Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Monsters & Friends Week Day 4

I am excited to be back with you today to share another Halloween layout made with the Monsters & Friends collection! I love the bright colors and beautiful patterned papers in the collection.

For this layout, I started with the chunky striped patterned paper going down the page, offset to the left. I cut the stripes apart and distressed the edges. Before I glued them down, I added several layers of distress inks coordinating with the color that would sit on top of it. I added splatters in the same colors.

Once the inks dried, I added splatters of white acrylic paint with just a touch of water added. By adding a little water, it helps to lift a little of the distress ink pigment into the paint and add to the layered look.

I then added the Bella Blvd Spider Web cut file, cut to 8.5 inches, to accentuate the spider carving featured in my photos. I used the contour tool in the Cricut software to fill the layers of the web with coordinating patterned papers from the collection. At the center of the web, I added an ephemera piece from the collection that features a spider.

I added my sweet photos and embellished above and below them with several stickers from the Doohickey sheet from the collection. I added my title below the photos using the Aria Alphabets in black, orange, and plum, a Ciao Chip piece from the Sweet & Spooky collection, and an acrylic word piece. I embellished around it with arrows from the orange and plum Trinkets, matte enamels, washi tape, and a sticker from the DooHickey sheet popped up on foam.

I added a few more Ciao Chip pieces from the Sweet & Spooky collection above the web, added several clusters of matte enamels around the page, and finished by adding glitter here and there around the layout!