Authentique Spirited Collection with Shelly Maxwell

Halloween is all about the treats, right? 

Why not make them fancy with treat bags? 

Seal them up with tissue tape and a Halloween sticker greeting!

 Authentique's Spirited Line of papers is a solemn tribute to

 Halloween and all things creepy:

 Cut borders from "Labyrinth" (a two-sided cardstock weight paper) and layer, then pop dot for dimensional impact. Don't forget a spooky skeleton sticker and an enamel dot.

  These papers add maturity to the Halloween Holiday making them perfect for your teenage goblins (I have two-so I'll be stocking up!) 

Suspicious

 I loved using the orange hinge stickers to create a flap on the front of this A2 card. Plenty of stickers allow for inside decorations too!

This 6x6 chipboard mini-album came right together with spray adhesive, my crop-a-dile for punching holes and two green jump rings. I added a fluffy die cut paper flower and white tulle to the front of the card for dimension.

Grab these Halloween treats at The Scrapbooking Studio, 1623 5th Avenue, Moline IL or purchase them online at: www.thescrapbookingstudio.com. 309-736-7242

Simple Stories Frankie and Friends with Shelly Maxwell

 Simple Stories' Frankie and Friends is an full line of adorable Halloween papers, embellishments, and inspiration! I used a black Graphic 45 pocket mini-album to create this light hearted Halloween Mini-Album treat! Check out the sample in the store.

 Sizzix tag dies works great as a back drops especially with a matching brad, arrow stickers, and other sweet treats.

 There are enough brads on the sheet for every envelope flap plus tons more!

 Pop dot die-cut banner pieces and fussy cut icons to create dimension:

This one page 12x12 layout features layers of 5x7 pieces cut from 12x12 papers from the collection along with a distressed title piece held in place with brads.

The second layout created from this collection includes an adorable popped-up jack-o-lantern, title pieces cut from the borders paper and tissue tape:

Use a white chalk pen around the edges of black cardstock, then use a black pen to create faux stitches around the outside border of the paper.

 Slid a few punched banner pieces under one corner to create a festive feel on the card:

Create spooky eyes with tiny enamel dots placed on printed paper:

Grab all of these treats at The Scrapbooking Studio, Moline, IL! Shop on-line: www.thescrapbookingstudio.com or in person at 1623 5th Avenue, Moline, IL 

309-736-7242

Halloween Projects with Pebbles' Thirty One

When my October Design Team package arrived from The Scrapbooking Studio I was excited to find a huge stash of Goodies that included Pebbles' newest Halloween line of papers-Thirty One, several black and white polka dot bags and a whole bunch of other awesome things. Check it out:

 

 I created a Halloween mini-album with the small bags, my Bind-it-All, and Pebbles' newest Halloween line of papers-Thirty One.The front cover has a photo overlay from the Thirty One line, it works here as a see-threw mat. I liked layering it with the papers and tags from the line as well and thought the dimension it added to the front was eye-catching.

  In order to create this embellishment, I cut a decorative straw in half, bound it together with twine, punched several flowers, and added the skull from the sticker sheet for the center. The flower is attached with pop dots to the straw.

 Double sided papers gave me a huge amount of diversity as I created the pages of the album, I punched more flowers and leaves for this page's embellies.

 American Craft Thickers in "Spooky" provided the perfect "Boo" title for this page.

 

 I wanted to create contrast between some of the black and white papers and the black and white bags, so I painted a few of the papers (Basil is above and Tiger's Eye is below) with Art Anthologies Dimensional Paint. I used two coats.

 

I also created a few layouts with the Thirty One line:

 In addition to the adorable stickers, photo overlays, tag and papers from Pebbles, I also used Tim Holtz's Alterations die Halloween Shadows.  I pop dotted two pictures using different thicknesses of pop dots for some dimension.

Here is the second layout. I again used a few of the overlays, some tags, and the Spooky American Craft Thickers for the "Aarrgh!"

The Scaredy Cat cartridge in the eClips die cutting machine cut the large black cat. I used green self-adhesive embellishments for the eyes

 Finally, I would like to share a few cards with you ....

 

 It was super fun using the eClips machine to create die cuts and a window card (below). The finished size of the window card is 4.75x4.75. I pop dotted the frame with small pop dots for extra dimension.

  Card Inside:

The stickers that accompany the Thirty One line are very cute! I used the witch hat on the die cut crow.

 Card Inside:

 The final card has a 4x6 photo overlay as part of the front decoration. Layered below the overlay is a tag, and on top of the overlay is a sticker with key, die cut candelabra, and skull sticker with diamond eyes.

 

Card Inside: