Halloweenies: A Frightfully Fun 12x12 Halloween Scrapbook Layout With A Bubbling Cauldron! 🎃🕸️

This Chick Loves Paper
Sep 11, 2024
9 min read

Updated: Nov 19

Scrapbook pages with Halloween theme, cauldron graphics, and photos of kids cooking. Texts include "Halloweenies" and "Potions." Candlelit setting. — 👻 Double, double, toil & trouble—this Halloween scrapbook layout is bubbling over with spooky charm!

If you’ve hung around This Chick Loves Paper for more than two minutes, you already know I’m the Queen of Christmas. But here’s the twist the plot didn’t see coming: I’m also the reigning monarch of Halloween chaos, Fourth of July shenanigans, birthday blowouts, and any excuse to throw a themed party with the kids. Give me snacks, games, decorations, and a craft table, and I’ll turn it into a holiday you feel obligated to scrapbook. 👑✨

Enter: The Halloweenies.

No, not the kids (although Lil Man definitely fits that description some days 😜). I’m talking about our culinary masterpiece: Horrified Hotdogs in a Tangy Red Sauce — witches’ fingers made from hot dogs, ketchup blood, and onions-as-fingernails that grossed the kids out so much they squealed louder than the haunted house down the street. 🩸🌭

We had a little sous-chef enthusiastically slicing “fingernails,” Lil Man supervising with serious snack-chef authority, and me boiling those hotdog digits like a witch at the stove. And that’s exactly how this layout was brewed: a cauldron of boiling chaos + foodie fright night = one scrapbook spread that deserved recipe-card levels of drama.

The bubbling cauldron on the page? That’s our cooking pot of doom.

The stacked books? Clearly, witchy cookbooks full of cursed recipes.

And the tiny recipe booklet embellishment? That’s the secret ingredient behind our Horrified Hotdog in Tangy Red Sauce. 😂📖✨

So grab your broom, your bone folder, and your appetite for weird snacks, because we’re scrapbooking a 12x12 Halloween scrapbook layout with bubbling cauldron that’s equal parts spooky, silly, gross, and totally unforgettable.

🕸️🛒 Materials for Cooking Up This 12x12 Halloween Scrapbook Layout with Bubbling Cauldron

🧪Designer Papers & Cardstock

Stampin’ Up! Halloween Spells DSP — stacked books + spooky stripes = instant Halloween kitchen chaos.
Stampin’ Up! Halloween Memories Two-Tone Cardstock
Colors used: Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie.
(Dual tones = easy shading without lifting a brush!)
CTMH White Daisy Cardstock — the perfect neutral for recipe elements and cauldron contrast (can substitute Stampin' Up! White Willow 12x12 Cardstock)
Stampin’ Up! Festive Glimmer Paper — because even witches like their potions sparkly ✨💚

🎨 Inks for Potion Glow

🛠️Tools & Adhesives

Cricut® Machine (title + intricate cuts)
Foam Tape (because dimension = drama)
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive

🧙‍♀️ Step 1: I Plot My Halloween Kitchen Crime in Design Space®

Black cauldron with green bubbles, book, and squares. Text reads: Halloweenies, Horrified Hot Dogs. Grid background. Bold colors. — Design Space® Allows Me to Plan & Visualize My Scrapbook Layouts

Before slicing a single piece of paper like a spooky sous-chef, I mapped the layout in Design Space®. This helps:

Visualize proportions
Test the title size
Avoid wasting cardstock
Make sure the cauldron won’t swallow your photos whole 👀🫣

👉 Pro Tip: When working with specialty DSP, planning digitally first keeps your paper stash safe from tragic crafting accidents. (Rest in peace to the DSP we’ve all ruined.)

🕸️ Step 2: Build Double-Matted Photo Frames with Two-Tone Drama

Halloween photos deserve theatrical treatment, and nothing sets the stage like glowing mats straight out of a mad scientist’s lab. This layout uses the first-ever Two-Tone 12x12 cardstock from Stampin’ Up!®, which instantly creates spooky contrast without buying two separate colors. 🧪✨

Green stamp pad, four green cards, sponge, on a wooden table with orange leaves and Halloween-themed designs. Text: "Stampin' Pad," "ThisChickLovesPaper.com." — Inking the Mats (Granny Apple + Garden Green) Glow up, baby! Turning plain photo mats into potion-lit perfection. 💚🔮

✂️ Cut Your Mats

Cut six 3.5” x 3.5” mats from Granny Apple Green Two-Tone Cardstock
Cut six 3.25” x 3.25” mats from White Daisy / White Willow / Basic White

🧪 Ink for Glow

Blend Garden Green around the edges of each green mat for a potion-lit glow.

🍏 Use Both Sides

Each sheet has a lighter + darker shade → instant natural contrast!

👉 Cut three from the dark side + three from the light side

🧉 Assemble the Frames

Center each white mat on its green mat. You’ll end up with:

3 darker glowing frames
3 lighter glowing frames

💡 Pro Tip:

Inking both sides of Two-Tone cardstock makes your mats look custom blended, like you used multiple colors… but it only took one sheet + ink pad. That’s spooky AND thrifty. 👀✨

🕷️ Step 3: Build the Right-Hand Page

This page is the “taste test” of our layout — where our kitchen chaos starts lining up like a tidy buffet. We’re balancing color, stacking layers, and setting up a border that frames our spooky photo feast.

Six white squares with green borders on black paper, framed by a ruler on dark wood. Text: "ThisChickLovesPaper.com". — Grid? Never. This page is served with staggered spooky sass. 👻✨

Stagger Your Glowing Photo Mats

Start with a sheet of 12x12 Black Cardstock and line up your six double-matted photos on the left side of the page.

You’re not just slapping mats down — we’re alternating the Two-Tone greens to create movement:

Top row: light ➜ dark
Middle row: dark ➜ light
Bottom row: light ➜ dark

This staggered pattern keeps your eye moving down the page (just like following steps in a spooky cookbook!).

Grid layout with six white squares on black and green mat, next to a black section with blue stripes. Ruler edges and wood background. — Pool Party stripes = the zesty seasoning to our creepy cookbook. 💦📚

Add Your DSP “Border Ingredients”

To the right of your photos, lay down two vertical DSP strips — but don’t glue yet! Just stage them like ingredients prepped on a cutting board.

Strip Measurements:

📏 Both strips measure ½” x 12”

Patterns Used:

Pool Party diagonal stripe DSP (pops like a sprinkle of seasoning)

Layer Like a Cookbook

The Potion Books paper includes four horizontal rows of stacked books. Trim a clean edge first, then cut your ½” strip so the books stay centered and the spines don’t look “chopped off.” Treat it like cutting straight icing lines on a cake… precision matters. 🍰🔪📚

Craft supplies on a wooden table: a cutting mat with white squares, colorful labels, and ink pads labeled Lagoon, Stampin' Pad, Intense Black. — Cookbooks stacked and ready for our terrifying “recipe.” 📖🩸

Place your Stacked Potion Books strip on top of the Pool Party striped strip so the border peeks out on both sides. Adjust until the book spines appear perfectly centered, then adhere both strips down.

Think of it like plating: center it, straighten it, and then serve it with confidence. 👩‍🍳✨

✏️ Design Insight — Why This Works

The Potion Book DSP strip reads like a stack of cookbooks, reinforcing your food-themed Halloween layout. Bordering it with a contrasting color mimics a menu header or divider in a real cookbook — it’s subtle, but it ties the whole story together.

💡 Pro Tip: Lay everything out first, just like seasoning a recipe before committing. Once it looks “tasty,” then adhere it down.

🧪 Step 4: Craft the Cauldron Page (Left Side)

📌This page is where the bubbling action happens. If the right-hand page is the taste test, then this one is the boiling pot of culinary chaos — the heart of our Horrified Hotdog recipe story.

📌 Start with a Clean Base

Place one piece of 12x12 White Daisy Cardstock on your table (or substitute Stampin’ Up!® White Willow or Basic White if you don’t have CTMH).

White paper with colorful "Potions" and "Spells" borders on left. Black ruler edges frame the paper on a wooden table. — Setting the table before boiling the Halloweenies. 🍽️🧙‍♀️

📸 Building the Border

Just like the right page, we’ll anchor the story with those spooky “ingredients”:

1️⃣ Adhere a ½” x 12” Pool Party diagonal stripe strip to the far left edge of your White Daisy base.

2️⃣ Layer your ½” x 12” Stacked Potion Books strip directly beside it.

These mimic cookbook spines on a shelf, hinting that the recipe for chaos is coming straight from a witchy kitchen library.

🧙‍♀️ Add the Bubbling Cauldron (Cricut Cut!)

Now for the star of the show — the Cricut cauldron. This is the Design Space cut I built specifically for this layout, sized to nearly fill the remaining space. It leaves just enough room at the bottom for your photo + spooky little recipe booklet.

Crafting card with black cauldron and glittery green bubbles. "Potions & Spells" text on side. Limeade ink pad and brush nearby. — Bubbling chaos and glimmer potion—this kitchen is officially haunted. 🧪🌟 Just look at that eerie glow!

🖤 The cauldron is cut from Basic Black cardstock and topped with shimmery potion bubbles.

My shimmer paper happened to be CTMH, but Stampin’ Up! has a fabulous selection of specialty glimmer + shimmer papers that deliver the same magical effect. Any sparkly green works here.

🔥 Glow Time — Potion Effects!

Before adhering the cauldron, grab a blending brush + Granny Apple Green ink.

Blend a soft, glowing ring beneath the cauldron area, letting the color fade

outward. This creates the illusion of boiling heat + toxic bubbling energy, like our pot of “Horrified Hotdogs” is brewing real spells.

📖 Step 5: Add Photo + Recipe Book Embellishment

Now that the cauldron is bubbling with creepy culinary magic, it’s time to finish the scene with two storytelling details at the bottom of the page: a floating mini photo and a tiny recipe booklet that’s straight out of a witch’s kitchen.

Black cauldron with glittery green bubbles on white paper. "Halloweenies" text, potion labels, measuring tape border, and wood background. — 💚 A bubbling potion of creativity! The glimmer paper, ink-blended glow, and layered details bring this cauldron to life! 🔮✨

🖼️ Add the 3½” x 3½” Photo

Cut one more 3.5” x 3.5” Granny Apple Green mat and one 3.25” x 3.25” White Daisy/White Willow/Basic White for your photo. Ink the edges the same way as the other mats using Garden Green, then adhere the photo to the mat.

🪄 Place this photo at a slight angle near the bottom of the cauldron, as if someone snapped a picture mid-recipe and tossed it onto the counter. The angle adds playful chaos and keeps the page from looking too stiff or grid-like.

📚 Add the Recipe Booklet Beside It

Next to the angled photo, place your mini recipe book embellishment. Cut the base from White Daisy (or your Stampin’ Up! substitute), and if you’d like the booklet to visually connect to the mats, cut the cover or a small tab using Granny Apple Green Two-Tone cardstock OR a contrasting color (like Gorgeous Grape or Pumpkin Pie) to tie in more Halloween color.

Ink the edges of the booklet pieces just like the photo mats — it keeps everything visually cohesive and makes the booklet feel like a “real” prop on the page instead of a flat sticker.

Step-By-Step Wrap-Up: Easy Cuts, Big Spooky Impact

Scrapbook page with Halloween theme. Photos show a person making hot dogs in red sauce. Background features candles and potion labels. — 👻🖤 The perfect blend of spooky and sweet! This 12x12 double-page layout captures all the frightful fun of Halloween night—complete with a bubbling cauldron and a wickedly delicious menu! 🕸️🍬

Your Halloweenies layout is officially served! It looks dramatic, but it’s secretly beginner-friendly — almost every element is a repeated size, meaning fewer measurements and more time to laugh at those ketchup-drenched hotdog fingers. 🌭💀

This layout holds seven photos, OR switch one to journaling (like I did). Want extra space? Add a flip flap or hidden hinge to tuck in bonus photos + memories. However you fill it, the best part is capturing the tradition — kids, craft, cooking chaos, tangy red sauce, and all. 🧙‍♀️✨

🕸️ EXPLORE MORE: Scrapbook Magic for Every Season ✨

If you love layouts with BIG energy, playful storytelling, and memories worth framing? From holidays to kitchen messes to everyday magic, there’s a treasure trove of scrapbook inspiration waiting here at This Chick Loves Paper.

Whether you’re here for the spooky snacks, crafter chaos, or because you glued your sleeve to a photo mat (we’ve all been there), explore, grab ideas, and let creativity run wild. ✂️💚

🎃 SHARE YOUR CREATIONS: Let’s Make Crafty Chaos Together!

Welcome message with pink cherry blossoms on a light background. Text: "Welcome to the New Members Gallery. Create, Share, Motivate & Inspire Others!" — Welcome to the New Members Gallery: A space to create, share, motivate, and inspire, adorned with elegant blossoms.

Have YOU ever turned everyday moments into scrapbook magic? Maybe the kids helped cook… maybe you survived a birthday party… maybe your glitter exploded across the table (twice). Whatever story you’re crafting, I want to celebrate it with you!

📸 Upload your layouts in the Members’ Gallery and show us your spooky snacks, holiday traditions, messy memories, and everything in between. Every shared project helps inspire another crafter — and that’s the kind of magic we love around here.

✨ Big or simple, chaotic or clean, beginner or pro… Your story deserves a spot in our crafty cauldron of inspiration!

Share Your Creations!

🎃 Final Thoughts: Scrapbook Magic in Every Messy Moment

A frightfully fun 12x12 Halloween scrapbook layout with bubbling cauldron, glowing potion effects, and wickedly layered details—crafted with spooky-sweet magic at This Chick Loves Paper. Let’s brew up Halloween memories that sparkle! — 🎃 A bubbling cauldron, glowing potion effects, and eerie embellishments—this Halloween scrapbook layout is frightfully fun!

This scrapbook layout isn’t just about hotdogs dressed as severed fingers (though that’s hilariously unforgettable). It’s about kids in the kitchen, themed traditions, spooky snacks, and preserving the magic without the sticky countertops. 😂✨

Halloween is more than costumes and candy — it’s memory-making, chaos-creating, and the kind of seasonal joy we get to scrapbook forever. 💚

🧙‍♀️ Until next time…

May your glue be strong, your potions sparkle, and your memories always bubble over with creativity. ✨

April – This Chick Loves Paper

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A frightfully fun 12x12 Halloween scrapbook layout with bubbling cauldron, glowing potion effects, and wickedly layered details—crafted with spooky-sweet magic at This Chick Loves Paper. Let’s brew up Halloween memories that sparkle!