Scary Cat Halloween Layout using Scrappin Happy Studio Flairs

Hey guys, I'm back with a Halloween layout which is pretty much an "old school" quick and easy layout.  

When I first got into scrapbooking in 2010(ish) my neighbor and really good friend, Jessica got me into it.  Back then we did a lot of Cricut cutting (the old "dinosaur" Cricut), stickers and paper tearing, which I deemed "old School".  

I got away from scrapbooking for a few years when we both moved away.  I only recently got back into it and wow have things changed! So many new things like dies, die machines, Flairs, Nuvo Mousse, mixed media, shaker cards/backings, new and improved Cricut machine that doesn't even take a cartridge, puffy stickers, chipboards...oh my!

So when I say old school layout I basically mean some paper tearing, maybe some stickers and alphas.  This Halloween layout is basically just that with some added flairs and chipboard stickers!  

I teamed up with Scrappin Happy Studio because I fell in love with her epoxy flairs! They are super thin so they don't bulk up your layout like the buttons do!  She also has so many different collections and adding more every couple of weeks that I never get board of her stuff!  If you are looking for that extra pop to you layout, head over to her shop and check out all of her collections.

For this layout I started with some American Craft Thickers (Spooky collection), some chipboard autumn leaves and pumpkins, and of course a brand new collection from Scrappin Happy Studio called "Scarey Halloween" (one of my favs this season for sure)!

I took a heavy black 12x12 card stock with a nice sheen to it and used that for the background and another 12x12 piece of Halloween paper,  tearing one side of it into a quarter of a sheet, leaving an edge off to the other side to put the little pumkin's and leaves (I have a cute die set that cuts those) and adhered them down the side as a boarder.   

I backed my photo with orange card stock, tucking a small bit of it it under the Halloween paper.  I cut a background out of a slightly different orange card stock for the word "HALLOWEEN" that I used from the SPOOKY words collection from American Crafts, just to make it pop off the black background. 

I have this cute little spider die I got off of Amazon (not going to lie, it was a  lot smaller than I thought but I don't hate it).  I cut 3 of the spider dies from a halloween paper I had that was black and orange and I backed 2 of the epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio's, SCARY HALLOWEEN Collection. 

I added the "SPOOKY" epoxy flair from the "HALLOWEEN WORDS" collection on the bottom of the photo for that extra pop!

I then added the pumpkin and fall leaves chipboard stickers to the bottom and Bam! Done!  So simple, quick and easy.  This layout literally took me 15 minutes from start to finish!

What do you think about her new SCARY HALLOWEEN COLLECTION?  To see more of her collections click here.

Thank you guys for taking the time to follow my posts, I hope you enjoyed this old school Halloween layout!

Happy Scrapping,

Kimberly

Digi Downloads and what are they?

Hey there Newbies,

I wanted to blog about something I recently came across and new nothing about, Digi Downloads. Digi is short for digital downloads.  I've never heard of them before and came across something on facebook about a sale that Pink Gem Designs was having so it peeked my curiosity so off I went to check it out.  

I was hooked!  All of the awesomeness that they call digi downloads was amazing.  They are designs (think, coffee, Christmas, characters...the cutest stuff ever) that are already colored in beautifully AND you also get just the outlined of the design so you can add your own flare if you want.  

Why did I fall so hard for digi stamps?  Well, they are already in beautiful color, they are cheaper than stamps, you don't have to buy ink for stamping and you can manipulate them (think, size, lighten or darken the colors, print multiples at a time)!  They are great for cards or layouts, including project life!

Once you purchase them for say .99 (they start about that price and go up) they are yours forever!  The one draw back...fussy cutting.  I hate fussy cutting (because I'm not that great at it, nor was I great at staying in the lines when coloring at pre-school😁).

I found a few places to purchase them (even on Ebay) but I made this card using a digi from Pink Gem Designs on Etsy.  I mean how cute is that and who doesn't appreciate a handmade card from the heart!

Well, there you have it...digi downloads.  I hope that you learned a little about them and how to use them.  To find out more about how I made this card click here.  

To shop for this digi head over to Pink Gem Designs Etsy Shop!

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Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly