Halloween & Scrapbooking Paper
Scrapbook Halloween photos and put them out on display year after year. Celebrating Halloween with costume parties and trick-or-treating can result in some fond memories, so don't leave those pictures sitting in a box or on a digital computer file. Grab the right scrapbooking paper for the job and get creative.
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Physical Paper
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Most stores that sell scrapbook supplies will offer coordinating Halloween paper kits around October, if not year-round. You'll find everything from adorable pumpkins and candy corn prints to more sophisticated autumnal-themed paper. Picking up these sets is the easiest way to balance colors and patterns. Use one page or two to create a background, and others for matting. Alternately, some larger paper crafting and scrapbooking stores will sell individual sheets. You can customize your own scrapbooking paper as well using rubber stamps. For example, one pumpkin stamp and orange and black ink can turn a plain white page into a Halloween treat.
Digital Scrapbook Pages
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If you prefer digital scrapbooking, online scrapbook stores sell kits and individual Halloween collections you can download in the blink of an eye. Even if you don't like digital scrapbooking, you can shop from the comfort of your own home for paper, and save and print the files for your scrapbooking use. If you're budget-conscious, look for freebies. Many scrapbooking sites will offer free samples to download and you can acquire quite an assortment from just free downloads alone.
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Thinking Outside the Box
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Your Halloween scrapbooking paper doesn't actually have to have ghosts or pumpkins on it to suffice for a Halloween layout. It's not necessary to be so obvious to create a great page layout. A simple black and gray striped background, or a mottled rusted orange color paper, can give your page the proper mood. You might also choose your paper based on the costumes you wore. For example, if your son was a pirate for Halloween, use a pirate treasure map paper, or skull and crossbones printed paper, for your scrapbook layout.
Not Just for Scrapbooking
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Use Halloween-themed scrapbook paper to create homemade Halloween greeting cards. Decoupage your candy buckets, treat bags, candles, artificial pumpkins and other decorations with it. Cut letters out of scrapbooking paper to make wall signs, or cut out shapes for stylish window hangings. Make a Halloween greeting or sign for trick-or-treaters to put at your door. Fold origami Halloween figures, like bats and cats, to hang on a Halloween tree. Scrapbooking paper is not just for scrapbooking anymore, especially when it comes to decorating for Halloween.
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References
- "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Scrapbooking"; Wendy Smedley; 2000
- Spangler: Halloween Crafts: Candy Wrapper Trick or Treat Buckets
