A GREAT UNEXPECTED SURPRISE!   Check out what I’m giving to my neighborhood trick or treaters this year! 

I had my neighbor who just had a baby load me up with some freshly made diapers! *wink-wink* Okay -  not really but that’s exactly what the kiddos in my neighborhood will think when I hand them a diaper from either a cauldron or a Diaper Genie (okay folks – I am a prankster but I think only a NEW Diaper Genie would suffice *grin*).  There are a couple of things you need to successfully pull this off….Make sure to have a soundtrack of a crying baby in the background, wear a clothespin on your nose or pinch your nose as you hand a dirty diaper treat bag to each of the kids.  I can guarantee a look of horror and surprise!  Bwa-Haaa-HaaaaaaAAAaaa!!

How’d I do it?

Make a run to Walmart or another discount store and grab yourself a pack of newborn to size 1-2 diapers

Pick up a box of disposable diaper bags – I found these bags at the Dollar Tree Store!

A bunch of tootsie rolls in a variety of sizes or just a mixture of candy to wrap up inside

Of course, a funky cool container to hold your dirty diaper collection…I used a witch’s cauldron but REALLY think a Diaper Genie (new!) would rock!

Step 1.  Gather all of your supplies

Step 2.  Open up each diaper and place your “treats” inside.  It’s up to you to determine how generous you want to make your dirty diaper!

Step 3.  Roll up the diaper just like you would with a real dirty diaper!  It’s been about five years since I’ve had to do this – I wrapped the first so tightly that the “treat” leaked out the sides!  Oops!  Can’t have that!  Once I loosened it up a bit it rolled right up just like any other dirty diaper!

Step 4.  Drop each diaper into a bag and knot. 

Step 5. Drop your collection in a diaper bucket, cauldron or whatever else you want to use. 

I just decided to add a tag to each diaper -with some funny sayings like “P.U. What’s that horrible smell?…. Hey Stinker….Happy Halloween!….The stinks on you….etc…
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Olive a great prank, don’t you?

xKim

Mummy?  Is that you?! 

This is a little tag I tucked in with Ladybug Linda’s Mystery Prize that she won last month.  It was such a quick project and took me less than 10 minutes to complete.  I could just sit and decorate manila tags for days on end and never have the same design.  Feeling stressed?  Try it!  It’s great therapy – in fact, I think I’m going to go make a mountain of them right now! *grin*

How’d I do it?

Ingredients:

1 manila shipping tag ( I bought a pack from Office Depot or cut a bunch with your Cricut for those tag making moments!)

Stamp (“Stampabilities Mummy-UR1008″)

Copic Spica Glitter Marker – Gold and  Black

8 small amber colored rhinestones

Small piece of sparkly green velvet ribbon (I found it at Hobby Lobby)

Black ink pad ( I used Stampin’ Up Black Craft Ink)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen

Glue for the rhinestones (I used Beacon’s 3-in-1 Glue)

Directions:

1.  Ink the tag edges and front using Tim Holtz Distress Inks is Antique Linen.  Use the Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges.

2.  Stamp the mummy image to the tag front. 

3.  Usng a Copic  Spica Glitter Marker in GOLD, color in the mummy.

4.  Add a doodled squiggly line around the four sides of the tag front using a Copic Spica Glitter Marker in BLACK.

5.  Glue amber colored rhinestones to the top and bottom front of the tag (use photo for placement).

6.  Tie a piece of sparkly green velvet ribbon to the bottom of the tag – knot and trim.

7.  Add  a sentiment to the back or leave as is. 

Tags are such a fun addition to a card or gift.  I like slipping a finished tag inside a card to be used as a bookmark, tied to a gift bag, used on a scrapbook page, the front of a card, etc.   Are you a tag maker?  If so, I’d love to see what you’ve made!  Please share your URL here or send your photos and I’ll post them here!

Let’s see if I can squeeze some craft time out of my Sunday….keep your fingers crossed! *grin*

Olive making tags, don’t you?

xKim

Welcome to Olive Juice Studio my BOOtiful friends! If you’re here for the Haunted Halloween Blog Hop you’re in the right place! But if you just “found” my blog hop on over to the Cricut Confessions blog to start your ghoulish crawl!

You should have arrived at my blog from the Cricut Loft . Once you’re done pokin’ around my spooky site you’re going to head on over to Gypsy Paperie - but don’t leave yet because there’s plenty of blood tingling projects abound right here…(Insert howl here)

In order to see some creepy crafts here on my blog you will need to be VERY VERY brave and VERY VERY quiet….

You see, there are spirits lurking about – they may be creative roaming souls but they do scare easily AND are known for being scaredy cats. (Insert screeching cat here) Tiptoe your way through…take all the time you need…. Make sure to either scroll through the posts for the past month  or use the the sidebar categories to find more eerie creations.  There are so many freaky things here I’ve heard shrieks and squeals coming from those who entered from the Haunted Halloween Trail all day long…I guarantee your visit here will be a bone-rattlin’ experience….

Are you ready? 

ENTER ONLY IF YOU DARE…

In case you got spooked while hopping about, here’s the list of all of the blogs in the Haunted Halloween Blog Hop:

I hope your blog hopping along the Haunted Halloween Trail  is SPOOKTACULAR!  Bwa-ha-haaa-haaaa!  Make sure to become  a follower and leave a comment in the post below if you’d like to be a part of the Mystery Candy I give out randomly!  (Oh!  And a link from your site is ALWAYS appreciated!  Let me know and I will of course do the same!)*wink*

Olive a creepy blog hop, don’t you?

xKim

Turn a Dollar Store plastic pumpkin trick or treat bucket into vintage decor to add to your Halloween festivities!

INGREDIENTS:

Cricut

Pumpkin Carving Cricut cartridge

Black Vinyl

Sheet Music OR Book Pages

Decoupage Glue

Orange Pom Pom Fringe

Hot Glue Gun or another strong adhesive

Black Printed Fabric Scraps OR Ribbon Scraps

DIRECTIONS:

1.  Tear strips of sheet music or bookprint pages into all different sizes.  This project will require several pages and the final amount will depend on how many layers you add to your pumpkin.

2.  Apply adhesive to the pumpkin with your fingers, a foam brush or paint brush to one small section at a time. Begin by adding strips of the torn paper to the adhesive covered pumpkin making sure to overlap the ends.  As your adding paper strips have extra decoupage available to “paint” over the top of the strips – this forms a sealant and keeps the paper from lifting or being ruined by water damage.  Make sure to also add decoupage glue where the paper strips seem to lift or between paper layers. 

3.  Most of the plastic pumpkin buckets have indentations where the eyes, nose and mouth are located.  When you are decoupaging this area, add extra layers to help fill in these indentations so it’s not noticeable to the eye.

4. Once the whole pumpkin has been decoupaged with the amount of layers you desire cover the entire pumpkin with one more thin coat of decoupage glue OR a spray sealant.

5.  Next, you need a piece of black vinyl – at least 10 x 10  and the Pumpkin Carving Cricut cartridge.  Set your size at 7″.  You’re going to “kiss cut” the vinyl so that the vinyl is cut but not the paper backing – this makes it easier to remove the vinyl.  Set your  blade pressure to 6 and your pressure to 2.  Select whichever image you desire.

6.  You can either use George or Plantin Schoolbook to cut the triangle nose or just cut one by hand if you choose the same pumpkin face.

7.  Add either a strip of hot glue or strong holding liquid adhesive to the top of the pumpkin to hold the orange pom pom fringe in place.

8.  Cut strips of fabric or ribbon and tie onto the plastic strap handle.

Add any extra detail such as inking, spritzing with Walnut Ink or Glimmer Mist or brush on diluted  Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Stain Dye Refill to age the pumpkin. 

I hope you liked it and have fun personalizing your own plastic pumpkin bucket into an adorable part of your Halloween decor!

Olive a simple craft project, don’t you?

xKim

Enter the October Challenge for a chance to win a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser! 

This month Memory Miser is letting you choose a cartridge if you’re the winner!  Here’s the cartridges you can choose from:  October 31st, Pumpkin Carving  or Thanksgiving!

The ”October Challenge” is…

“Make Me a Scrappy Scarecrow!”

What’s a “Scrappy Scarecrow”?  It’s a scarecrow  of any size, color, theme, etc., made out of any leftover “things” or repurposed items.  The scarecrow can be made out of ANYTHING.  You may opt to use paper, fabric, metal, clay, beads, items from your recycling bin or trash, etc. -whatever you can possibly come up with!  The whole point is to be as creatively unique as  possible!

Check out the first Scrappy Crow entered in the challenge for this month!

This awesome looking fella is named “Supa Scare” – the bird-flinging blingy scarecrow designed by Nadia Herbst-McConnell.  Nadia says, “He is made completely from found items at our house (it kinda shows).  His glittery head and bird are from leftover items from the church bazaar stuff I donated.  His base is a CD holder, wrapped in metal tape (leftover from attaching the dryer hose) and duct tape (that my husband borrowed from a neighbor last night for me).  The black and glitter papers on him are from my drawer of little scrap papers, the giant pipe cleaners are ones I raided from my DD’s craft stuff (she is 6 so it required trading and begging).  The rubber bands are from the asparagus that I cooked last night.  (How can a house not have any rubber bands except what shows up from the produce department??!!)  The raffia has to be from 1992, leftover a project I did then for school.  That is the only time I remember using it and I had quite a time remembering where I put it.  The felt is left over stock from when I thought that I needed every color made to create my little 2″ acorn fairies.  (Note:  2″ fairies do not require a case of felt to get completed).  The dowel rod inside him is leftover from DD’s birthday party in 2007 when the girls made magic wands.”

Designed by Kassi Hulet….Meet  2Cute2ScareBear.  He isn’t on a LO yet because I’m waiting for Halloween photos. =)

Here’s the Dirty Details:

1.  The scarecrow must be 3-D or have 3-D parts somewhere on it.

2. The scarecrow must include at least one rubber band, one feather and duct or masking tape – any amount.

3.  The scarecrow must include at least one thing that starts with the letter “P” – the sky’s the limit here folks! *grin*

4.  The scarecrow must include something somewhere using your Cricut – ANYTHING from ANY cartridge.  It could be something sticking out of its pocket, held in it’s hand, stenciled on it’s shirt or pants, embroidered by using a Cricut stencil or a vinyl or fabric shape cut or traced using a Cricut shape/font. 

5.  The scarecrow must be given a “funny fitting name.”  

Please note, this scarecrow DOES NOT have to be a typical scarecrow that you place outdoors or in  your garden BUT most definitely can be! It can be a quilt, a necklace, a t-shirt, a scarecrow on a scrapbook layout, a card, a wall hanging, etc….

Send  a picture of your entry to olivejuicestudio@yahoo.com so I can post them here.  The contest ends 11:59 PM, October 31st (that’s Halloween night!).  The method for selecting a winner will be determined by a group of individuals that I will form throughout the month so be on the lookout – you might be asked to help!

Run along now, roll up those sleeves and get your craft on!  I can’t wait to see your awesome scrappy scarecrow creations!

Olive a challenging challenge, don’t you?