Pumpkin Carving

More fall layouts – quite behind on blogging some of these. :)

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Happy Scrapping!

Halloween hybrids [belated]

So I’m a bit late posting these, but I wanted to share a few hybrid projects I made for Halloween – all using Carina Gardner’s The Raven collection at JessicaSprague.com. Love this line (and LOVE Halloween)! For me, Halloween kicks off the holiday season with a bang, and then it’s just a blur from there as we zip through to, well, Valentine’s Day!

If you want step-by-step instructions on how I made these (and the credits for supplies used), check out the most recent newsletter from Carina Gardner. These projects can easily be converted into other holiday themes, like Thanksgiving or Christmas, just by switching out the themed paper while still following the basic design. Hmmm…that sounds like a challenge! Maybe I’ll try it out. I’d love to see any of your creations inspired by these projects – just link me up in the comments!

Happy Scrapping!

~Carey

It’s beginning to look a lot like…Halloween!

I love Halloween – and my current home decor certainly shows that! I recently created this SPOOKY banner to hang at the top of the foyer stairs.

Step-by-step instructions are featured in the 10/24 Scrapbook News and Review Magazine Newsletter and in the forum at ScrapbookNewsandReview.com. If you’ve found your way here from the SNR newsletter, welcome!

Here’s some close-up shots of each banner:

My son was creating at my scrap table while I was working on this banner, and he wanted to make one too. I had left-over pieces from my project, including the centers of the “O”s, along with some Target Dollar Spot Halloween papers and stickers. He made this banner & hung on his bedroom door.

It does a momma proud!

Have a boo-tiful week!

~Carey

Halloween Countdown Calendar

I just love Halloween! We’re counting down the days in our house until the fun day. To help us count down, I made a countdown calendar that my son can cross off each day until Halloween!

For instructions on making this countdown calendar, check out my blog post at Design House Digital!

I used paper and elements from Carina Gardner’s Haunted Collection at Design House Digital, plus a few of my paper supplies. By hanging it in a page frame, we can use a dry erase marker to mark each day. At the end of the month, it wipes clean and the calendar is ready to use next year.

Halloween will be here before we know it!

~Carey