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“Brrrr! ….Baby it’s Cold Outside…” Winter Frolic Christmas Card


2010
11.30

Posted in Christmas Projects, Cricut, Cricut Card, Cricut Cartridges, Humor, Humorous, Pop Dots, Project Tutorials/Instructions, Stickles, Tim Holtz ink, Vintage, Winter Frolic | 2 Comments »

Well?  What do you think? 

I MADE A CARD….ALL BY MYSELF!!! *insert look of shock and dismay here.*  I actually made TWO cards for Memory Miser for my December gig and this is one of them - thank goodness Marla over there is a doll to work with and has let me a slide a bit with my designer responsibilities the past month or so because I swear my brain went bu-bye for a while.  It’s been well over six weeks since I’ve made anything with paper… I had to SQUEEZE….and PULL…and…STRETCH…and PRAY for just a dash of inspiration…and after a glass of wine and some Christmas Carols *hiccup*…..    I seriously think there just might be hope!  *go ahead roll your eyes here.* Anyway, I think my mojo is starting to waken because  after hours AND hours of deliberation last night THIS is what happened! Whew!  I’m still wiping the sweat from my forehead because I really did have to work it but I do have to say, I am happy with the outcomes and think the card turned out pretty darn cute!  I have had Winter Frolic for several months but just took it out of the plastic last night – I LOVE IT!  I have to say it’s my “new favorite” cartridge, especially for winter/Christmas stuff – just so charming and vintage-y!  If you don’t have it yet or couldn’t decide if you needed it, guess what?  You do!  LOL!  So you better go git it cuz yer gonna love it!

 

Brrrr!   

Inside reads:  “Baby it’s Cold Outside!  Wishing You a Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Season!”

Ingredients:

 Cricut or Imagine

Winter Frolic cartridge 

Light turquoise cardstock to make a 4 ½” x 6 1/2”  card 

Alphabet/Red and white polka dot (reverse side)paper  

White embossed cardstock or make your own using your favorite embossing folder and Cuttlebug! 

Black, red, brown, light pink and turquoise paper cardstock scraps 

Turquoise glitter ribbon (purchased from Hobby Lobby!) 

2 clear flat backed stones 

1 clear turquoise flat backed stone

 Small piece of orange felt for carrot nose 

Glue dots 

Pop dots  

Your preferred adhesive 

Stickles (glitter glue) in a clear diamond, turquoise and light pink 

Tim Holtz Distress inks in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen 

Paper cutter

Scissors

 

Directions: 

1.       Cut a piece of turquoise paper to 6 ½”x 9”.  Fold in half using your preferred scoring tool to make a card measuring 4 ½” x 6 ½”.

 2.     Cut a piece of the alphabet paper/red and white polka dot paper to measure 4 ½” x 6 ½”.  Tear the top edge of the paper holding the paper in one hand and pulling the paper toward you with the other so the right torn edge is on the piece that you will use on the card.  Lightly ink the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen.  Attach to the front of the turquoise card base.  Use the photo for placement. Ink the edges using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo.

 3.      Tear another piece of the alphabet/red and white polka dot paper so that it measures approximately 3 ½” x 4 ½”.  Lightly ink the edges with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Antique Linen.  Attach to the red and white polka dot paper on the front of the card. 

4.      Using your Cricut and the Winter Frolic cartridge, cut the snowman located on page 28 of the Winter Frolic handbook at size 5”.  Cut the bottom layer in brown, the top layer in embossed white cardstock.  Slip a small piece of black cardstock scrap under the white snowman where the eyes and mouth are located.  Glue the pieces to the brown snowman layer.  Lightly ink using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Antique Linen.

 5.      Cut the gloves, cheeks and bowtie using the shift key and  the “layer” feature key cut the hat from black paper, the cheeks from pink and the gloves from red paper.

6.      Cut the word “Brrrr!”  found on page 33 of the Winter Frolic handbook.  Cut it using the “phrase” feature key and the bunny key on the keypad overlay.  Cut at 1 ½”  on black cardstock.  Next, cut the top layer from turquoise cardstock by selecting the “shift” key and the bunny on the keypad overlay.  Glue the turquoise layer to the top of the black word.

 7.    Attach the remaining pieces to the snowman – add the gloves, hat, bow tie and cheeks. 

 8.    Using the carrot nose cutout as a guide either trace or cut around the carrot nose on orange felt for extra dimension.  Attach using a glue dot or liquid glue.

9.    Attach the snowman to the card front (use the card photo for placement) using pop dots. 

10.  Glue the word “Brrrr!” to the card front so that the word goes across the bottom of the snowman. 

 11.  Add the clear flat backed stones to the upper left corner of the card using liquid glue or mini glue dots.

12.  Tie a small bow with the turquoise glitter ribbon and glue to the upper right corner of the card.

 13.  For final pizzazz, add Stickles (glitter glue) to the embossed area of the snowman, the tie, gloves, hatband, and the top layer of the word “Brrrr!”

14.  Decorate the inside with remaining pieces of the alphabet/red and white polka dot paper and the phrase “Baby it’s Cold Outside” found in the Winter Frolic handbook on page 47 or type a sentiment on your computer and print it out to add to the inside.

 I hope you enjoyed!

Olive my crafty friends, 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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BIG NEWS….


2010
10.09

Posted in Cricut IMAGINE, Humor, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio, Random Posts | 8 Comments »

                                                                

I know it’s all about the Haunted Halloween Blog Hop this weekend and my posts are all supposed to be creepy ghoulish and spooky but heck I’ve got some fab news I just can’t hold back any longer…Curious?

 

Guess what?

 

HE’S HERE…!!! 

 

Big Bessie (a.k.a my Cricut Expression), Bernouli (a.k.a  Baby “Original” Cricut),  Charlie (a.k.a my Cuttlebug King)  and Gertrude (a.k.a my neglected Gypsy) are squeezing together in some seriously close encounters as we make room for  the newest addition to our Cricut family member…. Kim wonders to herself “I wonder if we have a mutant in the making?” (Insert snicker here…tisk-tisk such a naughty thought)

 Please let me introduce to you… what the stork …er…I mean the Fed Ex Man brought to my door this morning…. 

 

Isn’t he just soooooo handsome?!  I’m bubbling over with glee and can’t help but scoot over real close to him to take a peek.every few minutes because I just can’t believe he’s FINALLY here!

I’m having a hard time coming up with a name for this fella.  And YES, it is official.  It is a boy.  How do I know?  Well duh…I looked under the hood.  It’s not what I saw, it’s what I didn’t see – know what I mean jelly bean? 

So  anyway, I need your help.  My husband thinks “we” should name “our” new addition Einstein (not sure what’s up with the “we” and ”our” thing today but I’m too excited to care.)  My boy’s think Frank (as in Frankenstein) or Hal 2000 would be fitting….  I need a REALLY good name for this fella because he is quite fine, very sleek, very strong and VERY mighty.  If you’ve got any ideas give me a shout – we definitely can’t have a nameless Cricut family member creating crafterpieces in my studio, you know?

Here’s the stats:

Name:  ——–

DOB: Saturday, October 9, 2010

Time of Birth:  8:33PM 

Weight:  Heavy.  I have three bulged discs so my husband had to open the box and pull our new fella out of his cocoon.

Length:  Long.  Longer than I was prepared for.  I will need to put an addition on to accomodate my ever expanding Cricut family and this is a BIG BOY.

Proud Parents:  That’d be me Mama Olive —do I dare let my husband claim ownership?  Maybe….just maybe. He is a pretty good husband so I may have to let him play with him on occasion….

Fun times ahead my friends… I CAN’T WAIT!!!

Olive giggly giddy news, 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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 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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Abby Cadabby Birthday Invitations


2010
09.01

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This is one of the projects that has kept me quite busy the past few days, 35 Abby Cadabby invitations for a three year old’s birthday.   It was really fun to do something ”girly” and use soft colors  after making boy invitations with robots, monsters and dinosaurs for the past 10 years! The card is in all pastels which is why is why it was so hard to get a good picture to post!  I did use the Cuttlebug and three different embossing folders.  Abby is just an image I found online that I  printed out in color.  There are three paper layer/mats  underneath her and then Abby was attached to the card using pop dots.  I added some clear glitter glue to her dress and wings.  “It’s a party” was cut from the Celebrations Cricut cartridge.  I knotted a piece of light blue tulle with silver dots and added the white silk flower with a pearl to the top.  It’s hard to tell in the photo but I also used a soft pink ink dot to distress the edges.  The inside has the same pastel green mat for my customer to add her own personal sentiment on top of (that’s the way she ordered the cards).  It’s times like this that I WISH Abby Cadabby could make my wishes come true by turning my printer into an Imagine (not a pumpkin like she does to everything on Sesame Street!) – I could have really put that new machine to use this past week! :-)

Happy Crafting!

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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“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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