Hip Kit Club: Halloween Party

It’s cut file week on the Hip Kit Club blog. Today I’m using the October 2023 Hip Kits, along with the Spiderweb Cut File, to create a layout of my daughter dressing up with her college roommates for a Costume Party. It’s the perfect way to illustrate that you don’t always need to reach for orange and black to document the Halloween holiday. Come and see!

HALLOWEEN PARTY

The ‘Slice of Heaven’ patterned paper with its star pattern made the perfect backdrop for my photos. The blue picked up the blue of my daughter’s ‘Dorothy’ costume, and the stars add a Halloween vibe. Combined with the Spiderweb Cut File (cut using the Clementine cardstock), I was ready to get this page design rocking!

I fussy-cut several pumpkins from the ‘Harvest Vibes’ paper then accented them with vellum leaves, cardstock stickers, and cardstock die-cuts from the Main Kit. The Pearls from the Embellishment kit look like bubbles from a witch’s cauldron.

I am in LOVE with the white puffy alphas in the Main Kit this month. They are a fantastic size and are a great way to add a large, custom title to your page.

I’m waiting on some journaling from my daughter. Once I have it I will place it on the layered tags (Cardstock Stickers) in the upper-right corner of this page. I used a phrase sticker, cardstock sticker, stamped label, and more pearls to embellish the tags.

I added in additional texture to the fussy-cut pumpkins at the bottom of the page by tucking in a couple of the felt acorn stickers from the Embellishment Kit.

I cut apart a few of the chipboard frames and tucked the pieces around the photos to balance the colors, add texture, and provide a landing spot for my embellishment clusters.

I really love the soft and pretty vibe of this Halloween page. It just goes to show you that you don’t always have to use orange and black to document Halloween.

This week is Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. and this October kit from Hip Kit Club will be perfect to document photos of your friends and family enjoying a delicious dinner together. Be sure to take lots of photos!

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OCTOBER 2023 HIP KITS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

• October Main Kit (Patterned Paper, Cardstock Die-Cuts, Vellum Leaves, Cardstock Stickers, Puffy Alphas)
• October Cardstock Kit (Clementine, Orange Fizz)
• October Embellishment Kit (Chipboard Frames, Pearl Stickers, Felt Stickers)
• October Pocket Life Kit (Labels & Phrases, Stamps)

Simple Stories: Boo Crew Cards

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I love a good crafty holiday and this weekend the papercrafting community is celebrating World Cardmaking Day on Saturday, October 3rd. Simple Stories is celebrating by kicking off the weekend with an Instahop.

Come participate by starting at the Simple Stories Instagram page (@simplestories_) and leave a comment on each designer’s post in the hop. Each comment left will count as an entry towards your chance to win an AMAZING prize! Details about the prize, etc. are listed in the hop. (I promise you won’t want to miss it!)

I love the magic of Halloween captured in the Simple Stories Boo Crew collection with it’s cute characters and just a touch of spookiness. I created three Halloween cards for the Instahop and wanted to share them here on my blog as well!

This first card features one of my favorite die-cuts from the pack of Bits & Pieces. That cute sleeping bat hanging on the branch with his pumpkin friend keeping watch stole my heart. I layered it with the spiderweb die-cut from the same Bits & Pieces pack then anchored everything on the circular journal block from the Journal Bits pack.

How cute is this spooky witch cooking up her next potion in the cauldron? (Poor little mouse. *giggle*) I fussy -cut her from the 4×6 Elements paper then paired her with the ‘Beware’ Foam Sticker title. A spooky moon sprinkled with bats from the 12×12 Cardstock Sticker Sheet adorns the corner. CUTE!

This last card features a happy ghost doing a happy dance over the candy he scored at his visit to the haunted house. Again, I used the Foam Stickers for the sentiment. The ghost and pumpkin come from the Chipboard Stickers, and the other pieces can be found in the Bits & Pieces and Journal Bits packs.

Don’t forget to add shiny dimension to your project with the adorable Decorative Brads! I love that they are self-adhesive stickers now … LOVE not having to deal with poking holes through my project and bending back prongs. These brad stickers are perfect for those of us who change our minds a lot during the design process! *wink!*

Seriously, is this not the cutest Halloween collection you’ve ever seen, or what?! Find the Simple Stories Boo Crew collection at your favorite retailer now!

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Simple Stories: Say Cheese Halloween

Hello, my friends! Have you seen the Say Cheese Halloween collection by Simple Stories? This adorable, Disney-themed collection is perfect for scrapping your Halloween visit to your favorite theme park, but is ALSO versatile enough for Halloween memories in general! Check it out!

The colors in the Say Cheese Halloween collection are so vibrant and fun! I especially love the addition of teal and green because they go so well with my daughter’s gypsy costume in the photos.

I fussy-cut the “B-O-O” letters from the 2×2 Elements paper to use as my title. I placed the letters across the top of the chipboard banner piece and then added a die cut web (Bits & Pieces) and the chipboard spider and bats.

I am loving the purple in this collection. I cut my photos in circles using the Circle Photo Crops and then matted them with the purple, spider-patterned So Creepy paper. I then accented the photos with the chipboard stars and “Not So Scary” phrase, as well as some die cut bats  (Bits & Pieces).

At the bottom of the page, I fussy-cut several icons from the Elements papers. The potion bottle ingredients are cooking up something interesting in the neighboring cauldron (both from the 4×4 Elements paper) while the jack-o-lanterns look on with their silly and friendly grins (4×6 Elements paper). Good thing they have some chipboard candy corns to snack on while they wait for the concoction to finish brewing! *wink*

I added journaling to the postcard die cut from the Bits & Pieces pack in the bottom right corner of the page. I then added a few phrase stickers from the Combo Sticker Sheet, as well as a chipboard spider.

This not-so-scary, colorful Halloween page was so much fun to put together! Have you thought about what costume you want to wear for Halloween this year?

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Simple Stories: Happy Halloween

Trick or treat, she’s so sweet! The new Simple Stories Happy Haunting collection was perfect for scrapbooking these two cute friends who decided to put together their own gypsy costumes for Halloween one year. It was fun to hear them giggle and squeal as they ran back and forth to each other’s houses digging through their skirts, scarves, and their mom’s jewelry and makeup putting together the perfect gypsy ensemble.

Do you sometimes feel like that when you’re scrapbooking? Like you have to dig and dig to find just the right pieces for your project? Stop digging and grab yourself a collection kit by Simple Stories. The simple, yet brilliant, patterns make it a snap to document your memories!

Time and time again I reach for the Snap Basics Paper Pack for my backgrounds. Not only do I love a neutral, clean background, but I adore the built-in journaling lines! Ha!

I have been enjoying adding torn bits to my pages lately. This technique is a simple way to add texture to a design. Here I tore a strip of the Fright Night paper to go across the top of my page. There was one spot where the tear curved upwards. Instead of letting it bother me, I ran with it and added a few tab stickers from the Combo Sticker Sheet to fill it in. What a fun detail!

I couldn’t WAIT to try out the 6×6 Stencil from this collection. The bats in flight were just calling my name. I used a dauber and a black ink pad to create the pattern on the background and then splattered some mist over the top.

Next, I used the chipboard phrase for my title (SWOON!) and then cut out a few of the larger designs from the 4×4 Elements paper decorate the space below. These larger elements are anchored on the chipboard banner and then accented with a pumpkin and floral cluster sticker (Combo Sticker Sheet).

One of my favorite things about this collection is the soft touches of pink. I love how the shades of pink pick up the girls’ youthful skin. The pink also adds a feminine, flirty touch!

The Happy Haunting collection was such a fun way to take a break from the summer heat and has me counting down to the cooler days ahead!

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