captain jack sparrow punch art

there is something terribly dashing and despicable about captain jack sparrow

he is quite the loveable rogue

i made him using a 11/4" circle punch in pink

fringe scissors for long hair

bracket punch for facial hair

owl punch for eyes

11/4" circle cut in a strip for bandana plus a brown bit for top

i also made a small string of tiny beads for him too

have fun with captain jack!

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pirates and princesses

man oh man have i been a busy camper

being a fulltime working mum sure puts a dent in my crafting time

sure the money is great

and the adult interaction and professional development is awesome

but i miss my kids

and i am missing my me time

hence why the blog posts have been few and far between campers

sorry about that!

anyways here is what i have been up to

i have been making up some paper pictures using punches for kids rooms

 with the pirate i have used the tasteful trim die to make the waves and the leaves are from the leaves die. the boat was taken from a picture from a colouring in book. 

pirate pete can be made from this tutorial 

the princess was also made suing the tasteful trim die for the grass. i also used the pennant punch, ornament punch and bird punch amongst others for her body. the castle was made using word windows and i added some cute buttons for flowers.

hope this inspires you with making something for your pirate or princess :>

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pirate pete

ahoy me hearties!

i was a bit gutted this year about not going to stampin up's convention 

but my sensible brain kicked in and made me use that valuable money for sensible stuff 

like my children's ballet lessons and soccer registration...sigh...

but on the bright side i managed to make some swaps and get my lovely friends to swap on my behalf!

so if you were lucky enough to get one of my swaps and have come here to figure out how i did them-here is a very quick tutorial on how pirate pete was made!

 pirate pete is made from only a few punches

3/4" circle (head, scarf)

1/2" circle (scarf, shoe)

small oval (body, sword)

star (peg leg)

heart to heart (handle of sword, eye patch)

plus squares and strips cut to size as needed

also don't forget to add all the features with a marker-i used a night of navy one

plus a googley eye (man those things rock!)

i put him on a pillow box so he can be used as a party treat-inside were some gold coins!

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pirate party

argh me hearties!

this post be about ye pirates!

a good friend's little boy had his birthday this weekend and i made him a cute pirate present.

i made him a pennant of his name using some really cute pirate paper

on the stampin up pennant die

i also made him a memory game with mr men and little miss characters on.

just print out colouring in pictures onto white card, add to coloured card and laminate.

i've put them into an old gypsies tin with a pirate on the front

hope he likes them

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