With that in mind I was able to carve out a bit of time this afternoon to do a layout. Out came the new Tim Holtz Halloween papers that I bought. I really love the distressed look he has as a small sampling. I don't think I could scrap solely that way but this is a nice change to my usually more brighter style. I wasn't going to bog myself down with finding the perfect pictures... this year I am going to spend less time heming and hawing and just get down to work. Easily accessible were pictures of the kids right before trick or treating in 2000. They aren't even favorite pictures but they are all I have of the 3 of them from that year so they needed to be scrapped. I decided to cut some of the words out of the paper and use them on the reverse side of another sheet. I even used my new Tim Holtz distressing tool to scrape the edges and then inked them in brown. After adhering the words and the matted pictures I felt like something else was needed. I decided to use the pumpkins from the Pumpkin Carving cartridge. I cut them out of the Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock and sanded them a bit to have the reddish orange come thru. I also added green stems and inked the edges for a little definition since the seasonal cart doesn't come with a shadow option. I added a few journaling strips commenting on the beautiful unseasonal weather we had that Halloween (temps were in the 60's during the day). And for a finishing touch I also distressed the edge of the layout and inked that in brown as well. I am pleased with the final product. My first layout of 2011...
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