Diy Halloween Keyboard and Laptop For Sab's Spooky Space Challenge

Another one of my Sab's Spooky Space challenge decorating ideas was to decorate my laptop for Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas. I saw washi tape ideas and certain apps you can download on your phone to decorate the keys on the keyboard but nothing that spiked my interest.

So, I decided to go another route. I Googled an image of my keyboard and saved it to my computer. I opened it in Paint and enlarged it to the size of my keyboard. I painted the keys in orange, green, purple and black. I then labeled the keys. All this too approximately three hours to complete.

Then I spent an hour and a half fussy cutting the keys and inking all the edges in black to cover up any imperfections in my cutting. I spent another hour taping the images to the keys.

After which I spent another two or three hours fussy cutting Halloween embellishments, trimming papers, inking edges of the embellishments and papers in black ink. I glitter glued some of the embellishments and taped rhinestones around the mouse area. I also included some owl stickers which I had in my stash.

The embellishments I used are from Design by Dani the Its Scary complete kit which you can find at http://www.snapclicksupply.com/its-scary-complete-kit/. I also used some embellishments from Cute Daisy which you can find at cutedaisy.com. The papers I used can be found at  http://halegrafx.com. The owl stickers are EK Success and the some of the candy corn embellishments are K & Company. I used a couple of googly eyes, Tim Holtz glitter glue and rhinestones.

Finally, I have my laptop all "TRICKED OUT" for Halloween. I just love it. It's really "Halloweenie!" Also, nothing is permanent. It's taped so it will clean up easy after the holidays. Here's the pics.

I hope this project inspires you to craft something if not for the holidays, anything is fine. Crafting is relaxing. Remember to just have fun with it. There's no right or wrong. My letters on my keyboard are not cut to perfection but they're cut to perfection for me and that's all that matters.

So I wish you "Happy Crafting!"

XOXOXO

Scrapbook Page Holder Fall Challenge Entry

Whew! It's been a long day. I have been so busy. Just now getting a chance to post my blog.

I signed up for a challenge in a Facebook group I'm in called, Girls, Giggles, Glitter, and Glue. It can be anything using fall colors but nothing too small. Deadline is September 30.

I have been hoarding a Scrapbook Page Holder I purchased from Michael's a few years ago. Every since I saw a video on YouTube where this lady used it as a calendar stand, I wanted to do one also. It was so gorgeous!

I painted mine in yellows, reds, oranges, browns, and Tim Holtz stains, copper and silver. I painted the leaves and bird in red, orange, and yellow and used Stickles in gold and red on them. I also used red Stickles on the berries. It holds 8"x8" pages. I cut cardstock in different colors to fit the sleeves to coordinate with the months.

After an hour of searching for free calendar printables online in size 6"x6" with no luck, I decided to give up and wait till tomorrow. I might cave and buy the one I saw on Etsy. Definitely will save me a lot of time and a headache.

September is almost over but it's the month I'm starting with being the challenge ends on the 30th.  I'm going to layer and decorate each month in colors and holiday embellishments that coordinates together.

Here's pics of what I've completed so far.

Thanks for reading and Happy Crafting!

XOXOXO

365 Blogging Challenge...

Happy September! I'm a happy camper, what with autumn just around the corner and all three of my favorite holidays coming up.

But remember, I live in California so we're in a drought and our grass is dead. It's been unseasonably hot this year but here in the Triple C (CCC), it's still not as hot as it is elsewhere in California.

Here's some pics of what September looks like at my house.

Even still, I just love everything about fall. The changing colors of the leaves, the crispness in the air, apple picking, back to school, and that all my favorite holidays are celebrated in the fall.

I'm itching to get my Halloween decorations made and put up. For some reason I'm having a hard time getting started. I'm motivated but maybe just not enough. Hopefully, after listening to some Halloween music on Pandora and watching Halloween videos on YouTube I'll be motivated enough to get started.

So in the coming days I'll blog about each of my projects and post pics so you can see what I'm making this year on a shoestring budget.

Also, as of today, I'm going to start the 365 Blogging Challenge. I'm very motivated and dedicated to complete the challenge. So please check back daily as I will have fresh, interesting and entertaining content for you to read.

So I say, "Goodbye August and Hello September!"