Coloring Petey Pirate and Creating a Project
October's Digital Stamp (Digi) is Petey Pirate! The Digi Stamp was resized and printed to fit an A2 (4 1/4"x 5 1/2") size card. After being glued to #110 cardstock with Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue, he was temporarily set aside until the background of the card was created.
The lightest areas were colored first to show where the light source was coming from. I bet the light source was the sun!
The finished Petey Pirate! Worried about coloring out of the lines?
To finish up the card, a cloud along the water's horizon, a few birds in the air and a pirate chest was made for the spot under the palm tree. The pirate chest was freehanded and tabs were added to the sides and bottom. This was cut from the brown cardstock. The tabs were folded and double-sided tape added to them.
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| Petey Pirate, digital stamp |
Background
White cardstock was chosen as a base for the card. A piece of light blue cardstock was cut to 4"x 5 1/4" and attached to the base with Scor-tape, leaving a 1/8" border. Next, a piece of tan pattern paper was cut 1"x4" and attached to look like sand. How clever!
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| Double-sided tape was added and a bone folder used to burnish before peeling off backing paper |
Coconuts, trunk and palm fronds were hand drawn on scraps of cardstock and hand cut with scissors! Double-sided tape and foam tape were used to attach the fronds to the top of the palm tree. Foam tape also has adhesive on both sides so using it behind an element gives the item dimension.
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| Palm tree with raised palm fronds to give them dimension |
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Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils |
The lightest areas were colored first to show where the light source was coming from. I bet the light source was the sun!
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| Beginning to color Petey Pirate |
Petey slowly started showing some color as he came to life! (tee-hee) Coloring with small circles softens the look of harsh lines. All the color was filled in, gradually blending from light to dark. A paper stump was used to blend further. You could even use your finger! It won't look like you used a pencil at all!
The highlights didn't show well so a Crayola pencil, moistened, was used on the red stripes and black pants and hat.
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| Petey Pirate colored! |
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| Use a paper stump to blend coloring further! |
The finished Petey Pirate! Worried about coloring out of the lines?
Finishing touches
Just fussy cut him out of the paper! Fussy cutting is the technique used to cut the picture out. The closer to the outline the better! There is also a fussy cutting technique where a thin white space is left around the figure. Some crafters call this a halo. A small, very sharp scissors work best for these techniques.
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| Petey the Pirate! Ready for his placement on the card! |
To finish up the card, a cloud along the water's horizon, a few birds in the air and a pirate chest was made for the spot under the palm tree. The pirate chest was freehanded and tabs were added to the sides and bottom. This was cut from the brown cardstock. The tabs were folded and double-sided tape added to them.
The pirate chest had detail added to it then a slit was made using a knife with a very sharp blade.
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| Pirate chest with tabs |
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| Using a sharp blade to cut a slit. |
Why cut a slit? Why is Petey trying to scare you from the pirate chest?
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| Petey Pirate giving you a warning! |
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That's WHY!! Petey Pirate is a treasure chest!
This card was made for a birthday! How clever!
You don't need the most expensive items nor the most popular. Use the items you have available to you. That is all you need...and your imagination! Look at how wonderful this card is and the recipient will love it!
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