Halloween Week

We've got a spook-tacular week ahead of us here on the AC Studio Blog!

Is the countdown to Halloween is on at your house?  We've got lots of ideas for you to try out if you've got a minute to spare this week... or give them a go next week while you're on sugar buzz from that leftover Halloween candy!

First up is this awesome idea book from Design Team member Holly...

Supplies: Haunted Paper (34774) - Halloween, Full Moon Paper (34777) - Halloween, Sweets Paper (34778) - Halloween, Midnight Paper (34779) - Halloween, Wicked Paper (34784) - Halloween, Charms Paper (34786) - Halloween, Magic Spells Paper (34787) - Halloween, Scream Paper (34789) - Halloween, Sleepy Hallow Paper (34794) - Halloween, Frightening Paper (34796) - Halloween, Fun Small Set (59096) - Clear Stamps, Black Hocus Pocus Accents (42993) - Thickers, Black Daydream (43062) - Thickers, Edgar (43337) - Minimarks: Books, Cauldron (43339) - Minimarks

Holly says: "Not only is Halloween one of my most favorite of holidays, but every year my husband and I host a huge Halloween costume party.  I'm always clipping ideas from magazines... everything from spooky decorating ideas to creepy-crawly recipes.  I needed a place to stash all of those ideas in one organized area, and this accordion album made for the perfect idea book.

Using various patterned paper designs from the Halloween collection, I sewed pockets onto each individual accordion page.  Then, I stamped some labels for each pocket and applied rub-ons to label and decorate each pocket.  For the cover, I actually hand-cut the spider web from the Frightening Paper (34796) design.  Then, I made a label to go on top of it, and adhered a chipboard spider from the Hocus Pocus Accents Thickers (42993) to the elastic band that acts as a closure for the album.

And, there you have it... a quick, fun way to store all of your decorating and party planning ideas!  Not big into Halloween?  No problem... this would also make a great organizer for coupons, Christmas lists, etc.!"

This is an amazing book, Holly!  Thanks for sharing this cool idea and I love the tip on creating a similar book for Christmas lists.  See you back here tomorrow for more hauntingly good Halloween inspiration!

Comments

[Paige Evans]

Holly - you hand cut that web! Wow! How long did that take? It looks awesome. Aaand this book is a great idea.

[AnnaMarie Ferrell]

I love practical crafts! This is super cute!

[Barb]

LOVE this cute little project... and I LOVE this Halloween line of AC. I can't wait to see more!

[Julie@JulieChats]

LOVE the book! And the idea of cutting out the web, I trim a lot of designs from papers for my layout, my exacto is one of my very best scrapbooking "friends". I've got those papers at home just waiting for some Halloween photos!

[Beth Perry]

HOLLY ROX MY SOX!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE BOOK AND I LOVE HALLOWEEN!

[Angie]

I'm impressed with the hand-cut web. Was there a trick to it?

[betsy]

man! what a great idea!

[Paper on Research]

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[Wendy Sue]

What a great way to save all of your ideas - I love it! :o)

[Dusti]

Such a fun idea book Holly!