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🖤🎃 This Is Halloween: A Spooky-Cute Nightmare Before Christmas Scrapbook Layout! 👻✨ 👻✨

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Updated: Feb 21

Somewhere between Christmas cheer and Halloween fear lives the most iconic, eerie, and downright magical story ever told—The Nightmare Before Christmas! Whether you love Jack, Sally, or Oogie Boogie, or just need an excuse to bring that spooky-meets-whimsical vibe to your scrapbook, this 12x12 single-page layout is hauntingly perfect.


But hold onto your broomsticks, because we’re not just slapping some paper together…


⚡ We’re building a star-studded wreath with a pop of eerie color!

⚡ We’re layering up the magic with textures, photo mats, and embellishments that SCREAM Halloween!

⚡ And YES, we’re making sure this is 5-star, BOOM-WORTHY, and totally WOW-FILLED!


🕸️ The Ultimate Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Scrapbook Layout Supply List!


If Jack Skellington had a craft stash, it would definitely include these! 😆


🖤 Cardstock & Paper – Let’s Set the Spooky Scene!



✔ CTMH Black & White Daisy Cardstock – Because everything eerie needs contrast!

✔ Stampin’ Up! Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green & Gorgeous Grape – The PERFECT punch of neon!

✔ CTMH Mix In Paper Pack (May - June 2024) – Patterns that give this layout its hauntingly good style!


🖌️ Inks & Coloring – Bringing Characters to Life!



✔ CTMH Intense Black & Sundance Ink Pads

✔ Stampin’ Up! Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin’ Pad

✔ Stampin’ Blends Markers in Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, and Black – For those wickedly cool details!


⭐ Stamps, Punches & Embellishments – Where the Magic Happens!

 Stamp set with Christmas designs, gingerbread figures on red paper. Text: Merry & Bright, Baking Spirits Bright, Sweet Wishes.
⭐ Who knew a holiday star set could bring Halloween magic to life? This Sweetest Star Bundle turned out to be the ultimate crafting trick—or—treat! 🎃🍪

✔ Stampin’ Up! Sweetest Star Stamp & Punch

Bundle – The star of the show! (Pun 100% intended.)

✔ CTMH Freshly Baked Digital Art Kit – Because who knew icing bags would look so spooky?!

✔ CTMH Glacier Shimmer Brush – A ghostly glow with every stroke!


✂ Tools & Must-Haves – Don’t Forget These!


✔ Paper trimmer, adhesives, foam tape, blending brushes, and more!


💀 STEP-BY-STEP: CRAFTING A NIGHTMARE-INSPIRED MASTERPIECE!


👻 WARNING: This layout is SO COOL you may need to double-check that Oogie Boogie didn’t sneak into your craft room!


🎃 Step 1: Prepare the Spooky Base!

Start by cutting out an 11x11 center from your 12x12 black cardstock. (We’ll use that piece later for photo mats—waste not, want not!)


Now, trim your White Daisy cardstock to 11 ½” x 11 ½” and place it inside the border.


🕸️ Step 2: Build the Haunted Wreath!

 White square with turquoise circle center on dark textured background. Small text in bottom right corner. Minimalist design.
Masking a circle and blending Granny Apple Green ink creates this eerie glow—perfect for capturing that Nightmare Before Christmas magic! 👻✨

This isn’t your grandma’s Christmas wreath—it’s a Halloween masterpiece!


✔ Mask a circle in the center of your White Daisy base using a circular scrap.

✔ Blend Granny Apple Green ink around it to create an eerie glowing effect.


 Black cardstock covers a white paper with green splatters. A white pen labeled "Close to My Heart" is on the side. Text reads "ThisChickLovesPaper.com".
A flick of Glacier Shimmer adds the perfect eerie glow—because even ghosts deserve a little sparkle! ✨💀

✔ Flick glacier shimmer splatters around the edges for a ghostly touch!


🌟 Step 3: Stamp, Punch, & Die-Cut Your Nightmare Friends!


Star-shaped paper cookies on a black background feature green gingerbread men, Santa, and a patchwork character. Text reads, "ThisChickLovesPaper.com".
Handcrafted & hauntingly cute! These Sweetest Star cookies are bringing spooky-meets-festive magic to life with vibrant colors, playful details, and a whole lot of creativity! 🎃🎅💚 Which one is your favorite? 🍪✨

✔ Stamp images from Sweetest Star & Freshly Baked onto White Daisy cardstock.

✔ Color the stamped stars to resemble Jack, Sally, & Oogie Boogie!

✔ Punch extra stars from patterned paper and cardstock.


This was my first time using a punch, and let me tell you—it was love at first punch! 💥 (Yeah, I said it.)



🖼️ Step 4: Assemble & Bring the Nightmare to Life!

 A Halloween-themed card features a spooky face cookie, colorful candy wrappers, and playful green gingerbread in a black-and-white pattern.
Cookie🔥 Baking up some spooky magic! These Freshly Baked Digital Art Kit details are the icing on the (cookie-shaped) cake! 🎂🎃r

Before ANY glue touches paper, lay it all out first!


✔ Double-mat your photo using black & white cardstock.

✔ Position two overlapping cookie racks (yes, COOKIE racks!) to frame the photo.

✔ Place your wreath stars, staggering them for depth & dimension.

✔ Add your Nightmare-inspired embellishments—icing bags, oven mitts, and more!


👻 PRO TIP: Foam tape makes your embellishments POP for that extra BOO factor!


🎃 Why This Layout is a Total GAME-CHANGER!


 Colorful cookie-themed card with decorated cookies, rolling pins, mittens, and candy illustrations. Text reads "one CUTE COOKIE."
A hauntingly sweet masterpiece! 💜🖤 The perfect mix of whimsy, Halloween magic, and deliciously cute details!

I NEVER would have guessed that a holiday star punch & cookie-themed set would turn into a Nightmare Before Christmas masterpiece! But THAT is the magic of crafting!


✔ Unexpected supplies = NEW creative possibilities!

✔ Halloween meets Christmas in the most BOO-tiful way!

✔ Jack & Sally get the star treatment they deserve!


This layout SINGS with spooky fun—and just like Jack says, “What’s this? What’s this?!” It’s pure magic on paper! 🎶


🕷️ Explore More Disney-Inspired Scrapbook Projects!


Looking for MORE Disney-inspired magic? Check out my other layouts featuring your favorite characters, Halloween haunts, and Christmas charms!




📸 Share Your Nightmare Before Christmas Scrapbook Layout!


I want to see YOUR spooky scrapbook creations!

📸 JOIN THE MEMBERS’ GALLERY and share your Nightmare Before Christmas layouts! Let’s inspire & be inspired! 🎃✨



🎃 Final Thoughts: This is One Cute (But Creepy) Cookie!

 Square card with "one cute cookie" text, colorful stars, cookies, and spooky face. Black, green, and purple hues. Floral background.
⭐🕸️ This star wreath brings the magic of Jack & Sally to life in true This Chick Loves Paper style!!

Who knew a holiday cookie set could create a Nightmare Before Christmas scrapbook layout that SLAYS?! This just proves that creative magic happens when you think outside the cauldron!


Whether you’re capturing Halloween memories, a Disneyland trip, or your love for Jack & Sally—this layout is the perfect way to bring the BOO-factor to your scrapbook!


🎃 Stay Spooky & Keep Crafting!

April – This Chick Loves Paper


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🎃✨ Spooky meets sweet in this Nightmare Before Christmas scrapbook layout! Follow this step-by-step guide from This Chick Loves Paper to craft a 12x12 Halloween-inspired masterpiece—complete with a bewitching star wreath, layered photo mats, and hauntingly cute embellishments! Using a mix of Stampin’ Up! & CTMH-inspired products, this layout is perfect for Disney lovers, Halloween fans, and crafters who want to bring some eerie charm to their scrapbooks. Get ready to turn your favorite Jack & Sally memories into scrapbook magic! 💜🖤👻

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