Monster Mash Party Hop

Hello, all! Today it's time for a Monster Mash Party Hop! We're going to hop through many blogs to see the wonderful creations Simply B Fans have created for Halloween!

Below is the description of the hop:

Let's get down and boogie with the Boo-gies! I would love to see what all you have done with the Judes you have purchased, what have you created with our Halloween Steampunks, any Halloween SBS image you have purchased or have gotten as a freebie from the Simply Betty Facebook Fan Page! What better way to show the whole of the internet than a Monster Mashing, Boo Hopping hop!

What: Monster Mash Hop
Date: Sept. 7th 2012
Time: 12 noon PST
What to create: Anything HALLOWEEN, anything SBS, make a treat bag, make a t-shirt, think outside of the Coffin box, or just a card! Anything goes!

Now here is the kicker... one person from this hop will be asked to join our Design Team for October, November and December! Your projects will be judeged on from our DT members now! So give us all you got!!!!

Blog Hop Blog Roll:

Simply Betty Stamps Blog:http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Beth Creation http://bethscraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk/
Corinne Jones http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com
Louise Mann http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Trish Sakulich http://scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.com
Anda Nicolson http://craftyfresian.blogspot.co.uk/
Kelly Millett http://kamscraftyplace.blogspot.co.uk
Tanya Johnson http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com
Erin Fairclough http://elfiessparkleanddust.blogspot.co.uk/
Olivia Marmara http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/
Katrina Benton www.flutterbytrina.blogspot.co.uk
Trudie Howard http://trudiescakesandcards.blogspot.co.uk
Ginger Paige http://gingerscreativeplace.blogspot.com/
Kathy Gillon http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com
Rachel Mutchler http://rachelspaperwishes.blogspot.com/
You Are HERE -->Celina Matthews http://www.scrapvamp.blogspot.com
Irene Sherman http://irenescardcreations.blogspot.com/ <--She is NEXT
Katya Bess http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/
Gina Lindsay http://ginasmakingsandmusings.blogspot.com/
Lisa Nelson http://distinctivelmnts.blogspot.com/


And here is what I created!

October Notebook. This lovely witch is Witchy Wednesday! I don't know about you all but I right lists and jot things done constantly. I have notebooks all over the house and I thought "Why not make a fun and pretty notebook to write all those things down! This one is going to be for October! (and all the things I must get done, etc...)

 

The papers are from MAMBI, the alphas are from Thickers, the bling is from Zva Creative. I used my Cricut Expression to cut out the ovals, Christmas Red Stickles, Majestic Purple Liquid Pearls, and Copics to color my image.

 

 

What do you think? I hope this and the other creations for this hop inspire you!

Scraps of Darkness - The Halloween Blog Hop!

If you are looking for Day 5 of the 31 Days of Halloween, it's the post below this one.

Hello, all! Some exciting news for you today!

Announcing our first ever Scraps of Darkness BLOG HOP on October 15th!! We are revealing the AMAZING October kit and giving away TONS of prizes!! The Scraps of Darkness blog will be giving away two KITS as well as prizes being given out at each of our DT's blogs!! The chances of winning are huge and you can even win more than one prize!!! Mark Your Calendars!!!!

Here is a blinkie for you!


And here is the blog roll of participating blogs!

SOD Blog - http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/

Mandy - http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com

Charlotte - http://suepup.blogspot.com/

Nancy - http://justaboutthedetails.com/

Karen - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/

Renea - http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/

Cheryl - http://www.cherylspassion.blogspot.com/

Celina - http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/ <---You are Here!

Jennifer - http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/

Rules:  To win a prize you must become a follower on the Scraps of Darkness Blog and leave a comment on each blog in the hop including the Scraps of Darkness Blog.  For the individual blog prizes (given by each design team member) you must become a  follower of each individual blog as well. So to be eligible to win your all prizes in the blog giveaway you must become a follower over at the Scraps of Darkness Blog and each blog in the hop.
Now don't forget that there will be tons of prizes being given away! Here is a photo of the prize I will be giving away here at my blog for The Halloween Blog Hop! (Open to U.S. and International Participants - International participants are responsible for shipping.)

Lots of Tim Holtz Goodies!

Now onto a layout I created using the September Scraps of Darkness Passages Kit. This is for the Skeletons in the Closet Challenge over at the Scraps of Darkness forum. This month's topic is "Who Are You - When No One is Looking?

Unguarded Layout. This is a recent self portrait that I photo edited. I used the Scraps of Darkness Passages Kit which comprised of many wonderful Teresa Collins World Traveler papers. I cut one into strips to lay over the other to represent being locked up. I added the brick masking for this effect, too. I die cut cork pieces with my Vagabond and misted some Petaloo Color Me Crazy flowers with Smooch mists in Holly Berry and Wood Stain. The small flowers are Prima Londonerry. The flourished are from Bo Bunny's Et Cetera line. The hinges are from Vintaj. I added Rouge Liquid Pearls to the flourishes.

Unguarded Close Up. I added some hidden journaling on a tag that hides behind the photo matting. The butterfly is from Prima and the brads are from the Teresa Collins World Traveler collection. The journaling reads "When no one is looking, I let my guard down and truly become ME. I don't have to care about what every one else thinks or needs. I can relax and take care of my self."

Unguarded Close up 2. This is a close up of some of the misted flowers and cork flowers on this page.