Sunday 11 August 2013

Deadly Pirate-Pus of the Salty Ocean

Today the Lady Commander of Copics and I commissioned a vessel to sail us across the Salty Ocean in search of the vicious pirate-pus who has been destroying travelling ships for the past moon’s turn. Folk are scared to sail and it is causing a shortage of food as the fishing crews refuse to risk death sailing the now deadly waters. It didn’t take long before we spotted the giant sea creature rising from the depths, a giant pirate hat atop his head. 

I started this card by cutting the adorable octopus out using Create-A-Critter. I then embossed the blue cardstock with a folder that reminded me of waves, earning me +392 texturization exp points and allowing me to level up! Woot. The sentiment came from my own crazy head and I printed it on kraft cardstock (because I thought it looked like beachy sand) using my computer. I rounded the corners of the blue and kraft paper with my corner rounder punch (probably my most used punch), while some buttons and ribbon finished off this watery delight.


This creature will swim into the following challenges:

A fierce battle ensued, the Lady Commander unleashing a flurry of ranged lightning based magic spells and me loosing arrow after arrow from my Great Bow, Fungi. Eventually the deadly pirate-pus sank back into the depths of the Salty Ocean from whence he’d came. Where he procured that giant pirate hat still remains a mystery.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

18 comments:

Tanya said...

too cute. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week!

Heather said...

Super cute card! That octopus is adorable and I love the embossed background! Thanks for joining the Make A Splash challenge at FCCB this week!!

Kim's Kreations said...

Fun! Love the pirate-pus and the wavy embossing. Thanks for making a splash at Fccb this week. Kim Ogden

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

OMGosh this is so adorable, I love it. Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!

Unknown said...

So cute hun, I do love that card, great image and lay out xxx

Laura Love said...

This is super cute! Love that image! Great story too - LOL! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Crafty Sentiments Designs AND Loves Rubberstamps this week! We hope that you will play along with us BOTH again soon! :)

Caz said...

This is lovely..Thank you for sharing with us at Crafty Sentiments...And good luck.

Caz xx

Brenda said...

What a cute card! I love the water embossing and I love the sentiment and who can resist an octopus commander?!! Thanks for joining us at Jo's Funday Friday;-)

Marcy said...

What a super adorable and fun card! The little octopus is so sweet and the embossing in the background looks great! Thanks so much for joining our challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps! :)

~ Jo ~ said...

Totally LOVE your story and this card is sooooo cute!!!! I love your pirate octopus hehe .. he made me smile, love the embossing too!
Thanks so much for playing with us at Jo's FFC!
Hugs,
Jo
♥Jo's Scrap Shack ♥

Lisa Minckler said...

What a hoot is this!!! I love the nautical pun here for the birthday wishes and your use of the embossing technique is perfect for our challenge. :)

Thank you so much for playing along with us at Top Tip Tuesday and sharing your talents with us!
Hugs,
Lisa xx

Vickie ODell said...

Crystal, your writing is so entertaining! I love your card, especially the embossing. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Perfect Sentiments Challenge. God bless you as you craft.

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Crystal! Thanks for linking this up to the Birthday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

mags said...

A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck.
Mags
x

BethieJ said...

So DARN CUTE!! What a GREAT card!
Thank You for joining us at PIO this week!
Have a GREAT day!

Kellie 0:) said...

Love the embossing and your cute little octopus. TFS and for joining us at Jo's for Funday Friday

Sue said...

A super cute card. Thanks for joining us at One Crazy Stamper this month.

Helen said...

Awww...so cute!
Thanks for playing at Pile It On!
Helen x

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