letraset air brush system using ProMarkers.  A metal heart is hidden behind the digi, it can just be seen on the second photo.

Recipe:-

• Blue Hammer card from Craft Creations
• Digi - Muse 1 by Ike's Art
• Die for sentiment which designed and cut on my Black Cat
• Floral embellishments, feathers, lace, vinyl are all from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Card Crafters Circle - Ice Ice Baby (July 13)
• Card Making Mamas - Monochromatic (Aug 2)
• Dutch Dare - Not Square (July 11)
• Paper Crafting Journey - Not Square (July 9)
• Nutcrafters - Texture (July 9)