D. Brinsley's Memory Keeping Blog: Halloween Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to my blog! I do hope you're following the CM Halloween Blog Hop. My fellow CM Content Contributors have created some really cool Halloween projects for you to be inspired by. If so, you should have arrived here after visiting Fran Smitherman's blog at CelebratingYourBeautifulLife. When you've finished reading my post, be sure to hop on over to Stefani Jones' blog at Crop with Stef. And when you have finished visiting Stefani's blog - you're last stop - be sure to visit the CM Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win some fun treats.

Today I'm going to share nine Halloween Borders that I created with the fun Trick or Treat Paper Pack and Trick or Treat Stickers shown in the flyer below. By the way, isn't the Pumpkin Patch Album Cover just too cute!? It would be a fun way to share pictures of your Halloween adventures.

Anyway, I had so much fun creating these borders and can't wait to share them with you. I've posted two sets of borders with instructions today. Be sure to scroll past the instructions for the first set to get to the second set. Hope you have fun with them!!

Trick or Treat Borders # 1

Basic Flag Instructions:

To create the flags used in both sets of borders, slightly pinch the two corners of your rectangle or strip and snip to create a "v" into your flag.

Supplies List - Trick or Treat Borders #1:

Trick or Treat Paper Pack, Trick or Treat Stickers, Shades of Bright Decorative Cardstock, and Black Cardstock. You'll also need the 12-inch Straight Trimmer, sharp scissors, Corner Rounder, a black dual-tip pen, the Shape Maker with the Square and Circle Punches, and the Border Maker with the Picket Fence and Bubble Maker cartridges.

Instructions:

1. Too Cute to Spook Border

Cut one 1 1/4" x 12" strip from purple cardstock, one 1" x 12" strip from green patterned paper, and on 1/2" x 12" strip from orange patterned paper. Layer as shown.
Use square maker cartridge to punch a square from purple cardstock. Round corners with corner rounder. Use the Straight Trimmer to cut a 2 1/2" square from orange cardstock. Layer and attach owl sticker as shown.
Cut three 3/4" x 1 1/2" strips and on 1" x 2" strips from patterned paper shown. Refer to Basic Flag Instructions above to create a "v" in one end of each strip. Adhere strips to owl square as shown.
Cut one 3/4" x 3" strip from orange cardstock. Create a "v" in one end of strip. Use a black dual-tip pen to create a title and attach to owl square as shown. Adhere square to border strip.

2. Got Candy? Border

Cut a 1 3/4" strip from orange patterned paper shown. Punch a bubble border from black cardstock and trim to 1 1/4 by 12 inches. Layer strips as shown.
Using sharp scissors, cut orange label from the middle square of the 9 square printed paper. Use a black dual-tip pen to create a title and adhere to border strip as shown.
Cut one 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" rectangle from bat patterned paper. Create a "v" at bottom end of rectangle. Cut one 1/2" x 3 1/4" strip from orange cardstock. Create a "v" on both ends of strip. Punch a circle from black cardstock. Attach bat sticker to black circle. Layer all three shapes as shown and adhere to border strip.

3. Halloween Pumpkins Border

Cut one 1 3/4" x 12" strip from orange cardstock, one 1 1/2" x 12" strip from stripe pattern paper, and one 1" x 12" strip from pumpkin patterned paper. Layer strips as shown.
Cut one 4 3/4" x 2 1/2" rectangle from orange cardstock. Adhere to border strip and attach pumpkin sticker shown to rectangle.

4. Happy Halloween Border

Use black cardstock to create a picket fence according to Julie Tamprini's instructions - click here for Julie's instructions.
To create gate, cut fence at 2 1/2" from the left side. Cut a second 2" piece from fence. Cut one 1 7/8" x 12" strip from green patterned paper. Adhere the 2 1/2" fence piece to left end of green strip and the 7 1/2" fence piece to the right end. Adhere 2" gate to border strip as shown.
Attach Happy Halloween sticker as shown. Use foam squares to adhere ghosts to fence as shown.

Trick or Treat Borders # 2

Supplies List - Trick or Treat Borders #2:

Trick or Treat Paper Pack, Trick or Treat Stickers, Shades of Bright Decorative Cardstock, Black Cardstock, and White Cardstock. You'll also need the 12-inch Straight Trimmer, sharp scissors, Corner Rounder, a black dual-tip pen, the Shape Maker with the Square and Circle Punches, and the Border Maker with the Film Strip cartridge.

Instructions:

1. Spooky Border

Cut one 1 1/2" x 12" strip from stripe pattern paper and one 1 1/4" x 12" strip from ghost pattern paper. Layer as shown.
Punch one square from white cardstock. Use Straight Trimmer to cut one 2 1/4" square from stripe pattern paper and one 2 1/2" square from black cardstock. Layer as shown and adhere to border strip as shown. Attach spooky sticker to square.

2. Eek! Border

Cut one 2" x 12" strip from green patterned paper, one 1 1/2" x 12" strip from purple & green polka dot paper, and 1" x 12" strip from spider web pattern paper (hint: cut spider web paper to show center of spider webs as shown). Layer strips as shown.
Punch square from green & purple polka dot paper. Using Straight Trimmer, cut one 2 1/4" square from green patterned paper. Layer squares and adhere to border strip as shown. Attach Eek! sticker.

3. Happy Trick or Treat Day Border

Cut one 1 1/2" x 12" strip from black & grey pattern paper and one 1" x 12" strip from orange pattern paper. Layer strips as shown.
Cut one 2 1/4" x 12" rectangle from black & grey pattern paper and one 2" x 2 1/2" rectangle from orange cardstock. Refer to Basic Flag Instructions above to snip a "v" in one end of each rectangle. Layer flags as shown.
Attach 31 sticker and black star sticker to flag as shown. Use black dual-tip pen to create a title and adhere flag to border strip.

4. Boo! Border

Cut one 1 1/2" x 12" strip from black cardstock and one 1" x 12" strip from stripe pattern paper. Layer strips as shown.
To create tag: Using the Straight Trimmer, cut one 1/8" x 12" strip from stripe pattern paper (hint: start cut in the middle of the paper to prevent tearing). Wrap strip around a pencil to curl and set aside. Cut one 2" x 3 1/2" rectangle from white cardstock. Pinch corners of one end together and trim off corners as shown. Use a paper punch to punch a hole into the top of tag. Cut one 1/2" x 2" rectangle from stripe paper and adhere to end as shown. The black "pinked" piece is "trash" from a picket fence border. Adhere as shown. Add pumpkin sticker. Use black dual-tip pen to create title. Thread curly "ribbon" through hole and loosely knot.
Adhere tag to border strip as shown.

5. Best Costume Border

Cut a 1 1/2" x 12" strip from purple patterned paper. Punch film strip from black cardstock and trim to 1 1/8" x 12 inches. Adhere film strip to purple strip as shown.
Punch a circle from black cardstock. Attach Best Costume sticker to black circle and then to border strip as shown. Attach star stickers.

For more information about the Creative Memories products used in today's projects, please visit your advisor's website. Of course, if you don't already have a Creative Memories Advisor, I'd be more than happy to be your personal Creative Memories Advisor. Just visit my website at www.creativememories.com/user/dbrinsley to create an account.

Just in case you missed any or started with my post, here is a list of blog hop participants:

Stop 1. Sarah Fitzgerald at Click Write Share

Stop 2. Julie Tambrini at Julie's Creative Memories Blog

Stop 3. Candace Bouldin at Scrappin' Jpegs

Stop 4. Lisa Graham at Lisa's Workshop

Stop 5. Fran Smitherman at CelebratingYourBeautifulLife

Stop 6. Me at D. Brinsley's Memory Keeping Blog <=== You Are Here

Stop 7. Stefani Jones at Crop with Stef

Your next stop is Stefani's blog. Click here for more fun Halloween projects from Stefani Jones.

When you've finished reading Stefani's blog don't forget to visit the CM Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win some really cool treats!

Have a good day and thanks so much for visiting my blog!