Happy Halloween!

Hello Blogger friends! I hope you are having a spook-tacular day! It took the Halloween to get me to my craft table. This time to make cards!It has been a very long time since I've handmade any cards. I found these cuties (basic white die cut skull cards) on the sale rack of my local scrapbook store. I didn't even pay attention to them except my friend Connie brought them to my attention. I only purchased them because they were clearanced and marked down even further making them $0.25 for a pack of 8!! Yes, I admit I only purchased them because I thought atleast I would have 8 envelopes for 25cents, what a bargain even if I didn't use the skulls!! What a deal. Again, I had NO idea what to do with them! Until I thought I should hand doodle day of the dead and make them sugar skulls! Oh, what fun! Each one is very different. Each one is hand doodled, colored, have embellishments glued to them... these were a tremendous amount of fun! And, I was reminded of the doodling class I took online sometime back! Reminds me of the good ole days when I would hand draw on my layouts.

 

 If I've been doing anything consistently crafty lately it has been my newest obsession of scrapbooking Project Life style. But, when I say Project Life style I do not mean scrapbooking everyday but rather, using the pocket pages to scrapbook. And, I have to say, why did it take me so long to get on the bandwagon with this?? Because I was waiting on one of my friends to tell me all about PL! If it weren't for Connie (again) I would totally be in the dark. Maybe because I'm back to work, keeping up with my 4 year old & just generally busy!! But I just haven't been paying attention to the crafting industry. I barely keep up with my beloved Stampin' UP! so sbing just hasn't been on my radar. 

When I was able to accomplish putting my back log of one entire year into my album over a weekend I was hooked! Now, to be fair, I should add that the pictures are in the album HOWEVER, only a few pages are completed. BUT, the pictures are in the album and I'm in the process of adding journaling, embellishments, etc. Which is a better place to be in than pictures in a box! I feel this way of scrapbooking will help my OCD ways helping me have less stress in the long run. Because, as all scrapbookers would likely agree, what looks unfinished to me may look completely done to another. Anywho, on with my show n tell... these are just a sampling of a few pages that are more complete than others... lol!

I have a lot more scrapbooking to do. But, I hope to relay the excitement I have been experiencing over my beloved craft hobbies. Recently I even joined 2 (new to me) monthly scrapbooking kits: Freckled Fawn & Studio Calico. If you know of any other's to check out please let me know!
 
Thank you for stopping by! See you soon! Julia