Halloween Mini-Album

Good morning friends!

I hope you all are having a fabulous morning.

It's a fabulous 57* here in North Dallas this morning.

It almost feels like fall.  

*LOVE* 

So, I promised you a Halloween project.

(I apologize that it took me so long to post it, but I came down with a stomach bug and well...
If you've ever had one, you know how I've been spending my time.)

I was searching through my Halloween boxes, looking for inspiration and found this super-cute pop-out mini album project. 

(I'm sorry, I forgot to take a photo before I started pulling it apart.)

 This Mini project is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  

I've had it in my stash since 2007, so I don't know if it's still available anywhere, but if so, I would recommend it.  

It was a very fun, no-stress project.

 It came with very clear instructions, which I mostly ignored.

And lots of fun pop-out accents. I used almost all of them!

The kit did not come with photo mats, so for those, I used plain black cardstock that I stamped with a spiderweb stamp using VersaMark in Champagne.

I also cut off my instrctions (since I wasn't following them anyway) to use as a photo mat on 1 page.

I decided to jazz up a few of the pop-out accents.

 For this one I used a StarDust pen from Sakura .

 

For the bats & skull eyes, I used Stickles in black and purple.

It's hard to tell in the photos, but I also used a Glaze Pen on the spiders.

Here's the finished project, all unfolded.

And each page, on it's own

 

The Inside Tag

Supplies: Album & Accents: Little Yellow Bicycle, Glaze & Stardust Pens: Sakura, Stamp: Studio G, Buttons: Michaels $1 Spot, Embroidery Floss: DMC, Stretchy Purple Trim (closure) Unknown,  Glittered Black Ribbon: Hobby Lobby, Flowers: Prima, Other: Stickles

It's nice to do a project like this sometimes.  

I didn't have to put a lot of thought in it, but I was still creating something fun, so it got my juices flowing for the more complicated projects I want to work on.

I'd love to see what you've been working on.

Post links to your Halloween Projects in the comments section!

Trick or Treat!

The Halloween Decor is out.

The Skeleton is at his post next to the front door.

The apples are on the counter waiting to be made into crisp.

The spooky music CD was located.

The Halloween cards are mailed.

My toes are painted black with orange glitter.

My costume has arrived and is ready to go.

I'm READY!  

Well, as ready as I ever am with a week still to go. 

I've still got a few things left to do:

I need to pick up some moccasins to go with my costume.  

We need to pick up our pumpkins for carving. 

I need to get some Rice Krispies for the Treats.

I need some sort of nut-free treat to take to school on Friday for my class.  

Oh, and I still need to get trick-or-treat candy...

Ok, so maybe I'm not ready, but at least all of my Halloween layouts from last year are done! 

(That's an accomplishment, right?)

I posted 2 a couple of weeks ago.  

(Click here  to see them)  

And now, here are the rest!

 

 

Could NOT wait to find a way to use this haunted tree.  Scary & cute all at the same time! 

 

 LOVE to use wiggle eyes.  Can you tell I've gone back to teaching preschool?  lol

 Photos just don't do this one justice.  I used a cute Stampin' Up spider web wheel stamp to do the background.  It looks great in person, but I just couldn't get it to show in the pictures.

 Supplies: Cardstock: DCWV, Patterned Paper: K& Co. , Stickers & Sticker Borders: K & Co., Witch Stamp: Inkadinkadoo, Bat Buttons: Favorite Findings, Ric Rac: Wrights, Misc. Trim: Unknown, Cricut Cartridge: Happy Hauntings, Stickles and, of course, wiggle eyes!

I've got to say, I'm love love LOVING this Happy Hauntings cartridge.  It was one that I liked but really didn't think I needed.  I bid on an Ebay auction with a super-low top price, and, to my surprise, won.  Guess it was fate.  We were meant to be together.  A cartridge that I didn't think I needed and I've used it way more than others that I HAD to have.  Maybe Ebay knows me better than I know myself....

Anyway, I've still got a week to get the rest of the things on my Halloween To-Do list done.  

Including watching "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and, my personal favorite, "Hocus Pocus".  (Does one ever outgrow Bette Midler & Sarah Jessica Parker up as 300 year old witches?)

I'll let you know how it goes!

Hope your Haunting is a Happy one!!