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L-O-V-E Banner


2011
01.06

Posted in Banner, Cricut LOVE Banner, Cricut Markers, Ephemera, Feather Boas, Funky, Funny, Grunge, Hearts, Olive Juice Studio, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Valentine's Day Craft, Vintage | 4 Comments »

 

So, I’m starting to think the orange as the background just isn’t cutting it in this photo! LOL!  Unfortunately, this is a banner I made over two years ago but I thought I would share it with you anyway!  Since it was made so long ago I honestly cannot remember all of the sizes things were cut at.  I do remember that I used Storybook, Indie Art, Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and either George or Plantin Schoolbook.  I made this when the markers were really hot stuff and cut the wings, lips and crown using the markers on the top layer – the marker outline REALLY made the images pop and gave the boarder an edgy… funky, yet shabby chic feel.  Everything is layered 2-3x for extra dimension and stability too.  Pieces of corrugated cardboard, scraps of paper, LOTS of chipboard, styrofoam letters painted black and then sugar coated with black fine glitter, pieces of feather boas, wire, clothespins, etc…completed the look.  The bottles hanging from the letter “O” are actually mini empty bottles of glitter.  I made labels for each.  One reads ” Love Potion #9 and the other reads “Hot Stuff – add three shakes to spice things up.”  I glued the labels on the bottles and then used a spray adhesive to cover the entire bottle and rolled each one in super fine clear glitter.  The tag bases are cut from chipboard using the deep cut housing blade.  Worked like a charm.  I then cut patterened paper a size smaller and used my sewing machine set on the largest zigzag stitch and black thread.  Little butterflies adorn the ribbon that were from some paper I had where you could just punch them out.  I layered all of the butterflies 2-3x and glued only the centers and fanned out the wings to make them look as though they were actually fluttering.  A large piece of black and white polka dotted ribbon was threaded through each tag and then small pieces of tulle, and ribbon scraps were tied randomly along with butterflies attached here and there.

It’s definitely an oldie but a favorite piece of mine.  Sure wish I would have taken the photo last year with a white sheet or something  behind it though….oh well!

Are you feelin’ the love?  *wink*

Happy Crafting, my friends!

xKim

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You’re Da Bomb! (I’m just sayin’…) Valentine’s Day Card!


2011
01.06

Posted in Funky, Funny, Grunge, Indie Art Cricut Cartridge, Olive Juice Studio, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Project Tutorials/Instructions, Random Posts, Stickles, Valentine's Day Craft | 1 Comment »

I have to admit I have a pretty healthy supply of Cricut cartridges (Please don’t ask me how many because I honestly have no idea and I’m not sure we need to go there just in case my hubby is reading this.  Hi Dear!  Love ya!)  I’m not one to hide things from my hubster…<insert clearing throat here>…ahem…I’m just sayin’….) LOL!  Just kidding!!  Anyway, my point is that with all of the adorable Valentine’s or shall I say lovey-dovey cuts available you would think I’d be cutting  out those images instead… or at least something from a new cartridge….but no, I have to show my rebellious side by making a card using the bomb from the Indie Art cartridge – isn’t Indie Art now a discontinued one too?!  LOL! I know Indie Art has always had mixed reviews.  People either loved or hated it when it first came out…  I don’t know about you, but for the longest time Indie Art was one of my favorite cartridges, probably because it’s so non-traditional and the cuts can be used in so many fun and quirky ways. :-)  That’s me you know, quirky crafty Kim. :-)  
So in honor of kicking off the “LOVE” theme this month for the January Challenge I wanted to tell all of you that I think “You’re Da Bomb!”

 Want to make a card just like this one? 

Here’s the recipe!

Ingredients:

 Cricut

Indie Art Cricut Cartridge

Your preferred Cricut font cartridge

White premade card or make your own measuring 5″x7″

1-2 old book pages 

Cardstock in the following colors:  black, red, white, silver, brown

Inks for distressing ( I used red, black and silver)

Stickles (Glitter Glue) in Red and Silver

White Pen

Your preferred adhesive

Pop dots (or dimensionals!)

Small piece of red tulle approximately 3″x5″ piece

Small piece of aluminum foil or silver paper

Directions:

 

1.  Using Indie Art cut the bomb – botton and top layer.  I cut the bomb at 4 3/4″.  The first layer the shadow/blackout layer was cut out of white paper.  The top layer was cut from black paper.  Don’t forget to cut the flame also from red paper leaving the size set at 4 3/4″.  I cut two of the flames and glued the end together that slips under the bomb and then curled the ends forward to give more dimension. Also, cut the matchstick from brown and the top of the match from red paper.

2.  Cut the phrase “You’re Da Bomb” from your preferred Cricut font cartridge.  I have to admit.  I made this in a flurry and have been working on several things and I cannot for the life of me remember which font this is ….Can anyone tell just by looking?  I want to say it’s Lyrical Letter BUT….I’m not positive!  I do know that I cut it at 1/2″ from the red paper.

3.  Okay, time to assemble! 

  • First thing we’re going to do is tear the old book page(s) into small squares.  Ink all four sides with red ink and a light dab of silver ink for extra Ooomph! Next, adhere the bookprint squares to the card front overlapping a bit so it resembles a collage look.  Any excess hanging off the edge of the card can be trimmed.
  • Next, assemble the bomb.  Ink the edges of all pieces with black and silver ink.  Place a small piece of aluminum foil or silver paper large enough to be centered underneath the top layer opening that resembles a bean shape.  Glue to the base cut making sure it lines up with the top layer so that the silver paper/foil shows through the top layer opening.  Next, add pop dots (dimensionals) to the back of the top layer and attach together.  Attach the bomb to the front of the card with more pop dots for extra dimension.
  • Using a white pen and a heavy hand, outline the “starburst explosion” that’s the part underneath the flame. 
  • Attach the phrase “You’re Da Bomb” to the bottom of the bomb using the photo for placement.
  • Assemble the matchstick and glue to the card front using the photo for placement.

4.  Now, for the final details!  Add silver dots with Stickles (or any glitter glue) around the bean shaped opening on the bomb and around the white shadow part of the bomb (the bottom layer) in groups of three dots.  Also add silver dots around the explosion to add random sparkle.  Use red Stickles on the flame, matchstick and letters.

5.  Scrunch up a small piece of red tulle and place under the top left of the bomb so that the top of the netting flares out.  Add red glitter dots for extra bling randomly using caution to not get it on the card. 

6.  For the final hurrah!  Make sure to ink all four sides of the card with red ink and then a dab of silver here and there – gives the card a nice finished look.

7.  The inside of the card reads “I’m just sayin’….Happy Valentine Hot Stuff!”  This can be cut using a font cartridge and your Cricut or simply by using your computer and printer.

I hope this Valentine card has caused an explosion of creativity!

Olive making Valentine’s Day crafts, don’t you?

xKim

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Madam Eggplant and Her Pepper Possee….


2010
10.23

Posted in Funny, Humor, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio, Random Posts | 1 Comment »

Hey Folks!  I’m alive…REALLY and fine (in a warped sense of way)…*insert grin here* Many of you have sent me emails asking where I have been the past few weeks….thank you for taking the time and for expressing an interest in my whereabouts – it’s so very kind of you!  Let me see if I can enlighten you with my latest adventure…ready for this one?  It’s a crazy one to say the least!

I was here….in Pennsylvania with only a camera – no paper scraps, glue dots or glitter available on this trip (although, I did have a notepad and camera so I used my free moments wisely to make plans for future posts and projects)…it was a whirlwind impromptu four day surprise….

No crafting time in Maryland either…such beautiful country….I wish I got better photos of the mountains and rolling hills colored in such gorgeous fall hues…

I’m the Children’s Social Chair for our homeowners association and had to plan an annual picnic full of kid friendly fun for children ages 0-103 This is a photo of my lost twin sister…*wink* she really liked my creative ideas so she tried to take me hostage and was successful until Sponge Bob came to the rescue…(I’m inside the black rolling suitcase…) Yes, I do have red hair but that really is NOT me – seriously!

 Here’s a photo of my hero….in the background you can see us running from the minions – crafty kids can be so crazy!

There was no time for crafting this evening either…. we went on a hayride and weenie roast at Corron Farms in St. Charles. I had to protect  the frankfurters….see the dead ones sprinkled around the fire?  Yep, that was a tough job but someone had to do it…

Then I was spotted by the paparazzi at a local apple orchard…we went to pick apples but there were no apples to be picked so we picked up apple cider donuts and had a tailgate snack…we got our daily serving of fruit – yeah, about that…!

No time for crafting on this day either….had to make time  to jump on a ginormous inflatable bouncy thing-a-ma-jiggy that was partly buried in sand – so cool and caused some major giggly fun along with some seriously red sweaty cheeks…

So then we found some apple trees on another adventure….but the funny thing was you couldn’t pick the apples so we did some posing as though we were picking (note the red cheeks caused from the bouncing above..)

Oops!  Busted!  I was spotted posing with my boys…I feel like I’m in a “Where’s Waldo?” book…(check out those RED cheeks!)

One day, about three weeks ago, I was in my backyard working in the flower beds when I happened to see movement coming from my veggie garden.  I stopped moving and stood very still hoping to catch what little critter was out there taking a bite out of each of the tomatoes.  I moved very slowly toward the garden with my kung fu moves in place ready to attack.  More rustling so I stopped  and waited…and waited until I saw the most unexpected thing ever…….what I saw explained pretty much everything!  We had been invaded by

MADAM EGGPLANT AND HER PEPPER POSSEE!

 

Now, if you had to fight off an invasion of rabid veggies you’d disappear temporarily too – the only way to get these ghastly creatures under control is to eat them!  The bad thing is that there’s a reproduction problem happening in my garden even after three frosts! Every day they continue to multiply – some with fangs, some with snaggle teeth….but they all seem to have one thing in common -to keep me from crafting!  (Note Mr. Peppa’s mouth is missing…I was hungry, what can I say?)

Madam Eggplant really needs to see a dentist, don’t you think?  Seriously, some eggplants! 

Anyway, after all of the “excitement” this past month I’m ready for a break but I don’t foresee that happening for a while….I will post when I can and hope you keep checking back until the crazy storm called life settles down a bit….I do have a few fun Halloween surprises I’m hoping to finish and post this week, along with my own scarecrow for the October Challenging Challenge so do make sure to check back often.  I will be back to regular posts as soon as I can!

Olive a great adventure, don’t you?

xKim

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Moonlight Press Single Page 12×12 Layout


2010
09.23

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Posted in Book Pages, Cricut, Cricut Cartridges, Funky, Funny, Grunge, Halloween, Halloween Projects, Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge, Humor, Humorous, October 31st Cricut Cartridge, Olive Juice Studio, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Project Tutorials/Instructions, Random Posts, Tim Holtz ink, Vintage | 8 Comments »

The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out….the mummies are  wrapped tightly and the moonlight glows eerily in this slightly creepy crawly layout waiting for your little goblins 2010 photo. :-)   This layout was made using the new Happy Hauntings and October 31st Cricut cartridges, along with some fabulous paper by Graphic 45.

Ingredients:

Graphic 45 “Society Page” from the Communique Collection paper

Making Memories “Spider Web Toil & Trouble” paper

Black, yellow and cream/off-white cardstock

orange glitter paper

2 manilla shipping tags

cheese cloth or gauze

orange pom pom fringe

olive green glitter ribbon

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen and Tea Dye

Adhesive - liquid glue to attach pom pom fringe 

Directions:

Using Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge cut the following:

1.  The mummy from page 32 in the handbook.  Cut the base in black at size 5 1/2″ and then in off-white/cream using Layer 1.  Glue the offwhite to the top of the black base cut of the mummy.  Wrap the mummy in pieces of gauze or cheesecloth torn into small narrow strips and inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  Using the gold Copic Spica marker, lightly outline around the eyes, nose and mouth.

2.  The frame(frame9) from page 46 of your handbook. Cut the base using the shift key and the Making Memories Spider Web Toil & Trouble paper at 8 1/4″  Cut the top layer using black cardstock.  Cut the bugs by selecting “Layer 1″ and “shift” and the orange glitter paper.  Glue the top layer of the frame to the base.  Attach the bugs to the sides of the frame. 

3.  Cut “moonlight”  at1 1/2″ - 1x with black paper which is the top layer and 1x with the same paper as the base of the frame by selecting the “shift” button - this is the shadow.  This phrase can be found on page 56 of the handbook.  Glue the black piece to the top of the shadow piece.

4.  Cut the letters “P-r-e-s-s” using black cardstock.  The font used was the ‘Spooky Font.”  The “P” was cut as an uppercase letter at 1 3/4″ and the rest of the letters were cut at 1 1/4″ all as lowercase letters.  Attach to the moon.

Using October 31st Cricut cartridge cut the following:

1.  Cut the moon at 3 1/2″ using yellow cardstock.  Ink the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.  Add random dots with the black Copic Spica marker.

2.  Cut the skull and bones 1x with off-white and 1x with black cardstock – cut each at 2″.  Ink the off-white piece with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Antique Linen and Tea Dye.  Run under water and smear the ink.  Set aside to dry for a few minutes, then glue the off-white layer ontop of the black cutout so that it is slightly off-center to show a slight black edge.  Using Copic Spica Markers, add detail to the bones with the gold marker by lightly drawing and shading around the edges to outline the bones.  Add random dots with the black Spica marker.

The tags:

1.  Remove the white string and replace with the olive green glittered ribbon.  Tie and trim edges. 

2.  Ink the card edges using the distress inks.

3.  Using a fine tip black marker, doodle around the border of the tag to add some extra detail.

Assembling the page: 

1.  Glue a strip of orange pom pom fringe to the right side of the paper.

2.  Attach the frame to the 12×12 Graphic 45 paper by using pop dots around the edges making sure to leave the top and the center untouched so you can slip the tags underneath the frame.

3.  Glue the moon with ”moonlight press” to the upper right corner of the Graphic 45 paper.

4  Glue the mummy so that it’s walking in front of the frame.  when gluing to the layout make sure not to glue it to the frame so that you can lift the mummies body enough to slip a photo underneath.

5.  Add the skull and bones to the lower left corner.

6.  Slip the manilla tags under the frame where you left an opening.

The frame is large enough for a 5×7 photo OR you can use a 4×6 with a border of the background paper showing around the sides. 

I am loving these new Halloween cartridges!  There are so many things on each that my mind is just spinning with ideas!  Now to get my hands to work as fast as my brain…!

Hope you’re all having a great day!

xKim

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My Confession…I have Arachnophobia!


2010
09.18

Posted in Funny, Humor, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio, Random Posts | 1 Comment »

Okay Ladies and Gents….we all have our own weaknesses and fears, right?   I have a tremendous fear of spiders and I am recovering from a near death experience I had this evening.  I saw a spider…then… I saw another one………………….  My heart immediately relocated to my tongue and has remained there for the past hour.  I have itched my head, shook out my hair, scratched my back and pretty much stripped off every stitch of clothing just to make sure there was nothing on me that shouldn’t be on me.  They were too close for comfort.  I spotted the first one in the dark.  I think I was gifted with x-ray spider vision because I can detect those buggers even when I can’t see my own hand held in front of my face.  It was dark and misty outside and I was taking one of my son’s friends home after playing all day.  The first spider was spotted in the dark dangling from a quickly made web hanging from my Ford Explorer running board.  I got freaky and could feel my heart start to race.  (This is so unhealthy, I realize this, but I have arachnophobia and I am pathetic.)  So I tried scaring it away like I would do to a stray dog. I stomped my feet and yelled at it in hopes that it would cower away.  Of course it didn’t so I grabbed a stick until I was able to free it from my vehicle and then tossed the stick in the yard.  I was okay.  My heart was still racing but it slowed down a tad.  I felt overly confident for a moment until the fear set back in because I have this theory that seems to always be true.  If you see one there’s more……. So I sat there for a minute, flicked the overhead light on and really examined the situation before backing out of my driveway. Things seemed still…  with my son and  his friend in the backseat  I carefully backed out.  I felt pretty good that maybe this time it was just the one…. which would prove my theory was a  fluke….until I set the car in motion.  I made it to the corner…just two houses away when I spotted one lone raindrop running up my windshield while all the rest went down.  I knew immediately what the problem was ..but there was a car  behind me and I was moving down the road.  Without even thinking, I swerved over to the side and bailed.  Good thing I remembered to put my car in park before exiting my car.  Meanwhile, I hear myself panting and my son telling his friend. “Oh it’s okay.  My mom saw a spider and she’s scared to death of them.”  They continued playing with their Nintendo DS’ while I stood outside the vehicle hyperventilating.  I grabbed a book that was sitting on the passenger seat and started beating the spider.  Unfortunately for me, the darn thing fell to the floor of the driver’s side.  Okay, so most of you who have spider phobias would probably assume the thing was dead and get in and continue on your travels right?  Nope, not me.  My gut told me that thing was still alive and looking for me so I kept watch as cars passed by and the kids sat there laughing hysterically at me.  About five minutes into my spider vehicle scan I started rolling my pant legs up.  There was no way on Earth I was going to let a spider crawl up my pant leg so I figured it would be best to roll them up… (can you tell I have no sense of logic when a spider is in my presence?)right at that moment I spotted movement on the door frame.  I popped my Croc off my foot and started beating and smashing the spot that was moving.  Uh-huh….told ya that thing was still alive!  My son is busy chasing Pokemon on his DS but his friend just sat there staring in amazement because not only am I his friend’s mother BUT his Cub Scout leader to boot.  I’m supposed to be a fearless leader but this fearless leader has a severe weakness and I totally showed my vulnerability at that moment that I know for certain he will NEVER EVER forget or keep quiet.  So I forced myself to act like a big girl and with pant legs rolled up to my knees and my body slouched as far down in my seat I hightailed it back home – I was only a block away.  I again, bailed and got my husband.  Thank God for my husband that he is such a patient and understanding, kind and loving man because he rolled his eyes and told me ” Kim, you REALLY need to get over this fear.”  Yeah, duhhhh don’t you think I know that??  It’s kind of hard to break a fear that you’ve had since childhood though!  So laughing and rolling his eyes he went out and drove our little friend home.  Of course our little friend made sure to tell my husband that he couldn’t wait to tell his mom.  The sad part of this confession is that there are a few other stories quite similar to this one (okay, MUCH better) but if I were to share those stories you really would think I was a nut job! *grin* 

I’m declaring it “National Phobia Confession Night” here on OJS.  Please share your phobia stories with me.  Make me feel as though my crazy behavior isn’t that abnormal even though it probably is! *sigh*  I’m a lost cause, aren’t I?! Go ahead…tease me….make fun of me….I know I deserve it and get it from my husband and boys all the time.  Thank goodness my phobia hasn’t been passed on to my kids!  They are so used to rescuing “the damsel in distress” that it doesn’t phase them. 

And now back to our regular program….CRAFTS. (*insert grin here*)  I’ve been busy this week but did find time to squeeze in several projects that I will be sharing with you soon!  I’m still taking photos and writing posts….I’ve got some great canning recipes….kids crafts for Halloween that are perfect for your kiddos, scouts and parties, along with a few other goodies!

Get those Spooky September Challenges going!  I want to see more! *grin* 

xKim

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A Haunted Picture Frame….Ooooooo-OOoooO!!!


2010
09.13

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Posted in Funky, Funny, Grunge, Halloween, Halloween Projects, Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Project Tutorials/Instructions, Random Posts, Repurposed, Tim Holtz ink, Vintage | 5 Comments »

An eerie picture frame using the Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge!  I also used the Martha Stewart Glow-in-the-Dark Glitter on the ghost – soooo spooky cool!!!

Ingredients:

Happy Haunting Cricut cartridge

Cricut Expression

1 12″ x 12″ black Shimmer paper by Core’dinations

1 12″ x 12″ black glitter paper by Core’dinations

1 12 x 12 of a patterned paper the diamond shaped paper in oranges and yellows is from Paper Studio

2 manila office folders OR cream colored cardstock

2 pieces of chipboard or several pieces of cereal/cracker boxes glued together

1 small piece of gauze or cheesecloth

a stamp resembling newsprint (the stamp used for the project is from Delta Stamps)

Black ink for stamping

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot

Tim Holtz Distress Ink inAntique Linen

Liquid adhesive  (highly recommend Beacons 3-in-1, Zip Dry or Liquid Fusion!)

Hot glue gun

Optional:  bling to “pimp it up” (photo at the very bottom…),  sandpaper and Martha Stewart Glow-in-the-Dark Glitter (this stuff is sooo cool!)

4 large circular pieces of foam, or furniture floor protectors to give lift and dimension  to your project.

Directions:

1.  (Please Note: There are quite a few layers of each piece  of the frame that I cut to give additional stability because cutting the frame and stand out of only cardstock isn’t heavy enough to support a photo, let alone stand. )

With the Happy Haunting Cartridge you need to cut the following pieces at the stated sizes:

All frame pieces are cut at 7″.

Cut from chipboard: The frame base (layer 1), the stand (layer 1 + shift), and the front piece with the oval cutout (3D Frame + shift).  When cutting chipboard you will need the  deep cut housing and blade OR  if cutting  cereal/cracker/gift boxes you can use the regular blade  and multi-cut but will need to cut out 3-4 of each piece to get the same thickness and then glue the layers together.

Manila folder or cardstock:  Cut the frame piece with the oval cutout  (3d frame + shift)AND the back base of the picture frame (layer 1 + shift)

Black Shimmer paper:  Cut the stand 1x (layer 1 + shift)

Black Glitter paper:  Cut the top layer with the spider web 1x (3D frame)

Yellow and orange diamond shape pattern paper (or whatever pattern you choose!):  Cut the base piece 1x (layer 1)

Ghost from page 37 of the handbook:  Cut  the top layer (select shift) at 4″ from a manila folder or cardstock 1x and then the blackout shape of the ghost 1x from black cardstock (make sure to turn the shift key off).

Stamping and Inking:

1.  Now you’re going to use your newsprint stamp and stamp the manila pieces – all but the ghost shape.  Cover the entire pieces.

2.   Next, with the ink still on the newsprint stamp,  stamp the center of the yellow/orange diamond print paper so that it looks washed out/faded.  If you need to apply additional ink stamp one time on a scrap piece of paper before stamping on the patterned paper.

3.  Ink the edges of all pieces, including the chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot. When you ink the stamped  manila paper frame with the oval cutout (this is the piece that fits under the spider web) use either a sponge, paintbrush or your finger dipped in water to smear some of the ink to give a more aged appearance ( I used my finger in water to get the look in the sample project!)

4.  (I also lightly sanded the yellow and orange diamond patterned paper just to give it a more aged appearance.)

5. With a liquid adhesive, glue your layers of the frame together in this order:  The black glitter spider web frame layer to the top of the manila/cream scalloped frame piece you just inked and then glue to the chipboard that matches the scalloped frame.  Set aside.  Next, glue the yellow and orange diamond pattern paper (or whatever pattern you choose) to the top of the chipboard base (this is the piece that is just the scalloped square with a few notches in it for the stand.)  Next, flip it over and glue the other piece of manila stamped paper to the back.  This is the opposite side so just match it up as best as you can – it will be slightly off  but gives a more whimsical look and does not show from the front or you can always leave this piece off and just paint the back of the chipboard or leave it plain. Glue the black shimmer paper to the stand (this is the piece you cut out that matches the (layer 1 + shift piece).  Glue the stand using a hot glue gun to the back of the frame.  I didn’t bother using the notches since I covered the pieces with paper but you can – it  will work either way.

2.  Add four large (size of a quarter) foam circles or furniture floor protectors (those felt like circles with adhesive on one side) to the four corners of the frame.  Add a dot of hot glue to the two bottom foam dots/felt furniture protectors and then carefully place the top frame layer (the one with the spider web) to the foam/felt circles so that  the corners match up.  The top  remains open so you can slip a photo inside.  To keep the photo in place use a repositionable glue dot if you want to change the photo each year OR just glue a photo in the inside.  If you are permanently gluing a photo inside you can also glue the top felt/foam circles – so many choices! :-)

 

Assembling the Ghost:

1.  Glue the cream colored ghost to the top of the black ghost cut out.

2.  Ink around the ghosts edges, eyes and mouth with the Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen.

3.  Also, ink the piece of gauze with the Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen and then shred the edges slightly.

4.Glue the gauze to the back of the ghost shape and around the arms so that it fits around the head and then flows over the rest of the body.  Add a bit of hair spray or spray starch if you want it to hold it’s shape. 

5.  Optional but uber cool:  Lift the ghost’s “sheet” and add a bit of glue to cover the eyes and mouth and then sprinkle a liberal coating of Martha Stewart Glow-in-the-Dark Glitter.  Tap off excess.  This stuff really works and looks really neat when it’s dark!  (I about freaked when I came downstairs last night to find a glowing “thing” sitting on my dining room table!  Here it was the whole bottle of glitter!)

 

6. Before gluing the ghost to the picture frame, gently bend it back to give a more 3d effect by holding the ghost in one hand and lightly folding without creasing the center and crinkle the ends or roll tomake the bottom of the ghost appear more “realistic.”

7.  Glue to the picture frame using a hot glue gun so that it slightly overlaps the opening for the photo. 

8.  The photo below is a more “pimped up” picture frame  with blingy clear rhinestones added around the picture frame oval, of course this is optional! :-)

Ta-Da!  That’s all there is to it!  What a super fun and easy way to add some spookiness to a bookcase, shelf or countertop!  This would also make a great hostess gift for the Halloween parties you may be found howling at during the month of October? 

Olive a creepy craft, don’t you?

xKim

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My Alter Ego….Everyone Needs One! :-)


2010
09.09

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Posted in Chipboard, Ephemera, Funky, Funny, Grunge, Humor, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Project Tutorials/Instructions, Random Posts, Repurposed, Tags & Wall Art, Tim Holtz ink, Vintage | 1 Comment »

 This is me….well, how about my alter ego!  The wild red ‘fro, the crazy jewelry….zebra print…bright colors….mixed patterns….very white…flat chested (almost as flat as a board…*wink*)…why can’t my butt shift to my chest?….It’s covered in crazy thoughts and sayings people close to me have heard me say on occasion..(don’t look too closely I might cause your jaw to drop)…and my name tag from my very first job when I was 16 which was just a few years ago (Ahem….What?!  Don’t believe that I’m only 21?).  The clock  face and the watch represent all of the time I spend in my creative world….tick-tock….thinking and creating my next “crafterpiece” (you heard that word first here at OJS -yep, insert a wink and giggle here…) The whole piece reminds me of my “loudness” at times  (sometimes it’s just me fighting with the voices in my head and other times it’s me being a smart alec in person or it’s from an obnoxious pattern I’m wearing).  What can I say,  I like to have fun….I like to laugh…I like to make people smile and I can’t  help but smile when I pass my wooden Kim alter ego sitting on top of our piano with a zebra table runner under her feet! :-)  I can’t help but think about what a groovy chick she is and how I want to be just like her!

I often wonder what the real world thinks of the flesh and blood Kim who sometimes (okay, often) feels a bit lost in the shuffle going on around her because she’s typically  lost in her own happy place in her little creative world free from violence….pain….sorrow and sadness…If only the whole world could see things the way a creative soul does I think the “real” world would be a happier place to be…to raise a family…and to be who you want to be…free.  ;-)   I think everyone needs to have an alter ego living in their home who is a funky chick or cool dude.  What about you?

How’d I make it? 

1.The body is a chipboard form I picked up at Michaels a year or so ago.  I have several so don’t be surprised to see some of my other split personalities surface (LOL…some days I wonder! heh-heh-heh!) 

2.I painted the body with a flesh tone acrylic paint and then inked it with Tim Holz Distress Inks – a mixture of Antique Linen, Old Paper and Tea Dye.

3. The skirt and dress was made by tracing the body on a piece of paper and then flairing the bottom out to make a skirt.  I then just kind of free handed the top of the dress and added the green reptile skin paper for the waist.

4.5.  Once the dress was glued down with Mod Podge to the chipboard form, I went through all of my stickers and picked out the funny sayings that reminded me of ME!  It’s definitely a great way to use up stickers!

6.  Next, I applied Mod Podge to the entire doll going right over the dress and stickers.  Once dry, I lightly sanded the edges.

7.  Once the Mod Podge was dry, I glued the  pink beaded fringe to the bottom of the skirt.

8.  The white bow is a long piece of tulle that I doubled up and wrapped around the waist and tied in a bow.  The pin in the center of the bow is a metal flower I had in my stash – not sure where it came from!

9.  I then used a strand of Christmas bead garland and twisted it together with small pieces of silver wire to form a necklace and slipped it over the head.

10.  The watch is a piece I found at a garage sale – I have a lot of these things that I’m always collecting for the “just right” project.

11.  The name tag was from my very first job working at Micky D’s – isn’t that fun?

12.  The clock face is from Heidi Swapp and the clock hands are from the Tim Holtz collection.

13.  The hair is some funky and fun yarn that I cut into strips and tied bunches together at one end and then glued around the head forming hair.  It’s definitely as crazy as my hair can be when worn down!

You might recognize this alter ego from my previous blog.  I didn’t realize until now that “she” didn’t make it to my new blog so I thought I’d quickly upload her so she has a new home.  I hope you like it and are inspired to do something as crazy fun as this was to make….

Happy Crafting, my friends!

xKim

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“Beauty Queen” Wall Decor


2010
08.23

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Hey Beauty Queens!  How about a stylin’ piece of art to hang somewhere special in your home or office to remind you or someone you love that “you are all that AND a bag of chips!” 

This door hanger/wall art was just wayyyyy too much fun to make and is the perfect accessory for you or any fashionista in your life!  The base is a  turquoise chipboard from the DCWV chipboard pack which I believe is 4″x6″. I added a torn piece of ledger paper by Paper Studio that was distressed and the edges were rolled and curled a bit to the top of the chipboard  The tag is made from a box of tags I had picked up at Office Max – manilla in color (medium size) – I covered it with a piece of music sheet print scrapbook paper by Paper Studio (this can be found at Hobby Lobby).  The awesome and sassy beauty queen is from Etcetera – Dimensional Ephemera and the stamped lingerie is from Clear Art Stamps.  The awesome felt rose is something I picked up at Hobby Lobby a couple of summers ago but I have seen them in their since then in different colors and styles.  A bit of ribbon scraps, a pink heart topped straight pin, some turquoise blue clear beads and some clear Stickles added to the bra, garter and shoe, along with the tiara, banner and shoes on the beauty queen give just enough sparkle to give it a vintagy feel.  I think the black lace gives this Beauty Queen a bit of a ”risque” look, wouldn’t you agree?!  I love how it turned out and have it hanging in my studio because a girl can dream, right? *wink*

Olive sassy and funky crafts, don’t you?

xKim

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Strawberry Patch Purse & Monkey Business Tote-a-Long Box


2010
07.27

Posted in Animal Kingdom, Chipboard, Funky, Funny, OLIVE KIDS!, Project Tutorials/Instructions | No Comments »

If you’re anything like me you probably have some of these chipboard purses stuffed on a shelf using up valuable space in your craft room.  It’s time to dig those space hogging things out of storage, dust them puppies off and git ‘em gussied up for someone  you love, or of course for yourself! :-)  

I have to admit, these purses and tote-a-long boxes ( you can’t call a boy’s purse A PURSE, ya know.)  are things I designed over a  year ago for a six year old’s birthday party with 16 children attending the party.  The kids were from age three to 12 - both girls & boys so it was important for me to come up with something hands-on and fun for all ages that the boys would like making as much as the girls.  I hemmed and I hawwed and I went about bonkers trying to think of the ”just right” craft for so many children and so many different ages/abilities.   Anyway, my youngest son has always had a fascination with small boxes, lunch boxes/buckets, etc.  One day my son came marching down the steps carrying one of these unfinished boxes.  He was on a mission to make it his official “Pokemon” box.  The aha moment struck  and I suddenly had the gimmes because I coerced the purse out of his hands while telling him I could make that tote-a-long box super special by decorating it for him.  At the time, everything was monkey business with him so that”s what he picked for the theme for the ”purse.” Do you recognize the Cricut cut?  Yeppers, it’s from Animal Kingdom!  Of course, after the monkey “purse” I had to make something more girlie and that’s how the strawberry patch purse was born. :-)   The party was a HUGE hit.  Every child made a purse – each unique to his/her own interests and every purse turned out to be absolutely adorable. 

 I offer craft parties and classes as a side gig  for children ages 1-109 and this purse and tote-a-long party has become an all time favorite that I still offer.  It’s quite funny because the boys spend more time matching colors and patterns for paper and picking out their “theme” than the girls.  The “purses” make perfect holders for the Nintendo DS, collector cards,  Hot Wheels, small toys to carry to appointments, great for storing crayons and scraps of paper for car rides, or even snacks, hair pretties, little dollies and their accessories, etc.

Tips for decorating chipboard purses:

* Remove the ugly plastic strap by unfastening from the inside.  Replace the straps with some groovy ribbon, twine, chain, etc.

* Paint the edges of all sides and inside of purse to coordinate with paper patterns and colors you plan to use. 

* Instead of paint, try using the Tim Holtz Distress Inks for the coloring – spread the color even more by misting with a light coat of water or with a sponge brush dipped in water.

* Trace an outline of each panel onto the paper you will be using to decorate with.

* When cutting the paper for covering the purse, cut it approximately 1/8″ to 1/4″ smaller so there is a small border of chipboard showing around the purse. 

*Apply the paper to the chipboard purse by using your favorite decoupage glue.  Spread an even coat on each side – work one side at a time. 

*Ink the edges of the purse and paper. 

*Decorate with embellies and then add an additional top coat of decoupage glue.  I used Mod Podge Brush Stroke for both of these which I just love!

(Strawberry Patch Purse- front) 

(Strawberry Patch Purse – back)

(Monkey Business – front)

(Monkey Business-Side ..don’t you just love the distressed look I was able to get

just from using Tim Holtz Distress Inks?)

(Monkey Business- back of tote-a-long)

This is a GREAT activity to use for a summer time boredom buster with your kids, for b-day gifts for friends, or any other holiday. The purses make great gift boxes to wrap a small gift in.

  I hope you enjoyed this and would love to see what you come up with if you make one yourself so please share! :-)

Olive crafty ideas, don’t you?

xKim

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“When My Ship Comes In…” Humorous Card!


2010
07.08

Posted in Cricut Card, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Lite Cartridges, Funny, Humor, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Project Tutorials/Instructions, Seasonal Cricut Cartridges | 3 Comments »

A “Just Because” card using the “Summer Vacation” Seasonal Cricut Cartridge and “Lacy Labels” Cricut Lite Cartridge!

When my ship comes in…

 

 (inside)I’ll be at the airport!

Ingredients: 

Summer Vacation Seasonal Cricut cartridge

Lacy Labels Cricut Lite cartridge

Cricut Machine (Original, Create or Expression will work!)

Cricut Mat

Light golden yellow cardstock

Light blue cardstock

Brown cardstock

Book print patterned paper

Celery green cardstock

Red & white polka dot patterned paper by Paper Studio

Yellow, white & orange checked scraps of paper

White cardstock

Striped ribbon by

Gold shamrock coin (from seasonal décor at Joann’s)

Turquoise blue 2-hole button

Gold thread

Glue dots

Glossy Accents glue

Pop dots (dimensionals)

Scissors

Paper cutter

Copic Spica Glitter Markers

Brown ink

Preferred Scoring  Tool

Crop-a-Dile

For Sentiment:

Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word (or use a stamp or cut from your Cricut!)

Printer 

Directions:

 1.   Build your card base by cutting your paper to the following sizes:

       a.   Yellow cardstock: 5.5” x 10”

       b.   Celery green cardstock: 4 ¾” x 5”

       c.   Book print patterned paper: 4 ½” x 4 ¾”

       d.   Red & white polka dot paper: 1 ¾” x 5 ½”

2.   Cricut cuts

Summer Vacation Seasonal Cricut Cartridge: 

        a.   Light blue cardstock: Cut the ship at 2 ½ ”

        b.   Brown cardstock:  Cut the airplane at 2 ½” 

Lacy Labels Cricut Lite Cartridge (Currently only available at Walmart!) Cut the 18th label (second row, eight across):

        a.   Celery green cardstock (select shift feature for the shadow).  Set your size to 3 ½ ”, cut 1x.

        b.   Brown cardstock.  (no shift) keep the size at 3 ½ ”.  Cut 1x.

        c.   Yellow cardstock.  (no shift) adjust the size to 3 ¼”

3.     Assemble the card by doing the following:

4.     Using your preferred scoring tool, score the yellow cardstock at the halfway point and fold in half. 

5.     Attach the red & white polka dot strip to right side of the card lining up the top and bottom edges with approximately a 1/8 inch yellow border on the far right side.

6.     Center the book print patterned paper to the celery green piece and attach.

7.     Attach the celery green paper to the center of the yellow card base using pop dots (dimensionals).

8.    Assemble Cricut Cuts:

 Three Layer Label:

        a.   Attach the yellow label to the top of the brown label using pop dots (dimensionals). 

        b.  Attach the brown label to the celery green label using pop dots (dimensionals).        

        c.    Ship:  Using the blue Copic Spica Glitter Marker outline the entire ship using lines, dots and dashes.  Cover the entire ship with a layer of Glossy Accents and set aside to dry.

         d.    Airplane:   Using the orange Copic Spica Glitter Marker outline the airplane using dots and dashes.

9.   Wrap a piece of ribbon just long enough to glue under the edge of the top two card piece layers (see photo for placement).  Tie a bow to desired size and glue to the top of the ribbon strip.

10.  Attach the three layer label to the top of the card overlapping a portion of the ribbon (see photo for placement)

11.  Punch a hole in a gold shamrock coin using your Crop-a-Dile and then slip a gold piece of thread/string under the knot on the bow and up through the hole in the coin.  Secure the coin to the bow by threading the gold string through the button holes and knotting.  Cut string to desired length.

12.  Using Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word and the “Word Art” feature.  Type in “When my ship comes in..”  and then using just a regular text box type the inside sentiment leaving space between the two sentiments so you can cut them out type “I’ll be at the airport.”  Print on white cardstock and then cut out following the shape of the words.  Attach the sentiment to a scrap of the celery green paper and cut around following the shape of the sentiment.  Attach to the top of the yellow label so that it slightly hangs off of the tag.

13.  Hand cut a small circle for a sun from a scrap of coordinating yellow/orange paper.  Ink the edges and crinkle then smooth out.  Attach to the top of the yellow label.

14.  Once the ship is dry, attach to the top yellow label using pop dots (dimensionals).

15.  Decorate the inside by cutting a piece of scrap celery green paper and inking the edges for the inside card mat.

16.  Attach the brown airplane to the top left corner of the green card mat.

17.  Attach the inside verse “I’ll be at the airport” to a scrap of the red & white polka dot paper and attach to the center of the green card base.

 Hope you like it!

Olive crafts, don’t you?

x Kim

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