Free Halloween Scrapbooking Kit, New Halloween Templates and Fabulous Page Inspiration

Welcome Crafty Peeps, to The Cherry On Top.

On tap today are two fabulous packs of Halloween themed templates, some new kits from around DigiLand as well as some older ones.  Of course, we've got pages and pages of fabulous inspiration and we started our Hop Around, today.  Hop around to our social spots and download the free Halloween kit that coordinates with our new templates and shares the same name, Kooky Spooky.

I'll show ya my page, first using Clever Monkey Graphics and WendyP Designs, Shabby Chic Halloween.

Gorgeousness from the team!

Cherry's page using a kit from Digital Scrapbooking Designs.

More with Tracey's collection and a page from Hilary.

I love just a touch of glam. 

A lovely page from Jenn and goodies from the Sweet Shoppe.

Theresa matched up the templates with fabulousness from Made By Keuntje.

Here's our kit, Pumpkin Spice and a page by Celine.

Cool stuff from JoCee and another great page from our gal, Roxana.

More from Theresa and Made By Keuntje.

There are so many different ways to play with the skeleton hands.  I quite like the outline and a touch of dimension for extra effect.  Especially, for Halloween.

I absolutely LOVE this pack of templates.

Here's my page with more goodies from Tracey at Clever Monkey Graphics and the Sweet Shoppe.  How are you liking the bevel on the shoes, legs and cauldron?  I'm going to have this turned into a yard flag.  I'm so excited. You know I'll show ya once it comes in and I've got it hanging.

Here was a great excuse to add some glamour to my page.  I mean my broom was pretty glammed out already.  These boots are way too, fun!  I added a bevel to my broom to make it look a bit more round.

More from the talented team.

Another fab page from Cherry and designs from LDrag.

A super page from Jarmila and Butterfly Designs.

It doesn't always have to be a complex page to look awesome, right?

This is a nice basic page from Jillian and LDrag Designs.

Here's another really fun page from Roxana.  She also added some extra dimension to her boots and the cauldron.  A touch of glitter to the stockings was a nice touch, too.

JoCee Designs found at the Sweet Shoppe.

Felicity scrapped up a great page using Aimee Harrison Designs.

Digging the darker edge to Jen's goodies in Caro's page.  Just the right amount of bright to balance it all out.

Designs from Simple Pleasures also at the Sweet Shoppe.

Another page from Caro and JoCee Designs.  So, super!  I love that she kept the cool glowing mask, but used a different haunted house from the collection.  Looks really, really great.

Designs from JoCee

Check out my video on how to turn Kooky Spooky templates into dimension rich and textured quick pages with just a few clicks!

A quick page in a few clicks?!

Our Patronus collection will look super with these templates, too.  I've put ALL of our older fall themed goodies on sale for 50% off throughout the weekend so you can grab it all at a super discount!

Did you cash in on $2 Tuesday this week?  I put these two really great coordinating goodies for just $2 each.  Thanks so much if ya got this great deal.  I really, really love these templates.

I played with ALL of them!

Pumpkin Spice Templates and Frivolous Fall from Aimee Harrison Designs

The kit and coordinating templates!

Pumpkin Spice Templates and Copper Spice from Heartstrings Scrap Art

Not just for Halloween or Fall.

Transform from Aimee Harrison Designs and Pumpkin Spice Templates

Here are some more pages for you to ogle...

Ripped Off Templates and Pumpkin Spice Kit

Pumpkin Spice Kit

Ripped Off Templates and Pumpkin Spice Kit

I had to share Roxana's page with Tracey's, Haunted Halloween collection and our Pumpkin Spice templates.  It's SO Scrap-A-Licious!

Haunted Halloween from Clever Monkey Graphics and PumpkinSpice Templates

I sure hope we inspired you with all of these wonderful layouts?

Now check out last week's free printable.  Treat bags for your ghosts and goblins or co workers if you want to give some cookies or treats.

Here's the blog's portion of elements #2 from the free kit, Kooky Spooky that coordinates with our two, new packs of templates.  The papers are in the group and the first part of the elements are in your newsletter.  What do ya mean you're not subscribed?!  Hehehe...We spoil our subscriber family and I only invade your mailbox once a week.  It's a great way to keep up with all we have going on.

THIS IS NO LONGER FREE.  No worries!  We've got tons of other free stuff.

Click on the image for the download.

 

If you're downloading this lovely kit, leave us some love and share your pages and or projects over in our group.  We would SO love to see what you've done.

Thanks so much for hopping over here.  We'll see you around.

Happy scrapping!

Halloween With The Cherry On Top

 Happy Halloween, Cherry fans!

This is what we did for our village's Halloween festival.  I'm an American Ex-Pat living in a rural village/suburb in East Flanders, Belgium.  Halloween hasn't quite taken off in Belgium, but it is growing in popularity.  Especially, in my village.  Yay!  This was our third (I believe) year of our Halloween Celebration.  The party committee asks that everyone do a bit of something scary to dress up our community.

The biggest problem I find, is that it's nearly impossible to find Halloween stuff!!!  On a jaunt to Ghent, I came across a window dressing store.  Eek!  I checked it out on line and saw it was open to the public and they had some pretty cool Halloween stuff.  I purchased the grave stone, skull, bones, that hanging, black death skeleton thingy and some black mesh.  Etalage Gouwy can be found here.  If you want to see more photos of our party, click here.

This photo is for better detail.  I bought the large, full skeleton, the tiny skulls in the glass bowl and the spiders at Paradisio.  I also got JJ's costume there.

The bats are hung with nearly invisible wire, hehehe...They come from templates you can find on our Pinterest board, Halloween.  The raven is also from a template.  I printed out the raven, cut it, then glued it on to the inside of a cereal box for rigidity, painted that side and cut again.  You can always use a black marker if your paper shows a bit around the edges.  I hung it in the cage with more of the nearly invisible wire.

For the long vase, I used the black mesh and placed the bones in and around it.  Books help give height to the arrangement and the candles really help bring the whole thing together.

More candles outside, pumpkins from the fruit and veg box and we're ready for the visitors!

The chain is also from Paradisio and JJ named the skeleton, T-Bone.  Hehehe...

At the last minute, I found this Jack-O'-Lantern at the Aldi.

I used nuts from our neighbours tree to keep the candle steady in my glass jar along with those tiny skulls.

This guy is Gerald.  His eyes light up and there is a motion sensor and scary noise.  Very noisy! I turned it off since no one would be walking by anyway.

Liam wanted to be a ninja, again.  Yes!  Easy peasy!  Black jogging pants, black long sleeve t-shirt and a ski mask.  Cake!  He made some paper Chinese stars from a video he found on You Tube and took his safe, foam sword.

If you don't have a ski mask, here's something I found on Pinterest that you can do with a long sleeve shirt.

Liam thought he had the problem solved, when we couldn't find his ski mask, which was two pair of underwear!  BUAH!  This kid!  (Yes, they were at least, clean.)

JJ wanted to be a skeleton this year.  I broke down and spend the 7 Euros for his costume.  He found the mask way too scary and didn't want to put it on.  Dad tried to encourage him by saying, "Once it's on your face, you don't have to see it any more".  Hehehe...He at least let me get a few photos with it on.

This can probably go on one of those meme's about Failed Pins !  Hehehe...I wasn't feeling all that great and just didn't put the time into the make up. Then I forgot my cape!  Ugh!  Everyone thought I was a witch, again.  Hehehe...I was SUPPOSED to be a vampire-ess.  The wig drove me nuts and those awful fake teeth left my mouth sore for a couple of days and made it impossible to talk!  Hehehe... 

This was the look I was going for.  BUAH!!!  Not even close!

There you have it!  Our wacky Halloween!  Hehehe...

Thanks so much for stopping by for a peep and we hope, a laugh.

Happy Haunting!