Well another month gone, and not much longer before Christmas is here, but there are two more fun events to come Halloween and Thanks Giving, so with the new Twilight Collection from Pink Paislee I decided to do something cute and fun for Halloween a “BOO” Welcome Project.

I first cut a piece of wood 9cm wide x 20 cm Long which I would use for the base, I then covered the top of the wood with the Twilight Horizon Pattern Paper and also a chipboard square 20 x 20cm wide which I glued to the back of the wood base.

I also bought 3 wood Alphabets, a 6cm “B” and “O” and a 20cm large “O”, I painted the edges in black and then covered them with Twilight Dusk and Twilight Sunset and sanded.  Then I stuck the large “O” to the middle of the base as the main feature to the project.

I also stuck the Small “B” and “O” to the Large “O” as you can see by the bottom photo.

I also cut out the black spooky trees, grave stones and birds from Twilight Night Fall pattern paper which made fun embellishments. I also used the Twilight Post Cards pattern paper for the bats etc., and Expression Glitter Alphabets “Limeade” for the Welcome and the stars.

I created a cute little “Spooky House” with a triangle and a weird shaped rectangle lol !! and covered with some leftover Twilight pattern paper. I used a Twilight “Bella Brad” for the centre of the triangle, and the ghost was created from the Twilight “Patches”.

A fun project that I just adore, and can’t wait to use, I hope you have fun with any projects you decide to create for Halloween, or maybe you would love to give this ago, enjoy.

Thanks so much.

When I first started scrapping, I followed a friend’s advice and scraplifted a lot of layouts. Scraplifting really helped me learn about colours and design but somehow, I never liked my layouts quite as much as the original inspiration piece. Then, I discovered sketches. WOW. What a revelation. Sketches provided me with just the right amount of guidance to get started but still left enough of a blank canvas that I could really personalize the layout and make it mine. To this day, I turn to sketches whenever I’m short on scrapping time or short on inspiration. I’ve even started making my own sketches, usually based on an existing layout that I love, so that I can re-use the same design at a later time. That’s what I did with the layout and sketch below:

This layout uses the gorgeous Twilight line. I’m usually not a fan of themed products but this line is definitely different. Although the colours and general feel of the products is definitely Halloween related, I can really see myself using them for non-Halloween layouts as well. That’s a good thing because I only do a single Halloween page each year and I definitely want to get more use out of these papers!

If you haven’t tried sketches yet, I strongly recommend that you give it a whirl! Please link your layout in the comments section if you happen to try this particular sketch I’m off to a homecoming football game with  my family, have a great Saturday and weekend everyone!

Hi everyone

It’s Tasty Tuesday here at Pink Paislee, and I created a fun project for a place where all (well most of) the tasty yummys come from – the kitchen!

My dad is the chef in our home, and his cooking is loved by not only the family but also friends who have been hooked by the yummys my dad whips up. All that he cooks are made with love, and you can taste this even in the simplest dish.

I altered a cheeseboard for Dad to hang in the kitchen, using the gorgeous Amber Road collection. I love that the colors of this collection are perfect for both masculine and feminine projects, and the warm palette was just what I needed to bring across the cosyness and warmth the kitchen (and the nourishment that comes out of it) brings to our family and whomever we welcome to our home.

Below are some closeup shots.

Amber Road Bella Brad (epoxy) used to embellish the ribbon bow.

Smaller alphas are the Limeade Expressions Glitter Alphabets, and bigger alphas were glittered with Strawberry Pixee Stix. Borders were stamped with a border stamp from the Amber Road Impressions Stamp set.

Other Amber Road goodies used on this project were the Punchouts and Borderlines Stickers.

Here’s wishing you a wonderful creative Tuesday!