Happy Halloween! {A Creepy Crawly Freebie for you!}

We love Halloween at my house.  The kids are at perfect trick-or-treating ages and they look so dang cute in their little costumes.  My husband and I have established some fun traditions over the years, most of which revolve around food, that I really look forward to.  Pumpkin pancakes this morning, tasty shredded beef chili tacos tonight... not to mention all of those fun sized Butterfingers I'm going to snatch from loaded trick-or-treat buckets!  Fun times!

And of course, fun times equal fun scrapping, right?  I made a fun Halloween kit last year that is sure to celebrate your happy hauntings just perfectly!  It's called Spooky and it's just right for trick-or-treat night!

And today, I made you a fun freebie alpha that matches perfectly.  The little spider and string are in there, too-- how cute, huh?  ;) 

Click here to download your freebie (your download will begin automatically)-- and be sure to sign up for my newsletter while you're here!  Happy Halloween!!

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Scrapping = De-stressing!

I've been a little bit stressed lately.  Okay, really stressed.  Life is crazy!

One of my favorite things to do when I'm feeling edgy is sit down and scrap.  It's not always easy to find the time or energy, but when I do it, I always feel better.  I think it has to do with thinking about something aside from life's stresses, and letting my logical, organized, trying-to-be-supermom side of my brain rest while my happy-go-lucky creative side takes over.  I'm telling you, it's therapeutic.

Here's what I did tonight:

I used my newest kit and a picture that was taken on an afternoon with my mom and two of my sisters.  Great memories, soothing black and white, and a fun challenge means that I feel pretty good.

Oh, the challenge!  I decided to work on a challenge from The Digi Dares-- they always come up with such great ideas that really get the wheels turning.  I loved this week's challenge and had great night of scrap therapy.  :) 

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Shabby Black & White

Oh my goodness, I've had a crazy week!  But I am super excited to share this new kit with you-- I just love it!!  I had been toying around with several different color combinations for the last few weeks and nothing was really working.  So, I decided just to drop the color altogether, and here's what happened:  Shabby Black & White!  Everything worked pretty quickly, which is such a relief when you've been struggling, and I really love the way it turned out.  What do you think? 

My CT and the SM CT did incredible things with this kit!  Here are a couple of my favorite examples:

I love the way this kit makes a classy black and white page, or makes color photos really pop!  You can grab Shabby Black & White at ScrapMatters now!

Congrats to Jill and Sarah for winning this kit free!  Here's what they had to say:

Jill,  October 13, 2011 11:12 AM  

I can think of so many uses for this and it's only the sneak peek! Thank you for the chance to win it!

Sarah I love black 'n' white! Gorgeous sneak peek. Thanks for the chance.October 13 at 10:14am ·

Congrats, ladies!  Sarah, I'll send you a FB message.  Jill, e-mail me at elisehansen1 at gmail.com for your code!

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Sneak Peek & a chance to win!

I'm really excited about my newest kit-- it will be released on Friday, October 14th at ScrapMatters!  This was one of those kits that came pretty easily and I am thrilled about the end result.  How about a little peek?

I can't wait to show you the whole thing!!  In the meantime, how about a chance to win the kit FREE?  I haven't done a random drawing for a while, so it's definitely time.  Here's how to play:  just post a comment here or on my FB fan page by 10/13/11 at 10:00 PM Pacific Time.  I'll pick one winner from both my blog and FB for every 20 posts-- so, the more posts, the better your chances!  Tell your friends!  ;)

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ScrapMatters October Stack Exchange!

I'm so excited-- my kit Terra Cotta is the kit to use for SM's October Stack Exchange!

Terra Cotta is on sale for 30% off this month-- click here for more details and to participate!

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