Stinkin' Cute!

by Karen Hanson | 8 years ago

Hi everyone! It’s Social media Design Team member Karen H. and today I am going to help get you in the mood for Halloween!

DCWV has a great new stack out right now called Halloween Night. I decided to use it to capture one of my favourite Halloween nights about 6 years ago. One of my daughters was just over a year old, and I found a really cute skunk costume for her to wear. Up here in Calgary, Halloween can often coincide with the first snow of the season, so warm costumes are a must. Not only was she going to be stinkin’ cute, but she was also going to be stinkin’ warm!

For this layout, I wanted to pick up on the pumpkin that was in the background on one of the pictures, so I chose a bright orange polka dot patterned paper for the background. From there, I just had fun layering different sizes of rectangular papers, all slightly bigger than my largest photo.

I think found some cute elements in the stack that were perfect for fussy cutting – a set of stacked pumpkins…

…and a fun version of the date. Each was large enough to make the cutting really easy with a good set of scissors. I simply adhered them with foam squares for a bit of dimension and to make them pop from the background paper. With a button, some adhesive rhinestones, and a bit of doodling and journaling with a thick black pen, I was all done!

There are all sorts of fun patterns in this stack –I can’t wait to use it for a variety of Halloween-themed projects (I see treat bags and an altered witched hat in my future). And while I would argue that my daughter is stinkin’ cute in these pictures, this stack definitely helps put the cute in spook!