Happy Halloween From Fotobella.com!

Happy Halloween Fotobella.com Fans!  Christi here from Scrapping For Tranquility .  I am very honored to once again be guesting this Halloween Day for Fotobella.com.

A small back story, My daughter is a huge Halloween fan.  She is 24 years old and even got married on Halloween.  To this day she dresses up every Halloween , with her 2 small children to take them trick or treating.  

Last year I made her a haunted house out of cardstock that she keeps prominently displayed in her home. Today I decided to make this to go with her haunted house:

I thought this Funeral Coach was more than fitting to go with her haunted house .  How about you?  I got the pattern from SVG Attic and really am happy the way it came  out.

I used Solid Core Cardstock in  3 different shades of grey's , and black to put it together .  I always recommend using a very strong and fast drying adhesive like Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.  This makes it much easier to put together , faster and lasts a lot longer. 

To give my projects depth and seem more real I always ink my projects and this one I used Tim Holtz's Distress Mixed Media Palette.  It really does enhance your projects.

Last but not least, To make the Pun of a name on the windows, I used FotoBella White Premium Vinyl 12-x-10 Roll and cut it on my Cameo 3.  This really set it all off.  Adding the coffin as an extra prop and I was done.  I hope she will enjoy it.

Let me know what you think!  

Leave me a comment, I love to hear what you have to say!  I will always answer back!

Until next time,

  

Bo Bunny & Simple Stories Halloween Single Page Layout

With designs like Simple Stories Simple Vintage Halloween and Bo Bunny's Wonderfully Wicked collection, it's possible to make a wickedly cute and vintage layout like this one in no time at all ;)  Join me,  Apryl Holland, FotoBella's October Guest Designer in my tutorial below to make your own layout!  Make sure you've got all the supplies you need from FotoBella.com!  

Supplies:

·       Bo Bunny Wonderfully Wicked Coordinating DoubleDot Paper

·       Bo Bunny Wonderfully Wicked Ephemera

·       Simple Stories Simple Vintage Halloween 6x12Chipboard

·       1 wallet size photo (Sprocket photo printer size photo used in this sample).

Tools:

·       Paper Cutter

·       Ruler

·       Adhesive

1.  Select French Vanilla Double Dot 12x12 sheet for the background page of the layout. 

2.  Select the Licorice Chevron paper and cut a 4” x 12” strip and adhere to the background page, 1 inch to the right of the left hand side edge.    

3.  Select the Wine Double Dot paper, cut a 5”x10” piece and layer over the Chevron paper about an inch from it’s left hand side edge.   

4.  From the Bo Bunny Ephemera, select the multi polka dot paper strip and the red curtain paper strip.  Layer on top of the Chevron and Wine paper.  

5.  Select the Burnt Orange Double Dot paper and cut a 3”x3.5 piece which will serve as the matte for your photo.  Adhere to the center of the two Ehpemera paper strips

6.  From the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Halloween Chipboard select the “Happy Halloween” sticker and adhere it to the bottom right corner of the Burnt Orange photo matte    

7.  From the Bo Bunny Ephemera, select the bat brad and the red/white checkered chipboard button.  Place the brad through the button holes to layer the brad on top of the button.   

8.  From the Ephemera, select the Burnt orange and wine colored flower.  Layer them and secure with the brad.

9.  Adhere the flower to the bottom left hand corner of the Burnt Orange photo matte.  In the bottom right hand corner of the layout, adhere the star banner from the Ephemera with the Simple Stories chipboard Witch sticker that is holding the black cat and jock-o-lantern

10.  Add a chipboard heart and star to the right and left of the witch’s hat. Embellish the rest of the page with chipboard heart and star stickers

11.  Add the “Spooky” sticker to the top left hand corner of the Burnt Orange photo matte. 

12.  Adhere the photo to the Burnt Orange photo matte.   

Viola!  You've got one wicked and spooky layout! 

Have a Happy Halloween!

Apryl Holland