Happy Halloween everyone!  I am sure those of you who celebrate are planning to take lots of photos of the festivities. We host a casual family get-together where a large group of us have a big pot of stew and many laughs. It concludes with the kiddos getting dressed…seeing them in their costumes is sure to make everyone smile. In order to accommodate all my photos, I decided to create a double pager. It is a great way to showcase the many aspects of the day and to put Pink Paislee products to good use!

Many people struggle with double pagers, but they really aren’t that difficult…especially when you have a fabulous sketch to inspire you! The sketch that sparked my layout is by Becky Fleck over at PageMaps. Here it is:

It is actually meant to be used to do a double page with 8.5 X 11 papers, but I adapted it. Here is my take:

I like to have a common element run across both pages when I do doubles so I utilized the Spider’s Lair shaped paper to accomplish this.

I simply cut out the middle so just the frame remained. I then cut that frame into four sections. I used two of them along the bottom of my layout!

I used a Clear card and the very awesome glitter stickers to create the cobweb embellishment…it adds a bold touch to the layout! I created a visual triangle to lead the eye around the page, using glitter stickers in two additional spots. Did I mention how addicted I am to those glitter stickers?

Here are the rest of the products used:
1. Hocus Pocus Papers: Spider’s Lair, Haunting, Hocus Pocus, Witching Hour
2. Hocus Pocus Press-ons
3. Hocus Pocus Doodads
4. Hocus Pocus Clear Cards
5. Hocus Pocus Metal Badges
6. Hocus Pocus Glitter Sticker Elements
7. Alphabets: Expressions Cushies in Cocoa and the sticker alphabet from the Craft Kit

Be sure to put the sketch to good use and share your results with us over at Live Pink!

The countdown is on for the big spooky eve… just 4 more sleeps!  The most exciting part about Halloween for my daughter is getting to eat as much candy as she wants for the whole evening.   Candy seemed a very fitting title for this Word it Wednesday layout.

I had so much fun creating this layout with the Hocus Pocus line which has all kinds of fun embellishments to make great Halloween layouts.   I really love the Glitter Sticker Elements.  They are so versatile and easy to work with. If you leave the spiders and bats as is, they are kinda spooky. I wanted a more childish feel to mine so I added some tiny googly eyes which made them really cute.  The 12×12 sticker sheet that comes in the Hocus Pocus Collection Craft Kit has these wonderful banner stickers.  To give them some dimension, I adhered them with pop dots and added a little bit of embroidery floss to the top. The banner stickers are great for adding your title to. It just helps your title to stand out a little more and give it that extra little bit of dimension and  visual interest.

Products used:

Hocus Pocus Collection Craft Kit 00426

Hocus Pocus – Witching Hour 00360

Hocus Pocus – Skeleton Soiree 00362

Hocus Pocus – Haunting 00363

Hocus Pocus – Hocus Pocus 00359

Hocus Pocus – Good Fortune 00361

Hocus Pocus – Metal Badges 00369

Hocus Pocus – Glitter Sticker Elements 00367

Hocus Pocus – Canvas Borders 00370

Expressions Glitter Alphabets – Licorice 00250

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful Halloween!

Hi there, Ania here with a lettersize-sketch which I turned into a 12×12 for my purpose

I printed out four photos, then started looking for a sketch that would fit them. At PageMaps (an excellent source for sketches) I found this (from the May-archives) which would fit my purpose. I just needed to do a minor correction to the sketch..

Namely, mirror it before starting When I start on a sketch I usually figure which “way” I want to do the sketch, then stare on it intently before putting the sketch away & work on my project. That way I feel somewhat free from the sketch while also having a basic starting point.

I used both the 12×12 and 6×6 papers from the Hocus Pocus-line.

I hate wasting – this bottom half of a clear card was a leftover, and I figured I might as well use it here.

For the backgroundpaper itself – I cut it approx an inch (or well, maybe half?) from the edge w/a craft knife – all the way around – then adhered both papers to a sheet of cardstock, sewed the edges then worked them some.

For the journaling-tag I sprayed a tag w/orange glimmer mist, cut it in half then rubbed rub-ons from Bayberry Cottage on one half while using the other upon for the journaling itself.

Gah I love metal badges!! Combined w/stickers here…

Fun layering: Flip note, 6×6 papers, sticker, Artisan Ornament, Doodad..

So while you can recognize the setup from the sketch, I think my layout turned out pretty personalized, and I had fun working on this layout – yay!

Materials used:
Hocus Pocus – 12×12 paper, 6×6 paper pad, stickers from the kit, metal badges, doodads, flip notes, clear cards
Artisan Elements – Ornaments
Old School – Glitter Sticker Alphabets
Expressions – Cushies Alphabets in lemonade
Bayberry Cottage – press ons

Hope you enjoyed this layout