Last month I took a break from the scrapbooking challenge to get my photos organized. That was definitely time well spent! In case you are new here, I am very far behind (at least 7 years) on my scrapbooking. My oldest child is 8 years old and I did complete his first year album before I began this challenge. To make it easier for me to get caught up, I am using the Close to My Heart Workshops Your Way Scrapbooking Kits each month. Each of these kits has a certain theme and enough materials to make at least three double page layouts.
When I saw this month’s kit was Halloween themed, I knew I had more than enough photos to go with this cute Cats and Bats Kit. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love taking pictures of the kids in their costumes and walking around the neighborhood collecting candy. The pure joy on their little faces is something I look forward to every year!
It is so much fun to work with these kits! Sometimes I follow the instructions completely if I have the same number of pictures used in the example. Most of the time I have to change it up a little to accommodate the pictures that I have. It also opens my mind to different products. After using this kit, I am loving the shimmer trim. It is similar to ribbon but it has an adhesive backing. This kit came with the black but I am thinking the red or gold would be awesome for Christmas!
Here are the pages I was able to complete using this kit:
I’ve decided that it’s really not so bad being far behind on my pages. I am enjoying going back down memory lane with a lot of these pictures!
If you are far behind or new to scrapbooking, I highly recommend using these Workshops Your Way Scrapbooking Kits! Next month I’ll be jumping into Fall and Thanksgiving photos with the new Falling For You Kit.
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What a cute theme! I love the babes in their Halloween costumes.
Thanks Emily! It was so much fun looking back at these pictures!
Very adorable Halloween pages. I could go ahead and make these now and add the photos later.
Thank you Candy! Yes, you could definitely do that! That is what I love about these kits. You can put them completely together and then add the pictures now or later.
These are so cute! I have such a hard time with scrapbooking and have really only ever successfully completed one scrapbook. Every other time I try, I get frustrated and quit halfway through. I love these kits, though! They make it look so easy!
Thanks so much Carley! The kits do make it way easier. I used to make my own pages and layouts but kept getting further behind. Plus the kids use up most of my mental energy! This is a fun way for me to continue my scrapbooks without having to stress about coming up with ideas!
These kits are a simply adorable! Perfect for Halloween. I’ve always been too impatient to scrapbook, but these kits would make it so much easier!
Halloween themes are so much fun!! I used to be so good about scrapbooking, but I’ve fallen out of the habit now. Your layouts turned out super!
I love how festive and fun these kits are! My daughter and I need to figure out our Halloween costumes! 🙂