It's Halloween Season!

No matter where you live, Halloween is a favourite for children- we celebrate in Spring so there are no pumpkins or falling leaves, but we always have spooky costumes and some fun Halloween events to attend.

This year, my two boys want to be vampires and they are heading to a Halloween event at my local club. The photos won't be available for a few days but I am prepared with a layout already.



I used the retired Halloween paper packet Jeepers Creepers, which has some fabulous bold colours ideal for scrapbooking my two boys.



I used a fun technique to create the monsters called the Baby Wipe technique, which resulted in adorable multicoloured monsters.



I will add some journalling to this 3x4 pocket card once the photos have been taken.



This layout came together so easily using the paper packet, zipstrip, coordinating pocket cards and a few stamped embellishments.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #184

When I saw this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts, I knew it would be perfect for using up the Zip Strips that come with the CTMH Paper Packets.

I used the Zip Strips from this month's featured Paper Packet, Jeepers Creepers, behind a sentiment from one of the paper packet's Picture My Life cards. I stamped the 'It's Your Birthday" sentiment in Pansy ink from a retired Hostess Rewards birthday stamp set to make this into a cute kid's birthday card.



The finishing touch was one of the adorable monsters from the Monstrous Halloween Thin Cuts Bundle, which I stamped in Willow ink and adhered to the card with 3D Foam Tape.

This sketch is so versatile- we would love to have you play along this week!

T is for This and That

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter T. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their T element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Catherine then you're on the right track!

For my T project, I decided to use the new This & That stamp set.

I used some of the titles and sentiments on this layout of my son with one of his good friends, as they are just so adorable together!

I used one of the 'this' stamps with the 'is so stinkin' cute' and stamped this paired title in White Daisy ink directly on to the black Jeepers Creepers paper.



I used the Jeepers Creepers paper packet for the main background paired with some leftover embellishments from the Florence Complements. I really liked the Peacock and Tangerine colours together, so I added some stamped hearts in Peacock ink using the Charming Cascades stamp set.

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Darlys.

In case you get lost along the way…go to Catherine Nowak for a complete list of participants!

Jeepers Creepers Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Jeepers Creepers Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from Vandra's Virtual Classroom then you are in the right place.

If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

Today I would like to share with you a creation which features Close To My Heart’s Featured Paper Packet, Jeepers Creepers.

To make this card, I cut a 4x4 square out of the monster paper and folded it in half both ways. I then folded the flaps out again to create the frame. I stamped the cute monster in Willow ink after I had cut the shape out using the thin cuts. The background is some Willow cardstock paired with a cut up PML card from the paper packet. I stamped the sentiment in Black ink using the Monstrous Halloween stamp set and replacing the word Halloween with the word Birthday from the Wise Guy Birthday stamp set. The finishing touch was some Green Glitter Triangles.



This exclusive Jeepers Creepers Paper Packet is only available until the 31st December.

I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Georgia Creates.