Purrrrrrrfect Halloween

Hi all, Madge here for a very late wonderful Wednesday!  “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get”.  Oh this is soooooo true.

Today I’m using a Kraftin Kimmie image called Kreepy Kitty.  I wanted to keep the image simple and use distress inks to bring the white background to my choice of colours.  My image appears more purple IRL, however my camera picked up blues.

I stamped the image onto Xpress it with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink, coloured it with copics, and cut it  out.  The background is Xpress it shaded with Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Dusty Concord, Dried Marigold, Stormy Sky).  I then stamped a tree branch, tore and distressed the edges. I added some gold mica chips to give the appearance of leaves in the moonlight. The distressed paper was mounted onto a retired SU cardstock (Marigold Morning) and adhered to Black Cardstock. The sentiment was treated the same.

Simple and easy.  Hope it gave you an idea of how this kitty can be used – quick and easy.

You’ve still got a week to enter the October OCS Fall Challenge for OCS free stuff. We love to see what you come up with! 

~ Rubber hugz ~

Hallowe’en Treat Bag Holder

This will be a very quick tutorial on how to construct the little treat bags shown here.  I'm in such a mess and still have to pack to get to Vancouver for the weekend............eeeeeek!!

Materials needed:  
6” x 6” piece of  designer paper
Two (2) coordinating pcs of C/S -- 4” x 1 1/2”
Two (2) 6” pieces narrow ribbon.
4 brads
Double sided tape and glue
thin piece of velcro (for closure)
Scor Pal or scoring tool

Directions:

• Score 6” DP at:  2.5” and 3.5”  - rotate 90 degrees.
• Score at: 1” and 5”.
• Valley fold all score lines.
• Working with one of the 2 1/2” scorelines………  Fold the top right corner down to meet the vertical scoreline – work your bone folder to make a nice crisp creases –

 

• You will now have fold lines that resemble two intersecting V’s.
• Fold matching top and bottom of bag.
• Pinch center folds together to form a triangle.

• Apply a small piece of d/s tape to each inside corner.  Fold flap over and adhere to body of bag.  Put aside for now. 
• Score 4” x 1 1/2” pieces in half lengthwise at 3/4”.  (If you cut a little wider you can border punch the edges).
• Adhere strips to top of bag.  Punch holes at each of 4 corners and add handles.  I used 1/4” strips of suede paper.  (ribbon)  Add Velcro Closure and treats.
• Decorate front as desired.

Hallowe’en Treats Galore – YNS

Hi all, Madge here for another Wednesday – have you ever had a day where you want to scream at the top of your lungs “Stand in line and take a number”!!!!! 
Well, the last 24 hours have been that day.
My remedy for all my stress??  CHOCOLATE!!!!!  Today, my little project will do just that!!
I’ve chosen to showcase YNS (Your Next Stamp) stinkin’ cute “Happy Hallowe'en, Spooktakular, Spooky Hello and Trick-or-Treat for my little treat bags.   These spooky little critters are ALL available at OCS.
I chose Capella DP from the Cappella collection…….but while perusing the OCS store, I saw paper that would be absolutely perfect…. Take a look!!  
Coloring was simple and quick using markers and Distress inks. 
   
The bags have velcro closure topped with a floral punch. The Spider is the closure tab for the little bag with the sentiment underneath.   The self adhesive backing for the velcro showed through the floral punch,  so I added copper glitter – stuck down perfectly!! 

“Spooky” was stamped on Vellum and fussy cut it to pop it on top of the DP……kind of ghostly!??

Sentiments were added to the inside of the little treat bags. 
These little bags (Tutorial will follow) are so quick and easy to make up and the little YNS images available at OCS, fit perfectly!! 







Hope you enjoy looking at them………..  I’m off to enjoy some chocolate…..LOL              ~ Rubber hugz
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Troublemaker – Kenny K

If you’re lookin’ for trouble…..you’ve come to the wrong place…..lol 

I have come to adore the images from Kenny K.  They are so “magna”  {From the Japanese, literally meaning "whimsical pictures"..} 

Today, I’ve chosen the Kenny K  “Troublemaker” image available at OCS. 

The OCS Challenge blog for the month of October is Halloween or Autumn.  I’ve been showcasing Halloween for the last couple of weeks, so for the Autumn theme, I chose Autumn colors.  Papers are by Basic Grey; MS border punch; Spellbinders Deckle; Flower, Marianne Creatable die.  Sentiment: Club Scrap. Stickles  Ribbon:  Wide Seam Binding. Pearls (colored with E19)

Copics used:  Skin:  R00; R20; E11 Hair:  E13; E17; E19; E04  Hoodie: Y26; Y28; Y32  Pants:  YG91; YG93; YG95  Shoes:  YG91; YG93/ E57; E77; E59   Misc:  R81; C1; C4                                      

 

Hope you enjoy!

~ rubber hugz ~

Troublemaker – Kenny K

If you’re lookin’ for trouble…..you’ve come to the wrong place…..lol 

I have come to adore the images from Kenny K.  They are so “magna”  {From the Japanese, literally meaning "whimsical pictures"..} 

Today, I’ve chosen the Kenny K  “Troublemaker” image available at OCS. 

The OCS Challenge blog for the month of October is Halloween or Autumn.  I’ve been showcasing Halloween for the last couple of weeks, so for the Autumn theme, I chose Autumn colors.  Papers are by Basic Grey; MS border punch; Spellbinders Deckle; Flower, Marianne Creatable die.  Sentiment: Club Scrap. Stickles  Ribbon:  Wide Seam Binding. Pearls (colored with E19)

Copics used:  Skin:  R00; R20; E11 Hair:  E13; E17; E19; E04  Hoodie: Y26; Y28; Y32  Pants:  YG91; YG93; YG95  Shoes:  YG91; YG93/ E57; E77; E59   Misc:  R81; C1; C4                                      

 

Hope you enjoy!

~ rubber hugz ~