Halloween Blog hop !

Welcome to the Halloween blog hop.  This will be my first blog hop I've ever done and I'm so thrilled! This Hop is being hosted by Amy from Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Life for Me! - Crafts and Jodie from Prairie Paper Haven. Thanks Ladies!

I decided to do a pocket scrapbooking layout for this Hop.  Recently, I took apart my sons 12x12 scrapbook from his first year as I wasn't entirely happy with how it turned out.  I thought this would be a perfect way to get his first Halloween documented!

For both layouts, I used a mix of 6x6 sheets of paper from Teresa Collins- Masquerade Party and My Mind's Eye-Happy Haunting. I cut all the papers to size and inked around the edges or the cards and banners.  The 'EEEK!' comes from a mix of die cuts made by Basic Grey which I purchased at Homesense. The journaling card came from the We R Memory Keepers- Albums Made Easy 'Bewitched' Line.

I cut out banner shapes and added some small alphabet letters from Basic Grey and some enamel dots from the Rocollections 'Witch's Dust Halloween' line. I wasn't sure what kind of pumpkin carve so I carved my son Kasey;s name into it! I used my Tim Holtz distressing tool around the edges of the '31' to add some definition and also used my Tim Holtz tiny attacher to anchor it to the card. Kasey and I are posing with him in his costume!

Kasey was only 4.5 months old for his first Halloween so he didn't quite understand what was going on! I still remember the look on his face when he touched the pulp of the pumpkin! The wood veneer is from the Recollections 'Fall Foliage' line and the enamel dots are from the Recollections 'Midnight Magic Halloween' line.

 I your look close, you can see the 'My First Halloween' phrase on his shirt! The whole outfit was a little big on him!  I must admit, it sure is hard to photograph an image/layout when it is in a plastic pocket.  No matter what I tried, I just couldn't get the flash to disappear :(  I used a brad from the Basic Grey 'Perismman' line and enamel dots from Recollections.

My sister appears in these two pictures.  She has promised to buy Kasey his Halloween costume every year until he no longer wishes to go Trick-or-Treating.  She picked a lion for his first Halloween. Isn't he the cutest?!

Again, I stuck with a brad and wood veneer from the above mentioned lines. I had to do a lot of matting with the pictures on this layout as I had taken them out of a previously made scrapbook.  The skeleton stamp comes from the Teresa Collins- Masquerade Party line which was also purchased at Homesense.

This picture features my Dad and his little buddy.  The journaling card comes from the Basic Grey 'Persimman' line and the enamel dots from Recollections.  The white part where I journalled wasn't originally there. I made an error in my spelling and had to fix it.  I think it turned out quite well!

Below you can see both pages.  I am so happy with how they turned out.  This was my first time inking and I just love how it looks!  This pocket page is from We R Memory Keepers.

This pocket page is from Becky Higgins and is Design J. I like to use the smaller pocket pages in my books sometime as I think it looks neat!

Now both pages together!

Thanks for stopping by!! Make sure to head on over to the next blog on this hop which is Amy!

Here is a list of all the wonderful ladies participating today:

Jodie

Cayla

Tracy

Me

Amy

Enjoy :)

Blog post #1

Good afternoon and welcome to my blog!

I am so excited to be able to share my creations with you! My name is Carlye and I am a pocket scrapbooker and card maker. I started scrapbooking 10 years ago in the traditional 12x12 format but now I am a devoted pocket scrapbooker!  I find that pocket scrapbooking has simplified the process for me and allowed me to catch up on my albums rather quickly. There is a local pocket scrapbooking group here in my city and we try to get together once a month to show, share, create and inspire each other!

I also enjoy making cards! Although I don't do it near as much as I would like to, when I am all caught up on my pocket album or need a break, I like to sit down and make a card or two.  I like to make cards for every occasion and have even had the honor of making a 100th birthday card last fall!

I plan to share a mix of cards and pocket pages for you to enjoy, as well as other paper crafting items I may be working on!

Last thing before I post 2 cards for you to see, I would like to thank my good friend Elysia who created this blog for me! She took the time out of her busy schedule and put a lot of effort into making a B-E-A-UTIFUL blog for me! Thanks girl!

You can follow along with her blog at:

http://mischievouscrafts.blogspot.ca/

 

 

I recently bought a few items from the Simple Stories 'Hello Baby' line to use for my pocket scrapbooking. One of my friends is due in January with baby #2 and did not want to find out the sex of the baby which is why I've made the two cards.

 



I just love how they both turned out!!

 

That's all for today! I hope you enjoyed my first blog post!