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A Sweet & Spooky Mini Album!

I was in love with the Bella Blvd Black Cat Cut File from the moment I saw it. I am so happy that it gets to take center stage as the cover of my mini album!

I created the cover by using my electronic diecut machine to cut out at least 4 of the kitty/pumpkin base shapes from extra cardstock. My base shapes were 7 1/2 inches tall. I then adhered all of these layers together to make the cat sturdy enough to stand up on his own. And of course I had to use the adorable Sweet & Spooky collection! I decorated the pumpkin with Chipboard Stickers and Ephemera pieces.

I used another solid black cardstock cutout to make the backside silhouette of the cat for the inside front cover. To make the remaining pages, I used just the pumpkin shape to cut out 10 pumpkins from extra cardstock. I then adhered them together in groups of two to make my base pages a little more sturdy. Then I repeated the process by cutting out pumpkins using patterned papers to adhere on top of the pumpkin base pages.

The Sweet & Spooky collection is perfect for documenting all things candy around Halloween time! Here I used the black enamel dots from the Heart Hugs pack to fill in some of the dots on the candy ephemera piece to make it look a little more spooky.

I love that the Bella Blvd Ephemera packs include the cutest little journaling pieces like the one on this page. And the googly eyeball patterned paper is one of my favorites in this collection!

Sometimes it's fun to create a page with all embellishments! I used the Bella Blvd Spider Web Cut File to create this fun background web. And I love the texture that the Heart Hugs add to the page!

All of the Ephemera pieces are so fun to mix and match with the patterned papers.

I love everything about the Sweet & Spooky collection so I can't decide which mini album page is my favorite! All of the Ephemera pieces and stickers and Heart Hugs are just the cutest!  Which page is your favorite!? 

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to grab some Sweet & Spooky and create your own fun mini album!

Sweet & Spooky: Sweet & Spooky Collection Kit, Chipboard Stickers, Ephemera Shapes, Ephemera Words

Make Your Mark Collection: Break Rules Washi Tape

Heart Hugs: Halloween, Sunshine

Cut Files: Bella Blvd Black Cat, Bella Blvd Spider Web

 

Halloween Now & Then

Good morning everyone! Kat here today to share with you my most recent Halloween layout.  s some may know, I have a 2 year old daughter and at this age, she is changing SO MUCH and SO FAST. So, when I snapped a picture of her this year with some pumpkins, I noticed it was similar to one from last year. I decided to create a layout documenting the two.

I began by using the calendar invisible as my background and then mounted my pictures on multiple layers of paper from he super fun Sweet & Spooky collection. I embellished around the page with heart hugs, chipboard, and puffy stars and added my title to the bottom.

Here's the layout in its entirety:

Thanks so much for popping in today!

Color Chaos Invisibles: Calendar; Sticky Mix: Sweet & Spooky; Patterned Paper: Sweet & Spooky: Midnight Jive, Borders, Watching You, Smell my Feet, Wonky Alpha Puffy Stickers: Orange; Ephemera: Sweet & Spooky; Homespun Numbers: Practice what you Peach; Ciao Chip: Sweet & Spooky; Ephemera Words: Sweet & Spooky; Heart Hugs: Halloween; Puffy Stars Stickers: Oreo Black, Orange Mix

 

Halloween Cutie Layout By: Stephanie Buice

Hello everyone! Stephanie here today, sharing my latest Halloween layout with you guys using the Sweet & Spooky collection.

I love how this collection has so many different pieces that you can mix and match together and embellish until your little heart's desire.

Here is my layout:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I started by adding by adding the top row of patterned papers for my column, and then the "Halloween" section of my title. I simply used different papers from the collection for each letter of the word. I used the pattern preview sheet (the back of the Bonus Pattern paper) to get the best scale for my letters. 

 

 

Next I added my photo and a few tags and other embellishments from the Ephemera pack above it. Then I finished my title by adding in the word "cutie", and using some orange floss I added in the little chipboard spider so it looked like he was hanging from it. I finished the bottom part of my column and then added the yellow "Happy Halloween Y'all" chipboard piece along the top of my journaling. I finished my layout by hand stitching in the centers of a few of my letters and sprinkling on some enamel dots onto my tags.

 

 

And there you have it! A quick and easy Halloween layout that you can pull together and have a special memory documented and added to your collection. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

XOXO-Steph

Supplies Used: Enamel Dots: Oreo, Ice; All others from Sweet & Spooky Collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet & Spooky Creative Journaling

Good day Bella Blvd friends! Tegan here with you and I love that Halloween is fast approaching! So I grabbed the super cute Sweet & Spooky collection and documented some of last years photos! I also adore all of the Bella Blvd cut files and I knew I wanted to somehow creatively add my journaling to one of them. I decided to use the web from the Bella Blvd Spider Web cut file to make background elements, so I figured the spider would be a fun place to put my journaling.

I used the spider from the Spider Web Cut File to cut out the spider from black cardstock. I then trimmed off the existing legs and added my own spider legs using strips of black cardstock thick enough to hold my typed journaling. I added some black round enamel dots (from the Heart Hugs pack) to give his eyes dimension. I then embellished my title with Sweet & Spooky Ephemera pieces, black puffy star stickers, a die cut spider web, and more enamel dots.  

I love that the Ephemera pack contains the 'Sweet & Spooky' die cut phrase. It makes for a super easy, yet super cool title for my page. I hand cut a pair of eyes out of the Watching You Patterned Paper and placed them so it looks like they are peering out through the title. And of course, I finished off the layout with more adorable Ephemera pieces, chipboard stickers, and Heart Hugs!

I hope you love my die cut and handcrafted creative journaling spider as much as I do. And I hope I have inspired you to create your own fun journaling die cut! Thanks for joining me today and have a great day! 

Sweet & Spooky Collection: Chipboard Icons Stickers, Sticky Mix Stickers, Ephemera Icons, Words Icons, Web Crawler Patterned Paper, Talk to the Head Patterned Paper, Watching You Patterned Paper, Night Garden Patterned Paper, Smell My Feet Patterned Paper

Heart Hugs: Halloween, Sunshine

Cut File: Bella Blvd Spider Web Cut File

 

Hello Fall!

Good morning everyone! Kat here today to share my newest layout that's totally Autumn-inspired! Is it cooling down where you are yet? We're still looking at another month of warmer weather, but a girl can dream...

For this layout, I began by ripping strips of papers for the top and bottom of my layout. Then I glued down my photos and added a smattering of ephemera, puffy stars and fussy cut flowers from the gorgeous "Night Garden" paper from the Sweet & Spooky collection.

I love that even though the Sweet & Spooky collection was made for Halloween, there are still pieces in there that are perfect for Fall-themed layouts, as well...especially when paired with the new Freehand Graph & Dot papers!

Here is my full project:

Thanks so much for popping in today!

Patterned Papers: Freehand Graph & Dot: Gulf, Orange, Plum; Sweet & Spooky: Exclusive Collection Kit Bonus Pattern, Night Garden; Illustrated Faith Alphas: Typed Practice What You Peach; Florence Alphas: Plum; Sticky Mix: Sweet & Spooky; Ephemera: Sweet & Spooky; Puffy Stars Stickers: Orange Mix