Loaded to the Gunwalls!

I have done it. I have amazed myself at how

awesome this card turned out.

This week's Macabre Monday challenge is

Pirate's Booty.

We are sponsored by Delicious Doodles.

Teri has a bunch of awesome images to play with.

I wanted to use them all.

I also had a birthday card to make for a friend's

daughter who is into pirates, and skulls and stuff.

Perfect timing!

I needed a card design that would accommodate all of

images I so greedily wanted to use.

Step card, here I come! 

Not bad for a first try.

This is so easy to do, it's kinda stupid.

I messed it up once, despite how easy it is though.

The measurements make all of the difference. 

Kinda like baking, and I suck at that too!

I cut a piece of card stock to 10.5" x 5.25".

I scored it at 1.25", 2.5", 4.25", 6", and 8.25".

I used a MS scoreboard, which made all of the

scoring much easier and less intimidating.

I just folded each step in an accordian fashion,

and it nearly made itself! 

After coloring the wench, the map, and the zombie,

I fussy cut all of the images out, but the hardest to cut was

that ship silhouette. It was so worth it though.

I glittered it with black fine glitter, and added some chunkier

blue glitter beneath it like the deep blue sea. Backed with a big

vellum moon really finished it all off and added some

stability for the ship and it's delicate cuts.

My favorite image of all is this incredible

Zombie Pirate.

He's available today in Teri's shop,

Delicious Doodles.

Just a quick peek into my madness.

What ISN'T on my workdesk Wednesday is more like it!

When I tell people I am a stay at home Mom, they almost

always say, "How do you do it? Don't you get bored?"

Umm, no... I'm always making something.

Usually, many things at once. I am an artiste!

This is my first attempt at sgraffito. I plan to cover the entire

skull with flourishes and schtuff and then add neon accents

with 3D paints before firing. The skull will be all black.

Slow and steady, but it's coming along.