Monster Mash

Lately, I've been feeling a bit discouraged by my severe lack of desk, and I haven't been crafting. It's made me a bit sad though, and I missed doing it. So, I pushed myself to finally finish something, and here's what I came up with. (I'm so lazyyy!!)

The layout features pictures of my sister at a Halloween party. (You can click on the image to view it larger.) First, I cut the spiderweb background. It looks a lot like the Martha Stewart border punches, but it's actually cut with the Cricut! Ha! That machine is such a money-saver. You can find the files to cut your own spiderweb background here. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and you'll see the files.

So then! I cut some photo mats, tore the edges with a tearing ruler, and I just used cotton swabs and a black ink pad to make the mats look dingy. I cut the title, used a piece of scrap paper to go across the middle of the page, and I finally got out the packet of jewels I bought a while ago and embellished the title bar.

(You can get 135 multi-colored jewels from Wal-Mart in a little baggie for about $3! It's a great deal! They're in the kid's crafts section! Go get some! In my Wal-mart, they're like one aisle over from the scrapbooking section, and they have scrapbooking jewels too. You can get about a quarter of the amount for about twice the price.)

Oh, and the "Monster Mash" title is one of the freebies over at SVGCuts.

Hooray for me! Layout done!