Boo Yah! | Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday Challenge

I made this for one of the Scraplift Sunday challenges in October at Paper Issues.

Here's Cassie Wiscarson's awesome layout that I lifted. Obviously mine is going to look a little different because I scrap 8 x 8.

Here are some details. I used Bella Blvd's Sweet & Spooky collection from a couple of Halloweens ago. I love the cute little spiders in this collection. I added googly eyes to them. The die cut behind the photos is by Bramble Fox.

I always add hearts to the layouts I give away. How cute are these chipboard pieces?

I had this hairy fiber in my stash from eons ago that I thought would be perfect for a Halloween page.

Nuvo Drops were a perfect finishing touch.

Fangtastic! | Bramble Fox

I created this fun Halloween layout using some awesome Bramble Fox Perspextives called Halloween Trinkets. 

I love the translucent Perspextives, and I'm totally in love with the etched pieces Bramble Fox has been creating lately! I primarily used Bella Blvd's Sweet & Spooky collection from a past Halloween.  

After I designed my basic composition, I decided I needed something in the background, so I swiped a Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad across my paper. I love how it looks on the textured Bazzill. I love the sparkly black letter stickers I found in my stash. I cut a witches hat out of one of the Sweet & Spooky papers and perched it on the g.

I found these super old vampire and ghost Do-Jiggies and decided they'd be perfect for this page. The speech bubbles were cut out of a Pebbles Spooky Boo paper. I lifted them up with pop dots. Those cool wonky stars are from Bramble Fox--from the Fox Stamps #2, which are a Christmas set, but many of the stamps in that set are very versatile and perfect for other themes.

How awesome are these purple witch's boots? So whimsical and fun!

The Boo Crew | Paper Issues I'm Here for the Boos Challenge

It was my turn on the Paper Issues blog the other day. Here's my post:

Hey, everyone! I'm sharing a layout today for our little challenge called I'm Here for the Boos. It's October after all, so we've got Halloween on the mind. Don't celebrate Halloween? Show us your Booze, LOL, and scrap your favorite beverage.

I used the delightful Halloween collection by Bella Blvd called Sweet & Spooky from last year. The store still has some stickers from this adorable collection. Paper Issues has lots of free Halloween-themed cut files in the shop. I used two of them to create my layout, Web Background and Patchwork Pumpkin:

     

How cool is that spider web background? And that title is pretty awesome too!

How fun are those costumes my friend's kids are wearing?

This was such a fun page to make! Halloween layouts are the perfect time to be playful.

Need some Halloween-themed supplies? Just do a search in the Paper Issues store using the word Halloween, and you'll find loads of stuff to use. And even if you don't have any products specifically made for Halloween, don't forget all the awesome FREE cut files. I hope you'll play along with this fun challenge. Post your creation in the Facebook page for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Paper Issues store. Whenever you shop at the Paper Issues store, please use my code Debbi (no e on the end), and you'll get 20% off your entire purchase! How awesome is that?

Trick or Treat {Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday Challenge}

I played in Paper Issues Scraplift Sunday challenge and made this:

I loved lifting Kat's beautiful layout--such a fun and unique design! I pretty much copied the basic design, except I used one photo instead of three.

Here are some details. I used Bella Blvd's Sweet & Spooky Collection. There are so many fun elements to fussy cut from this collection. The Sweet & Spooky tab is from the branding strip. The little witch girl was at the edge of the paper and I hated to see her go to waste so I put her peeking out from above the photo.

The chipboard pieces in this collection are so cute! Pretty much everything on this page is from the collection, except the enamel dots and the Tim Holtz word stickers. I put a little heart on the ghost because I'm adding a heart to each page I make for this little girl.

I hope you'll play along with this challenge or one of the many other fun challenges at Paper Issues. Post your creation in the Facebook Group by February 3 for a chance to win one of two gift cards to the Paper Issues store. Please use my code Debbi (no e on the end) for a 20% discount on your entire purchase at the Paper Issues store!

The Best Pumpkin {Paper Issues Free File Free-for-All Challenge}

Yesterday was my turn on the Paper Issues blog. Here's my post:

Hey, Paper Issues Fans! Debbi here with a layout I created with one of Paper Issues many awesome free cut files. How generous is Paper Issues to make all these cut files for us? 

Anyhow, I was super excited to finally have some Halloween photos this year. My husband and I carved our very first pumpkins in a pumpkin carving contest, and we won! Here's my page:

I used Bella Blvd's Sweet & Spooky collection, plus some extra papers and enamel dots from my stash. How fun are those chipboard pieces? I especially love those monsters!

The pumpkin cut file is from the Pumpkin Spice free file, as is the word "Pumpkin" in my title. 

Oh, that little chipboard spider! I can't even!

I hope you'll come play with us. Besides the Free File Free-for-All challenge, there are loads of other challenges open until December 3. Just upload your creation on our Facebook page, and you might win one of two monthly gift card giveaways!

Go check out the hundreds and hundreds of free cut files, and while you're there, check out all the awesome new stuff in the store. Be sure to use my code, Debbi (no e on the end), and you'll get 20% off your entire order!

Spooky Fun {Paper Issues Keep It Sketchy Challenge}

ETA: I'm fixing my journaling mistake. Thanks, Tracee, for finding it!

I wanted to scrap these pictures of our first experience carving pumpkins before we got too far away from Halloween, and I just got Bella Blvd's Sweet & Spooky collection in the mail from Paper Issues, so I went in search of a Paper Issues challenge and found that this month's sketch features two photos. Here's what I created:

Here's the sketch that inspired my page:

And here are some details. I mostly used stuff from the Sweet & Spooky collection, plus a few things from my stash. Most everything came from this one sheet of paper and the chipboard from the collection. The black and white papers were scraps from my stash. I fussy the little monsters and spider and adhered them with pop dots for extra dimension and then added a Lawn Fawn puffy star.

The little cat was also cut from that same paper, which is on the back of the orange, so if you buy that orange paper, be sure to get two sheets!

That blue skeleton face was cut off at the bottom of the patterned paper and I thought how cute would he be peeking out from behind the photos, again cut from that same sheet of paper, along with the bats. The phrase stickers are by Tim Holtz. I was walking upstairs to photograph my layout when I stared at it and felt something was missing. I ran back downstairs and added the enamel dots, which added just that little extra touch this simple page needed.

I hope you'll come play in this or another of the many fun challenges over at Paper Issues, for a chance to win a gift certificate to the store!

Paper Issues has a couple of Halloween collections, so grab them before they're gone! And be sure to use my code Debbi (no e on the end) for 20% off your entire purchase!