Halloween layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome!  I have created more spooky crafts. Today I am posting for Sketches in Thyme Facebook Challenge Group.  I found this very old Rusty Pickle paper that perfectly complimented my photos from a Halloween concert.

Here is this week's sketch. Play along HERE.

I also used another old product, some Magic Mesh.  I do appreciate the look sometimes.

I used several die cuts.  I layered some coordinating papers and made a mini file folder.  I die cut a tag and circles.  I added stickers and brads to the die cuts.

Ingredients:

Rusty Pickle papers

Creative Memories sticker letters

Divinity Designs Pierced Circle dies

Recollections Glitter embellishments

We R Tape It kit tag die

Memorydex Mini File Folder dies
Black Magic Mesh

brads, gems and stickers

misc papers

black pen

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/10/neglected-stuff-1025-challenge.html until 10.28x

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/cut-it-up-challenge-341-add.html until 10.28x

Play along with this week's sketch or any of October's other week's sketches on our Sketches in Thyme Facebook Page.

Thanks for reading my blog.

Alicia

Open if you Dare Halloween card for Atlantic Hearts challenge

Hello, open if you dare is the sentiment of the day!  I am using this week's sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge.  I used my nesting coffin dies for the first time with this card. I stamped and embossed the sentiment on the black die cut coffin.  I also cut the ghosts and spiderwebs.

Here is this week's sketch.

Another view where you can see the ghost on pop dots.

A close up of the ghost. Both the paper and dies are from Scrapbook.com and coordinate.

Ingredients:

Scrapbook.com Willow Lane A2 paper pack

Scrapbook.com Pumpkin House dies (ghosts)

Scrapbook.com Nested Coffin die

Karen Burniston Halloween Scene dies (spiderweb)

Stampin Up Hallows Night Magic sentiment stamp

Colorbox Popcorn ink

white embossing powder

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2025/10/sos558-hey-ghoulfriend.html until 10.20x

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-130-autumnhalloween.html until 10.28x

https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-114-autumn-andor-halloween.html until 10.30x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2025/10/october-welcomes-brass-and-bliss.html until 10.31x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2025/10/nbus-challenge-79.html until 10.31x

Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia

Gorjuss Witch card with Creative Memories papers

Today's October post is a cute blonde witch.  I sent this one to a blonde friend of mine for Halloween. I hope she thinks it's a sweet as I do.

I die cut several of the pieces in white and colored them with alcohol markers and distress inks. Other pieces I used printed papers like the dress.  I loved it with three black gems as buttons. 

Another view. The banner was a die cut embellishment from the Creative Memories Hocus Pocus paper pack.  I still have one lots of pieces left and one unopened pack!

Ingredients:

Gorjuss "The Hour" Witch dies

Creative Memories Hocus Pocus 6x6 paper pack with embellishments

Alcohol markers: 

Distress inks: Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilzed Amber

Divinity Designs pierced circle dies

various papers and card stock including Bazzill

gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/10/trick-or-treat-smell-my-feet-challenge.html until 10.12x

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2025/09/69-males-go-feminin.html until 10.15x

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-130-autumnhalloween.html until 10.27x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2025/10/october-welcomes-brass-and-bliss.html until 10.31x

https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/10/cookie-challenge-209-october-spooky-fun.html until 10.31x

Thanks for stopping by today

Alicia

Rusty Pickle Halloween layout for Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome.  I am posting for Sketches in Thyme today.  Using a really sharp sketch.  This could apply to so many different pages. I chose to highlight some photos from a Halloween concert.  I dug deep in my Halloween stash and found some Rusty Pickle papers.  

Here is the sketch.

Ingredients:

Rusty Pickle papers

Creative Memories sticker letters

Halloween acetate embellishments

Spellbinders tag die

Memorydex file folder die

Stampin Up iridescent gems 

glitter embellishments

fiber and magic mesh

Play along with any of this month's four sketches at Sketches in Thyme.  Thanks for reading today.

Alicia

Halloween layout: My Favorite Holiday for Lasting Memories as Guest Designer

Welcome to my second week as guest designer at Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog.  This week's challenge #758 is scrapping your favorite holiday.  My favorite holiday is Halloween.  It's always a fun holiday! This particular Halloween we traveled to New Orleans for a concert.  

Here is page one.  I began with a kit from way back...for years I belonged to The Storytellers Club.  They really had some great kits.  Long ago I separated the card stock and kits by theme.  I found this one in my Halloween papers.

I found a Pinterest sketch to use for page one.

I love this green shimmer paper.  I still have a few more sheets but I am getting low after years.  I purchased a 25 count pack at Tuesday Morning.  My purchase has outlived the store!  I used Creative Memories sticker letters.  I keep chipping away at my stash.

For the title I used my Cricut and a rock n roll font with skulls and cross bones. I layered scraps of the green shimmer paper behind the cut outs.

I used a sheet of Halloween circle stickers and layered them on a Tim Holtz Sizzix die cut.  I think the bat is from a Recollections collection but I could be mistaken.

The second page continues the title and more of my circle embellishments.  

I found another sketch with four or more photos on Pinterest.  You can find this one HERE.  I loved all the action shots of this song and wanted to include a lot of images, therefore, I printed them small.

The Storytellers Club kits always included several pages of die cut embellishments to punch out.  I thought these brackets were adorable!  I had to use them.  The border with glitter words is a different brand but coordinates well.

A close up of one of the clusters using my circle embellishment and echo park brads.

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club October 2009 kit

ANC Crestwood Grass Green Shimmer and Plum adhesive backed paper

Creative Memories mini sticker letters 

Cricut Rock Star font

Tim Holtz Sizzix Stitched Circles

Echo Park Decorative brads Arsenic & Lace

Creative Memories circle cutting system

Halloween border (K & Co?)

dimensional bat stickers and other stickers

black card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html until 7.31x

Thanks for reading today and don't forget to play along with  Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog.  This week's challenge #758 is scrapping your favorite holiday until the end of the month.

Alicia

Gorjuss Witch card with Creative Memories Hocus Pocus papers

Welcome to October!  It's my favorite month of the year.  I was so excited to use my "new to me" witch dies. I purchased these second hand with no packaging.  Therefore, I just did my best with google to identify them.  I recognize the "gorjuss" look.  I used a combination of card stock and alcohol markers on white cardstock to create her.

Here is the sketch I used from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I created the moon from two Spellbinders nesting circle dies and some Distress ink.  I free handed the flag.

Ingredients:

Gorjuss "The Hour" Witch dies

Creative Memories Hocus Pocus 6x6 papers

Alcohol markers: 

Copic Neutral Gray N4 and N6

Copic E02 and another flesh I didn't record info

Distress inks: Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilzed Amber

Spellbinders Nesting Circle dies

various papers and card stock including Bazzill

gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/2024/10/tuesday-morning-sketches-776.html until 10.6x

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/Challenge-176.html until 10.7x

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/09/601-add-gems-or-pearls.html until 10.8x

https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-2024-anything-goes-halloween.html until 10.30x

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-119-autumn-andor-halloween.html until 10.28x

https://kimsconjurerofdreams.blogspot.com/2024/10/conjurer-of-dreams-challenge-1.html 10.31x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2024/10/lets-celebrate-world-card-making-day.html until 10.31x

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Tim Holtz 3D Skulls embossing with LED Light Up box

Hello and welcome to today's project.  I created this one for my husband to go in his music room.  I found the LED light box at work.  I thought I could make something cool and I think I did!  It was a simple project with great results.

This a photo without the lights on.

Here's a photo with the original light box and the insert I created.  I began by cutting the transparency to fit the box.  Then I inked up the film.  I used varying shades of blue and black Ranger Alcohol inks. Finally, I embossed the sheet with the Tim Holtz 3D Skulls folder.  The insert was larger than the folder, therefore, I ran the transparency through twice.

Here's another couple of shots of the unlit box. I inked the transparency first so as to not have the inks pool in the dimension after embossing.

Finally, another lit shot of the project.  My husband likes it and that is what matters.

Ingredients:

LED light box

Tim Holtz Sizzix 3D Skulls

Tim Holtz Ranger Alcohol inks

Transparency sheet cut to fit box

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://welove2create.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-9-craft-card-making.html until 10.27x

https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-13-most-magical-anything.html until 10.28x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/10/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-october.html until 10.29x

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ until 10.30x

https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-728-trick-or-treat.html until 10.31

https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/10/get-inky.html until 11.5x

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/10/chalenge-248-halloween-colours.html until 11.6

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2023/10/46-halloween.html until 11.14x

Thank you for reading about today's project.  I hope you enjoyed.

Alicia

Stampin Up Googly Ghouls and Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Hey now! This week I made a second card for Atlantic Hearts challenge.  This one I did do some stamping.

Here is this week's sketch.

Here's a close up of my witch.

I stamped this guy on the inside.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Googly Ghouls

Momento Tuxedo Black ink

Copic Markers BG11 Moon White (skin) and YR18 Sanguine 

Marvy Twinkle pen gold (buckle)

paper and ribbon from my stash

off white card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-92-autumn-andor-halloween.html until 10.28x

https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-13-most-magical-anything.html until 10.28x

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/10/october-147-halloween-every-type-of.html until 10.31 jff

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/10/october-2023-anything-goes.html until 11.3

Please play along at Atlantic Hearts challenge until Sunday evening.

Thank you for reading my blog today.

Alicia

Sweets card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Welcome to my blog today.  I have a clean and simple card for you today using the latest Atlantic Hearts challenge sketch.  My card features the best part of Halloween, the candy!! I didn't even stamp on this one.  I simply used some pretty papers.

Here is the sketch this week.

Here is a close up of my fussy cut candies.  I cut them from a coordinating piece of scrap paper.

And a side view.  I popped one up on foam dots.

Ingredients:

paper from my stash

EK Success Adornments fiber

Recollections white card base

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2023/10/cupcake-inspirations-challenge-580.html until 10.28x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/10/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-october.html until 10.29x

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2023/10/halloween.html until 10.30x

https://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/sas4kids-holidaycelebration-cards-4-kids.html until 11.1x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/10/october-2023-anything-goes.html until 11.3x

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/10/chalenge-248-halloween-colours.html until 11.6x

Please play along at Atlantic Hearts challenge until Sunday evening.

Thank you for visiting today

Alicia