Halloween Whimsy Jar

For this challenge we were supposed to fill a jar with Halloween fun and send it to our swap partner.  Since I didn't want to send a glass jar through the mail I shopped around looking for something plastic that would work and finally found this square jar at Hobby Lobby.

 In this corner I placed a small skeleton and a large green glittery spider that has a clip on it so you can attach it wherever you want.

 In this corner I have a resin potion jar that says "Lizard Legs", and a skeletal hand is reaching around it.

 In this corner I rolled up a pair of Halloween socks that say "BOO", and added another glittery spider clip, this one purple.

 In this corner I have an LED jack o lantern that lights up and the light flickers like a  candle with a skull perched on top.

This is the top view where you can see that after I finished filling the rest of the spaces with different sized foam pumpkins I added a purple beaded necklace.  I used Halloween washi tape to seal the jar and to attach the miniature black raven on top.

Halloween Blank Junk Journal - Part 4

 Layout 9 - die cut borders from Martha Stewart, white pumpkin dimensional sticker from Jolee's Boutique, holographic creepy ancestors sticker from Walmart.

 Layout 9 - potion bottle and ghost sticker from Martha Stewart.

 Layout 10 - die cut borders from Martha Stewart, and holographic creepy ancestors sticker from Walmart.

 Layout 10 - die cut borders from Martha Stewart, and holographic creepy ancestors sticker from Walmart.  Hand designed potion bottle with free printable label found on online.

Layout 10 - inside view of potion bottle to hide photos or journaling.

 Layout 11 - wahsi tape on right page, die cut owl from the dollar Store on card stock mini page on left.

Layout 11 - back of owl mini page, chunk of ghost die cut border from K and Company.

Halloween Blank Junk Journal - Part 3

 Layout 7 - Vintage postcard image on file folder, die cut border and acetate die cut sticker by Martha Stewart.  Die cut owl from the Dollor Store on mini card stock page on right.

 Layout 7 - inside view of file folder page, potion sticker from Martha Stewart.

 Layout 7 - back of owl mini page, potion sticker by Martha Stewart on bottom right page.

 Layout 8 - Hand designed potion bottle from file folder scraps.  K and Company die cut border on security envelope pocket with a stripe of washi tape.

 Layout 8 - inside view of potion bottle for hiding photos or journaling.

 Layout 8 - #8 tag with patterned paper and ribbon.  skull sticker is from the Dollar Store.

Layout 8 - back view of envelope with die cut cat from K and Company.

Halloween Blank Junk Journal - Part 2

 Layout 4 - Holographic creepy ancestor sticker from Walmart, topography map page on right, die cut border and potion bottle sticker by Martha Stewart.

Layout 4 - Die cut acetate sticker from Martha Stewart on map page left, die cut acetate border from Martha Stewart on right page.  Vintage Halloween postcard image on tag pocket.

 Layout 4 - skinny tags out of card stock with Halloween foil stickers from Walmart.

 Layout 5 - Vintage Halloween postcard image on tag pocket.  Die cut border by Martha Stewart.

Layout 5 - skinny tags out of card stock with Halloween foil stickers from Walmart.

 Layout 5 - inside out security envelope pocket with die cut border by K and Company.  Patterned paper on #8 tag with ribbon and fabric tape at the bottom.

 Layout 5 - back of envelope with vintage postcard image, potion bottle sticker on right by Martha Stewart.

 Layout 6 - acetate border and potion bottle sticker by Martha Stewart on left, die cut bat from dollar store on card stock mini page on right.

 Layout 6 - back of  bat mini page, file folder on right with vintage postcard image, acetate die cut border by Martha Stewart,and glitter bat mambi chips by Me and My Big Ideas found at Hobby Lobby.

Layout 6 - open file folder view, holographic creepy ancestor stickers from Walmart, and die cut acetate sticker from Martha Stewart.

Halloween Blank Junk Journal - Part 1

This was a swap-bot swap.  Minimum of 12 pages, under 8" x 10", 2 pockets and 2 tags, recycle and re-purpose papers as much as possible, scrapbook paper could be used, and at least one  halloween element per layout.

My swap partner liked Edgar Allen Poe, so that decided the cover for me.  I used lots of Halloween patterned papers throughout the book.  On the cover I added some Halloween patterned washi tape and a die cut border by Martha Stewart.

I used cereal and cracker boxes for my page bases. I found some old orange file folders that I cut down to fit my 8" x 9.5" page format.  I cut the file folder scrap into potion bottle shapes.  I created some smaller add in pages using old government topography maps.

Layout 1 -vintage Halloween postcard image, die cut acetate sticker from Martha Stewart, die cut borders from Martha Stewart. (She really impressed me with the Halloween stuff she cam out with last year and I really stocked up.)  I designed the potion bottle myself and found some free downloadable potion labels online.

 Layout 1 - here is the inside view of the file folder, die cut border on the right by Martha Stewart.

Layout 1 - the potion bottle opens up to hold a photo or journaling, I ran my die cut border right through it along the bottom.

Layout 2 - Die cut and acetate borders by Martha Stewart.  Holographic portraits stickers from Walmart on the topographical map page.

Layout 2 - Other side of the map page, Martha Stewart potion bottle, and die cut border.

Layout 3 - The skeleton sticker on the left is from the Jolee's Boutique line.  I added in envelope pockets using security envelopes from bills I got in the mail which I turned inside out. If the envelopes tore when I opened them or as I deconstructed them I just patched them with black and white patterned scrapbook paper scraps.  The envelope has a die cut border from K and Company.

Layout 3- Inside the envelope I put a size #8 tag which was covered with patterned paper and a die cut border from Martha Stewart.  

Layout 3 - The back of the envelope has a die cut acetate sticker from Martha Stewart.  The little orange page I added was made from card stock and the die cut bat I found at the dollar store, they came 15 to a package - awesome! (They also had rats, spiders, and owls.)

 Layout 3 - die cut acetate border and potion bottle sticker from Martha Stewart.

Halloween Mini Album

This mini album is 4" x 8".  This was created for a swap in swap-bot.  I dug out my Halloween patterned papers and recycled cereal boxes to create the pages.  

For the cover I checked my swap partner's profile for preferences and found that she liked the style of Greeting Farm digi stamps, so I used that style to sketch a witch.  The jack-o-lantern acetate sticker was from Martha Stewart die cut adhesives, I got those at Archiver's.   The spider is a K and Company die cut from JoAnn Fabrics, and the glitter bat is a mambi chip  by Me and My Big Ideas from Hobby Lobby.

She also seemed to prefer "cute" things so I went with lots of cute images within the album.  For each layout I used another Halloween patterned paper for picture mounts.

Layout 1 - I used K and Company die cuts and tags.  We were supposed to incorporate tags and journaling spots and since the tags I found had journaling space on the back I added tags to the rings between each layout so journaling could be added.

Layout 2 - 3-d bubble pop-up stickers by Creatology from Micheal's, and a glitter bat mambi chip by Me and My Big Ideas from Hobby Lobby.  The tag was from haunted die cuts by Recollections which I got at Michael's.

Layout 3 - pop up resin and card stock stickers by Stickey - Doo -Da from Walmart, and the tags were from K and Company which I got at JoAnn Fabrics.

Layout 4 - die cuts from K and  Company, tag was from haunted die cuts by Recollections.  The witch die cut at the bottom was cut from 12 x12 Halloween patterned scrapbook paper. 

Layout 5 - die cuts  and tag from K and  Company.  Journaling label was from haunted die cuts by Recollections.

Layout 6 - die cuts  and tag from K and  Company.  Ghost stickers from Halloween Crafts at Hobby Lobby.

Halloween Fun Swap

Starting out early, in a Halloween-y mood, don't know what it is or why, but lots of fun Halloween stuff is on its way!!

For the ATC's I used Halloween patterned papers, vintage Halloween postcard images, washi tape, die cut Halloweeen borders, dimensional stickers, bling and pearls.