CSS release day 2 {halloween mis-fortunes}

I am so excited to be showing off the little critters dress-up set, and matching dies.  The critters are getting gussied up for trick or treating - and the cuteness is on overload!

I used both the little critters and the smaller tagline critters to create this banner and set of halloween "mis-fortunes" - get it?  hee hee.  I'm in love with the hilarious black fortune cookies, the labels on the front of the take-out boxes, and especially the mummy-wrapped critters.

 I started out with plain white take-out boxes (bought from my local crafting store) and decorated their fronts with images from the little critter dress-up set.  The mummies required a bit of masking (stamp it: gauze-first-critter-second), but the ghost was as easy as stamping the sheet and then the big eyes.  No fuss, no muss.  I punched a 1 3/4 inch circle behind each critter and stamped the sentiment "spooky good times" repeatedly.  A bit of black distress ink set the spooky tone (or, as spooky as these critters can get).

The fortune cookies were dead easy to create.  I punched 3.5 inch circles out of black designer paper, and each circle got folded in half (but not completely, I just sort of held it shut like a taco so that no part of the circle got creased.)  Then, I bent it back the other way and stuck a glue dot in the middle to keep them looking like proper fortune cookies.

This is probably my favorite one - "bite me!" with the tagline vampire right next to it.  hee hee.

Other fortunes include: "you're doomed!", "whoooooo said boo?", "look behind you!", and "you will meet a ghostly end."

For halloween, I plan to fill these boxes with a few "mis-fortunes" each, and some black  and orange jellybeans.  I think the kids will get a kick out of them!

 I also created a fun banner to match.  I hand-cut the banner panels (I used half a sheet of black cardstock per panel and then just created a template for the fish-tailed-ends.)  Then, I made orange medallions and gave each 3.5 inch circle the same texty treatment as the take-out boxes... only this time they all scream "BOO!"

The bat and black cat were colored with black distress ink, and just a tiny shot of orange was all the coloring I needed for the other critters.  Do you love the cat's mustache and pirate patch as much as I do?  I think it's hilarious!

For the perfect halloween touch, I strung the panels up on a length of CSS orange/black/white twine.

Thanks for checking out my projects - I'll be updating with new CSS goodies for the next 6 days!  I hope you'll come back!



The rest of the design team has amazing projects to show off as well:

Stephany

Lori

Laura

Kim
Jennifer

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