Halloween Cutie - CM Full Moon

Today in preparation for the upcoming virtual crop that Creative Memories is hosting on January 14th & 15th I decided to get some of CM's digital paper packs.  I played around using Full Moon as the main kit.  I do have a thing for Halloween. I did bring in a border from the Totally Tonal Red & Orange and I layered a photo mat from Sparks of Magic to make the black paper stretch across the page.  I am not sure who will be in the photos, but I do like it. I will add it to a file for base pages.  It has a spot for 1 5x7, 1 4x6, & 2 2x3's. 

I do like digital scrapbooking. I didn't have to worry about not having the right size die cut, not having enough of an element or too many, the only thing is I don't have the ability to use my specific tools to shape my papers. I will definitely be going digital for doing our Disney vacations. I have so many photos to do and have just been putting off because making 3 coordinating pages uses SOOOO many supplies. I have tons of bits and bobs from all the kits I have used that I don't have enough to make a set of pages for us. I am sorta kicking myself in the rear for not starting earlier with digital, how many kits that I would have liked but missed out on.  

I will be adding this to Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge.  I honestly did not expect to work with the Halloween kit first but that is the one that drew me.

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Today I was going to play around with some Halloween items to make something for the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge....I ADORE that name.  I grabbed a Simple Stories "Happy Halloween" mini collection that I have had since the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo in 2019.  I was stuck as to what to do with it, the kit only has 6 double-sided pages and a 6x12 sticker sheet.  I did not want to waste any with going willy-nilly on a design. 

Then this afternoon I watched a FB live with Noreen from Organized and Creative Mom.  She showed a 5-Step / 5 Minute layout that was absolutely wonderful.  That got my creative juices going.  

Instead of doing the circle cut I used Stamps of Life - Fancy Pumpkin Fold-it base die. Then used the layering dies to cut out the pumpkin in a mustard yellow shimmer cardstock; a leaf (Sizzix # 663094 - Skeleton Leaves) cut from a scrap of ink blended cardstock.  I used just a single cut and trimmed to make 2 separate pieces.  The grass (Stamps of Life is also cut from the ink blended paper.  The rest of the paper is Neenah 65# paper from a starter pack.  The orange is 4" x 6" mat layered with the black cut at 3.75" x 5.75".  I popped up the bats and phrases along the photo mats.  I now have another base page in my scrapbook.