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I’ve made you a Halloween “Frugal” Scrapbook

This month is SCRAPBOOK time! I don’t make a lot of scrapbooks, as I don’t have many pictures to put in them. I have LOTS of my daughter’s little dog…. you’d think he was a grandson or something.. With  the economy the way it is, people aren’t spending a lot on “luxury” items, so I have made a “FRUGAL  half-size scrapbook”.  This one is made all of cardstock, no binder to put it into. So your only cost in making something similar is the cost of the cardstock, some inks, existing stamps from your Stamp Stash,  any embellishments you might have around your craft room, and the 3 rings to hold all the pages together…and oh yes.. a  MAGNET to close it shut.

I am having a Halloween Card/Gift class this week, so I thought I’d let the gals make one of these… so my theme is Halloween. You can make one of these quickie scrapbooks in an afternoon and make it ANY THEME you desire! So if you need a quick gift for a party, anniversary, etc… give it a try. It’s amazing what you can find in drawers once you start digging for things to decorate your book.

First the COVER: The right flap is held shut with a little strip of magnet. It only takes about 1″ of magnet on both sides of the flap to hold the book shut. I used to hunt all over town for magnets before SU came out with this wonderful pack of magnet sheets. You get 3-  12″ long sheets to a pack.

Here’s a closer view of the cover and side flap >>>

Inside the cover is a couple of pages for you to write some notes on what the event might be….Halloween party, trick or treating, school party, Masquerade ball, etc.

Each section has a cover page, followed by 4 pages for pictures. Here’s Section I:

Then on to SECTION 2:

And finally SECTION 3:

Here’s another view of the book…you can see all the different sections

Supplies and Stamp sets used:

Stamps: Dark and Dreary, Wicked Cool, House of Haunts

Cardstock: Old Olive Textured, Cajun Craze, Naturals Ivory, Very Vanilla, Concord Crush (the ghosts)

Designer Elements: Night Fright DSP, Pick your Poison Accents

Inks: Early Espresso, Basic Black

Accessories: Large Oval punch, Square scallop punch, 1/4″ circle punch, Ribbons: Pumpkin Pie grosgrain, Lucky Limeade ruffled tafeta, Basic Black grosgrain; 1″ metal rings (non-SU); sheet of magnets

Next blog on this hop >> Charlotte Hollingsworth

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I have some things to go create, so I better get busy!!