Halloween Through the Years Album

My kids were looking through a few mini albums I have out at Halloween time, and I realized that we didn't have one good place for all of our Halloween photos... they were scattered throughout mini albums and layouts in family albums. I wanted to make an album to cover each year. 

I had this album I bought from Noel a while back- it's an American Crafts 8 1/2 x 11 album, but any size would work! 

I used odds and ends from my scrap stash- some ribbon, some old Girls' Paperie, and my Something Wicked kit leftover from last year. 

I wanted to make the album reflect my style but also try to remain a classic feel that would be easy to keep up with year after year. I kept all of the pages just simple 8 1/2 x 11 kraft cardstock, and the color scheme classic Halloween colors, but incorporated splashes of mist (Heidi Swapp Shine in Tinsel is perfect for its shimmer!) and decorative tape. 

To make the album more "me, " I threw in my favorite color combination of green and teal, because it looks great with orange and black! 

The pages are super simple, but this album is already being enjoyed by my family. 

I just need to print some pics from this year to add in and we're ready to go for next year!

The great thing about this album is that it only took me one evening to create... not a huge project but something my family will enjoy for years to come. 

If you want to make something like this, the Something Wicked kit is PERFECT for this... and Noel has a couple available in the shop! 

Finishing Up Something Wicked

I am not a chronological scrapper. I'm rather haphazard in both my style and my perspective in scrapping. I sit down and work on what's fresh on my mind, whether it's something we are celebrating in life, worrying about with a particular child, a routine we've picked up, or a holiday we are in the middle of. I've still got Halloween on the brain (I need to take down my decorations!!!), so I wanted to see if I could use up the Something Wicked kit (7 left!) on some of our pictures from last weekend.

I was inspired on this layout by a layout I'd pinned on Pinterest by Wendy Sue Anderson. I loved her quick and easy banner and created my own. I think I have all the papers in the kit represented in this banner!

The next layout is just a costume layout of my youngest, in her "ghostie" costume. I loved the shades of blue and of course, the fun ghost elements in the kit. 

The last layout I made was this one of our group of friends that we trick-or-treated with. I have pictures from my childhood like this and I love looking back at them! I hope my kids have good memories of Halloween that these pictures trigger. :)

 I've created 6 layouts, one home decor piece, one card, and one tag from this kit so far. And I still have PLENTY to finish up my Halloween pics with. I. love. it! Get yours now!

Tricks or Treats This Way

This week I have a Halloween layout to share using the "Something Wicked" kit and a great sketch by Gretchen on the challenge blog. We got the girls some super cute Halloween pajamas this year and I just can't resist a pajama photo shoot especially when they are cooperating so well! The ribbon and bow on the left of the photo is actually a piece of cheesecloth that I cut up and distressed with black ink.

 

I dug into my Halloween kit from last year too and cut up a mini Jenni Bowlin bingo card. The leaf punch is by Martha Stewart. 

Also, please check out the tips and techniques blog this week for all the details on these cute footprint ghosts I made with the girls and a spooky frame to complete the look.

See you next week!
Jill

Displaying Halloween Memories of the Past

We've been having a great time at Spooktacular Week on the message boards... come join us if you haven't had a chance to pop in yet! 

I wanted to be able to display Halloween pictures from the past years in my home during the month of October, but because this ends up being an insanely busy month for us (as I imagine it is for you too!), I needed to make something simple and that perhaps could be used for other projects down the road. 

I had a couple of old wooden frames in my trunk (what-- isn't that where you store random stuff?!). These are actually supposed to be canvas stretchers, but I just used what I had on hand. You could use old thrift store frames or whatever works for you! 

I spray painted them with this paint- it was just a couple of bucks at Walmart and I still have plenty left for other projects. 

Then I hot glued on some twine & buttons from the Something Wicked kit. Make sure to lay these flat to do that and to hold the twine taut as the glue dries. 

I used odds and ends of stickers, brads, and patterned paper from the kit to lightly embellish photos of Halloween from the past 6 years. I found all of the photos by going through my blog and just downloading the pictures straight from there, rather than going through all my backed up photos on cds. It was a lot easier since I know my blog is archived and I can just click on the month of October! I turned all the photos black & white and upped the contrast a bit in Picasa to make them bolder. Next time I go home I plan to get some old photos of myself from Halloween to add to our display. 

Tiny clothespins from the craft section hold the photos up. You can stack the frames like this....

Or do them side by side! Whichever way appeals to you more....

The great thing with this project is that I can change it out for Christmas time as well! :)

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Don't forget to join me tonight!!

Happy Halloween Memories!

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying Spooktacular Week on the message boards and all the great projects from the design team! I LOVE scrapbooking Halloween and something I've done every year now is to create a recap layout with my favorite photos. 

First I'll show you my recap layout for 2010 and then what I did the previous year. I used the "Something Wicked" kit for this layout. I printed out 14 photos that are 1.5" squares and then printed a larger photo (about a 3" square) but when I cut it, I left about an inch border on the bottom to make it look like a Polaroid. This larger photo is THE costume photo I sent to family, etc. I decided to place all the photos on black cardstock because I wanted them to just pop off the page. The rub-on in the corner is by Fancy Pants.

I embellished several of the photos with the Authentique Paper word stickers and a Fancy Pants button (with twine) and an American Crafts rosette.

 

The filter circle is by Fancy Pants, American Crafts dimensional felt sticker and Authentique Paper alphabet and word stickers.

 

And here is the Halloween recap layout I did for 2009 using Noel's Halloween kit from last year. You can see I repeated the square grid design but changed it up a little bit. 

 

This type of design would work well for any event or holiday you have a lot of photos from and would be fun to look back on as well from year to year!

See you all next week!

Jill

More Spooktacular-ee-ness!

Velcome, my friends to another day of Spooktaculareeness at NoelMignon.com!!!

I have had lots of fun playing with my Something Wicked kit (hurry, only 7 left!) and have some really fun projects to share with you!!

Need a gift bag? This is a super quick one I made just using my paper scraps and some buttons. LOVE that sweet little tag by We R Memory Keepers, and that black baker's twine is PERFECT!!

I generally just do some pretty basic decorating at my house (my husband is a bit of a grinch in the lots of decorations - or as he calls it, crap all over the house - department) and so I generally try to keep it to the entry hutch, the catch-all table, and the mantle.

You'll have to excuse the old layouts - I still haven't gotten new ones up there....

I got the kraft skull at Michael's and made the banners from my Something Wicked kit. I love the colors Noel went with - classic orange, black and grey, but on the soft side, and with a little light blue mixed in.

I sewed the plain banner pieces together on my sewing machine, and tied the Trick or Treat banner with twine. I added one of the cute little buttons in the kit between each little banner piece and I am in love with how it turned out. Simple, but perfect for the hubbs and me.

Be sure to check back in everyday this week for lots more inspiration and check in at the message board too, because we'll be posting some extra goodies for you over there! Oh, and also, be sure to enter to win this awesome kit Noel is giving away!!

Happy Scrappin'!!

Britt

Merry Not Scary & Spooky Cards

Hello, friends! Today I have a new layout to share with you using the "Something Wicked" kit. At our house, Halloween is "Merry, Not Scary" and this layout celebrates that!

 

I punched these circles from patterned paper and cut a few of them in half as well as used a My Mind's Eye layered brad. 

 

I cut the spider from the American Crafts "Night fall" patterned paper and stacked a My Mind's Eye layered brad and We R Memory Keepers chipboard tag.

 

I printed and cut a couple of my photos to look like Polaroids and then tied them off with twine and the girls' initial with Authentique Paper mini stickers. 

 

And finally, today I have what I created for the "Sneak Peek Challenge" over on the challenge blog. Here's the peek I used:

 

and here are the spooky cards I created. Everything came from the peek except I did add twine and cardstock. 

 

See you all next week!

Jill