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

Love, One Day At A Time - #9 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019

Hey there Newbies!  Here is layout number 9 of my 365 pages of layouts for this year (that's my challenge I gave myself and I am a couple of pics behind but I'm going to make it!).

This picture was taken this past summer when we spent a few days in PCB (Panama City Beach, Florida).  We lucked out in a couple of ways.  We found the 10th floor condo on Air BNB.  Kevin and his wife were amazing, when they found out it was my mom's birthday that week they let us check in early and check out late.  We also lucked out because we missed that hurricane that went through there less than a month later!  Their place was untouched, but the City South of them wasn't so lucky - we kept everyone in our thoughts/prayers.

I kept this layout pretty simple because the picture is so amazing...that sunset is just breathtaking!

I started out with 12 x 12 card stock and then cut a corner from another light yellow card stock and glued it to the upper left corner, leaving just a little bit of the bottom card stock showing.
I have a heart shaped stencil (purchased from Amazon) that I've never used before and thought I would try it on this layout.  I used chalk and a finger dauber to stencil it on to both backgrounds.  It's very faint, almost like a water mark.  I liked how it turned out using the chalk!  This is a technique I never tried before - and here is lesson #1; don't be afraid to try new techniques that you have either seen or thought up yourself.  I've done a lot of them and a lot of them haven't worked out (think mists as splatters...nope, a mist is HIGHLY water based so don't even try it).  But this particular technique with the chalk and stencil I saw and wanted to try it and it worked!

I mounted the photo on some old card stock scrap I had - and here comes lesson #2; never throw out scraps!  Even the tiniest ones you want to try and keep.  This is an expensive hobby and supplies are not cheap so if you think you can use it down the line....keep it!  I also used the scrap from the light yellow paper I just used for the corner piece as a second backing to my photo as well as some foam squares to give it a little dimension. 

The darker background had a flower watermarked into it and it went with the theme and it really made the second yellow back ground of the photo and the photo itself POP with color!  I had a really old stash of beach puffy stickers and finally got to use them!  They all went beautifully with this layout.  I wish I had the original packaging but I don't so I can't tell you the name of them.  Trust me, if I knew I would buy more of it.  I'm sure it was from Michael's but it was a while ago so doubt they would even have it now.  

Before I adhered the puffy stickers I did some splatters using Radiant Pearls in MINT JULEP.  After I let it dry (COMPLETELY) I started laying out the stickers.


The "YOLO" and "XOXO" gold acrylic mirror stickers are from PinkFresh Studio. The "Quality Time" was from Jillibean Soup, (COLD AVOCADO SOUP collection).  The clear "IMAGINE", Heart with swirls (on pic) stickers were from The Paper Studio - CHILDREN PHRASES Sticker pack. The "LOVING THIS LIFE, "VACATION MODE", "LET'S GO" were all from Crate Paper - OASIS collection (I did add color to them to match the layout). Finally the "DREAM" sticker was from One Canoe Two (I just like saying that...One Canoe Two), HAZELWOOD collection.

I linked up all of the items I used above in the article, so if something gets you excited, you will be able to find it!

If anyone is looking for a condo right on the beach with AMAZING VIEWS and 2 pools, call Kevin, 229-516-2277 and see if it is available.  I highly recommend that area! 

Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!

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Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly