ARCHISCRAPS DOUBLE PAGE LAYOUT AND TUTORIAL - September 2014 challenge

ARCHISCRAPS SEPTEMBER 2014 CHALLENGE

Here is the inspiration building picture:


See Google images here to see more.

I looked at this and it screamed Halloween at me. I thought the balconies looked like the eyes of ghouls and I particularly liked the texture in between the windows. Our extra criteria is texture paste, suggested by me, so that's where I started.

I had some photos from Halloween 2012 that I hadn't scrapped yet. The colours fit in nicely with the picture. See a list of all products used below.

First of all, I got some white gesso and separated it into small piles. I added 5 different colours of paint to each pile. I took a 6x6 stencil I liked and laid it on my paper. I wanted to make a pattern up one side of the page. I painted in the gaps of the stencil randomly with the different colours. I had to peel it off and do it again to go right down the paper. I repeated this step on the left page as well and set them aside to dry.

I used an acrylic stamp with two different colours along the edge of each outer side of each page.

I tore up some co-ordinating coloured Halloween papers and inked with matching inks around the edges.
I added my photos and then adhered the inked papers along the centre of each page horizontally.

I took some bandage and frayed around the edges. I sprayed each with with glimmermist and Mr Huey's Green mist. I've added these to my pages with MME brads.

I then added some stickers and lastly my journalling.

I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial. It was a fun project to make.

I hope you join in over at Archiscraps this month. I can't wait to see what you create.

We welcome Leslie Smith, our newest Designer, who joins myself, Trish and Jan on the Team.

LIST OF PRODUCTS:
MME Mischievous "These Days" pp
paints
gesso
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Aged Mahogany
6x6 stencil artistcellar - rivermap
bandage
Mr Hey's Estate Green mist
Glimmer Mist - Wheatfields
Luxe acrylic stamp
Memories Apple ink, sepia ink
EP The Apothecary Emporium Skull & Bones pp
CM 6x6 pad and sticker - Hocus Pocus
MME Boo! To You "Bewitching Webs" pp
EP Chillingsworth elements stickers
MME Haunted brads
cobweb stickers

Spooktacular - A Halloween layout

HALLOWEEN - A spooky layout


This month's inspiration at Archi-Scraps is the following picture, plus chipboard. It's a pretty cool pic. I could have gone gothic church with a travel layout but have chosen Halloween.

I invited all of Mark's class to go trick or treating and then come back to our house for a party. This photo shows most of them. They all looked great. I sent them off in two groups with a parent helper each.

I've used the following products to create this layout:


cherryArte Morocco chipboard (the circle that says original)
My Mind's Eye (MME) Mischievous Bewtiching pp
Creative Memories (CM) Hocus Pocus 6x6 pp
Cm Earthy Storybox photo mat
Ruby Rock It twine
CM Hocus Pocus layered stickers
Echo Park Apothecary Emporium element stickers
Mr Huey's sunset mist
CM Enchanted epoxy stickers
MME Decorative brads - haunter
Mrs Grossman's Happy Halloween bat stickers
MME Haunted die-cut
CM purple pen
Kaisercraft lilac ink

Go here to take the challenge and join in the fun.

MME Halloween layout

I designed this layout for the My Mind's Eye October challenge. It was to use stamping. I have used 3 of the Lost & Found Sunshine "Lovely" Stamps. One is on the purple cardstock, another is on the green and the last is the scalloped edge along the bottom.

I really wanted to visit a Wal-Mart whilst in the States.  I had a bit of time to kill during the day on the 2nd of October, before my big Rick Springfield concert event. Damon wanted to purchase some Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly, which he had fallen in love with. We found and bought several jars, just $2.50 each. Buying some in Australia, if you can find it, they cost $12.50. Wal-Mart was full of different things we'd never come across before. They also had a fabulous dress-up shop and lots and lots of Halloween gear. I wish we had one here.

Halloween layout - updated

This is my layout for From Screen 2 Scrap this month. These are some of the (almost) finished decorating I did of my front lobby for Halloween. Coming back from the US just before Halloween made me very enthusiastic to organise something for Halloween. I invited lots of Mark's year 7 class to come over and then escorted them trick or treating, then ended up back at our house. I left my 15 year old son at home to cater to the trick or treaters coming over to us. There weren't many lollies left in the basket when we all returned. It was great fun.

Here is the movie poster for this month:



Shazza picked it. She loves a good horror flick. The criteria is:

1pt = Black Base c/s
2pts = A house somewhere on your page
3pts = Title must have one word in RED letters

I hope you choose to have a go at this. It doesn't have to be about Halloween. You can spin it how you like. I'm sure the DT layouts will be up shortly. If you do choose to have a go and are new to the blog challenge, please tell Shazza I sent you. Thanks.

UPDATE:  There are 7 prizes to be won this month. 3 of them are to go to newbies, people that have not joined in before. It's easy to win, the first newbie to uplink their layout gets the first prize, and so on. What are you waiting for?

Here's a pic of my RAK for this month. I've put together a girly kit.

TERROR - From Screen 2 Scrap submission

Two posts in one morning. Go me.
I created this layout for October's From Screen 2 Scrap challenge where I am a Designer. The movie poster inspiration is from Psycho. Very scary poster, very scary movie. Gives me shivers thinking about it.



Extra criteria for points is :

For an extra 6 bonus points :)

1) Spooky house = 1 pt
2) A Silhouette figure = 2 pts
3) A one word title split in half = 3 pts

Also must be created and submitted only for From Screen 2 Scrap

I chose to use the colours in the poster, plus purple because of my Tink t-shirt. I like the combo.

The page is about a ride we went on at Disney last year called the Hollywood Tower of Terror. It's a 13 storey elevator ride which takes you up and plunges you down so you're weightless. Quite a scary ride. Also near the top you can see out over the park. There are also Twilight Zone elements. We all loved it. In fact, we went on it again in Anaheim a couple of weeks ago. So brave and crazy.

Products I've used are:

MME Boo To You! Bewitching Webs and Fright Night (a fun range)

Versafine ONyx Black ink

DCWV Metallic grey CS

Dyed purple paper

Kaisercraft Dear Santa Clear Stamps

MME Haunted Deco Brads

MME Boo To You Border stickers

Borderline Tattoo rub-ons

The Papermill cardmaking stickers

Mrs G's Happy Halloween stickers

The Papermill dimensional stickers

Little Yellow Bicycle Pack Your Bags Tear out ticket book

Plenty of prizes to be won by joining in. Why not have a go! Let Shazza know I sent you.


ADDENDUM: Find out more about the Hollywood Tower of Terror here.

December - From Screen 2 Scrap challenge

Hi guys,
December is upon us. I have been trimming my tree and decorating my front hall. Feeling a bit jolly.

The movie poster this month at From Screen 2 Scrap is of Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas. (Anyone else feeling a bit ill prepared for the big day?) Here is the poster.


A bit scary looking right? Here is what I came up with.



Go over and check it out. If you decide to enter, pls use my name as a reference as there is a little comp for us Designers. Love to see what you do.