HHC26 If only…pirate

Aw man, I would have thought this totally rocked if only……I had put that pesky pirate right in the middle instead of off to the side. I tried to re-balance with the pile of gold but it still isn’t quite right. I’m sending this to my 5yo nephew so I don’t think he’ll mind at all! I used paper piercing in the corners, the map corners, and on the sentiment tabs to qualify for the High Hopes Challenge 26.

The floor, walls, and porthole are hand drawn. I punched some circles and traced around them to make the porthole. I colored a piece with my Copics to make the ocean/sky view thru the porthole. I'm crazy over this porthole so you'll be seeing this again I'm sure!

I used my digi wood floor to help me draw this floor (and yes, I'm still working on releasing that...major progress this week so stay tuned!). To color the walls and floor, I shaded to the left and below all the lines with my Prismacolor Dark Brown pencil and blended with Goo Gone. Then I also went thru and kinda scribbled in a wood grain with that same pencil WITHOUT blending. I love how it turned out.

The map was colored just a bit with Prismas. Then I tore it and crinkled it up a bunch. Finally I drug my Old Paper ink pad across it. The "gold" is cut from the treasure chest image. Here is how I colored the pirate.

Stamps: High Hopes On Guard Oberto, High Hopes Treasure Map, High Hopes Treasure Chest, High Hopes Landlubber
Paper: Creamy Caramel, GP 110, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Old Paper Distress Ink
Accessories: Copics, Prismacolor pencils and Goo Gone, fine black marker, glitter pens, paper piercer


Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”