With Halloween just around the corner – it’s TOMORROW! – we’ve got news to make scrapbooking this autumn holiday as easy as dragging and dropping your favorite photos.

BasicGrey has teamed up with the amazing folks at Smilebox to create a Halloween album that’s perfect for all of your boo-tiful photos.  (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)  This premade album uses many of your favorite BasicGrey papers and is already pre-designed to make your life just a bit easier.  Simply select your favorite photos and add your titles and journaling – that’s all there is to it!

Want to see more?  I thought so!

To get started creating your BasicGrey + Smilebox Haunted Mansion scrapbook, click here.  We’d love to see what you create!

Happy Haunting!

Think a themed collection is only good for that theme only?  Think again!  We loved this card we spied in our Flickr pool that used bits and pieces from our Nook & Pantry collection to create these eclectic holiday ornaments.  Proof that you should make your product work for you and not the other way around!

Virginia – Congratulations on being selected as our Eye Spy feature this week! We’ll be sending you some BasicGrey product your way as our way of saying thanks.

Have a project you think we should see and that you’d like to share with other BG fans? Upload it to our Flickr pool and you might just find your work on our blog! Be sure to note what BasicGrey products you used when uploading.

THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE : Use stamps on your project.  A layout, a card, whatever the project may be!

This week, I’ve asked BasicGrey altered design team member Tammy Tutterow to participate in our challenge.

Supplies: [OUT OF PRINT] OUT-3323 Mish Mash, OUT-3326 Newsflash, XHA-CL536 Sweet One 4×6 Stamps, XHA-CG330 Flower Dot Pattern, OUT-3293 Bowtie Stickers, [TOOLS] Precision File Set.

[OTHER] Ranger Archival Ink: Aquamarine and Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot, Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Took, Fiskars Circle Squeeze Punch Medium, Therm O Web Peel N Stick Sheets and Zots Singles 3D, wood frame.

Tammy explains, “One of my all-time favorite BasicGrey products, no matter what collection is the background solids.  I love making photo frames and often use the solids for covering the frames.  I love that while they usually have a pattern, it is subtle enough to accent my photo while not competing for the focus.  The solids in the Out Of Print collection are no exception.  For this frame, I wanted to build on the brush stroke pattern by adding random stamping in a monochromatic color theme.  I inked the large background stamp with a complimentary ink color and then used a dry towel to randomly wipe away the ink along the outer edges.  This allowed me to add random stamping to the frame surface without it being a block-like shape.  I repeated the inking and blotting several times for different areas of the frame.  For a second stamped element, I stamped the small circular dragonfly stamp on another piece of pattern paper and punched it out with a circle punch.  I layered the stamped element on the center of a Bowtie Sticker.  I really love that the frame is visually interesting while still being simple, allowing my photo to really be a focus.”

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