{create this} halloween tags for boys

What a week!!  It has been a jammed pack seven days in the pressed down, shaken together household!  Baseball season started Saturday, we threw a last minute birthday party for The Little Bug on Sunday (pics coming soon!), practice Monday, game Tuesday, practice Wednesday, 2 games Thursday ... so when I say TGIF, I mean it!

Friday also means {create this} and in between all the running around above, I was able to squeeze in some crafting to finish the rest of my halloween tags! 

The girls had fun last week with my girly set which included a cat, ghost and skull.  So today, let's hear it for the boys and make a mummy, tombstone and frankenstein! These of course start out with basic tags from the office supply store!!

Tombstone

Once again, trim your tag to make the tombstone shape:

I added "R.I.P." letter stickers (don't worry about the color of the stickers - we're going to remove them in a minute). 

Now, use a dauber (or a napkin like me, ha ha!) to dab on black ink all over your tombstone.

Remove the letters to reveal the ghostly sentiment.  I also handcut some little tufts of grass and added some inked green moss to age the stone.

Bonus cheesy valentine sentiment:  Forget R.I.P., you're a V.I.P. to me!

Mummy

Trim your tag into the shape of a head.  Easy enough. 

Now, take strips of cream colored card stock and ink the edges.  Trim it into shorter pieces and adhere all over the head in a crazy mess like this: 

Flip the mummy head over and trim the excess away. 

Ink around the edges and add button eyes.

I LOVE this one!!

Bonus cheesy valentine sentiment:  You have awesome all wrapped up!

Frankenstein

Again, trim your tag to make a boxy head.  (I forgot to take many pictures - sorry!)  I smudged on some green ink, cut hair from black paper, added button eyes and a stitched mouth.  The final touch?  Two silver brads for the bolts in the side of his neck.

  
Bonus cheesy valentine sentiment:  Frankly, you are too cool!

Here are a few fun ways to use them:

Well, there you have it!  One more {create this} for the books!  One more craft tutorial done and documented.  Hope you enjoyed it!

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