Scary? Or Too Cute to Spook?

I scrapbooked yesterday!  Woohooo!!!  And I loved every single second of it.  Hours and hours of fun.  What do I have to show for my time in my room?  Two very simple 12x12 layouts.  LOL! Yep, it took me forever to do these pages.  I tried a whole bunch of things that I didn't end up using but like I've said before...it's the process that is fun and therapeutic for me...not the result.

My daughter took these photos of David with her iPhone.  She had ordered his Halloween costume for him and it had arrived so she tried it on him to see how it fit.  He did not like it and was just plain crabby about the whole thing.  I just LOVE the expression on his face.  He's just so totally annoyed that she made him put the costume on AND then made him stand still to snap his pictures.  It reminds me of the scene from one of my FAVORITE Christmas movies, A Christmas Story where Ralphie is made to wear the ridiculous pink bunny costume! 
Anyway here is the first page of the 2 page layout:

I just love his face! :)

But then...some magic happened!  David saw himself in the mirror and decided he looked pretty cool afterall! 

Love it!

I used Fancy Pants papers, some basic ribbon and cardstock I had around. The bat was cut from the Simply Charmed Simply Charmed and the SCARY title from Happy Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridges.  I put a couple of little wiggly eyes on the bat.

I often use larger prints on my scrapbook pages like on these pages where I used 8x10 photos....I just like bold looking photos and I think sometimes 4x6 photos can get lost on a page.  And Costco has such good prices on enlargements...

HAHA! When I look back at these layouts I think WHAT ON EARTH TOOK HOURS TO DO HERE???  HAHA....well, you don't see all the mistakes and things I tried that I didn't love (like punched edges, different ribbons, etc.) in my trash can! 

Well, I was hoping my use of Simply Charmed would count on my personal Cricut Challenge to use all my cartridges but DANG...I've already used it! :)

Happy Crafting!!!

Cricut Challenge 25: Happy Hauntings...Ghoulish Fun! (Fantabulous Cricut #83)

Onwards with my personal Cricut Challenge to make at least one project from each cartridge I own.  Since Halloween is very near I pulled out Happy Hauntings which I bought last year and have not used!  Yep, I confess!
Here is my little card:

I used K&Company papers from a little mat stack I picked up the other day as well as lots of paper scraps I had in my scrap box.  I used my Gyspy so was able to just lay out the scraps where I wanted them and cut all the pieces in one swoop.  Love that...and what a time saver.
This card came together quickly...no new technique on this one...just a little inking of edges, some google eyes on the ghosts, a little heat embossing for the sentiment, some glitter on the raven and other than cutting the ghosts out twice and offsetting them for a little shadow and a bit more dimension...well, that was about it.
Came together fast and was easy....but of course I destroyed my craft room in the process and now will need to spend 45 minutes cleaning up what it took me 1/2 an hour to make! HAHA!

And this card was entered in the Fantabulous Cricut #83 Challenge to use a ghost on a project.

Happy Crafting!