Create with Connie and Mary--Cute Halloween

Welcome to our blog hop! This month we are going to be showcasing a variety of Halloween projects. Halloween is actually my favorite holiday, after my birthday as I consider that a holiday! hahaha!

Every year we host a kids Halloween Party and I always try and get a few great pictures of the kids in their costumes. So naturally I wanted to make a Halloween scrapbook page for our theme of ‘cute’ halloween because the subjects in my upcoming photo will no doubt be cute!

If I could ask Shelli or Sara for ONE WISH it would be to bring back 12 x 12 Basic Black card stock. It is a bizarre mystery as to why we do not sell this. I did stock pile some before it was retired but I do use it sparingly!

The base of my page is on a piece of 12x12 Basic Black with a large section of DSP from the Magic in This Night collection. I really loved this paper with the bats!

Rich Razzleberry is my purple of choice for when I create Halloween projects. It looks so good with blacks and greys and all the different orange tones that we have to choose from!

When I am creating a scrapbook page I try and create little vignettes to help draw your eye and create areas of interest. This little section anchoring my photo is so cute, I just love all the details. I decided to use gold as my accent color so I cut the word “BOO” out from using the Playful Alphabet dies and Gold Foil paper. I popped them up using the Foam Adhesive Sheets (this item has become a craft room must have)!

I started by stamping the “October 31” from the Festive Post stamp set in Pumpkin Pie and then used a sponge dauber in Cajun Craze to color the bottom half of the stamp. I stamped just “October” in Momento ink on Smoky Slate ink and hand trimmed it to add over top of the main image with a Dimensional. It is punched out with the Rectangular Postage Stamp punch from the main catalogue.

I cut a label using the Celebration Label dies from Smoky Slate to act as the base of this little vignette. The pumpkin is cut using the Autumn Essentials dies in Cajun Craze and Terracotta Tile. The little bats are stamped in Momento Ink on Smoky Slate card stock and then hand cut. You can find them in the Banner Year stamp set along with the little spider webs at the top of my page!

The gold cord I used in both vignettes is from the Wonder of the Season ribbon combo. You are going to find the “Happy Haunting” sentiment the Celebration Tidings stamp set. It is stamped in Momento Ink on Smoky Slate card stock with a splatter of ink over top. I used the Timeless Label punch to punch it out. There are two little banners tucked behind from the Magic in the Night DSP. This whole label is added onto a larger label cut from the Celebration Label dies in Terracotta Tile and then sniped in half.

I gold embossed the spider webs and added some bling with the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I used the ‘spiky’ border die from the Autumn Essentials dies along the side of my 5x7 photo mat

I am going to be offering this page as a class, so if you are in the YEG area and are interested let me know! I would love to stamp with you!

I hope you enjoy all of our ‘cute’ Halloween projects as you hop along with us today! You can go BACK to visit Melissa or NEXT to see what Connie has created for us. Have fun!