Saturday, October 20, 2012

Halloween Blog Hop


Hello, hello!  Welcome to the Halloween Blog hop being hosted by Yolonda.  You should have arrived here from Tammy's blog. If you are just beginning the hop, you can go to Yolonda's blog to start at the beginning. Thanks for joining us! 

Today's hop focuses entirely on Halloween which is coming up very quickly! Today I have a layout to share with you: 


This started out as a one page layout...

...but once I got it together, I realized that it would look so much better if it continued flowing into a page on the right.  So I added a second page. 

Here is a close up view of the title.  I cut the top layer in white but then inked it black.  I wasn't entirely pleased with that so I also inked it orange to bring some brightness back to it and that seemed to work okay. (And I see here that Mr. Spider in black is popping up off the page - I hope he doesn't jump off! Haha...)


This is the first layout I have ever made without the pictures being picked first.  I know what pictures are going to go in here but for some reason I do not have any of them printed! :( Boo.  Last year a zoo in our area hosted an event called Zoo Boo.  You dress up in costume and can trick-or-treat inside the zoo.  You go in the evening so it is dark out and they have carved pumpkins everywhere.  They even had a DJ set up so there was a mini dance party with animal mascots.  The girls really had a great time.  Hopefully I captured three great vertical pictures!  If not, I can always use the trick of trimming two horizontal pics to fill one vertical space. My girls were both Smurfette so the blue from their costumes will match the blue bats.  (Yes, they BOTH were Smurfette - long story involving sibling jealousy...) 

I decided to do the journaling right on the orange.  I tried putting a white square there and just didn't like it.  Then I channeled my Cricut Circle Blog designers and wrote right on that paper!  :)   I used a white pen to decorate my bats to match the blue base paper. 



The cuts I used on this layout were:
Zoo Boo - Blackletter and shadow @ 2"
Spider web - Paper Trimmings circle key @ 2.5"
Bats - Simply Charmed @ 2.5" and 4"
Border was MS Drippy Goo punch
Papers were K&Co

Thanks for stopping by today!  Your next stop is BETSY'S BLOG.  Enjoy! 

Here is the entire blog hop list if you need it.  


9. Michele  http://www.michelegreen.com/  <-- You are HERE
10. Betsy   http://betsymcreates.blogspot.com/  <-- Go here next! 
11. Tracie  http://www.thecraftytouch.blogspot.com/
12.  Sherry   http://macybella.blogspot.com/
13.  Terri  http://tdycreativegal.blogspot.com/

24 comments:

  1. I'm lovin your layout. Super cute. Thanks so much for hopping with me today...

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  2. I love how your one page developed into two pages! The bat cut is a perfect match with the paper-- perfect!

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  3. Love, love, love this Michele! That bat paper is fabulous. Too funny about having two Smurfettes ;)

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  4. Love this layout! So cute and I also love how you started with one page and then added the other. If you hadn't said that, I would have never know. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.

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  5. Adorable layout Michele! Love how the bats are carried out with the patterned paper and cuts!

    http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/
    HappyScrapper64@bex.net

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  6. What a fabulous layout! I glad that you made it a double page layout, it flows so much better with the second page. So cute and I get the pics are going to be fabulous on it!
    bsl60 at embarqmail dot com

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  7. Love this Layout Michele, The colors all work so well together. Great job and TFS!

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  8. I love this layout. I love the colors and those little bats. Great job Michele!! :)

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  9. What adorable paper :) I must admit I never thought about trimming two horizontal pictures for a vertical set frame. Duh! Now I feel open to many options.

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  10. Love this blue bat paper and such a great double layout!

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  11. Cute layout and I think that your right, the double page layout made a big difference! Loved the title!!

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  12. Michele - I always love your layouts and this is no different. How cute. What a cute little BAT adorable. Love how you journaled on the page and added a 2nd page. Great job. (I just took my little one to the Boo at the Zoo and loved it - how fun is this going to be for them).

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  13. Great double LO, you don't see these that as often. I like that pop of blue, it's a great unexpected Halloween accent.

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  14. Great layout Michele! You are brave journaling directly on your layout (insert scared smiley here). I would have to be forced to do that at gun point. Cool that your one pager ended up as two. More room for pictures! Love the bats!

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  15. Such and adorable layout! I love the way the ribbon is repeated, but you only added one ribbon. Looks really neat that way. :)

    Lisa
    http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com

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  16. Love your Layout! Those little Bats are so Cute! Thanks for Sharing! :0)

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  17. I love this! The colors are great.

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  18. LOVE LOVE LOVE your layout!!!! Great job:) Thank You for sharing. I hope you don't mind if I scrap lift this? disneynut 4 life 22 at yahoo dot com

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  19. Love your cute layout. TFS.
    dmcardmaker (at AOL)

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  20. Great layout - I concur - it wanted to be a double page! Your bat is just perfect!

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  21. Great LO! The Boo at the Zoo sounds really cool, too! I hope you find the perfect pics of your Smurfettes for it :-)

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  22. love the layout...nice details!

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  23. Gorgeous LO! Super cute! nice hopping with you!
    hugs, Wandy

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